Seahawks@Broncos

I would call those two scoring drives by Denver a masterclass in play calling, and I would say Payton outcoached McDonald. Yes, the Seahawks shutdown the Bronco offense after that, but I feel like part of that was a more conservative approach by Payton–i.e., protecting the football at all costs was the primary objective.

The play calling on those two drives stands in stark contrast to the Seahawk play caller and pretty much any of their drives. The former shows an example of great playcalling and its impact. The latter is an example of mediocre play calling and its impact. The thing is, Nix and the Denver offense has not looked good–similar to the Seahawks. And yet if you only those two Denver scoring drives, you’d think they were a good offense–or at least not a bad one. Fleury just doesn’t have the capacity to do the same for his offense, and right now I’d say the offense, and Sam Darnold, are broken.