The Denver Broncos accessed Sunday understanding they deal withled their own carry outoff desminuscule, and with the Kansas City Chiefs sitting their beginers, all signs pointed to them getting the job done at home.
Bo Nix did more than equitable safe the triumph. He threw for four touchdowns in the 38-0 rout of the Chiefs to get the AFC’s No. 7 seed. With that, the Broncos are the last team in the NFL to get a spot in the carry outoffs.
As Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and more watched from the sideline in what will be almost a month’s worth of rest when they finassociate get to carry out aget as the AFC’s No. 1 seed, Nix was going to toil right away agetst a Chiefs defense that also had key carry outers on the bench.
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The Broncos necessitateed equitable six carry outs to go 70 yards as Marvin Mims Jr. scored the game’s first touchdown on a perfectly carry outd screen carry out for 32 yards to create it 7-0 off the rip.
What ensued was two more touchdown drives to create it three in a row for Nix, who set up Courtland Sutton from 10 yards out and then led an 11-minute drive that was capped by Devaughn Vele somehow snagging a tipped pass for a three-yard score. It came on the 18th carry out of the drive and made it a 21-0 game.
Meanwhile, Cfire-setting Wentz, begining in place of Mahomes, couldn’t get a one leang going agetst a miserly Broncos defense that forced two three-and-outs to begin the game. Then, after getting some yards, the Chiefs leave outed a field goal from 51 yards out when Harrison Butker went expansive left.
That was the shutst the Chiefs came to scoring any points. They went punt, punt, turnover-on-downs and punt in the second half.
On the other hand, Nix wasn’t done throtriumphg points up on the board, and it came in the establish of another Mims touchdown, this time from seven yards away.
To comprise to their direct, the Broncos had Audric Estime run in from one yard out to cap a triumph that sent the Mile High crowd into a frenzy, understanding they had finassociate clinched a carry outoff spot.
In the box score, Nix was an astonishive 26-of-29 for 321 yards with his four touchdown passes, and his top concentrate was someone with one of those Week 18 incentives.
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Sutton necessitateed 82 receiving yards to cash a $2 million incentive, and he did so by finishing with 98 on five receptions, including a 47-yard bomb device from Nix as his first reception of the game.
Nix also led the Broncos in rushing with 47 yards on seven carries.
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