Tag: Super Bowl
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Could top-seeded Broncos get dissed as home underdog in playoffs?
For most of this NFL season, I wanted just a single playoff win for the Broncos. Now it feels like Super Bowl or bust to me. – Chris B., sunny and mild Kiz: With a chip on the shoulder pads now standard issue with every Broncos uniform, this team has leaned into the talk that…
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Mark Kiszla: ‘It’s our turn to bring a parade to the city!’ declares Broncos star Courtland Sutton
Don’t tell anybody. But the Broncos have a bad case of trophy envy. And that’s a good thing. The Colorado Avalanche hoisted the Stanley Cup in 2022. Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets went on parade with the Larry O’Brien Trophy in 2023. And now? “It’s our turn to bring a parade to the city,”…
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Mark Kiszla: In 10 quick seconds, here’s how Pat Surtain and Broncos shut up the fraud talk forever
When the Broncos storm the field for the Super Bowl, we will remember these perfect 10 seconds when they erased any doubt about their championship chops. “Bet against us … and enjoy losing,” said linebacker Alex Singleton, after Denver overcame a nine-point deficit in the second half to put a 34-26 thumping on Green Bay.…
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Mark Kiszla: Broncos’ road to Super Bowl begins with Bo Nix’s hands under rump of center Luke Wattenberg
Why wait until the 25th day of December, when Bo Nix and Sean Payton need to start unwrapping their shiniest presents now? All I want for Christmas is a Broncos offense that scares somebody. Despite its 11-2 record, Denver will take the field Sunday in its home stadium, with too many Cheeseheads populating the stands…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Why a loss would be best thing to happen to Broncos
You say the Broncos might be the worst 10-2 in NFL history? Wrong. They are. – Mark, Aurora Kiz: The sum of this Broncos team is greater than its parts. That’s praise, not criticism, and a strong belief Sean Payton deserves stronger consideration as an NFL Coach of the Year candidate. I do believe the…
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Examining the Broncos’ path to a No. 1 seed in AFC playoffs
Maybe Sean Payton was right after all. The always-confident Broncos coach proclaimed in August that his 2025 team was among just a handful in his career with a real chance to win a Super Bowl. Now, fast forward four months later. Denver sits atop the AFC West at 10-2 with a shot to earn the…
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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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With new stadium, Broncos look to expand ticket price tiers
Building a new stadium for the Denver Broncos instead of renovating Empower Field will give the team more flexibility to expand the price points it offers for tickets, the team’s president said. “Right now, we have a pretty limited menu of options,” said Damani Leech, Bronco’s president in one of his first public appearances since…
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Why Broncos GM George Paton believes Denver has ‘a recipe to win a lot of games’ in 2025
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The architect behind the Broncos’ roster is confident about their chances in 2025. General manager George Paton answered a variety of questions in a Thursday teleconference call with reporters. While his public expectations fell short of coach Sean Payton’s Super Bowl talk, he expressed similar views when asked if Denver has a playoff-caliber team this…