The Broncos hosted the Patriots on Sunday in the AFC championship game for a chance to go to the Super Bowl. But, as has been the case throughout this postseason, a questionable call by the referees ended up a dominant storyline in the first half.
Backup Jarrett Stidham played pretty well in place of Bo Nix to start the game for Denver. He threw a deep bomb on the second possession of the game before opening up the scoring by throwing a touchdown pass to Courtland Sutton. The Broncos’ defense proved ready to go from the opening whistle and completely shut down Drake Maye’s offense. It was all going Denver’s way.
