Only the special teams practiced on Monday as the Broncos attempted to rapidly turned their focus away from the San Diego Chargers and on to the Kansas City Chiefs.
But for the kickoff-coverage units, putting Sunday night behind them proved to be a difficult task after Michael Turner singed them for 36.5 yards per kickoff return, allowing the Chargers to start second-half drives from their 40- and 45-yard-lines, which helped set up two of the four second-half touchdowns that doomed the Broncos to a 35-27 defeat.
“Obviously you can’t quite shake it off,” said fullback Kyle Johnson. “This is the kind of day when you’re sort of feeling it emotionally.”
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Closing notes from INVESCO Field at Mile High as the Broncos look to quickly nurse and heal the wounds from their first home regular-season defeat in 23 months …
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