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DNVR Denver Broncos Podcast

Sean Payton's INSANE Rebuild, Bye Week & AFC #1 Seed + More | Broncos X & O's ft. Hufanga & Simmons

DNVR Denver Broncos Podcast

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4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Sean Payton’s Broncos rebuild is officially complete: Denver finished 14–3, clinched the AFC’s No. 1 seed and home-field advantage after a 19–3 Week 18 win over the Chargers— Bennie Fowler and KOA’s Dave Logan break down how the staff and Walton-Penner ownership pulled off a dead-cap-to-top-seed turnaround on the Broncos X's & O's Podcast. We dive into the bye-week mindset, what the offense must clean up, and why Bo Nix’s mobility plus Sean’s playoff play-calling can raise this unit’s ceiling heading into the Divisional Round. Plus, Talanoa Hufanga joins to explain what it’s like being the starting safety on the AFC’s top team, while Justin Simmons details the Broncos’ “controlled chaos” defensive identity and what wins in January. If you’re looking for Broncos playoffs analysis, AFC seeding talk, and the smartest X’s-and-O’s breakdown in Broncos Country—this episode is for you.

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0:00.0

We can't, I don't think you can understate the job that Sean, the staff, the ownership

0:05.4

have done.

0:07.7

I mean, from being in the debt, as big of dead cap as they were, and then two years later,

0:14.5

being the number one seed, they had, we talked about it, Benny, when, when, you know,

0:20.3

Dave was out winning championships left and right.

0:22.8

But they were on like an 11 game win streak, which is crazy in the NFL.

0:30.0

I just think like what they did this year and from years past of knowing how the organization has been in the direction that they were going in,

0:39.7

I just think everyone in that building deserves all the credit in the world.

0:42.8

It is unbelievable what they did this year.

0:53.1

All right, Dave, Broncos, number one seed, 14 and 3.

0:57.2

How about that?

0:58.3

I mean, do we get a little bit of credit because we just started this show this year?

1:02.5

I mean, did we bring any luck?

1:04.1

Did we bring any luck to these guys?

1:06.2

No, man, they obviously did all the work.

1:08.2

So shout out to Tala Noah for joining.

1:09.8

And obviously, it is Black Monday. So I want to start there before we even get into the work. So shout out to Tala Noah for joining. And obviously, it is black Monday.

1:12.5

So I want to start there before we even get into the game where coaches are getting fired

1:17.0

throughout the entire league. GMs are getting fired. We have to shout out, number one, the ownership,

1:22.7

George Payton, Sean Payton, and the entire coaching staff, because it's tough to win in this league

1:27.6

and to be sitting here on a Monday where you don't have to worry about, you know,

1:32.0

who's making the personnel decisions, who's coaching the team,

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