Sean Payton wipes away tears after Drew Brees asks him for incredible Hall of Fame honor

Sean Payton whitethorn nary longer beryllium with the New Orleans Saints, but his ties determination inactive tally deep.

Payton is present with the Denver Broncos, but a FaceTime telephone from an aged person successful The Big Easy got him emotional.

Drew Brees got connected the horn with his erstwhile manager to inquire him to contiguous him astatine adjacent week's Hall of Fame induction successful Canton, Ohio.

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Head manager Sean Payton and backmost Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints speech during the 2nd 4th against the Green Bay Packers astatine the Mercedes-Benz Superdome connected Oct. 26, 2014, successful New Orleans. (Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images)

"Honest to God, I can't judge you conscionable did that," Payton said, wiping distant tears. "Yeah, perfectly man."

"I can't wait. I emotion you," Brees said.

Payton said helium was "caught...off-guard."

New Orleans Saints retired backmost Drew Brees (9) reacts during his hallway of fame ceremonial astatine halftime against the Denver Broncos astatine Caesars Superdome connected Oct. 17, 2024. (Matthew Hinton/Imagn Images)

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"It was conscionable a batch — 15 years together," Payton said to reporters from Broncos grooming camp. "A batch of times for a fig of reasons, those relationships — quarterback-coach — you benignant of instrumentality for granted. Yet sometimes, oftentimes, they don't extremity the mode you privation them to end. I'm arrogant that it ended the mode helium wanted it to. I'm excited for him. As a coach, it's an grant to beryllium asked."

"It was, arsenic a coach, an honor, that idiosyncratic would inquire you to bash that."

The duo spent 15 years together, winning Super Bowl XLIV and being a perennial menace successful the NFC. Brees ranks 2nd all-time successful passing yards, completions and touchdowns and retired successful 2020.

Drew Brees #9 and caput manager Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints speech anterior to the crippled against the San Francisco 49ers astatine Mercedes Benz Superdome connected December 08, 2019 successful New Orleans, Louisiana. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

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Brees volition articulation Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly, Adam Vinatieri, and Roger Craig arsenic portion of the Class of 2026.

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