If you happen to had any doubts as as to whether or not the Denver Broncos are for actual this season, you may in all probability do away with these ideas after Sunday’s 22-19 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Not solely did the Broncos rating a significant win for themselves to take full management of the AFC West, additionally they delivered an enormous punch to the Chiefs’ playoff probabilities.
What makes all of it much more spectacular is that they did it with a banged up roster that was lacking beginning working again J.Okay. Dobbins and defensive standouts Pat Surtain II and Alex Singleton. None of it mattered.
No mistaking it now: Broncos are for actual
Sunday turned out to be a unbelievable day for the Broncos and their pursuit of a division title. Not solely did they safe a second-straight successful season, additionally they elevated their lead within the AFC West race.
Their win, mixed with the Los Angeles Chargers‘ loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, offers them a two-game lead for the highest spot and a surprising four-game lead over the Chiefs, who presently in third-place.
The Broncos haven’t gained a division title since their Tremendous Bowl-winning season in 2015 and are actually within the driver’s seat to do it this season. They nonetheless have another head-to-head recreation with the Chiefs and Chargers, however additionally they have a pleasant cushion in-built with a manageable schedule within the subsequent few weeks.
Sunday’s win was the Broncos’ eighth in a row, and two of these wins got here towards final 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl members, Kansas Metropolis and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Probably the most encouraging factor for the Broncos on Sunday is the very fact second-year quarterback Bo Nix outplayed Kansas Metropolis’s Patrick Mahomes and made the entire huge throws within the huge moments. A lot of the Chiefs’ run of dominance over the previous decade has been about their potential to make simply sufficient performs in the entire shut video games to search out methods to win.
On Sunday, Nix and the Broncos made the performs.
