Broncos podcast: What Sean Payton's team must do to upset the L.A. Chargers

Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph on the sideline during the game against Tennessee Titans at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. Denver won 20-12. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

By Parker Gabriel | pgabriel@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: September 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM MDT

Getting your player ready...

Denver Post beat reporters Parker Gabriel and Luca Evans are back to preview Denver’s Week 3 game at the Los Angeles Chargers. Is this an early inflection point for Sean Payton’s team? Is it that big of a deal if Denver drops to 1-2? And what must the the Broncos do in order to pull the upset and tie the Chargers early in the season atop the AFC West standings? A look inside the matchups between Vance Joseph’s defense and Justin Herbert and then the Broncos’ budding running game against L.A.’s stout, unique defense.

All that, plus predictions and more on the latest edition of the 1st & Orange Podcast.

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