In week 3 of year two, Seam Payton produced the type of win that can flip a season and define his tenure in Denver.

But Broncos head coach Sean Payton shut down a question about whether he saw a different level of confidence in the rookie, suggesting it had wavered. “No, no, no, no, no. Stop, stop. It’s [the question] fitting your narrative,” Payton said postgame ...

Sean Payton is sick of hearing it. In the wake of the Denver Broncos' 0-2 start, the narrative was that rookie quarterback Bo Nix had gone into a shell — that his confidence was waning, and maybe, just maybe,