How much of Home Team is a true story?
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Home TeamNetflix's sports comedy, the Home Team movie, is based on a true story, but as with all true story films, the real-life characters moved on and the movie made certain story changes to heighten theatricality and improve the narrative flow.
Plot. Two years after the New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl XLIV, head coach Sean Payton is involved in the Bountygate scandal and suspended from the NFL for one year. While he's awaiting the results of his appeal, he returns to his hometown to reconnect with his 12-year-old son Connor.
The NFL found that he was aware of the bounty program and made no effort to stop it. The league's investigation found that Payton and Saints general manager Mickey Loomis were guilty of “conduct detrimental” to the league, according to NFL.com.
After a lengthy investigation, the NFL found that Sean Payton not only knew about this but tried to hide the information from the NFL. The NFL suspended Sean Payton for the entire 2012 season for his participation in Bountygate. The whole organization was fined $500,000, and they lost several draft picks.
Payton retired Jan. 26, 2022, and has worked as an NFL analyst for Fox this season. The Denver Broncos became one of the first teams to pursue Payton, something he said in an interview on Fox prior to Sunday's games.
During Home Team's final scene, Payton walks into his office, ready to resume his duties after being suspended for a year. The maintenance technician welcomes him back. He even adds, “We sucked without you.” That actor is played by the real-life, and now suddenly retired, New Orleans Saints Head Coach, Sean Payton.
The former Saints coach is currently living in L.A. and working for Fox Sports. "If he had his druthers, that is where he would remain, in the city of Los Angeles," Rapoport said.
The Home Team movie true story reveals that New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was suspended for the entire 2012 NFL season as a result of his part in the New Orleans Saints Bountygate scandal, which involved players allegedly being paid bounties for attempting to injure rival players on other teams.
Sean Patrick Payton (born December 29, 1963) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) and a former quarterback.
The Denver Broncos finalized a deal Tuesday to acquire their next head coach from the New Orleans Saints, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported, per sources. The team announced Payton as head coach on Feb. 3. New Orleans will receive a 2023 first-round pick (No.
Who ran Bountygate?
On March 2, 2012, the NFL announced that it had evidence that defensive coordinator Gregg Williams had created the program soon after his arrival in 2009, and alleged that "between 22 and 27 Saints players" were involved. Williams and the players pooled their own money to pay out performance bonuses.
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton was shocked to learn that the NFL league office hired Mike Cerullo, the former Saints defensive assistant who served as a whistleblower during the 2012 Bountygate scandal, to a director of football administration position.
The West Coast scheme, which is still the basis for the Payton offense despite being covered in layers and layers of other ideas, is a quarterback-intensive system.
Sean Payton put out his best written apology yesterday, and said he was sorry that the NFL caught him. OK, it wasn't stated exactly that way, so here is a part of his actual statement: "I share and fully support the league's concerns and goals on player safety. It is, and should be, paramount."
Bill Belichick, $20 million
With six Super Bowl rings and 23 years of tenure with the New England Patriots, it makes sense that Belichick is the highest-paid coach. He also makes personnel decisions for the Patriots, including the draft, free agency and trades.
Payton was suspended for a year for his role in the Saints' “bountygate” scandal, although the players allegedly involved had their suspensions lifted. Commissioner Roger Goodell reinstated Payton after meeting with him Monday.
Sean Payton makes a cameo as a janitor in 'Home Team' and I am LOSING MY MIND. If you've come here looking for an in-depth review of Home Team, the newly released Netflix movie where Kevin James — yes, THAT Kevin James —plays former New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, I can't give you that.
Sean Payton makes a cameo appearance in Netflix film "Home Team", based off his year away from coaching the New Orleans Saints in 2012.
Sean Payton's cameo as Lionel the janitor is the latest in a long line of movies that feature their real-life subject in a small role.
According to NBC Sports' Peter King, Sean Payton's contract with the Broncos is for five years and “in the neighborhood of” $18 million a year. That number would make Payton the second-highest-paid coach in not just the NFL, but in all of American sports.
Did the Denver Broncos hire Sean Payton?
Not everyone who covers the NFL was thrilled about the Denver Broncos acquiring Sean Payton's coaching rights via trade and, subsequently, hiring him.
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.
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Profile summary.
| Full name | Connor Payton |
|---|---|
| Age | 22 years old (as of 2022) |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Place of birth | Argyle, Texas, United States |
| Current residence | Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
Sean Payton is back in the NFL. The Denver Broncos finalized a deal Tuesday to acquire their next head coach from the New Orleans Saints, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported, per sources. The team announced Payton as head coach on Feb. 3.
The latest offering from Happy Madison Productions, Home Team, features a surprise cameo from its real-life subject, Sean Payton.
Sean Payton is working for Fox Sports this season after stepping down from his coaching job with the New Orleans Saints in January, but he says he's interested in returning as an NFL head coach in 2023 for the "right situation."
There's a shockingly simple reason Sean Payton's glorious return to New Orleans just didn't happen: Relationships. "There were a lot of different things in play." Sean Payton tells @AdamSchein there was interest from potential Commanders' ownership groups that reached out about him coaching in Washington D.C.
Although Payton retired from coaching and is currently working as a FOX NFL analyst, his rights are technically still held by the Saints.
The Broncos gave up their only first-round draft pick this year as well as a 2024 second-round pick to the New Orleans Saints to secure Payton's services. The Saints also sent a 2024 third-round pick in return.
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.
Who was the guy at the end of Home Team?
During Home Team's final scene, Payton walks into his office, ready to resume his duties after being suspended for a year. The maintenance technician welcomes him back. He even adds, “We sucked without you.” That actor is played by the real-life, and now suddenly retired, New Orleans Saints Head Coach, Sean Payton.
Payton isn't a “free-agent” coach, per se. He stepped away from the Saints after the 2021 season on his own, as opposed to being fired. So New Orleans still has his coaching rights. It will take draft compensation from any team wanting Payton to persuade the Saints to trade him.
Netflix's newest release “Home Team” is an Adam Sandler-produced true story starring Kevin James, Taylor Lautner and Rob Schneider. The film follows the story of New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, who was suspended in 2012 for his involvement in giving bonuses to players who purposefully injured opponents.