Payton Defends Nix Against Analyst

After Schwartz claimed Nix doesn't "push the ball down the field all that often," Payton took to Twitter to respond, saying he can tell who "works at it and who doesn't." When asked about the tweet, Payton called Schwartz's take "crazy" and said it was completely opposite of what he was seeing. milkshakeslot.lat

Payton noted the irony that Schwartz played at Oregon, the same school as Nix, and criticized what he called "basement podcast" analysis. "Sometimes when you're on the East Coast, you don't see, whatever, but when you get to see," Payton said, suggesting firsthand evaluation is more valuable than remote criticism.