On Friday, the Denver Broncos silenced the NFL rumor mill by extending GM George Paton on a five-year deal . Paton is now under contract through the 2030 season. Paton was the general manager when Sean Payton arrived as head coach back in 2023. While the Walton-Penner ownership group made the final decision to hire Payton and acquire his coaching rights from the New Orleans Saints, Paton played a part in the process. However, Payton is a strong personality. There was no guarantee that Payton would hit it off with Paton in Denver, but three year's later, the proof is in the pudding. “I said this to him the other day... I said to him, I said, ‘Man, I consider myself very fortunate to have been with one general manager in New Orleans who I would call a very close friend and a great working partner, and then to find another person like George,'" Payton said of Paton on Saturday.…