The Broncos’ report card from their 32-23 loss at Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon.
A promising start and, then, ouch. Denver opened the second half with four straight punts and only a single first down before finally engineering a touchdown drive. By that time, the Broncos were trailing by two scores. This problem is now four games old: Offensive rhythm only shows up in fits and spurts rather than long, consistent stretches.
For a while, it looked like the bend-but-don’t-break approach may be enough for Denver, but the dam finally burst in the fourth quarter. The Raiders rolled to more than 200 rushing yards on the afternoon, including a pair of bruising touchdown runs from Josh Jacobs, who was a force from the start. This after holding San Francisco’s vaunted rush offense to just 88 yards last week and winning that game with two late stands.