Locked On Broncos - Daily Podcast On The Denver Broncos - DOMINANT: Denver Broncos, Bo Nix DEMOLISH Dallas Cowboys Behind 4 TD Day

Episode Date: October 27, 2025

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The Denver Broncos ran all over the Dallas Cowboys to improve the six and two in dominant fashion. We'll break down every aspect of Sunday's big victory. You're on today's episode, Locked on Broncos. You are Locked on Broncos. Your daily Denver Broncos podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Click, clack, click, clack, click, clack. That's the sound that the Dallas Cowboys heard as the Broncos ran all over them in Sunday's dominant victory. Welcome to a brand new episode, Lockdown Broncos, your daily Denver Broncos podcast

are the Locked on Podcast Network where you know it's your team every day. I'm Cody Roark, Broncos reporter for Mile High Sports, joined as always by Sarah Beninger, site expert over there, predominantly orange.com. We got a lot to break down here on today's episode show. Real quick, I want to say thanks to all the everydayers out there in Broncos country. Thanks for tuning in and making us your first listen. However, you choose to do so, Sarah and I, we're going to take you through the Broncos demolition of the Dallas Cowboys in their high-octane offense in Sunday's game.

to improve to six and two on the season. Plus, we'll go through the Broncos rookie class. There were some questions that Broncos country had about the involvement. Sean Payton must have seen that because the Broncos heavily involved, their top three picks in this year's NFL draft. And then wound out our game balls, including Bo Nix's four touchdown performance. Troy Franklin's big time day as well. You get all that here on today's episode of the show brought to you by our friends over

there at Game Time. Download the GameTime app. Create an account. Use code locked on NFL for $20 off your first purchase. Sarah, my friend, what a game here. 44 points here for this Broncos team as they improved to six and two. Still number one right now in the AFC West. It's a good spot to be.

But this was the Broncos team that we've been clamoring for all year to consistently see. And they got off to a pretty hot start. This is exactly what everybody has wanted to see all season long from the Denver Broncos. We've been calling for it since week one. Complementary football, right? When the defense plays well, the offense somehow finds a way to make us talk about that after the game. When the offense plays well, the defense or a penalty on a field goal that's made by the Indianapolis Colts make us, you know, talk about that after a game. It's always been

something in every game, even in the wins, you know, like last week against the Giants, we're trying to enjoy the epic comeback victory, but having to acknowledge the reality that the offense did nothing for the majority of that game in three quarters. And now, finally, against the Dallas Cowboys, and a game in which I think a lot of people, people felt like it was time for the rubber to meet the road, right? A lot of folks are saying out there, look, this is the number one offense, the Dallas Cowboys coming to town. The offense can't stumble early on. Bo Nix throws an interception on the first possession. And what are we all thinking? Here we go again, right? But the Broncos pulled this one off, Cody, a 44 to 24

dominating victory. And frankly, it wasn't even that close. No, it was really lopsided. And if there wasn't an offensive pass interference call that shouldn't have been called. The Broncos would have scored 50 and Bo would have had probably five touchdowns on the day here. I loved how the offense and Bo shook off that rough start there, right? It seemed like he and Pat Bryant had a miscommunication initially there on an RPO. Come to find out, I mean, Sean Payton said in the post game press conference to us that, you know, it was just a footwork thing there for Bo. But, I mean, Bo, he shook it off quick and he delivered. I mean, things kind of felt like it were going downhill. After that pick, the defense, you know, obviously gave up a few big plays. Pat

Sir Tan goes down with a leg injury. We'll have more on him later on the show. But he's able to come back to Broncos, get a stop, hold the Cowboys to a field goal. And then what happens? The offensive Bow Nix, they roll down the field. And RJ Harvey gets things rolling with a big time touchdown down the left sideline. I mean, Sarah, we talked about it in our preview leading up to this. This is a game.

This is a get right game here for the Broncos offense. They needed to find a way to come out at home, and they need to find a way to take it to one of the worst defenses right now in the NFL. And that's exactly what they did. And it started with the ground game. We said coming into it, this is a matchup where, I mean, the Bronco, I mean, the Cowboys defense is allowing over a buck 40 on the ground. In this game specifically, the Cowboys gave up 180 rushing yards here to the Broncos. So Denver, they didn't play around in this game, which is something that I'm glad of,

because we've seen far too often with this offense. When they have certain things going in rhythm, they get away from it. Sean Payton came out. They established run a little bit more in the second half with obviously the big lead that they had. There was one driver where they threw it four straight times. but one of them ended in a touchdown. We're not going to complain about that. But when you mentioned rubber meets the road, the Broncos,

they took it to the Dallas Cowboys the way that they should have. They did, especially when you talk about their injury report, which the difference between the Cowboys injury report this week, which you can't even fit it on a full page, Cody. I'm looking at it right now. I've got to scroll down to read all the players on this list, especially with all those injuries, going in your favor in that way.

I mean, I think the Cowboys had, young guys up off the practice squad for their secondary and they had somebody in the middle of the game had to play safety who's normally a corner or something like that. I mean, it was, it's the exact situation that you sit there and you say, hey, we have to, like, if I'm playing one on one against my son, he makes a shot at the beginning of the, you know, the game that I'm playing. I'm like, all right, we're done. Like, you're, you ain't score in another point this, right?

I'm going to dominate. That's what the Broncos offense did in this one. And it started in the trenches, which you and I talked about that all week leading up. It's like impose your will. Be aggressive. Attack downfield. Be the one that's dominating at the line because the Cowboys don't have any. Did you notice?

I don't know if you heard during the broadcast, Cody, because obviously you're at the stadium. But Tony Romo during the broadcast gave, I wish I would have taken a sip of something every single time. He tried to take a dig at the Cowboys not having Micah Parsons anymore. Just the subtle little digs he was taken at. them not having pass rushers. This, this happens when you don't have anybody who can get home consistently, Jim. Like the Broncos just dominated in that fashion today where it was like nothing worked for that Dallas defense. Yeah. And look, I would even say this as well is, you know, there was never really a question here. After the Broncos got up, what was it? I think it was

20 to something. I mean, they had a pretty cushionable lead here. It was like, all right, like, it felt like you weren't as worried about things here with how Denver's defense was playing. And to that point here, you mentioned it coming into this matchup. Jack Prescott, 16 touchdowns compared to just three interceptions, you know, the second high scoring offense, the one offense that generates the most yards per game collectively, they couldn't get anything going. The Broncos held them below their average, 24 points, giving up a late garbage time touchdown.

And look, I feel like we got a shout out Riley Moss here as well. Look, Riley had some catches up against him as well, but nothing really too significant outside of giving up that late garbage time touchdown. Yes, yeah, he gave that up. But I'm more impressed with what he did against C.D. Lamb against George Pickens. I felt like in the end zone on one of the plays, it was right in front of me, too, in the press box. That second defensive pass interference call, I felt like was such a terrible call. I mean, how is Riley supposed to play something like that better than he did in that situation?

He is going to get targeted. The Broncos are a heavily penalized team. We understand that. But did C.D. Lam or did George Pickens score in this game where the Broncos lost Pat or Tam for the entire second half? those guys didn't score at all. So I'm going to give a shout out to Riley. Here's what Riley had to say to us post game in the locker room.

They're late for Pat, for J-Mack, for our back end. You know, we've gone against, you know, probably three of the best receiving cores in the NFL in Philly and Cincinnati and then now the Talboys. And we've handled our business. And that's exciting for us. They held their own out there, Cody. I mean, especially when they were asked to do way more than I think anybody really expected.

I mean, look, Riley Moss had four passes defended in this case, right? I think that's the feast or famine aspect of it is that we hate the pass interference penalties. It's like the pass interference stuff with Riley Moss right now is getting out of hand. Like somebody's got to get that under control. I don't know who sends the videos into the league office from Denver or what, but somebody's got to get it under control because he gets called for at least one bad one every week. Everybody, I think even Nancy and Romo we're talking about last weeks. against the Giants where he got just absolutely,

that was egregious. And another bad one happened against C.D. Lamb, the second one that he was called for there in the end zone. And did you notice, too, every single time he made a play on the ball in this game, he starts looking around now. And that's what I think is the danger of this whole thing, is that I don't think he knows,

even if he's playing well, if he's doing it right. I think he plays confidently regardless, but that's the sucky thing. He's like he can't do, you know, his celebrations anymore. He's got to look around first and figure out if somebody threw a flag at him. The microscope is very unfair, I feel like when it comes to Riley Moss, considering the volume, who he plays opposite against.

And look, even in the second half, the Cowboys kind of went away from him to target Chris Abrams. We'll talk about him a little bit later on here in the show. But, I mean, overall, I felt like we definitely got to give Riley some praise here, the Broncos defense for being able to hold it down because when Pat went down that first time and he had to get helped to the side. I mean, we were watching him. he was walking slow.

I was like, wow, this whole game has just completely soured. Luckily, the Broncos, they shook off the negative vibes. They found a way to go down there, put up points and dominate here. The Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott here. But a big reason is because the Broncos rookies came to play. Coming up next Broncos country, we're going to dive deep into the Broncos top three draft picks in this year's NFL draft coming up big when the team needed the most here on today's episode, Lockdown Broncos.

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Sarah, I felt like you teed it up perfectly here in terms of the Broncos rookies. You know, this was one of those games. We received a question at the end of the week asking us if we could talk about the Broncos rookies and how disappointing they've been. I've never agreed that they've been disappointing. I think that they've been role players that just haven't quite been put into the position that they are necessarily going to grow into. That changed here in Sunday's game.

The Broncos top three picks, they shine. They did. It was like Sean Payton read all the posts and was like, all right, it's time for me to make everybody look dumb in this game. And that's what it feels like, right? I mean, I even posted something based on that discussion that we had, Cody. I just did a little research. I posted something on my Twitter account.

That was, I presented no comment with it. Everybody took it as a negative thing. But I literally posted just exactly what each guy had done going into week eight. I was like, Jada Barrett, 10 tackles, yada yada, X percentage of snaps. I did that for the top three picks. And in this game, Jada Barron gets an interception. R.J. Harvey, three total touchdowns. Pat Bryant gets his first career touchdown.

I mean, you could not have scripted it any more perfectly for the rookies to all have like a breakout moment, a breakout game at exactly the right time. I mean, that interception by Jade Barron was. arguably the, like last week's Justin Sternad moment, this was kind of that way for the Broncos, because at that point, it wiped off any chance at points before the half for the Cowboys. And the Broncos, they obviously had to give them the ball right back. So it prevented the Cowboys from doubling up at the end of the first half,

the beginning of the second half, just huge, huge stuff from these guys in this game. Yeah, that was clutch. I mean, that was so necessary too, because as you mentioned, I mean, the Broncos took a weird page out of a book we haven't seen since we three of last year where they won the toss. They chose to receive the ball to open up this game. And then, you know, we saw the rest kind of play out there. And so I remember as the game was unfolding, I was like, this is, it's a big drive here.

Jimmy, you know, I was pulling my own Tony Romantic. I was like, it's a big drive coming up here. Broncos defense has to get a stop so that there's no points because the Cowboys, they get the ball coming out of half. And sure enough, Jade just makes it a terrific play on there. I'm happy for him. And look, he's filling in at the role that the team envisioned for him, which is the nickel.

You know, look, we have these conversations about Riley Moss from the comment section or from the fan base every week. They're like, put Baron a corner over, that that's obviously not the role that they have envisioned for him. Because when PS2 went out in this game, if that were the role, we would have seen Baron step in. So, Baron is content with his role. You know, would he like to be starting? I'm sure he would. But, man, he's playing such a big role as a rotational player. Sarah, we even said it coming into after the NFL draft.

The Broncos didn't necessarily go out and draft starters. they drafted guys who can develop to be future starters but can contribute probably right away as rookies and they're doing just that. Jada was one of them, R.J. Harvey. I mean, Sarah, before garbage time, before Jared Stidham even came into the game, RJ Harvey had six total touches in this entire game

and three touchdowns on six total touches, right? We talked about the one catch out of the backfield for a five-yard touchdown. Bo Nix's fourth touchdown of the day. And then he had two rushing touchdowns, one out of the wildcat. And then one, obviously, to get the Broncos life after they were down three nothing.

That 40-yard touchdown up the left sideline was beautiful. We caught up with RJ Harvey in the locker room after the game. Here's what he had to say. You know, I've got to do a great week for preparation, heavy weeks, back in days, getting better, to the teams to develop and learn behind the guys like Jay Cates. he took away an opportunity at a red zone touchdown pass from Bo Nix by putting R.J. Harvey in the wildcat formation there. But all kidding aside, I mean, just finding ways to get this guy the ball. And how big of a weapon has he become in the tight red zone as a pass catching option? Ironically, based on the statement that I just made, that's two straight weeks that he's had a clutch red zone touchdown.

Well, I guess last week's was clutch. This week was kind of a little cherry on top. But right, he had two receiving touchdowns on virtually, you know, similar plays there where he's coming in motion from left to right. And it's just an easy pitch and catch for a touchdown. And he's become such a weapon now, that home run ball. That is where he changes the whole dynamic of this Denver offense. When he is hitting the home run, that offense is, you can flip the field in an instant. And I would love to see him get more touches, but look, I ain't going to be mad about three

touchdowns on six touches up until, you know, like you said, that last drive of the game. Perfect. That was, I mean, that was efficient. That's what you want. Like, and look, if it's going to lead to the Broncos winning games, I think fans, I think RJ are going to be okay with it. You know, hey, oh, only six touches, but you know what? I had three touchdowns.

Oh, I had five touches, but I had two touchdowns. If that is his role, perfect, that is great. The Broncos will be in a much better place and they're playing up to their potential when they do just that. And shout out to, you know, J.K. Dobbins, who RJ even says a lot. Like, you know, he helps me so much behind the scenes. He's very good. We caught up with Broncos tight in.

Evan Ingram on National Tide Ends Day as well. He didn't have a touchdown on the day, but Evan Ingram had a lot of high praise here for the Broncos rookie class. Days like this happened, they start getting some confidence and they start playing to yourself. Those guys have been working hard. They're both of the league and both of the league and they're not going to forget today. They're not going to forget today. And hopefully they gain some confidence today to have some more days like this in the future.

What does Sean Peyton always say? confidence is born from demonstrated ability, right? So these guys did it now in a big spot where you had to have it. Not necessarily that you had to have it from the rookies, but I think those plays were there to be made and these guys came through and made them. Like, let's talk about quickly, Cody, going into this game, how bad everyone in Broncos country was fearing this random, you know, lockness monster of a guy, Jake Ferguson, who led the NFL amongst tight ends, in catches. I feel like Jake Ferguson was more myth than anything else after this game. One target, zero catches, and who was covering him the majority of this game?

I mean, look, this is, that was, that was arguably the game changer as well defensively over the long haul of this story, right? We talked about Riley Moss and the work that he did without Pat Sertan out there, C.D. Lamb, you know, George Pickens. But how about wiping Jake Ferguson off the chess board completely. That's crazy. Yeah, I mean, what, he had 50 catches through, what, six or seven games, six touchdowns already on the year?

I mean, he's a high-volume guy. He was making history. I'm looking at the Broncos field right now and still at the stadium. I don't see Jake Ferguson anywhere. We're still missing. Still M.I.A. Here, anyways, it's a fun of a little jab. We're going to throw out there. Shout out to Pat Bryant, too, because, man, that touchdown catch that he had there from Bo Nix, not only was at a dime from Bo, but the focus,

because it happened on the, on the end zone in which I'm closest to sitting in the press box. Him tracking that football was incredible. The way that he did it, that was a high degree difficulty catch right there. He found a way to do it. And I came up big here because the Broncos obviously got up there. And you love to see that. Now, he's going to develop more confidence to catches 40 yards here for Pat Bryant. But on top of that, he's just so involved as a run blocker too, which I like that. Like he has an attitude where he loves to block and he loves to be able to do that. He knows his touches

and his target is going to come. It's clear he and Bo still need to work on a few things in terms of their chemistry on the field because there were a couple throws and routes in relation to one another where they didn't look like they were on the same page. But you know what ultimately matters? He catches the ball for a touchdown. And the one thing that Pat Bryant told us in the locker room after the game, he said he appreciates this so much about Bo. Bow runs down to the official to get the ball to preserve that for Pat to preserve that first moment. We saw him do the same thing with RJ Harvey.

Bo, a tremendous leader. Big time performance here from Bo Nicks on the afternoon. And obviously Pat Bryant coming up big with a clutch touchdown. here. But Broncos country, you know what it is on a victory Monday. Yes, a victory Monday. You know, we hand out our game balls after a victory. We'll tell you why Bo Nix gets one of them, or maybe four of them for his performance here on Sunday's game on today's episode, Lockdown Broncos. This episode of Lockdown Broncos is brought to you by game time. NFL season is back. And honestly, there's nothing better than being in the stadium surrounded by fans,

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We are doing our favorite segment here, and that means that there's a victory Monday. After a Broncos win, we hand out game balls here. We're going to do out here on today's show real quick Wednesday. Thanks once again, all the everydayers out there in Broncos country. Thanks for tuning in making us your first listen. Sarah, I'm going to give you the honors of handing out the first game ball here. Obviously, he's the Broncos route to Dallas Cowboys, 44 to 24. I feel like there are a lot of names and a lot of potential candidates that could be on the receiving end of a game ball.

Where are you starting? No doubt. Let's start with quarterback, Bo Nix, because obviously started off the game a little shaky. Of course, he hasn't turned the ball over a ton this season. But through an interception on that first drive, it was a really terrible throw. Or like you mentioned in the previous segment, maybe a miscommunication with Pat Bryant, Either way, it was not good. And it gave the Dallas Cowboys an early extra possession.

But man, did he bounce back from that in a big way? Four touchdown passes in this game and could have had a fifth easily, maybe even a sixth, right? Because obviously there was the two plays right there in succession where Adam Trotman gets called for offensive pass interference on a touchdown, taking off the board. The very next play, Bo Nix hits Cortland Sutton in the chest for what would have been a touchdown.

Unfortunately, Cortland wasn't able to catch it. You had the touchdown to Pat Bryant, two to Troy Franklin. Obviously, one to RJ Harvey. Really, really good stuff from Bo in this game. Cody looked like he just sort of locked in after that interception, which you hate to see that be the thing that locks you in. But at the same time, whatever it takes, because this was maybe one of the best games, this was reminiscent of last year's game against like the Falcons or the Panthers,

where he's just dialed from start to finish. Yeah, I mean, he was decisive really after that. I mean, he couldn't be stopped. I mean, he even had a beautiful throw to Cortland down the left sideline, right as he took a massive shot. I feel like his ball placement was in a really good spot here in this game. I agree. I think he gets a game ball here. I'm going to give one to Dondre Tielman.

I mean, Sarah, outside linebacker dropping back into zone on one of, you know, Vance Joseph's psycho looks that he likes to throw out there, getting an interception. And then almost doing damage. I thought he was going to end up housing it here. I'm going to give Dondre a game ball here because he forced obviously the fifth total interception for Dak Prescott on the year, the Bronco's second interception, forced on the day. Once again, Dak Prescott in that high-actant offense.

They didn't have any passing touchdowns in this game outside of Joe Milton throwing a late one there. Denver starters did their job. Tillman was part of that. We caught up to Dandre Tillman after the game. Here's what he had to say. He was to jump into my zone. And I just saw him see the man coming across and I just sat there.

You know, Jack would call my way. We watch yourself on the average. No. Honestly, I just saw a bunch of grabs in front of me. He was like vintage James Harrison, Cody. rocking the 92, everything, stumbling, bumbling down the field. I mean, there was some impressive open field like vision there after the interception from Dandre Tillman.

Look, he had a pick in this game. Jonathan Cooper almost had a pick. We saw Nick Benito last year get a couple. These defensive front players, when they're being asked to drop in coverage, that's kind of become a really underrated disguise for Vance Joseph's defense because they've created consistently takeaways off of that look. Yeah, and look, they get put in a situation where it was like, hey, we got to come up big here. He did.

And I felt like that was a defining moment because to me was the ultimate ball don't lie moment. On the previous play, the Broncos got flagged for what I felt like was such a terrible ruffing the passer call on Malcolm Roach. It was the softest call I've seen a long time. There were a lot of soft calls in this game that went against Denver. I didn't agree with. That's not me being a homer. I just felt like it was genuinely bad.

The rough in the past one was that. And I was like, wow, just a terrible thing just to give the Cowboys some momentum. him and then Dandre Tillman happens. He gets interception happy for him there. I'm going to go with another one here, though. I'm going to give one to Troy Franklin. Two touchdowns in this game. There were some moments.

They're trying to set up this one play. I can't describe exactly what it is. I know exactly what it is, but I can't tell everybody what it is. But they're trying to set it up. And I imagine if they get a certain look next week, they might do that against the Houston Texans. We're also coming off of obviously a big win for them or the 49ers. That's going to be Denver's opponent this week, very, very tough.

But I felt like that was something we saw Troy Franklin. that Bow Nix, Oregon Ducks connection, continuing to thrive. And the way that we saw them utilized, I like that it wasn't just the downfield stuff to try. I liked that it was the crossing stuff. Two tuddies on the day here for Troy Franklin. That's obviously big there. I'm going to give him one.

Yeah, I love that pick as well. He led the team in receiving yards in this game. And obviously, you know, we expected a little bit more out of him, right? We had talked about that in the lead up to this game, the fact that early in the season, when he's getting a little bit more heavily targeted, the production was there, had 10 targets last week against the New York Giants, and the production just simply wasn't there for what you would expect from 10 targets. So you've felt that concerted effort from the Broncos in this game to get him involved

and get him going a little bit, get him some momentum there as the offense looks to continue to kind of keep that momentum going. And I think another game ball for me, Cody, we've got to give it to Jada Baron. I mean, obviously he played really well in this game. But how about the offensive line to jump. back to the offensive side really quickly here. I think when you have a guy go over 100 yards again, which isn't as big of a deal now because they broke the 30-some-odd game streak.

But the offline, just, I mean, shut down the Dallas Cowboys. Road graders in the run game, no sacks in this game, and only one quarterback hit on Bow Nix, which I don't even remember. So it must not have been that good. Man, this was pure dominance from the offensive line from start to finish. Yeah, I think you've got to give that unit a game ball. In particular, too, let's talk about R.J. Harvey's run that he had, the 40-yard touchdown. He did a fantastic job.

I felt like Garrett Bulls got up to the next level. The receivers did a great job, but Paco got to the next level there, and he was blocking either a corner or safety. I just felt like there was an effort to get a hat on a hat consistently that you weren't going to allow a free runner to try to hit your back. So for RJ to capitalize on that and the limited spurt that he had in terms of overall carries. and then for JK to just consistently just be patient, find the vision, find the whole. Denver's old line, I felt like just did a fantastic job. 180 rushing yards collectively as a team. That unit deserves a game ball.

And that's going to be big because you're going to have to do that next week against the Houston Texans. I think that that definitely summarizes it perfectly. Yeah, definitely. When you look at what this offensive line has been putting together, even without Ben Powers, it's really impressive. We've seen two of the most impressively designed run plays each of the last two weeks, right? when you talk about Bo Nix's run last week. And then we talked about in the lead up to this game as well,

the takeover drives from J.K. Dobbins. I think he's got to get a game ball as well, Cody, going for over 100 yards on the ground and just showing outstanding vision, burst, tackle-breaking ability. I mean, he was out there just doing exactly what the Broncos signed him to do. I haven't got a text from my dad during the game.

Like, when can the Broncos re-sign J.K. Dobbins? I'm like, they could do that anytime they want to. he's proved that he should get another shot in Denver at this point. 100% agree here. In Broncos country, if you missed anybody, make sure you drop your game balls in. Let us know who you're giving a game ball to from the Broncos. Demolition of the Dallas Cowboys here at Empower,

Field of Mile High. Broncos number one right now in the AFC West, 6 and 2 record and a chance to build on that in a tough a FC matchup coming up this week. We'll have you covered every step of the way here. But Broncos Country, we are going to have you covered tomorrow. We're going to give you insight into the Pat Curtan injury, Marvin Mims and Concussion Protocol.

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