The Broncos’ Skepticism Is Extremely Overblown

The Buffalo Bills lost to the Miami Dolphins in Miami, 30-13. No, that was not a typo. The same Dolphins team that lost to the Baltimore Ravens 28-6 just over a week ago.

This Miami team is the definition of dead in the water. Going into that game, they were 3-7, lost their best receiver, and the quarterback had been playing the worst football of his career. Meanwhile, the Bills came into the game with all the momentum in the world.

Buffalo had just beaten the Kansas City Chiefs 28-21. A game they had dominated from start to finish, and Josh Allen was nearly perfect. You’d think that the Bills would have an easy win, right?

No, because the NFL is a weird place, especially in 2025, and division games are always tough, no matter the record of each team. On Sunday, Miami rushed for 197 yards and bullied the Bills’ defense all night long. The game was over at halftime when it was 16-0.

Is it possible that Buffalo looked past Miami? Absolutely! Does this game make the Bills frauds and not a good team in the AFC? Of course not.

The Jacksonville Jaguars Straight Up Choked

The Jacksonville Jaguars fell victim to the latest crazy comeback of 2025. They led the Houston Texans 29-10 after three quarters and got molly whopped in the fourth 26-0. The Texans, by the way, did not have CJ Stroud starting this game.

Backup quarterback Davis Mills was instrumental in the comeback win over the Jags. He threw for nearly 300 yards and threw two touchdowns while running in for one. For a Jag defense that came out of the gates red hot, allowing this comeback was completely unexpcted and unforgivable.

Despite that, however, it feels like the Broncos still caught more criticism for winning their ugly game rather than the Jaguars losing to a backup quarterback in historic fashion. I will make my point once more:

Divisional games are tricky. No type of record or momentum is going to matter because of the familiarity aspect of the game. I would like the media to give Jacksonville the same energy they gave the Broncos.

Do you think it will happen, though? No, because Denver is a good team, and they have solidified that by finding ways to win, so the media will start to nitpick to discredit them. Jacksonville, on the other hand, is 5-4 and a mediocre team, so it is looked at as whatever.

End Of Denver Broncos Criticism Rant

I’m not saying all the Broncos’ criticism is unfair. They certainly deserve some, and the questions about Bo Nix and his plays are fair. I just want consistency on how the media covers each team.

It’s not right to say Denver is fraudulent and they’re 8-2 record is shady because they have a couple of narrow wins against bad teams. Meanwhile, teams like the Bills and Jags don’t get talked about like that for some reason, even though they lost.

Is it better to lose than to win an ugly game? Last time I checked, the game is about wins and losses. Not about style points.

Beating the Chiefs doesn’t mean a bad loss is just forgiven all of a sudden. You play to win the game. Denver has been doing that better than Jacksonville and Buffalo so far, and yet they have been chastised a lot more.