NewzDENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos are atrocious on offense, depleted on defense and shaky on special teams. All they do is find ways to win.Ja’Quan McMillian intercepted Sam Darnold’s pass in overtime Thursday night and Wil Lutz kicked a 53-yard field goal that gave the Broncos a 17-14 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.The Broncos emerged from a tough six-week season-opening stretch with a 4-2 record despite an injury-riddled roster and a shaky quarterback, and the Seahawks (3-3) lost for the second time in five days. They also matched their loss total from last season, when they won their second Super Bowl title.The Broncos won despite Bo Nix throwing for just 107 yards, J.K.
Dobbins leading the rushing attack with a mere 41 yards and managing a meager three first downs and 168 yards of total offense — less than half the 353 yards piled up by the Seahawks.“I don't know why we can't really push the ball vertically right now,” Nix said. “But defenses are just sitting back and hanging out. Hopefully we find a way to get more out of it.”Nix was as honest as he's been to date in his postgame comments about Denver's scuffling offense.“We’re definitely capable, we’ve shown it," he said.
"And, you know I don’t know where the disconnect is right now, to be honest with you. I just think we’re really, for some reason, struggling to find those explosive plays, and that’s what makes an offense really spectacular: Is finding explosive plays. And right now, we don’t have those.”Denver's depleted defense came to the rescue yet again, hitting Darnold 17 times and collecting five sacks.“The quarterback's getting hit way too much,” Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said.
“Everybody sees that.”“You’ve got to give credit to those guys," Darnold said. “They’ve got a really tough defense, really good defense coordinator in Vance (Joseph).”On Seattle's opening drive in overtime, McMillian intercepted a pass intended for Rashid Shaheed at the Denver 43, the second pick of the night by Darnold, who completed 27 of 51 passes for 278 yards without a touchdown.Those stats were better than Nix's. He barely topped 100 yards on 17-of-27 passing after throwing for 123 last week in a tight win over the Chargers.Jason Myers' 34-yard field goal tied it at 14-all with 3 seconds left in regulation and capped an 11-0 Seattle run over the final 5 1/2 minutes.
DENVER (AP) — Ja'Quan McMillian intercepted Sam Darnold's pass in overtime and Wil Lutz kicked a 53-yard field goal that gave the Denver Broncos a 17-14 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night.The Broncos emerged from a tough six-week season-opening stretch with a 4-2 record despite an injury-riddled roster and a shaky offense, and the Seahawks (3-3) lost for the second time in five days. He threw for just 107 yards on 17-of-27 passing after throwing for 123 last week in a win over the Chargers.Jason Myers' 34-yard field goal tied it at 14-all with 3 seconds left in regulation and capped an 11-0 Seattle run over the final 5 1/2 minutes. The Seahawks started their game-tying drive at midfield after a 31-yard punt return by Shaheed following a sixth three-and-out by the Broncos.“No moral victories in the league,” Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said.
“It’s a bottom-line business, production business. I’m proud of the resolve of the team. I’m proud of our connectedness of our team.“However, there’s things that we need to get better at quickly, and we know those things; they’re within our control, and that’s what we do.
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