The biggest story in Colorado sports is no longer Denver's football team.
Sean Payton watching the final seconds tick away in the Broncos' loss to the Raiders on September 10.find themselves in an unfamiliar position.
Instead, Denver, under its own new leader, former Super Bowl winner Sean Payton, delivered another heaping helping of mediocrity en route to a 17-16 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders — the seventh consecutive failure to vanquish the outfit's historical rival. Like Sanders, Payton has an ego large enough to require its own solar system, and he attempted to draw attention to himself on Sunday's very first play — an onside kick by new booter Will Lutz. The gambit would have been spectacular had it worked, but no. Although the Broncos recovered, Tremon Smith touched the ball before it traveled the required ten yards, resulting in a penalty that gave the Raiders the ball in ridiculously good field position, and they quickly cashed in with a touchdown.
These botches caused plenty of pundits to put Denver's demise on Lutz's shoulders, but Payton actually deserves the blame. It was the coach, after all, who jettisoned longtime field-goal specialist Brandon McManus during the off-season — an all-too typical move in a league where kickers are chronically, and foolishly, undervalued and treated as interchangeable.
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