With a gameplan that Sean Payton called a full “antithesis” of the first time the Broncos met the Raiders in November, Denver downed Las Vegas 24-17 in a ho-hum affair in the desert Sunday. Here’s The Denver Post’s stock report. Stock up Fullbacks forever: If there was a “star in your role” for the Broncos on Sunday, it was Adam Prentice. The fullback straight-up deserved a game ball, too, for his contributions against the Raiders. Payton relied on him heavily in an assortment of run or play-action schemes, and Prentice not only dominated his blocks in clearing lanes for RJ Harvey but also turned four touches into 39 yards. One 3rd-and-1 even turned into an 18-yard-dash that Sean Payton mistakenly recalled postgame went for 38. It felt like it. “I definitely thought I was going to score,” Prentice said Monday. “I’m a little bummed I didn’t.” Sean Payton last night on a question about tackle-breaking: “So you’re not giving Adam (Prentice) any credit for, like, the 38-yard belly play? That was a big play.” A career-high 18 yards but it felt like 38 pic.twitter.com/SdS7Ja0F6S — Parker Gabriel (@ParkerJGabriel) December 8, 2025 Sunday was the summation of a quietly incredible season for Prentice, who has earned an increasingly important role in first fulfilling duties of the injured Michael Burton and now duties of the injured Nate Adkins. He’s consistently won one-on-one blocks all year, and has recorded nine first downs on 13 offensive touches in 2025. As always, long live the…
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