One NFL head coach took exception to the critical comments Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton made about his predecessor.
"That crosses the line," the anonymous coach said to NBC Sports' Peter King. "Sean broke the code."
In an interview with USA Today's Jarrett Bell, Payton laid the blame for Russell Wilson's disappointing 2022 season squarely at the feet of the coaching staff and former head coach Nathaniel Hackett.
"It might have been one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL," he said to Bell. "That's how bad it was.