Fresh off a wild Week 7 rally, Sean Payton had already pushed back on the chorus questioning his play-calling . Denver needed a franchise-record 33 fourth-quarter points to beat the Giants 33-32, and Payton said he had “given no consideration” to handing off play-calling, defending a screen-heavy approach that finally broke open late. It set a tone: the Broncos were leaning into their identity and weren’t interested in outside noise ahead of Dallas.

Then came the punchline after facing Dallas’ last-ranked defense.

“Sean Payton on the Broncos’ facing the Cowboys defense who was last in the NFL: ‘We wanted to keep them last,’” Zac Stevens posted on X.

He added that Payton said the Broncos’ offense against the Cowboys' defense “wasn’t close.” It was a cut-and-dry flex: Denver saw a wea

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