I mean, I don't think it's trashing Payton to say that he didn't adjust his offense to account for the loss of his Hall of Fame QB or the fact that teams started to play different against his offense. It was no doubt dominant for more than 10 years. But, you have the adjust in the NFL and he didn't appear willing to do that. There is a reason why the constant refrain was "Run the ball Payton" for many years.