Stick here for live updates and analysis as Denver takes on the Giants at Empower Field at Mile High.
Live updates
Pre-game updates
Scouting report (10:26 a.m.): Check out how the Broncos match up with the Giants in Luca Evans’ scouting report.
Game predictions
Parker Gabriel, Broncos writer: Broncos 17, Giants 13
Week-to-week, it’s difficult to pin down exactly what to expect from Sean Payton and the Broncos’ offense. What’s not nearly as muddled: The Denver defense is elite. They’ve got 10 sacks more than anybody else in football this season already. Jaxson Dart’s brought energy to the G-men, but Denver’s completely swallowed up mobile quarterbacks the past two weeks in Jalen Hurts and Justin Fields. If WR Malik Nabers were playing in this game, the New York offense would feel much scarier. Instead, both of these defensive fronts are primed to do damage. The Broncos’ unit just normally does more.
Luca Evans, Broncos writer: Broncos 27, Giants 10
Alright, let’s say it. Let Bo Cook. Sean Payton has a golden opportunity to play not-so-conservative football against New York and get Bo Nix in rhythm against a Giants secondary that’s not very good. If the Broncos’ front can hold up, Denver can easily string some big plays together and get Nix humming like he was late against the Eagles. Cam Skattebo will run for one touchdown, but the Broncos have all the motivation they appear to need to swallow up Dart.
Troy Renck, Broncos writer: Broncos 23, Giants 16
When even English fans are embarrassed by the Broncos after watching soccer their entire lives, it speaks to the ground the offense has to cover. The Broncos do one thing well, ranking seventh in rushing yards per game at 103.7. And the Giants allow 128.8. Time to lean on J.K. Dobbins for 20 carries and add more uptempo for Bo Nix in the passing attack. The Broncos offense won’t need to do much because Denver’s defense will smother the Arm&Hammer duo of Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo.
Sean Keeler, Broncos writer: Broncos 24, Giants 20
Jaxson Dart is the NFL’s new Alex Warren — and his first month as a starter has been anything but “Ordinary.” But wasn’t Gardner Minshew the last rookie QB to win at Empower Field? Back in 2019? The Broncos defense has come a long, long, long way since then. Dart is completing just 48% of his throws this season with one score and two picks when under pressure. No defensive front has been generating pressure like Vance Joseph’s crew since Buddy Ryan’s 1980s Bears. Dart and Cam Skattebo are out there running around like kids on the playground. This is a business trip, and nobody messes with Sean Payton’s business in October.
Broncos-Giants NFL Week 7: Must-reads
Renck: Broncos defense giving off 2015 vibes for Von Miller, Wade Phillips. But they’re not there yet.
Von was him.
From the moment he juked with his right shoulder and ran around helpless right tackle Mike Remmers in the first quarter, it was destined.
When he slipped under a block and stripped the ball from Cam Newton in the fourth quarter, it happened.
The Broncos won Super Bowl 50, their Orange Rush punctuating one of the most impressive defensive seasons in NFL history. As the players performed snow angels in the confetti on the Levi’s Stadium field, the prevailing thought was there would never be another Von or a Denver D like this. Well … Read Troy Renck’s column.
Broncos analysis: What we’ve learned, what we haven’t and what’s ahead for Sean Payton’s team
As Sean Payton’s team prepares for the New York Giants on Sunday afternoon, a pivot point in the regular season arrives.
The group has played four of its first six games away from home. Now four of the next five are at home. The Broncos leave Denver just once between now and Thanksgiving.
With the season’s opening stanza in the books, here’s a look at what’s been learned about the Broncos so far, what questions remain unanswered and what’s ahead. Read Parker Gabriel’s analysis.
As Demaryius Thomas’ Broncos Ring of Fame induction arrives, many still grapple with his death
Four years after the legendary Broncos receiver was found dead in his shower at just 33 years old — due to complications from a seizure disorder, a medical examiner later ruled — the shock of Thomas’ loss still burns through those closest to him.
This weekend, many of those same people and former Broncos teammates will reassemble in Denver, as the organization honors Thomas with his Ring of Fame induction at the 10-year reunion of the franchise’s Super Bowl 50 team. All are overjoyed at the Broncos’ celebration of No. 88 and honored to attend. But these days will be bittersweet, as dozens of loved ones bring together scattered pieces of Thomas’s beginning and end, still healing from pangs of guilt at a death that’s hard to rationalize. Read Luca Evans’ story.
Want more Broncos news? Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis.