Mile High Report
Last month, the Broncos played a rough Thursday Night game vs. the Raiders but were able to squeeze out a 10-7 victory. It wasn’t the prettiest game, and it had the media buzzing about how they were frauds. Well, they bounced back this afternoon and walked away with a 24-17 victory over the Raiders.
It was a 24-7 game late in the 4th quarter until the Raiders and backup quarterback Kenny Pickett scored a garbage-time touchdown to make it a 24-14 score. They would attempt an onside kick, but it failed to go 10 yards, and Broncos tight end Adam Trautman would fall on the ball. The Raiders would get the ball back and drive down and attempt a field goal with 5 seconds left, but time ran out, and the Broncos would walk away with a 24-17 victory.
This was a solid effort by the Broncos, who saw all three phases of the game come up big in this one and lead them to victory. With this victory, the Broncos move to 11-2 on the year, have won 10-straight games, and are now the number one seed in the AFC. Due to this, we have a ton of winners and very few, if any, losers from this game.
While he doesn’t have the flashiest of stat lines, it was a very efficient, confident, and productive showing by the Broncos quarterback. Nix would finish the game by going 31 for 38 for 212 yards, including 3 rushing attempts for 15 yards and 1 touchdown.
Nix was efficient all game, led the offense up and down the field, and controlled the time of possession throughout. After having a few games with happy feet and appearing to lack confidence, Nix has bounced back and played well these past three games.
He didn’t need another 4th quarter/OT comeback performance in this one, but Nix played well, and has led the Broncos to an 11-2 record, their 10th straight victory, and they are now the number one seed in the AFC.
After veteran JK Dobbins went down with a potential season-ending injury, rookie RJ Harvey and the Broncos’ run game have failed to get much going on the ground. It was a concerning weakness for an offense that will need to run the ball in the playoffs if they want to make a deep postseason run, but we saw some promising improvements from that unit today
The Broncos as a team rushed for 152 yards on the ground and were led by rookie RJ Harvey, who had 75 yards rushing and 100 total yards from scrimmage while also scoring a touchdown. This was a promising game by the Broncos’ rookie runne,r and hopefully, something we see more of moving forward.
Fullback Adam Prentice added 22 yards rushing, as did Jaleel McLaughlin. Tyler Badie had 16 yards, Bo Nix had 15 yards, and Marvin Mims had 2 yards rushing. This is...
