Last year, the Broncos went 10-7 in coach Sean Payton's second season, reaching the NFL playoffs for the first time since the team won Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 campaign. Payton will now attempt to get his squad back to the playoffs -- and he has aspirations to go much further than the Wild Card round this time.

The Broncos beat the Raiders 10–7 to kick off Week 10 of the NFL season in what can only be described as one of the most Thursday Night Football games to have ever Thursday Night Football 'd. The game was ugly, low scoring and full of penalties. The punters had a bigger impact on the game than the quarterbacks.

Geno Smith and the Las Vegas Raiders fell to 2-7 on the season after Thursday’s ugly loss to the Denver Broncos. Neither team performed well in the primetime matchup, but in the end, the Broncos did just enough to secure their seventh straight win with a 10-7 victory over the Raiders.

Here is more on how dominant the Denver defense is in the trenches, and how it could lead to the record books.

Denver (7-2) also owns one of the NFL's best defenses, headlined by pass rushing aces Nik Bonitto and Jonathon Cooper. Bonitto has eight sacks this season, and Cooper has seven. Overall, the Broncos are allowing the third-fewest yards per game this season.

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Is Evan Engram playing tonight? Broncos TE fantasy start-sit decision for Week 10 follows odd game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Denver Broncos will take the field for Thursday Night Football in Week 10 as heavy favorites.