It is not often these days that Sean Payton is the youngest guy in a room. He has been a head coach in the NFL for nearly two decades and first entered the NFL as an assistant with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1997. Players he once coached, like Dan Campbell and Aaron Glenn, are now piloting their own NFL teams.
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So, yes, the 61-year-old coach of the Denver Broncos is reveling a bit in his current status as the junior statesman in his own division.
“I’m the youngest!” Payton, who is six days younger than Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh, exclaimed at the NFL Scouting Combine in February. “Thanks,
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