Former Pro Bowl WR slams Sean Payton again
Retired Atlanta Falcons wideout Roddy White spent Wednesday afternoon slamming Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton on X, formerly known as Twitter.
White also called out Fox Sports NFL analyst and former Broncos star guard Mark Schlereth on social media.
The four-time Pro Bowler criticized the three-time Super Bowl champion for his recent assessment of wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, who was traded from the Broncos to the Cleveland Browns this week.
It's unclear what the cause of White's gripe with Payton is, but the pass-catcher spent his entire 11-year career with the Falcons from 2005-2015 while the coach was the leader of the rival-New Orleans Saints from 2006-2021.
White also took a shot at Payton in December when Denver decided to sit quarterback Russell Wilson for the final two games of the season:
"I can’t believe Sean Peyton the disrespect is way too much. Russ should never have to backup no damn Stidham everybody in football know he can’t play. If you don’t want Russ just wait until the end of the season to move on. Terrible -ss Sean Peyton calling them terrible plays."
The former first-round pick's claim that quarterback Drew Brees "carried" Payton and he hasn't done anything since isn't completely outlandish.
Both Brees and Payton joined the Saints ahead of the 2006 season. The signal-caller made 13 Pro Bowls, earned first-team All-Pro honors once and led the team to its first and only Super Bowl title during the 2009 campaign, winning the game's MVP.
Brees' final season was in 2020, and he wrapped his career with a 172-114 record as the starter and 9-9 mark in the playoffs.
In Payton's first season without Brees, New Orleans missed the playoffs for the first time since 2016 and went 9-8 for its worst record since 2016 as well.
Payton didn't coach in 2022 and led the Broncos to an 8-9 record last season, which tied for second in the AFC West.
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