Broncos Grind Out 10th Straight Win in Tough Battle vs. Raiders
So, here’s what went down in Las Vegas as the Denver Broncos pushed their win streak to an incredible ten games, sealing a 24–17 victory over the Raiders in a matchup that felt both controlled and chaotic at the same time. The game opened with something you don’t always see in the NFL: two marathon touchdown drives that ate the entire first quarter. Denver marched for nearly nine minutes on a beautifully balanced opening possession, and Bo Nix capped it with an 8-yard scramble right up the middle. He stayed perfect on that drive, completing every pass except the one he threw away.
But the Raiders answered immediately. Geno Smith was sharp early, delivering a flawless 6-for-6 series that ended with a soft 15-yard touchdown toss to Brock Bowers. At 7–7, both teams had scored, both teams had chewed clock, and the game had barely begun.
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Momentum shifted in the second quarter, and it came from Marvin Mims Jr. The Raiders were backed up deep after a big Denver sack, and the punt that followed gave Mims just enough space. He broke a would-be tackle, exploded to the left, and found nothing but open field. Forty-eight yards later, he was in the end zone with his first career punt-return touchdown. Suddenly, Denver was in charge.
From that point on, the Broncos leaned fully into their identity: long drives, controlled tempo, and mistake-free football. Nix played the definition of a composed game, finishing with 31 completions on 38 attempts and adding that early rushing touchdown. He didn’t force anything, didn’t turn the ball over, and kept the offense on schedule all afternoon. Rookie running back RJ Harvey stepped up with 75 rushing yards and several clutch catches, including a wild broken-tackle conversion where he kept himself upright with one hand on the turf.
Defensively, Denver made life progressively harder for Las Vegas. Nik Bonitto picked up two sacks, Malcolm Roach added another, and John Franklin-Myers helped create the field-position swing that led to Mims’ return. By the start of the fourth quarter, the Broncos had built a 24–7 lead behind another pair of clock-eating drives—one lasting more than nine minutes and another over ten.
The Raiders made things cosmetically close with a late touchdown and a field goal as time expired, but the flow of the game never really shifted. Denver nearly doubled the Raiders in time of possession and ran 24 more offensive plays—pure control from start to finish.
With the win, the Broncos moved to 11–2 and secured a key tiebreaker over the Patriots in the race for the AFC’s top playoff seed. And while Sean Payton insists the team is focused only on the next game, the path ahead suddenly looks very real. Ten straight wins, a poised rookie quarterback, and a team that’s learned how to manage every moment—it’s all starting to feel like something bigger is building in Denver.
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