Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton accepted blame following the team’s 70-20 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
“You always start inwardly and look at, all right, where can I be better, and then you start with the staff, then we go through the tape, and then you get on to the meetings with the players,” Payton said after the game. “So these next two days we’ll have a lot to look at and discuss. Again, it’s disappointing. I mean, I’m at a loss for words because I’ve never been in – I’ve been on the other side of some games like that, and every once in a while in this league you get your butt whopped, but this was more than that.”
Buy Broncos TicketsSo, what comes next for the 0-3 Broncos? Payton assured fans during his Monday conference call that he will right the ship.
“First off to the fans, we’re going to work our tail off and get this ship straightened away,” Payton said. “That’s going to happen. There’s going to be a process involved in that. Certainly, there’s a lot of work ahead of us. The key is finding these guys, putting them in the right positions to be successful, and then that confidence that comes with winning. That’s the main thing.”
Denver will have an opportunity to secure its first win of the season when the Broncos go on the road to face the 0-3 Chicago Bears in Week 4. That game will be a great opportunity to “right the ship.” The blowout loss to the Dolphins was embarrassing, but if Denver can’t manage to defeat a struggling Bears team, alarm bells will be going off in Broncos Country.
