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Broncos’ dud has HC Sean Payton re-thinking plan offensive plan

Bo Nix liked the Broncos’ plan for Pittsburgh before kickoff.

Sean Payton soured on it before the Steelers’ suffocation of Denver’s offense was complete Sunday afternoon at Empower Field.

Patience with the run game? The ability to go deep into the playbook? A grind-it-out, field-position battle there for the taking?

All of that deteriorated faster than an afternoon that started with 80 degrees and sun and finished with clouds swirling and wind howling through uprights that only saw two measly Broncos field goals in a 13-6 dud.

The Broncos are 0-2 with back-to-back road games ahead and a work week in West Virginia nestled in between. Payton remains winless in two Septembers as Denver’s head coach, dropping to 0-5.

More foreboding than yet another early season hole, the deer-in-the-headlights rookie quarterback play or the upcoming road tests, though, was Payton’s postgame posture.

This one rattled the cage.

It had Payton considering his options.

Not under center with rookie quarterback Bo Nix, but with the Broncos’ whole offensive approach.

“I just finished telling the offensive coaches, you know, that side of the ball needs to get cleaned up and that starts with me,” Payton said. “We’ve got to start really looking at who we’re asking to do what.”

That conclusion came after Nix and the Broncos offense were as scattered as they were ineffective for a second straight Sunday.

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