Who do the Denver Broncos play on Sunday?

Denver host the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in their home opener, the Broncos' first game at home this season.

Where did the Broncos lose to the Chiefs?

The defeat came on the road, in Kansas City, on Monday night.

Have the Broncos said whether anything will change for the Jacksonville game?

No. The team has not said whether the loss will change the lineup or the approach, and it is not yet clear whether anyone who played in Kansas City will be unavailable.

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Bo Nix says Denver Broncos are 'not freaking out' after Kansas City defeat

Denver host Jacksonville on Sunday in their home opener, with their quarterback urging perspective after a bad night in Kansas City.

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Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix says the mistakes from Monday night's defeat by the Kansas City Chiefs were plain to see, but that the team is "not freaking out". The Broncos host the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in their home opener.

The defeat came on the road on Monday night and it was a bad one. Nix did not dispute that. He pointed instead at errors that could be identified, and kept the focus on what happens next rather than on how the result reads now.

What Nix said about the Kansas City defeat

He has not spelled out which plays, or which part of the team, he was referring to. The message he did give was a simple one: the Broncos are not panicking, and the response belongs in the week ahead.

Why the Jacksonville game matters

Sunday's visit from Jacksonville is Denver's first home fixture of the season and it lands immediately after the Kansas City result. A home opener gives a team a quick chance to answer a bad night in front of its own crowd. It also removes one excuse: if the same errors appear again, the Kansas City performance starts to look less like a one-off.

What is not yet known

Denver have not said whether the defeat will change the lineup or the approach for Sunday. It is not yet clear whether anyone who played in Kansas City will be unavailable against Jacksonville. The Jaguars have not commented publicly on the fixture.

The coaching staff has also not offered its own public reading of the defeat, and there has been no word on how the days before kick-off will be used. Whether the errors Nix described are seen the same way by the staff has not been said.

What Sunday will show

The value of a calm message is that it keeps a week ordinary and stops one result from setting the terms for the next. The risk is that calm reads as complacency if the same mistakes return. Nix has set a standard for himself by calling the errors plain: the obvious ones are the ones a staff expects to disappear first. Sunday is where that argument gets its answer.

Nix and the Broncos are back on the field against Jacksonville on Sunday. The Kansas City night is on the record; what Denver do about it is not.

Frequently asked questions

Who do the Denver Broncos play on Sunday?: Denver host the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in their home opener, the Broncos' first game at home this season.
Where did the Broncos lose to the Chiefs?: The defeat came on the road, in Kansas City, on Monday night.
Have the Broncos said whether anything will change for the Jacksonville game?: No. The team has not said whether the loss will change the lineup or the approach, and it is not yet clear whether anyone who played in Kansas City will be unavailable.