The Kansas City Chiefs absolutely stomped the Denver Broncos 31-10 to kick off the season. Forget all the preseason chatter about the Broncos being a Super Bowl ready team; what we got instead was an absolute butt stain of a performance on both offense and defense. Thirty-one to ten? That’s an embarrassment, plain and simple, and it immediately puts a huge question mark over everything the Broncos have been saying about their direction.
Sean Payton’s “Unprepared” Stamp Is Staring Them Down
Seriously, what is going on with Sean Payton and getting his teams ready to hit the gates running? It’s like a broken record year after year. He runs this complex, scheme-dependent offense, which, hey, when it clicks, it’s beautiful. But the man just doesn’t seem to value playing starters much in the preseason. We’re talking vets getting just a couple of series in warm-up games. How can you expect execution like that in Week 1?
This team looked totally unprepared on both sides of the ball. The offense had zero clue how to find a groove or keep it, let alone execute a third down play effectively. And the “best offensive line in the NFL” pass blocked like a car full of clowns at a diarrhea fiesta! On defense, it looked like a unit full of undrafted rookies trying to make a big turnover on every single play and completely forgetting they actually have to tackle people. Payton often takes the fault immediately in his pressers when they play this poorly, and yeah, dude, it is absolutely your fault. You didn’t prepare your team properly. You got outcoached in the most predictable ways imaginable. I’m just a fan chugging Mountain Dews, and I knew the Chiefs were going to run multiple tight ends, extra offensive linemen, and pound the ball with Kenneth Walker, just like the Bills did last year. The Broncos had no plan for that.
Nix’s Weakness Is Still an Anchor, and Play-Calling Needs Help
Then there’s Bo Nix. His one biggest weakness, his reluctance to throw the ball over the middle, is still glaring. Another offseason went by, and there’s zero evidence any work was done to address it. It’s like watching a pitcher who only uses two-thirds of the plate. It makes defending the pass ridiculously easy when your quarterback only uses two-thirds of the field most of the time.
And let’s talk about the play-calling. All the talk about how awesome Davis Webb is and how ready he is for the play-calling duties? It’s looking quite “sus” after this showing. That looked like a weaker version of the offense we saw last year, with the play-caller abandoning the run game when there was no reason to. This isn’t just a bad game; it’s a fundamental breakdown of what the Broncos were supposed to be this season.
This kind of opener isn’t just a loss; it’s a flashing red light for the Broncos. They gotta figure out their readiness, their execution, and how to actually use the whole field if they want to salvage anything from this early season. The whole damn thing is at stake.
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Originally reported by Mile High Report.
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