“I’m a dummy. His plan is to take it year by year. That was my fault,” Payton told reporters during a conference call, according to WDSU-TV.

Brees signed a two-year deal with the Saints in the offseason and made it clear he didn’t want to play anywhere else but New Orleans.

Hill has also said he sees himself as a franchise quarterback.

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