DENVER (AP) — Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton insists his recent comments were a shout-out to Jaxson Dart, not a shot at Russell Wilson.

Payton said after Denver’s historic 33-32 comeback win on Sunday that the Giants “found a little spark with” Dart, who became the starter, and hinted that part of a conversation he had with New York owner John Mara included wanting to face Wilson instead.

Wilson fired back Tuesday, calling Payton, for whom he played one ill-fated season in 2023, “classless” and taking a swipe at Payton for the New Orleans Saints’ “Bounty-Gate” scandal in 2009-11.

On Wednesday, Payton said it was all a misunderstanding.

“Look, the euphoria, the way that game unfolded, that was strictly about Dart,” Payton said of his postgame comments. “That was in no way shape or for

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