Story byRoss AllenThu, January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM UTC·4 min readI can’t truthfully say that at the beginning of the season I thought we’d still be writing these key to victory articles this late into the season, but here we are. The Broncos keep proving everyone wrong, and they’ll have even more doubters heading into this penultimate game that they get to play at home. It’s a rivalry renewed this weekend as Denver and New England have met many times before in the playoffs. Included in their 55-game all-time series against each other (that Denver leads 31-24) are five previous playoff matchups, three of which were Divisional Round games, and the last two have been AFC Championship games.
