DENVER - Bo Nix is not a Sean Payton creation.

He was not pieced together like Frankenstein, before being let loose into the Dove Valley meadow to wreak havoc on the NFL. Payton finds the implication insulting. Which is fascinating.

Payton likes Peyton and Paton, but definitely Payton. And the narrative that Nix only blossomed because he went to the right team with the right scheme makes the coach look better.

And Payton is having none of it.

He wanted Nix more than anyone. And didn't give a (bleep) what others thought of him taking Nix as the sixth quarterback in the first round. He had a vision for the player, and it resulted in one of the best rookie quarterback seasons of all time.

But he wants everyone to know that he wasn't working with bald tires and spare parts. He loves Nix,

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