One week after the franchise’s most significant victory since Super Bowl 50, the Broncos reverted to their norm Sunday with an embarrassing 30-13 loss at home to the Eagles.
The setback dropped the Broncos to 5-5 entering their Week 11 bye.
And the decisive loss was punctuated by an 82-yard fumble return for a touchdown by Philadelphia’s Darius Slay. That play to close the third quarter left Empower Field in stunned silence and all but sealed the Eagles’ upset win, turning a close game into a two-touchdown contest.
Slay’s TD — which began with a Melvin Gordon fumble on a 4th-and-1 run — was enabled by a lack of hustle by the majority of the Broncos’ offense.