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Broncos report card: Sean Payton strays from run game, makes baffling fourth-down decision

In a contest that quickly became a matter of which team could shoot itself in the foot less, the Broncos put away the Titans 20-12 Sunday for a season-opening win at Empower Field. Here’s The Denver Post’s report card from the day:

OFFENSE — C-

It started ugly. Really ugly. It started with pre-snap issues, and Bo Nix having to realign two receivers to the opposite side of the formation, and a delay-of-game penalty, and three turnovers in just over a half of football, and general ugliness. But head coach Sean Payton righted his Broncos ship in the fourth quarter as the ground game came alive, rookie running back RJ Harvey popping a 50-yard gain and J.