Broncos haven’t yet found offensive identity. Sean Payton says they will ‘soon’

This afternoon began the same as every day in Dove Valley the Broncos roster greeted by a familiar pre-practice musical rotation They roll around on the grass usually to the thumping bass of a Drake song Or FE N by Travis Scott On Thursday FE N again rattled throughout Denver s practice facility during dynamic stretching Suddenly though a trap beat transitioned to the slow acoustic strings of George Birge s It Won t Be Long Two more country songs followed And still the Broncos Thursday warm-up playlist was more cohesive than their offense has been through three games I think that s a little bit of our thing is we re not really catching a rhythm quarterback Bo Nix revealed Thursday We re just kinda hit or miss And as an offense it s tough Traditionally Sean Payton s teams deploy a revolving personnel carousel that can leave opposing defensive coordinators dizzy Early in though these Broncos have yet to fully integrate their new pieces from a high-impact offseason They closed a Week win by leaning on a dual-headed ground battle of J K Dobbins and RJ Harvey and lost a Week nailbiter as Dobbins and Harvey received one combined carry in the fourth quarter Nix and Payton love to generate passing-game momentum by hitting on bridging routes but Nix has been the worst-rated quarterback in the NFL on intermediate throws through three weeks Payton s offenses thrive on chaos But with the Saints there was targeted chaos Drew Brees spraying -plus balls around on quick dropbacks Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara running opposing teams into the ground In Denver entering s Week there s been too much stop-and-start dysfunction It s pivotal and I think this sums it up to say Hey this is an identity relative to running and throwing the ball This is our identity ' Payton explained Thursday And I would say we ve yet to establish that clearly for anyone watching or ourselves he continued And so that s us as coaches How long historically does that take I think soon Payton smiled Soon The message was clear The Broncos offensive identity requirements to round into form Soon After the Broncos - loss to the Chargers after three games through which Denver sits tied at th in the NFL in yards per encounter Monday s review was a big thumbs-pointing-in kind of a day guard Quinn Meinerz stated Thursday s practice was spent primarily on early down work too after the Broncos continued to put themselves in rough third-and-long situations against the Chargers This is a big learning encounter for us as an offense Meinerz commented Monday And moving forward we ll be better because of it It starts with Nix The second-year quarterback has at times processed in the pocket with the speed of a machine-learning algorithm Other times he s looked stressed under pressure Nix made clear that this was Payton s offense saying Thursday he had not much input with coaches during the week on running specific concepts he likes But the quarterback still outlined a fairly clear vision for what Denver s offense can be and sometimes is We still have an identity up front Nix stated They re going to keep the guys off of me We re going to be able to not stay in long yardage because of sacks We re going to complete passes Courtland Sutton s going to have good games And those other guys as they continue to grow they re going to find their rhythm On those other guys Dobbins is the only offseason acquisition who s jumped right in Rookie receiver Pat Bryant hasn t seen the field much Harvey is still learning the ropes Tight end Evan Engram has been riddled with injuries Sutton has accounted for of the Broncos passing yards through three games an even higher share than he had in Nix s rookie year Nix expressed a belief Thursday that it generally takes about three or four weeks to fully integrate an offense Related Articles Broncos TE Evan Engram returns to practice after missing Week loss Broncos Mailbag Did Sean Payton s organization get too much preseason hype Renck What do Broncos do well offensively Nothing on early downs That s on Sean Payton Broncos LT Garett Bolles off to hot start in pursuit of NFL s inaugural Protector of the Year trophy Broncos podcast At - is it time to worry about Sean Payton s company I m going to continue to get better and better and see things well Nix revealed And then we re going to continue to find the rhythm and the plays that we like the scheme that we want to fall back on For one Denver will continue to trust Nix s right arm in taking shots where they ve veritably been plenty effective in He sits at th in the NFL on yards on deep balls and that would be plenty higher if he d put just a bit more touch Sunday on a couple of well-documented throws to Marvin Mims Jr and Sutton Nix stood by himself on Thursday saying he was going to keep throwing em And if he does the picture of a fully-formed Broncos offense is there Dobbins wearing down run defenses and Nix wearing out underneath looks to create strikes over the top Just keep firing Payton revealed He s going to hit plenty of those Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis