When Jon Stinchcomb saw clips of Broncos quarterback Bo Nix barking at Sean Payton on the sideline after a failed drive earlier this month, he thought back to one of his own interactions with the head coach more than a decade and a half earlier.
The Saints were playing against one of their NFC South rivals, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. At a critical moment in the game, Stinchcomb, the right tackle, drew a penalty that ultimately spoiled the drive. He knew what was coming next.
“I strongly considered maybe just going to the Bucs’ sideline in between series because I knew what was waiting for me as I was coming over,” Stinchcomb said. “So I think all of us (who played for Payton in New Orleans), when we saw what transpired with Bo, our antennas perked up waiting to see the response because very rarely do those kinds of transactions finish the way that one seemingly did on TV.”
Payton’s alter ego on Sundays during his 15 seasons as the head coach in New Orleans was “Game Day Sean.” It was a nod to the feisty, at times cantankerous personality he adopted in those hours on the sideline. Anybody — player, coach, official, opposing team — could feel his wrath at any moment. But in the interaction with Nix, Payton had become … the proverbial cooler head?
“That was attention-getting for anyone who has played under coach Payton,” Stinchcomb said.
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