Sean Payton walked away from the Saints on Tuesday owing the team, the town and his former bosses absolutely nothing. The same could be said for Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady if, after mentioning on his podcast this week the wear and tear football has brought to his personal life, he decided to walk away, too.
While neither franchise can really do anything about their organization-defining stars packing up and leaving town, it does shine an interesting light on how to handle it if and when the day comes. It is a crash course on preparing for the worst.