RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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As one would expect, Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton wasn't happy following the team's 33-13 preseason loss to the Green Bay Packers on Friday evening.
“Obviously, that wasn’t good enough," Payton said after the loss. "There weren’t a lot of things… I said this after the game — just pick a topic. Pick penalties, we lose there; kickoff, kickoff return, we lose that battle; rushing numbers, we lose that. We can’t just say, ‘Hey, this is preseason [game] two.’ Each phase saw their share of what ended up being the final score. So [on Saturday] we’ve got to be able to come in, coaches the same way, and look closely at what we’re doing and get the corrections made. You can’t not pay attention to these games, these scrimmages, these important steps towards the start of the regular season.”
Green Bay went 3-of-4 on red zone attempts, compared to 0-of-1 for Denver. The Packers out-gained the Broncos on the ground 118 to 70. Green Bay had five penalties accepted against them compared to 10 for Denver.
"[T]hey won a lot of the battles," Payton said. "You can take the line of scrimmage, you can take the kick coverage, they’ve got a big return. Penalties, that impacted field position a lot, rushing battle, pick a topic. … I can’t think of one area that we played [better] or outplayed them, honestly. I’m just being honest.”
The penalties, in particular, are alarming.
"Some of them we keep seeing in practice," Payton said. "We’re seeing the same penalties in the game — [we] saw it last year. So we’ve got to get that cleaned up.”
Payton's squad has one more preseason game on deck against the Minnesota Vikings on Aug. 28. That will serve as a final opportunity for the team to get things cleaned up before the regular season begins in September.
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