Auburn NFL Roundup: ‘Big Call at the End’ Goes Against Bo Nix, Broncos
Dondrea Tillman's illegal leverage push gave the Colts a second chance field goal, leading to a 29-28 loss for the Broncos in Week 2 of the NFL season.
- The Denver Broncos lost a close 29-28 game to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at Lucas Oil Stadium.
- The loss resulted from a critical 15-yard leverage penalty on Broncos linebacker Dondre Tillman that extended the game for an untimed down.
- Broncos quarterback Bo Nix threw three early touchdown passes and finished with 206 yards and one interception, while Colts running back Jonathan Taylor rushed for 165 yards.
- Colts kicker Spencer Shrader converted a 45-yard field goal on the game's final snap after a missed 60-yard attempt, sealing Indianapolis' 29-28 victory.
- Following Denver’s loss that dropped them to 1-1, the Broncos’ defense showed vulnerabilities while emerging players like Troy Franklin offered glimmers of progress for upcoming games.
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Colts should have been penalized for 'leverage' vs. Broncos
Dre Greenlaw’s conspicuous absence and a disturbing trend for Vance Joseph’s defense. Parker Gabriel’s 7 thoughts after the Broncos’ Week 2 loss to Colts
INDIANAPOLIS — The Broncos dropped to 1-1 with a stunning, 29-28 walk-off loss to Indianapolis when Spencer Shrader made a 45-yard field goal on an untimed down. Here are seven thoughts in the aftermath. 1. The Broncos defense did not have its finest day and could really have used ILB Dre Greenlaw No two ways around it, this will go down as a bad day for defensive coordinator Vance Joseph and company. The Colts threw it early, ran it late and ra…
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Dothan EagleAuburn NFL roundup: ‘Big call at the end’ goes against Bo Nix, Broncos
Denver quarterback Bo Nix threw touchdown passes on three of the Broncos’ first four possessions. But by the end of Sunday’s game against Indianapolis, kicker Spencer Shrader’s second chance at a game-winning field goal lifted the Colts to a 29-28 victory.
What is leverage? Referee explains call on Dondrea Tillman that handed Broncos Week 2 loss at Colts
In the end, the Colts lost any ounce of leverage — and then the Broncos gifted them 15 yards of it to lose in catastrophic fashion. After Indianapolis’ coaching staff had called a near-perfect game Sunday to wear Denver’s defense thin, head coach Shane Steichen placed the last minute of an already…
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Here’s how a penalty for leverage cost the Broncos a game against the Colts
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton sounded content to let others debate Sunday’s leverage call against linebacker Dondrea Tillman. Payton wanted no part of it. And neither did the rest of the Broncos. Shortly after the Colts’ Spencer Shrader missed a 60-yard field-goal try that would have won the game — only to redeem himself with a second chance from 15 yards closer because of the penalty — Payton and his players blamed themse…
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