The Sean Payton situation on the New Orleans Saints is settled and he will be leaving the NFC for good. After there was some speculation that Payton could wind up with the Los Angeles Rams during the time when Sean McVay was mulling his own foray into TV—where Payton spent the last year while on hiatus from the Saints—he is instead going to the AFC.
The Saints traded Payton to the Denver Broncos on Tuesday for a 2023 first round pick (30th overall, the 49ers original pick, which was traded to the Dolphins, then traded to Denver for Bradley Chubb) and a 2024 third round pick.