It wasn’t enough that Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton was trying to run the score up on the Panthers by calling a fake punt and going for it on 4th and 2 while holding a 21 point lead late in the 4th quarter. The veteran NFL coach had to take a few shots at his former NFC South foe in his postgame press conference as well.
Payton on the team’s defensive performance:
“I was. I wish we would’ve finished better. I said this, it’s not a good offense we played. It’s just the truth. So we expected that, and we’re going to see a lot better teams.”
Payton on if he can use his frustrations from today to help prepare to face Baltimore next week:
“I’ll sleep fine. We have a big game this week against a much better team.”
Cornerback Jaycee Horn confronted Payton after the game about his aggressive play-calling despite the game clearly out of Carolina’s reach.
When asked about the exchange, Payton said he thought it was aimed at a player.
“I coached his father. So I was yelling back at him. I don’t know what the exchange was, but his father I enjoyed coaching. I enjoyed him. He was frustrated. I think he was yelling at one of our other players. I like him. I think he’s a good player.”
The only way to hurt a bully is by beating them. Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos bullied the Carolina Panthers on and off the field and there was nothing they could do about it.
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