Sean Payton Makes the Case for Mike Shanahan and the Hall of Fame
Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton makes it clear he thinks Mike Shanahan belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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00:00 Yeah, well, shoot, I'm the most biased person only because I went to Eastern Illinois and I know Mike Moore.
00:08 Dan had a fantastic career. I mean, they're both, they both have the credentials to be in that hall.
00:15 I'm not a voter. Mike's someone who's won two Super Bowls.
00:21 And when you look at his numbers offensively and where he's been, San Francisco,
00:28 the body of work for Mike is super impressive.
00:35 I thought actually he wasn't eligible because he was still helping his son.
00:39 I thought his five-year clock didn't start. That's what I thought the holdup was.
00:42 And so with that being said, and I'm sure Dan has, I just know Mike,
00:50 his success not just here, but wherever he's been offensively.
00:54 And he's someone as a young coach came into this league, you know, wherever he was.
01:00 We cut up, I said this to you, we study seven teams, six teams. Mike's teams were always one of them.
01:05 I mean, absolutely. I can go through the games.
01:08 The first time we saw this oddball empty package, he opened up here against Dallas.
01:14 He was putting sharp outside the X.
01:18 Man, there's just so many things that he's done from an innovative standpoint.
01:23 The Super Bowl where Elway runs the deep boot and Smith runs the comeback post.
01:29 We've never seen that route before. It was like, you know, we were all putting that in Tupelo.
01:33 We gave it a name. You know, Mike invented that. He was a part of that.
01:36 And then to hear it was like a sideline adjustment was like, he's real smart, real detailed.
01:44 And we didn't overlap at all. So I'm not showing my age.
01:49 Mike was at Eastern well before me, but we all knew of Mike when we were there.
01:56 You know, as a young player, you knew, you know, Mike was coaching in the NFL when I was playing at Eastern.
02:03 And that was something. And to now know him and kind of known him for quite a while.
02:12 We had some tough games against him, shoot, when he was still coaching.
02:18 But offensively, just all of it.
02:21 You know, he he's one of those guys, play caller, quarterback, offensive, you know, scheme.
02:27 And then and then the results. So, you know, I'm happy for both those guys.
02:32 It's always difficult.
02:33 difficult.