Author: Mark Kiszla
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Mark Kiszla: Take the points, knucklehead. Worst call of Sean Payton’s career cost Broncos a trip to Super Bowl.
When the going gets tough, Broncos coach Sean Payton gets cute. And football is a game where cute gets you beat. This 10-7 loss to New England will forever be haunted by words as bitter as the snow that swirled around Payton on a wintry Sunday afternoon. Take the points, knucklehead. The Broncos won’t be…
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Mark Kiszla: These DU Pioneers can look like champs or chumps, all in span of 24 hours
Here’s the $64,000 question for a talented DU hockey team that sometimes isn’t worth two bits: Why can’t these Pioneers kick butt and take names every night, the way they did Saturday in a 6-0 rout of St. Cloud State? “Why is it a $64,000 question?” DU coach David Carle, playfully turning the question back…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Why the Broncos have more than Stiddy and a prayer in AFC Championship Game
By my count, coach Sean Payton has a 17-4 record in games with backup quarterbacks Taysom “Running Man” Hill, Teddy “Two Gloves” Bridgewater and Jameis “Lord, Please Deliver Me from a Pick-6” Winston. I see the Broncos beating New England 24-16 with backup QB Jarrett Stidham. – Danny, the sports rabbi Kiz: Amen, brother. But…
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Patriots at Broncos predictions | AFC Championship Game
The Denver Gazette sports staff predicts Sunday’s AFC Championship Game between the No. 1 Broncos (14-3) and No. 2 New England Patriots (14-3) at Empower Field at Mile High: Paul Klee’s pick: Broncos 20, Patriots 18 Anyone else tired of Chris Tomasson winning our NFL predictions every season? That’s an elite NFL writer for ya.…
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Mark Kiszla: With Bo Nix out, can J.K. Dobbins carry Broncos past Patriots to Super Bowl?
Grinning as mischievously as a Cheshire cat, J.K. Dobbins might be fixing to mess up the New England Patriots. Or maybe he’s merely messing with all our heads and hearts. Either way, Dobbins ain’t saying. Under strict orders from the team, his lips are sealed. How large does the Cheshire smile of Dobbins loom over…
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Mark Kiszla: How a random dude in Target can lead the Broncos to Super Bowl
When the Broncos’ starting quarterback sneaked away to Target for a quick shopping trip, the peeps in America’s football-craziest city didn’t know him from a six-pack of toilet paper. “Nobody noticed me,” Jarrett Stidham said Wednesday. By Sunday afternoon, when Stidham breaks the Broncos huddle against New England in the AFC Championship Game, Denver might…
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Mark Kiszla: The heist and the heartache. A Broncos playoff classic turns to devastation.
How will we remember the worst best day in Broncos history? For the Heist? Or for the Heartache? Should we raise a toast to J-Mac? Or cry in our beer for Bo? On a Saturday when the emotions of all 77,043 diehards in Denver’s home stadium were worked to the point of exhaustion, the Broncos…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: After ditching Buffs, did Jordan Seaton leave his heart (award) in Boulder?
All the departure of offensive tackle Jordan Seaton in the transfer portal says about the CU football team is the Buffaloes don’t have the money Seaton will get somewhere else. Nothing more. – G.B.L., got no beef Kiz: Seaton is the face of a sport that’s broken. A guy the Buffs naively called “The Franchise”…
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Bills at Broncos predictions | AFC Divisional playoffs
The Denver Gazette sports staff predicts Saturday’s AFC divisional round playoff game between the Broncos (14-3) and the Buffalo Bills (12-5) at Empower Field at Mile High: Paul Klee’s pick: Broncos 24, Bills 23 Is the 2025 Broncos defense in the same tier as Denver’s Orange Crush and No Fly Zone? There’s no better way…
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Will Broncos defeat Bills and advance to AFC Championship Game? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: Will the Denver Broncos defeat the Buffalo Bills and advance to the AFC Championship Game? Mark Kiszla, sports columnist Answer: Yes They’re back! Is the NFL universe ready for this? In a year of transition for pro football, when the Chiefs Kingdom has fallen, and there’s no apparent dynasty in the making, two…