They just lost their 16th game two weeks ago at Arrowhead. That’s how many games it took for the Denver Broncos to finally end their losing streak which begin in the season following Denver’s Super Bowl 50 win.
Only a week had past since Denver’s last loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, and they were coming off their second win of the season after defeating the Green Bay Packers 19 – 17 last week. With only a week between meetings the Broncos that showed up on Sunday were a completely different squad that Kansas City faced two weeks prior.
Denver jumped out to a 7 – 0 lead and added another touchdown before the half. The Broncos defense was phenomenal against Mahomes and the Chiefs only allowing field goals in the first half. Denver’s defense also had an interception in the first half by Denver Broncos corner-back, Ja’Quan McMillian.
The second half of games has been Denver’s Achilles this season and although the Broncos led by five coming out of the half, there was still a sense of uncertainty among fans. Denver’s defense didn’t let up, and kept up the pressure on Kansas City’s quarterback intercepting him again and causing three forced fumbles.
While it was noted that Patrick Mahomes was recovering from the flu, he refused to blame his terrible play on Sunday’s on his sickness.
The Broncos now head into a bye week and return on November 13th to New York to face the Buffalo Bills. The Bills are currently 5 – 3 after their win in Tampa over the weekend. The Bills head to Cincinnati this Sunday to face the (4-3) Bengals.
In other sports the Denver Nuggets are riding a four-game winning streak after defeating the Utah Jazz on Monday night. The Nuggets have now defeated the L.A. Lakers, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Jazz. This week the Nuggets are on the road in Minnesota to face the Timberwolves before returning home to host the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.
After winning six straight the Colorado Avalanche have lost two games back to back with no goals. In each of those games the Avs gave up four goals to the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres. The Avs are at home this week to face St. Louis Blues and the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday at 8 p.m.
The CU Buffs were in California over the weekend to face the UCLA Bruins. CU jumped out to a 6 – 0 lead in the first quarter. UCLA answered in the second quarter taking the lead heading into the half. The second half was tough for the Buffs offense as they were only able to add 10 more points to UCLA’s 21. CU dropped to 4 – 4 after losing to 16 – 28 to the number 20 UCLA Bruins.
This Saturday the Buffs are at home to host the Number 16 (6-2) Oregon State Beavers. Saturday’s game is a late one that starts at 8 p.m. MST.
