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The Denver Broncos fought their measurement to different ascendant triumph connected Sunday, taking down nan Carolina Panthers, 28-14, to move to 5-3 connected nan year.
But aft nan game, Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn confronted Broncos caput coach Sean Payton and accused him of attempting to tally up nan people against nan woeful 1-7 Carolina squad.
Video was seen aft nan crippled of Payton moving onto nan section to person a speech pinch Horn, who was jawing astatine him arsenic Denver kneeled retired nan remainder of nan clip connected nan timepiece for nan victory. It’s chartless what precisely was said, but a abstracted video by 9NEWS shows Horn was upset pinch Payton astir nan score.
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Carolina Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn (Bob Donnan-Imagn Images/File)
As nan Broncos relished their triumph and watched their portion connected Monday, reporters asked Payton if he had immoderate remark astir Horn’s displeasure pinch him.
Payton’s reply had a subtle jab successful it.
"Listen, I said it [Sunday] night. We’re trying to decorativeness nan crippled nan correct way. We’re not trying to tally up nan people connected anyone. It’s nan National Football League. I’ve been successful games pinch a 28-point lead successful nan 4th fourth and lost, truthful we’re trying to finish.
"Play better."
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Payton added that he was exchanging words pinch Horn because he had coached his father, New Orleans Saints Hall of Famer Joe Horn, during his first twelvemonth pinch that franchise successful 2006.
But it wasn’t conscionable Jaycee Horn who was ticked disconnected by nan Broncos: Safety Sam Franklin said his mind to reporters arsenic well.
Denver Broncos caput coach Sean Payton (Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images/File)
"We’re each competitors astatine nan extremity of nan day," Franklin said, per CBS Sports. "We conscionable felt for illustration it was thing that could’ve been avoided. You shouldn’t person to tally nan people up moreover though you’re already winning. It’s 5 minutes left, you guys are doing instrumentality plays still trying to score, fundamentally conscionable trying to embarrass us."
The Broncos were capable to get nan people to 28-7 midway done nan 3rd 4th arsenic Jaleel McLaughlin caught a nine-yard walk from Bo Nix for nan touchdown.
From there, nan Broncos went three-and-out, turned nan shot complete connected downs aft going for it connected fourth-and-3 successful Carolina territory, and Courtland Sutton fumbled astatine nan one-yard line, which Carolina recovered to debar different touchdown by Denver pinch 2:13 near to play successful nan 4th quarter.
The Panthers would put together a 98-yard touchdown thrust to make it 28-14 pinch 18 seconds near to play, but it evidently wasn’t capable to genuinely get backmost into nan game.
Denver Broncos caput coach Sean Payton (Stephen Lew-Imagn Images/File)
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As Payton mentioned, he’s seen immoderate crazy losses hap late, though it ne'er appeared nan Panthers were going to equine a comeback erstwhile nan 4th fourth rolled around. But, hey, you ne'er genuinely cognize until nan last whistle is blown.
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