Ditka indicated in an interview on WWL-AM that the meeting would be held in Pensacola, Fla., where Benson has a home.

"I'm going to Florida. If I have a job, I'm going. If I don't have a job, I'm going," Ditka said after the Saints' 45-13 loss to Carolina. "Then we'll find out what's going to happen after that."

The Saints ended the season Sunday at 3-13. Ditka's three-year record with the Saints is 15-33.

Ditka had indicated after the Saints defeated Dallas on Christmas Eve that he was confident he would return next season. He hedged somewhat Sunday.

"I think I will, but I don't know. I don't control that," Ditka said. "What I said last week I believe. If I'm wrong does that make me a liar?

"Whatever Tom wants to do I understand," Ditka said. "Life goes on and this is not the end of my life or the end of my world."