ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Simply two video games into his first season as Denver Broncos head schoolteacher, Sean Payton unexpectedly reveals himself wrestling with one of the most identical clock-management and penalty problems Nathaniel Hackett had in an ill-fated 15-game run because the workforce’s schoolteacher closing season.

Next a 35-33 loss to the Washington Commanders on Sunday — a contest the Broncos had led 21-3 in the second one quarter — Denver is now probably the most league’s 8 0-2 groups.

On Monday, Payton stated then the Broncos’ alignment and clock problems that he and the coaches will take a look at tactics to short verbiage in a few of their playcalls.

The Broncos needed to significance a couple of timeouts Sunday to keep away from lengthen of contest consequences and had a couple of events on each side of the ball when avid gamers gave the impression undecided of the place to be within the formation sooner than the snap.

Payton stated they are able to put together walk by means of shortening the playcalls or “getting to the line of scrimmage spontaneously,” or giving quarterback Russell Wilson a wristband to cover some of the plays with longer playcalls.

“I feel, Incorrect. 1, the very first thing that we at all times attempt to have a look at — however we need to do a greater task of as coaches — is let go the verbiage,” Payton stated. “If we have a longer play, then we can easily get to a wristband. We have to reduce the variables. I just finished saying this in the team meeting — if we’re making [mental errors] defensively and offensively, we’re having trouble breaking the huddle and getting lined up, then we have to look at if we have too much in [the game plan]. Then, how do we reduce the verbiage at the line of scrimmage, or in the huddle, quite frankly? … That’s going to improve.”

Clock management on offense was one of the issues Payton had criticized most during the offseason when he discussed the Broncos’ 2022 offense, when the team was last in the league in scoring at 16.9 points per game. He said publicly that the offense was “hardened to look at,” and in a coaching camp interview with USA Nowadays, he used to be extremely important of Hackett and his body of workers, pronouncing, amongst alternative pieces, they “couldn’t get a play in.”

Payton had also been highly critical of the Broncos’ penalties last season. After two games, the Broncos are tied for the league lead with Baltimore in accepted penalties — with 21 penalties overall, 19 accepted. The Green Bay Packers have been flagged 22 times overall but have had six of those penalties declined.

Payton specifically pointed at the Broncos’ fouls on defense, which in Sunday’s loss included safety Kareem Jackson’s ejection for a hit on Washington tight end Logan Thomas, who suffered a concussion on the play.

Jackson is not expected to be suspended for his hit on Thomas, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Monday. He will be subject to a fine for what appeared to be a helmet-to-helmet collision. Jackson was fined $14,819 for his Week 1 hit on Las Vegas Raiders receiver Jakobi Meyers, who also sustained a concussion.

“There’s issues that rise out at this time, and sooner than you discuss the way to win video games, you additionally must know the way to not lose video games,” Payton stated. “We’re currently tied for a league-high 19 penalties. We lead the league defensively with defensive fouls called with 12, five personal fouls.”

The Broncos had eight accepted penalties for 87 yards in Sunday’s loss.

“We’ve a lot of performs the place we’re off the ground on 3rd ailing, however there’s a flag at the turf, there’s keeping, defensive cross interference, which makes it an automated first ailing,” Payton added. “So, rather of being off the ground, the ones are giveover consequences. We’ve were given to be higher, extra disciplined in that segment, and that begins with us as coaches.”