{"id":292112,"date":"2023-10-13T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=292112"},"modified":"2023-10-13T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:54:07","slug":"broncos-hc-sean-payton-end-of-half-timeout-a-boneheaded-mistake-in-19-8-loss-to-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/nfl\/broncos-hc-sean-payton-end-of-half-timeout-a-boneheaded-mistake-in-19-8-loss-to-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos HC Sean Payton: End-of-half timeout a &#x27;boneheaded mistake&#x27; in 19-8 loss to Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton inexplicably called a timeout after a third-down sack with 22 seconds left in the first half of Thursday night&#8217;s 19-8 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>After the defeat, Payton admitted his brain fart, saying he thought it was third down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a boneheaded mistake by me,&#8221; he said via the team&#8217;s official transcript. &#8220;They were calling one as well. I&#8217;m off a down. That was stupid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The move was so horrendously baffling that many thought the referees announced the wrong team, and the Chiefs called the timeout. Surely, it couldn&#8217;t have been Denver, logic suggested. It wasn&#8217;t until after the game that Payton confirmed his error.<\/p>\n<p>With three timeouts left, Andy Reid could have called his own stoppage, and things might have played out the exact same way, with Harrison Butker nailing a 60-yard field goal.<\/p>\n<h2>          <span>            Related Links          <\/span>        <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>              2023 NFL season, Week 6: What We Learned from Chiefs&#x27; win over Broncos on Thursday night            <\/li>\n<li>              Fearless: Chiefs TE Travis Kelce shines in prime-time win despite ankle injury            <\/li>\n<li>              Taylor Swift returns to Arrowhead Stadium to see Travis Kelce, Chiefs defeat Broncos&#xA0;            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But Payton&#8217;s error is emblematic of the ills breathing in Denver. The Super Bowl-winning coach was brought in to fix the ailments. Instead, sickness continues to spread.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a three-point swing there, but there are so many other things that jump into my mind relative to opportunities missed,&#8221; Payton said of the end of the half. &#8220;I was encouraged, I thought they played hard. We&#8217;ll see this team in two weeks. That&#8217;s kind of what I told them afterwards, I said, &#8216;You can be disappointed here, but don&#8217;t get discouraged.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On a night Vance Joseph&#8217;s defense &#8212; which has been carved like a sculpting cake this season &#8212; actually did some good things, the offense couldn&#8217;t get the passing game going, with Denver getting outgained 380-197 and going 4-of-10 on third downs.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Wilson got no help from his receivers, who continue to struggle to gain any separation in man-coverage, but made his own share of mistakes, tossing two interceptions on 13-of-22 passing for a woeful 95 yards with a TD. His 46.6 passer rating is the worst in a start since he joined Denver. He was particularly terrible against Steve Spagnuolo&#8217;s blitzes, generating just 13 total yards and a 2.89 passer rating against the blitz on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think our defense played great tonight,&#8221; Wilson said. &#8220;They battled all night. They came up with a pick, almost had two. They did a really good job keeping us in the game. I think offensively, we did some really good things. The two turnovers by me is unacceptable, that can&#8217;t happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 1-5 start to the season is the worst start for Denver since 1994 (finished 7-9). It&#8217;s also the worst start to a season in Payton&#8217;s career as a head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/broncos-hc-sean-payton-end-of-half-timeout-a-boneheaded-mistake-in-19-8-loss-to-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton inexplicably called a timeout after a third-down sack with 22 seconds left in the first half of Thursday night&#8217;s 19-8 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/nfl\/broncos-hc-sean-payton-end-of-half-timeout-a-boneheaded-mistake-in-19-8-loss-to-chiefs\/\" title=\"Broncos HC Sean Payton: End-of-half timeout a &#x27;boneheaded mistake&#x27; in 19-8 loss to Chiefs\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Broncos HC Sean Payton: End-of-half timeout a &#x27;boneheaded mistake&#x27; 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