The Den­ver Post beat reporter Ryan O’Halloran breaks down the 2020 season:

WEEK 1 — Sept. 14

vs . Tennessee
8:10 p.m., ESPN

New Bron­cos defen­sive end Jur­rell Casey faces his old team, which gave him away for a sev­enth-round pick. The run defense will be test­ed by NFL rush­ing cham­pi­on Der­rick Henry.

The call: Bron­cos 20, Titans 17

WEEK 2 — Sept. 20

at Pittsburgh
11 a.m., KCNC‑4

Both teams play­ing on a short week, but at least the Steel­ers are at home. Ben Roeth­lis­berg­er is sacked five times, but throws three touchdowns.

The call: Steel­ers 27, Bron­cos 14.

WEEK 3 — Sept. 27

vs. Tampa Bay
2:25 p.m., KDVR-31

Tom Brady is 4–6 all-time at Mile High, includ­ing 0–2 in the play­offs. He like­ly makes his final appear­ance in Den­ver, but he’ll be over­shad­owed by Bron­cos receiv­er Jer­ry Jeudy, who scores two touchdowns.

The call: Bron­cos 38, Buc­ca­neers 34

WEEK 4 — Oct. 1

at N.Y. Jets
6:20 p.m., NFL Network

The bad news: The Bron­cos have to fly four hours on a short week. The good news: They get to play the Jets. Before camp start­ed, the Jets trad­ed safe­ty Jamal Adams and saw line­backer C.J. Mosley opt out.

The call: Bron­cos 24, Jets 10

WEEK 5 — Oct. 11

at New England
11 a.m., KCNC‑4

The Bron­cos have lost six con­sec­u­tive games in Foxbor­ough; their last win was in 2006. A trap game after a 3–1 start and mini-bye week­end. Julian Edel­man catch­es and throws one touch­down apiece.

The call: Patri­ots 31, Bron­cos 27

WEEK 6 — Oct. 18

vs Miami
2:05 p.m, KCNC‑4

If the NFL office gets its way and pre­vents teams from stay­ing out west or east for con­sec­u­tive road games, a big advan­tage here to the Bron­cos because Mia­mi plays at San Fran­cis­co in Week 5.

The call: Bron­cos 28, Dol­phins 17

WEEK 7 — Oct. 25

vs. Kansas City
2:25 p.m., KCNC‑4

The clas­sic mea­sur­ing stick game. The Bron­cos have lost nine straight to the Chiefs, who outscored them 53–9 last year. This will be close, but the champs pre­vail to send the Bron­cos into the bye at 4–3.

The call: Chiefs 31, Bron­cos 24

WEEK 8

Bye

WEEK 9 — Nov. 8

at Atlanta
11 a.m., KCNC‑4

The Bron­cos’ sea­son will come into focus: Play­off con­tender or also-ran? This will be the Bron­cos’ first trip to the new Mer­cedes-Benz Sta­di­um, which opened in 2017. Drew Lock throws four touchdowns.

The call: Bron­cos 24, Fal­cons 20

WEEK 10 — Nov. 15

at Las Vegas
2:05 p.m., KCNC‑4

The Bron­cos’ first trip to Alle­giant Sta­di­um would have pro­duced packed flights from Den­ver to Las Vegas. But fans will have to on tele­vi­sion as Jeudy out­du­els fel­low Alaba­ma first-round receiv­er Hen­ry Ruggs.

The call: Raiders 17, Bron­cos 13

WEEK 11 — Nov. 22

vs. L.A. Chargers
2:05 p.m., KCNC‑4

The Charg­ers may have moved to rook­ie quar­ter­back Justin Hebert by this point, but the big sub­plot is Bron­cos run­ning back Melvin Gor­don and Charg­ers cor­ner­back Chris Har­ris fac­ing their old teams.

The call: Bron­cos 26, Charg­ers 16

WEEK 12 — Nov. 29

vs. New Orleans
2:05 p.m., KDVR-31

Court­land Sut­ton assumed the no-doubt No. 1 receiv­er role last Octo­ber when Emmanuel Sanders was trad­ed to San Fran­cis­co. He signed with the Saints in free agency to be one of Drew Brees’ targets.

The call: Saints 37, Bron­cos 27

WEEK 13 — Dec. 6

at Kansas City
6:20 p.m., KUSA‑9

If the game isn’t flexed, it will be the Bron­cos’ first Sun­day night appear­ance since 2016. Justin Sim­mons inter­cepts Patrick Mahomes twice, but the Chiefs kick a field goal as time expires.

The call: Chiefs 23, Bron­cos 21

WEEK 14 — Dec. 13

at Carolina
11 a.m., KCNC‑4

The most winnable road game on the Bron­cos’ sched­ule and they will win even though Pan­thers run­ning back/Denver area native Chris­t­ian McCaf­frey will total 250 yards total offense.

The call: Bron­cos 34, Pan­thers 24

WEEK 15 — Dec. 19–20

vs. Buffalo
TBD, TV TBA

Last Novem­ber, the Bills’ defense flexed its mus­cles, hold­ing the Bron­cos to 134 yards and nine measly first downs in a 20–3 snooz­er. A few days lat­er, Drew Lock began tak­ing starter prac­tice reps.

The call: Bills 17, Bron­cos 13

WEEK 16 — Dec. 26–27

at L.A. Chargers
TBD, TV TBA

The Bron­cos’ first trip to SoFi Sta­di­um is a missed chance for fans to make the trip from Den­ver. Enter­ing the final two games, the Bron­cos know they need two wins and some help to make playoffs.

The call: Bron­cos 28, Charg­ers 23

WEEK 17 — Jan. 3

vs. Las Vegas
2:25 p.m., KCNC‑4

The sev­enth and final AFC play­off spot, and a first-round trip to sec­ond-seed­ed Bal­ti­more, could be on the line. Derek Carr will com­plete 75% of his pass­es, but A.J. Bouye will score on an inter­cep­tion return.

The call: Bron­cos 34, Raiders 21

Final record: 9–7