The Denver Broncos traveled to New Orleans to face Coach Sean Payton’s old team the Saints. The Saints won their first two games against the Carolina Panthers and the Cowboys defeating them by a combined score of 91-29. Since then, the Saints have lost five straight including their loss on Thursday night at home against the Broncos.
One of the reasons behind New Orleans problems is the loss of Derek Carr who was traded to the Saints in the offseason from the Las Vegas Raiders. Carr has been sidelined with an oblique injury, including the game against the Broncos. Denver took advantage of a heavily injured Saints and defeated New Orleans 33-10 to advance to 4-3 sitting behind the AFC West second place Los Angeles Chargers.
The Broncos have an opportunity to move to 5-3 with a win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High at 2:25 p.m. The Panthers are coming off a embarrassing 40-7 loss to the Washington Commanders on Sunday in Washington. The Panthers only have one win this season over the Las Vegas Raiders back in September.
Denver experienced a slow start against the Saints, an issue that will clearly need to be addressed in order to have a shot at the post-season.
In other sports the Colorado Avalanche finally got their first win last Friday, five games into the season after defeating the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 in overtime. Colorado traveled to San Jose on Sunday to face the Sharks where Colorado dominated and walked away with a 4-1 win.
This week the Avs are in Seattle and Utah to face the Kraken and the Utah Hockey Club before returning home to host the Ottawa Senators this Sunday at Ball Arena. Colorado is near the bottom of the Central Division, however; the sea- son is young and Colorado has plenty of games to get to the top of the division.
The Denver Nuggets are at home this Thursday (8 p.m. MST) to host the Oklahoma City Thunder to kick off their regular season. The Nuggets ended the preseason in Minnesota last week with a win over the Timberwolves 132-126.
The Colorado Buffs were in Arizona over the weekend to face the Wildcats. Colorado jumped out to a 28-7 lead at the half and added two field goals in the second half to defeat the Wildcats 34-7. Colorado is now 5-2 and in sixth place in the Big 12 behind Cincinnati, Texas Tech, (AP No. 16) Kansas State, (AP No. 10) Iowa State, and (AP No. 11) Brigham Young University (BYU).
Next Saturday, the Buffs are at home to host the Cincinnati Bearcats, who beat Arizona State on Saturday 24-14. The Bearcats are also 5-2 one spot ahead of Colorado in the Big 12 rankings and on a two game winning streak. Colorado already has a better record thus far than last seasons’ record.
