Parker joined The Denver Post in September 2022 after covering the Broncos for USA Today. Before that, he spent five years covering Nebraska football and athletics for the Lincoln Journal Star. He's a New Glarus, Wisconsin native and a University of Wisconsin graduate.
Javonte Williams of the Denver Broncos scores a rushing touchdown agaisnt Tyrann Mathieu and the New Orleans Saints during the second quarter at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. , always intense and notoriously so on game days, briefly let his guard down along the visiting sideline. He hugged his kids and his former quarterback. He gave out some high fives. He shared a warm embrace with Saints owner Gayle Benson. He kissed his wife.
They bullied Payton’s old team on the ground to the tune of 225 rushing yards, the most for the Broncos in a game in nearly 11 years. They leaned on their veteran offensive line, which on this night got right tackle Mike McGlinchey back from a stint on injured reserve. They continued their strong overall start to the year defensively and made life miserable for New Orleans rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler.
It only figures that it happened here, where Payton had a blast from the past waiting around every corner from the moment the Broncos’ charter landed Wednesday night to the time they took off back for Denver with a 4-3 record. Then Payton and the Broncos’ offensive braintrust set about trying to get Nix as comfortable as possible early in the game. They had designed run-game options for him. They put him in an empty formation on an early third down. They gave him some manageable throws.The Broncos moved the ball more consistently in the first half than they had this year outside of a Week 3 win at Tampa Bay.
All of that hardly mattered because the Broncos defense authored a dominant performance against an injury-ravaged Saints offense. Playing without Pat Surtain II , Vance Joseph’s group only allowed Rattler and company five first downs in the first half and they controlled the entire game.
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