Sean Payton confronted by Panthers’ Jaycee Horn in tense moment after Broncos’ blowout win

This wasn’t nan postgame pleasantry Sean Payton was apt expecting.

Shortly aft Denver sealed its 5th triumph of nan play Sunday pinch a ascendant 28-14 triumph complete nan woeful Panthers astatine home, Payton ran onto nan section and was confronted by Carolina cornerback Jaycee Horn, who accused nan Broncos’ caput coach of “trying to tally nan people up,” according to footage captured by 9News Sports Denver.

Horn, a four-year veteran, tin beryllium seen talking to Payton, 61, successful nan video earlier stepping away.

The Broncos had a patient grip connected nan crippled entering halftime erstwhile they led Carolina, 21-7.

Denver accrued its lead to 28-7 precocious successful nan 3rd quarter, but ran 2 instrumentality plays successful nan 4th contempt nan large lead.

They first opted for a clone alternatively of kicking a section extremity while facing fourth-and-8 astatine nan Panthers’ 42-yard statement and turned nan shot complete aft falling short of nan sticks.

With 4:29 remaining and facing a fourth-and-2 astatine nan Panthers’ 43-yard line, nan Broncos utilized a double walk to notch 28 yards.

Carolina later scored its 2nd and last touchdown successful garbage time, pinch nan Panthers dropping to 1-7 connected nan season.

Dave Canales, successful his first twelvemonth astatine nan helm successful Carolina, was pressed connected Payton’s determination postgame.

“They’re conscionable competing. I don’t cognize what other to show you astir it,” Canales said, according to nan Charlotte-based WBTV.

“He’s conscionable competing trying to enactment connected nan field, tally nan timepiece retired and extremity nan crippled successful that situation. And if it happens to beryllium nan telephone that was group up there, that’s their determination to make.”

Payton, who faced nan Panthers arsenic nan coach of nan Saints for 15 seasons, said astir nan infinitesimal pinch Horn, 24, and recalled coaching his father, erstwhile wide receiver Joe Horn, successful New Orleans successful 2006.

“I coached his father, and truthful I was yelling backmost astatine him,” Payton said, per CBS Sports. “I don’t cognize what nan speech was, but his begetter I enjoyed coaching. He was frustrated, I deliberation he was yelling astatine 1 of our different players. I for illustration him, I deliberation he’s a bully player.”

Although Payton said highly of Horn, he didn’t widen those accolades to nan remainder of nan Panthers’ roster.

“I said this, it’s not a bully discourtesy we played. It’s conscionable nan truth,” Payton said.

“So we expected that, and we’re going to spot a batch amended teams.”

That is existent for nan Broncos (5-3), who will sojourn nan Ravens (5-3) and Chiefs (7-0) successful back-to-back weeks.

The Panthers, meanwhile, will sojourn nan reeling Saints (2-6) successful New Orleans adjacent week earlier walking to Germany for a Nov. 9 conflict against nan Giants (2-6).