Seahawks’ Macdonald apologizes to Broncos’ Payton over aired comments

By Field Level Media Sep 24 (Field Level Media) Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald apologized to Denver Broncos counterpart Sean Payton after comments Macdonald believed were private surfaced publicly this week. Macdonald said Wednesday ​that he called Payton Tuesday night after a clip from an ‌interview with Graham Bensinger circulated on social media. The discussion centered on a dispute over Seattle s preparation for its 2024 season opener against Denver. It s something that I didn t intend for public use, Macdonald said. But I felt like it was the most appropriate thing ‌to ​reach out to Sean and really just apologize ⁠to him. Payton confirmed the conversation ⁠and indicated there was no lingering issue between the coaches. We spoke. He and I are good. Lord knows I ve been in his position, Payton said Wednesday. It allowed us to figure out how to handle our ​training camp relative to just videos. I don t think anything was intentional by fans, but at first, you re kind