While the Denver Broncos have officially split with Russell Wilson, and some football figures have criticized Sean Payton. Roddy White Sean Payton was scolded by some football personalities.
A former NFL wide receiver expressed his opinions about the Broncos head coach in a post on March 14 on X (formerly Twitter) .That Broncos team was really good a few years ago, now it's been broken up by a man who is no longer relevant.
Dude that broncos roster was really good probably too 5 two years ago now it’s dismantled by a man that time has passed him by. Man yelling at Russ like his resume is better than Russ’s last time I checked Russ went to 2 Super Bowl not one. Russ winning percentage better https://t.co/BvBSOTNlfi
— Roddy White (@roddywhiteTV) March 13, 2024
Although the quarterback has been to more Super Bowls, he and Payton have both won the same number of Vince Lombardi Trophies. Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks dominated in Super Bowl 48 against Peyton Manning and the Broncos.
Meanwhile, Payton won Super Bowl 44 with the New Orleans Saints. Wilson lost Super Bowl 49 to the New England Patriots when after his pass was intercepted by Malcolm Butler. White’s claim about Wilson’s better winning percentage is wrong. Wilson
won 124 of 204 games played (including playoffs) for a 60.78 percent rate, while Payton won 169 of 275 games coached for 61.45 percent. White Claims Sean Payton Won Because Drew Brees 'Carried' Him
Roddy White Played His Entire NFL Career with the Atlanta Falcons.
GettyDuring his 15-year tenure with the Saints, Payton had 9 seasons with at least 10 wins and the team reached the NFC Championship Game three times, including their win in the 2009 season.
However, the former First Team All-Pro wideout refuted Payton’s success
in a tweet on March 14 .“Sean (Payton) is past his prime, it doesn't matter who he drafts. Drew (Brees) carried him, and he hasn’t achieved anything since.”
Brees retired after the 2020 season, having won the Offensive Player of the Year twice and been selected to 13 Pro Bowls. He is a 5-time All-Pro and holds the record for most 5,000-yard seasons with 5.
To White’s point, Payton has a 17-17 coaching record after parting ways with the Super Bowl 44 MVP. He had 6 starting quarterbacks in his last 2 seasons, including Wilson, Jarrett Stidham, Jameis Winston, and Taysom Hill.
However, even with Brees leading, the Saints finished with a 7-9 record in 2012 when Payton served a 1-year suspension for “Bountygate.”
There may be resentment influencing Roddy White's critique of Sean Payton because the Atlanta Falcons only won 7 out of 22 games against New Orleans while White played. However, the wide receiver claims he criticizes the coach as a football fan, not a former NFC South rival.
White concluded one of his March 14 tweets with, “Your job as a coach is to put the players in the best position to make plays, and he didn’t do that.”
I don’t want people to think that cause he coached the saints and I was a falcons player that’s why I’m saying what I’m saying. I just watched the games cause I’m a fan. Your job as a coach is to put the players in the best position to make plays and he didn’t do that.
— Roddy White (@roddywhiteTV) March 14, 2024
The numbers show that Wilson performed better under Payton than with Nathaniel Hackett. From 2022 to 2023, he had a higher completion percentage (60.5 to 66.4), threw more touchdowns (16 to 26), and threw fewer interceptions (11 to 8).
Denver’s record improved from 5-12 in 2022 to 8-9 last season.
Roddy White Criticized Mark Schlereth For His Pro-Broncos Takes
GettyFox Sports NFL Analyst and Former Broncos Offensive Guard Mark Schlereth
White went on a rant and included two-time Pro Bowl guard Mark Schlereth, saying that he heard Mark Schlereth go on live TV and lie to protect someone who will be fired in 3 years. He will blame it on the cap and the roster, which he tore apart.
Schlereth praised Sean Payton’s offseason decisions during the March 7 episode of “The Pat McAfee Show.” The two-time Super Bowl champion with the Broncos said, “So ultimately, it is time to stop putting Band-Aids on big problems, and it’s time to perform some surgery. I think that’s exactly what Sean Payton’s doing.”
Similarly, the current Fox Sports NFL analyst quickly responded to one of White’s tweets with, “Good roster? They averaged 6 wins a year over those years! Get out of here with that garbage!”
The disagreement between White and Schlereth goes beyond Sean Payton. On March 10, the former NFL offensive lineman said about Jerry Jeudy getting traded to the Cleveland Browns, “I’ve been telling you for the last two years is what a bust Jerry Jeudy is at the wide receiver position. … As far as a football player, he’s just not a good football player. Doesn’t run secondary routes well to attract coverage, drops the football, doesn’t block, good riddance.”
White responded on March 14, “Mark Schlereth (you) don’t be watching film cause running (Jeudy) on choice routes is not good coaching. Russ throws the ball outside the numbers. Everybody knows that, and he didn’t do that because his offense is more throw the ball over the middle of the field.”
This feud has no end in sight, and another chapter awaits once Schlereth shares his opinion on the Broncos’ latest offseason transactions.
