Patriots are road favorites over Broncos in AFC title game, but they must play a conservative game to have best chance to win

Who do the Denver Broncos play in NFL playoffs next? When do they play? What to know about 2026 AFC championship game, with date, location, opponent.

It’s a big moment for Oz Pearlman, better known as Oz the Mentalist. Whatever one’s feelings about magic, the renowned mentalist visited the Los Angeles Rams during the preseason and coaxed the team into predicting that the Rams would beat the Denver Broncos 23–14 in Super Bowl 60.

Ja’Quan McMillian intercepted Josh Allen in overtime, and Bo Nix led the Denver Broncos into position for Wil Lutz’s 24-yard field goal that sent them to the AFC championship game with a 33-30 win

The Broncos scored 10 points over the final 30 seconds of the first half, marking the first time since the 1993 season that a team scored that many points to end a first half. The scoring spree for the Broncos started when Bo Nix hit Lil'Jordan Humphrey for a 29-yard touchdown pass with just 22 seconds left to play in the first half.

In the Broncos' 33-30 Divisional Round win over the Buffalo Bills, the injuries to Pat Bryant and Troy Franklin put the onus on Marvin Mims Jr. and Lil'Jordan Humphrey to pick up the slack, and they both embraced the challenge. Mims and Humphrey came up big for the Broncos, each scoring a touchdown.

When RussellWilson joined Sean Payton’s team in 2022, many thought it was a clear sign of a potential long-term partnership, with the former QB describing his relationship with the DenverBroncos as “a marriage.