Sean Payton moved up a rung on the NFL’s all-time regular-season wins list with Denver’s season-opening victory over Tennessee on Sunday.

One of the coaches he moved past might be familiar in Broncos Country: Mike Shanahan .

Payton’s 171st regular-season win (152 in New Orleans and now 19 in Denver) lifted him past Shanahan and Tom Coughlin and into a tie for 17th all time.

Interestingly, Payton is tied with Pete Carroll, who also notched No. 171 on Sunday in his debut coaching for Las Vegas.

Payton will tie his foremost mentor in pro football, Bill Parcells, with one more win.

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Monday, though, he recalled looking up to Shanahan as far back as his days playing

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