The Chris Oladokun-led Chiefs, even with nothing to play for, hung with the Broncos just fine on Thursday night in Kansas City.

Bo Nix helped the Denver Broncos avoid an upset loss to Travis Kelce and a Kansas City Chiefs squad without Patrick Mahomes on Christmas Day, securing a 20-13 win.

A Broncos team on a barnstorming tour through the 2025 season needed only beat a Chiefs team that lost all of its close-game mojo from a year ago, lost six of seven games leading into Week 17 and lost future Hall of Fame quarterback Patrick Mahomes to a torn ACL, too.

The Denver Broncos are going to be without center Luke Wattenberg for the foreseeable future. Just hours ahead of their Christmas Night tilt with the Kansas City Chiefs, Wattenberg was placed on injured reserve,