Mary made good on the Broncos’ prayer request Sunday.
Brad Rogers’ officiating crew delivered no such intervention on an equally imperative two-point conversion attempt.
Denver’s Week 2 fate hung in the balance as Russell Wilson’s last-play, Hail Mary rainbow caromed twice and landed in the waiting arms of Brandon Johnson in the end zone. It was sealed in the loss column when Wilson turned down a wide-open Jerry Jeudy to the left and fired a pass right for Courtland Sutton, open by a sliver but getting tugged at by Commanders cornerback Benjamin St.-Juste.
The driving force behind Denver’s 35-33 loss to Washington, however, was neither the divine nor the adjudicators.