The Broncos nearly stole a game from the Chargers on Sunday, even though L.A. statistically dominated.

The Chargers had 29 first downs. The Broncos had nine. The Chargers gained 376 yards from scrimmage. The Broncos gained 265.

So what did Denver coach Sean Payton think of the offensive performance around second-year quarterback Bo Nix?

“I think it was too inconsistent,” Payton told reporters on Monday. “There were too many minus plays. So yesterday was a day that I would say the job degree difficulty factor, it was a hard day to play quarterback when your average third down is third-and-11. If we’re not more efficient on first and second down, the best in our league are going to struggle with the numbers that we gave [Nix] on third down. The thing that stood out was not only the penalt

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