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Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton speaks after falling to 1-5 after loss to Kansas City Chiefs
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Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton speaks after falling to 1-5 after a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on "Thursday Night Football."
Maligned, ridiculed and oft-embarrassed, the Denver Broncos defense was at risk of suffering several shades of shame Thursday night in their matchup against their chief nemesis the Chiefs.
With Kansas City winning the last 15 meetings between the teams and the Broncos ranked last in the NFL in most defensive categories, this game at Arrowhead Stadium figured to be a mismatch.
And while tight end Travis Kelce was a problem as usual, the Denver D was superb when it got tight in the red zone, the only reason why the heavily favored Kansas City Chiefs had to sweat a bit before beating the Broncos, 19-8 in the AFC West Divison game before a sold-out crowd that included Kelce girlfriend Taylor Swift on a nationally TV streamed, stand-alone game.
"I said this to (the team) 5 minutes ago, I'm not discouraged,'' Broncos' head coach Sean Payton told reporters after the game. "Man, I thought they played hard. Defense particularly did a great job. Red-zone defense was outstanding.
"Obviously, offensively we struggled throwing the ball. Our third-down numbers were poor. The turnovers, against a team like this -- it's going to be tough to win and yet, we were still in it going into the fourth quarter. ...
"Tonight was a game where we certainly played well enough defensively, but offensively the running game worked. I thought we blocked them well. But from a third-down perspective, keeping drives going, we struggled to get anything until late in the game."
However they do it, the Chiefs have now won 16 straight over 8 solid seasons against the Broncos, a streak that goes back to Denver's Super Bowl 50 year of 2015. So much has happened since -- most of it bad for the Broncos and very good for Andy Reid's Chiefs.
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