Meanwhile Sean Payton is Sean Paytoning in Denver

Mojomajik9 said

Yeah Payton just hasn’t adjusted to these modern wrinkles. One knock on Payton was using short passes instead of relying on the traditional run game. That can be effective but being able to run over a team the way Kubiak’s system allows is so demoralizing on an opposing defense. You could see the Cowboys getting flustered and beaten down.

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I think the problem for Payton, in addition to the more two high Safeties that Ellias mentioned, is that teams have been putting LBs on the field that are better in coverage and playing more 4-2-5 defenses as a base in response to offenses like Payton's that created mismatches for RBs and TEs by getting them on LBs that can't cover as well. The Shanahan/Kubiak scheme takes advantage of that by using outside zone runs against those DBs in the 4-2-5 and smaller coverage LBs. Eventually NFL teams will adjust again an it will be time for systems like Payton's to shine again.