Broncos report card: Sean Payton, Bo Nix throw kitchen sink at Cowboys in blowout win

After clicking into rhythm in the fourth quarter a week ago, Sean Payton’s offense kept humming on Sunday against the Cowboys, hanging a 44-24 win on a shoddy Cowboys defense as Denver improved to 6-2. Here’s The Denver Post’s report card from the day. OFFENSE — A The only leash that could stop the Broncos on Sunday was their own. The Cowboys were down three members of an already-inept secondary in Denver, and Payton responded with an onslaught of sucker punches that never let up. The ideal version of this Broncos offense came to life on Sunday, as fits and starts over seven weeks gave way to a largely clean end-to-end game. Yes, Bo Nix had a head-scratching pick on Denver’s first drive. Yes, Courtland Sutton dropped a touchdown in the third quarter. But in sheer operation — no messy personnel groupings, no Payton timeouts to iron out a call — Nix orchestrated affairs with cold precision, finishing 19 of 29 for 247 yards and four touchdowns in dicing up soft Cowboys coverages. Payton refused to get cute with complicated red-zone concepts, calling for three straight carries on one second-quarter goal-line sequence, and the Broncos’ run game responded with a collective 180 yards. An all-around beauty. Broncos four downs: Sean Payton ain’t wearing your throwbacks, but his Broncos are doing just fine /*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i