The sky is falling because the Broncos could never beat the Patriots with field goals, right? Denver doesn’t score enough points to keep up with New England’s now nearly-healthy offense, right?

Wrong.

Yes, the Broncos offense has had its woes. Yes, they’ve settled for more field goals than they would have liked to (five on Sunday). Yes, New England’s offense is hard to keep up with.

But you can’t stop there.

Denver’s offense is not incapable of scoring. They scored just four fewer points than New England on Sunday because they squandered countless opportunities to finish drives with touchdowns. It’s not that Denver’s offense is inept—they’ve been able to move the ball—the problem is that simple execution has slowed them down.

Former NFL general manager and current NFL Network analyst Charley Casserly said that Peyton Manning actually played better than Tom Brady in the Divisional Round of the playoffs. You may not agree with him, but you can’t deny that Manning’s receivers dropped nine passes against Pittsburgh.

Related NFL Network analyst says Peyton Manning played better than Tom Brady in Divisional Playoffs

Dropped passes kill drives, as do holding penalties and simple mental mistakes. But those are execution problems—those are problems that can be addressed. Those are problems that can be fixed.

It’s not as if Denver’s offense is lacking firepower.

C.J. Anderson and Ronnie Hillman give Denver a talented backfield duo. Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders are arguably among the league’s most explosive receivers.

As long as the Broncos don’t turn the ball over—which they didn’t on Sunday—they can beat New England. The offense has had struggles, but they are capable of playing better. Denver has the talent, now they just need to execute—like they did against Green Bay.

It’s also important to not forget about Denver’s defense.

No, the offense cannot count on the defense to always bail them out. And no, you can’t expect them to shut down Brady (especially if Chris Harris Jr. is hindered by his shoulder injury).

But the Broncos held Brady to 16 points the last time they hosted him in a playoff game, the 2014 (2013 season) AFC Championship game. Denver obviously can’t expect that to happen again, but the point remains that they’ve done it before.

This year’s defense is arguably much better.

Denver’s top-ranked defense allowed 24 points to New England in the regular season. Denver only scored 23 on Sunday, but there were opportunities to score many more.

If the Broncos offense executes better on Sunday, they have the talent to score more points than their defense allows.