It wasn’t pretty, but there are no asterisks next to ugly wins in the NFL.
The Denver Broncos defeated the New York Jets 10-9 on a rainy, sloppy day in New Jersey on Sunday. After the victory, Broncos coach Sean Payton called it a gritty performance.
“Man, proud of how we fought,” Payton said. “You don’t know sometimes; I think we talked about it last week how games unfold. I don’t think either team expected the weather to impact the game like it did that much in the first half. Nonetheless, good team that we played, and we fought hard. It was good to get a win.”
Denver has now won consecutive road games and the team is .500 going into next week’s home game against the Las Vegas Raiders.
“This team is young, we’ve got a lot of young guys but we’re gritty and I like it,” left tackle Garett Bolles said of the team’s two-game road trip. “I’m just very grateful man, this team is just so special man. From the locker room, our relationships that we have. We’re just trusting each other, trusting in the game plan, trusting in our coaches and I think just the importance of a team.
“It was just a team. Everyone just put their prides aside and we just focused on each other these last 10 days. We got one in Tampa, but I think this one was a special one how that meter was rolling back and forth. We needed to do what we needed to do and sometimes you win like this and that’s all that matters.”
The Broncos will now look to keep up the momentum against their division rival in Week 5.
