Within the past year, the multiyear contract extension the Saints announced for Sean Payton in September 2011 was voided by the NFL, making the suspended head coach a free agent after this season and casting questions on how long he will remain in New Orleans, according to league sources.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8592214/sean-payton-deal-new-orleans-saints-voided-nfl-sources-say
What this could mean? Could Sean leave the saints? Could the Panthers try and pick him up if Rivera is fired at the end of the season?
I will say safe money is that he stays with the Saints, just because the NFL voided his contract does not mean that he has any intention of going anywhere, I do believe he has a better chance going to Carolina then Dallas(he made a more then subtle slight at Jerry Jones after the Saints won the super bowl but the media doesn't remember that), which I believe is a Dallas fan and national media pipe dream.
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I think the best we can hope for is he goes somewhere out of the NFCS, he's not going to leave the Saints for the Panthers so forgetaboutit!
