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Dave Hyde: Pairing Tom Brady and Sean Payton was the Dolphins’ big plan — until Flores’ lawsuit ruined it

In late January, as the Miami Dolphin slow-cooked their coaching hire, a team source was asked about the strangely sluggish pace.

“Just wait, this will be big,’’ the source said.

The Dolphins hoped to land Super Bowl winners Tom Brady as quarterback and Sean Payton as coach, the South Florida Sun Sentinel confirmed. Their yearlong plans were undone in part by former coach Brian Flores’ discrimination lawsuit against the NFL that involves Dolphins owner Steve Ross.

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