The Denver Broncos were in the Bay Area over the weekend to face the San Francisco 49ers in their second preseason game. They previously lost the Cardinals in Arizona the previous Friday 18-17 in the final seconds of the games.
On Saturday the Broncos led by a field goal heading into the half. The Niners had an opportunity to take a four-point lead but missed an extra point in the third quarter. The Broncos capitalized on the error scoring a touchdown taking a 13 – 9 lead in the third.
In the fourth the Niners added 12 more points on a touchdown and two field goals with another failed point after attempt. The Broncos added just a touchdown along with their already four point lead from the third which resulted in Denver’s 20 – 21 loss in San Francisco.
This coming Saturday the Broncos return home for their first home preseason game when they host the L.A. Rams.
The Rams are also reeling from two straight losses this pre-season after losing to the L.A. Chargers and the Las Vegas Raiders by exact scores 34 – 17. th
The regular season kicks off at home on September 10 when the Broncos host division rivals the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders traded away quarterback Derek Carr last season and picked up Jimmy Garoppolo in the off-season. So far, Garoppolo has been pressed for the starting position by quarterback Aidan O’Connell.
In other sports, former Nugget and NBA Champ, Bruce Brown turned to social media on Monday to say goodbye to his teammates, coaches and fans:
“DENVER! To my teammates and coaches I appreciate the year we had together couldn’t ask for a better group to be around 24/7 love y’all! To the fans Thank youf or the love and support throughout this year never felt anything like that before! Also to all the friends I made in the city I will definitely miss the laughs and just the great vibes we always had! ALL LOVE BRUCIE B OUT!”
The Colorado Rockies are now 28.5 games behind the division leading L.A. Dodgers. Since game three of the Rockies series with the Arizona Diamondbacks last week the Rockies are 2 -2 with blowout wins over the Chicago White Sox in games one and two and a single loss on Sunday 10 – 5.
The Rockies are in Florida this week to take on the Tampa Bay Rays in a three games series that ends on Thursday. The Rockies continue their road stretch in Baltimore to face the Orioles before returning home to hose the Atlanta Braves on Monday, August 28th.
On Sunday the NHL Network named Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar as the best defenseman in the NHL. We mentioned last week that Makar was selected the as EA Sports cover player for NHL24. The Colorado Avalanche are just over a month away from the start of the preseason when they face the NHL 2023 Champs the Las Vegas Golden Knights.
