Sean Payton, the former NFL quarterback and former head coach of the New Orleans Saints, has indicated ‘interest’ in returning to the gridiron sidelines as the Carolina Panthers are once again without a head coach. Payton stated on a recent broadcast of Colin Cowherd’s show that it is “attractive” to foster parent a club that has a top-tier quarterback in place.
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On an earlier Saints podcast, he also mentioned how the Saints’ Week 2 game against the Bucs made him miss coaching for the first time since stepping down in January and if the ‘right situation’ arises, he would join the NFL in 2023.
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Sean Payton thinks the Panthers are ‘fosterable’
Though Sean Payton believes the Panthers’ quarterback situation is ‘fosterable’ because the club has a ‘top-tier’ quarterback in Baker Mayfield. “I think it’s attractive,” Payton commented before discussing how rare it is for a job to become available when a team already has a top-tier quarterback in place. “It’s almost a unicorn, the open job with the great QB, waiting for you to come in and be the foster parent,” he explained. “Usually, generally speaking, it’s somewhat broken.”
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