Sean Payton on Jalen Waddle and Why Denver Is Built Differently This Year

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Sean Payton discusses the Denver Broncos' preparations for the 2026 season and the significance of their previous performance.

Sean Payton on Jalen Waddle and Why Denver Is Built Differently This Year One half away from the Super Bowl last year. Fifteen wins. A defense that dominated the line of scrimmage. A quarterback finding his footing. A city that believed again. And Sean Payton is the first one to tell you — none of that means anything if Denver does not do the work to be better in 2026. This is not a team that is resting on what happened last season. This is a team that has been shown the data, told the truth, and challenged to fall on the right side of history. Sean Payton sits down with Trey for the most honest and forward-looking conversation about the Denver Broncos heading into 2026 — the one score game warning, the Jalen Waddle addition, the Super Bowl goal, and what it actually takes to go from one half away to all the way. The One Score Game Warning Here is the stat Sean Payton showed his team this offseason. Over the last twenty years teams that won ten or more one score games in a playoff season followed that up with a playoff season approximately thirty-five percent of the time. One in three. The Kansas City Chiefs went from an NFL record seventeen straight one score wins including the…

People in this episode

Host: Trey Wingo

Guest: Sean Payton

Topics covered

• Denver Broncos
• NFL
• Jalen Waddle
• Super Bowl
• one score games
• Sean Payton

Keywords

• Sean Payton
• Jalen Waddle
• Denver Broncos
• Super Bowl
• one score games
• NFL statistics

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Organizations: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs

Places: Denver

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