The Denver Broncos don’t win 15 games in a season without a plethora of big plays on offense and defense. I took a stab at picking the best defensive plays yesterday, so now we turn our eye to the offense. And boy were there a lot to choose from. In many of these comebacks, I could have done a Top 5 from a single game. Bo Nix is a magician when Denver needs one more play to survive.
Here are the five best plays I selected. Some were in pressure moments, but others were just too dang good of an individual
effort not to make this list.
1. Bo Nix falling down touchdown pass vs. Commanders
Here’s a play that if Patrick Mahomes did it, media people like Nick Wright would still be talking about it here in February. The amount of body control and ball accuracy Bo Nix displayed on this play where his knee was a mere inch away from being down by contact is absolutely insane.
The Washington Commanders had come to play in that game too. The Broncos needed another Top 5 play – on defense – to actually win the game. But this throw was easily my top pick for the 2025 season.
2. Marvin Mims Jr. touchdown vs. Bills
Next up I go from the most amazing throw to Bo’s most perfect throw of the season. You won’t find a better thrown ball than this lead-changing touchdown strike to Marvin Mims Jr. with less than a minute left in regulation.
Again, in the playoffs even, Bo Nix needed one more play to keep the Broncos alive and fired this bullet. I give the nod to Mims for the catch because he ran an outstanding double-move route and made an elite catch at the line and even took a camera rod to his back as punishment. Excellent concentration. Excellent throw. Excellent catch. I could watch this one on loop all day long.
3. Bo Nix touchdown run vs. Giants
For my third best play of 2025, I went for the best vibes. When Bo Nix took a designed run 18-yards for the lead against the New York Giants, I can’t think of any game where I felt so good. The way Bo took it in and ran with his arms out was the ultimate celebratory vibe.
Unfortunately, the Giants would zoom back down the field and re-take the lead — but that wouldn’t kill the vibe cause, of course, Bo Nix would find two more plays to setup the game-winning walk off field goal for this game too.
4. Quinn Meinerz beast mode vs. Cowboys
There is one play I wanted to put higher on the list, but because the Broncos blew out the Dallas Cowboys it felt like I had to reserve the plays above for ones that helped win close games. So in the #4 spot, I got Quinn Meinerz absolutely decimating the Cowboys defense on a 40-yard touchdown run by RJ Harvey.
He pancakes two Cowboys’ defenders, then turns around and pops another for good measure. You won’t find a better single play by any offensive guard in 2025.
5. Bo Nix touchdown pass vs. Packers
I gave this one to Bo Nix for the throw. Down the seam to thread three Green Bay Packers defenders who all could have made a play on that ball if it wasn’t thrown exactly where Troy Franklin went up and caught it. One of Bo Nix’s better throws and, of course, it was a throw to take the lead in the second half.
To be honest, I had a lot of plays to pick from for this fifth spot. It was not easy, so I went with the absolute dime of a throw in another game Denver won by one score.
Honorable Mention: Frank Crum touchdown vs. Bills
I couldn’t leave this post without including the most creative touchdown play of the season. Big Frank Crum pulling outside for the wide open catch and run for the Broncos first touchdown against the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Divisional Round.
That touchdown was when I felt like we were actually going to win that game. Of course, I flip-flopped many times over the next two quarters due to the defense being unable to get a stop other than a turnover. Fortunately, the turnovers kept coming and the Broncos ultimately won that game. Crum’s touchdown was a fun play, though.
I know we can argue this list. The offense had so many big plays, because they played like cardiac cats all season long. So the big plays often came in the fourth quarter with the game on the line. Share your favorites in the comments section below!
