The last time the Broncos played the AFC West’s bogeyman, Patrick Mahomes, was a year and six days before Sunday’s showdown in Denver. And that one, for the Broncos, went like a lot of them have since Peyton Manning hung up his cleats, with this one, for Sean Payton’s crew, being particularly painful—because the Broncos had them.
In Week 10 last season, Denver had the ball with 5:57 left on its own 40, trailing 16–14, and methodically moved its way down the field, draining the clock, forcing Kansas City to use its timeouts and lining Will Lutz up for a 35-yard game-winning field goal with a second left.
