As Sean Payton prepares for his first NFL Draft since turning into the Denver Broncos‘ head coach, he couldn’t assist however needle his new franchise quarterback.
In Denver’s pre-draft press convention Thursday, Payton referenced Russell Wilson’s current golf cart accident when fielding a query in regards to the group’s offseason program.
Wilson went viral earlier this week when his golf cart flipped over whereas he was enjoying at a course in Colorado. Luckily, neither Wilson nor anybody in his group suffered any accidents.
Whereas Payton delivered the one-liner with out skipping a beat, Broncos normal supervisor George Paton couldn’t assist however grin. Nevertheless, neither man talked about the identify of the golf course during which Wilson’s accident occurred — Arrowhead, which can be the identify of the house stadium of the Broncos AFC West rivals (and defending Tremendous Bowl champions), the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Peyton and Paton are united of their effort to get Wilson again on monitor after a tough first season in Denver for the nine-time Professional Bowler. Wilson threw for simply 16 touchdowns, 11 interceptions and a career-worst 60.5% completion fee because the Broncos went simply 5-12 in a season that noticed first-year head coach Nathaniel Hackett get fired after simply 15 video games.
The Broncos then traded a late first-round choose within the 2023 draft to Payton’s outdated group, the New Orleans Saints, for his contract rights. Payton went 152-89 in 15 seasons with the Saints, main New Orleans to its first Tremendous Bowl title in 2009.
The Broncos’ personal first-round choose in subsequent week’s draft at No. 5 general belongs to Wilson’s outdated group, the Seattle Seahawks, as a part of the commerce that introduced the quarterback to Denver final offseason.
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