In Peter King’s Football Morning in America post yesterday, he pointed out that Broncos’ coach Sean Payton has a unique connection to Jimmy Buffett, the folk hero who died Friday after a four-year battle with melanoma.
It turns out that Buffett was a rabid fan of the New Orleans Saints. And that made him a pretty damn big fan of Sean Payton.
Ode to the Son of a Sailor
In fact, when Buffett gave a concert in 2012, the year Payton was suspended from the NFL for Bountygate, Mr. Margaritaville came to the coach’s defense - in a very public way.