For the fourth time in 4 video games this season, the Denver Broncos bought off to a gradual begin on offense.
This time, they could not dig themselves out of a gap. The Broncos had three factors at halftime of Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers. They completed with 14 in a 24-14 loss that dropped them to 2-2.
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In every of the Broncos’ 4 video games this season, they’ve failed to achieve double digits in factors by halftime. The had seven at halftime in a 31-10 loss to the Chiefs. That they had three factors at halftime of a 20-13 win over the Jaguars.
They had been scoreless final week in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams earlier than a rally for a 30-26 win over the Rams that was aided by an NFL-acknowledged officiating error. On Sunday, there was no comeback, and a Broncos staff with Tremendous Bowl aspirations now sits two recreation behind the 4-0 Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the AFC West.
This once more introduced up questions for head coach Sean Payton about offensive coordinator and first-year play caller Davis Webb, who took the reins from Payton to name performs this season.
“It is too early — it is a honest query; I recognize it. And, man, it is powerful to debate any of that proper now,” Payton advised reporters Sunday when requested postgame if he’d contemplating making play-calling adjustments.
The Broncos definitely have lots to think about on offense, from Webb’s play-calling to Field Nix’s execution at quarterback to an ineffcient run recreation that averaged 3.7 yards per carry in opposition to the 49ers.
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However for now, the warmth on Denver is on Webb. And Payton — famend as one of many nice offensive minds in soccer — has loads to think about as questions swirl over whether or not he ought to take again the gameday reings of Denver’s offense.
“We have had some alternatives, however there are a handful of issues that are not clicking,” Payton continued Sunday, per 104.3 The Fan. “And we gotta determine it out quick, as a result of we’re going into Week 5.”
