Sean Payton's marketing team may have priced themselves out of the market of several good teams. His demands for full control over the team will cause several other teams to pass on him. I don't think his job market is shaking out like he had hoped. He may very well be going back to Fox as an announcer rather than coaching this year. It would be sad if we lost the draft capital that this front office has banked our future on coming from Sean Payton. Which is another thing. How could this front office Gamble as willingly as they did last season without Sean Payton there who is the best poker player and chess player in the house?

Actually, I think this job market is turning out pretty much as he expected. Don't forget that he basically said it was a 70% chance he would be returning to the Fox studio before he ever interviewed the first team. In his interview with his daughter she showed a graphic with the odds for his landing with different teams. He told her she was leaving out returning to the TV gig. I'll also be willing to bet that the front office hasn't been counting on the draft capital being in the picture this season. They know what he would be looking for in a position and also know that almost all of these teams couldn't meet those requirements.

But, we'll see. There's still a chance Arizona will give him the freedom he desires.

Not that he didn't actually have that very same freedom here with the Saints ... Maybe other teams noticed and are unwilling to let him have free reign. We all see what shape SP left the Saints in. Loomis has to figure in some of what we see.

Perhaps he sees more than we think we see from afar. But, we are all experts in NFL management, so there's that.

If Houston hires Demeco, it's down to AZ or DEN - that we know of at least.

Fingers crossed for that #3 pick!

Activity is heating up today. You can add the Redskins/Commanders to that list. That was the mystery team.