Tag: Talanoa Hufanga
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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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Broncos’ special teams ace Devon Key steps up on defense against Chargers
Devon Key did not flinch when hard work met opportunity. “I always go into every game with that hunger,” Key said. “Just knowing that if I get my chance, I’m going to make the team proud.” The Broncos’ special teams ace stepped up defensively in a 19-3 win on Sunday over the Chargers to claim the AFC’s top playoff seed in the regular season…
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Broncos well represented in Pro Bowl Games fan voting | Broncos notebook
The Broncos should be well represented in the NFL Pro Bowl Games in February. The league announced the fan voting totals Monday with 15 Broncos players ranked inside the top 10 at their respective positions. Fans account for one-third of the final results, with NFL players and coaches also voting to determine Pro Bowlers in…
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Safety Talanoa Hufanga active for Broncos after being listed as questionable with illness
LANDOVER, Md. – Broncos safety Talanoa Hufanga, who was listed as questionable earlier in the day due to an illness, was active for Sunday night’s game against Washington at Northwest Stadium. Inactive for the Broncos were outside linebacker Jonah Elliss (hamstring), tight end Nate Adkins, defensive linemen Jordan Jackson and Sai’vion Jones and offensive lineman…
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Broncos CB Ja’Quan McMillian logs two sacks, interception of Patrick Mahomes to beat Chiefs
Ja’Quan McMillian masked his intentions at the line of scrimmage. The Broncos cornerback made arguably the biggest play of his NFL career on Sunday with about four minutes left in regulation and a tie game, 19-19, against the Chiefs at Empower Field. The Broncos defended third-and-long from the Kansas City 26-yard line. McMillian lined up…
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Why safety Talanoa Hufanga is the ‘ultimate eraser’ for powerful Broncos defense
Talanoa Hufanga is being called the “ultimate eraser” for a dominant Broncos defense. Like on Thursday night, in a 10-7 home win over the Raiders, when Hufanga wiped away a promising Las Vegas scoring drive. The veteran safety crept toward the line of scrimmage on a fourth-and-5 play from near midfield. Hufanga exploded like a…
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Mark Kiszla: Is Denver worst 7-2 team in NFL? ‘Drama ain’t nothing new to us!’
HOUSTON – The Broncos live on the brink but refuse to blink, and that might make them the worst 7-2 team in the NFL. Think they care? “It’s better than being 6-3,” defensive end Zach Allen said Sunday. Hard to argue with that logic. Denver staged yet another fourth-quarter comeback against Houston, leaving the Texans…
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Mark Kiszla: How the heck did odd couple of Sean Payton and George Paton became brothers in orange?
We expected Sean Payton and George Paton to be frenemies. We were wrong. Heck, in the beginning, nearly three years ago, this relationship of the P&P Boys seemed doomed to end with them PO’d with each other. Instead, the coach and general manager of the Broncos have become brothers in orange. It might be the…
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Broncos’ defense reacts to heartbreaking road loss to Chargers: ‘We’ve got to find ways to finish’
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The visiting locker room at SoFi Stadium quietly cleared out Sunday afternoon as a Broncos defense found itself in disbelief. Again. They won the turnover battle with an interception and fumble recovery. They sacked Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert five times. But all that didn’t matter on their final drive of the game…