Broncos not pointing fingers after 21-0 shutout loss to Chargers

After a 21-0 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, there was finger pointing among the Denver Broncos — just not directed toward anyone else.

For the first time in a quarter-century, Denver put up zero points in a regular season game — arguably one of the team’s lowest points just two seasons removed from a Super Bowl 50 victory.

But after the game, the Broncos laid the blame across the board.

“We had some issues defensively, on special teams, and on offense. We obviously have some issues all the way around,” linebacker Von Miller said after the game. “The good thing about it is that we still have the remainder of the season.

“I still have faith in all my guys, the coaches, everybody.”

Head coach Vance Joseph called the loss “puzzling” and said he feels he has a team better than its 3-3 record.

“I feel we’re better than that, but it’s the NFL. You are what you are,” Joseph said. “We are 3-3 right now. Three wins. Three losses. We’ve earned them all.”

Quarterback Trevor Siemian pointed the finger at himself for Sunday’s loss, and the Broncos recent offensive woes, saying, “I have to play better, and that is the bottom line.”

“I have not played good enough for us to win,” Siemian added. “When you are the quarterback, you touch it every play. I need to be better.”

But Joseph, among others, showed support for the Broncos gunslinger, who went 25-of-35 passing for 207 yards, no touchdowns, and an interception on Sunday.

“It wasn’t simply on Trevor,” Joseph said. “It was a two-score game, so I felt, up until 5 minutes ago, it was a game we could have won.”

Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas said after the game that locker room is not concerned about who or where the blame is placed from those on the outside, saying “People are going to blame whoever they want to.”

“We know we just have to get better as a group. I have Trevor’s back. I don’t care what anybody says, the man is a warrior to me,” Thomas said. “… I don’t care what anybody says. It’s about what we have to do as a group and as an offense to make us better.”

Miller called his teammates “brothers,” saying each unit can help lift up the others.

It’s tough when you don’t put up any points. It’s terrible. Organizationally, when you look at the scoreboard and see a big goose egg, it’s terrible,” Miller said. “But we are not going to point fingers.

“We could have gotten a turnover. Aqib Talib is a pick-six machine. I am a sack machine. We have guys over there that create turnovers. We are just not doing it. I figure if we can do that, it will alleviate some of the tension.”

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