Does anyone feel bad for Sean Payton??

I mean, in the grand scheme of things, he’s a guy having a hard time on his new job. There are opportunities for improvement and it’s still early in the season.
And, maybe he wanted a rebuild project. I think he walked into this one with his eyes open, understanding that the Broncos were not going to be an immediate contender. Additionally, he took a job in the same division where two other starting QBs are light years better than his.

:shrug:
And he has a former Super Bowl-winning Pro-Bowl QB who best years were in Seattle and sort of came out of his prime years about 3-4 years ago and can be categorized as maybe decent-to-good in his best games. Payton's Broncos, even if they do improve substantially (and they likely will) over the next year or so, well simultaneously, I don't see either Kansas City or L.A. Chargers regressing either because both of their MVP-CALIBER QB's will continue to evolve and if anything, become more deadlier, potent offensive weapons. He's in a much, much tougher, competitive division than what he usually had to deal with and contend against as it related to other NFC South teams throughout most of his Saints HC tenure. Aside from playing against a rapidly declining, past his prime Tom Brady Bucs, the closest thing to a HOF QB Payton had to contend with, constantly devise schemes against for over a decade-long period was Falcons' Matt Ryan in the NFC South