The Denver Broncos can grow to be the primary NFL staff to succeed in the eight-win mark after they host the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night time.
The Broncos have been kings of late comebacks whereas surprisingly being tied for one of the best document within the NFL coming into Week 10. Denver (7-2) is looking for its seventh straight victory when it faces its longtime AFC West rivals.
Broncos quarterback Bo Nix is targeted on what lies forward, and never the spectacular profitable streak.
“We have heard rather a lot concerning the win streak, however we’re not even actually excited about that as a result of we’ve got so many issues that we need to appropriate,” Nix mentioned Tuesday. “We really feel like we’ve not even performed a whole recreation offensively. We’re all in a development mindset and we’re nervous concerning the issues we are able to repair.”
Throughout the streak, Denver has rallied from fourth-quarter deficits 4 occasions.
Denver scored 18 factors within the closing interval of a 21-17 highway victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 5, kicked a fourth-quarter area purpose for a 13-11 win over the New York Jets in London in Week 6, ripped off 33 unanswered fourth-quarter factors for a 33-32 victory over the host New York Giants in Week 9 and scored 11 straight fourth-quarter factors in final Sunday’s 18-15 highway win over the Houston Texans.
Immediately, Nix (1,976 yards, 17 touchdowns) is growing an enormous repute for coming via within the clutch.
“Bo’s simply being Bo,” Denver receiver Courtland Sutton mentioned. “Week in and week out, he reveals up. … He finds a method. He is a gamer. The dude reveals up. We all know that when we’ve got him again there, we’ve got an opportunity to win the sport. I feel that is probably the most enjoyable factor and assured factor to have the ability to have is to know the man again there may be going to present us an opportunity to win the sport.”
Denver swept the Raiders final season after shedding the earlier eight matchups.
Las Vegas (2-6) has dropped six of its previous seven video games, together with a 30-29 house extra time loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars final Sunday.
The Raiders did not have the Broncos’ magic potion on their facet. After matching the Jaguars’ OT landing, they went for a two-point conversion to win however Jacksonville’s DaVon Hamilton batted down Geno Smith’s move.
Las Vegas coach Pete Carroll defended the choice as a result of wideout Tyler Lockett was open in the long run zone.
“I believed we gained the sport as a result of Geno went proper to (Lockett),” Carroll mentioned. “It was precisely proper. We simply acquired the ball knocked down.”
Second-year tight finish Brock Bowers had a monster recreation with 12 catches for 127 yards and three touchdowns. He’s the primary Raiders’ tight finish with three scoring catches in a recreation since franchise legend Todd Christensen in 1986.
The Raiders traded veteran receiver Jakobi Meyers to the Jaguars on Tuesday for 2 draft picks (a fourth-rounder and a sixth) in 2026.
Meyers, in his seventh NFL season, had 33 receptions for 352 yards with no touchdowns in seven video games. Final season, he established profession highs of 87 catches and 1,027 yards to go along with 4 scoring receptions.
Offensive coordinator Chip Kelly is making an attempt to determine the way to substitute his manufacturing.
“It must be a number of guys. Jakobi was such an affect participant for us,” Kelly mentioned after Tuesday. “I want him one of the best. He was an awesome follow participant, and I loved teaching him. He was a heck of a child, however we acquired another receivers who’re going to have to choose it up.”
Whereas the Raiders are wholesome, three Denver gamers missed follow Tuesday.
Star cornerback Patrick Surtain II (pectoral) sat out and can miss his second straight recreation. Additionally lacking the session have been kicker Wil Lutz (sickness) and tight finish Nate Adkins (knee).
–Discipline Stage Media
