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What about compensatory picks? Those are at best a 3rd rounder.

Just throwing that out there. In this case, the Dolphins didn't actually sign either Payton or Brady, so it's not like a team actually lost someone. Unless you can prove the tampering caused Payton to resign, and that would be difficult if not impossible.

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If you think the Dolphins throwing an offer at Sean Payton had anything to do with him leaving you have to believe that Sean has not had a/multiple offers thrown at him in the last 13 years which I am willing to speculate is easily in excess of 15-20. F**k, Jerry Jones along probably throws an offer at him every single off season.

If Sean Payton decided to coach again it wouldn't be a bidding war. As per his own comment, it would have to be the "right fit".. meaning he isn't on an auction block. In case you didn't read into that "right fit" comment of his, it isn't New Orleans or he would be here and people focus on a "right fit" after leaving because of a bad fit.

One thing that people who spend their entire lives in Louisiana don't recognize that those that move there do.. That place can burn you the f*** out.... Like being Guido's Siamese twin.

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I’m here in Dallas and make no mistake about it short of going to a Super Bowl this is it for McCarthy. Everything is lining up for Peyton to be here next year. He gets his year off, McCarthy gets one more year of underachieving football and Jerry gets what he has coveted since he took that whoopin in Dallas back in ‘06. Give Mickey what he wants and you can have Sean. If there is ever a place where overrated under achieving coaches need to go it’s Dallas.

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I don't think that Sean Payton retired because of tampering. I think he retired cause he was surely burned out. On the other hand, he will have had a year off to rest and be able to judge the market better. I wish him well anywhere except Dallas. Although, he can go there and I'll take those draft picks. 3 1st round draft exactly. Lol

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Are the Chargers a better destination for SP? What team will give up the multitude of draft picks Saints will demand ?

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It doesn’t have to be one reason or the other. It could have been a combination of factors that “pushed” Payton to retire so to speak. Burn out, weariness from being screwed over by the league, not having Brees, not enough belief in his QBs, stress in dealing with Kamara’s legal issues and the doubts about Thomas’s return and the overall quality of the offense talent in general coupled with other things could have all been building up
in him. Then, along comes this Miami tampering/offer to Payton. Seems ignorant to deny that this outside influence COULD have played a factor and been the straw that broke the camel’s back.

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That's an even better idea. Take away the picks as described by the Dolphins and add compensatory (end of 3rd round) picks for the Saints and Pats. IMO if the league office is to be taken seriously about tampering, not only do they need to punish a team caught in serious violation, but they also need to compensate the team(s) victimized by the tampering. Since the player/coach were not actually poached (although it was attempted), a compensatory pick for each team seems fair. Maybe multiple compensatory picks for the Pats if it's been proven they were tampered with on more than one separate occasion.

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After BountyGate, suspension, Vicodin, divorce.... I am not sure the recent items amount to much more than background noise.

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Maybe not. Be he still had a high performing Brees/offense when those issues happened and he was still fairly young. I’m just saying it’s certainly possible that this tampering helped him decide to retire….even in a small amount. Why would there be a penalty for doing it if it weren’t possible?

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I remember seeing a special back in the day about coaching they spoke with Ditka, Vermeil, others and the point was brought up that after 10+ years in a job everybody in the building has heard everything you had to say.