of playing since the post season. it is what it is. at the same time as much as we win we have to adjust, got our butt kicked today. we have to move on. >> good quick start for the falcons. something the broncos did not want to see happen. >> had problems today and it showed. [ indiscernible ] >> started beating us defensively. offensively wasn't getting that. we have to figure out what our mistakes were. >> we knew what they would do coming in. i think over all, you know, as a team we didn't play as well as we should have to win the game and we didn't. >> he will be sacked at the 40. >> long, long time since this

what i am saying? crazy. lose a game. it is what it is. we will be back at it tomorrow. >> the broncos believe they know what is coming in san diego and now they have to adjust. still at the stadium, rod mackey, 9news. >> broncos are in a tie for first place in the afc west because in oakland the raiders beat the san diego raiders win 34-31 and improve to 4-1 just like the broncos. and in new england, tom brady returned from the suspension. made his 2016 debut. he isn't rusty. threw for 400 yards and three touchdowns. patriots beat the cleveland browns 33-13. former golden high school pitcher got his first career post season save today.

9th inning. nats win 5-2 and over athen series at 1-1. jays scored the winning run when he made throwing error. jays win 7-6 and the series 3- 0. >> still of paxton lynch got a look look at his -- good look at his fumble in the still of the night. >> fumbled two balls but the broncos recovered them both at least. tough game for paxton lynch. he is just relieved it is over. >> learning experience.

there are pumpkin carvings and there is pumpkin art. it looks better whenever it is back lit. there it is. he uses lacquer after he cut the pumpkin to make it last for more than a week. >> that is pretty cool. >> yeah. yeah. probably made a anyway. 9news continues with the broncos tonight segment right

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>> from lynch -- spun -- >> welcome to broncos tonight. drew soicher, rod mackey, mike klis and chad brown following a loss, haven't said that in a while. more important than any score of a game, broncos head coach gary kubiak rushed to the hospital. >> he meets with us in the press. talks to the team loss, meets with us and the press, after the security people are blocking off hallways, and an ambulance comes around the corner and his wife is in the front seat of the ambulance and i was first told gary kubiak was dizzy. the team said he had flu-like symptoms. but it is scary, not this incident by itself, what makes

he fainted halftime, they classified it as a mini stroke. so this is two incidents since 2013 -- >> less than three years. >> i would think gary kubiak has to be alarmed. >> i would think so. the stress the coaches are under is tremendous. >> you would hear them talk about i love my guys. they love all 53 players, the coaches, the support guys. trying to control the people in the room, winning and losing, hours, it wears on somebody. i am not surprised to hear these two incidents in three years. >> hopefully he is okay. sometimes a loss is just a loss. no big deal. sometimes it is worse. a sign of bad things to come. any reason to panic? >> no panic in the broncos locker room. they are not going to go 16-0. i guess the concern is the nfl

if the falcons put the blew print out there how to beat the broncos. it is also about personnel. the falcons had the personnel to beat them. >> i don't think it is a reason to panic but yeah there are things you have to be concerned about. offensive line was exposed today. tight end depth, green not being part of the running to by-pass the no-fly zone, find a way to -- exploit them in the passing game. got to be concerned about. >> none of us picked this game as the one the broncos would lose. >> correct. >> in four days the team has a game, i think there is trouble. here for the broncos. i know it is one loss. they over game a lot of

feels different. if gary kubiak is out for a week or two, for his sake, with i hope he is, all the best to you, maybe you should rest this time. but i think this team right now, this -- they are at the cross road right this minute because of the injury and the coach in the hospital. >> they like to see gary kubiak stay home and simian back touchdown. one interception. those are the stats from paxton lynch today but the number that matters, one, their first loss. >> paxton lynch the rookie who will get his first nfl start. >> obviously have butterflies. your first nfl start. not a pre-season game. your team is 4-0. you are excited about that. >> broncos fans and the staff

what the rookie can do. >> this week i felt a lot better about going into the game and playing just because the game plan that we had. i had repped all the plays at practice. got good reps. >> most of the first half has been significant. four man rush that time and lynch had no shot. >> i was confident coming to the game. >> it has been a really frustrated effort by >> coaches told me, you know, feel like you need to get out, get out and run with it. if i feel like i should take off and there is a hole, i take off. >> loads it up. home run ball. thomas, intercepted. >> i am upset, obviously, because we lost but, you know, i am happy that i got the first one under my belt. my first start with these guys and playing with them. i am glad i got the experience

away with a win. >> paxton lynch has something in common with john elway and peyton manning, a forgettable first start. there is hope. >> i can see why gary kubiak was hoping and pushing for trevor simian to be ready . he knows, gary kubiak goes whether a guy is ready. it is obvious that lynch, even though competes , he is a gamer but that game was going a little too fast for him today. especially against the pass rush. he didden feel it the way other experienced quarterbacks do. >> rookie support -- rookie

support him. any young quarterback, he will struggle. >> i think the positive thing is this was a bad day at the office and the good is, we saw he can be good. he did not look like he did in tampa. tama -- -- tampa -- [ talking at the same time ] >> we saw him break tackles and get out of things. he pla >> he was down 7-0 before he took his first snap. tough start. >> he can't start on thursday, he has been hurt twice this year, is there reason to be concerned? this dude is injury prone? >> most important ability is your availability. and if you are a quarterback in the nfl and your available for 7 games like brock osweiler, you get a $80 million deal.

he can -- just a couple -- the injury, i think he can come back from and still play well. >> injured in college. already twice this season -- >> we have seen it in the past. dt, he was struggling. hireman couldn't get on the field this year. so we have seen it before. hopefully trevor is not one of those. >> i know it and not play on thursday on a short week, but in this case with the left shoulder, not the right, i think there is some chance that he could e, even though they are not going to practice this week. they might have one practice on tuesday. that is it. yeah. he is not the biggest guy. he is not, you know, not as big as elway --

>> not buying it. [ talking at the same time ] >> we will show you why the ambulance caught us by surprise next. >> go. go. go. one, two, three. when broncos tonight continues, our interview with

yes, it was a rough game for the offensive line and paxton. sacked six times. as we discussed earlier gary kubiak's health trumpalize. he looked fine in the post game all, he looked fine in the post game press conference and after the game in our interview. . >> long, long time since the team lost a game. fought till the end. >> dug ourselves a hole. down early. we didn't do it very well.

made big plays. couldn't dig ourselves out of the hole offensively and throwing the ball so much. put a young kid in a tough situation. >> he was running for his life. >> yeah. he battled. he will continue to grow. young kid out there, the group has to play well around him and i can't say we did. >> reporter: you saw the falcons use their running backs -- >> yeah. ran great routes on us. our but if he has time to make the throws that is a lot of space to cover. tough day but we have to get back to work. >> reporter: san diego around the corner. >> yeah. we have to be honest with ourselves today and tonight. we have to turn around tomorrow and let it go. >> reporter: appreciate it. >> thank you. >> looked fine right there. hopefully he is feeling better

-- >> wade phillips -- >> it would be elways call. definitely. i like them to look at joe woods. he is sharp. he will be a good head coaching candidate at some point but wade has done this before. he has done it several times before. he did for gubiac in 2000 -- for kubiak in 2013 with not very does -- i think the defensive coordinator, it makes sense. so i would think wade is the leader. they will talk, conference call and talk about it. >> if necessary. hopefully not. >> the falcons had the better "d" today. >> i am not sure.

scoring offense. one of the -- only one touchdown pass. jones the hottest receiver in the nfl. two catches, 29-yard. did shanahan do a good job scheming? yeah. >> here is what we saw, past games, the broncos allowed points on the first drive, they made adjustments, didn't happen today. you he pulled the ball away and got the turn overs. harris could have had an interception, you never know. if that changed, perhaps -- [ talking at the same time ] >> they seemed flat all day. >> i walked -- i walked around the field, got a sense of the sideline, it was nat. >> i agree -- flat. >> i agree. broncos didn't have much to cheer about but there was a

>> yes. four years ago starts a broncos fan page on facebook, there is 40 strong now, from 20 states and australia. once a year they gather for a broncos game. january 22, two days before the championship game, he di car accident, driving his wife, three months pregnant at the time, back from a sawn gram. -- sonogram. she recovers. and the baby is born well. they come together for the atlanta game, and all these people just came together and they are really supporting his wife, the two kids. a wonderful, heart warming story. but also heart breaking.

people together. [ talking at the same time ] >> rod's cell phone -- >> whose cell phone -- [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] >> yapping for 30 second. thank you for staying up late and watching broncos tonight. 9news continues right after a