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Broncos coach Sean Payton downplays sideline interaction with Russell Wilson: “I don’t think I was that animated”

Broncos coach Sean Payton on Monday downplayed a sideline interaction with Russell Wilson after a game-sealing fumble from the quarterback against the New York Jets on Sunday afternoon.

Trailing 24-21 but only roughly 20 yards from field goal range in the final minute of the game, Wilson tried to escape the pocket to his left as Quincy Williams bore down on him as a free blitzer.

Instead of Wilson escaping, though, Williams knocked the ball out of his hand and Bryce Hall scooped it up and returned it for a touchdown.

As Wilson came off the field, Payton removed his headset and gestured with his hands toward the veteran quarterback.