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Saints, coach Sean Payton agree to terms on deal

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Sources say that Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints have agreed on a multiyear contract extension.

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The New Orleans Saints and suspended coach Sean Payton will indeed be together again next season as the bounty scandal fades into history and the bid to win a second Super Bowl resumes. Payton has agreed in principle to a multiyear contract extension, the team said. "Very happy it is official," quarterback Drew Brees said in an email to the AP. "Never had any doubts."