LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The Broncos dispatched the Raiders handedly 24-17 Sunday in Vegas, earning an important tiebreaker in a potential battle for the AFC’s No. 1 seed with the New England Patriots. Here’s The Denver Post’s report card from the win.
OFFENSE — A
Sean Payton’s game plan Sunday was multifaceted yet ruthlessly simple, as his personnel-shifting ways paid off. Eleven different Broncos had a catch against the Raiders, as Bo Nix went 31-of-38 in a precise game simply taking what the Vegas defense was giving him.
Payton, too, threw in some interesting wrinkles with a three-back system of RJ Harvey, Jaleel McLaughlin and Tyler Badie, the latter of whom had rarely been seen all season except for third-down situations.