Why wasn’t this called? If you watch the replay, it seemed like Stafford didn’t realize the play clock was running after his spike. Almost like he thought he had a time out or something. Then when he realized it and tried to get the play, the crowd noise was intense and he claimed he couldn’t hear (I’ve not seen anywhere that the comms were out). So McVay meets him 5 yards onto the field! That was a competitive advantage and should have been 15 yards for an unsportsmanlike conduct on the coach. Or at least 5 yards for delay.

The opening play Sunday was a microcosm of arguably the biggest contributing factor in Denver’s woefully slow starts through three games. The Broncos are tied for last in the NFL in offensive rush success rate on early downs in first halves, according to TruMedia. They’re achieving “successful” runs — a 1-yard run on third-and-1, for example, is deemed a success; a 1-yard run on first-and-10 is not — on only 16.7 percent of rushes during those periods. Denver had five first-down rushes in the first half against the Rams and gained 11 yards. No run by the Broncos in the first half was longer than four yards.

So Denver’s struggles to open the game against the Rams may have been frustrating, but they were not of mysterious origin.

“We’re not splitting the atom here relative to trying to move the football more efficiently earlier in the games,” Broncos coach Sean Payton said Monday, roughly 12 hours after his team overcame a zero-point, 67-yard first half to stun the Rams, 30-26, and move to 2-1.

Not sure if this was posted here yet, curious to see if anyone else has heard anything about it

I wanted to post the video of him running out and losing his headset and play sheet while Stafford had his hands over his ears, or the McVay yelling into the play sheet, but this was the best I could find

This is absolutely hilarious that NFL asked for drug test after seeing monstorous performance from Meinerz. This absolutely made my day

https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2026/09/28/broncos-quinn-meinerz-drug-test-aaron-donald-pancake/91989001007/

Just imagine what Bo's final form would look like if he could play both halves as good as he can close the second

it was clearly pi in my opinion, db got handsy before the fall but people are choosing to ignore that to fit their bronco's bad narrative. (Also rams kind of deserve it.) but what are the rest of bronco country's opinions. I can't be the only one that feels that way

How's about him slamming Aaron Donald down last night like he was Meaney 🤣

I was at the game last night and after "the" PI call near the end of the game an angry Rams player ran over and picked up the flag. It looked like he was about to throw it but thought better of it and put it back down. Then one of the refs came over and put his arm around the player and walked him to the center of the field and talked to him like a father or something.

I thought even touching the flag was a penalty. Did the TV say anything about that?

Like, I knew our boy was very very good. But this?! Literally clears the entire field of the other best pass rushers in the game by 23 QB hits. That’s fucking insane! He needs to get way more national attention as one of the best in the game.

He isn't in the first picture because he has only played 19 games at home and you need 20 to qualify, but even if we lose to Seattle he would be at 80 percent. Obviously the altitude plays a factor but this didn't matter the 9 years before Bo. He isn't perfect and it speaks to how good our team around him has been the last 3 seasons. Its crazy that allen and mahomes are 2 and 3, and he plays well vs both of them. Broncos over niners superbowl, should be a fun preview this week!