Jaylen Waddle’s quiet Denver debut flips into a 138-yard day in a Broncos' 20-13 comeback over Jags

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-21 · by Arnie Stapleton The Associated Press

Quick Summary

In Denver’s 20-13 victory over Jacksonville, Jaylen Waddle turned around a quiet debut by catching eight passes for 138 yards and helping the Broncos stage a second-half comeback to end Jacksonville’s nine-game winning streak. The game featured a critical 17-point surge by Denver in the fourth quarter, highlighted by Jonah Coleman’s touchdown run that capped off their rally after trailing early in the third quarter. Both teams face new challenges next week with Jacksonville hosting New England and Denver playing Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night.
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In their home opener on Sunday, the Denver Broncos staged an impressive comeback to defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-13 after trailing early in the third quarter. The game marked a significant improvement for Denver's defense following their Week 1 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, where they had struggled with tackling issues. Against Jacksonville, Denver’s defense held quarterback Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars' offense to just three points in the second half and no points over the final 24 minutes. Key players like Jaylen Waddle contributed a big performance late in the game, catching eight passes for 138 yards and Jonah Coleman sealed the win with a touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter. The Broncos' victory raised their record to 1-1, while Jacksonville dropped to 1-1 after starting the season strongly against the Browns.

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📰 Broncos Comeback Win Over Jaguars
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Who wrote this

Arnie Stapleton The Associated Press
10 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 We have a really good schedule, so it may come down to the last few seconds on a few.
🔮 Hufanga jumped in front of running back Kyren Williams, cradled Stafford’s pass and weaved his way down the field and into the end zone.
🔮 Glenn’s steadfastness isn’t quite the famous “No Ragrets” line from the 2013 comedy film “We’re the Millers,” but on Monday you can bet plenty of Jets fans could relate to the scene in which character Scottie P. proudly sports a large chest tattoo with the word “Regrets” misspelled as “Ragrets,” and explains he has none.
🔮 The thinking went that there will be a regression toward the mean if not a downright flip-flop in the win-loss column. What this notion doesn’t factor in is that the Broncos (1-1) might just be building traits they can turn to in crunch time to pull out wins like they did Sunday when they scored the final 17 points for a 20-13 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. “Having our fair share of close games last year, being able to dig them out at the end definitely helps,” tight end Evan Engram said Monday.
🔮 I wish he would have thrown more.
🔮 The Broncos (0-1) announced Thursday that the former QB will serve as the alumni flag planter and be recognized as the Broncos’ “Legend of the Game” for their home opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-0) on Sunday.
🔮 The Broncos converted just twice in a dozen third-down opportunities and couldn’t sustain drives even before the game got out of hand.
🔮 I thought we could get it and we didn’t.”
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Topics

Broncos DENVER Jacksonville Jaguars the Denver Broncos

Subjects

Broncos ORG · 9× DENVER GPE · 5× Jaguars ORG · 5× Jacksonville ORG · 4× Coleman PERSON · 3× Little PERSON · 3× Waddle PERSON · 3× Jaylen Waddle PERSON · 1× Jonah Coleman PERSON · 1× the Denver Broncos ORG · 1×

Narrative

The former Broncos QB and Jacksonville native served as the Broncos’ alumni flag planter and was recognized as the Broncos’ “Legend of the Game” for their home opener. Up next Jaguars: host the New England Patriots on Sunday. Broncos: host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night. ___
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Claims (13 extracted, 0 hedged)

DENVER (AP) — Jaylen Waddle and Jonah Coleman led a big second-half comeback by the Denver Broncos, who snapped the Jacksonville Jaguars’ nine-game regular-season winning streak with a 20-13 victory Sunday. asserted
who → lead → victory
After catching just one pass for 2 yards in his Denver debut, Waddle had eight catches for 138 yards and Coleman’s 3-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter capped a 17-0 Broncos blitz after they’d fallen behind 13-3 early in the third quarter. asserted
they → catch → quarter
After allowing a field goal to open the second half, the Broncos (1-1) responded with a field goal, a 7-yard touchdown toss from Bo Nix to Nate Adkins and Coleman’s first career TD, which came with 7:21 remaining after starter J.K. Dobbins had left with a hamstring injury. asserted
Dobbins → allow → injury
The Jaguars (1-1), who had won their past nine regular-season games and by a combined 177 points, including a 34-20 win in Denver last December, punted on their next possession and the Broncos chewed up final 4:41 of game clock with Coleman running six times for 33 yards. asserted
Coleman → win → yards
Trevor Lawrence led Jacksonville on three scoring drives as the Jaguars built a 13-3 lead on Bhayshul Tuten’s 1-yard touchdown run and two field goals by Cam Little, from 44 and 23 yards. asserted
Jaguars → lead → yards
Little was wide left on a 54-yard try in the fourth quarter before Denver’s go-ahead touchdown drive. asserted
Little → go → drive
The Broncos tightened up things on defense after missing a whopping 28 tackles in their season-opening loss at Kansas City six days earlier and they finally got the ball into Waddle’s hands. asserted
they → tighten → hands
The Broncos got off to a slow start, failing to punch the ball into the end zone after Waddle’s 49-yard reception at the 1 in the first half, settling instead for Wil Lutz’s 20-yard field goal. asserted
Broncos → get → goal
And Nix was picked off in the end zone by Jourdan Lewis, which led to Little’s 44-yarder as time expired, giving Jacksonville a 10-3 halftime lead. asserted
time → pick → lead
The Jaguars stalled at the Denver 5-yard line on the opening drive of the second half and Little’s 23-yarder made it 13-3. asserted
it → stall → half
The Jaguars caught a big break on the game’s opening drive when an illegal contact flag on cornerback Riley Moss negated a strip-sack by Nik Bonitto and recovery by Alex Singleton deep in Jacksonville territory. asserted
flag → catch → territory
Mile High comeback Tim Tebow returned to Empower Field at Mile High for the first time since throwing an 80-yard touchdown pass to the late Demaryius Thomas on the first play of overtime against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Jan. 8, 2012. asserted
Tebow → return → Jan.
The former Broncos QB and Jacksonville native served as the Broncos’ alumni flag planter and was recognized as the Broncos’ “Legend of the Game” for their home opener. Up next Jaguars: host the New England Patriots on Sunday. Broncos: host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night. ___ asserted
Broncos → serve → night
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