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Baltimore's offense and Denver's defense have led those teams back from their 0-2 starts

Oct. 31, 2024 19:29 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens and Denver Broncos have come a long way since starting the season 0-2. How they've done it is quite a contrast — Lamar Jackson and the Ravens with their dynamic offense, and the Broncos by pressuring quarterbacks and making it tough for...

Bo Nix's 5 wins are already a Broncos record for a rookie QB, surpassing John Elway

Oct. 31, 2024 17:28 PM EDT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The rookie quarterback leading the 2024 draft class into November isn't Caleb Williams or Jayden Daniels, the top two selections in April whose epic showdown in Week 8 saw each lead touchdown drives in the final 25 seconds. It's Denver QB Bo Nix, who was...

Payton says he wasn't trying to run up the score after some Panthers complain following 28-14 loss

Oct. 28, 2024 14:24 PM EDT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Sean Payton rolled out the same retort Monday for complaining Carolina players that he issued to his own team after the Denver Broncos' 28-14 victory over the Panthers. “Play better." Payton was unapologetic for his fake field goal attempt...

Rookie Bo Nix has 3 TD passes in leading the Broncos to a 28-14 win over the Panthers

Oct. 27, 2024 21:23 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Sean Payton didn't like the way the Denver Broncos started or finished their 28-14 win over the injury-riddled Carolina Panthers. In between, there was plenty for him to enjoy, though. Bo Nix threw three touchdown passes and ran for another and Denver's defense...

Coach Sean Payton says Broncos receiver Josh Reynolds 'pretty shaken up' after being shot last week

Oct. 25, 2024 21:50 PM EDT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver coach Sean Payton said Broncos receiver Josh Reynolds is doing OK but “was pretty shaken up” after being shot last week. “He’s fortunate,” Payton said. “Obviously the league and the local authorities are handling that. I’ve had a chance...

Bryce Young returns to the Carolina Panthers' lineup against a stingy Denver Broncos defense

Oct. 24, 2024 14:04 PM EDT

Carolina (1-6) at Denver (4-3) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL Odds: Broncos by 9. Series record: Broncos lead 6-2. Against the spread: Panthers 1-6; Broncos 5-2. Last meeting: Carolina beat Denver 23-10 on Nov. 27,...

Cody Barton says AFC Defensive Player of the Week honor doesn't ease the sting of his dropped pick-6

Oct. 23, 2024 21:29 PM EDT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — For all his exploits last week at New Orleans that earned him his first career AFC Defensive Player of the Week honor, Denver Broncos linebacker Cody Barton couldn't shake the one mistake he made. “Yeah, the dropped interception,” Barton said Wednesday...

Analysis: McManus, Barkley, Payton, Wilson and Chubb all relish returns in Week 7, Adams not so much

Oct. 22, 2024 13:58 PM EDT

Brandon McManus celebrated his game-winning field goal and his return to the NFL by doing — what else? — the Lambeau Leap. Or maybe we should call it the “Lambeau Lift.” “I definitely need to work on my hops," said McManus, who needed help from fans pulling...

Saints searching for remedies as they try to avoid their worst skid since 2005

Oct. 18, 2024 19:17 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Decades have passed since New Orleans Saints home games were associated with vast expanses of empty seats in a gloomy Superdome, interspersed with humiliated fans wearing brown paper bags over their heads. At the rate things are going, those days could return...

Broncos' blowout of Saints featured 2 of QB's best friends: a great ground game and dominant defense

Oct. 18, 2024 14:33 PM EDT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — When Sean Payton was preparing to hand over his offense to a rookie quarterback for the first time in his 17 years as an NFL head coach, he said two essential ingredients for success were a good ground game and a stout defense. Both showed up in the Broncos'...