Seven thoughts after Nik Bonitto and the Broncos defense saved the day in a 20-12 Week 1 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday at Empower Field.

1. Denver’s discombobulation offensively sure looked like it went further than Sean Payton and Bo Nix wanted to acknowledge after the game

Bo Nix was hot.

Denver’s offensive season actually started pretty smoothly, but it went off the rails quickly.

The Broncos took their opening drive and promptly marched into Tennessee territory Sunday, covering 44 yards in their first six plays. Jeffery Simmons gifted them a first down with a neutral zone infraction on third-and-5 to push the ball into the red zone.

Nix, though, got nonchalant trying to change a play with about 8 seconds left on the play clock and took a delay of game penalty.

Then he

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