Analysis: Payton's excoriation of his predecessor looks even worse after his bungled Broncos debut
If you’re going to excoriate your predecessor over the mess you were hired to clean up, it's best to outperform the guy you replaced. Sean Payton didn’t deliver enough enhancements in his Denver debut Sunday to justify calling out Nathaniel Hackett like he did in the summer. During a passionate defense of quarterback Russell Wilson, who's coming off the worst season of his career, Payton accused Hackett and his staff in Denver of doing “one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL" in 2022.
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