Bo Nix won’t be the only offensive rookie of the year candidate on the field Sunday when the Broncos visit Las Vegas.

The Raiders may be headed for a last-place finish and are 5.5-point home underdogs to Denver, but they’ve got one of the best young players in football in tight end Brock Bowers.

Better yet: Nix and Bowers were selected in back-to-back picks during April’s draft at Nos. 12 and 13, respectively.

“He can move, he can be outside, he can run a route tree maybe different than most tight ends,” Denver head coach Sean Payton said Wednesday. “When it’s happening week in and week out — you see it with (Detroit’s Sam LaPorta), you see it obviously with (Travis) Kelce and (George) Kittle. It becomes a little bit more challenging when they’re outside at receiver.”

While Nix has come on strong in recent weeks, Bowers has been a force from the start. He’s second in the NFL in catches (70), has 713 receiving yards and is tracking toward breaking just about every rookie record on the books for tight ends.

Two of his biggest games of the season came last week in a loss to Miami (13 catches for 126 yards and a touchdown) and Week 5 against Denver (8 catches for 97 and a touchdown). He’s had eight or more catches five times this year and he’s ninth overall in the NFL in yards after the catch.

“They’ve made it a key for him to get the ball,” Broncos corner Pat Surtain II said. “Obviously 13 catches is a high rate, especially for a rookie. But they’ve made it a point of emphasis to get him the ball at any spot and any position. They’ve even got him at X back-side, at tight end, at Z. He’s playing all positions and they’re utilizing him very well.

“It’s going to be a good challenge for us.”

Turner-Yell out for the year. Wednesday brought tough news for safety Delarrin Turner-Yell.

The Broncos opted not to activate him from the physically unable to perform list at the end of his 21-day practice window, meaning he’ll revert to PUP and is out for the season.

“We spent a lot of time going through it,” Payton said. “We’ve got a real clear vision for him. Bright future. Had a real good visit. I know it’s difficult.”

Turner-Yell tore his ACL and meniscus in Week 17 last year and had worked diligently to get back. He was on track to hit his goal of returning around midseason when Denver returned him to practice three weeks ago.

Denver is healthy, though, and ultimately decided it didn’t have a roster move it felt comfortable making to get him back on the 53-man roster.

“With where we’re at in the season, it just became a challenge relative to managing the roster,” Payton said.

The Broncos have decisions to make on other reserve-list players in the coming week in linebacker Drew Sanders (Nov. 27 deadline) and wide receiver Josh Reynolds (Dec. 4 deadline).

Powers out Wednesday. Broncos left guard Ben Powers did not practice Wednesday because of a right shoulder injury he suffered late in Sunday’s win against Atlanta.

Safety Brandon Jones (abdomen) was limited all of last week, missed Sunday’s game and was limited again Wednesday. Defensive lineman Zach Allen’s been getting veteran rest days regularly on Wednesdays, while Sanders (Achilles), Reynolds (hand) and safety P.J. Locke (thumb) all practiced fully.

Run defense. Given the opponent and circumstances, Sunday against Atlanta might have been the Broncos’ best run defense performance since 2019. Denver held the Falcons to 50 rushing yards despite that offense averaging 152 over its past five games. The Broncos had only held two opponents to less than 50 rushing yards since the 2019 season.

“If an offense has got a run rhythm, you’re defending a lot of different elements,” Payton said Wednesday. “If an offense at some point becomes one dimensional, then you’re defending one element.”

The Broncos have surged to No. 4 in the NFL in yards allowed per carry (3.8) and are tied for sixth in EPA per rush allowed (-.12). Denver finished the 2023 season last yards allowed per carry (5.0).

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I worked the prep sports beat early on in my career at The Denver Post. As a journalist, I never cheered for the teams I covered but sometimes you can’t help but root for certain individuals.

This one I especially root for.

Surrounded by more than 70 friends, family, former coaches and community members on Tuesday, senior Remy Nguyen signed her national letter of intent to play for the University of Denver women’s tennis team at the Denver Tennis Park. With a portrait from 2011 of her and her family hanging on the wall in a longstanding “Breaking the Barriers” photo exhibit next to the table set up for the ceremony, it seemed like destiny for her to end up at DU.

“It’s a little overwhelming, I’m not going to lie,” she said about the turnout.

If it sounds like I’m gushing, I absolutely am. Remy is my niece. And I could not be more proud after she became the first-ever Division I athlete in our family.

Playing for Chaparral High School, the 17-year-old qualified for the Class 5A state tournament at No. 1 singles three times. And she compiled a 53-9 record while doing it, according to MaxPreps.

“Her first 15 matches (in 2024), she played 193 games. Out of those 193 games played, she won 180,” Chaparral head coach Dan Padrnos said. “… She goes on and is 20-0 on the season to get to the championship match.”

She finished runner-up to a longtime friend, Valor Christian’s Caroline Daugherty, in the finals, and earned a spot on CHSAA’s all-state first team. A three-star recruit and one of the top 10 mountain region players in her class, according to tennisrecruiting.net, she’s the first Colorado player to join the DU program since Steamboat Springs’ Tatum Burger in 2019.

“Her racket skills, her attitude and the effort and coachability — that is everything we look for in a player. Effort and attitude are everything. … We’ve watched her over the years and know that she has everything to be a success at D-I tennis,” DU assistant coach Maureen Kechriotis said.

National Signing Day has always been one of my favorite events to cover. It’s a celebration of hard work, dedication and sacrifice. Not just from the athletes, but their families. The travel, the practice — it becomes a family affair. I can’t tell you how many times my brother Tod and his wife, Vie, changed their lives around to travel with Remy to a tournament several states away.

So often, that is the story of Signing Day all across the country.

“They’ve done so much, it’s actually crazy,” Remy said about her parents. “Practices, training, I mean, individual training, group training, scheduling, practice matches, scheduling tournaments, outside tournaments, out-of-state tournaments, high school tennis — like every single thing is just a ton of work. It’s just crazy the amount of stuff they’ve done for me.”

Several of her coaches shared fond memories during the event, from her prowess on the court to an eagerness to learn to helping teammates improve. High praise about the strong values held by those who helped shape who she is today.

Longtime family friend and Remy’s mental coach Brad Bernthal said it best: “No one goes it alone. To have your coaches here, your parents, family and friends, we are all so excited for you. But it’s also a celebration of each other. People like this don’t fall out of the sky. It’s a product of a community. …

“Remy, just know that we’re all here rooting for you and your success is reflected in all of us. We’re excited by what you have done and it gets us excited for where things are going.”

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WASHINGTON — It’s a rare occurrence to play any team in the NHL twice in six days, but especially when it’s a club from the other conference.

The NHL schedule makers have provided an interesting opportunity Thursday night for the Colorado Avalanche. The Avs will get a second crack at the Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals in less than a week.

They will have a chance to measure themselves against one of the league’s best outfits, though the Capitals will be missing a huge piece. But it will also offer an opportunity to atone for arguably the worst offensive effort of the season to date.

“I didn’t like our game at all,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said of a 5-2 loss Friday at home to the Capitals. “I liked our game in Philly, and there’s some similarities to some of the things they do, especially shot blocking and keeping pucks off their net. Last game, it seemed like we just didn’t want to skate with the puck against (the Caps). It’s tough to find shooting lanes, passing lanes, to be dangerous offensively that way.

“I think with our team, as you get to know them, if the energy is down for some reason, then they’ll start forcing things. We’ll try to make them play standing still instead of skating. It certainly looked like that in the Washington game.”

Colorado faced the top-two shot-blocking teams in the NHL in its past two games, with very different results. The Avs had 64 shot attempts against the Capitals, but only 19 were on target. They produced 1.52 expected goals — easily the worst output of this season.

Three days later, the Avs encountered a different version of the same plan and struggled to get pucks through in the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers. But then adjustments were made, and the Flyers, quite frankly, are not in Washington’s weight class. The result was 29 shots on goal, 2.56 expected goals and a 3-2 victory.

“They were pretty smothering in the o-zone,” Avs defenseman Josh Manson said of the Capitals. “The forwards said it felt like they were all around them. It was also hard to get shots through from the point. They push hard on the points when you get the puck and they fill lanes well.

“We found a way against Philly to get the shots through. I think we can do it against (Washington), but we’ve got to maybe move it a little bit more.”

The Caps will not have Alex Ovechkin, whose march to breaking the all-time goals record is now delayed because of an injury he sustained in the third period of Washington’s last game in Utah. Ovechkin leads the NHL in goals with 15. At age 39, it’s an incredible feat.

But this Washington team is much improved from last season, and it’s not just because Ovechkin is scoring more goals. Second-year coach Spencer Carbery, who played for Bednar with South Carolina in the ECHL and later coached the Stingrays as well, has made a significant impact on a club that was fading from contender status as Ovechkin and others from the Cup-winning core aged.

“I don’t know the situation before. I just know that he’s a great coach,” Bednar said of Carbery. “He’s a young coach, he’s relatable to the guys. He’s detailed in his approach. All the things that you kind of need and want from the coaches to provide. And obviously, the guys like him, like his personality, because they’re playing hard for him every night.

“It’s the way they play. It is a confidence that he can instill in the team, that if they play the right way they can get the job done. … It’s a belief that he’s instilled in the room on top of everything else, that he brings. I think his impact on the team is immeasurable.”

This Avalanche team is still trying to figure out what it’s going to be. The Washington game last week was the first one of the year for Valeri Nichushkin and included the return of Jonathan Drouin and Miles Wood.

Now, the Avs are closer to full health and need to begin their ascent. Correcting the mistakes from last week against a top opponent would be a good place to start.

“They are a team that defends hard, and they attack hard and make it tough on you with their depth,” Bednar said. “But we had to do more. We knew that coming out of it. We corrected some things against Philly and were able to get the win. Now we’ve got to take it another step against Washington.”

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Bo Nix’s case for Offensive Rookie of the Year just keeps getting better.

The Broncos starting quarterback was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week after his performance in Denver’s 38-6 win over the Atlanta Falcons last week.

Nix, the first rookie quarterback in team history to receive the honor, delivered his best performance of the season, completing 28 of 33 passes (84.8%) for 307 yards and four touchdowns. He is the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to record 300 passing yards, four passing touchdowns and complete 80 percent of his throws in a game.

He also finished with a passer rating of 145.0 — the second-highest passer rating by a rookie in a game while attempting at least 30 passes.

Nix’s latest accolade comes after he was named the league’s rookie of the week, following his 215-yard and two-touchdown performance in Week 10’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on the road.

The former Oregon standout is the first Bronco to receive AFC Offensive Player of the Week accolades since wide receiver Jerry Jeudy in 2022 and the first Denver quarterback since Trevor Siemian in 2016.

From a numbers standpoint, Nix — the 12th overall pick last April — has been one of the best quarterbacks in the league since Week 5. He has the fifth-most passing yards (1,615) and touchdown passes (13) during this span.

His midseason surge has helped the Broncos be in the middle of the AFC playoff race.

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Bo Nix’s case for Offensive Rookie of the Year just keeps getting better.

The Broncos starting quarterback was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week after his performance in Denver’s 38-6 win over the Atlanta Falcons last week.

“Many great players have won the award in the past, so it’s an honor to be included, but there’s a lot of work left to be done,” Nix said.

Nix, the first rookie quarterback in team history to receive the honor, delivered his best performance of the season, completing 28 of 33 passes (84.8%) for 307 yards and four touchdowns. He is the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to record 300 passing yards, four passing touchdowns and complete 80 percent of his throws in a game.

He also finished with a passer rating of 145.0 — the second-highest passer rating by a rookie in a game while attempting at least 30 passes.

Nix’s latest accolade comes after he was named the league’s rookie of the week, following his 215-yard and two-touchdown performance in Week 10’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on the road. For the Broncos, his recent accomplishments are a reminder of how far he has come and how much room he has to grow.

“I would need to find a good thesaurus to describe how excited I am for him,” wide receiver Courtland Sutton said. “… It brings me joy to be on this journey with him. This is just the tip of the iceberg.”

The former Oregon standout is the first Bronco to receive AFC Offensive Player of the Week accolades since wide receiver Jerry Jeudy in 2022 and the first Denver quarterback since Trevor Siemian in 2016.

From a numbers standpoint, Nix — the 12th overall pick last April — has been one of the best quarterbacks in the league since Week 5. He has the fifth-most passing yards (1,615) and touchdown passes (13) during this span.

Nix’s performance has been night-and-day compared to the early weeks of the season. He completed 83 of 138 pass attempts for 660 yards, a touchdown and four interceptions from Week 1 to 4. Nix even had a passer rating of 62.5 during that time.

For Nix, one of the biggest reasons for his improvement is having a greater understanding of the offense.

“When I know what we’re doing, it slows the defense down a little bit, and I can get the ball where it needs to go,” Nix said.

Said head coach Sean Payton: “I’m proud of where he’s at. The best part is he is very grounded (and) team driven.”

His midseason surge has helped the Broncos be in the middle of the AFC playoff race. He has also generated praise from former Broncos quarterback John Elway.

“He’s going to keep getting better and better,” Elway said on the Adam Schefter Podcast, but added that he hasn’t met or spoken with the 24-year-old.

In 1983, Elway became the first Denver rookie to start at quarterback during the opening weekend of the season. 41 years later, Nix accomplished that feat.

Nix called Elway “a legend.” He added it’s an honor for his name to be spoken by a Hall of Famer.

“Like most guys, they would love to have a chat with John Elway and pick his brain,” Nix said. “Guys like that just have a lot of knowledge that they can share.”

Sutton could’ve talked about Nix for hours on Wednesday. He believes that Nix has the potential to have a long and successful career because his teammate is not complacent.

“He’s understanding that he’s having success, but keeps going,” Sutton said. “The record books are going to be hit pretty hard by him. The way that he’s attacking the games, and his preparation, he’s gonna continue to ascend.”

With significant snow predicted for most Colorado ski resorts early next week, five more resorts will open this weekend, bringing the number of Colorado resorts in operation to 15.

Monarch and Powderhorn will open on Friday. Aspen, Snowmass and Steamboat will open on Saturday.

The Aspen and Snowmass debuts will be five days ahead of when they were originally slated to open. Friday will mark the earliest opening in Powderhorn’s history. It was previously scheduled to open Nov. 29.

Areas scheduled to open next week include Beaver Creek, Crested Butte, Telluride, Granby and Howelsen Hill.

Most Colorado resorts are reporting base depths that are above normal for this date. The OpenSnow forecastng and reporting service says there is the prospect of good snow early Sunday through Wednesday of next week, just in time to freshen the slopes for Thanksgiving.

“The potential/likely storm between Nov. 24-27 could deliver a lot of snow to some (or most?!) mountains of Colorado because there will be a high amount of moisture flowing from the Pacific Ocean into Colorado,” founding meteorologist Joel Gratz wrote in his daily report on Tuesday.

“Because a lot of moisture can translate into a lot of snow, I am cautiously optimistic that snow totals could be in the double digits with a legitimate powder day (or two, or three) early during Thanksgiving week,” he added.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Maybe the NBA Cup just means more. Or maybe the Nuggets realized they needed to approach the final game of their three-game road trip with better energy after getting crushed by the Grizzlies’ physicality two days earlier.

Jamal Murray bounced back with 27 points, Russell Westbrook became the first player in NBA history to record 200 career triple-doubles, and the Nuggets held off a furious late comeback to end their trip up the Mississippi River with a 122-110 win over the Grizzlies.

Memphis narrowed a 25-point Denver lead down to five in the last two minutes, but Dario Saric buried a dagger 3-pointer with 27.7 seconds left, giving his team a 118-110 lead while he was sitting on five fouls.

Westbrook finished the night with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists in 32 minutes. Michael Porter Jr. added 24 points despite shooting 0 for 4 beyond the arc, the rarest of stat lines for him. Christian Braun went for 19 points, six rebounds and three steals. It was more than enough to finally survive a game without Nikola Jokic. The third try was the charm. Now Denver (8-5) is 1-1 in the group stage of the NBA Cup with Dallas visiting Friday for the next game.

“We’re not always going to have the luxury of being able to rely on one person,” Peyton Watson said before the game. “… Without him, our mindset should change. I don’t think that it should stay the same. I think we should all take it upon ourselves that we have more responsibility.

“… I think that’s something that’s a privilege, being able to be in these situations and be counted on and have the pressure on us. Because that’s not every night.”

Defensive stats told the story of the changed mindset early. Seven Nuggets were credited with a steal in the first quarter alone. Watson’s presence was dynamic. Westbrook had one of the best sequences of his season on a four-possession stretch. On offense, consecutive assists for dunks. On defense, an effective close-out against a Jay Huff three and a pick-pocket steal.

Even Murray, whose shot was not falling early in the game, made up for it with good defensive energy. He and Julian Strawther, whose defense was called out by Malone on Sunday, both had two steals at halftime.

The Nuggets wanted to get Murray into a shooting rhythm after a lackluster first two games of the trip. He appeared frustrated after an early fast break when Braun passed to Saric under the basket instead of an open Murray on the 3-point line. Not long after, he missed his first outside attempt from that exact spot on the left wing. After a couple more misses, he passed up an open three in the corner to drive baseline.

His teammates had his back. The Nuggets played through Porter’s hands, and he got to the rim. They played through transition leak-outs. They played through their defense. Strawther made a stunning block of Jaren Jackson. Westbrook was moved into the Jackson matchup early in the second quarter and took a charge to draw Jackson’s third foul.

The officials were not allowing much contact from either team. Saric was on the bench with two early fouls, and when he checked back in for Vlatko Cancar, he immediately picked up his third, sending Cancar back to the scorer’s table. Saric and Watson both sat with four fouls early in the second half. Watson fouled out with 2:25 to go after Denver seemed set on closing the game with him at the five.

Cancar was providing good minutes at the backup five until a stroke of awful luck. After throwing down a vicious driving dunk, he landed and instantly couldn’t put much weight on his left leg. In the summer of 2023, he tore his ACL in the same knee. This time, the Nuggets determined the injury was a sprain. Cancar didn’t return to the game.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nuggets forward Vlatko Cancar exited a game against the Grizzlies with a sprained left knee on Tuesday night and did not return.

Cancar finished a driving dunk in the second quarter and immediately couldn’t put weight on his left leg. He asked for a sub while grabbing his left knee — the same knee in which he tore his ACL in 2023, causing him to miss all of last season.

The Nuggets ruled Cancar out officially at halftime.

He was dealing with a right ankle injury early this season but has played minutes at backup center on Denver’s current road trip with Nikola Jokic out due to personal reasons. Before sustaining the injury Tuesday, Cancar had five points and four rebounds in 11 minutes, backing up Dario Saric.

The Nuggets re-signed Cancar on a one-year veteran minimum contract this offseason as he prepared to return from the ACL tear.

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BOULDER — The microphone ain’t big enough for the two of them.

Louis Riddick’s right. So’s Michael Irvin. The Dallas Cowboys need Deion Sanders. The NFL needs Deion Sanders.

But you know what Coach Prime doesn’t need?

Jerry in his ear. Jerry on his phone. Jerry picking the groceries. Jerry picking the menu. Jerry in his meetings. Jerry demanding the final cut.

Sanders is CU’s Jerry Jones.

Only he wins.

Why would Prime ever want to cede that scepter to anyone else?

“I’m happy where I am, man. I’m good,” Sanders told reporters Tuesday during his weekly news conference at the Champions Center.

“I’ve got a kickstand down. You know what a kickstand is? A lot of people don’t … that means I’m resting. I’m good. I’m happy. I’m excited. I’m enthusiastic about where I am. I love it here. I truly do.”

His Buffs are 8-2, tied for first in the Big 12 and just climbed to No. 16 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings.

His Cowboys, meanwhile, are Big D’s biggest dumpster fire. Dak Prescott’s out for the year. Mike McCarthy’s been a lame-duck coach for what feels like two presidential terms.

At 3-7, it’s not just the sky that’s falling in Texas. A piece of sheet metal reportedly descended from the roof of AT&T Stadium while it was being opened Monday. Didn’t take long for the Cowboys to join in on the theme of the night, as they subsequently got pounded by Houston, 34-10.

The Giants, Raiders, Browns, Titans and Jaguars all have a head start in the tankathon to draft Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter, or both. America’s Team might have to lose out just to land a shot. Although based on what we saw against the Texans … they just might.

The Cowboys stinking is like the Yankees and Lakers stinking — all those bandwagon, front-running fans lose their collective minds, everybody’s got a take, and the morning talk shows eat it up.

Irvin played with Coach Prime on Dallas’ Super Bowl XXX champs, and the two have remained close ever since. The Pro Football Hall-of-Fame wideout raised eyebrows Monday during an appearance on Colin Cowherd’s “The Herd” show on FS1.

When asked if Sanders would ride in from Boulder to rescue the Cowboys if Dallas drafted Shedeur, Irvin replied: “100 percent … and I can tell you, good sources have told me that. Great sources have told me that.”

He even dropped Prime’s name, unsolicited, when interviewed this past Friday during Netflix’s coverage of the Tyson-Paul fight at Arlington, Texas.

“I give (Jake Paul) respect like I give (to) my great guy Deion Sanders, who didn’t go the normal route — who I’m gonna be in Jerry’s ear about later,” Irvin said, as Jones, sitting to his right, smiled uncomfortably. “That’s just something else we’re talking about.”

With that, Jones jumped in, interrupted Irvin, and changed the subject.

Come on. You think Jerry would ever give Deion the last word? On anything?

Jerry doesn’t do alpha coaches. Sanders doesn’t suffer fools gladly.

Jones hasn’t had a head coach with Prime’s gravitas since Bill Parcells — and that was 18 years ago.

Sanders needs space for his staff, his inner circle, space to breathe. Jones sucks the oxygen out of every room he walks into.

“The NFL needs someone like Deion Sanders, quite honestly,”  Riddick, who played with Prime in Atlanta, offered on ESPN’s “Get Up” show on Tuesday. “He fits the NFL. It’s a matter of whether or not the NFL fits him.

“That’s the issue, whether it’s Dallas or anywhere else. Let me just tell you this: Anybody who knows that man — he takes a backseat to nobody. Nobody. Not an owner, not players, not other coaches, nobody.”

The football business, like a good offensive line, is a leverage game. In Boulder, Deion holds all the cards. He’s turned a Power 4 coaching graveyard into a garden, risen a zombie football program back from the dead in a blink.

Sanders is also one of the biggest bargains in CU football history. He’s the fourth-highest-paid coach in the Big 12, per USA Today ($5.7 million), and trails No. 3, Utah’s Kyle Whittingham, by $800,000 this year. The same Whittingham his team just whupped by 25 points last weekend.

Among the CFP’s latest top 20, only two Power 4 coaches reportedly make less than Sanders’ $5.7 million — Indiana’s Curt Cignetti ($4.25 million) and SMU’s Rhett Lashlee ($2.36 million). You better believe Cignetti’s about to flip his magic-carpet ride in Bloomington — another graveyard — into checks his great-great-great grandchildren will be cashing.

And sure, Coach Prime doesn’t need the money. But as with players, compensating Sanders is about respect. About rewarding what he’s built relative to his peers. The coach of one of the top two programs in the Big 12 right now should want to be compensated like one. (Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy is the league’s current No. 1, at $7.75 million, followed by Kansas’ Lance Leipold, at $7.5 million, if you’re wondering where the bidding starts.)

“I don’t know if the pro game is necessarily what he wants,” Riddick continued, “but I can tell you this: If I was an owner and I spent some time talking to him like I’ve talked to him, and understand what makes him tick, I would be trying desperately to get him into my building, there’s no question about that. It’s just a matter of whether or not he wants it.”

In Jerry World, Jones is marooned, floating to nowhere, watching Jayden Daniels and Jalen Hurts drift away with the NFC East the way a bottle drifts in the open sea.

In Peggy World, Prime has the Big 12 right where he wants it — looking up at him. And hoping some desperate owner heeds Riddick’s advice before the Buffs become a dynasty.

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