Receiver Emmanuel Sanders won a Super Bowl with the Broncos in 2015 with Gary Kubiak, whose stern-father leadership blended perfectly with an experienced team. Sanders played for Payton on the Saints in 2020, which marked the coach’s last postseason appearance when he knocked out the Bears and lost to the Tom Brady-led Buccaneers.

After the playoff-clinching win, Broncos coach Sean Payton presented game balls to the team’s ownership group.

An incredible statistic about Sean Payton’s record against bald head coaches has gone viral. Payton has led his Denver Broncos to a 10-7 record and a playoff berth in just his second season as the team’s head coach.

The Pittsburgh Steelers brought in quarterback Russell Wilson on a one-year deal worth the veteran minimum ahead of the 2024 season. This was thanks to Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton forcing Wilson out of town.

In his second year as Denver Broncos head coach, Sean Payton delivered the club's first winning season since 2016 and its first playoff berth since 2015. The Broncos went 10-7 in a season where the NFL at large and the oddsmakers predicted they'd be cellar-dwellers yet again.

Sean Payton has a monumental task in preparing his team for Sunday's wild-card game at Buffalo, so the second-year Denver Broncos coach isn't wasting time relishing in proving his doubters wrong.

Sean Payton is coaching in the postseason for the first time since 2020 when he was with the New Orleans Saints.  In Denver now, Payton will look to spring a ma

Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph watches a replay on the scoreboard during the first half of the game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 7, 2024. The Las Vegas Raiders took on Denver Broncos during week 18 of NFL season. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

The Broncos made the NFL playoffs despite having $89 million in “dead money” count against their salary cap this season.

The Bills have Josh Allen, a bonafide league MVP candidate. The Broncos have Bo Nix, an impressive but inexperienced rookie. The Bills have not lost this season at home and were the only team to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs starters.