ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Just two games into his first season as Denver Broncos head coach, Sean Payton suddenly finds himself wrestling with some of the same clock management and penalty issues Nathaniel Hackett had in an ill-fated 15-game run as the team's coach last season.
With the 35-33 loss to the Washington Commanders on Sunday -- a game the Broncos had led 21-3 in the second quarter -- Denver is now one of the league's eight 0-2 teams.
On Monday, Payton said after the Broncos' alignment and clock issues Sunday he and the coaches will look at ways to decrease verbiage in some of their play calls.