Overview
- Payton told the stadium production team to cut quizzes, shell games and other scoreboard distractions he said belong at basketball games.
- He urged fans to be deafening as soon as the opponent huddles, framing that focused noise as the Broncos’ true 12th man.
- Denver enters the game tied with New England at 13-3 and holds the tiebreaker, so a victory would lock in a first-round bye.
- Right tackle Mike McGlinchey praised recent home atmospheres as “out of control” loud and said the crowd has been one of the best in the world.
- The plea echoes past friction over in-game entertainment, recalling Peyton Manning’s 2014 complaint about the Mile High scoreboard operator.