Drew Brees' advice to Bo Nix on how to deal with Sean Payton: 'Be just as demanding'

Sean Payton made a sanction for himself successful nan coaching ranks arsenic a backmost guru, helping create nan likes of Tony Romo and Drew Brees into prima signal-callers. 

The highly dressed up coach mightiness besides travel pinch difficulties, astatine slightest for some. In summation to processing quarterbacks and helping nan New Orleans Saints triumph a Super Bowl, Payton has besides go known arsenic a coach who isn't acrophobic to opportunity whatever's connected his mind, overmuch for illustration his mentor, Bill Parcells. 

Payton's latest task is to create a young backmost erstwhile again — this time, it's 2024 first-round draught prime Bo Nix pinch nan Denver Broncos. As Payton is now nan only coach from Parcells' coaching character to clasp a caput coaching gig successful nan NFL this play amid a league-wide displacement distant from hard-nosed coaches (most notably Parcells' astir celebrated protégé, Bill Belichick, who grounded to onshore a occupation aft leaving nan New England Patriots past offseason), it's easy to wonderment really Nix mightiness beryllium taking nan coaching from Payton.

If Nix is unsure really to accommodate to Payton's coaching style, Brees — nan backmost who won a Super Bowl successful New Orleans and blossomed into 1 of nan champion of his procreation pinch Payton arsenic his coach — shared immoderate proposal for nan Broncos rookie connected "The Herd."

"Be conscionable arsenic demanding correct backmost to him," Brees said. "Sean likes that. Sean wants to spot you assured and sure."

Brees evidently knows really to activity good pinch Payton. He and Payton quickly formed 1 of nan champion quarterback-head coach duos successful nan convention erstwhile they joined forces successful 2006, starring nan Saints to an NFC Championship Game quality successful an affectional emergence to prominence amid nan devastation of Hurricane Katrina successful New Orleans. Three seasons later, Brees and Payton led nan Saints to their first and still only Super Bowl triumph successful franchise history.

Drew Brees shares 1 portion of proposal he would springiness Bo Nix

While that was Brees and Payton's only Super Bowl win, they still enjoyed plentifulness of occurrence successful their 15 seasons together. Brees won galore accolades playing nether Payton, including 2 Offensive Player of nan Year Awards and 5 All-Pro nods, and vanished his profession statistically arsenic 1 of nan champion passers of each time. New Orleans besides made nan postseason 9 times during their partnership, including different NFC Championship Game quality aft nan 2018 season.

Brees said that he and Payton "got to a spot pinch our narration wherever it was almost for illustration we could decorativeness each other's sentences." However, he noted that it took a batch of activity to get there, and implored Nix to likewise situation Payton. 

"We conscionable rehearsed it truthful much, we talked astir it truthful overmuch passim nan people of nan week that I knew nan infinitesimal we crossed nan 50-yard line, that this was nan play telephone coming retired of his mouth. The infinitesimal we're wrong nan reddish zone, this is nan play we're running," Brees said. "The infinitesimal they spell to this defense aliases that pressure, he wants this. It's worldly that we've talked astir and rehearsed together. A nighttime earlier a game, we're dotting a telephone sheet, ‘Here's my favourite play, Sean.' He's telling maine his favourite plays. We're rehearsing it complete and complete truthful we tin beryllium benignant of 1 mind retired location together. 

"Of course, location were moments where, ‘Man I'm going to make a mistake.' But we sewage to nan constituent wherever he knew that I knew I made a mistake, truthful he doesn't request to beryllium yelling and screaming astatine me. For a young backmost he's trying to teach, coach and benignant of get connected nan aforesaid page with, there's astir apt going to beryllium a batch much of that and he'll beryllium beautiful patient pinch you astatine times. "

Nix apt sewage immoderate constructive disapproval done nan first fewer weeks of nan season. The first-round rookie threw 4 interceptions successful nan first 2 games of his career, pinch Denver losing some contests. But Nix and nan Broncos bounced backmost successful Week 3. The erstwhile Oregon prima threw for 216 yards, rushed for 47 much and had a rushing touchdown successful a 26-7 triumph complete nan Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Regardless of nan results, Brees expects Payton to proceed to situation Nix down nan scenes. If that is nan case, Brees implored Nix to beryllium conscionable arsenic challenging of Payton.

"What he loves to spot - and I deliberation a batch of this came from Parcells, Parcells would beryllium very demanding of his adjunct coaches - Parcells wanted those coaches to person that aforesaid type of strength and assurance coming correct backmost astatine him," Brees said. "So, I deliberation Sean loves that coming backmost from a quarterback."

It seems for illustration assurance isn't an rumor for nan rookie, either. Following nan Browns' triumph complete nan Buccaneers, Payton insisted that Nix hasn't had immoderate assurance problems erstwhile asked if that was an rumor for nan rookie.

"No, no, no, no, no. No, stop, stop. It's fitting your narrative," Payton responded to reporters. "The kid's been confident. This kid's been done Auburn. He's transferred. He's won, and won, and won, and won. And honestly, I haven't seen him flinch. We each get a small spot much assured pinch nan triumph but I opportunity that respectfully. He hasn't flinched."

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