Mile High Report
Yes, the Denver Broncos only won by seven points, but this game against the Las Vegas Raiders not never really close after the Mims punt return TD. The Broncos had the ball for over 39 minutes. This was the 23rd most ToP that Broncos have ever had in a game, but it is significantly higher if you remove the OT games. The Broncos are now 8-1 in one score games, which is amazing, although I struggle to count that last one since that was a blowout until garbage time (and a garbage call).
This was also one of the shorter Bronco games ever clocking in at 2 hours and 50 minutes (tied for 17th shortest).
The shortest Bronco game ever was the 2021 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders that only lasted 2 hours and 32 painful minutes.
The Bronco offense only had six drives in this game and scored on three of them (could have been five if we opted to try a 62 yard field goal early and a 45 yd FG with 1:04 left in the game. The bogus delay of game call on Brandon Jones with 4 seconds left in the game, stinks to high heaven. The Vegas line was Denver by 8. That meaningless FG at the end meant that the Faiders covered. Someone might wonder if Pete Carroll or the ref who called that (Boris Cheek or Dyrol Prioleau), had the points. Of course a Faider fan could also point out that Denver could have kicked a FG to make the margin 13 points and that would have meant that the FG as time expired did allow the Faiders to cover. So maybe the whole NFL is run by the gambling interests. The league really needs to do something to dispel this notion before it gets worse.
The offensive efficiency by the Broncos was amazing. Converting on 7 of 12 3rd downs was one the best games they have had all year. The team was 8/13 against Cincinnati and 5/8 vs Dallas. Remember this is the same offense that went 2/13 on 3rd down vs the Chargers earlier in the season.
The Broncos have now won 11 straight which ties the franchise best. This last happened in 2012, which was Peyton Manning’s first year with the Broncos. That team started 2-3 and was down 24-0 at the half against the Chargers. The Broncos would go on to score 35 unanswered in one of the biggest comebacks in Bronco history. That would be the first of 11 straight wins before the league decided that Ray Lewis needed another Lombardi trophy (so it gifted the Raisins a win the divisional round in Denver – can you tell I’m still bitter about the lack of DPI on the Raven defenders in OT).
The 2025 Broncos have a much tougher final four regular season games relative to the 2012 team which got to face three teams that had mailed it in by that point – the Faiders who...
