Over the weekend the Broncos were in Baltimore facing a stellar Raven’s offense led by Lamar Jackson who’s had a great season thus far, with the complementary addition of Derrick Henry to the backfield.
The Ravens are second in their division a game behind the Pittsburgh Steelers. Baltimore was reeling after losing to divisional foe, the Cleveland Browns the week prior and were at home to face a gritty Denver Broncos defense.
The Broncos first three possessions resulted in a turnover on downs and one interception. Coach Sean Payton decided to go for it on fourth down on back to back consecutive drives, both of which resulted in great field possession for the Ravens who by half time had accumulated a 24-10 lead.
Getting the ball back in the second half didn’t help Denver as the Broncos once, high flying defense was now getting picked apart by both Derrick Henry on the ground and Lamar Jackson by air.
By the end of four, the Broncos failed to get any additional points on the board however, the Ravens added 17 more to embarrass the Broncos 41-10.
Denver has little breathing room heading into this weeks game where they will be in Kansas City Missouri to face the Kansas City Chiefs who are undefeated after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30-24 in overtime on Monday night.
The Chiefs moved to 8-0 on Monday and hope to keep their streak going at home against a divisional opponent, while the Broncos look to split their road trip with a win and hopes of delivering the Chiefs their first loss. Sunday’s game is scheduled for 11 a.m. MST.
In other sports the Denver Nuggets have won two straight after their loss to the Timberwolves last Friday night in Minnesota. The Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz at Ball Arena on Saturday night (129-103) before hosting the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. Toronto led through most of the game however Denver’s grit in the fourth cut the Raptors lead and eventually the win.
The Nuggets are currently in 8thplace in the Western Conference behind the Minnesota Timberwolves, Lakers, Mavericks and Rockets who all are 4-3. Denver will host the Oklahoma City Thunder this week along with the Miami Heat before facing the Dallas Mavericks this weekend at Ball Arena.
The Colorado Avalanche have lost three straight after going on a five game winning streak. On Saturday the Avs lost 5-2 to the Nashville Predators, on Wednesday they lost 5-2 to the Tampa Bay Lightning and on Friday (October, 28th) they lost 5-2 to the Chicago Blackhawks.
This week the Avs are at home to face the Seattle Kraken (results of game not available at the time of this writing) before heading to Canada to face the Winnipeg Jets this Thursday at 6 p.m. MST.
