Inside Sean Payton's surprising fourth quarter decision for Broncos | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

Mike Florio and Michael Holley discuss why Sean Payton and the Broncos didn't go for it on fourth-and-6 with 4:35 remaining in the fourth quarter while trailing 27-24 to the Chargers on Thursday night. #NBCSports #ProFootballTalk #NFL

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[buddysteele]

It’s funny that Michael mentioned that his wife was “tuning him out” because that’s precisely what Florio does the second he stops talking

[chrisclark]

Down 3, 4:35 left, on your own 49, with one of the best defences in the NFL, you punt.

[gracesoto]

Man I can’t wait to see the broncos add more weapons this offseason. A lot people are talking about Sean but his is a great coach. The future is bright in Denver.. DB4L!!!

[darianwilliams]

Justin Herbert balled out though, you gotta give that man is props, he made some big time p, has in that second half.

[jorgegomez]

Florio and this other guy are
mistaken by the reference A.Michaels made.The chargers were getting 18 pts in that SB vs SF and lost by 23 and DID NOT COVER THE SPREAD!!

[rasserfrasser]

This situation isn't the crux of the game. Blowing critical 3 an outs because of penalties over and over is where the Broncos melted down.

[bill-toir]

Yeah and he went for it and didn't get it then you be talking about how dumb it was to go for it. Denver had plenty of time to get ball back but they didn't.

[aarontaylor]

Well I mean he didn’t predict his top 5 defense to give up a 3rd and long if that’s a stop he gets the ball back with a chance to win/tie and he has all the 4 downs every time

[BubbaKnox]

Penalties and play-calling doomed the Donkeys. They were up by 11 twice and couldn't hang with LA.

[jeremyrice]

While it was the wrong decision it’s pretty obvious why he did it. All season their defense has been their strength and when push comes to shove he doesn’t trust Bo Nix.

[markmaclean]

Payton was calling plays for Nix that were designed to keep the ball out of the Chargers hands, not move the Broncos down the field, Babysitting Nix was necessary his confidence was shot after the last two games. No way was he going for it on 4th and 6 with time on the clock, and Nix wobbly in the pass game.

[Superzro]

Bottom line; HARBAUGH out Coached Payton. That uncontested Field Goal was simply evidence of that…

Last season, Payton was out Coached by Belichick, in a game the BRONCOS should have won in OT, and he should have played Russell Wilson the final TWO games, in which they had better odds of winning the last game against the Raiders. Those TWO games, if WON put them into the Playoffs at 10-6… Winning at least ONE would have produced a winning season at 9-8…

The Broncos in 2023 had a FIVE game WIN streak that mainly included Playoff bound teams…

🤔

[lazopoprzencic]

Sean Payton is Mike McMcarthy with better PR.

[tigerhoods]

This isn’t the first time Payton has choked in the 4th quarter of a game

[tigerhoods]

I will never forgive Sean Payton for how he treated Russell Wilson!

[JasonBonney-pubd]

Analytics blah blah blah 🥱 with 5 minutes left you expect your defense to be able to hold there and not give up a freaking 90 yard drive. Hindsight criticism is lame AF

[bradbriggs]

He paid Wilson to get out of his locker room. Says more about Wilson

[Saintsfan.]

These 2 guys don’t know football, Sean Payton got the broncos to a winning season and Broncos haven’t had a winning season since 2016 😂 lol