To the victor go the spoils. After the Denver Broncos' win over the Carolina Panthers, Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end and former Bronco Shannon Sharpe had some fun at the home team's expense.
Denver had to do it the hard way to come back yet again; down one in the fourth quarter, they scored 13 points in the final quarter to win 26-21 after being down 14-13 in the third.
In a picture posted to social media, Sharpe is wearing a Broncos jacket, holding an orange mallet, and smashing through the Panthers' "Keep Pounding" drum the team uses to hype up the crowd in the pregame. Several former players have damaged the surface before, but former Carolina running back Mike Tolbert punched right through the drum's surface in 2023.
You can see the moment
below.
Sharpe's podcast, Nightcap, trolled the tradition with a spoofed photo of Sharpe breaking the drum, and Sharpe re-tweeted it on his page:
Shhhhhh keep all that noise down. The Broncos handle business in Carolina 😤 @ShannonSharpe | #Nightcap pic.twitter.com/0YI7yicjkt
— Nightcap (@NightcapShow_) November 8, 2026
Sharpe, one of the more outspoken Broncos, past or present, somehow still finds a way to get under the skin of whoever Denver is playing. Good for Sharpe, the Broncos have backed it up. Sitting at 7-2 heading into the bye week, the Broncos are currently No. 2 in the AFC playoff picture, with the Buffalo Bills still set to play on Monday Night Football this evening.
Denver returns to action in Week 11 against the Las Vegas Raiders at Empower Field at Mile High.
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