The Denver coach accidentally called one wrong play last year due to a vision problem.
The Denver Broncos’ outlook for the 2024-25 season may not be crystal clear, but at least one member of the team will be viewing things in a different light.
Coach Sean Payton is set to undergo cataracts surgery on his right eye on Wednesday, having already gotten the same surgery on his left eye last week,reported Tuesday. Payton was seen wearing sunglasses during the Broncos’ first day of minicamp as a result of his recent eye surgery.“I want to get my eyes fixed, so I call the right play and I don’t mess up and call the wrong play on a play that happened one time this year," Payton said back on Jan 9. “That was embarrassing.
The 60-year-old coach declined to get into specifics about which play he erroneously read on the call sheet. With Payton’s eyesight getting corrected this offseason, he can turn his sights on improving a Broncos squad that went 8-9 in his first year as head coach. Sans the released Russell Wilson, Denver’s quarterback room looks drastically different this year as rookie Bo Nix,and returning backup Jarrett Stidham will jostle for the starting position.
Payton has so far declined to name a starting quarterback for the upcoming season, though Nix, the Broncos’ No. 12 pick out of Oregon, has been touted to come out on top this summer.Kristen Wong is a Staff Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI, Kristen covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site.
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