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What do the Saints want for Payton? ›

In part, the terms for Payton's return, after a season working with the NFL pregame crew at Fox, included Denver sending the Saints its first-round pick this year (No. 29 overall) and its second-round in 2024, in exchange for Payton and the Saints' third-round pick in 2024.

In recent years the phrase "Who Dat Nation" has become a popular term for the entire community of Saints fans.

Signed T Taliese Fuaga, QB Spencer Rattler, WR Bub Means, LB Jaylan Ford, DT Khristian Boyd and T Josiah Ezirim to four-year contracts. Waived G Tommy Kraemer and QB Kellen Mond. Signed DB Will Harris to a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with T Justin Herron and G/C Shane Lemieux on one-year contracts.

“I felt like it was time maybe heading into training camp,” Payton said. “I felt the time was right for me.” He also indicated, though, that he had not shut the door on his coaching career. “Retirement, I don't think is the right word today,” Payton said.

Even though Payton retired from the Saints last year, New Orleans still had him under contract. So any team that wanted to hire him needed to provide compensation to the Saints.

In 2011, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, according to The Sporting News.

Sanctions. Sean Payton became the first head coach in modern NFL history to be suspended by the league for any reason.

The team was named "Saints" due to its birthday on the Roman Catholic Church's All Saints Day—a fitting nickname for a team in the largely Catholic New Orleans area. The name was announced on January 9, 1967. The team's original stadium was Tulane Stadium, which could seat more than 80,000 fans.

In 1980, the Saints lost their first 14 games, prompting local sportscaster Bernard "Buddy D" Diliberto to advise Saints supporters to wear paper bags over their heads at the team's home games; many bags rendered the club's name as the "'Aints" rather than the "Saints."

Why do Saints fans say Who Dat? ›

According to the Times-Picayune,the "Who Dat?" rallying call first originated during the fall of 1983, when WVUE-TV sports anchor Ken Berthelot and photographer Avis Landry were sent to capture video of a high school football game in St. Augustine. The city's Purple Knights had a pre-practice chant that went, "Who dat?

The 2022-23 NFL season is weighing heavily on the most-loyal New Orleans Saints fans — the Who Dat Nation.

The Saints selected South Carolina signal-caller Spencer Rattler No. 150 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft on Saturday.

Shift4 Transaction Alert: Familiar face returns to New Orleans. New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced today that the club has signed wide receiver Marquez Callaway and waived/injured tight end Tommy Hudson.

Sean Payton trade details

Here's how the trade went down: Broncos receive: Head coach Sean Payton, Saints 2024 third-round pick. Saints receive: Broncos 2023 first-round pick (No. 30 overall), Broncos 2024 second-round pick.

Without Payton, the Saints had a dismal season—finishing with a 7-9 record and sitting at home during the playoffs for the first time in five seasons.

On January 31, 2023, Payton reported that he had accepted the position of head coach for the Denver Broncos, and was officially hired three days later.