{"id":242751,"date":"2025-10-22T05:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T05:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/242751\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T05:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T05:14:08","slug":"giants-qb-russell-wilson-calls-broncos-coach-sean-payton-classless-for-a-postgame-swipe-at-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/242751\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants QB Russell Wilson calls Broncos coach Sean Payton ‘classless’ for a postgame swipe at him"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Russell Wilson fired back at Sean Payton on social media Tuesday, a little under 48 hours since the Denver Broncos’ coach took a swipe at the New York Giants’ backup quarterback who lost his starting job<\/a> to rookie Jaxson Dart following an 0-3 start.<\/p>\n

\u201cClassless\u2026 but not surprised\u2026.\u201d Wilson said<\/a> on X, formerly Twitter. \u201cDidn\u2019t realize you\u2019re still bounty hunting 15+ years later through the media.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wilson took his own jab at Payton, for whom he played one ill-fated season in 2023, by referencing the \u201cBounty Gate\u201d scandal from 2009-11 with the New Orleans Saints. The NFL in 2012 found the team was rewarding players for hits on opponents with intent to injure, and Payton was suspended for a year.<\/p>\n

Payton said after Denver’s historic 33-32 comeback win<\/a> on Sunday that the Giants \u201cfound a little spark with\u201d Dart, who became the starter, and hinted that part of a conversation he had with New York owner John Mara included wanting to face Wilson instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was talking to John Mara not too long ago and I said, \u2018We were hoping that change would\u2019ve happened long after our game,’\u201d Payton said.<\/p>\n

Wilson joined the Broncos via trade from Seattle in 2022 and signed a five-year, $245 million extension<\/a>. They went 4-11 in his first season before Denver hired Payton, who was returning to coaching following a stint in broadcasting.<\/p>\n

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Payton benched Wilson<\/a> 15 games in, a move that ensured the QB would not get injured. If Wilson were on the roster by March 17, 2024, his $37 million salary for 2025 would have been guaranteed.<\/p>\n

Wilson was released to put an end to the ugly breakup<\/a> between a veteran coach and player who had each won the Super Bowl separately.<\/p>\n

Now a little over a month away from turning 37, Wilson spent last season with Pittsburgh before signing in free agency with the Giants.<\/p>\n

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This story has been corrected to show Wilson played just one season for Payton in Denver.<\/p>\n

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