Oh ok. I thought we were talking about Bridgewater. I never put any serious thought in Payton leaving Brees and all the talent in NO for Prescott and the pile of mediocrity in Dallas to be Jones' puppet. He already has a SB there and they've been drafting like gangbusters. Odd rumor imo.
How long has Brees got left in the tank? In all those years together they have one Super Bowl appearance/win, is there another in there or did they blow their best chance last season?
At the end of the day it's possible Payton decides to go to Dallas because they are well set up to compete. For all his short comings, Prescott has three winning seasons two his name (13-3, 9-7, 10-6), two division titles, and has a good TD-INT ratio. He might never be elite, but he's good enough to win with. Amari Cooper on his day is a legitimate number one receiver and Ezekiel Elliot is arguably the best running back in the league (and if he's not, he's one of them). Their OL is still solid. Defensively they have got better and had one of the better units last year.
So they aren't a team devoid of talent and a lot of their key players are in, or are heading into, their prime years. Ok he's got to work with Jerry Jones, but his recent draft record is not as bad as some make out, nor is his reputation of being a puppet master as bad as some make out. I think if Payton has doubts about how long Brees will play, or he knows when he's going to call it, he could be tempted by a situation where he slots straight into a team ready to compete rather than having to find another quarterback who then has the unenviable task of stepping in to replace Drew Brees. And that's before considering he could want a new challenge and thinks a change of scenery could be good for him.
Odd rumor? I can agree with that, but it wouldn't surprise me if he did leave to go somewhere else.