DENVER — The course of Denver Broncos history shifted at 9:38 p.m. Brock Standard Time (BST). Time seemed to stop, along with 76,970 heartbeats. The moment felt so big, the crowd so hysterical, it was as if 9:39 shouldn’t happen.
Brock Osweiler had 83 yards, a snowy swath of turf and the starting quarterback job of the Broncos in front of him. Oh, and Bill Belichick, in a hooded sweatshirt, to his right. They draw up dreams like this in Kalispell, Mont., where Osweiler learned good manners and how to toss a football. But even in a storybook a finish like this one would seem too unbelievable: Broncos 30, Patriots 24 (OT).