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Broncos analysis: Sean Payton’s takeaway quest and an existential defensive question

Vance Joseph brought the house.

One last time.

Just to be sure.

All the way back in Week 1, Tennessee quarterback Cam Ward, scrambled and scarred after making his NFL debut against a buzzing Denver defense, still had a chance.

Not much of one, but the Titans had the ball, fourth-and-10 in their own territory with 47 seconds left and trailing 20-12.

They needed the end zone.

They weren’t getting close.

Denver nickel Ja’Quan McMillian came roaring off the defense’s left edge, the free runner in a six-man pressure.

He blasted Ward and knocked the ball loose.