{"id":170544,"date":"2022-12-28T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/buzz-builds-that-sean-payton-could-return-to-saints-report-saints\/"},"modified":"2022-12-28T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T09:30:00","slug":"buzz-builds-that-sean-payton-could-return-to-saints-report-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/buzz-builds-that-sean-payton-could-return-to-saints-report-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"Buzz builds that Sean Payton could return to Saints: report | saints"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There’s been chatter for months that former Saints coach Sean Payton and Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady would like to work together, and a Tuesday report by Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio appears to point to New Orleans as the most likely opportunity for that to happen.<\/p>\n

Florio writes that Brady’s future remains an unknown, but he says that the “growing school of thinking in league circles” is that Payton, if he coaches in 2023, will return to the Saints.<\/p>\n

One well-connected source told Florio that Payton’s potential return to New Orleans is the league’s “worst-kept secret.”<\/p>\n

Jeff Duncan of The Times-Picayune wrote earlier this month that a person close to Payton told him that Payton re-joining the Saints next season is possible “if things go sideways” in New Orleans. <\/p>\n

The Saints are 6-9 under first-year coach Dennis Allen, and their hopes of reaching the playoffs remain very slim.<\/p>\n

While it’s been a disappointing season in New Orleans, Duncan reported Tuesday that Allen has the support of team ownership and officials. <\/p>\n

Florio wrote that “it would still be a stunner” if Payton returned to the Saints, but New Orleans could be the only spot where Brady and Payton could work together.<\/p>\n

Brady is a free agent after this season, and could land anywhere that he deems suitable. <\/p>\n

Florio’s report indicates that Denver and Carolina aren’t likely to lure in Payton, and other desireable jobs like the Chargers and Cowboys seem unlikely to be open for the former Saints head coach <\/p>\n

Payton’s potential return to New Orleans has gained traction over the last couple of weeks, but such a move would be a complicated one for the Saints.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n