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Sean Payton made a name for himself in the coaching ranks as a quarterback guru, helping develop the likes of Tony Romo and Drew Brees into star signal-callers.
The highly decorated coach might also come with difficulties, at least for some. In addition to developing quarterbacks and helping the New Orleans Saints win a Super Bowl, Payton has also become known as a coach who isn’t afraid to say whatever’s on his mind, much like his mentor, Bill Parcells.
Payton’s latest task is to develop a young quarterback once again — this time, it’s 2024 first-round draft pick Bo Nix with the Denver Broncos. As Payton is now the only coach from Parcells’ coaching tree to hold a head coaching gig in the NFL this season amid a league-wide shift away from hard-nosed coaches (most notably Parcells’ most famous protégé, Bill Belichick, who failed to land a job after leaving the New England Patriots last offseason), it’s easy to wonder how Nix might be taking the coaching from Payton.
If Nix is unsure how to adapt to Payton’s coaching style, Brees — the quarterback who won a Super Bowl in New Orleans and blossomed into one of the best of his generation with Payton as his coach — shared some advice for the Broncos rookie on “The Herd.”
“Be just as demanding right back to him,” Brees said. “Sean likes that. Sean wants to see you confident and sure.”
Brees obviously knows how to work well with Payton. He and Payton quickly formed one of the best quarterback-head coach duos in the league when they joined forces in 2006, leading the Saints to an NFC Championship Game appearance in an emotional rise to prominence amid the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Three seasons later, Brees and Payton led the Saints to their first and still only Super Bowl win in franchise history.
Drew Brees shares one piece of advice he would give Bo Nix
While that was Brees and Payton’s only Super Bowl win, they still enjoyed plenty of success in their 15 seasons together….
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Publish date : 2024-09-26 22:31:35
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