Tag: Nik Bonitto
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Broncos’ Nik Bonitto, Jonathon Cooper are NFL’s top pass rushing duo and have a ‘good bromance’
When Nik Bonitto was a Broncos rookie in 2022, he met up for the first time with fellow outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper. Let’s just say he and Cooper, then in his second season, weren’t best buddies at the start. “My first encounter with him was, ‘Why is he so angry?’’’ Bonitto said. “He’s always walking…
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Mark Kiszla: Is Denver worst 7-2 team in NFL? ‘Drama ain’t nothing new to us!’
HOUSTON – The Broncos live on the brink but refuse to blink, and that might make them the worst 7-2 team in the NFL. Think they care? “It’s better than being 6-3,” defensive end Zach Allen said Sunday. Hard to argue with that logic. Denver staged yet another fourth-quarter comeback against Houston, leaving the Texans…
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Broncos vs. Jets: 3 takeaways from Denver’s 13-11 victory in London
The Broncos defeated the Jets, 13-11, on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Here are three takeaways from the Week 6 victory: Offense struggles Quarterback Bo Nix, on the third play of the first series, connected with wide receiver Troy Franklin on a catch that should have been a first down. Franklin instead gave up…
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Mark Kiszla: How the viral 6-7 meme links Broncos linebacker Nik Bonitto with a long dead English poet
LONDON — As a shameless troll, Broncos linebacker Nik Bonitto owes a creative debt to a dead poet from merry old England. “No way!” said Bonitto, refusing to believe it. Bonitto is the NFL sacks leader in 2025. Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet who died 825 years ago. “Chaucer?” Bonitto said. “Never heard of…
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Broncos’ Nik Bonitto provides inspiration to his ex-high school team, discusses goal to make Hall of Fame
LONDON — Nik Bonitto didn’t need to go back to Florida this week to be a returning hero. With the Broncos in London in preparation for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the star outside linebacker didn’t have to travel far to see his old Fort Lauderdale high school team…
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How Nik Bonitto’s fast start compares to best sack seasons in Broncos’ history
Nik Bonitto is chasing quarterbacks and history. The Broncos’ fourth-year edge rusher leads the NFL with seven sacks entering Week 6 against the Jets in London. Bonitto is on pace for 24 total sacks. That would be the most in NFL history, surpassing the single-season record of 22.5 sacks — set by the Giants’…
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Broncos ready to show their mettle in big game at Philadelphia: ‘We’re going there to win’
ENGLEWOOD — As far as outside linebacker Nik Bonitto is concerned, there is no interest in the Broncos earning a moral victory Sunday. Denver is a 4.5-point underdog at Philadelphia, the defending NFL champion. The Eagles are 4-0 and have won 20 of their last 21 games while the Broncos are 2-2 and searching for…
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Nik Bonitto eyes even bigger sack season, perhaps topping Von Miller’s Broncos record
ENGLEWOOD – Nik Bonitto has set a goal for this season. If all goes well, he might need to make an adjustment to it. The Broncos outside linebacker had 13.5 sacks in his breakout season of 2024. That helped him earlier this month get a four-year, $106 million contract extension. “I want to get more…
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Jonathon Cooper says time for defense to ‘wake up’ and finish games | Broncos notebook
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Two games ending in a walk-off field goal loss are difficult to stomach for the Broncos defense. On Sunday, after a 23-20 defeat to the division-leading Chargers, outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper tried to make sense of what happened in the postgame visiting locker room at SoFi Stadium. “Really frustrating,” Cooper said. “Because,…
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Fresh off lucrative contract extension, Broncos’ Zach Allen eyes 10-sack season | NFL Insider
Zach Allen got his bag, so he doesn’t need big sack totals to land a lucrative contract. Nevertheless, the Broncos defensive lineman would like to join teammates Nik Bonitto and Jonathon Cooper and become a member of the double-digit sack club. “The way sacks go, there’s so many different factors that go into sacks, but…