Sean Payton, man, he just can’t help himself, can he? After some seriously bogus criticism dropped about Broncos quarterback Bo Nix, Payton stepped right into the social media fray with a sharp jab that basically put a national analyst on blast for not doing his homework.
The Bogus “Checkdown Merchant” Talk
We’ve all seen it, right? On X and other platforms, the Bo Nix takes are flying, usually fueled by pre-draft stuff that some folks just refuse to move on from. This past week, it hit a new level of silly. Geoff Schwartz, a former NFL player now with FS1 and “First Things First,” went on record saying Nix “is what he is at this point” and “he’s not gonna push the ball down the field all that often.” Classic “checkdown merchant” narrative, total garbage.
But here’s where it got good: the “First Things First” X page posted this take, and then, BOOM, a community note popped up! That note, straight from official NFL Next Gen stats, called out Schwartz’s take as “comically bad and objectively false” by stating, “Bo Nix has thrown the most passes of 20+ air yards since the start of the 2024 season (19 including postseason).” Talk about getting ratio’d by facts! The MileHighReport even retweeted it, loving the community note clap-back.
Payton Drops the Hammer
Broncos Country was already fired up, myself included, hitting back with all the witty replies to this false info. But the best part? Sean Payton himself couldn’t stay silent. He replied directly to the tweet with a nine-word mic drop: “Always easy to tell who works at it and who doesn’t.” You felt that burn, right? Payton was clearly implying Schwartz just wasn’t putting in the effort, simply repeating false narratives instead of watching the tape.
After the game on Friday Night, reporters asked Payton about his tweet, and he just smiled and said he “couldn’t help himself.” He called the whole thing “crazy,” explaining his reaction was always a pause, then, “What are you watching? Just watch the tape.” He went on about how sometimes “East Coast” guys might not see the live play, comparing it to the first time he saw players like Percy Harvin or Adrian Peterson in person, how different it was. He even took a shot at “the basement podcast with the beer logo” crowd. Payton summed it up perfectly: “It was silly. Everything was the opposite of what he was saying and the worst part was he played at Oregon. I don’t even k” , and honestly, we don’t need him to finish that sentence. It’s awesome to see a coach stand up for his guy, especially when the “analysis” is pure fiction.
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Originally reported by Mile High Report.
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