The Broncos and their newly-named starting quarterback, Jarrett Stidham, will face the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game next weekend. Denver will host its first AFC championship game in a decade.

According to ESPN’s league insider, Adam Schefter, the Denver Broncos are opening the practice window for running back JK Dobbins. He suffered a foot/Lisfranc injury that was considered season-ending at the time,

The Patriots were favored by 5.5 points on BetMGM and by 4.5 on ESPN when the lines opened after New England’s win over the Houston Texans on Sunday. MGM now has Patriots as +250 to win the Super Bowl, second only to the Seattle Seahawks.

Denver Broncos look to make their home-field advantage count against the New England Patriots on Sunday in the 2026 AFC Championship Game.

With Bo Nix now out, and surgery scheduled for Tuesday, Stidham will take his place on Sunday and, should the Broncos win that game, in the Super Bowl on Feb. 8 too.

The Buffalo Bills fired their head coach on Monday, less than two days after losing to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Divisional game.

The Broncos will host the New England Patriots in Sunday’s AFC Championship in a battle of the conference’s No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. The game will be played at 1 p.m. Mountain Time on CBS.

A former undrafted free agent, Nelson joined the Broncos in July and, after being waived at final cuts, was promptly stashed on the practice squad. He did not appear in a regular-season game nor in Denver's Divisional Round victory over the Buffalo Bills last week.