Former Saints coach Sean Payton reportedly had an offer on the table from another NFC franchise earlier this offseason that would have kept him in the NFL’s coaching ranks in 2022.
According to the Sun-Sentinel’s Dave Hyde, the Dolphins offered Sean Payton a five-year, $100 million deal to take over the job in Miami. The contract would have made Payton just the second coach in league history to break the $100 million barrier, joining Jon Gruden, who signed a 10-year, $100 million contract with the Raiders in 2018.
However, Payton would have earned double the annual salary of Gruden, raking in approximately $20 million per year, according to Hyde.
