Payton, head coach of the Denver Broncos, and Macdonald, head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, found themselves in an awkward situation after the latter was caught on a hot mic telling a story about the former during his interview on "In Depth with Graham Bensinger." Macdonald described Payton as “not my biggest fan” during what he presumed was a private exchange with Bensinger. And so, we took, like, 100 plays from their training camp. Anyway, he got wind of it, and he lost it.” Macdonald shared that Payton called Seahawks general manager John Schneider and “threatened to do a whole Patriot ‘Spygate’ type of thing,” which the Seahawks countered with a threat to sue if Payton publicly alleged they’d cheated.
Eventually, everything was dropped. Macdonald didn't intend for the story to be made public, and shared that he apologized to Payton during his news conference Wednesday. Lord knows I’ve been in his position where you’re talking about something — the story is three years ago.” Payton and Macdonald claim they're in a better position following the incident than before, which is nice in a way.
If there was ever a situation to get two football coaches to rally together, it's by going against the media.
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