ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Broncos coach Sean Payton runs hot and on game day he serves as a bubbling volcano. As he entered the locker room after Friday night's defeat to Arizona, his body temperature appeared to match the 105 degrees outside State Farm Stadium.
The first-string offense finished with a touchdown drive, masking, but not eliminating the protection concerns in the passing game. Wilson was hit five times and pressured 64% of the time. That requires improvement. This is where coaching comes into play. When the Broncos made mistakes last season, they were rarely corrected and there were few consequences.
“The kicking game — we didn’t punt it like we thought. We’ve had a good two weeks punting the ball when you guys watch out here. I think he’ll be much better the next game we play. I don’t want to say what you expect when you look at preseason tape, but there were a lot of good things,” Payton said. “The last play of the game is something we’ll get cleaned up. That wasn’t really good from us.”