1985 Los Angeles Raiders week 14 at Denver Broncos

Raiders (9-4) and Broncos (9-4) in another AFC West battle for first place after a close Silver and Black win 2 weeks earlier in Los Angeles.

[@Cronellishways]

These were some dark days for the Broncos, going to the Superbowl and losing.

[@johnmongani5223]

yep Broncos were going down the same path as the Vikings in the 70's and then Buffalo follwed the Broncos into Super Bowl futility in the 90's. Elway salvaged his post season career with those two NFL titles in the late 90's.

[@jesselopez7850]

In the 1980's, a win in the AFC West was very tough to get.

[@russellseilhamer4552]

Such a crazy wide open year in the AFC with Denver losing 2 OT games to the Raiders that year. It’s crazy to think that a Broncos team that might have gone to the SB missed the playoffs joining the 67 Colts and 08 Patriots as the only teams with 11 wins ever to miss the playoffs but they made up for 1985 in a huge way the next two years

[@arcas8423]

Always lament what things would have been like with Dan Marino in the backfield.

[@MultiTroy63]

I remember those sorry years of Mark Wilson and the QB play for the Raiders!

[@user-ic5ri1he8z]

This team was good enough to go to SB. Would they have beaten the bears ? Probably not but should never have lost to the patriots. The raiders being a consistent winning franchise ended after this season.

[@DeepH2Ov1]

The teams that were wasted on Marc Wilson. People think JaMarcus was bad and he was but he didn't really try to be a pro. Wilson was just pathetic and he actually tried and those teams he QB'ed won inspite of him when they could. He was great at BYU but his game didn't translate to the NFL at all. Those teams could've won a couple of Superbowls easy.

[@dennissaunders5247]

COULD YOU BELIEVE AL PASSED ON DAN MARINO. WOW WHAT MIGHT OF BEEN.

[@michaelbanaszak7775]

​@@dennissaunders5247I've read stories that Al Davis, the "Genius", passed on Warren Moon and Bobby Hebert, as well! 😮

[@dennissaunders5247]

@@michaelbanaszak7775 I would have loved to see Warren Moon with the RAIDERS he would have lit it up.

[@marktaylor2847]

Marc Wilson singlehandedly ruined some great Raiders teams.

[@zeposgrave]

Marcus Allen. Great Great Player.

[@gusespe4458]

Damn I almost forgot how much the Refs used to let the players Play !!!!

[@chrisuncleahmad]

1985: The year 11-5 Denver missed the playoffs and 8-8 won a division

[@DanStrayer]

Easy, friend: it was Cleveland. Denver more than got their vengeance, wouldn’t you say?

[@theholyvineofdavid647]

​@@DanStrayeryup the football gods wouldn't let Cleveland off the hook for that one

[@welbyrouse76]

​@@DanStrayerDenver fan here, you are absolutely right, Super Bowls XXI and XXII would've been a better matchup between Cleveland and the Giants or the Redskins. Cleveland 's defense back then was like the NFC defense, Elway just had the magic, Hall of Fame, Kosar was hot too and just came up short. Poor Byner, should of been two straight AFC Championship Games to go into overtime between the Browns and Broncos.

[@DannyKaffee]

For this game Marc Wilson had a passer rating of 26.9 and Elway had a passer rating of 36.6. 7 interceptions between the two.

[@jeffduesterhaus1029]

WE HAD A REALLY GOOD DL BACK THEN .TERRIBLE QB.MARC WILSON AND HIS JOHNNY DAMON ARM LOOKING DOWN THE REC ALL THE TIME UFPOS

[@jeffduesterhaus1029]

WILSON HELD THE RAIDERS BACK THAT FING PUSSY

[@debbiehenson1096]

Mark Wilson was terrible, Raiders had to have someone better.

[@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl]

Marc Wilson was pure trash . Raiders have been a joke since 83

[@Matt-xv2cp]

Raiders had the 6th highest winning pot in the 1980's, and were 12th in the 1990's. I'd hardly call that "trash since 83".

[@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl]

@@Matt-xv2cp They haven’t won anything since 83 and many of the years they were one of the worst teams in the league .Its 2023 and they’re trash again . You’re clueless

[@Matt-xv2cp]

@@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl no sht, Sherlock, neither have a lot of teams, including the Chargers. You said they have been trash since 1983, which is not true. 2003, 20 years later was when their decline began. From 1980 to 2002 the Raiders were in the top 10 winning pctg in the NFL. I'm 56 son, I've been watching football longer than you've been alive. Fk outta here..

[@Matt-xv2cp]

@@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl There's 12 teams who've never even won a Superbowl, why ain't yo talkin trash on them? You're definitely a bandwagon Chiefs or Bronco fan, both teams have won the same amout of SB's as the Raiders.

[@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl]

@@Matt-xv2cp I have been a Raiders fan since 68 and forgot more about this franchise than you ever knew . This is one of the most inept and worst run franchises in sports and has been for decades . I can’t help it if you’re a brainless Raider homer who can’t see the truth

[@dennissaunders5247]

The broncos were so overrated in those years , the AFC WAS SO WEAK.

[@ltjjenkins]

No salary cap. Bigger cities in nfc. More $.