There is no mildness to his method. Aggression defines Sean Payton. He craves touchdowns like Homer Simpson does Duff beer. He defended his end-of-first-half clock management against the Chargers with exclamation points.

The Broncos will be getting a member of their secondary back before taking on Joe Burrow and the Bengals in Week 17 matchup.

The timing is good for Riley Moss to return for the Broncos. The second-year cornerback missed the past three games with a knee injury but was cleared Thursday to return to the lineup Saturday at Cincinnati.

Raiders, and to say the defense struggled in his absence would be a massive understatement. The unit ceded nearly 500 yards to Cleveland's Jameis Winston in a Week 13 win and was dissected by the Chargers' Justin Herbert amid a brutal Week 15 defeat.