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Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy defended his friend Nathaniel Hackett on Wednesday, one week after new Broncos head coach Sean Payton ripped him.
Payton said Hackett’s effort last season “might have been one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL — it was that bad.” He then predicted that the Jets — where Hackett is now the offensive coordinator — were set up for a disappointing 2023.
He later apologized.
Hackett — who was fired before he could finish his first season as a head coach last year — said Tuesday that he felt Payton broke a coaching code, in which they don’t criticize each other publicly.