Head coach Sean Payton spent the bye week hammering home one message: the Denver Broncos cannot keep giving games away. After a deep self-scout, he pointed to penalties and turnovers as the biggest threats to their push for the AFC’s top seed, per The Athletic.

Cleaning up flags was priority No. 1, ball security No. 1A. It fits the larger project in Denver, where Payton, rising assistant Davis Webb, and a locked-in Wil Lutz, fresh off a three-year extension, via NFL Network, are trying to pair high-powered offense with clean, disciplined football down the stretch.

In Sunday night’s thriller against the Washington Commanders, that obsession with details showed up in the biggest snap of the game. After Bo Nix’s touchdown drive opened overtime, Washington answered with an 11-play, 65-ya

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