Payton was proactive in firing offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi, and one of his initial replacement targets was Joe Brady, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. Brady was just named the Buffalo Bills ' new head coach on Tuesday, and Payton brought it up unprompted during his end-of-season press conference.

Payton hired Brady as an offensive assistant in New Orleans back in 2017. It was Brady's first NFL coaching gig, lasing two seasons. Brady would move on to LSU, followed by a couple-year stint with the Carolina Panthers, before landing in Buffalo as an assistant, and working his way up to offensive coordinator. And now head coach.

"There are those moments that you wish you had back," Broncos coach Sean Payton said of his 4th-and-1 play call against the Patriots.

Just kick. And you kick the Patriots’ butt. Not Payton’s style. He will always be more Tin Cup’s Kevin Costner than the PGA’s Scottie Scheffler.

The Broncos will no longer have to pay Russell Wilson’s dead cap hit.

Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix had a preexisting ankle condition that made a fracture inevitable, coach Sean Payton said at a news conference Tuesday

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