According to league sources, the Denver Broncos ownership group is expected to be "ultra aggressive" in their search for a new head coach.
While there is a salary cap on players, there is no cap on what owners can spend on a head coach, his staff and the rest of the organization.
The Penner-Walton group paid a record price for the Broncos and are expected to use that same determination to find a new coach.
Sean Payton, the former head coach of the Saints, is one of the top candidates. The team that hires Payton will give the Saints draft picks.
New Orleans has kept a close eye on what other teams received for other top coaching candidates.
The Raiders got two first-round picks, two second-round picks, and $1 million from the Buccaneers. The Jets received a first-round pick, a fourth-round pick and a seventh-round pick from the Pats.
The Jets gave the Pats a first-, second-, third- and fourth-round pick in exchange for Parcells.
The Saints believe that the value of what other great coaches have retrieved is worth it.
Denver has its own short-term challenges with interim head coach Jerry Rosburg taking over and facing the Chiefs in his first game. Since November 2015, the Chiefs are 14-0 against the Broncos, with an average margin of victory of 11.9 points per game, and Patrick Mahomes has won all 10 of his starts against the Broncos.
The shortest tenure of any non-Interim head coach in Broncos' history came to an abrupt end this past Monday when they fired Hackett. A team that had one of the league's best defenses but an offense that averaged just 15.5 points per game quickly ran out of patience with the group.
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