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NFL Coaches on the Hot Seat and About to be Fired

By Bryce Olin

Nov 3, 2013; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan and New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton shake hands after the second half at MetLife Stadium. The Jets won the game 26-20. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 3, 2013; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan and New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton shake hands after the second half at MetLife Stadium. The Jets won the game 26-20. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 7, 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton before a game against the Carolina Panthers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 7, 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton before a game against the Carolina Panthers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /

7. Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints

After New Orleans’ 41-10 loss at home to the Carolina Panthers, Sean Payton’s days in New Orleans may be numbered, according Peter King of Sports Illustrated.

Personally, I think this rumor is blasphemous.

New Orleans has been absolutely terrible this season, but it’s the first time they’ve been bad under Payton’s control since 2008. That’s five seasons in a row– not counting 2012 when Payton was suspended for the Bounty Gate scandal– that the Saints have made the playoffs.

After years of irrelevancy, the Saints are seriously considering firing a coach who led them to the playoffs five years in a row as the coach but had one bad season? That doesn’t make much sense to me.

Sean Payton is the only coach to bring a Super Bowl to the New Orleans Saints, and he was there through the thick-and-thin during one of the worst natural disasters in US history.  Even if just for the sentimental value, Payton deserves to stay with the team for at least another couple of seasons.

Payton’s seat is starting to heat up, though.

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