Jaguars make Broncos head coach Sean Payton eat his words

Did you know that, with a population of 1.01 million, Jacksonville is the 10th biggest city in the United States? And that, for comparison, Denver is ranked 19th with just under 730,000?

You didn’t? Apparently, neither did Broncos head coach Sean Payton.

In the lead-up to his team’s Week 16 meeting with the Jaguars, Payton referred to his opponent as a team from a “smaller market.” While that comment in itself is rather innocent, especially considering that it was paired with him actually praising Jacksonville as “a real good team,” it was all that Liam Coen needed.

The Jaguars’ head coach turned the remarks into a rallying cry for the game between

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