The Denver Broncos have exceeded expectations for fans this season sitting in a position to potentially make the playoffs, an achievement they’ve fell short of since winning the Super Bowl almost 10 years ago.
Unfortunately, despite outplaying arguably the best team in football on Sunday the Denver Broncos experienced a heartbreaking loss to divisional opponents the Kansas City Chiefs in the final seconds of the game.
On Sunday Denver’s quarterback Bo Nix became moved into the third spot for Denver Bronco rookie quarterbacks for most touchdown passes behind Marlin Briscoe and Mickey Slaughter, who both played in the 60’s. Nix is just four touchdowns from breaking that record.
Nix went 22 of 30 for 215 yards, 2 touchdowns and no interceptions, accumulating a 115.3 quarterback rating in Sunday’s game.
For four quarters, Denver’s defense stopped one of the leagues top offenses holding them to one touchdown and three field goals while scoring two of their own. The Broncos Defense bent several times but never broke giving Denver’s rookie QB with enough time to move the ball down the field one last time to secure the win. Denver managed to move the ball without much resistance moving down into field goal range with just second’s left on the clock.
Denver kicker, Will Lutz who previously missed a 60-yard field goal at the half that was almost returned to midfield, lined up for a short kick. The ball was snapped and the entire left side of Denver’s offensive line collapsed with Chiefs defenders diving for the block. Lutz’ kick was blocked and Kansas City won 16-14, maintaining their perfect record.
This week the Broncos return home after road visits to Missouri and Baltimore. On Sunday, November 17th, the Broncos will play host to the Atlanta Falcons who are coming off a loss to divisional rivals the New Orleans Saints over the weekend. The Falcons are first in their division at 6-4 with notable wins over the Buccaneers (twice this season) and the Philadelphia Eagles back in mid-September.
In other sports the Denver Nuggets have extended their winning streak to five after defeating the Dallas Mavericks Sunday night at Ball Arena. Both Nikola Jokic and Mavericks star, Kyrie Irving put on a show for fans a Ball Arena, both ending the night with over 35 points each. Jokic recorded his 6th triple double on Sunday and is now averaging a triple double for the season.
With the streak the Nuggets have moved from number 8 in the Western Conference last week to number 4 this week, one game behind a three-way tie between the Golden State Warrios, the Phoenix Suns and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Despite a injury prone start to the Colorado Avalanche’s season, the Avs have won two of their last three games including a win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday (Avs 6 – Hurricanes 4). The Avs are at home this week to face the L.A. Kings and the Washington Capitals before heading out East for a four-game road trip that starts in Philly and ends in Tampa Bay.
