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5 min readThe Broncos Were Bad, the Outrage Machine Is Dumber, and Mahomes Looks Like Jared Goff
The Monday night game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos was supposed to be a showcase for Patrick Mahomes returning from injury and Bo Nix building on last season's deep playoff run. Instead, the Chiefs won 31-10 because Kenneth Walker—the former Seattle running back who wanted to stay with the Seahawks but was let go anyway—rumbled for 173 yards and two touchdowns in his Chiefs debut. It was the most rushing yards by a Chiefs player since Jamaal Charles in 2012, the year before Andy Reid arrived. And it exposed something deeper about both teams.
The Broncos Offense Was a Complete Disaster
Ben Maller does not hold back. The Broncos "could not do diddly poo offensively." Bo Nix managed 131 passing yards, less than five yards per attempt, with one touchdown, one interception, three fumbles, four sacks, and a passer rating below 70. Maller describes the offense as "the manager's special—a big-sized sloppy bowl." Sean Payton had changed play callers before the game, worried about losing his offensive coordinator to another team, and the result was an offense that looked like it needed "its own Bronco-branded Rosetta Stone to decipher the Davis Webb offense."
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- 1 (03:59) **Chiefs-Broncos Recap: Kenneth Walker’s Debut and Denver’s Collapse** - Ben Maller opens by setting up the Monday Night Football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos, noting the Chiefs’ 31-10 blowout win.
- 2 (10:07) **The Broncos’ Offensive Disaster: “Sloppy Ball” by Bo Nix** - Maller uses exaggerated analogies to describe Denver’s offensive ineptitude, calling it “industrial strength retched football.”
- 3 (14:08) **Jalen Waddle’s Debut: An “F Minus” Grade** - Maller grades the big-money wide receiver’s first game as a Bronco, calling him a “very expensive decoy” after just one catch on three targets.
- 4 (17:16) **Troy Aikman’s “Crapnel” at Jalen Waddle** - Maller analyzes a comment by broadcaster Troy Aikman, who noted Waddle’s “minor problem” was “catching the football.”
- 5 (19:36) **Patrick Mahomes’ “Temu Version” Performance** - Despite the blowout win, Maller argues Mahomes looked “discouraging,” comparing him to a cheap knockoff of his former self.
- 6 (28:10) **Arch Manning’s “Laughgate” Controversy** - Maller shifts to college football, covering the manufactured outrage over Texas quarterback Arch Manning laughing at an AI video of his coach, Steve Sarkisian.
- 7 (33:02) **The Culture War Comes to College Football** - Maller argues that Arch Manning accidentally “stepped on a woke landmine” and has been drafted into the “moral outrage industrial complex.”
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Big Ben talks about the Broncos getting beat up by the Chiefs on MNF and what went wrong for Denver, the rage being directed at Texas QB Arch Manning for enjoying an AI video, Maller to the Third Degree, Maller's Mountain of Money: Nas Edition, and more!
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