Like a 1911 Model T, the Broncos’ run game has three gears: first, second and reverse. Surely, Sean Payton is as sick of this shift as the rest of us.
Bo Nix of the Denver Broncos celebrates with fans after the fourth quarter of the Broncos’ 31-13 win over the Indianapolis Colts at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. “I would say there’s some looks that we have to be better at, relative to when we’re running a certain play into some tough looks, where now you don’t really have the leverage,” Payton, the Broncos’ second-year coach, said Monday when asked about his mercurial — to put it kindly — rushing game right now.
The Colts galloped into Empower Field just begging to be run outta Dodge. Indianapolis hit Week 15 with a limp, ranked dead last in the circuit As temperatures drop, so do passes. Let’s not discount the giddy fact that we’re talking playoff football in mid-December with a straight face. But playoff football is lunchpail football, frozen tundra football, the way the good Lord intended.They went 6-4 when putting up 95 rush yards or more as a team, 1-4 otherwise. They were 6-2 when out-rushing the opposition, 1-6 when they didn’t.
Young No. 10’s passed almost every test the fates — and Payton — have chucked in front of him. But, bless him, he’ll need help in L.A. on Thursday night. And help in chilly Cincy. And for Kansas City after New Year’s — and whatever fresh Hades awaits after that.Grading The Week: Is Broncos’ Garett Bolles worth $82 million? He is to QB Bo Nix, and that’s only vote that countsRenck vs. Keeler: CU, CSU are finally bowling.
The Chiefs are 15-3 in playoff games since Mahomes took the reins. Of those, they’re 13-2 when rushing for at least 95 yards in the postseason and 2-3 when they don’t. In January,When the Buffalo Bill store atop Lookout Mountain closes Dec. 31, it will end a Colorado family legacy
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