Denver Broncos @ New York Jets
Final Score: Broncos 13, Jets 11
(London, England)
Writer: Brett Ford (@FadeThatMan)
The New York Jets flew to London in search of their first win while the Denver Broncos headed across the pond looking to secure a third consecutive victory. In what was a defensive struggle, the Broncos jumped ahead early but gifted the Jets a lead with a third-quarter safety. Bo Nix led the team down the field in the fourth quarter for a field goal to take the lead, and the Broncos’ defense did the rest, allowing the Jets just 10 total yards of offense across four fourth-quarter drives. From a fantasy lens, it was one of the ugliest games of the season. Not a single offensive fantasy asset reached their projected score, except Nate Adkins, who likely was rostered at 0% across even the deepest fantasy formats. Let’s dig in.
Two Up
- Broncos D/ST — Nine sacks and the Jets finished with negative-10 net-passing yards. It was a dominant performance against an inept offense.
- Jets D/ST — Held a talented Broncos offense to just 13 points and kept the team in the game despite a historically bad day offensively.
Three Down
- Justin Fields — So indecisive, it looked like he was “seeing ghosts.” Oh no, Jets fans — not again.
- Garrett Wilson — Not only did he get the Pat Surtain II treatment, but he also had to navigate a bad day from his quarterback.
- Courtland Sutton — The Sauce Gardner effect took its toll as Nix was forced to look away from his favorite target.
Denver Broncos
Quarterback
Bo Nix: 19/30, 174 Yards, 1 TD | 5 carries, 24 yards
Bo Nix was kind of bleh, in this international game, managing the game without making any costly mistakes and taking what the defense gave him. His lone touchdown came on a busted coverage where Nate Adkins was released without a defender anywhere near him. Nix did a good job to diagnose and execute on the play. Outside of that, Nix avoided any sort of criticism, mostly because everyone was too busy ridiculing Fields’ performance. Fantasy managers of Nix, however, may disagree.
This Nate Adkins TD helped almost no one. 🫠
— Fantasy Life (@MBFantasyLife) October 12, 2025
Running Back
J.K. Dobbins: 14 carries, 40 yards | 1 target
J.K. Dobbins remained the main running back in the Denver offense, handling nearly half of the total running back snaps for the team (30) while RJ Harvey and Jaleel McLaughlin combined for just 23 snaps. Dobbins struggled to generate anything on the ground and didn’t have a rush of more than 6 yards until the fourth quarter where he “broke one” for 8 yards, his longest carry of the day. I’m more concerned with his presence on the field than his production in this game. His role as lead back seems secure.
RJ Harvey: 2 carries, 4 yards | 4 targets, 4 receptions, 21 yards
RJ Harvey continues to not be involved in the running game, but his passing role remains consistent. In his past four games, Harvey has reception totals of three, four, three and four. The strangest thing about the Denver running game is that the Broncos get everyone and their mother creative rushing touches, but won’t hand it off to Harvey. Until he gets more carries, he remains almost exclusively a third-down back and a streaming option in deep leagues.
Wide Receiver/Tight End
Courtland Sutton: 3 targets, 1 reception, 17 yards
Whoa, what happened here? Well, Courtland Sutton was on the field for 48 out of 50 offensive snaps, ran a team-high 31 routes and was in a heated exchange with his quarterback on the sideline late in the game. Sutton was marked by Sauce Gardner on a lot of his snaps, and what offenses have done to combat that is just to not throw that direction. Though this was Sutton’s second one-catch game of the season, this felt more matchup and game-plan-based than any sort of change in usage or role.
We've seen offenses have a lot of success against the Jets with their No. 2 WRs this season when Sauce Gardner has shadowed the opposing No. 1 option:
-Calvin Austin (4-70-1)
-Emeka Egbuka (6-85-0)
-Ryan Flournoy (6-114-0)Imagine Gardner will be on Courtland Sutton this week. pic.twitter.com/fxyQtlXuun
— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) October 7, 2025
Marvin Mims Jr.: 3 targets, 2 receptions, 30 yards | 1 carry, -2 yards
Coach Sean Payton is a really smart play-caller and knows just how to get his guys into winnable matchups, but seems to wait until key plays to do it. Marvin Mims Jr.‘s best catch of the game came on a crucial third down conversion where Payton aligned him in the backfield. This forced the Jets to cover him with a linebacker, who never had a chance to run down the speedy Mims on this play. Fantasy managers in deep leagues are still waiting for Payton to use his fastest receiver more often in ways like this, but he had only 21 snaps in this one, running as WR4.
Pivotal 3rd and 4 play call.
Put Marvin Mims in the backfield to draw match up with ILB to the far side of the field.
Speed wins. #BroncosCountry pic.twitter.com/X2FWmwx02Y
— Matt Waldman (@MattWaldman) October 12, 2025
Troy Franklin: 4 targets, 3 receptions, 19 yards
Pat Bryant: 2 targets, 2 receptions, 22 yards
Troy Franklin and Pat Bryant rotated in as the 2A and 2B options in the wide receiver depth chart, each playing 35 snaps while Franklin ran 23 routes to Bryant’s 19. Neither one popped off the page as the Broncos spread the ball around quite a bit, and they ate into each other’s production. If one of them were to absorb the other and take all of their snaps, route, catches, etc., they would make an incredible fantasy option. Too bad that’s not how it works.
Evan Engram: 6 targets, 5 receptions, 42 yards
The most-targeted pass catcher in the Broncos’ offense Sunday, Evan Engram was peppered in the first half with four catches and a carry. He converted a fourth-down play for the Broncos, winning a man-to-man matchup, but still feels underutilized compared to what managers have seen previously. Nix was singing his praises in the post-game, but it has yet to be seen if it will turn into meaningful production on the field.
Nate Adkins: 2 targets, 2 reception, 23 yards, TD
This week’s “Sean Payton backup tight end du jour,” Nate Adkins supplanted Adam Trautman as the Broncos’ ancillary piece that gets used more often than makes sense. This is just an occupational hazard of any Payton offense and managers need to just hope that weird stuff like this doesn’t happen too often this season.
New York Jets
Quarterback
Justin Fields: 9/17, 45 Yards | 7 Carries, 31 Yards
Justin Fields looked shook. He had no confidence in what he was seeing and it showed as his decision-making in the pocket (and out of the pocket) was questionable all day long. He took nine sacks and completed nine passes. The best clip to sum up his day under center was this one, coming on a third down in the third quarter when the Jets had the lead. The quarterback had not one, but two open wide receivers at the sticks and just couldn’t commit to throwing either one the ball. It was clear that the Broncos’ defense had him confused and questioning his decisions.
Justin fields had two WRs wide open at the sticks and just stands there lmao pic.twitter.com/ypSTbhelNE
— John (@iam_johnw) October 12, 2025
Running Back
Breece Hall: 22 Carries, 59 Yards
The 22 carries was some awesome volume. Aside from that, there wasn’t much to be excited about for Breece Hall managers. No involvement in what little pass game there was, and only 2.7 yards per carry. Managers are hoping for a trade deadline move — and nothing would raise Hall’s value like playing for a contender.
Isaiah Davis: 2 Carries, 2 Yards | 1 Target, 1 Reception, -1 Yards
Wide Receiver/Tight End
Garrett Wilson: 8 Targets, 3 Receptions, 13 Yards
Just ignore how abysmal the box score is for a moment. What if I told you that Garrett Wilson garnered a 47% target share — that would be a great sign of things to come, right? Right?
Mason Taylor: 1 Target, 1 Reception, 2 Yards
Well, last week was fun.
Josh Reynolds: 3 Targets, 3 Receptions, 25 Yards
Josh Reynolds has emerged as the clear WR2 in this offense, though if Fields plays the way he did Sunday it won’t matter much. He was on the field for two more snaps and ran two more routes than Wilson, is used in nearly every two-receiver set and could be fantasy relevant in the right matchup. However, with Fields throwing to him that matchup may be hard to find.
Arian Smith: 1 Target
Tyler Johnson: 1 Target
Andrew Beck: 1 Target, 1 Reception, 6 Yards