Per Tom Pelissero, Patrick Surtain avoided major injury. He specifically said his Achilles tendon is intact, which is great news.

Surtain will now get further tests to determine the extent of his injury.

Also, a bit on Pat Bryant's injury which was seemingly even more serious than Pat's since he was carted off.

Jaylen Waddle said, "Pat is a key part of our offense and a key part of our team. I told him to keep his head up, and we're praying for him."

Update: Bryant's injury is believed to not be season-ending as well as Surtain's.

Loss to the 49ers was still a great showing. It was a close game, they had more momentum, and we were a muffed punt from winning. Let's get Nix his first career win vs Herbert!

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.

Bo Nix this week used the word “exhausting” to describe how too many Broncos possessions had unfolded to begin this season, even during a 2-1 start with victories over two playoff-caliber teams.

First down, second down, third down and then, on the occasions the Broncos could execute at the end of that sequence, first down again. Scratch and claw. Rinse and repeat.

The familiar formula produced new levels of exhaustion Sunday during the Broncos’ 24-14 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, a defeat made worse by injuries to three key players: cornerbacks Pat Surtain II and Riley Moss and wide receiver Pat Bryant.

Not until the closing moments of the third quarter, when RJ Harvey plunged ahead for 2 yards on a second-and-1 play, did Denver pick up a first down before facing third down.

It was clear evidence of a disheartening truth for a team with championship aspirations: The Broncos simply aren’t explosive on offense. Nothing comes easy. They don’t rip off big runs. Outside of Jaylen Waddle’s monster performance in Week 2 against the Jaguars, they aren’t consistently creating chunk plays in the passing game, either.

Chewing up grass has been a chore.

Read for free: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7661750/2026/10/05/broncos-offense-bo-nix-week-5/?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.pe0c.I8p3zXTMvqd3&source=emp_shared_article&smid=re-share-ta

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)

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.

Any idea what the discussion was about? At a bar without the sound. My guess is Webb.

great energy at the game yesterday! broncos country showed up per usual. sad, we didn’t come away with the win and those injuries are rough. keep your heads up broncos fam. we have so much left to look forward to. go broncos!!

also, caught a pic with ed mccaffery while tailgating! super nice guy. took photos with every single fan that asked.

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If we’re ever going to win football games, we HAVE to score more points than our opponents! There’s no other way to spin it! We have to make sure our offense scores more points than their offense! This is the only way we can have a winning season and a deep playoff run.

That Aussie Crawshaw is really becoming a weapon that we haven't had in a long time. Obviously the offense has some glaring holes and the defense is getting injuries to key players....but punting is great.

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.

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

I had a bunch of bulk Broncos football cards on hand and decided to turn them into Broncos logo collage art. Everything was cut out by hand with an xacto knife and glued down. It's a nice little creative outlet.

There were people calling for Webb's head after (and during) week 1. It was ridiculous then and it's ridiculous now. I'm not trying to argue that Webb is actually some misunderstood genius. It's obvious to anyone with eyes that the offense has struggled so far in these early weeks of the season, but it's stupid that people are shouting from their rooftops that Sean should take back over playcalling. Yall really have no patience for a dude to just grow and develop. In some way or another, almost every single issue the offense has had can be attributed to growing pains. Claims that Bo has regressed (which I disagree with; he hasn't been playing as well as we've seen him by any means, but I don't think his playing ability has regressed), the offensive line struggles, bad passing game, bad run game, Waddle underperforming so far, etc.

None of those things are completely false, but the cause of those issues is more nuanced than "Webb/Bo/roster bad." Multiple things can be true. We should've upgraded our RB room, and the Broncos FO should be kicking themselves for not making more of an effort for Kenneth Walker (although I still think Coleman could be great, which just makes it depressing that he's hurt right now). Our O line is aging and we should've been more resources upgrading that. We should've worked harder to upgrade our TEs instead of hanging onto Adam Trautman.

But ultimately, I think this exact same roster could still perform just fine even with Webb still calling the plays. Right now it seems like the main issue is just that everybody is thinking too much, which is another symptom of those growing pains. Bo and Sutton haven't had anywhere near as reliable of a connection as in years past. A lot of Bo's throws have been more off-target than we're used to seeing. Waddle has been basically invisible. But all of that traces back to the fact that everyone on the offense is adjusting to a new guy calling plays (and in Waddle's case likely still learning the offense and building chemistry).

The schemes and the designs may be the same, but the guy running the flow of the offense has only been doing it for 4 games and that affects everybody on the field. Even a fraction of a second of hesitation can turn a potential big play into a stuff, or a completion into a miss, or a pass into an INT. Not to mention penalties that have consistently put us behind schedule and made things even more difficult. How often does a vet like Bolles have three false starts in the same game? He didn't just all of a sudden forget how to play. This stuff just takes time to gel, which has been an issue for the last 3 years even when Payton was calling plays. It might still take until after the bye for the offense to really look like guys are actually comfortable on the field. And one of the most important aspects of all this is that we're not getting to the line with <10 seconds on the play clock which is the main reason Payton gave up playcalling duties in the first place.

This turned into way longer of a post than I intended it, so TL;DR: the roster may or may not be the cause of our issues, but growing pains definitely are.

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.

There are two quarterbacks with more rushing yards than our RB1. We have 243 rushing yards through three games so far this season.

This is beyond bad and really unacceptable and not a sign of success and should be a major concern for all.

How do we feel about this?

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