Sean Payton made it official today with the media saying "We’ll make a change offensively. I’ll call the plays.”

So, let's look at 3 ways the Denver Broncos offense can improve with Sean Payton taking over play-calling.

I looked at a ton of stats from 2025 vs. 2026 and showed how the offense has regressed.

They need to run the ball more effectively and efficiently, better situational play-calling too.

Box Score

We were heavy underdogs.

Our defense was cooking purdy and the offense until our 2 starting corners got hurt and even then purdy had a slightly better performance than nix who according to the sub had an 'abysmal' game.

We have the same issues. O line penalties killed the first quarter, no run game and wr drops. Nothing new and ground breaking.

Despite that we were in the game at a hostile environment against the hottest team in the league until kittle scored.

Nix didnt make many mistakes, didnt get sacked or throw an interception and took what the 49ers gave him ok. Not saying he was elite or even good but he was fine. We lost the game from the miffed punt.

We soon after 2 weeks play much easier teams and defenses and our offense and defense will look a lot better. I think we comfortably make the playoffs if surtain is back.

Idk i didn't think it was the end of the world and as usual it's all fire everyone don't extend nix , aka world ending analysis. I saw someone say trading for payton was a bad idea in the post game thread🤣🤣🤣

Just relax lol. Let's see how this season goes, i trust the fo to make decisions if needed.

As the title says, im asking about our offense. What is going with our play calling, I know we have a new play caller. Is that the reason? As well Bo just looks bad out there, I know his ankle injury probably screwed with him and still is, but he still should be a better player. And then why do we not run the ball or use our receivers like we should. We paid all this money for waddle and he isnt a huge play maker. I get this is a team and it doesn't fall on one player.

Im just concerned we are sucking again.

Also the raiders being neck and neck with the cheifs makes us look bad

It's painfully clear this fanbase would never have let players like Allen, Lamar, darnold, baker, etc develop. It seems like the majority of the fans will only settle for the QBs that come in hot like Burrow or turdbert. Yes I understand that Bo is older than these guys were but how much does a couple years matter? If Bo takes another year or two to get consistent we will still have 10 more years with a QB that can get it done, that's a long time in sports years. I wonder if the fanbase was this cold towards Elway back in the day.

I don't think there's any argument that our best asset is a hall of fame coach who has completely changed our trajectory as a franchise from a team who was in the pits of hell without draft assets and a 200 million dollar husk of a qb into one broken ankle away from the superbowl.

I personally think Nix is a good qb. Is he worth 50 million a year? That's a very good question that will get answered at the end of the year. And the one answering that question will be our head coach, front office and ownership who have been excellent ever since 2023.

There are arguments from both sides. Nix hasnt shown consistent enough play to warrant superstar money but he has also shown clutchness, improvement consistently as seasons have gone on and the offense has some flaws that hinder him.

I think I'm comfortable because whatever coach payton goes with i will back him to the hilt and he is the boss man.

And i feel comfortable with saying he will make the right decision.

His first big decision was cutting russ. Brilliant decision

Second one was drafting nix. No matter what you think it was a success.

The third one i think he will get right as well.

I fully trust the coach and for your own mental peace let the team deal with tough decisions, we don't have Hackett calling the shots or bad owners to make things hard.

I mean we have a lot of connection going back. Mike Shanahan was our OC beating your division rival Chargers in the Super Bowl before winning back 2 back Superbowls in Denver. Kyle Shanahan was a ball boy for both Broncos & 49ers. Ed McCaffrey both won Super Bowl with both team, CMC growing up in Denver. John Lynch, Adam Peters ex Broncos. Huff, DJ Jones, Greenlaw, Mcglinchey, Emmanuel Sanders. Most importantly, WE BOTH HATE THE CHIEFS & RAIDERS. So, Broncos Country, you guys are cool in my book. GOOD LUCK TOM & MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN. Hope both teams make it to the Super Bowl this year.

Edit: some of yall need to let Super Bowl xxiv go lol no ill will towards each other. We all hate that Devil Patrick Mahomes.

My source is nonexistent but are you kidding me, in what world does the forearm not include the upper wrist. That play call totally changed the game and absolutely shouldve been overturned. Cant believe we get the one play that the ground creates a fumble. (Yes im making fun of the rams but cmon that call sucked)

After every game we lose, Bo Nix haters come out in droves and say “see I told you, Bo Nix sucks”. I can understand why he is so polarizing, he doesn’t flip the switch til the fourth quarter—we all know that. To me, that’s a strength, to a lot of people on here and analysts…that’s a weakness. Bo Nix is the best of his class by far and the numbers back it up. The games are going to be shit to watch in the first three quarters but I’ve come to realize we always have a chance in fourth with Bo. Once you reach that level of understanding and acceptance as a current fan, you’ll start to be invested during the fourth and nonchalant during the first 3/4ths of the game. It’s great for your blood pressure.

I even want to go further and say that Bo Nix would be an unquestionable top 10 QB if he had a decent run game behind him. A good offense has a run game that opens up the play action and passing attack. We haven’t had that in a very long time. Has it been abysmal? No, some would even argue that it’s been serviceable. For me, after seeing a glimpse of Jonah Coleman—I realized what’s been the missing piece. A running back that can hit hard cuts and break more than one tackle on a rush attempt opens up the offense exponentially. Look at Kenneth Walker in KC, they found their missing piece and now they’re 4-0. Their offense was ass last year.

All that to say, I love Bo Nix and will continue to ride or die for him. I bolieve we are still a deep run playoff team. I’m very excited for Jonah Coleman to return. I think he finds his stride and lands more playing time. Pair that with our defense and we’re a tough game for any NFL team.

*I do think Harvey is a great third down back and has had some clutch plays, he’s just not a true banger

I keep seeing people point the finger all over the place for the way the broncos look.

Our offensive line is billed as one of the best. Our receiving core is billed as one of the best after the waddle signing.

Our running backs aren’t top tier, but they’re serviceable.

Where does that leave the blame?

Well Sean gave play calling duties to Davis Webb, so when something breaks the first place to look is at what changed, this is what changed.

People ripped Sean’s play calling last year, well, I think Sean called shit Bo could run well.

Davis isn’t abiding by that rule. As much as Colorado wants Bo to be Josh Allen, he ain’t fuckin Josh Allen. He’s a game manager that has fourth quarter flashes. He’s also not running the ball as much this year, which makes me think the ankle isn’t 100%.

So on the offense I blame Davis and Bo.

The defense seems okay, but we’re not getting the sacks we did last year. Maybe the books out on the VJ defense.

Maybe losing JFM hurt more than we want to admit, along with Locke. Greenlaw looked much better in that red jersey than he ever did in orange today.

I still don’t think the D is the problem though. That offense just isn’t cutting it.

There’s still a lot of season left, so let’s not lose hope, but let’s be real about this.

I will continue to push for Rj Harvey to be rb 1 my man fights for every yard and while up the middle he isn’t the great on the wide outs he’s conditioning gotten yards after contact or slipped a tackle.