2022 made one thing abundantly clear for the New Orleans Saints: They need draft picks moving forward.That' Vincent Trocheck Women Jersey s going to be an i sue in 2023. They traded their first-round pick to the Eagles and will be without a day one pick this year, not where a team that is going to finish third in its division wants to be.However, they may receive solace in the same situation that could be contributing to their struggles. Following Sean Payton's abrupt retirement last season, which is looking like it's going to be more of a break from coaching, it's likely the Saints will get significant compensation in a trade. New Orleans still owns Payton's contract, which means it has to trade him to a team for a team to acquire it.In other words, one of the league's most pick-strapped teams could have help on the way, depending on how the Payton situation plays out.MORE: Payton and the Saints agreed to a five- Michael Hutchinson Kids Jersey year contract extension in 2019, locking him up until 2024.Payton's retirement came after a difficult 2021, which saw the Saints stricken with injuries and Payton himself battling his second bout with COVID-19. They mi sed the playoffs at 9-8 that year, and Payton retired before the Super Bowl.However, even at the initial announcement, rumors started swirling and connecting Payton to other teams. The Cowboys job came up, as is tradition when a Cowboys coach begins to struggle, but more recently Payton has been tied to the Chargers and Cardinals, with the Broncos as a team looking to make a strong push.With the Panthers already looking for a coach and the Colts likely not far behind, those two ambitious teams could also be in the market. The Dolphins are also a team to look out for, given they lost their first round Aleksander Barkov Jersey pick this year for trying to lure Payton and Tom Brady to Miami. For the Saints, any Payton conversations will likely start with a first round pick and go from there. It's a roster with a lot of holes, so they could also reasonably push for quantity over quality.The Patriots traded their 2000 first and fourth-round picks with their 2001 fourth and 2002 seventh-rounder to the Jets for Bill Belichick and the Jets' 2001 fifth and seventh-rounders.When the Buccaneers traded Mike Hoffman Women Jersey for Jon Gruden, meanwhile, the cost was steeper. The Raiders received two first-round picks; two second-round picks, and $8 million. Those picks came in 2002 and 2003 for the first rounders and 2004 for the eventual second rounder.MORE:Payton is a weird hybrid of these situations. The Belichick trade partially happened because he had resigned as coach of the Jets le s than a month earlier, so Bill Parcells was forced to trade him. The Gruden deal was with a more established coach. While all things equal might result in the Saints getting Gruden compensation for Payton, Payton's retirement could force New Orleans' hand.The main thing working in the Saints' favor is that there are a lot of teams with ambitious owners looking for coaches this year. Jim Irsay, Stephen Ro s, David Tepper, and Rob Walton are all owners who have proven they want to go all-in to win one way or another, while Michael Bidwell and Dean Spanos need someone who can get the Cardinals and Chargers over the hump if they move on from Kliff Kingsbury or Brandon Staley, respectively.Payton could well be that guy, but if those other owners get involved, he isn't going to come cheap. That could be good news for a Saints team Michael Hutchinson Jersey that desperately needs draft picks this year. The other option, of course, is that Payton returns and simply coaches the Saints again -- which Payton himself has far from discounted as a po sibility.