Bo Nix, Broncos outlast Giants with historic comeback in 4th - ESPN

DENVER — Pat Surtain II admitted he had lost hope.

The Denver Broncos hadn't scored until the fourth quarter Sunday, trailed the New York Giants by 18 points with just over 10 minutes left and then by two with 37 seconds to go. But they somehow sprinted into the locker room at Empower Field at Mile High with a thrilling 33-32 win that left Surtain and his teammates amazed.

«We fought to the end,» Surtain said. «In this league, no matter how much you're down, there's always a will, and there's always a way.»

Before Sunday, teams had lost 1,602 consecutive games when trailing by at least 18 points with six minutes to play. Denver, though, changed that with 33 points in the fourth quarter, its most in a quarter in franchise history and tied for the second most in a quarter in NFL history.

«I don't even know how we scored 33 points in a quarter, that's kind of insane,'' Broncos quarterback Bo Nix said. „It's just whatever we had to get done, we did it… By any means necessary.“

It marked the largest fourth-quarter comeback for a team that had not scored in the first three quarters in NFL history. And Nix became the first player in NFL history to rush for two touchdowns and throw for two in a final quarter.

The Broncos had made a significant mess of things on both sides of the ball that resulted in a 19-0 deficit at the end of the third quarter. Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart had been largely unhindered by the Broncos' usually swarming defense, throwing for 210 yards and two touchdowns to that point. And the Broncos' offense was forced to punt six times in its first nine possessions.

»We had to find a way to clean up our mess,'' Broncos coach Sean Payton said.

Things started to turn for Denver when Nix hit Troy Franklin