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Denver Broncos at New York Jets

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 14 · MetLife Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Denver Broncos—Away
New York Jets—Home

Game details

Venue address
One MetLife Stadium Drive, East Rutherford, NJ 07073, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Denver Broncos 2–1 · Road 0–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 17 · 7 days of rest
New York Jets 1–2 · Home 0–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 16 · 14 days of rest (off a bye)
2026 regular season, per game · DEN 3 games, NYJ 3 games
MetricDENNYJ
Points per game20.022nd21.318th
Points allowed per game23.317th20.311th
Total yards per game275.029th329.013th
Passing yards per game201.726th261.012th
Rushing yards per game81.031st92.326th
Turnovers per game1.315th0.31st
Sacks allowed per game1.77th3.025th
Penalty yards per game47.79th78.030th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Denver Broncos: recent results

  1. W 30–26 vs LAR Week 3
  2. W 20–13 vs JAX Week 2
  3. L 10–31 @ KC Week 1

New York Jets: recent results

  1. L 24–31 @ DET Week 3
  2. L 17–20 (OT) vs GB Week 2
  3. W 23–10 @ TEN Week 1

Denver Broncos: season leaders

Passing
Bo Nix 605 yds · 3 g
Rushing
J.K. Dobbins 121 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Jaylen Waddle 150 yds · 3 g
Sacks
Zach Allen 3.0 · 2 g

New York Jets: season leaders

Passing
Geno Smith 783 yds · 3 g
Rushing
Breece Hall 163 yds · 3 g
Receiving
Garrett Wilson 243 yds · 3 g
Sacks
David Bailey 2.0 · 3 g

Denver Broncos: injury report

  • Out Jonathon Cooper WLB
  • Out Nick Gargiulo LG
  • Out Pat Surtain II LCB
  • Out Riley Moss

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

New York Jets: injury report

  • Out Adonai Mitchell WR
  • Out Breece Hall RB
  • Out Dylan Parham LG
  • Out Kiko Mauigoa SLB
  • Out Tyler Baron RDE
  • Questionable Caullin Lacy
  • Questionable Kingsley Enagbare LDE
  • Questionable Will McDonald IV RDE

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

DEN 10 · NYJ 6 in 16 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 6 DEN 13, NYJ 11
  2. 2024 · Week 4 DEN 10, NYJ 9
  3. 2023 · Week 5 NYJ 31, DEN 21
  4. 2022 · Week 7 NYJ 16, DEN 9
  5. 2021 · Week 3 NYJ 0, DEN 26

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

DEN 58.9% · NYJ 40.8%

Matchup quality 38.7 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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