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Sean Payton lays out Hall of Fame case for former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan: “It’s all right there in front of you”

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As a committee prepares to select a Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist in the coaching category for the 2025 class, Broncos coach Sean Payton had a simple message regarding Mike Shanahan’s candidacy.

“It’s easy,” Payton said Monday. “It’s all there in front of you.”

Shanahan, the winningest coach in Broncos history and back-to-back Super Bowl champion, is one of nine semifinalists slated to be considered Tuesday when the Coach Blue-Ribbon Committee said it was next set to meet.

According to a news release last month announcing the nine semifinalists, the committee, “will discuss the Semifinalists at length … to select one Finalist for the full Selection Committee to consider for possible election with the new class of enshrinees.