Mile High Report
The Denver Broncos won another one-score game by the slimmest of margins. The team is now 7-2 in one-score games this season after going 1-6 last season. That means that over the last 28 regular season games, the Broncos have had 16 games that ended with a of winning or losing by eight or fewer points. That also tells us that the Broncos have figured out how to win those close games. The Broncos have the luck/skill combo that followed around the Chiefs last season. The Chiefs were 11-0 in one score games last season, en route to a 15-2 regular season finish. Those who are comparing the 2025 Broncos to the 2024 Chiefs, miss that fact that KC didn’t lose any of their one-score games last year. The 2025 Chiefs are currently 1-6 in one score, which is the same record that the 2024 Broncos had in one score games. The 2024 Broncos finished with only one regular season loss that wasn’t a one score game last season (loss to the Ravens). It would not surprise me if the Chiefs continue to lose close games in the final five weeks of the regular season.
This is the 23rd time in Bronco team history that the team has gotten ten or more wins in a season. In 20 of the 22 previous seasons, the team has made the playoffs. The two seasons where the team missed the playoffs were the 1981 season when the team finished 10-6 and lost the wildcard tie-breaker to the 10-6 Bills. The other season was the 1985 when the 11-5 Broncos lost the tie-breaker to the 11-5 Jets and Patriots. The Patriots would make the Super Bowl and get thoroughly embarrassed by the Bears.
The current Broncos could finish anywhere from 10-7 to 15-2. Go vote in my poll to weigh in on where you think that they will finish the regular season. I think they will finish 13-4.
The lack of an effective run game will hurt as we hit the coldest month of the regular season. JK Dobbins was able to run through arm-tackles that RJ Harvey (who is 205, not the 220 that Chris Collinsworth was mistakenly saying Sunday night) and Jaleel McLaughlin can’t. I saw both backs going down at first contact last night, which was something that neither Commander running back seemed to do last night.
Since Dobbins has been out the Broncos have run the ball 20 times for 60 yards against Chiefs (removing the kneeldown) and then 23 times for 83 yards against the Commanders. That’s 43 carries for 143 yards or 3.3 yards per carry which would be worst in the league over the entire season. The current worst rushing team in the NFL is the Faiders who are averaging 3.4. So we need some help running the ball. That does not have to be a big back, but it would be nice to have one who doesn’t go down on first contact. Harvey could do that...
