OAKLAND, Calif. – It was a nightmare before Christmas for the Broncos. It was Oakland 27, Denver 14.
“I’m ticked off. And I’m embarrassed,” Broncos defensive end Derek Wolfe said late Monday.
It was the last night at the Black Hole. Bah. Humbug.
Out in the stadium parking lot, drenched in rain and awash in the scent of marijuana, there was a life-sized Darth Raider doll holding the severed head of a plastic Bronco, as a Mariachi trumpeter blared “Autumn Wind” beneath a home-made banner that declared: “The End is Near.”
“It’s a little melancholy.