I said going into this game that this was a must-win for the Broncos and also a very important game for their organization. Well, after that 37-12 debacle to the Raiders, Denver has now officially broke me. I'm really disappointed in the Broncos and their franchise at this point. With the loss, the Broncos are now at 3-6 and looking at a fourth straight losing season, and another set of meaningless games come December. This year was supposed to be at least different and exciting as opposed to the last three seasons, but it is more of the same. It has become very disappointing and uninspiring to watch this team and this franchise every week, and there doesn't seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel in this current situation. Here are my thoughts and observations on the loss.....
1) Drew Lock was awful-plain and simple. It is getting ugly for Lock out there. He threw four interceptions, and looked like he hit rock bottom. Outside of some garbage time stats and the 4th quarter of the Chargers game, Lock hasn't been very good at all. I'm rooting for him and I like him, but he is just falling apart right now and he might not look like the guy this franchise desperately needs. We have to start thinking about QB options once again in 2021.
2) The defense could only do so much but the turnovers and bad offensive play just didn't help them out. This wasn't all on the defense. The defense did quit the last quarter. Shelby Harris being out of the lineup due to Covid didn't help in this game either.
3)The one key sequence in this game was with Denver trailing 10-6 late in the 2nd quarter, Lock scored on QB run, but it was called back because of Noah Fant holding. On the next play, Lock threw a brutal interception and that ended the half and any chance Denver had of winning this game.
4) The Broncos allowed over 30 points in four straight games. This is the first time since the 1960s that has happened to this franchise. It is just another example of futility that this team has endured the last four years.
5) Denver is 3-6 for the fourth straight season. This is the worst stretch of Broncos football in my lifetime. It is so bad that I am telling my sons that they can go around and pick another team to root for in the NFL. I want them to enjoy the NFL and fun and excitement of those football Sundays. I don't see how the Broncos are going to be a successful, winning franchise for a long, long time.
6) Denver hosts the 6-3 Dolphins next week in Denver. They are underdogs once again and it looks like they are headed to 3-7. This team has no direction in their QB for the future, the team going nowhere, there are questions in the coaching staff and front office. They are also in a division with the face of the NFL in Pat Mahomes and the juggernaut Chiefs, and a budding star in Justin Herbert for the Chargers. The path to become successful is very difficult right now. This is as broken as I have been as a Broncos fan.
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