Seahawks vs. Broncos live updates, idle, where to watch: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Sam Darnold take on Denver’s short-handed secondary on ‘Thursday Night Football’

After a slow start to the season for the offense, head coach Sean Payton made headlines by announcing he would return to play-calling duties, taking over from new CO Davis Webb. And the initial results weren’t particularly promising.

Although the Broncos beat the Chargers in Week 5, the offense left a lot to be desired in Sean Payton’s return to the game.

Through three quarters, Denver managed just 10 points and 138 net yards (81 passing, 57 rushing), picking up a first down on just 17.5 percent of its plays.

To put that into perspective, compared to each team’s per-game average over the first three quarters this season, Denver’s 10 points would rank 30 among 32 teams, while his yardage and first down rate would both be ranked dead last.

Denver rallied to score 13 points in the fourth quarter to overtake LA for the lead…but we’ll need to see more production from this group going against a Seahawks offense that ranks eighth in the league, averaging 26.8 points per game this season.