Broncos Defeat Washington. Get to 4-4

The Broncos defeated the Washington Football Team on Sunday in Denver to even their record at 4-4. The Broncos stopped a four game losing streak, and the 17-10 got the Broncos back on the winning track. Although a win is a win, this game was not very impressive for the Broncos. It took two late game stops by the defense to clinch it at the end. Here are my thoughts on the game....

1) The Broncos had a bunch of missed opportunities to put this game away but a penalty or mistake just didn't allow that to happen. I felt like every time the Broncos would be on the move a negative play would knock them back and they couldn't recover.

2) The offense still is struggling and they only put up 17 points on a defense that was playing the worst in the NFL in recent weeks. That is not a good sign going forward.

3) The Broncos defense stepped up and harassed the WFT offense all game long. They got key stops late in the 4th quarter to preserve the win.

4) The last sequence of plays by the Broncos was truly interesting to say the least. After Justin Simmons intercepted a pass near the goal line, the Broncos had the ball with only 37 seconds left. WFT had 3 timeouts, so Denver ran the ball on first down and Javonte Williams fumbled, but Dalton Risner recovered. On 2nd down, the Broncos called a rollout pass, and Teddy Bridgewater threw an incomplete pass instead of just sliding and forcing Washington to take a timeout. On 3rd down, Melvin Gordon ran right and fumbled and Washington recovered. The Broncos defense did hold and they closed out the game, but that was a rough sequence there in that spot. The one thing you can't do is fumble the ball and the Broncos did that twice in three plays.

5) The Broncos are 4-4 but it feels like they are 2-6. The offense struggled to score points once again, and there is just not a good vibe around this team. I can't remember a less satisfying win for the Broncos at this point in a season in a long, long time. Denver will definitely have their hands full when they head to Dallas to take on the Cowboys on Sunday.