A thrilling overtime finish saw the Broncos narrowly defeat the Commanders, securing a spot among the season's most unforgettable contests.
Well, the Denver Broncos sure made things interesting in Week 13.
On Sunday Night Football against the Washington Commanders, who played without quarterback Jayden Daniels, the Broncos escaped, 27-26, in overtime on a failed two-point conversion attempt by Washington.
Jake Moody hit a pair of fourth-quarter field goals for the Commanders, including a game-tying 32-yarder at the end of regulation to send it to overtime.
Broncos rookie running back RJ Harvey scored a touchdown to start overtime, and then Marcus Mariota connected with Terry McLaurin. Ultimately, the Commanders went for two instead of going for the tie, and Nik Bonitto knocked down the pass to give the Broncos their ninth straight win.
It was an exciting game, albeit a surprising one, and now it has made the list of the top five games of the season, according to NFL.com.
It is No. 5, and here is what Tom Blair wrote about that game.
How did this matchup -- between teams at extreme opposite ends of the competitiveness spectrum -- make the list over some of the other basically entertaining clashes that might have caught your eye in the meantime, like Chiefs-Broncos in Week 11, Cowboys-Eagles in Week 12 or Week 13's eventful Thanksgiving/Black Friday slate? Well, I can't speak for my fellow voters, but Broncos-Commanders kind of had something for everyone," Blair wrote.
"There was Marcus Mariota doing the "failed starter turned momentary folk hero" thing, giving the evening an irresistibly nostalgic hook. There was Treylon Burks, who endured an even more severe fall from grace as a former Titans first-rounder, turning his 58th career reception -- and fifth with Washington -- into the kind of all-time jaw-dropper that many NFL receivers will only ever dream of making. There was Bo Nix spinning highlights and lowlights. And finally, there was the element that will really make this one worth remembering long after the 2025 season has been put to bed: a deliriously unpredictable overtime, packed with enough head-spinning reversals of fortune that even the theoretically anticlimactic final moment -- Mariota's batted-down two-point try -- felt electric."
Blair is right-- it had everything anybody could've wanted. The Broncos came in as one of the top teams in football, and the Commanders were playing with their backup QB and had just won three games all year.
Yet, it ended up as one of the most exciting games of the season, even coming down to the final play in what could've ended in heartbreak for Sean Payton's team.