Denver Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton looks up at the crowd during the first half of the game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 7, 2024. The Las Vegas Raiders took on Denver Broncos during week 18 of NFL season. Sean Payton didn’t guarantee anything, but he thinks the Broncos will get their first look this offseason at receiver Courtland Sutton next week.
Asked directly if Sutton’s absence is about a contract dispute, which has been widely reported and assumed, Payton quipped, “Well it’s not that he doesn’t like the new uniforms.” “This was more of an issue before the 2011 CBA,” Payton said of holdouts. “Training camp, it was very normal to have a player or two that wasn’t signed yet. Then after 2011 it wasn’t as much of an issue. Guys staging away from OTAs, that will happen and guys will occasionally miss a day and let’s go, we’re training. …
“Is it three, four, five years from now? I don’t know,” Payton said. “I try anymore to focus on the things that are right here. When you get older, you hear those things and you’re just like, ‘I don’t have to worry about that right now.’