Cornerback · Denver Broncos

Ja'Quan McMillian

No. 29 · 5th season

Sean Payton just made McMillian's future in Denver sound pretty clear

Rumors have a way of answering themselves. When contract talk started swirling around Ja'Quan McMillian earlier this week, the question was simple: does Denver want him back? Thursday, Sean Payton gave an answer that didn't leave much room for interpretation.

McMillian plays cornerback for the Denver Broncos — the position that lives and dies by one-on-one moments, with nowhere to hide. What he's built in that role was apparently enough, because Payton told reporters McMillian has everything the organization is looking for. Staying put, for the foreseeable future.

That kind of public endorsement from a head coach isn't nothing. Payton chose to say it out loud, in a press conference, in the middle of a week when McMillian's name was already in the air. That's not an accident.

For McMillian, it's the kind of moment a player builds toward — someone in charge looking at what you've done and deciding they want more of it. The contract talks will sort themselves out. The vote of confidence already happened.

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