Denver Broncos 2023 Schedule

The Broncos have two games left on their 2023 schedule.

The Denver Broncos are set to host the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 17 of the 2023 NFL season on Sunday afternoon.

The Broncos will play nine games at their home Empower Field at Mile High Stadium this year and eight games on the road. Because the league has an unbalanced 17-game schedule, the NFC and AFC rotate between having an extra home game. This year, the AFC gets a ninth home game.

Related: Broncos 2023 Wallpaper Schedule

Denver Broncos 2023 Schedule

Week Date TV Opponent Time (MT)
1 Sun, Sept. 10 CBS vs. Raiders 2:25 p.m.
2 Sun, Sept. 17 CBS vs. Commanders 2:25 p.m.
3 Sun, Sept. 24 CBS @ Dolphins 11 a.m.
4 Sun, Oct. 1 CBS @ Bears 11 a.m.
5 Sun, Oct. 8 CBS vs. Jets 2:25 p.m.
6 TNF, Oct. 12 Amazon @ Chiefs 6:15 p.m.
7 Sun, Oct. 22 CBS vs. Packers 2:25 p.m.
8 Sun, Oct. 29 CBS vs. Chiefs 2:25 p.m.
9 Sun, Nov. 5 BYE 
10 MNF, Nov. 13 ESPN @ Bills 6:15 p.m.
11 SNF, Nov. 19 NBC vs. Vikings 6:20 p.m.
12 Sun, Nov. 26 Fox vs. Browns 2:05 p.m.
13 Sun, Dec. 3 CBS @ Texans 11:00 a.m.
14 Sun, Dec. 10 CBS @ Chargers 2:25 p.m.
15 Sat, Dec. 16 NFL Network @ Lions 6:15 p.m.
16 Sun, Dec. 24 NFL Network vs. Patriots 6:15 p.m.
17 Sun, Dec. 31 CBS vs. Chargers 2:25 p.m.
18 Sun, Jan. 7 Fox @ Raiders 2:25 p.m.

The Broncos have not returned to the playoffs since their Super Bowl-winning season in 2015. Payton faces an uphill battle to end that streak.

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Denver Broncos 2023 Schedule

The Broncos have three games left to attempt to get into the NFL playoffs.

The Denver Broncos are set to take on the New England Patriots in Week 16 of the 2023 NFL season in a Christmas Eve showdown at Empower Field at Mile High.

The Broncos will play nine games at their home Empower Field at Mile High Stadium this year and eight games on the road. Because the league has an unbalanced 17-game schedule, the NFC and AFC rotate between having an extra home game. This year, the AFC gets a ninth home game.

Related: Broncos 2023 Wallpaper Schedule

Denver quarterback Russell Wilson will aim to bounce back this fall after a disappointing first season with the Broncos in 2022. Wilson should be helped by the arrival of new head coach Sean Payton, a QB guru.

Denver Broncos 2023 Schedule

Week Date TV Opponent Time (MT)
1 Sun, Sept. 10 CBS vs. Raiders 2:25 p.m.
2 Sun, Sept. 17 CBS vs. Commanders 2:25 p.m.
3 Sun, Sept. 24 CBS @ Dolphins 11 a.m.
4 Sun, Oct. 1 CBS @ Bears 11 a.m.
5 Sun, Oct. 8 CBS vs. Jets 2:25 p.m.
6 TNF, Oct. 12 Amazon @ Chiefs 6:15 p.m.
7 Sun, Oct. 22 CBS vs. Packers 2:25 p.m.
8 Sun, Oct. 29 CBS vs. Chiefs 2:25 p.m.
9 Sun, Nov. 5 BYE 
10 MNF, Nov. 13 ESPN @ Bills 6:15 p.m.
11 SNF, Nov. 19 NBC vs. Vikings 6:20 p.m.
12 Sun, Nov. 26 Fox vs. Browns 2:05 p.m.
13 Sun, Dec. 3 CBS @ Texans 11:00 a.m.
14 Sun, Dec. 10 CBS @ Chargers 2:25 p.m.
15 Sat, Dec. 16 NFL Network @ Lions 6:15 p.m.
16 Sun, Dec. 24 NFL Network vs. Patriots 6:15 p.m.
17 Sun, Dec. 31 CBS vs. Chargers 2:25 p.m.
18 Sat/Sun, Jan. 6/7 TBD @ Raiders TBD

The Broncos have not returned to the playoffs since their Super Bowl-winning season in 2015. Payton will aim to end that streak in 2023.

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Dennis Allen’s Saints bafflingly opted for an onside kick with 4 minutes left in a 1-score game

It’s almost like Dennis Allen wants to get fired.

Despite getting their teeth kicked in by the Los Angeles Rams for most of the night, the New Orleans Saints had a legitimate shot at making an unlikely comeback on Thursday night.

That is until Dennis Allen completely overthought the game’s most important sequence.

After the Saints cut the Rams’ lead to 30-22 with just under four minutes left, Allen made a very strange decision. Instead of kicking the ball deep to pin the Rams’ offense back, he opted for a low-percentage onside kick that effectively ended the game once Los Angeles recovered.

What are we doing here, folks? Why don’t we trust our players?

It’s kind of baffling to consider that a coach would actually want to lean on an onside kick — which is almost never recovered by the kicking team these days — instead of asking his defense to get a single stop. But maybe that’s why Allen is on the hot seat, and the Saints are in danger of missing the playoffs.

Kendre Miller is a surprise add to the Saints inactive list against the Rams

Kendre Miller is a surprise add to the Saints inactive list against the Rams. Fans will have to wait another week to see the rookie running back again:

This is tough. Kendre Miller is a surprise add to the New Orleans Saints inactive list going into Thursday night’s game with the Los Angeles Rams; he had missed the last five games recovering from an ankle injury, but practiced this week, and his coaches made it sound like he had a good chance to play in prime time. NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill first broke the bad news.

Instead, fans will have to wait another week to see the rookie running back again. It’s been a very disappointing season for Miller after he missed most of the offseason program recovering from a college knee injury while talking himself up as someone who could do everything Alvin Kamara can do. Hopefully he can make good on that promise after returning to full health.

Here is the full inactive list from both teams:

Saints inactive players

  • DE Isaiah Foskey (injury)
  • S Lonnie Johnson (injury)
  • RT Ryan Ramczyk (injury)
  • RB Kendre Miller (injury)
  • QB Jake Haener
  • DB Cameron Dantzler Sr.
  • LB Monty Rice

Rams inactive players

  • DB Tre Tomlinson (injury)
  • RB Zach Evans
  • OLB Ochaun Mathis
  • OL Warren McClendon Jr.
  • DE Desjuan Johnson.

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Saints vs. Rams: How to watch, listen and stream Week 16 game

Saints vs. Rams: How to watch, listen and stream Week 16 game

The New Orleans Saints are preparing for their Thursday night matchup with the Los Angeles Rams as both teams continue their march to the playoffs.

It’s shaping up for a good game. The Rams are favored in this one. but the Saints are on a bit of a hot streak in the last few weeks. Here’s how you can tune into the Week 16 matchup on Thursday:

Saints enter Thursday Night Football vs. Rams in a ‘prove it’ situation

After a strong performance against the Giants, New Orleans has to prove they can do it again against better competition:

The New Orleans Saints game versus the Los Angeles Rams is a “prove it game.” The Saints have recovered from a three game losing streak with two wins in a row. Their victory over the Panthers wasn’t impressive, but New Orleans looked good against the Giants. On Sunday, New Orleans looked how we expected them to look all season against lower competition.

The defense was dominant and showed good technique. In the second half, the offense gained consistency. The Rams will pose a greater challenge than the last two weeks. Can New Orleans keep up their level of play against the Rams? Thursday night will be used to prove their performance against the Giants wasn’t a fluke.

Can the defense play well in the first half against a better offense? Can they continue to rush the passer and convert pressure into sacks? Will the offense’s red zone efficiency continue? These are all important questions. Playing well Thursday and answering these questions positively would showcase a consistency we haven’t seen in two years.

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The Saints’ Twitter account used the Kurt Angle meme to remind the NFL about their infamous NFC title game no-call

The Saints had a Super Bowl trip cancelled because of this call!

Just about half a decade ago, the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams were embroiled in an instant classic NFC title game. But then a non-pass interference call on Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman epitomized a controversial ending that may have robbed New Orleans of a Super Bowl trip.

With the two franchises set to face off on Thursday Night Football this week, the NFL decided to promote the matchup with highlights from that conference championship game.

There was just one problem: the league neglected to feature that no-call that likely decided the final result.

This did not go unnoticed by the Saints’ Twitter account, which hilariously used the Kurt Angle meme to highlight the massive omission:

That no-call was one of the most significant moments in the Saints’ and Rams’ respective histories

So of course the team that saw the wrong end of it wasn’t just going to let the league forget about it. Kudos to the Saints for showing an excellent internet sense of humor about the omission.

The NFL is intentionally devaluing its product with its unneeded Monday Night Football expansion plan

The NFL knows fans will watch literally any football and that’s not a good thing.

The NFL is an American cultural monolith. The league exists outside of the parameters of traditional media and cultural consumption because it genuinely holds that kind of power. It owns a day of the week, which millions of people and fans spend every Sunday observing as if it’s a legitimate religious experience.

The problem is that the NFL is way too self-aware.

And it understands that its broad influence can get pro football fans everywhere to gobble up any grey slop put on their plates.

A new report from Ben Volin of the Boston Globe centers on the NFL’s active expansion plans. Soon enough, the league will be playing meaningful games in Brazil. In the future, France, Australia, and Ghana appear to be on the radar of Football’s Evil Empire, with all 32 teams expected to play somewhere that isn’t the United States at least every other year. Only the Arctic Circle might be safe from hosting NFL football (and even that feels far from guaranteed).

This is already on top of the NFL making Christmas and Black Friday football a thing while capturing entire Saturdays in the dead part of the college football calendar. Not to mention the needless hoopla concerning draft season — four offseason months dedicated to incessantly selling (false) hope about amateur young men breathing life into your favorite team, not even tangible games. No one is safe from a league that will clearly, at all costs, try to gain complete dominion over American television.

The critical contention here is that the league wants to, yet again, tighten its vise grip around the wrist of a football-obsessed country broaden its broadcast horizons. After testing out three separate Monday Night Football doubleheaders this season, the NFL claims this will be a regularity soon. As in, if the league puts what it wants into motion, there will likely be two Monday night games every single week, potentially even starting in 2024.

Why? Because the powers that be know fans will watch anything — even backup quarterbacks struggling to complete 15 whole passes — if it’s under the guise of a national television audience at night. The Thursday Night Football business model is spreading!

More from Ben Volin of the Boston Globe in a short conversation with Brian Rolapp, NFL executive VP, chief media, and business officer:

“I’m not sure we’ve drawn any broad conclusions yet, but we do like the model where it’s ultimately more football for fans,” Rolapp said. “Last Monday (December 11) was a perfect example — both those games were fantastic, and everyone got to see it, go back and forth, which they’re doing on Sundays anyway in a lot of ways.”

Were those Miami Dolphins-Tennessee Titans and Green Bay Packers-New York Giants matchups actually fantastic? Or was it just a product of people passively putting on their televisions at night because they’re bored and can just say, “Any football is good football”?

Excuse me, Mr. Rolapp. I’ll be the judge of that.

Miami and Tennessee struggled to gain offensive first downs for most of the evening. It was a monument to the supposedly highest level of the game being played in a chaotically inept fashion. By far the most interesting aspect of the Packers-Giants matchup was a living, breathing Italian-American meme playing quarterback for New York. The game itself was a sideshow, manufactured drama under the pretense of playing under the lights.

Judging by the NFL’s reaction, the evening was still a successful test of how it can challenge its rabid fanbase with the lowest form of its product. In this case, a night game puts lipstick on the pig of otherwise unwatchable football that no one would pay attention to in a bog standard afternoon slate.

More from the Boston Globe:

“’The whole concept behind it is, can we take underdistributed games on Sunday afternoon and make it more widely distributed and we get a bigger audience?’ Rolapp said.”

Congratulations, everyone (myself included).

The automaton football league has finally discovered it can pit awful three-win teams against each other in a primetime television slot, and people will probably watch no matter what. It has learned it can place a game anywhere in its schedule and have players play said game anywhere, and we’ll thoughtlessly absorb it like bread with warm butter.

This is not a great development for the future of the NFL.

The entire appeal of professional football was that we could enjoy it in moderation once or twice a week and ascribe extra meaning to an impactful regular season in advance of a competitive playoff field. But now NFL football is on at least three times a week, sometimes four. The regular season is 17 games long, there are 14 playoff teams, and it seems inevitable that the campaign will eventually feature 18 games with an even more expanded field. Heck, outright league expansion on an international level is probably on the horizon, too. I don’t know how the logistics would make sense between teams based in the United States and across the Atlantic Ocean, but I’m not sure the NFL cares.

And these new teams will play all these new “meaningful” games in London, in Stockholm, in Madagascar, in Siberia, ensuring that we all watch so long as they strategically time their kickoffs.

Welcome to the NFL’s true oversaturation moment. For all intents and purposes, it is the fixture of American culture. And it will feed you so much football — whether you want it or not.

Denver Broncos 2023 Schedule

The Broncos have four games left to attempt to get into the NFL playoffs.

The Denver Broncos are set to take on the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 14 in a showdown with big implications in the AFC playoff race.

The Broncos are set to travel 19,930 miles this season and face the 12th-hardest strength of schedule in the league. Before any flexes, Denver’s initial schedule includes four prime-time games.

The Broncos will play nine games at their home Empower Field at Mile High Stadium this year and eight games on the road. Because the league has an unbalanced 17-game schedule, the NFC and AFC rotate between having an extra home game. This year, the AFC gets a ninth home game.

Related: Broncos 2023 Wallpaper Schedule

Denver quarterback Russell Wilson will aim to bounce back this fall after a disappointing first season with the Broncos in 2022. Wilson should be helped by the arrival of new head coach Sean Payton, a QB guru.

Denver Broncos 2023 Schedule

Week Date TV Opponent Time (MT)
1 Sun, Sept. 10 CBS vs. Raiders 2:25 p.m.
2 Sun, Sept. 17 CBS vs. Commanders 2:25 p.m.
3 Sun, Sept. 24 CBS @ Dolphins 11 a.m.
4 Sun, Oct. 1 CBS @ Bears 11 a.m.
5 Sun, Oct. 8 CBS vs. Jets 2:25 p.m.
6 TNF, Oct. 12 Amazon @ Chiefs 6:15 p.m.
7 Sun, Oct. 22 CBS vs. Packers 2:25 p.m.
8 Sun, Oct. 29 CBS vs. Chiefs 2:25 p.m.
9 Sun, Nov. 5 BYE 
10 MNF, Nov. 13 ESPN @ Bills 6:15 p.m.
11 SNF, Nov. 19 NBC vs. Vikings 6:20 p.m.
12 Sun, Nov. 26 Fox vs. Browns 2:05 p.m.
13 Sun, Dec. 3 CBS @ Texans 11:00 a.m.
14 Sun, Dec. 10 CBS @ Chargers 2:25 p.m.
15 Sat, Dec. 16 NFL Network @ Lions 6:15 p.m.
16 Sun, Dec. 24 NFL Network vs. Patriots 6:15 p.m.
17 Sun, Dec. 31 CBS vs. Chargers 2:25 p.m.
18 Sat/Sun, Jan. 6/7 TBD @ Raiders TBD

The Broncos have not returned to the playoffs since their Super Bowl-winning season in 2015. Payton will aim to end that streak in 2023.

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Richard Sherman ruthlessly called for Brandon Staley’s job after the Chargers’ historically awful first half

Richard Sherman has seen enough of Brandon Staley.

With the Las Vegas Raiders jumping out to a massive 42-0 halftime lead over the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night, there was no other reasonable conclusion: Brandon Staley’s job was clearly on the line. That was seemingly all anyone could think after seeing L.A. face its worst halftime deficit in franchise history.

You can count Richard Sherman among the folks who think Staley should officially be done. Not that this is a hot take, per se.

During Amazon’s halftime panel analysis, Sherman proclaimed that Staley should’ve been fired at the break for his team’s woeful performance. Honestly, it’s kind of hard to disagree!

With the impending loss, the Chargers will fall to 5-9. This was a team with legitimate preseason Super Bowl expectations now getting blown out by a backup quarterback in front of a national audience.

It’s challenging to see how Staley’s job could possibly survive this.