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Sean Payton Is Reportedly Hired As The Head Coach Of The Denver Broncos By The New Orleans Saints
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ESPN and NFL Network say that Sean Payton will become the head coach of the Denver Broncos after they reached a deal with his old team, the New Orleans Saints, to pay him.
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Even though Payton quit as coach last season, he was still under contract with the Saints and worked as a broadcaster this season.
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In 15 years with the team, he led them to the playoffs nine times, and in 2010, they won the Super Bowl.
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Payton told NOLA.com, "This was the chance I was looking for." "It has a great group of fans and a great history. The owners are great, and I liked how they played in some of their games last year."
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He joins a Broncos team that needs a big boost badly.Denver ended the season with a record of 5–12, which means it missed the playoffs for the seventh straight year.
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The performance of quarterback Russell Wilson, who the Broncos got from the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for four high draught picks before this season, was perhaps the most disappointing.
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The nine-time Pro Bowler had the worst statistical season of his career. He finished with a career-low 16 touchdown passes and led an offence that averaged 16.9 points per game by the end of the season.
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But Payton is sure he will be able to get the most out of Wilson.Payton told NOLA.com, "Russell is a hard worker who has played at a high level and won a lot of games in this league."
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"There is a lot of pressure on us to come up with a good running game and make his position easier. I'm looking forward to him."
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In other news, the NFL team Houston Texans announced Tuesday that they have hired DeMeco Ryans, a 38-year-old former linebacker for the Texans, as their new head coach. Ryans is the defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers.
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The former linebacker for the Texans was the defensive coordinator for the 49ers and did a great job there.
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In the last two seasons, he was the coordinator for the San Francisco defence, which was ranked first in the 2022 regular season for total defence (300.6 yards per game), total points allowed (277), and points allowed per game (16.3).
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In 2021, the 49ers defence allowed 310.0 total yards per game, which was third in the league.
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Houston fired Lovie Smith as head coach at the beginning of January after he led the team to a 3-13-1 record in 2022. Smith was the second coach who only led the team for one season. After a 3-14 season last year, the Texans fired David Culley and then hired Smith.
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The Carolina Panthers also showed off their new head coach, Frank Reich, on Tuesday. Reich was the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts.
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Reich, who is 61 years old, was the starting quarterback for the Panthers' first game in 1995. He is now the sixth head coach for the team.