re: Per Rap, SF or NO for Payton

Hahahahaha you're such a hater. Go back to living in your bubble.

SF makes a lot of sense.....12 picks in this years draft and $52 million under the CAP.......

Sean Fazende

When asked if Saints were seeking a 2 as comp for Payton. A source told me, 'when was it ever a 2?'

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very weird response, don't know how to take it.

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It means its ridiculous, not based in reality, and that we would be asking for a lot more.

Never doubted he was being shopped...didnt know why we lowballed ourselves by saying the minimum we would take.

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The only issue with this is that, if that was the case, why has the team been so quiet? You can bullshite some answers if you want to, but realistically, teams who are absolutely keeping their coach have come out in support.

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If the coach in question may want to leave even more than you want to keep him, you keep quiet and let things play out behind the scenes. It's common sense.

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Payton and Saints GM Mickey Loomis were in meetings for hours in New Orleans on Monday. How it turns out, I don’t know. I do know that many around Payton think he’s ready to go—not that he’ll be miserable if nothing can be worked out with another team and he has to stay (he’s under contract with the Saints for two more seasons). But he understands that the defense can’t be built back up in a day, and he understands that if Drew Brees doesn’t take some sort of contract modification to lower his $30-million cap number for 2016, the Saints might have a different quarterback this fall. So it may be time to get out while the getting’s good. The Niners will have about 12 draft choices in 2016, with at least $52 million to spend under the 2016 salary cap. And they have the seventh pick in the first round, good for Payton to go find his new quarterback. All in all, there’s a lot about this job for Payton to like—and it would solve a major credibility problem for the embattled Niners czar, Jed York.

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The logic in this statement is questionable, at best.

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he understands that the defense can’t be built back up in a day

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Maybe not. But is it a foregone conclusion that they defense has ZERO change to improve next year? shite, the Saints had a historically bad defense in 2012. The next season they were in the top 5 in just about every defensive category. It's the NFL. Things can change drastically from season to season.

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he understands that if Drew Brees doesn’t take some sort of contract modification to lower his $30-million cap number for 2016

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Again, true. But has there been anything other than sheer speculation that Brees won't be the Saints QB next year?

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The Niners will have about 12 draft choices in 2016, with at least $52 million to spend under the 2016 salary cap. And they have the seventh pick in the first round, good for Payton to go find his new quarterback. All in all, there’s a lot about this job for Payton to like—and it would solve a major credibility problem for the embattled Niners czar, Jed York

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This isn't the same 49ers roster from 2 years ago. They lost essentially all of their great players. It's a complete rebuilding job there. True, they have a ton of draft picks, but this QB class doesn't exactly inspire confidence. There may not be a QB worthy of a top 10 pick and do they really think Payton would be able to catch lightening in a bottle again and get HOF QB as a Free Agent?

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and it would solve a major credibility problem for the embattled Niners czar, Jed York.

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This is the same group that couldn't get along with, and ultimately let go a coach who made it to the NFC championship in each of his first 3 years. This, after the team went nearly 10 years without making the playoffs. Who's to say something like that wouldn't happen again.

Indy made a lot more sense with Luck there. Why would he want to go to a team in a tough division, with nothing at QB, and a roster that looks like a 2-3 year rebuild job at best?