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This was Sean Payton’s message to Broncos after loss to Jaguars
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The Denver Broncos lost their first game since September on Sunday, and for the team, a loss is a time for reflection. This is the first loss Denver has suffered by more than two points ( 34-20 ), and it came at the hands of another leading AFC contender, the Jacksonville Jaguars .
Quarterback Bo Nix said the loss was better had now than in the first round of the playoffs. Head coach Sean Payton had a different message for the team, a rallying cry of sorts.
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"There was one message… I think I said, I said to them, 'One of the things you managed to do each week is get on to the next challenge,'" said Payton postgame. "In other words, digest the win. I think the same thing has to apply, especially on a short week like this. You've shown the ability to digest the game before, and then get onto the next challenge and you have to do the same after a tough loss."
Denver has a quick turnaround this week, with a game on Christmas Day against the Kansas City Chiefs , who are poised to start Chris Oladokun after Gardner Minshew went down with a knee injury on Sunday. Let's hope it goes better than the last Christmas game Denver played.
The biggest area of concern for the team is their vaunted defense, which gave up its most points of the season, and allowed big play after big play to the Jaguars. Payton said it better not become the rule, rather than the exception.
"Well, it'd better be (the exception)," Payton said after the loss. "I said this to the team. I said, 'Part of this process is not fooling ourselves. They beat us tonight. They beat us good in all three areas, and it starts with me.' Even though that hurts going down, you can't spit it out and you have to swallow it. That's the truth. They beat us in all three areas. We have to coach better. We have to look at what we're doing. We have to make sure we're not doing too much, and we have to do that all on a quick turnaround."
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Take the loss, let it be a learning lesson, and move forward. Wise words from a coach who believes in his guys.
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