“It's a hard league to make it in, and there's some toughness that's needed, and guys gotta be sharp and guys gotta have passion. If you go back and have the review of prior drafts and you look at players that didn't hit, there's a good a chance maybe one of those boxes was a little gray or it wasn't as clean.”

American football coach and former quarterback, born 1963

Sean Payton is an American football coach and former quarterback. Born in 1963, he is the head coach of the Denver Broncos and is known for his long tenure with the New Orleans Saints. He led the Saints from 2006 to 2021 and guided the team to its first Super Bowl title in the 2009 season. Before coaching, he played college football for Eastern Illinois and had brief professional stints with the Chicago Bears in 1987 and with the Leicester Panthers in Britain in 1988.