The Denver Broncos struggled adjoin the New England Patriots aegis throughout abundant of their Sunday Night Football antagonism and concluded up alarming a big adventitious to advance their playoff hopes. They angry it up backward but concluded accident 26-23 in the bold at Empower Field at Mile High.
Denver’s almanac is now 7-8 with two amateur larboard in the season.
After falling abaft 23-7, the Broncos angry it aback Russell Wilson threw touchdown passes to bound end Lucas Krull and wideout Brandon Johnson and adapted 2-point passes to Johnson and Javonte Williams.
The Broncos had a attempt at commutual the improvement aback they got the brawl at their 39 with 1:42 actual but they went three-and-out, giving the brawl aback to New England with aloof beneath a minute remaining. Chad Ryland fabricated a career-long 56-yard acreage ambition with 2 abnormal larboard afterwards a seven-play, 44-yard drive by the Patriots.
Patriots quarterback Bailey Zappe gave New England its aboriginal advance with a 15-yard touchdown bung to Ezekiel Elliott, but Ryland’s absent PAT larboard the Patriots up 9-7.
On the game’s aboriginal snap, D.J. Jones strip-sacked Zappe and recovered the apart brawl himself at the New England 5-yard line.
The Broncos came abroad empty-handed, however, back Williams ran three times into the teeth of the league’s best run defense, including on fourth-and-goal from the 2 back Christian Barmore chock-full him a backyard shy of the ambition line.
The Broncos started their abutting drive at the Patriots 46 but went three-and-out and they began their third drive at the New England 25 afterwards Mims’ 52-yard punt return.
Zappe able burden and begin Mike Gesicki with an 11-yard touchdown bandy to accomplish it 16-7, and Marvin Mims Jr. fumbled the afterwards alpha at the 5-yard line. Cody Davis biconcave it up at the 1 and formed beyond the ambition line.
The Broncos’ already banal breach suffered a big accident aback advanced receiver Courtland Sutton went out in the aboriginal bisected with a concussion, and all Denver managed through three abode was Williams’ 3-yard TD run to accessible the scoring.
The Broncos authority actual aside hopes of acceptable aloof the fourth aggregation aback the alliance to accomplish the playoffs afterwards accident bristles of their aboriginal six games, but they’ll charge affluence of advice to get there now.
Denver’s aegis has agitated the aggregation all season, arch the Broncos aback from a 1-5 alpha and into playoff contention, but Payton’s breach hasn’t done its part, article that was never in clearer focus than in the game’s aperture sequence.
On the game’s aboriginal snap, D.J. Jones strip-sacked Zappe and recovered the apart brawl himself at the New England 5-yard line.
The Broncos came abroad empty-handed, however, back Williams ran three times into the teeth of the league’s best run defense, including on fourth-and-goal from the 2 back Christian Barmore chock-full him a backyard shy of the ambition line.
The Broncos started their abutting drive at the Patriots 46 but went three-and-out and they began their third drive at the New England 25 afterwards Mims’ 52-yard punt return.
This time, they assuredly exploited their acceptable acreage position with Williams active it in for a 7-0 lead.
Zappe accomplished 25 of 33 for 25 yards and two TDs. Wilson was 25 of 37 for 238 yards and two TDs.
