I should say. I want to clarify this,
the Miami Dolphins have the 29th pick in the draft this year.
And and so, you know, their first pick is not the 50th pick
overall.
My only thought was, when I look at what Miami actually has
this year,
if I were to Saints,
not only is this kind of a sketchy draft, right at the top,
but I would probably gamble that.
At the Dolphins, pick in a better draft
would be a higher pick
in 2023. And it would be probably a higher
caliber player. And and that's, that's really what I meant by
that. That I just don't see
if given the alternative.
You know, if I were Mickey Loomis, I would say
we don't want the 29th pick
in a mediocre draft. We that has some really good depth.
Third, fourth, fifth rounds, second round. But we would
rather take our chances
and take your one in 2023.
and,
As to the Dolphins attempt
to hire Peyton,
what we were going to report as of Monday morning? Was that
the Dolphins were planning to attempt to do it and the Flores
lawsuit? Ended that
the Dolphins officially had no comment on the record, but
Dolphins sources told me that they actually had contacted
the Saints to request permission to talk to Peyton between Peyton's
resignation.
And Flores filing his lawsuit. It was a seven-day stretch
between the two that they had. Made that request and
the request was
denied and that actually gave us more than what we
came to the table with and I was like, wow, okay, fine. I've
you know, we got something that even crystallizes this desire
to get Sean Payton even more and and it necessarily
undermines
the coach they hired they can say all they want about Mike
McDaniel, but acknowledging that you made a phone call
about trying to get Sean, Payton suggest that McDaniel
Top choice that you wanted to explore. Peyton in the door was
slammed in your face.
I just
I wonder why the Saints declined if and because I poked
around yesterday. I'm
a message from New Orleans.
The message from New Orleans, was along the lines of we never
got that call. Why in the hell with the dolphins? Acknowledge.
They made that call. Why would they do it benefits
the Dolphins in? No way
to admit that they made that call.
Why would they not say they made a call that complicates
their lives if they say they made that call. That's what's
weird to me. Peter.
Mike it makes no sense
for Mickey. Loomis to say
we don't want a free high draft choice
for a guy who's never going to coach. Our team again
makes no sense whatsoever.
And so that's why an I
in no way doubt anything that you wrote
but I'm a little skeptical
that the call was made and the
Saint said, no just because pragmatically if you look at
every party involved, in this story,
look at every party.
So let's say Miami does have an interest in Sean Payton.
All right, and they place that phone call,
Mickey Loomis, nose. And Gail Benson knows
that Sean. Payton is never going to coach their team again,
and the fact is they all this money and now maybe some of
that money could be depending on
What part of the deal might be a part of that.
What happens to what happens to all of the money
that he passes up?
And and again, not that the Saints have to pay that because
obviously he walked away from that but I just really wonder.
What is the sense
of New Orleans saying? No, it just it doesn't ring. True to
me.
I've got two
potential explanations for you. First. The Saints know they'll
get more from Jerry Jones
in 2023 or 2024, then whatever it was. The Dolphins were
willing to do to get Sean, Payton. They'll be able to
squeeze more out of Jerry Jones later. That's one reason to
say, no, thank you to the Dolphins.
The other reason in this gets a little more complicated and
this gets into the why? And how the door got shot on
this. This effort by the Dolphins to get Peyton
and Brady.
There's a thought out there that it was the league office
at intervened and said this isn't happening. Now.
I ran that by someone last week and the response was, there's
no way the league office would have simply said, no, you can't
do this because other teams would have insisted that
the dolphins be punished
for tampering because clearly they were talking to Brady
clearly. They were talking to Peyton and they're also in
a position to violate the spirit. If not the letter of
the routing, rule by lining this thing up to get Peyton. When
there
Give her a head coach and supposedly engaging in
a diverse and inclusive search. But, but
if the league office, did it in a way where they didn't want to
have to go after the Dolphins. They didn't want to have to
announce to the world. Hey, at a time when we're reeling from
this lawsuit that Brian Flora has filed, we're going to
announce to the world. That we're
stripping draft picks away from the Dolphins because
they had their hand. In the Rooney Rule cookie jar
and they had their other hand in the tampering cookie jar.
Two of the things raised by the Flores lawsuit. We caught them.
Um, in the act of doing it right after the lawsuit was
filed.
So it could be. It could be that the Mandate was given
from on high
to the Saints. This never happened. Now the Dolphins
didn't get that memo apparently, but that's my eye.
That's so again. I'm trying to make sense out of something
that doesn't make sense because I'm telling you,
the Dolphins will admit privately
they made that call for Peyton,
and it does not benefit them to admit that.
And if the Saints are taking the position, the called it and
come. That's that just doesn't make sense. I agree with you.
There has to be a reason for it. If the Saints really did
get the call
and said, no, thank you.
And now they want to act like the call never came.
Okay,
involving your first point about the Cowboys
II would make one point about that sort of a Counterpoint.
Let's say, you don't really believe that. Sean Payton is
going to live the rest of his life
on TV.
Okay.
Well,
then, that would be going contrary to discussions
that he's had with a lot of people.
That if I like TV, I don't want to drink Mountain Dew at 2:00
in the morning anymore. To stay awake.
If I like TV, I'm going to do it. I'm going to live a longer
life, living easier life. A lot of stress,
a lot more stress-free.
Look, I did this for
for 15 years. I had a great life
and, you know, but now let's move on. The only thing I would
say Mike,
even if you don't believe that you have to agree that
Well, there's some chance
20 or 30%. Let's say that Peyton's not going to coach
again.
Let's just say all right, and
as it pertains to the Cowboys,
are you sure
that they're going 89 this year? And they're going to
whack Mike McCarthy and they're going to come after
Sean Payton and they'll give you one in a 3-4.
Peyton. Are you sure about that?
I mean, the Cowboys go 11 and 6 or or whatever. And when
the division again,
they're not firing Mike McCarthy.
In other words,
taking something taking a first round pick from the Miami
Dolphins, this year, and next year,
is the bird in the hand.
And I would say at best.
There's a 50% chance
that one day. Jerry Jones will come. With a better offer
there may not ever be an offer to give.
That's all I'm saying about,
you know, your first,
you know, either or
And and look, I don't disagree with any of that. I'm just
trying to make sense of two things that I've become aware
of in the past. 36 hours. The Dolphins will privately, admit
that they made the phone, call to the Saints
and permission was denied.
The Saints, private position is the call, never came.
That is weird because it's against the interests
of both parties involved to say what they're saying
and
good luck making sense of that. That good luck making sense of
anything nowadays in the National Football.