Seth Payne

Retired

Houston Texans · DT

Seth Payne recorded 108 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 10 rostered seasons with HST, Houston Texans, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Tennessee Titans, New England Patriots.

Best highlights

2.2

tackles/gm

playoff games

indexed seasons

108

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Seth Payne's most significant indexed performances.

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Nov 4, 2001

7 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Dec 17, 2000

5 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship

Tennessee Titans vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Conference Championship · Jan 23, 2000

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Miami Dolphins vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Divisional Round · Jan 15, 2000

1 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Denver Broncos

Wild Card · Dec 27, 1997

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Seth Payne's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 8 total tackles

Houston Texans vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Nov 7, 2004

8 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career highs: 2 sacks · 2 quarterback hits

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Nov 4, 2001

7 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 3 tackles for loss

Baltimore Ravens vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Dec 15, 2002

6 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Washington Commanders vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Sep 24, 2006

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Seth Payne's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1993–2000

Seth Payne

Drew Bledsoe

Ben Coates

A No. 1 quarterback brings the Patriots back

New England Patriots · Parcells and Bledsoe reset expectations

Robert Kraft's ownership and Bill Parcells's coaching stabilized the organization, leading to Super Bowl XXXI and a roster ready for another regime.

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Franchise era

1995–1999

Seth Payne

Mark Brunell

Jimmy Smith

Four straight playoff trips and two AFC title games

Jacksonville Jaguars · The expansion rocket

Tom Coughlin built an expansion roster with extraordinary speed, upsetting Denver in 1996 and going 14–2 three years later.

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Franchise era

2000–2010

Seth Payne

Fred Taylor

Jimmy Smith

A physical offense keeps Jacksonville dangerous

Jacksonville Jaguars · Taylor, Smith and MJD

Explosive backs and a powerful defense produced several strong teams, including the 2007 group that won a playoff game in Pittsburgh.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

Seth Payne

Corey Dillon

Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Franchise era

1992–2007

Seth Payne

Brett Favre

Reggie White

Joyful improvisation returns Green Bay to the summit

Green Bay Packers · The Favre revival

Ron Wolf acquired Favre and White, restoring national relevance and winning Super Bowl XXXI under Mike Holmgren.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

Seth Payne

Eric Moulds

Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

1997–2004

Seth Payne

Steve McNair

Eddie George

The Music City Miracle launches a Super Bowl run

Tennessee Titans · The Titans arrive

After two temporary seasons, Tennessee found its name and stadium, then came one yard short of overtime in Super Bowl XXXIV.

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Franchise era

1999–2017

Seth Payne

Joe Thomas

Josh Cribbs

An expansion-style rebirth becomes a long rebuild

Cleveland Browns · The Browns return

The restored franchise returned in 1999 but cycled through leadership and quarterbacks, with Thomas providing Hall of Fame stability amid the turnover.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

Seth Payne

Tony Gonzalez

Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes and an elite line light up Sundays

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Kansas City built record-setting offenses but remained unable to win a playoff game, then bottomed out before a transformative coaching hire.

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Franchise era

2002–2010

Seth Payne

Andre Johnson

DeMeco Ryans

A dramatic debut gives way to patient construction

Houston Texans · Building the Texans

Houston beat Dallas in its first game, then developed foundational stars while waiting nearly a decade for its first winning season.

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Seth Payne

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Career highs

Franchise eras

New England Patriots · Parcells and Bledsoe reset expectations

Jacksonville Jaguars · The expansion rocket

Jacksonville Jaguars · Taylor, Smith and MJD

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Green Bay Packers · The Favre revival

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Tennessee Titans · The Titans arrive

Cleveland Browns · The Browns return

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Houston Texans · Building the Texans

NFL appearances

Seth Payne

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Career highs

Franchise eras

New England Patriots · Parcells and Bledsoe reset expectations

Jacksonville Jaguars · The expansion rocket

Jacksonville Jaguars · Taylor, Smith and MJD

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Green Bay Packers · The Favre revival

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Tennessee Titans · The Titans arrive

Cleveland Browns · The Browns return

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Houston Texans · Building the Texans

Career accomplishments

Team history

NFL appearances

Career accomplishments

Team history