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Denver Broncos’ Week 7 battle with Giants contains major scheduling factor | Sporting News
The Denver Broncos will return to Denver in Week 7 following a sloppy victory over the New York Jets on Sunday.
Next Sunday, they will face the other New York team, the Giants, who are surging after a win over the Philadelphia Eagles this week. Though the Giants will be the visiting team with a record of 2-4 (two games worse than the Broncos), they will have a lot in their favor in this game.
Following the win over the Jets, Broncos head coach Sean Payton confirmed that the team asked the league not to give it a bye week following the trip to London. Though it is often standard practice in the NFL for a team to be on bye following an international game, the Broncos declined, with Payton saying their research showed that teams that have bye weeks after playing overseas have fared worse than those that don’t.
#Broncos coach Sean Payton said they fell into their normal week’s schedule after they got here. Payton reiterated that the Broncos asked to have no bye after this game and said teams with no bye after such games have a better game than those with byes.
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) October 12, 2025
With this being the case, the Broncos will become the first team in NFL history to host a game in the Mountain or Pacific time zone after playing a game in London the week before. Combine that with the fact that the Giants will come in on 10 days of rest after having their game against the Eagles on Thursday Night Football and suddenly, the home-field advantage doesn’t seem as strong as it normally is.
The Giants have begun to turn their season around at the same time. This is one of those games where Broncos fans were likely licking their chops over when they looked at the schedule upon its release, counting it as an easy win. That likely won’t be the case as the Giants are a different football team with Jaxson Dart at quarterback and Cam Skattebo getting the rushing attack going.
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Add in these schedule factors and this becomes a very interesting game for the Broncos, one where they can’t overlook the opponent.
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The Nuggets are declining Jalen Pickett’s fourth-year team option for the 2026-27 season, releasing him from his contract, league sources told The Denver Post.
Former Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth drafted Pickett with the 32nd overall pick in 2023. The 6-foot-2 reserve combo guard has struggled to break into Denver’s everyday rotation throughout his first three years in the league.
His $2.41 million salary next season would’ve offered the Nuggets a sliver of cap relief, but they chose instead to move on from the former Penn State star. Monday was the deadline to make a decision on his option.
Pickett, 26, averaged 5.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 16.1 minutes per game last season. He appeared in 50 games, highlighted by a career-high 29-point, seven-assist performance in January to lead the Nuggets in an upset over Philadelphia without their entire starting lineup.
Pickett is shooting 38.7% from the 3-point line on two attempts per game in his first three years. He also boasts a sturdy 3.63 career assist-to-turnover ratio.
But he’s remained a deep bench option under two different head coaches in Denver, from Michael Malone to David Adelman. Booth was fired in April 2025. Then, new co-general managers Jon Wallace and Ben Tenzer signed veteran point guard Tyus Jones off the buyout market late last season when the Nuggets wanted ball-handling depth. Jones received playoff minutes over Pickett during their first-round series against the Timberwolves.
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Firefighters say a car crash was the cause of a large fire that broke out north of the Denver International Airport on Saturday afternoon.
The Brighton Fire Rescue District says a vehicle was traveling through the area of E. 120th Avenue and N. Watkins Road around 2 p.m. when it crashed. Fortunately, the people inside the vehicle did not suffer serious injuries, but the fire department says the vehicle’s catalytic converter caught the nearby grass on fire.
The 120 Fire quickly grew, and firefighters responded with engines, brush trucks and water tenders to attack it from multiple sides. Multiple agencies responded to assist as the winds continued to push the fire across the grassland.
It covered around 237 acres by the time firefighters brought it under control around 3:30 p.m. BFRD says firefighters continued to put out hotspots and monitor a large cottonwood tree that was smoldering nearly 30 feet up the trunk.
With Independence Day approaching, the fire rescue district shared a reminder that a single spark can ignite a fast-moving grass fire. They added that aerial fireworks are illegal in Brighton and pose a serious fire risk in the current conditions.
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