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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
He's been there for 15 years, and if the organization is willing to give him 2 seasons to turn the roster over and correct the cap issues, I doubt he moves.
Sure he's a Parcells disciple, but unlike Parcels, he has stayed coaching the same team for a long period of time. Parcels always got antsy after 5 years and started stirring stuff up in the front office to eventually orchestrate his release. He was a bigger story to change teams, and my opinion is that Parcels craved attention and needed this, more than on field success. His two primary disciples in Belichick and Payton seem to like a bit of stability and seem willing to stay on so long as they get to do things their way.
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I think before that 2017 Draft where the Saints struck gold and turned their franchise around, both Brees and Payton were going to be elsewhere after that year. But that Draft changed everything, including rekindling Payton's love for coaching and getting his confidence back. Saints supposedly have a great locker room culture and Payton loves getting into the dances and everything, it sounds like he's really happy in New Orleans presently. I really think he wants to groom Brees' successor there, and he's the main reason for the Saints great (albeit annoying, if you're not a Saints fan) culture they have down there.
With his friendship with Jerry Jones (and his family live in the Dallas area), it almost feels inevitable for Payton to be Dallas' HC at some point. But I'd be shocked if he didn't stick around in New Orleans for at least a couple more years while they still have a strong team (remember this team went a combined 15-3 when missing either Thomas, Brees or Kamara over the past 2 years. Thats something).
Very true yesterday was the end of the prime window with that main core, and they'll lose some pieces this offseason, but outside of Marcus Williams, Janoris Jenkins and maybe Trey Hendrickson (and of course Brees), its not as bad as whats being let on, for 2021 anyway. Money will be pushed down the line further while they have a good team. If they can make it work at QB with Jameis or another player (Stafford keeps getting rumoured to N.O.), I really don't see why they can't be playoff contenders next year.
Remember 8-8 was a wild card spot in the NFC this year. Looking at this roster, unless something really goes sideways, I don't see why you can't get 9-10 wins out of them next year anyway.