Good morning, Broncos Country. Ten years ago, the Denver Broncos defeated Tom Brady and the New England Patriots to represent the AFC in Super Bowl 50. After a decade of struggles, the Broncos have found their way back to the AFC Championship Game. They say history doesn’t repeat itself but often rhymes. That appears to be the case with the Patriots trekking to Empower Field at Mile High to battle the Broncos on Sunday afternoon.

Both teams had banner seasons in 2025. Earning division titles and impressing with fourteen wins. Very few teams were as consistent as they were throughout...

With the brutal news after the Denver Broncos divisional round win over the Buffalo Bills of Bo Nix being done for the year with an ankle injury, the need to get healthy for the AFC Championship Game became a critical need. Two names are on that list for us to watch for: J.K. Dobbins and Luke Wattenberg. With Nix out, those first two are probably code red needs for this game. Surprisingly, both wide receivers Troy Franklin and Pat Bryant were at practice today as well.

Great news there on all injury fronts. First, Dobbins was practicing today for the...

The Denver Broncos are heading into the AFC Championship Game without their star quarterback Bo Nix guiding them. That’s a tough break, but the game still has to be played. Nix had surgery on Tuesday and today he made his first statement since. I shared this over in The Feed section first, but felt this was news that warranted all the channels.

The last few days have been hard to put into words.

What started as one of the most exciting games I’ve ever been a part of ended with some of the most devastating football news...

The Denver Broncos (15-3) have climbed their way all the way to the Super Bowl doorstep and will host the New England Patriots (15-3) to see who will represent the AFC in the big game. They’ll need to win this game without Bo Nix, who had his season cut short with injury last week. Can Jarrett Stidham guide this team to the final game of the 2025 season? We find out Sunday.

Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. Mile High time on Sunday, January 25, 2026 at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado. The game will be called...

The Denver Broncos announced earlier today that they have opened center Luke Wattenberg’s 21-day practice window. He returned to practice today, and if all goes well, he could be activated off the injured reserve and back into the lineup this Sunday for the AFC Championship Game vs. the Patriots.

Wattenberg has been sidelined for the past four weeks and three games due to a shoulder injury, and backup center Alex Forsyth started in his place. They also signed veteran center Sam Mustipher off the Los Angeles Chargers practice squad and added him to their 53-man roster. If Forsyth is healthy,...

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The Denver Broncos season isn’t yet over, but for 28 other teams it is officially mock draft season. Mel Kiper has a new mock draft out and we might as well cover it, even though we have a real game coming up. He has the Broncos drafting a defensive tackle late in the first round.

30. Denver Broncos

Caleb Banks, DT, Florida

Injuries limited Banks to three games this past season, but I enjoyed watching his 2024
tape. He had 4.5 sacks that campaign, getting some good interior push. But his real impact...

It may have taken 10 years, along with plenty of strife along the way, but the heartbeat of this team, Garett Bolles, has finally played in and won his first home NFL Playoff game. If anyone on this team deserved a moment like this, it absolutely was Bolles (or maybe Courtland Sutton).

Bolles had his work cut out for him though. The Bills defense boasted a strong pressure package and had a very diverse playbook to work out (notice the past-tense for the Bills) of and there was much Bolles had to be prepared for. The burden of protecting Bo...

The Denver Broncos are one win away from the Super Bowl.

Now Jarrett Stidham, Sean Payton, and the Broncos will look to put forth a game that keeps the season alive this Sunday. And once again, the New England Patriots are the opponent. For those keeping track, this is the third time the Broncos will host New England in the AFC title game. This is also the first time Denver will host the AFC championship.

It’s no surprise that Denver is the home underdog without starting quarterback Bo Nix. FanDuel Sportsbook has the Broncos as the +5.5-point underdogs. The total...

One of the minor problems the Broncos will have at the end of this season is going to be replacing coaches who leave for greener pastures. At this point and time, Vance Joseph, Jim Leonard, Darren Rizzi, and Davis Webb are all rumored to have opportunities with other teams this offseason.

What makes this even more precarious is that the coaches are leaving due to the wild success of the team. That means with the Broncos still playing, they may miss out on some of the talented names out there.

As an example, Robert Selah would have been a guy...

The Denver Broncos want a sea of orange for Sunday’s AFC Championship Game and it appears gameday tickets are being limited to the Rocky Mountain region. New England Patriots fans trying to buy tickets are apparently getting denied with this message:

Many fans didn’t understand how this is allowed, but someone tagged GrokAI to clarify and according to that bot, “NFL teams, including the Broncos, often restrict playoff ticket sales to local billing addresses to prioritize home fans, limit opposing supporters for better home-field advantage, and combat ticket brokers/scalpers. This practice is legal and has been used in past AFC...

The Denver Broncos are preparing to fight for the AFC title without their star-quarterback Bo Nix. He is out and the expected recovery time will be 4-6 months for that fractured ankle. It is Jarrett Stidham’s time to shine. With the New England Patriots coming to town, the focus has shifted all the way to game preparation.

I caught a post over on Pats Pulpit today talking about how the Patriots intend to prepare to play at elevation. Two things stood out to me that I thought would be fun for us Broncos fans to discuss this morning.

The first...