3 Broncos players who were inexcusably bad in loss to Chiefs

Diontae Spencer not providing a spark in the return game for Broncos

We can’t say we didn’t try to will something good for Diontae Spencer into existence.

It was about this time of last season when Spencer broke free on a punt return against the Carolina Panthers and took it to the house, likely cementing his job for the 2021 season.

Unfortunately, Spencer’s explosiveness and vision just have not been there as a return man this season.

In this game against the Kansas City Chiefs, he became a liability.

The Broncos’ defense forced a crucial stop at the very end of the third quarter, trailing 13-3 at this point. The offense was obviously not helping at this point, but even then, Spencer has to have awareness of the coverage bearing down, and in this particular instance, he did not.

Caden Sterns and Byron Pringle sparred all the way down the field on a Chiefs punt, right into the chest of Diontae Spencer. The ball obviously hit Spencer and was immediately recovered by the Chiefs who were in scoring position.

That led to three points for the Chiefs once again and those three points were more devastating for the fact that the play by Spencer cost the Broncos a shot at momentum and a shot to cut the deficit to three or seven instead of just 10 or six.

It gave the Chiefs the ball in scoring range and allowed them to dictate the time of possession in the second half.