Last year, the Denver Broncos went into the season with Justin Simmons and Kareem Jackson as their starting safeties. Caden Sterns was listed as a co-starter with Jackson, but he suffered a torn patellar tendon in Week 1. That injury left P.J. Locke, Delarrin Turner-Yell and JL Skinner as the team’s backup safeties in 2023.

Sean Payton coached Jameis Winston for two of the four seasons the 30-year-old signal caller was in New Orleans.

Discussing the challenge of having to go toe-to-toe against a head coach he knows very well, Payton, on his home turf, Kevin Stefanski broke down how the former Saints coach has helped to get Bo Nix going in 2024 to reporters on Wednesday, which didn't always look like a guarantee to start out the season.