Broncos Broncos QB Jarrett Stidham was heading into the game against his former team with confidence and felt that the locker room had done their best to rally around him after the injury to QB Bo Nix.
The snow was coming down in bunches in the second half as the Denver Broncos fell to the New England Patriots 10-7 for a trip to the Super Bowl. The defense stood tall, making life miserable for quarterback Drake Maye and company all game.
After an impressive season where they finished as the No. 1 seed in the AFC, the Denver Broncos were not able to get past the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship to advance to the Super Bowl.
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The Denver Broncos had all their hopes in Jarrett Stidham to possibly send them to the Super Bowl. He started his fifth NFL game under extraordinary circumstances.
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The error essentially gifted New England seven points when Stidham turned what would have been a drive-ending sack in the contest's second quarter into a fumble that the visitors recovered deep in Broncos territory.
The Denver Broncos’ magical season came to an end on Sunday at the hands of the New England Patriots in a blizzard. Both teams made mistakes throughout the game, but Denver’s two turnovers ultimately decided the game , leading to New England's 10-7 victory in the AFC championship game.
Jarrett Stidham was asked to be in a difficult situation as he saw his first real game action in more than two years in the AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
And just like that, the Denver Broncos' wild season came to a sudden halt. Despite Sean Payton's confident messaging all week, the Broncos were unable to overcome the loss of Bo Nix, falling to the New England Patriots 10-7 in the AFC championship game.
For decades, the AFC championship often guaranteed fans a chance at seeing at least one of the greatest quarterbacks of their lifetime in either Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes.
As the Denver Broncos made many mistakes like the failed fourth-and-one call in the second quarter to potentially put them up by 10 points early, the AFC Championship game saw the team fall to the New England Patriots, 10-7.
The Patriots won their first AFC Championship since 2019, defeating the Broncos 10-7. It was the first time the Patriots won a playoff game in Denver. The defense led the way for the Patriots.
Expecting Denver Broncos backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham to pull off an upset in the AFC Championship Game was unrealistic, especially with a run game that offered little support.
Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are gone, but the New England Patriots are still here, and still playing for Super Bowls.
Stidham isn't the top quarterback for the Denver Broncos, but he has bested Nix in one key metric.
The New England Patriots briefly lost out on six points during Sunday’s AFC Championship game due to an overeager whistle by the officiating crew. Late in the second quarter of Sunday’s game at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Co., Denver Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham lost control of the football inside his own 15-yard line.
Jarrett Stidham watched as the No. 1 seed Denver Broncos defeated Josh Allen and the No. 6 seed Buffalo Bills 33-30 in overtime in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs.
For most of his professional life, Jarrett Stidham has lived outside the NFL spotlight. He has been the quarterback in the meeting room, the trusted voice on the sideline and the emergency option teams hoped they would never need.
The Las Vegas Raiders are at home, as they missed the playoffs again. While this has become a regular occurrence for the Raiders, the rest of the AFC West has continued to trend upward, most recently the Denver Broncos.
When Jarrett Stidham was selected in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots, they believed he could be Tom Brady’s backup at worst and his successor at best.
The NFL Playoffs were thrown a curveball when Denver quarterback Bo Nix suffered a broken ankle on the next-to-last play of the win over Buffalo. Now the spotlight is on backup Jarrett Stidham to lead the Broncos to the Super Bowl with a win over New England.
The Denver Broncos, riding high on a magical season, lost Bo Nix to a broken ankle in the dying moments of a Divisional Round thriller. The stage is set for the AFC Championship Game.
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Earlier in the week, multiple New England Patriots players made it known they weren't taking Denver Broncos backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham lightly ahead of this coming Sunday's AFC Championship Game in Denver. Stidham is starting in place of QB1 Bo Nix, who recently underwent surgery on his injured ankle.
Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi found out about his starting quarterback's fractured ankle when his son told him on their drive home from Sunday's game.
Jarrett Stidham has waited his entire life for this. For the past three years, he has prepared every day as if he's the Denver Broncos' starting quarterback, and Bo Nix's season-ending ankle injury has made it a reality.
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