Harris 'can understand' why fans left stadium early: 'We're not entertaining'

Chris Harris, Jr. gets it. The Broncos' brand of football is ugly.

When Joe Flacco threw his first interception of the year — picked off by Chicago Bears cornerback Kyle Fuller with 4:45 left to go in the fourth quarter on Sunday afternoon — many fans filed out of Empower Field at Mile High. 

The Denver Broncos would go on to eventually score a touchdown a couple of minutes later, though it ultimately didn't affect the outcome as the team fell to Chicago 16-14. With the Broncos struggling to hit pay-dirt until the final period, it feels like this team is stuck in some sort of time-loop post-Super Bowl 50. 

After the game, cornerback Chris Harris, Jr. was asked about the fans leaving with still so much football left to be played in the final period. His answer puts things in perspective for the Broncos' offense. 

"I didn't see that," Harris said via Mike Klis. "But it can be a frustrating game. We don’t score a lot of points. We’re not entertaining so I can understand.” 

To those fans who left, however, you sat through three-and-a-half quarters of a snoozefest only to miss out on the only exciting part of the game. Following Flacco's ill-timed interception, the Bears could get nothing going and were forced to punt. 

Flacco would then go on to lead the only touchdown drive of the game for Denver, as the Broncos marched 62 yards on 12 plays, culminating in an impressive Emmanuel Sanders scoring catch in the back corner of the end zone. Vic Fangio would choose to go for two instead of tying the game with an extra point, only to see Flacco fail to get the ball snapped as the play-clock ran out. Delay of game.

Change of plans. Kick the extra point, Fangio instructed. The Broncos' special teams unit would trot out onto the field and kicker Brandon McManus' extra point attempt would sail wide right. 

All seemed lost before a piece of yellow laundry was spotted on the field. The Bears jumped offsides on the extra-point attempt, giving the Broncos back the five yards they lost on Flacco's delay of game. 

Fangio went back to his gut instinct, which proved to be right. The Broncos went for two finally and converted on a Flacco-to-Sanders connection. 

That was followed by a final Bears possession in which QB Mitchell Trubisky had about 30 seconds and one timeout to get his squad into field goal range, which he did by the skin of his teeth. With one second remaining, Eddy Pineiro's 53-yard kick was good, sending the Bears home with their first win of the season, and dropping the Broncos to 0-2 for the first time since 1999.

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Those fans who filed out early missed that action. But the Broncos still lost. 

Bottom line, the brand of football the Broncos' offense has displayed has been ugly. They've been far from entertaining. It's understandable why fans would get bored. 

The Broncos did finish with a respectable 372 total yards but nearly half of that production came in the fourth quarter. The offense had three opportunities to score a touchdown but only converted once. 

For his part, Chris Harris, Jr. played well vs. the Bears. Lined up one-on-one against Chicago's No. 1 WR, Allen Robinson, Harris contained his assignment. Robinson was held to four receptions for 41 yards but the dagger was the 25-yarder he hauled in on a 4th-&-15 that gave Chicago it's shot to win the game with a walk-off field goal. 

It's unclear who screwed up that assignment and why Robinson was left wide open in the middle of the field. Upon first viewing of the tape, I can't tell you now but I'll holler back after the All-22 film comes out. 

Clearly, this defense is going to take time to come together under Vic Fangio. In the meantime, if Flacco and company can't figure out a way to score touchdowns before the fourth quarter, the Broncos will continue their losing streak. 

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