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Courtland Sutton smiled. P. J. Locke gasped. Marvin Mims Jr. was given space on a crucial punt return in the fourth quarter against the Colts and all his teammates on the sideline knew something special was about to happen. The second-year wide receiver — one of the best punt returners in the league — caught the ball on the far right side of Denver’s 25-yard line before sprinting to the left and down the sideline for a 61-yard return to Indianapolis’ 15. Two plays later, quarterback Bo Nix threw a short pass over the middle to Nate Adkins that the second-year tight end turned into a 15-yard touchdown with a spin move and shake to give the Broncos a 17-13 lead with 13:51 to go. It was the first blow landed in a 21-point fourth quarter Sunday at Empower Field at Mile Mile that gave the Broncos a 31-13 knockout victory and secured the team’s first winning season since 2016.

Nik Bonitto is quick to say he used to be quite a hooper in his younger days. “I was a menace in basketball,” he said Sunday evening. “I was picking up full-court, guarding everybody.” The third-year Broncos outside linebacker at this point doesn’t need to do much talking about his game on the football field. His play alone makes it obvious: Bonitto’s not just a menace.

Bo Nix smiled on the sideline, arms around the shoulders of friends and relatives. He took 20 pictures with an endless stream of groups, one after another, never losing his patience. Eventually, he held a baby in his arms — not his — as phones prepared to click. An object was waved — we have all been there — to get the infant to look toward the camera.

Broncos Country has a new not-so-secret Santa. ‘Twas the weekend before Christmas, Empower resigned For Jonathan Taylor scored easy … then lost his dang mind. “Whenever something happens that should never happen, that’s always going to sting,” Taylor, the Colts’ stellar tailback, said of his unintentional fumble at the 1-yard line early in the third quarter, a turnover that flipped the script on a bizarre 31-13 loss to the Broncos.

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A big win came with a potentially big loss Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High after Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain II sustained an ankle injury during an interception return in the fourth quarter. The injury occurred after Surtain picked off quarterback Anthony Richardson in the final minutes of Denver’s 31-13 win over the Indianapolis Colts.