Sean Payton Almost Made Bill Belichick Coach?!?!

This will be the craziest "what if" story you will read today.

NFL insider Seth Wickersham just dropped an absolute bomb of a story about Sean Payton and the Broncos last year.  You should really check it out, it's a good read.

A small bit of it raised my eyebrow. Apparently, Payton seriously considered pitching a wild idea to Broncos ownership: Bring Bill Belichick to Denver as Head Coach.

The twist? Payton would have temporarily stepped down to Assistant Coach to run the offense. The sole goal was to let Belichick get the 15 wins he needed to break Don Shula’s all-time record, after which Bill would retire and hand the keys back to Payton.

On paper, pairing two of the greatest football minds of a generation sounds unstoppable. Payton grooms the offense, Belichick locks down the defense, and they dominate. But in reality? The media circus of a temporary coaching swap mid-season probably would have blown the whole thing up.

Check out Wickersham's full piece here: Inside the Denver Broncos