{"id":753858,"date":"2026-02-15T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/753858\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T13:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:15:11","slug":"top-10-plays-from-the-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/753858\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 plays from the 2025 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 15, 2026, 5:01 a.m. MT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Denver Broncos<\/a>&#8216; 2025 season presented fans with some incredible moments from some of the best games of the year. After a season that nearly ended in a Super Bowl berth, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" data-autotag=\"80ecb2c2-c4e3-4c9a-8c53-01c0a2da3542\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Broncos<\/a> have just released their top 10 plays from their best season since 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Two games provided more razzle-dazzle than the rest: <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2025\/11\/30\/broncos-commanders-final-score-game-recap\/87542950007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Week 13&#8217;s Sunday Night Football matchup<\/a> against the <a href=\"https:\/\/commanderswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Commanders<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2026\/01\/17\/nfl-news-broncos-defeat-bills-final-score\/88217061007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFC divisional win<\/a> over the <a href=\"https:\/\/billswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Coming in at No. 4, was <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Broncos<\/a> quarterback Bo Nix&#8217;s final touchdown pass of the season, an absolute beauty of a toss to wide receiver Marvin Mims to put Denver up over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/buffalo-bills\/324\" data-autotag=\"1082767b-7fb4-4f44-b217-cdba2c3895e9\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bills<\/a> with one minute left in the fourth quarter. The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Broncos<\/a> would go on to win in overtime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At No. 3, was Bo Nix&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2025\/12\/02\/broncos-bo-nix-amazing-touchdown-throw\/87561412007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">circus touchdown throw<\/a> to wide receiver Courtland Sutton against Washington. Nix&#8217;s knee was barely off the ground, and after a lengthy review, the score stood. It was one of the more athletic throws from the season as a whole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Fittingly, the top two plays of the season came from the defense, a unit that dominated the NFL with 68 sacks in the regular season and landed in the top five of nearly every single defensive statistical category.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At No. 2, the play also came from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/washington-commanders\/363\" data-autotag=\"a4fb178e-5fd0-440a-8a7b-b87aea742850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Commanders<\/a>&#8216; game, and it turned out to be the game-saving play. Pass-rusher Nik Bonitto came around the outside, bore down on Commanders&#8217; quarterback Marcus Mariota on what could have been the game-winning two-point conversion, and batted down the pass, preserving a one-point <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Broncos<\/a> victory over Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At No. 1 was perhaps the defining moment of the <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Broncos<\/a>&#8216; first playoff win since 2015, and definitely one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2026\/01\/20\/nfl-joe-burrow-reacts-jaquan-mcmillian-interception\/88260350007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most controversial<\/a> plays of the entire year. Cornerback Ja&#8217;Quan McMillian&#8217;s overtime interception of Josh Allen topped the list of the best plays of the season. McMillian&#8217;s interception stopped a promising Bills drive in overtime and allowed the <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Broncos<\/a> to drive down the field themselves, kicking the game-winning field goal in overtime to send them to the AFC Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">You can view the list of top plays from the season below.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RyRGyHixmP4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"Top 10 Broncos plays | 2025 Season\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/RyRGyHixmP4\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Are there any plays you feel didn&#8217;t make the list that should have? Let us know on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BroncosWire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thebroncoswire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Twitter\/X<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Did you know:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2019\/08\/03\/denver-broncos-famous-fans-celebrities-include-paul-george-amy-adams\/79446413007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 15, 2026, 5:01 a.m. MT The Denver Broncos&#8216; 2025 season presented fans with some incredible moments from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,95882,95887,97108,96033,97230,95886,100192,96031,95999,97109,95896,95888,95895,96117,95906,95883,96006,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-753858","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-tagamerican-football-conference","19":"tag-tagbo-nix","20":"tag-tagbuffalo-bills","21":"tag-tagcourtland-sutton","22":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","23":"tag-tagjaquan-mcmillian","24":"tag-tagjosh-allen","25":"tag-tagmarcus-mariota","26":"tag-tagmarvin-mims-jr","27":"tag-tagnational-sports","28":"tag-tagnfl","29":"tag-tagnfl-hub","30":"tag-tagnik-bonitto","31":"tag-tagoverall-positive","32":"tag-tagsports-news","33":"tag-tagwashington-commanders","34":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753858","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=753858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}