Once the dust settles, the perception of the Denver Broncos' 10-7 win over the Las Vegas Raiders will be framed in a more forgiving context. After all, eight wins have already mat

Denver (7-2) also owns one of the NFL's best defenses, headlined by pass rushing aces Nik Bonitto and Jonathon Cooper. Bonitto has eight sacks this season, and Cooper has seven. Overall, the Broncos are allowing the third-fewest yards per game this season.

“Obviously, if there’s a need, you want to get it, but we feel like we’ve got all the pieces,” second-year quarterback Bo Nix said Tuesday. “Sometimes when something like that happens, it shakes things up. We’ve got something good going and we just want to keep riding this wave and finding ways to win.”

The Denver Broncos temporarily moved to the top of the AFC standings with their Thursday night win over the Las Vegas Raiders.

Former NFL MVP believes Jaxson Dart has surpassed Broncos' Bo Nix originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Denver Broncos gutted out a tough victory over their division rival Las Vegas Raiders Thursday night, 10-7.

Look past the clunky offense and the persistent special teams gaffes and you'll see the exact same thing that carried the Denver Broncos to a tickertape parade the last time they started a season 8-2.

In the Broncos' 10-7 victory over the Raiders, Tillman dropped back into coverage, instead of rushing the quarterback, and capitalized on Ashton Jeanty bobbling a Geno Smith pass, tipping it up into the air. Tillman came down with it, and just like his first interception of the season, proceeded to rumble downfield for serious yardage.

The league is hitting Azeez Al-Shaair in the wallet after the Texans' controversial linebacker delivered a vicious shot in Week 9.