Sean Payton demands his QB have an iron grip of his offense. Russell Wilson couldn't, so he'll be out of Denver

It was early August in Englewood, Colorado when I saw the first breadcrumb of frustration in Sean Payton’s offensive installation.

The sun was blazing, padded practices had begun to stack up for the Denver Broncos, and Payton looked pissed. Quarterback Russell Wilson and the offense had just broken their huddle, and the head coach stepped in between the offense and defense. Payton was too far away to hear, but his gesturing spoke volumes, sending the offense back to re-huddle, before breaking and moving swiftly to the line beneath his glare. Afterward, wideout Jerry Jeudy said there had been a recurring issue with speed. Payton wanted it all faster. Spit the play out faster, break the huddle faster, get to the line faster. If that was all done properly, it left Wilson standing at the line with an array of detailed calls and checks to execute. Put simply: Be fast and know what the hell you’re doing so the offense operated the way Payton designed it.

The entire offense.

"He’s making sure we’ve got our assignment and are playing fast and are doing everything we need to do," Jeudy told Yahoo Sports after practice wrapped. "He’s making that the main focus on everything he does. If he doesn’t like a certain play, he’ll redo it and redo it until he likes it. If he doesn’t like how we run out of the huddle, we come back and do it again. It’s just perfection that he’s looking for in everything we’re doing."