The Broncos fell to 0-3 with an uninspiring beatdown at the hands of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High. The outcome never was in doubt as the Bucs cruised to a 28-10 win. Although the Broncos are banged up and injured everywhere, no one on this team showed any fight or guts. They just took their ass-kicking at the hands of Tom Brady and the Bucs and moved on. This season has started so dreadful that there doesn't seem to be any hope the Broncos will turn this thing around. Another lost season in Denver in the post Super Bowl 50 era. Here are my thoughts and observations on the game....
1) After the Broncos were forced to punt on their first drive of the game, the Bucs blocked the punt and scored on a Brady to Chris Godwin TD pass to go up 7-0. That was the game right there. The Bucs built a 23-3 lead and never looked back.
2) Jeff Driskel was awful in his first start replacing the injured Drew Lock. He was pressured all day, held onto the ball too long, and just looked overmatched out there. Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur didn't help him out too much either with his play selection..
3) The Broncos defense just didn't have enough to stop Tom Brady and his weapons. Brady looked like vintage Brady and played well. The Broncos defense really doesn't benefit at all with no fans in the stands. It really hurts them without crowd noise.
4) This game was brutal to watch and now the Broncos are 0-3 and head to the 0-3 Jets on Thursday night. This season is spiraling out of control and Denver lost two more starters for the year with injuries-Jurrell Casey and Elijah Wilkinson. It is going to get ugly and I think they will have a hard time beating the Jets on Thursday. This looks like a 4 win campaign this year.
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