Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton threw some shade at his former quarterback and current New York Giants backup signal-caller Russell Wilson after the two teams squared off on Sunday.
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As if the Denver Broncos pulling off a historic victory over the New York Giants on Sunday wasn't bad enough for Big Blue, Broncos head coach Sean Payton just couldn't help but throw shade at quarterback Russell Wilson after the game.
There's probably no love lost between the head coach and quarterback, who reportedly had a dicey relationship during their days together in Denver.
In Payton's first year, the offense was a disaster with Wilson at the helm and we saw Payton give Wilson the business on multiple occasions. Then the Broncos cut Wilson the following offseason, even though Denver had to eat a ton of money.
After the Broncos pulled off an unthinkable win over the Giants in Week 7 that saw Denver overcome an 18-point deficit with under six minutes left, which made NFL history (teams were 1,062-0 before the Broncos accomplished the feat), Payton threw shade at Wilson.
In his post-game presser, Payton admitted he told Giants owner John Mara not to make the switch to rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart before the game against the Broncos.
Of course, the inference there is that Payton thinks the rookie is better than the veteran and he would've rather faced Wilson than Dart.
"They found a little spark with that quarterback," he said, according to video from SNY. "I was talking to John Mara not too long ago and I said we were hoping that change (from Wilson to Dart) would've happened long after our game.
To be fair to Payton, he was proven right.
Dart has been a clear upgrade over Wilson, who has looked like a shell of the quarterback he once was with the Seattle Seahawks.
And Payton had a front-row seat for Wilson's demise in Denver.
Now, he has a promising young quarterback in Bo Nix and the Broncos are moving in the right direction as a result.
Meanwhile, in New York, Dart offers a bright future for Big Blue, but the black cloud that is the reigns of head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen still loom over the franchise.
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