{"id":644943,"date":"2026-01-01T06:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T06:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/644943\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T06:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T06:41:18","slug":"nfl-coach-trashes-new-years-eve-most-overrated-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/644943\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Coach Trashes New Year’s Eve, ‘Most Overrated Holiday’"},"content":{"rendered":"

An NFL<\/a> head coach is not holding back his thoughts on New Year’s Eve.<\/p>\n

New Year’s Eve has arrived. For some, it’s a fun holiday. For others, it’s one of the most overrated days of the year.<\/p>\n

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Where do you stand?<\/p>\n

We know where Denver Broncos<\/a> head coach Sean Payton stands. He thinks it’s one of the most “overrated” days of the year.<\/p>\n

\"DENVER,<\/p>\n

DENVER, CO – DECEMBER 31: Sean Payton of the Denver Broncos looks on from the field during warmups prior to an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Empower Field at Mile High on December 31, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Perry Knotts\/Getty Images)Perry Knotts&sol;Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Denver Broncos head coach sounded off on New Year’s Eve when asked if he had any plans by reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know it was New Year\u2019s Eve. The most overrated holiday, honestly. Like, seriously, I didn\u2019t know it was New Year\u2019s Eve,” he said.<\/p>\n

Payton was also asked if he had any messages for his players who might be going out for New Year’s Eve.<\/p>\n

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“Today’s generation doesn’t drink as much.”<\/p>\n

Broncos have a Week 18 game<\/p>\n

The Broncos are looking to wrap up the No. 1 overall seed in the AFC with a victory in Week 18 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Denver is taking on Los Angeles in a Week 18 game.<\/p>\n

Kickoff is set for 4:25 p.m. E.T.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on Jan 1, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An NFL head coach is not holding back his thoughts on New Year’s Eve. New Year’s Eve has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[258,7,1014,262,91908,6,1813],"class_list":{"0":"post-644943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-denver-broncos","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","12":"tag-new-year39s-eve","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sean-payton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115818482929429384","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}