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Broncos Country hope for a better ride.The 2022 team fell off the horse and never got back on, much like the child that hurt themselves trying to ride a bike. Yet those Broncos had more in common with that child then they'd like to admit. They were undisciplined and reckle s without parental supervision.But the new head coach in town, Sean Payton, hopes Denver's bad football was merely just a phase.MORE:In an explosive interview with , Payton took shots at seemingly everyone in his path. That included the Jets, former Broncos coach and now-Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and others who held back in the eyes of Payton Ru sell Wilson in 2022.The Wilson experiment was a disaster in the Mile High City as the team finished 5-12 and secured a third consecutive last-place finish in the AFC West. For a team with Super Bowl expectations, it would be hard to imagine the season playing out worse than it did.It doesn Jakub Vrana Jersey t happen often where an NFL team or organization gets embarra sed, Payton told Bell. And that happened here. Part of it was their own fault, relative to spending so much (expletive) time trying to win the offseason the PR, the pomp and circumstance, marching people around and all this stuff."And according to Payton, Hackett's new team is traveling down a similar path.Were not doing any of that. The Jets did that this year. You watch. 'Hard Knocks,' all of it. I can see it coming. Remember when (former Washington owner) Dan Snyder put that Dream Team together? I was at the Giants (in 2000). I was a young coach. I thought, How are we going to compete with them? Deions (Sanders) there now. That team won eight games or whatever. So, listenjust put the work in.But Denver also caught a case of the new owner syndrome. Prior to the 2022 season, the team was sold to a group with ties to the Walmart empire. Rob Walton and Co. seemed determined to make an immediate impact, which immediately backfired.MORE:They learned that winning the offseason will Alex Ovechkin Jersey only take a team so far. A year ago, it seemed that hiring one of the engineers behind a great Packers offense would instantly fix an organization that's been starved for steady quarterback play since Peyton Manning hung up his cleats.However, Hackett managed to lead the league's worst offense scoring only 16.9 points per game.Wilson signed a five-year $242.5 million contract upon his arrival in Denver. Tom Wilson Jersey And though the quarterback is the one with the ball in his hands, Payton is betting on the former coach being the real problem.Oh, man, Payton began. Theres so much dirt around that. Theres 20 dirty hands, for what was allowed, tolerated in the fricking training rooms, the meeting rooms. The offense. I dont know Hackett. A lot of people had dirt on their hands. It wasnt just Ru sell. He didnt just flip. He still has it. This B.S. that he hit a wall? Shoot, they couldnt get a play in. They were 29th in the league in pre-snap penalties on both sides of the ball.Payton is determined to get the me sage acro s that 2022 is behind the team, and hopes that some videos could hammer that point home.That was a me sage, Payton said. They can only beat the (expletive) out of you so much. But everybodys got a little stink on their hands. Its not just Ru sell. It was a (poor) offensive line. It might have been one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL. Thats how bad it was.MORE:Following practice on Thursday, Jets head coach Robert Saleh was given the chance to respond to Payton's comments. Saleh declined to acknowledge him, but did stir the pot a little.Robert Saleh on Sean Paytons comments today: Im Brooks Orpik Jersey not going to acknowledge Sean. Hes been in the league awhile, he can say whatever the hell he wants. Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) Robert Saleh on Sean Payton: Obviously were doing something right if youve gotta talk about us when we dont play until Week 4.Said there are a lot of crows pecking at our neck. Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) Ultimately Saleh seemed to embrace the hate coming out of Denver and added,"If you ain't got no haters, you ain't popping. So hate away."Robert Saleh responds to Sean Payton's comments:"If you ain't got no haters, you ain't popping. So hate away." Jets Videos (@snyjets) While Payton's shots at Hackett and the Jets might seem justified from the outside, former Broncos running back Melvin Gordon III partly defended his former coach in an interview with FanDuel's Kay Adams on Wednesday.Though he said the experience with the team was bad, Gordon pointed out that Hackett was a good coach on a staff that didn't mesh well together.. provides clarity on his experience with Martin Fehervary Jersey Nathaniel Hackett and the Denver Broncos.: | Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) Still, Payton is turning the page.Everything I heard about last season, were doing the opposite, Payton said.Time will tell if that translates to playoff football in the Mile High City. Until then, set your calendars for Oct. 8 when the Jets visit the Broncos in Week 5.