Mile High Report
The Denver Broncos have their 11-game win streak ended in a brutal home loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. It was their first loss in 91 days. Three months. The streak ended tied for the second-longest in franchise history.
All of the things about the win streak are positive, but losing to the Jaguars is clearly not a positive. The Jags are now one game back from the Broncos for the race to the number one seed in the AFC, so there is no room for error with two games to play.
To get a sense of where people’s mindset is, I asked the Mile High Report staff where do the Broncos go from here.
It’s simple. Beat the Chiefs. They’re out of it, down to their third string quarterback, and could be down multiple key players for this game. Get the win, improve to 13-3, possibly clinch the AFC West and have 10 days to rest up, get healthy, and prepare for the Chargers in the finale. – Scotty Payne
What do the Broncos do from here? Same thing as the fans should do: don’t panic. There’s nothing to truly worry about. Just about everything that could go wrong did against the Jags. There’s a small chance that happens again. They have to keep consistent with the run game to keep the pressure off of Bo Nix, at least a little bit. RJ Harvey has been great and Jaleel McLaughlin has been a pleasant surprise. They’re a 12-win team for a reason. Just need this defense to pick things up and maybe force a turnover or two. – Ross Allen
Ross nails it with the idea of not panicking. They should beat the depleted Chiefs on Christmas. If that doesn’t happen, we can revisit this question further. There’s really only one thing left to do, in the words of Jake Taylor; “Win the whole f—-ing thing.” The Jaguars played well, but benefited from some egregious errors by the refs. So you wipe the dust off, get yourself prepared to beat the Chiefs, and keep moving forward. Remember, as Rocky said, it’s not about how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. – Adam Malnati
This is something we’ve been talking about internally for a few weeks, but it sure seems like teams have figured the Broncos defense out a bit. Then I saw this post in the feed from a reader who calculated the defensive points against for December/January during Joseph’s time in Denver. In 2024 and 2025 they have given up 28 PPG and 25.8 PPG respectively. That is not conducive to a winning environment. Joseph needs to adjust and get things back on track for the playoffs or this team could be a one-and-done type candidate. – Tim Lynch
Remain focused at the task at hand. The three times the Broncos won the Super...
