Dolphins Tampering Penalty Harmed Saints

TheOak · 08-08-2022, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by Boston Saint

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.

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

08-08-2022, 01:04 PM	#18
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,043	Re: Dolphins Tampering Penalty Harmed Saints Originally Posted by Boston Saint 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. After BountyGate, suspension, Vicodin, divorce.... I am not sure the recent items amount to much more than background noise. Rugby Saint II likes this.