Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton insists his move to bench Russell Wilson in favor of Jarrett Stidham was purely motivated by trying to beat the LA Chargers.
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00:00 - No, listen, and I understand the question
00:03 and it's fair and I totally get it.
00:05 I'm not privy to any of those.
00:07 That's not, I'm handling the football.
00:10 And so, and I know this,
00:14 the number one reason for taking this job for me
00:20 was ownership and winning.
00:23 Certainly the tradition here mattered
00:27 relative to being at a place where it's important.
00:31 But that's something George in the front office,
00:36 I'm not involved in any of that.
00:39 I mean, certainly I'm involved in a lot,
00:42 but that, and there'll be a time and place
00:44 at the end of the season where maybe some of the questions
00:47 that you might have, someone else will be able to answer.
00:50 My focus has been on winning
00:52 and I'm gonna go back to what I said
00:54 at the beginning of the week.
00:56 And I know how this has been written,
01:00 but this decision strictly,
01:03 what I believe gives us a chance to win number eight.
01:08 And now it's a hard decision,
01:10 but there's no other, for me,
01:15 where I'm at in my career,
01:17 that's all I'm interested in, is getting another win.
01:20 There's no other,
01:21 would be no other reasons.
01:26 And Russ has had a great week,
01:28 he's handled it well professionally,
01:30 but I just know how Greg and Kerry
01:34 and the ownership group wanna handle.
01:37 And this is a place that's special
01:41 and we only get to be here for a while,
01:45 but our job is to make sure that we carry that torch.
01:47 So the focus for me this week has been our team.
01:55 And I think sometimes that's part of being a head coach.
01:57 So I'm gonna leave it at that.
02:00 And again, I appreciate
02:02 and certainly understand the need for information.