The Chiefs came into Denver on Thursday night on short rest, with a bunch of starters out, a defense that had been shredded the last month, and a gimpy Pat Mahomes, and still buried the Broncos by 23 points. The 30-6 KC win in Denver was so symbolic of everything that is wrong with the Broncos and their organization. Eventhough Mahomes left the game early in the second quarter with a dislocated kneecap, the Chiefs still rolled and their defense completely suffocated the Broncos offense. It was about as bad of a performance as you would expect. Here are my thoughts and observations on the game....
1) After the Broncos drove down the field for an opening drive touchdown by Royce Freeman, nothing went right for them. After KC went offside on the extra point, the Broncos took the penalty and elected to go for the two-point conversion. Philip Lindsay got stuffed from the 1 yard line and that was it. 6-0 Denver and then it was a shitshow.
2) KC answered with a Mahomes TD pass to make it 7-6, and then the Broncos preceded to try a fake punt down 10-6 in their own end. I don't like fake punts when punters are trying to throw a pass and that is what the Broncos tried with Colby Wadman. It didn't work out and failed miserably and the Broncos gave KC the ball back in their own end which led to another field goal.
3) A strip sack of Joe Flacco and a fumble return TD for the Chiefs made it 20-6 and you could feel the air just come out of the stadium for the Broncos.
4) A missed field goal by Brandon McManus just added to the list of mistakes. Garret Bolles got called for another few holding calls and it was just an embarrassing at that point. The Broncos offense converted one third down conversion and Flacco got sacked nine times. Noah Fant dropped numerous passes that drew a lot of boos from the crowd. It was ugly.
5) The final nail in the coffin was when backup Matt Moore hit Tyreek Hill on a wheel route for a 57 yard TD to make it 27-6 Chiefs in the third quarter. That put the game away for good and it probably put the Broncos season away for good too.
6) This was one of the most embarrassing home losses I have seen in my lifetime as a Broncos fan. I thought of the blowout loss to the Raiders at home in 1994, the blowout losses to the Chargers in 2007 and 2009, and the loss to the Giants in 2017 as similar games. It was terrible. The Chiefs have now won 5 straight game in Denver! That's ridiculous.
7) This game magnified the issues with the Broncos. Joe Flacco is the guy who we all thought he was, and he showed no fight or spirit in this game at all. Garret Bolles is a bust at LT and he has to be benched when Juwan James comes back from injury. Our offense is terrible overall and we just can't score points. We have no depth on defense as well. It's just a really bad team. They are 2-5 and going nowhere, and for the third straight year the Broncos are looking at a really bad season, and that is unheard of for a Broncos fan my age or my generation.
8) I know he might get killed out there and it might not be pretty, but we have to play Drew Lock when he comes off IR. We have to at least find out what we have in this young kid as a QB of the future. Play him. Let him learn and see what you got with him. That is only thing left to possibly look forward to as a Broncos fan.
Now, onto the picks for Week 7...
Last Week's Record: 6-8
Overall Record: 37-50-4
(HOME TEAM IN CAPS)
NY GIANTS (-3) over Arizona
INDY (-1) over Houston
Miami (+17) over BUFFALO
DETROIT (+2) over Minnesota
Oakland (+5) over GREEN BAY
Jacksonville (-3) over CINCY
LA Rams (-3) over ATLANTA
San Francisco (-7) over WASHINGTON
LA Chargers (+3) over TENNESSEE
SEATTLE (-3) over Baltimore
New Orleans (+3) over CHICAGO
Philly (+3) over DALLAS
New England (-11) over NY Jets
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