Imagine how far and how fast this team could run if it didn’t spent the first 45 minutes of a game shooting its toes off for sport.

Payton failed to name the players apparently in danger of having their snaps reduced. But he did rue several breakdowns — including on defense — against the Giants, in which Denver committed 12 penalties, surrendered nearly 400 yards, and converted only four-of-13 third down opportunities.

Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton definitely has a way with words. While the rest of us struggled to find ways to describe the team’s jaw-dropping 33-32 win over the New York Giants yesterday, Payton found the perfect way to describe what happened from a coaching perspective.

Sean Payton has no intention of handing play-calling duties off, even temporarily. The Broncos head coach, though, indicated Monday morning that almost anything else is on the table as he and his staff try to sort through what’s causing widespread offensive problems.

"We’re going to play in bigger games, and we’re going to have to be a lot more efficient in the first half of games," Head Coach Sean Payton said Monday.

Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton seemingly takes a shot at Russell Wilson after their Week 7 win over the New York Giants.

After the game, Payton reflected on his own tenure as a Giants assistant from 1999 to 2002 and said he told Giants owner John Mara that he wished the Giants hadn’t replaced Wilson with Dart as their starting quarterback until after playing the Broncos.