When was the last time Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints went to the Super Bowl?

According to numerous sources, the Denver Broncos and the New Orleans Saints reached a trade agreement on Tuesday. This development will make Sean Payton the 19th head coach in Denver's history.

In exchange for Payton, Denver will give New Orleans its 2023 first-round selection and 2024 second-round selection. Payton is anticipated to receive one of the most enormous head coaching salaries in the NFL, thanks to the Broncos.

Halfway into the 2022 campaign, the Broncos sacked head coach Nathaniel Hackett. The team concluded the year with a 5-12 record.

After the 2021 campaign and 15 seasons as the Saints' head coach, Sean Payton announced his resignation. He led the Saints to the NFC Championship on three occasions over that span, along with nine years of postseason football.

The most memorable moment of his time with the Saints occurred in the 2009 season when Payton and quarterback Drew Brees took New Orleans to its first-ever pro football championship with a victory in Super Bowl XLIV over the Indianapolis Colts.

Payton was 152-89 in his 15 years as the Saints' head coach. He worked as a Fox Sports commentator this campaign but did not coach any side.

For the 2009 NFL campaign, Sean Payton was a virtuoso of offensive football, and his team was almost untouchable. While Brees tossed eight TD passes and no picks in the playoffs, the Saints scored 35.6 points on average in their three victories.

The first round of this year's draft will once again include the Saints. Last year, as a result of a trade, they traded their 2023 first-round selection to the Philadelphia Eagles, enabling them to choose offensive tackle Trevor Penning.

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Sean Payton will be charged with turning the Broncos' fortunes around

With Russell Wilson concluding with a career-low 16 TD passes and a career-high 55 sacks, Sean Payton will be entrusted with improving the NFL's lowest-scoring attack in 2022.

Since January 2019, the Broncos have sacked three coaches: Vance Joseph, Vic Fangio, and Hackett. They have not made the playoffs seven straight times.

The failure of Russell Wilson, who the Denver Broncos acquired from the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for four draft picks, was possibly the team's biggest disappointment in 2022.

With an offense that averaged 16.9 points per game, the seasoned quarterback endured the poorest statistical season of his life.