Broncos HC Sean Payton ‘expected to make $17-20 million per season under new five-year deal’
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Broncos head coach Sean Payton is ‘expected to make between $17 million and $20 million a season under a new five-year deal’… as owner hopes former Saints manager can transform an underperforming team
The Denver Broncos paid a high price to acquire new head coach Sean Payton – and now they’re giving him a royal ransom to move to Mile High City.
According to reports, the Broncos are signing Payton to one of the richest coaching deals in league history.
Payton’s five-year contract will be worth between $17 million and $20 million per season, according to Reuters.
NBC Sports says the price tag is $18 million, which would make him the second-highest-paid coach in the NFL.
According Professional football networkif Payton made $18 million a year, he would be behind only New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick in the entire league.
Broncos head coach Sean Payton is set to become one of the highest paid NFL coaches of all time
The Broncos finished the campaign 5-12, after firing head coach Nathaniel Hackett mid-season
The team’s first draft pick ranked fifth overall – but in the hands of the Seattle Seahawks following Denver’s trade for quarterback Russell Wilson
Last season was a disaster for the Broncos – who started the 2022 campaign as Darkhorse favorites for a Super Bowl run.
Instead, the team fell to a 5-12 record – which includes a league-worst 1-8 mark in the road and a 1-5 record in an AFC West division they were supposed to be in. compete.
Their first draft pick ended up being the fifth overall pick, but that draft pick now belongs to the Seattle Seahawks after the Broncos traded for Russell Wilson.
Denver fired head coach Nathaniel Hackett midway through the season — after the Packers’ former offensive coordinator led the league’s worst offense.