Sean Payton says NFL tried to get him fired after Bountygate

Now more than a half-decade removed from the entire Bountygate scandal that plagued the New Orleans Saints, head coach Sean Payton is opening up about it.Payton himself was suspended for the entire 2012 NFL season after the league found him to be responsible for leading an organization that was putting a bounty on the heads of opposing players.In an interview on “In Depth with Graham Bensinger,” Payton offers up the belief that the NFL actually tried to get him fired because of the scandal. “When you say a year and you’re not able to talk to any coach and you’re not able to talk to any other player and you know that the league office actually contacted two other owners to talk to Mr. Benson about finding a way to have you fired,” Payton said. “Like, they are trying to break you.”Payton also offered a rebuke of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.“Look it’s one of the weaknesses of our commissioner: There’s too much emotion,” the head coach continued. “When the penalties came down it was just, it was foolish.”In ad

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