{"id":120773,"date":"2026-01-25T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/?p=120773"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:37:47","slug":"patriots-broncos-afc-championship-fantasy-football-preview-nfl-worksheet-rich-hribar-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharpfootballanalysis.com\/fantasy\/patriots-broncos-afc-championship-fantasy-football-preview-nfl-worksheet-rich-hribar-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos vs. Patriots Fantasy Football Worksheet, AFC Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the AFC Championship matchup between the Broncos and Patriots.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Find a breakdown of every Conference Championship Game in our Worksheet Hub.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class='jtrt_table_MotherShipContainer'><div class='jtTableContainer jtrespo-scroll  ' ><div class='jtsettingcontainer' style='display:none;position:absolute;left:-9999px;'><textarea data-jtrt-table-id='120769' id='jtrt_table_settings_120769' cols='30' rows='10'>[[[\"New England\",\"Rank\",\"@\",\"Denver\",\"Rank\"],[\"5.0\",\" \",\"Spread\",\"5.0\",\" \"],[\"23.25\",\" \",\"Implied Total\",\"18.25\",\" \"],[\"28.1\",\"5\",\"Points\\\/Gm\",\"24.1\",\"13\"],[\"17.8\",\"3\",\"Points All.\\\/Gm\",\"18.9\",\"4\"],[\"61.7\",\"17\",\"Plays\\\/Gm\",\"64.4\",\"5\"],[\"58.1\",\"3\",\"Opp. Plays\\\/Gm\",\"63.3\",\"25\"],[\"6.0\",\"2\",\"Off. 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Yards\/Play<\/td><td>5.3<\/td><td>15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>Def. Yards\/Play<\/td><td>4.5<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>47.35%<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>Rush%<\/td><td>41.21%<\/td><td>24<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>52.65%<\/td><td>26<\/td><td>Pass%<\/td><td>58.79%<\/td><td>9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>41.21%<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>Opp. Rush %<\/td><td>38.28%<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>58.79%<\/td><td>23<\/td><td>Opp. Pass %<\/td><td>61.72%<\/td><td>31<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sf_postgray_box\">\n\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patriots ATS: 13-5-1<\/li>\n<li>Broncos ATS: 8-9-1<\/li>\n<li>Broncos ATS Home: 6-4<\/li>\n<li>Patriots ATS Away: 7-1<\/li>\n<li>Patriots ATS as Favorite: 9-3-1<\/li>\n<li>Broncos ATS as Underdog: 4-0-1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h2>Game Overview<\/h2>\n<p>The Conference Championship kicks off with two organizations that have regularly played in this spot.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the 16th AFC Championship for New England, making their first trip here since the 2018 season.<\/p>\n<p>They have won 11 of their 15 AFC Title Games, but if looking for something to hang hopes on as a Denver fan, two of those four losses were in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos will be playing in their 10th AFC Championship, and their first since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>That 2015 game was one of the six times since the 32-team expansion that a home team was an underdog in the Conference Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Denver had <strong>Peyton<\/strong> <strong>Manning<\/strong> starting in that game.<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s win against Buffalo moved Denver to 12-2 in one-score games this season, but it was also marred by the loss of <strong>Bo Nix<\/strong> at the end of the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jarrett Stidham<\/strong> will look to join <strong>Jeff Hostetler<\/strong> and <strong>Nick<\/strong> <strong>Foles<\/strong> in postseason lore as backup quarterbacks who won Super Bowls.<\/p>\n<p>Denver will need a strong defensive performance, something that has been hit-or-miss to close the season.<\/p>\n<p>Overall this season, Denver has allowed 4.5 yards per play (2nd), 287.7 yards per game (5th), a 62.9% success rate (2nd), and 1.68 points per drive (4th).<\/p>\n<p>That has waned a bit to close the year.<\/p>\n<p>Since their Week 12 bye, Denver has allowed 4.8 yards per play (9th), 308.7 yards per game (12th), a 61.9% success rate (6th), and 2.04 points per drive (15th).<\/p>\n<p>That includes games against <strong>Geno<\/strong> <strong>Smith<\/strong>\/<strong>Kenny<\/strong> <strong>Pickett<\/strong>, <strong>Chris<\/strong> <strong>Oladokun<\/strong>, and <strong>Trey<\/strong> <strong>Lance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the other games over that span, things have not looked as good.<\/p>\n<p>Against <strong>Marcus<\/strong> <strong>Mariota<\/strong> and the Commanders, Denver allowed 26 points and 419 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Against <strong>Jordan<\/strong> <strong>Love<\/strong>, they allowed 26 points and 362 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Against <strong>Trevor<\/strong> <strong>Lawrence<\/strong>, they allowed 34 points and 346 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Against <strong>Josh<\/strong> <strong>Allen<\/strong> last week, they allowed 30 points and 449 yards.<\/p>\n<p>They only lost one of those games.<\/p>\n<p>The question is can Denver win this game if they allow 26-plus points without Nix?<\/p>\n<p>They will face a New England offense that is averaging 6.0 yards per play (2nd) and 372.5 yards per game (6th).<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots have finally faced some resistance in the postseason, being forced to punch up against quality defenses.<\/p>\n<p>They had their lowest offensive success rate of the season last week against Houston (30.8%).<\/p>\n<p>Against the Chargers in the Wild Card Round, they scored only 16 points, their fewest in a game since Week 3.<\/p>\n<p>New England still found a way to challenge those defenses in the context of tough games.<\/p>\n<p>They had 381 yards against the Chargers, the third-most allowed by the Chargers this season.<\/p>\n<p>They scored 21 offensive points against Houston, just the sixth team to do that this season.<\/p>\n<p>This New England team has had a lighter schedule, which has been called out, but it has somewhat undercut how good they are.<\/p>\n<p>They just won two playoff games in which <strong>Drake<\/strong> <strong>Maye<\/strong> was far from his best this season, which speaks to how complete a team they are.<\/p>\n<p>The Denver defense is capable of keeping them in this game, but the Denver offense has already been a hit-or-miss unit and will need to find success against this New England defense.<\/p>\n<p>Even with Nix, the Denver offense ranks 16th in points per drive (2.09) and 19th in success rate (41.5%).<\/p>\n<p>They are 28th in punt rate per possession (39.3%) and 29th in rate of drives that fail to gain a first down (38.3%).<\/p>\n<p>New England\u2019s defense has allowed 1.67 points per drive (3rd) and has given up points on 30.8% of opponent possessions, trailing only Houston (26.5%) and Seattle (28.1%).<\/p>\n<p>This postseason, the Patriots have allowed 1 touchdown on 24 possessions to <strong>Justin<\/strong> <strong>Herbert<\/strong> and <strong>C.J. Stroud<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Their schedule has had an impact, but this is still a team that spent a ton on defense this offseason and will be facing yet another questionable offense.<\/p>\n<p>That would have been the case with Nix playing, and it is even more pronounced with his absence.<\/p>\n<h2>Quarterback<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Drake Maye: <\/strong>Maye has found more resistance this postseason, completing 58.6% of his passes against the Chargers and 59.3% of his passes against Houston.<\/p>\n<p>During the regular season, Maye had completed fewer than 60% of his passes in just one game.<\/p>\n<p>His 42.2% success rate against Los Angeles was his fourth-lowest of the season, while his 27.8% success rate last week against Houston was his lowest as a starter over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>Even with the struggles, Maye managed to hit enough big plays in each game.<\/p>\n<p>He still averaged 9.2 yards per pass attempt against the Chargers and threw for 268 yards, the second-most allowed by the Chargers this season.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, he threw 3 touchdown passes, just the second quarterback this season to throw 3 touchdowns against Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Maye will face this third straight tough pass defense, a top-five unit this season.<\/p>\n<p>Denver has allowed a 58.2% completion rate (2nd), 6.2 yards per pass attempt (2nd), and a 3.3% touchdown rate (4th).<\/p>\n<p>As noted in the open, this is a unit that has allowed some production to close the year and against the top competition they faced this season.<\/p>\n<p>Since their Week 12 bye, Denver has allowed strong fantasy outings to <strong>Marcus<\/strong> <strong>Mariota<\/strong> (23.3 points), <strong>Trevor<\/strong> <strong>Lawrence<\/strong> (31.2 points), and <strong>Josh<\/strong> <strong>Allen<\/strong> (21.9 points).<\/p>\n<p>They have allowed multiple passing touchdowns to all three of those quarterbacks, while allowing a handful of rushing yardage over that span to Mariota (55 yards), <strong>Jordan<\/strong> <strong>Love<\/strong> (29 yards), Lawrence (20 yards and a touchdown), <strong>Trey<\/strong> <strong>Lance<\/strong> (69 yards), and Allen (66 yards).<\/p>\n<p>Maye averages 27.7 rushing yards per game, which is 10th among quarterbacks this season.<\/p>\n<p>He averages 3.6 scrambles per game, which is second in the league.<\/p>\n<p>They also allowed good games to <strong>Daniel<\/strong> <strong>Jones<\/strong> (22.8 points), <strong>Jalen Hurts<\/strong> (19.5 points), and <strong>Jaxson<\/strong> <strong>Dart<\/strong> (28.4 points), so they have not been invulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>The best showing of this Denver defense, highlighting how good they can be, came against <strong>Dak<\/strong> <strong>Prescott<\/strong> in Week 8.<\/p>\n<p>They held him to 188 scoreless yards and 2 interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>The area where Denver has a clear mismatch advantage, and New England needs to work around, is up front.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos are third in the NFL in pressure rate (41.8%) and lead the NFL in sack rate (10.1%) per dropback.<\/p>\n<p>If New England has one consistent offensive bugaboo, it is in pass protection and Maye holding the football.<\/p>\n<p>Maye has been sacked on 9.4% of his dropbacks, 29th in the league.<\/p>\n<p>He has taken a sack on 26.5% of his pressures, 30th in the league.<\/p>\n<p>He took 5 sacks with 2 fumbles against the Chargers and then 5 sacks with 4 fumbles against the Texans.<\/p>\n<p>Maye averages 2.91 seconds from the snap to throw, which is 27th in the league.<\/p>\n<p>35.5% of his passes come within 2.5 seconds of the snap, which is 30th in the league.<\/p>\n<p>When Maye has held the ball longer than 2.5 seconds this postseason, he has gone 11 of 24 (45.8%) for 200 yards (8.3 Y\/A) with 1 touchdown, 2 interceptions, and 7 sacks (3 fumbles).<\/p>\n<p>When he has gotten the ball out (or been sacked) within 2.5 seconds in these playoffs, Maye has connected on 22 of 32 passes (68.8%) for 247 yards (7.7 Y\/A) with 3 touchdowns, 0 interceptions, and 3 sacks.<\/p>\n<p>Denver has a 17.1% sack rate (2nd in the league) when the opposing quarterback holds the ball longer than 2.5 seconds, allowing a league-low 46% completion rate on those passes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will<\/strong> <strong>Campbell<\/strong> has allowed 9 pressures and 3 sacks in the two playoff games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jarrett Stidham: <\/strong>Stidham will draw the start for Denver this weekend with the injury to <strong>Bo<\/strong> <strong>Nix<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While I mentioned that Stidham could join names such as <strong>Jeff<\/strong> <strong>Hostetler<\/strong> and <strong>Nick<\/strong> <strong>Foles<\/strong> in backup-quarterback lore, he is actually in more rarified air than those passers.<\/p>\n<p>Both of those guys took over as the starter at the tail end of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>This will be Stidham\u2019s first action of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Stidham will be just the seventh quarterback to start in the postseason after not starting a game in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The previous six went 1-5, with the one victory one of the most memorable comebacks in NFL history, as <strong>Frank<\/strong> <strong>Reich<\/strong> and the Bills came back from a 35-3 deficit against the then-Houston Oilers.<\/p>\n<p>Reich was the only success story from that group (289 yards and 4 touchdowns).<\/p>\n<p>The others were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taylor Heinicke in 2020 (26 of 44 for 306 yards with 1 TD, 1 INT)<\/li>\n<li>Connor Cook in 2016 (18 of 45 for 161 yards with 1 TD, 3 INT)<\/li>\n<li>Joe Webb in 2012 (11 of 30 for 180 yards with 1 TD, 1 INT)<\/li>\n<li>Gary Danielson in 1983 (24 of 38 for 236 yards and 5 INT)<\/li>\n<li>Roger Staubach in 1972 (9 of 20 for 98 yards)*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Staubach has an asterisk because he was a starter and won a Super Bowl the year prior, but was injured in the preseason that year and then served as the backup to Craig Morton.<\/p>\n<p>Staubach entered the game the week before in 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have some rushing production in his two starts with the Raiders, rushing for 34 and 50 yards.<\/p>\n<p>He then made two starts for Denver to close out the 2023 season after the team shut down <strong>Russell<\/strong> <strong>Wilson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Denver won 16-9 against the Chargers, with Stidham completing 20 of 32 passes (62.5%) for 224 yards (7.0 Y\/A) and a touchdown (6 rushing yards).<\/p>\n<p>They lost 27-14 in the season finale to the Raiders, with Stidham completing 20 of 34 passes (58.8%) for 272 yards (8.0 Y\/A) with 1 touchdown and an interception (2 rushing yards).<\/p>\n<p>Keeping Stidham clean will be vital based on his career sample (which is still only 233 dropbacks).<\/p>\n<p>When pressured, Stidham has completed 40% of his career passes for 5.8 yards per pass attempt and a 20.5% sack rate.<\/p>\n<p>When kept clean, Stidham has completed 70.7% of his passes for 8.1 Y\/A.<\/p>\n<p>New England has a 40.3% pressure rate this year (7th in the league).<\/p>\n<p>In the postseason, they have a 52.1% pressure rate, albeit against the Chargers and Texans, two of the weaker offensive lines in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Nix had the sixth-lowest pressure rate in the league (32.3%).<\/p>\n<p>New England has allowed 6.4 yards per pass attempt (6th) this season, while only allowing 4.8 yards per pass attempt and a 50% completion rate this postseason to <strong>Justin<\/strong> <strong>Herbert<\/strong> and <strong>C.J. Stroud<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>Christian Gonzalez<\/strong> on the field this season, New England has allowed an 83.4 rating, a 62.8% completion percentage, 6.0 yards per pass attempt, and a 4.1% touchdown rate.<\/p>\n<p>With Gonzalez off the field, they have allowed a 100.2 rating, a 69.9% completion percentage, 7.8 Y\/A, and a 4.9% touchdown rate.<\/p>\n<p>What will be intriguing here is how <strong>Sean Payton<\/strong> calls this game.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos have skewed towards the pass to close the season.<\/p>\n<p>Over the final seven games of the regular season, Denver threw the ball 7.6% over expectations, the second-highest rate in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Last week against Buffalo, they threw the ball 6% over expectations (17% on first downs).<\/p>\n<p>Denver ended the game with a 73.5% dropback rate, their second-highest this season.<\/p>\n<p>Their shift towards a passing team overlapped the loss of <strong>J.K. 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