Not long ago John Fox was fresh from a trip to the NFC championship game and a few years removed from a Super Bowl, as he pushed for friend Sean Payton his first head coaching job with Saints of New Orleans.
Now, wearing a Super Bowl ring, Payton is a star in coaching. fate Fox, meanwhile, has plummeted. Denied a contract extension, the Carolina Panthers are among the worst teams in the league, and everything indicates that it is his last year in Charlotte.
Payton knows he needs to beat the Saints (5-3) to finish their first season sweep of the Panthers sad (1-6) since 2001 on Sunday to erase a slow start and stay in the mix in competitive NFC South.
But that did not stop to consider Payton's friend in need. "When he becomes a free agent, get a feel for the market," said Payton. For him, it would be a good thing. "
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