Sean Payton is plenty familiar with Vic Fangio. Heck, he knows who taught Fangio math in sixth grade.
But an offensive game-planner can never have too much information about his next adversary.
Payton, as it happens, now works in a place with a wealth of Fangio familiarity. After all, Miami’s defensive coordinator coached many of the current Broncos defenders and players up through the 2021 season during his nearly three years as Denver’s head coach.
“I was just talking to (veteran safety Kareem Jackson) earlier,” Payton said Wednesday. “Right as I was walking out to practice, I had a question about some red zone stuff.