Broncos head coach Sean Payton calls crowd noise a huge advantage His message to fans ahead of last Saturday’s win over the Bills before the AFC Championship Game elicited a response from one Patriots player.
Payton was asked during Wednesday’s press conference if he had anything to say to the team’s fans this week. His answer suggested this wouldn’t be the team’s last game of the season.
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“Well, they will Get more rest After that,” Payton said, “two weeks. “
Patriots wide receiver KeShon Butte was asked Thursday if he got any extra motivation from those comments. Butt didn’t hear them, but when he was told, he responded quickly.
“them can rest At the end of the day, the same goes for Cancun,” Butt said, via WJAR’s Kevin Moore.
Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel said via transcript that “we’re motivated to play” when asked a similar question during his own press conference, but it’s not the first time in recent memory that Payton has said such a thing used as feed For a team traveling to Denver for a game.