Broncos' Payton explains go-for-it call on fourth-and-1 in AFC title game
Broncos coach Sean Payton said he passed on a field goal in the second quarter to keep the offense on the field and ride the momentum, noting he believed they could move ahead; a fourth-and-1 pass from Jarrett Stidham was under pressure and incomplete, and Denver later missed two longer field-goal attempts in windy, snowy conditions as the game slipped away.