Horse Tracks: Pat Surtain believes Sean Payton will bring winning culture to Broncos

A culture change is clearly needed and the best player on the Denver Broncos believes that Sean Payton will bring it.

Most of the news this week has been around the Denver Broncos search for coordinators and coaching staff under new head coach Sean Payton. We should expect that process to wrap up very soon and we’ll be shifting hard towards free agency coverage next week.

There was one comment this week that I found interesting. Cornerback Pat Surtain was asked about the Sean Payton hire at his foundation launch this week and he is excited to get things going.

“Sean Payton, I believe, is a great hire and I can’t wait to get to work with him,” Surtain told the Denver Post at his foundation launch this week. “I think he’ll provide the team with what’s necessary, which is a winning culture in the organization. His resume speaks for itself. He’s a guy that can give you Super Bowls, can give you that winning attitude, the leadership qualities that you look for in a head coach. I’m really excited.”

That winning culture comment struck a chord with me. After seven years of ever degrading culture within the organization, I came out of this season thinking massive change was now required. Honestly, I expected wholesale change and even popular veteran players are no longer safe from being moved. However, with the hiring of Payton and the expectations that come along with hiring a head coach with such a long record of success in the NFL, maybe the pieces are in place on this roster already that a winning culture can be installed by someone like Payton.

Surtain’s comments helped reinforce that hope. Obviously, we’ll have to see how things play out, but I’m excited to see how things play out.

Horse Tracks

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