ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Sean Payton doesn't want Alex Forsyth catching all the flack for getting bulldozed by a wave of Kansas City defenders and allowing linebacker Leo Chenal to block Wil Lutz's game-winning, chip-shot field-goal attempt. “This isn’t on the player," Payton insisted Monday.
“This is on all of us. This is on us as coaches. We’ve got to continue to look at, ‘Hey, are we big enough stature-wise there for that?’ And understanding how the rush was coming.
It’s disappointing, and yet it’s not something that’s new when a big play is made at the end of the game.” It was difficult for the Broncos (5-5) to find solace in standing toe to toe with the unbeaten Chiefs for 59:59 Sunday after Chenal and several of his teammates burst through the left side of Denver's field goal protection unit to seal Kansas City's 16-14 escape and deny Denver its biggest win in nearly a decade. “I read all the comments afterward," Payton said, “and I think that it’s tough to lose a game that way.
” The Chiefs (9-0) said after the game they had identified a vulnerability in Denver's protection alignment Sunday. “The guy who I was rushing, he was kind of light on his toes a little bit," Chenal told Pro Football Talk. The Chiefs' block unit penetrated the left side of Denver's protection line and nearly got their hands on Lutz's extra point following Denver's second touchdown.
They nearly got there again on Lutz's 60-yard field-goal attempt that fell short just.
