Jan. 8, 2026, 6:01 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
The Denver Broncos<\/a> have earned the right to celebrate their league-best 14-3 record, and it has largely been on the backs of several star players.<\/p>\n Several experts agree the Broncos<\/a> have the personnel to help propel them to a postseason run. To begin the new year, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell picked his own All-Pro list<\/a> of the best players at every position in the NFL, and he selected five Broncos<\/a> as part of his list.<\/p>\n Barnwell highlighted one offensive player and one defensive star for his first-team All-Pro team. Barnwell selected left tackle Garett Bolles and defensive tackle Zach Allen for their outstanding seasons at their respective positions.<\/p>\n For his second team, Barnwell highlighted three Bronco<\/a> defenders: pass rusher Nik Bonitto, cornerback Pat Surtain and safety Talanoa Hufanga. Bonitto had a career-high in sacks during 2025 (14), while Surtain continued to play at a high level on the back of a Defensive Player of the Year honor in 2024. Hufanga was arguably the Broncos<\/a>‘ best free agent addition in 2025, being named a team captain and having over 100 tackles through the season.<\/p>\n Broncos<\/a> on ESPN’s All-Pro team<\/p>\n First Team:<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Left tackle Garett BollesDefensive tackle Zach Allen<\/p>\n Second Team<\/p>\n Pass rusher Nik BonittoCornerback Pat SurtainSafety Talanoa Hufanga<\/p>\n Are there any other Bronco players who deserve to be recognized? Let us know your thoughts!<\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 8, 2026, 6:01 a.m. MT The Denver Broncos have earned the right to celebrate their league-best 14-3…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,95882,95886,95892,96181,95896,95888,95895,96117,95906,96116,95883,96180,96179,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-663897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-denverbroncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","16":"tag-sstsnbroncos","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","19":"tag-tagespn-inc","20":"tag-taggarett-bolles","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagnik-bonitto","25":"tag-tagoverall-positive","26":"tag-tagpatrick-surtain-ii","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagtalanoa-hufanga","29":"tag-tagzach-allen","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115859808986874934","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}