After the Denver Broncos failed to clinch a playoff spot by losing to the Los Angeles Chargers, Sean Payton commented about his team's running game falling off in the second half. But he only has himself to blame for it.

I don’t like the fact that the network TV cameras feel like they can zoom into our call sheet,” Payton said Sunday.

Former Broncos players Tyler Polumbus and Nate Jackson have criticized coach Sean Payton following the Broncos’ loss to the Chargers.

In the first-ever flexed Thursday Night Football game on Amazon Prime—a huge game between two teams for the final playoff spots in the AFC—Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton had one thing on his mind. Run the ball. We know this because the words "RUN IT!!" were scribbled on Payton's laminated call sheet.

On a Riley Dixon punt, Tremon Smith was called for interference on Chargers returner Derius Davis at their 38, moving the ball to the Denver 48. With the Chargers allowed one more play with no time left on the clock, Cameron Dicker made a 57-yard free-kick field goal to cut the deficit to 21-13.

And so here we are: On to Cincinnati. The Broncos lost because of Dicker the Kicker and Hassan Haskins. The Chargers, despite trailing 21-10, despite giving up a touchdown on the Broncos’ first three possessions, were better.