Broncos admit offense lagging following ugly win over Raiders - ESPN

DENVER — The Broncos became the first team in the league to reach eight wins this season with Thursday night's 10-7 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders at Empower Field at Mile High. And they did it — again — with their defense at its quarterback-harassing, lockdown best.

But after the win, Broncos running back J.K. Dobbins spoke for many of his teammates on offense who believe it's time for the offense to stop making it hard for the team.

«Yeah, cool, we're 8-2… [but] the defense is winning us the games, and we're not helping them. We're not doing them any justice,» Dobbins said. «I feel bad the way we play on offense and the way they play on defense because they're doing so great and we're doing so bad. They're our brothers, too, and it just sucks because they're just out there so many plays, playing their butts off. We can't keep doing this to them.»

Said Broncos quarterback Bo Nix: «At some point, we've got to start moving the ball and scoring some points. Between penalties and sluggish football, we're just not playing very good. It starts with me. I've got to be better.… We've got to find some juice.»

Nevertheless, the Broncos lead the AFC West, and their current seven-game winning streak is the team's longest since it opened the 2015 season 7-0 — Denver won Super Bowl 50 to close out that year. The Broncos' defense allowed one touchdown or fewer for the fourth time this season and also had six sacks, pushing its league-leading total to 46, the most after 10 games since 1990.

The Raiders were held without a first down on seven consecutive possessions and finished with 188 total yards.

However, the Broncos were still in a slugfest because their offense finished with 220 yards and punted seven times as Nix threw two