The Denver Broncos handed the Philadelphia Eagles their first loss of the season with a 21-17 win at the Lincoln Financial Field on Monday. Afterwards, head coach Sean Payton gave an impassioned post-game speech to his squad in a locker room filled with smoke.

Many, including Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, were initially left confused, with the journalist even posting on X as he thought that there had been a fire at the stadium.

“Is there a fire at the Linc?” he wrote on the social media platform, before quickly clearing up the confusion, even though the smoke may have taken more time.

“Got this cleared up … it's a smoke machine Denver has for wins,” he wrote. Expand Tweet Article Continues Below

There was so much smoke in the locker room that Payton even appeared to hide

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