{"id":204874,"date":"2025-10-11T07:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/204874\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T07:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:01:08","slug":"broncos-co-owner-greg-penner-praises-job-by-sean-payton-outlines-plans-for-new-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/204874\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos co-owner Greg Penner praises job by Sean Payton, outlines plans for new stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (AP) &#8212; Broncos coach Sean Payton&#8217;s &#8220;culture of high expectations&#8221; has changed the trajectory of the team since the last time Denver played in London, owner and CEO Greg Penner said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In a state-of-the-Broncos media session, Penner praised Payton&#8217;s impact, addressed his willingness to reward young standout players and confirmed the team would love to host a Super Bowl at its planned new stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos are <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/games\/broncos-at-jets-2025-reg-6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in town to face<\/a> the New York Jets on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, looking to follow up on their <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/amp.nfl.com\/games\/broncos-at-eagles-2025-reg-5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">21-17 victory<\/a> over the Philadelphia Eagles that improved their record to 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>Three years ago, they beat the Jaguars by the same score at Wembley Stadium to snap a four-game losing streak, but the joy was short-lived. Then-coach Nathaniel Hackett didn&#8217;t last the season &#8212; he was fired after a 4-11 start.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re a completely different team,&#8221; Penner said of the Broncos squad in the English capital this week. &#8220;Different leadership, different quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since that time, bringing in Sean and having him really build a strong culture of high expectations, winning, competitiveness &#8212; we&#8217;re on a different trajectory,&#8221; he said at the team&#8217;s hotel in Ware, north of London.<\/p>\n<p>Payton, who led the New Orleans Saints to a 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV to cap the 2009 season, was hired in early 2023. A little over a year later, they drafted <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/bo-nix\/\" title=\"Bo Nix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bo Nix<\/a> and the rookie quarterback helped the Broncos end an eight-year playoff drought.<\/p>\n<p>The team has shown a willingness to pay big money to keep talented players, such as outside linebacker <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/nik-bonitto\/\" title=\"Nik Bonitto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nik Bonitto<\/a>, who enters the game tied for the NFL lead with seven sacks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to be a place that young players can come, they can develop, and if they are on that track and they are doing things the right way, we&#8217;re going to reward them with contracts, and we want them here long term,&#8221; Penner said.<\/p>\n<p>The Walton-Penner Family Ownership Group bought the franchise in August 2022 for a then-record $4.65 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The team recently announced Burnham Yard as the preferred site for a proposed new stadium. The target completion date is the 2031 season, which the team has said aligns with the expiration of its lease at Empower Field at Mile High.<\/p>\n<p>NFL owners usually try to host a Super Bowl in their new stadiums.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d certainly be excited about that,&#8221; Penner said. &#8220;As we&#8217;re thinking about the stadium, our first and primary focus is on what&#8217;s best for our team, our players and our fans. Then you get to the next step of, OK, we want to have some flexibility. It&#8217;s the reason why we&#8217;re looking at a retractable roof.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our intent is for our football games to be played with the roof open, in the elements. The exception will be to close the roof,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It would give us the flexibility to host events like Super Bowls, concerts, other events.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON (AP) &#8212; Broncos coach Sean Payton&#8217;s &#8220;culture of high expectations&#8221; has changed the trajectory of the team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[3979,64,63,1256,44,593,19976,127334,85],"class_list":["post-204874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-associated-press","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-denver-broncos","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-regular-seasn","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}