Tag: denver broncos
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Mark Kiszla: Broncos as Super Bowl champs next season? NFL history says: It’s dang near impossible.
After traveling the long road back to Super Bowl contention, the Broncos’ next step is the steepest climb. It’s not a hop, skip and a jump to a championship. It’s more like a giant, don’t-look-down leap of faith and fortitude. “I will not use that (phrase): ‘Take the next step.’ You go back to the…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: How Bo Nix pushed ahead of Sean Payton as the most powerful man in Broncos Country
Worried about a history of ankle injuries to Broncos quarterback Bo Nix? There’s another pro athlete with notoriously bad ankles. Goes by the name of Stephen Curry. If Nix turns out to be the NFL’s version of Curry, I think Broncos Country would be OK with it. – E.N., sitting by dock of the bay…
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Safety P.J. Locke ‘would love to retire’ with Broncos even if it might mean taking pay cut
Safety P.J. Locke wants to return so badly to the Broncos that he might be willing to take a pay cut. Locke made a base salary of $3.49 million in 2025, the second year of a two-year, $7 million contract he signed in March 2024. But that deal was signed when he was projected to…
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Can Bo Nix and Sean Payton survive a long-term football marriage? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: Can Bo Nix and Sean Payton survive a long-term football marriage? Chris Schmaedeke, digital sports editor Answer: Yes The football marriage of Broncos coach Sean Payton and quarterback Bo Nix can survive, but it’s going to take some work. They need some space and some counseling. After Payton’s news conference Tuesday and Nix’s…
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Mark Kiszla: First big move to get Broncos to Super Bowl will require Sean Payton to swallow his enormous pride
Sean Payton considers himself a funny guy, but this ain’t no joke. Are the Broncos truly serious about winning the Super Bowl? Of course. Will Payton let nothing stand in the way of bringing a championship to Denver? Let’s hope so. If a championship ring is the thing, Payton needs to put aside his ego…
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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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Broncos QB Jarrett Stidham owns crucial turnover that led to Patriots’ only touchdown in AFC Championship loss
Jarrett Stidham knows he should’ve just let Jeremy Crawshaw do his thing. On what turned out to be one of, if not the most, pivotal plays in the game, the Broncos quarterback had to quickly abort after a designed screen pass to Tyler Badie was not there and as he tried to get rid of…
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Could AFC Championship vs. Patriots have been the last snowy Broncos playoff game? | Cheers and Boos
Cheers… to maybe the last epic, outdoor Broncos home playoff game. If this game takes place in 2031 and in the new stadium at Burnham Yard, is the retractable roof opened or closed? Those decisions are typically made before kickoff. Considering the snow doesn’t start swirling around Mile High until halftime, maybe the roof is…
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Football-crazed fans brave freezing temps to cheer on their teams in Colorado Springs
Neither snow, nor wind, nor freezing cold could keep diehard Denver Broncos and New England Patriots fans from gathering at their favorite Colorado Springs sports bars to cheer for their respective teams during Sunday’s AFC Championship showdown. Optimism was high for Broncos fans despite the loss of their starting quarterback, Bo Nix, who suffered a…
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Broncos vs. Patriots grades: Denver fumbles away Super Bowl chance
The Broncos’ season ends on Sunday against the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. Here are the grades from the 10-7 loss at Empower Field at Mile High that sends New England to Super Bowl LX. Offense Except for one drive in the first quarter, the Broncos’ offense struggled without Bo Nix. Jarrett…