AFC North Whiparound: How much has each team changed over the past month? By Mike DeFabo, Jeff Zrebiec, Paul Dehner Jr. and Zac Jackson Each week during the regular season and occasionally during the offseason, our AFC North writers gather for a roundtable discussion. As ... 12/19/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link
NFL Playoff Bracket Picture 2024-25: Standings, Scenarios After Broncos vs. Chargers The Los Angeles Chargers are one step closer to the postseason after defeating their AFC West rivals, the Denver Broncos, by a 34-27 margin on Thursday ... 12/19/2024 - 7:25 pm | View Link
Bengals’ Playoff Scenarios: Joe Burrow and Co. Trending in the Right Direction Amid Competitive AFC Wild Card Race It has not been a fun season for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2024, with contract disputes, injuries, and general poor play leaving them clinging onto their playoff hopes by a thread. As things stand, ... 12/19/2024 - 3:30 pm | View Link
Here’s how the Pittsburgh Steelers can clinch the AFC North in Week 16 Well, that is simple. All the Steelers have to do to clinch the AFC North is defeat the Baltimore Ravens. If they do that, they will have locked up a top-four seed but could finish just about anywhere ... 12/16/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link
The Ravens have a few paths to an AFC North title. They all start with a win vs. Pittsburgh. The Ravens are 2-2 in AFC North play. If they beat the Steelers and then the Browns in Week 18, they’d finish the season 4-2. The Steelers are 3-1 in the division, meaning losses to the Ravens and to ... 12/16/2024 - 1:22 am | View Link
The Nuggets’ flare for the dramatic seems unlikely to go away any time soon. Generally this season, it has worked out in their favor. Not on Thursday.
Anfernee Simons drove to his right for a game-winning layup as time expired, handing the Nuggets their 11th loss of the season after they had erased a 17-point gap in the fourth quarter.
The Denver Broncos faced the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on December 19, 2024. Denver lost 34-27.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Hold your horses.
The Broncos saw the light. And the Chargers gave them thunder.
The Broncos are not yet playoff-bound for the first time since 2015. Their noses remain pressed up against the postseason window pane after a loss that was easier to hate than explain.
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Broncos coach Sean Payton entered Thursday night with a directive, his own version of a seatbelt.
Initial thoughts from the Broncos’ 34-27 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 16 at SoFi Stadium:
1. Self-inflicted wounds: As sheer pain goes, that Chiefs road game’s got a little company now. You don’t need to see the world with orange-and-blue glasses to notice that the Broncos gifted the Bolts at least nine points in the middle of the contest.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Sean Payton never felt settled during the Broncos’ recent bye week.
He said he never fully does. A few days with the prospect of more work ahead isn’t long enough to truly decompress. And the task is even tougher when you’re trying to end an eight-year playoff drought.
As the Broncos returned to action ahead of a game against Indianapolis, he called out one area that he was particularly concerned about.
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“Our penalty numbers are still problematic,” he said on Dec.
A look at how the Broncos’ rookies played in their 34-27 loss to the Chargers on Thursday night.
Highlight: Kris Abrams-Draine was known for his ball skills at Missouri. That trait was on display in the second quarter when he read Justin Herbert’s pass perfectly and jumped in front of wide receiver Josh Palmer to secure his first career interception near the Broncos’ goal line.