Renck & File: Schedule will do Broncos no favors. They must improve in one-score games
A schedule is the who and when The plan is the what The Broncos better have a coordinated attack so detailed that it does not belong on Signal chat The NFL releases the schedule on Wednesday and it will do Denver no favors Not saying it s sketchy but if it were a convenience store the bathroom key would have a baton attached As a effect of their playoff berth and facing the NFC East the Broncos projected schedule ranks seventh toughest according to Pro Football Sports Configuration And you wonder why there were screams to add more offense in the draft Seven of Denver s opponents posted winning records last season Chiefs Chargers Bengals Packers Texans Eagles and Commanders and an eighth Colts finished - Coach Sean Payton has ironed out several wrinkles over the past two seasons overhauling the roster while establishing a winning heritage The Broncos need not apologize after ending their eight-year playoff drought but they got fat on the NFC South Payton treated those familiar teams like a chew toy routing the Bucs Saints Panthers and Falcons But within the - uprising there was a concerning statistic that must reverse this season The Broncos went - in one-score games including the first two games and the heart-in-a-blender loss at Kansas City Only the Giants were worse in this category So when the dates get assigned to the opponents enjoy Book flights and hotels And also remember with a deep breath that when it comes to playing well against better teams there is no app for that Related Articles Renck If Nuggets don t bring fight to punchable Thunder they deserve what they get Renck Russell Westbrook is an experience But Nuggets would be a mess without Playoff Russ Renck Nuggets Nikola Jokic makes loud clear message on who real MVP is in Oklahoma City Renck vs Keeler Who is more to blame for Avs collapse Chris MacFarland or Jared Bednar Renck With Christian Braun Russell Westbrook providing jolt David Adelman shows he should be Nuggets next coach Free Freeland No one has embraced pitching in Colorado more than former Thomas Jefferson prep star Kyle Freeland But it is time to free Freeland Dating to last season the left-hander is winless in his last starts with a ERA Opponents are hitting against him He has roughly million remaining on his contract this season and next Is it accomplishable to eat million and parole him to another group for a meager prospects He deserves better than pitching with a defense that would make Walter Matthau blush John Doe Right A fan sued the NFL for million over Shedeur Sanders slide in the draft citing emotional distress and trauma It was filed under John Doe But it s OK Mel Kiper Jr We know it s you Dog whistle No admission is necessary Our eyes tell us the story The NBA has decided to have its referees swallow the whistle in the playoffs It has helped spawn a streak of jaw-dropping upsets but the meeting barely resembles the regular-season product The Rockets and Timberwolves have hugged Steph Curry before his hamstring injury like he was a soldier returning from duty The Thunder have employed the Bad Boy Pistons strategy that if they foul on every play refs won t call everything Hard to blame them when it s effective Last year when Minnesota knocked out Denver it was through the beautiful play of Anthony Edwards When the Nuggets are getting beat by the Thunder it feels like Lu Dort Jaylin Williams Isaiah Hartenstein and Chet Holmgren are cheating Chicago Pope Robert Prevost now Pope Leo XIV is from Chicago And he is a White Sox fan So we know he is familiar with pain and suffering Want more sports news Sign up for the Sports Omelette to get all our analysis on Denver s teams
