1998 AFC Div Playoffs Miami Dolphins vs Denver Broncos 1st Half

The Broncos had an extra week to prepare for this game and used it to their advantage.

[@andys3035]

Hard to believe this was 20 years ago. These are classics, thanks for uploading!

[@mikerusso703]

22 years now!!!

[@whisperinthewind1789]

Well said! Dang seems like just a few years ago I was watching this as a teenager! Screaming at the tv👍🗽🇺🇸🦅

[@tomservo75]

Hard to believe Marino and Elway had never faced each other in a playoff game before. And Kyle Shanahan's dad on the sideline for Denver.

[@LOC2525_]

I was 10yr old but i still remember what a special time it was to be a Broncos fan.

[@treeinch252]

I just turned 7, I became a Bronco fan the year before just because TD is my all time favorite RB

[@stacihaggard6819]

@@treeinch252 I'm 49 so I was there during all the Super Bowl blowout losses so 97 and 98 were very special to me. And yes, this was easily the best Broncos team ever. Us fans deserve much better than the garbage they've rolled out there since Manning retired.

[@mikerusso703]

@@stacihaggard6819 you've had not one but two HOF quarterbacks leading your team to multiple Super bowls and Super Bowl rings over the last 3 decades.... Forgive me if I do not feel an ounce of sympathy for you..

[@jegosportsgear2305]

That double move cutback by Davis for that touchdown was a thing of beauty. Nobody touched him on his way to the end zone.

[@82dorrin]

This Broncos O-Line was one of the greatest ever. Period.

[@jackduncan5442]

Nope.

[@jackduncan5442]

Maybe one of the best scheme wise. But on pure talent, not close.

[@mikerusso703]

@@jackduncan5442 Zimmerman was a beast

[@jackduncan5442]

@@mikerusso703 Their 97 O line was much better than their 98 line. LT : Zimmerman LG : Schlereth C : Nalen RG : Habib RT : Jones The 97 Denver line I would argue is the 3rd most dominant and effective line ever. Behind the Wall and the Hogs.

[@ddwalker3744]

@@jackduncan5442 i was just going to say that, 97 line was better than 98 line

[@TydeeWhitey]

Elway was great in his own way but I feel for Dan, he did not have the same offensive firepower that Elway was fortunate to have at the end of his career. He had two HOF skill players in Davis and Sharpe. Also had Rod Smith and Mccaffrey. You could see from the jump in this game, two dropped passes by Marino's receivers and a dropped INT on defense. Those are the things that can wildly swing games b/w two HOF QBs. I wish Marino would've gotten a talent like Davis at some point in his career. Still a very cool game to watch now. Appreciate the upload.

[@clickman443]

Marino took most of the money. Elway deferred some to get better players around him. That was the difference

[@ujohnlynch2341]

@@clickman443 Marino did the same thing in order free up cap space. JJ was really good at adding defensive players, but swung and missed badly on offense, especially WR and RB. Sometimes it is a bit luck. Terrell Davis was good, but not great in college. Rod Smith was an NFL star but was undrafted out of college. Conversely, Miami drafted Yatil Green, a superstar in college, in the first round only to see him blow out his knee twice before ever playing an NFL game.

[@clickman443]

@@ujohnlynch2341 yeah. Wasn't meant to be

[@fritterfoof5146]

@@ujohnlynch2341 Their Defense was Ranked 1 - 3 , another crap for Marino , and the next year would be worse .

[@chrissnyder3430]

He strikes again! Lol. Thanks Richard! The intro gives me goosebumps still! Go Broncos!!!

[@PerpetualArt]

Chris Snyder ,I figured I would see you here... Whats up Bronco fan?

[@chrissnyder3430]

Perpetual.Art Oh Hell, ya know, just remembering the good ole BRONCOS days!! Lol how r you?

[@PerpetualArt]

Chris Snyder, I know the warm feeling these games tend to bring. Same old shit, different day... Other than that I am doing OK. I am a die hard Yankee fan, so I am just hoping for an AL East pennant. Then the Series. Fingers crossed.

[@Aguanga_cowboy007]

😀

[@JB-fm4tb]

I remember watching this game at home with my dad I was in 2nd grade , I haven’t seen this game since ! Thanks for uploading!

[@ref69]

Richard, you are the man!! I appreciate it sir....

[@jackdull5699]

The 1998 Broncos were so good and yet they were overlooked as one of the best teams of the 90's

[@breadandcircuses9967]

no there wasn't many good teams around then , the 99 rams 00 ravens 01 pats would all beat this 98 bronco team , the stars aligned for them they weren't that good .

[@jackduncan5442]

@@breadandcircuses9967 I wouldn't say they "weren't that good". But they definitely benefited from having a weak division, conference and having to play an OK Falcons team. And a Green Bay team they matched up well against.

[@ddwalker3744]

U guys are crazy, its impossible to stop Davis and Elway, try and stop one the other will kill u and Atwater will knock your head off, late 90s broncos were greatness

[@clickman443]

They were pretty good. There's been only 6 repeat champions and they were one of them. You don't repeat by accident

[@DanCron]

This game was so satisfying, especially after their matchup just a few weeks earlier. Telling ya, the moment Rod Smith made that amazing catch at the beginning of the game, you knew...Miami had no chance in this one.

[@drewzuhosky6826]

Broncos should have had more yards on top of the catch. Sam Madison speared Rod Smith like Goldberg on that play.

[@chipgeron6753]

The Dolphins had their glory only for one night but the Broncos had their glory where it mattered the most

[@andywhitesell1256]

I was at that regular season game all those dolphins fans were talking shit I told them we'll be back in 6 weeks for our trophy and they backed me up Terrell Davis was a beast

[@RetroreviewsPlus]

I was stoked for this game, awesome revenge game after that bad MNF loss to Miami, thanks for uploading

[@MatthewBaumgarten]

I have always thought this was and still is the best complete Bronco Team ever and I liked those uniforms the best too

[@timlevis3630]

Sorry always hated that uniform.

[@zenoftupac9096]

I jumped into the middle & caught a random D series & amongst other things , was reminded how great it was to have a LB like Romonowski in the middle of things.

[@82dorrin]

If TD had stayed healthy, he'd have retired with 12,000-14,000 career rushing yards. Easily.

[@javssilva3995]

In my opinion he breaks the record. The year he broke 2000 yards he had 5 ypc. Most other rushers who got over 2000 yards were around 4-4.4ypc. He was a beast.

[@mikerusso703]

He'd have more with that line..hell if he and John stayed together another 2 years TD would've hit another 3500 yards at least just in those two years cause defenses were perplexed.... Do they stop TD?? or... Do they stop John???..

[@whisperinthewind1789]

Yeah thanks for the video and I saw down below the second half of this game! Watching that next👍🗽🇺🇸🦅

[@seanmcmillan9485]

What an ass-kicking. The Dolphins should not have celebrated like they won the Super Bowl a few weeks earlier.

[@jaydaire139]

This team didn't just go out to win, this Bronco team went out to humiliate the opposition. They played Miami in the regular season having secured home field advantage already and played a vanilla game plan, knowing they were going to humiliate them in the playoffs.

[@stacihaggard6819]

Absolutely true. The Broncos perfect season was lost the week before in NYG, and they had zip to play for in Miami. I remember a bunch of my friends got together to watch this game and everyone predicted the final score and I picked Denver 41-3 and they all laughed at me. Oh so close! On a side note, I miss these Dolphins uniforms and logo. I thought it was one of the best logos in pro sports and now their unis and logo are SO laughably ugly.

[@johnnyflores1978]

@@stacihaggard6819 miami got them back opening game of the following year

[@johnnyflores1978]

@@stacihaggard6819 they wear their retros from time to time

[@vicalamuso3427]

​@@johnnyflores1978 in the opener? vs an elway-less broncos who had just won 2 titles? this is why dolphins fans are brain dead

[@dennismumford6108]

I kind of wish Elway would have come back in '99 to try for a 3-peat. Would have been tough beating Kurt Warner and the Rams however.

[@0798Alexander]

The rams would of been hard to beat, hahaha.

[@jackduncan5442]

They wouldn't of 3 peated. Not even close. Teams WAY BETTER than this failed to do so.

[@nickdobson1959]

It would of been.an epic superbowl

[@JonathanEvans1977]

This was probably the most dominant performance by an o-line I've ever seen. Insane..

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

And Miami had a GOOD defensive line (with 2 future hall of famers) It’s not like this was against some pushovers

[@eerieinhabitants1]

Instant nostalgia!

[@raypratt3611]

WOW,I forgot that Bowens,Taylor and Drayton were out,especially BOWENS and TAYLOR that makes a HUGE difference!!That very first series by The fins it looked like Marino wasnt even surprised that they had 2 drops,very easy plays too!!Am surprised McDuffie was one of them tho!!

[@markvincent1011]

Yeah, BOWENS and TAYLOR would've made a HUGE difference in the game! TD would never have gotten 199 yards! Definitely under 190! Probably under 180, even! Maybe even 175! Well, maybe.

[@ujohnlynch2341]

@@markvincent1011 Yes, the two best lineman on the NFL's top rushing defense would have made a dramatic difference had they played. Denver was a better team and would have won, but Davis wouldn't have run wild.

[@lewisgottschalk2178]

With Jason Taylor and Tim Bowens out on the DL, Dolphins had no chance.

[@ujohnlynch2341]

Their LT and LG on the offensive line were also on the DL.

[@zenoftupac9096]

During this time it appeared as if Mike Shanahan was going to be what Bill Belichek became. Shanahan might’ve been able to accomplish that if Elway has as much football in front of him as Tom Brady did when BB started off his Patriots resume. Didn’t like when Shanahan was fired at all. Turns out Shanahan & Plummer we’re both better than their young wunderkind replacements. I was always of that opinion regarding Shanahan ( at the time as well ) but I’ll admit that I wasn’t as smart with the premature replacing of Plummer as I fell in love with Cutlers arm. But it was evident that it wasn’t a good move before too long.

[@kevinthomas2906]

Epic theme music

[@redmustangredmustang]

This game was over in the first half. The Broncos had a chip on their shoulder from their previous loss to Miami. They wanted to bury them and they did. It just goes to show that Marino never had a running game and the reason why he doesn't have a ring. That also includes a defense, Elway finally had the running game and the defense in the Super Bowl to get him those two rings.

[@chandlersbryant4047]

Well and the fact that Marino stunk in the Playoffs quite a few times doesn't help either .

[@griffinjones9578]

Christ that second touchdown by TD- that final cutback probably still gives that defender nightmares

[@redmustangredmustang]

They played like a lot of back to back championship teams do, they destroy their opponent in the divisional round. Everyone saw the writing on the wall that the Broncos were going to be a great team that year and there were.

[@sandramumford817]

What a difference from the Reg. Season game from a few weeks ago. And the biggest difference of all-the play of Dan Marino. Marino had 4TD's/1INT, a Passer Rating of 115.6, and he led his offense to 31 pts. This game-0 TD's/2 INT', Rating of 65.5, only 3 pts.

[@sandramumford817]

This actually sums up pretty much Marino's biggest problem-the big difference in his play from the regular season to the post-season. Dan was somewhat playoff challenged a good majority of the time.

[@calbar8793]

Football is dynamic and reciprocal (offense and defense). The common thing that happens in the playoffs is defenses are THAT much better, both per game performance and the selection that the process gives. In this game at least, Miami ran the ball for 14 yards. It is hard to win when you run for 14 yards, no matter how else it is sliced. Miami had significant injuries on both sides - but specifically the front rush with Bowens and Taylor. We can try to tie a theme to it but the difference is Miami couldn't run, was missing defenders, and playing a team with high skill position on ground and air AND had two weeks of rest. Would have been a miracle to pull a win for Miami

[@bjchit]

Ignore this douchebag, he wants to pin the blame on Marino all the time regardless who’s fault it was (and it was almost never Marino’s).

[@ujohnlynch2341]

Mark Clayton had a great quote about the Dolphin's team in the 1980's. "...when you score 45 points, and lose, there's a problem..."

[@KobaBlack113]

You just got a new subscriber.

[@adamdoss1]

Thanks a million! Such a classic so many great memories in this game. Do u have the Jets game the following week?

[@zenoftupac9096]

Adam Doss - that game is on youtube. Prob same channel, but even if not it is available in full.

[@justinridge3136]

Awesome thank you for the upload!! Any chance you have superbowl 33?? Or any of the 97 playoff games I think the steelers an the cheifs I can't remember though

[@mikerusso703]

Watching this December 30th 2020 5:43 pm Pine Hill, NJ High asf right now on oxycodone... Happy New Year everyone!!!! Be Safe!!!! Fuck Covid-19!!!!

[@isayisay101]

How cool is this Thanks

[@dennismumford6108]

What a good team Marino had in 1998-a Top 16 offense, a Top 5 Defense (actually they were NUMBER 1 ), and his backs had OVER 2,000 yds. rushing and receiving. But once again Dan stunk it up in a playoff game and had multiple turnovers, a Passer Rating of only 65.5, and he led his offense to a total of only 3 points scored.

[@lindseysummers5351]

This was a happy memory compared to what happened the next year...

[@Steve00077]

Being 16th in offense isn’t good. And the team was ranked 30th in yards per carry. There was obviously no Terrell Davis on that team. Davis had more than twice as many yards that season than the Dolphins leading rusher.

[@dennismumford6108]

@@Steve00077 But don't overlook the big picture here-Marino had the ability to lead that 16th Ranked offense to a win over this same Broncos team a couple of weeks earlier IN THE REG. SEASON. In this playoff game however he played his usual bad game and it resulted in another playoff loss.

[@dennismumford6108]

@@Steve00077 This was so typical of Marino. He was definitely playoff challenged.

[@ujohnlynch2341]

@@dennismumford6108 In a game that didn't matter to the Broncos and meant everything to Miami as they fought to get into the playoffs.

[@sandramumford817]

The Dolphins had the No.1 Defense for Least Points Allowed but what difference would that make when their QB can only put up a total of 3 pts. Far cry from the 31 pts. Marino put up a couple of weeks earlier in the Reg. season win over the Broncos. Dan was playoff challenged throughout his career.

[@bjchit]

You’re mentally and socially challenged.

[@ddwalker3744]

Late 90s broncos were so dominant

[@dennismumford6108]

Greg Gumbel in the opening-'Does Marino have the supporting cast needed...'. Well, Dan's backs had OVER 2,000 yds. rushing and receiving and more importantly his Defense was NO.1 for Least Points Allowed. Also, just 3 weeks ago Marino threw 4 TD passes against this same Broncos Defense.

[@dennismumford6108]

The only difference now-those 4 TD passes were thrown in a Reg. Season game and now this is a BIG playoff game. The stakes are much higher in this game.

[@dennismumford6108]

Gumbel also reminded us that Marino played in a S.B. game in only his 2nd year in the league ('84) but failed to tell us that he inherited a S.B. team already in his 1st year ('83) in the league. A team that was so good that they got to that S.B. in '82 with Woodley and Strock as their QB's.

[@ujohnlynch2341]

Miami had 1,535 yards rushing, averaging just 3.4 ypc, in 1998. In this game, they rushed for 14 yards on 13 attempts while the defense gave up 250 yards. Marino completed 70% of his passes in the game, despite two blatant drops on short passes on the first drive and a drop at the goal line on the third drive, where a TD changes the tone of the game. Further, in this game, the starting LT, LG and TE were out. Recall Troy Drayton, TE, had 64 yards receiving in the first game working the middle of the field. The Broncos lost the first game when Elway went 13-36 with two interceptions as Davis rushed for 29 yards on 16 carries. Seems, when a team can't run against a good defense, that defense gears up very well to defend the pass as even Elway floundered when the defense didn't have to respect the run game.

[@ujohnlynch2341]

@@dennismumford6108 The '82 Dolphins had the #2 ranked defense and #10 ranked offense, so they were balanced. In fact, the defense gave up 300 yards only twice in the regular season and once in the playoffs, in the SB loss. In getting to the SB, they rushed for 214, 214, and 138 yards in the playoffs but lost the SB when they only gained 96 yards. By '84, the defense had slipped to 7th in points and 19th in yards allowed, giving up 300+ yards nine times, including 400 yards five times in the regular season and 537 yards to San Diego. In the playoffs they were solid against Seattle giving up less than 300 yards total, but then gave up 455 yards to Mark Malone's Steelers in the AFC Championship and 537 more yards to SF in the SB. The offense also ran well in the playoffs w 143 and 134 yards respectively, but only 25 yards against SF. By the way, the entire 49er secondary made the pro-bowl that year. Marino's best year actually might have been 1992 when he guided the team to the AFC Championship with a team heavily reliant on passing as they could only run for 1525 yards that year, 3.7 ypc. They of course lost the AFC Championship game after nine dropped passes (it's all on video) including two sure TD's. Starting WR Mark Duper would be cut in the offseason and never play another down. Mark Clayton was also released and played another year as a fourth receiver for the Packers. Think about that. Getting to the AFC Championship game without the ability to run while one starting WR wasn't good enough to play for another team and the other being a fourth stringer and the starting RB also being pushed out of the NFL following the season. Elway, as great as he was, couldn't win it all until he had an entire team around him. Give Marino Rice, Roger Craig, Terrell Davis, Thurman Thomas, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and just a whiff of a defense and he too has multiple rings.

[@stacihaggard6819]

The difference between Elway and Marino is much like the difference between Brady and P Manning. Elway and Brady were great in all weather conditions. Plus Elway could run the hell out of the ball, over 3K rushing yards. Marino and Manning needed near perfect weather. Both of them stunk it up in windy, snowy weather while Brady seemed to get even better.

[@bjchit]

Just simply not true, Marino played great in bad weather games all the time.

[@JohnDoe-nj3vj]

Marino stinking out the joint as usual in the playoffs.

[@mgn3645]

Nah. He won as much as Elway did without TD/defense

[@JohnDoe-nj3vj]

@@mgn3645 Negative! AFC championships are big games too. Marino is overrated. Sorry.

[@lindseysummers5351]

@@mgn3645 Way, way off. Dan Marino was electric in 1984 when he went to his only Super Bowl. He went back to the AFC Championship Game only two more times and was blown out both times...at home. John Elway was the biggest reason the Broncos went to three Super Bowls in four years. After a down year, they were back in the AFC Championship Game against the Bills, which they nearly won on the road. So much for that theory.

[@kevin4209]

You realize the Dolphins were missing their LT, DT, and JASON TAYLOR in this game, right? Even as a 13 year old kid, I knew this game was over before it even started. Marino is one of the greatest of all time.

[@JohnDoe-nj3vj]

@@kevin4209 3 points? I don't care how banged up they were, this is supposed to be a great QB. Once they figured him out and played the deep ball he would get frustrated and not do so well.

[@dennismumford6108]

Just another example of Marino getting outplayed by an opposing QB in a playoff game. This happened numerous times in Dan's career.The amazing thing was-a couple of weeks earlier Marino played a great game against this same Bronco defense.

[@dennismumford6108]

In the Reg. Season game that the Dolphins won 31-21, Marino had 4 TD passes and only 1 INT and a Passer Rating of 115.6 but in the playoff game Dan had 0 TD passes, 2 INT's, a Rating of only 65.5 and he led his offense to only 3 pts.

[@dennismumford6108]

Elway was just the opposite. He had 0/2 and a Rating of only 26.5 in the Reg. season game but then in the playoff game he had 1/0, a Rating of 100.3, and he led his offense to 38 pts. One guy got it done a majority of the time in the playoffs and the other guy was playoff challenged a majority of the time.

[@dennismumford6108]

By the way--Elway was playing against the better defense. Marino's defense was No.1 for Least Points Allowed in '98.

[@bjchit]

By the way, Taylor and Bowens were out and several other players were playing injured, shit for brains.

[@ujohnlynch2341]

@@dennismumford6108 In the regular season game, TD rushed for 29 yards in 16 carries. With the D able to defend primarily against the pass, Elway struggled. In the playoffs, with Miami's D' missing three starters, two on the D line, Denver ran for 250 yards, opening up the entire offense for Elway.

[@lisahardy9707]

John Avery would go on to win Grey Cup in the CFL in 2004

[@OmniXenO]

Derek Loville would go to the prison in 2016..!

[@reneep9972]

Dan Marino was a very good QB, but not in the conversation as John Elway. Truly great QBs find a way to get to more than one Super Bowl. Elway got there 3 times with no running game before TD arrived.

[@joegriego3091]

Honestly, did the 'fins really think they even had a remote chance of an upset?

[@stevep8445]

They hammered Denver just a few weeks before, 31-21. Marino threw for 355 yards and fired 4 TDs and Elway had a horrible game , going 13/36 for 150 yds and 2 picks. So yeah, I am sure Miami thought they had a remote chance.

[@chipgeron6753]

The fact the Dolphins owned the Broncos 2nd to last game of the regular season the Broncos really were focused and ready for them after the Dolphins beat the Bills in the wildcard to set up the meeting in Denver. Plus 3 years in a row besides the loss to the Jaguars the Broncos were unstoppable at home. This 38-3 win was not only that the Broncos were a much better team but they were pissed about getting alittle hammered by them

[@ryanevans8566]

If you watched the America's Game episode on the 1998 Broncos, all three of the interviewees (Shannon Sharpe, Mark Schlereth, & TD) made special mention of the fact that they really wanted to destroy Miami in this game. I seem to remember a sprinkling of "experts" that like a Miami upset - someone on Inside the NFL, perhaps (going from memory).

[@ibraheemrao8434]

@@ryanevans8566 oh yeah after that b game Miami was celebrating like they were all.that

[@DanGeezyPresents]

Steve P 31 to 21 isn’t that hammered lol

[@bryantaylor3388]

Where is part II (2nd half)??

[@boxingdialogue4676]

Geez i can see why Marino never won a super bowl, had an awful defense and then here you have his linemen with the false starts.

[@jackduncan5442]

Jimmy Johnson should of never taken the Miami job. Should of stayed in Dallas and won 2 more. 4 peating 92-95 and CEMENTING THEIR LEGACY AS THE GREATEST TEAM EVER.

[@coryreeves2645]

Be jesus in the house of orange 🏈😤🔥😮

[@brevontownes8655]

Tell me that CBS theme music isn't the greatest.....they need to bring it back, 98.....what a time to be a Broncos fan #milehighgreatness

[@thomasbraunjr.1025]

Miami’s offense looked afraid to catch that damn ball

[@chumline577]

Broncos won't be at this level for a long time 😒

[@80smithe]

Terrell Davis the Goat!

[@oscarhr16]

Broncos offense would've done the same to the Viking defense.

[@Nole584]

I forgot there was a karim Abdul jabbar that played football.

[@stevennations9262]

I feel so sorry for Marino they never had a defense

[@JB-fm4tb]

The dolphins defense was their strongest asset that year they were really good. Denver just smoked them

[@brianwaas9085]

As a matter of fact, in 1998, the Dolphins had the number one scoring defense in football. However, like J B said in his reply, Denver smoked them. It was clearly a revenge game for the Broncos considering how they lost 31-21 in Miami in Week 16. I don't remember the Dolphins stomping on anything after their win the prior week over Buffalo. But, I will not start an argument with anyone about it.

[@Tubalcain422]

There were some key injuries in this playoff game. So they were not playing with the top defense.

[@markvincent1011]

@@brianwaas9085 www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-01-05-9901040215-story.html, for example.

[@clickman443]

Don't feel too sorry for him. He took max contracts so they were unable to get him better weapons like elway had. I'm all for getting your money but if you really want to win, don't take all you can. Elway knew that.

[@BloodFromSpain]

Dolphins had the #1 D that year. Denver had #7 or #8 D and Miami still got blasted.

[@ujohnlynch2341]

Miami was missing it's two best defensive linemen, Jason Taylor and Tim Bowens, in this game. Denver was a better team and was going to win, but it wouldn't have gotten out of hand like this if those two were healthy.

[@SASUKEUCHIHA-dt3cg]

far from the 1972 17-0 team my how the mighty have fallen.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

It was a 14 game schedule back then when they went undefeated.

[@jackduncan5442]

72 Dolphins most overrated team ever.

[@lindseysummers5351]

@@jackduncan5442 It says an awful lot that the Dolphins were 16-0 going into the Super Bowl and we're still the underdogs.

[@fritterfoof5146]

@@jackduncan5442They went 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 , 17 - 0 , 56 Turnovers , go sit down boy .

[@stacihaggard6819]

It's truly a shame that Marino and Elway only faced each other THREE times in their careers. WTH is up with that? Could you imagine if Brady and Manning only played 3 times? I know a lot of it is Marino's awful playoff record and not going very far but still, why only 2 regular season meetings?

[@walterlv01]

The formula for non-divisional scheduling at the time was entirely based on where a team finished in the standings the prior year and there was no cycle like there is today. These two teams just kept missing each other based on where they wound up in the standings.

[@ujohnlynch2341]

Well, their first three seasons in the league, the Broncos kept losing in the first-round while Miami went to two AFC Championships. When Denver was good, Miami was bad. When Miami was good, Denver was bad.

[@thegrandwazooofheliopolis4344]

I winder if Elway regrets retiring when he did. We could have won 3 in a row.

[@ddwalker3744]

They could have won in 96 also if they didn't have that huge upset by the jags

[@clickman443]

They would've had a shot but there's a reason nobody has ever 3 peated. You'd think he would've wanted to try but it's so much work and he was getting older. Why not go out on top?

[@milehighclone348]

In case Broncos Country needed even more of a reason to hate Phil Simms and Greg Gumbel...

[@bishlap]

I love the Broncs, but those intro's were over the top, show a little class, this ain't wrestling.

[@beezy22]

Denver was gonna win this game for a couple of reasons:1. Dolphins showboating on the lines after beating Denver 2. Denver was looking for some payback after that loss and 3.the week before playing Denver, much as I respect jimmy Johnson, the lowest thing him and the dolphins did after beating buffalo in Miami was that they stomped on some flutie flakes after the game and Doug flutie must’ve called Denver and asked them to put a pounding on Miami..

[@clickman443]

4. Denver was straight up better, going 16-0 for regular season is hard

[@beezy22]

@@clickman443 definitely yes….after losing to the giants in 1998 season finale the broncos were rested and ready to crush all comers….

[@rrod7958]

How in the hell is coaching bum Tony dungy but shannahan isn’t?

[@stevecox7462]

Where't the Monday night game?

[@aregimechangeisimminent5781]

@Steve Cox Here is the link below for the Monday Night Game kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5KYmGudqsd0baM