The Denver Broncos defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in a resounding victory, marking their most successful regular season since Peyton Manning. Bo Nix set new NFL rookie records, and the team secured consecutive home wins against the Chiefs for the first time since 2013-14.
Bo Nix (10) of the Denver Broncos rolls out against the Kansas City Chiefs during the first quarter at Empower Field at Mile High on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)Will the last demon exorcised from Empower Field please turn out the lights? The Broncos’ most successful regular season since Peyton Manning hung up his six-shooter ended with a historic, and emphatic laugher.
Let’s get this out of the way first: Did Andy Reid show up intending to win? Not with that version of Carson Wentz, no. But so what? You can only pound who’s in front of you. The Broncos shook off nearly a decade’s worth of misery, both against the Chiefs, and the NFL, in one swoop. Denver’s 38 points against Kansas City were the most since Dec. 30, 2012. Which was also the last time a Broncos team led KC by more than 17 points at halftime (21-3). The win also marked consecutive home victories over the Chiefs for the first time since 2013-14. The orange and blue are shuffling off to Buffalo, to the postseason, and doing it with style.And the Broncos don’t get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2015-’16 without solving the league’s most basic truism: Gotta have a combo at coach and quarterback. It was costly. And it was a long time coming. But the Broncos finally got there with Sean Payton and Bo Nix. This franchise can start moving forward again, now that it knows that it can build around the latter. And how’s this for marking your territory as a rookie? Nix’s 18 passing scores at home were a new NFL rookie record. His 18 straight completions were the most ever by a first-year NFL QB to open a game, and only two behind Hugh Millen’s record of 20 straight for the Broncos’ single-game consecutive completion record.Courtland Sutton redid his contract in the summer to try and help the Broncos soldier through the expensive and painful Russell Wilson divorce. In September, he converted $1
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