{"id":647891,"date":"2026-01-02T10:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/647891\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T10:53:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:53:20","slug":"sean-payton-reveals-key-area-broncos-must-improve-in-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/647891\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Payton reveals key area Broncos must improve in playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Going into the final week of the regular season, the Denver Broncos<\/a> (13-3) are tied with the best record in the NFL, and they currently hold the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed.<\/p>\n

Overall, the Broncos<\/a> are a well-balanced team with the NFL’s fourth-best scoring defense and the AFC’s seventh-best scoring offense. If there’s one area where coach Sean Payton’s squad is taking, it’s takeaways.<\/p>\n

Denver ranks 25th in the league with a -5 turnover differential. If the Broncos are going to make a deep run in the NFL playoffs, that number has to improve.<\/p>\n

“The one area that has to improve is the turnover margin, and that can happen,” Payton said. “We did a collective of the last 25 years of Super Bowl winners. It\u2019s something like 114 in the plus. There\u2019s been one Super Bowl winner in the last 25 years [in the negative] — I\u2019m just talking about when the playoffs begin, if that makes sense. When the playoffs begin, the Rams<\/a> recently were the only minus-two turnover team. The rest added up to some crazy number, and so that\u2019s something we have to improve on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denver has 17 giveaways this season (11 interceptions and six lost fumbles), which ranks 13th-best. A more concerning total is just 12 takeaways (nine interceptions and three fumbles), which ranks fifth-worst in the NFL. In addition to protecting the football, the Broncos need to force more takeaways. If they don’t, the odds will be against them as they seek a fourth Super Bowl title.<\/p>\n

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