Each team had four scoring opportunities in this game. The difference was the Oakland Raiders scored three touchdowns out of those four opportunities and the Denver Broncos scored just one.
That’s it. As poorly as the Broncos played at times, both teams had an equal amount of opportunities to put points on the board and it was the red zone offense and the red zone defense that let Denver down time after time in their 24-16 road defeat.
In perusing the post-game quotes from Denver, there were a few things that were worth noting on the red zone play from both sides of the ball.