ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — For the second time in three years, the Broncos will open their season visiting a former division rival.
In a slate that features two prime-time games and begins with three of four games on the road, the Broncos will kick off their 2024 season with a Week 1 matchup in Seattle against the Seahawks (Sunday, Sept. 8, 1:05 p.m. PT).
Denver also opened the 2022 season in Seattle, and this year’s Week 1 matchup marks the third time in the last four years the Broncos have opened on the road. The Broncos hold a 10-13 record on the road in Week 1 games and have earned the most Week 1 wins of any team since 1960.
The Broncos will also play early season road games in Week 3 and Week 4, as Denver is set to travel to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Sunday, Sept. 22, 1 p.m. ET) and New York Jets (Sunday, Sept. 29, 1 p.m. ET). Denver’s matchup against the Jets will mark the fifth consecutive season in which the two teams have played and the first game between the two teams at MetLife Stadium since a 2020 Denver win.
In the midst of the Broncos’ opening stretch, they’ll kick off their Empower Field at Mile High slate with a Week 2 home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers (Sunday, Sept. 15, 2:25 p.m. MT).
The Broncos’ early season road trips will give way to several midseason games at Empower Field at Mile High, with Denver hosting the Las Vegas Raiders (Sunday, Oct. 6, 2:05 p.m. MT), Los Angeles Chargers (Sunday, Oct. 13, 2:05 p.m. MT) and Carolina Panthers (Sunday, Oct. 27, 2:25 p.m. MT) in Weeks 5, 6 and 8, respectively.
Denver’s lone road game from Weeks 5-8 comes in Week 7, when Head Coach Sean Payton leads the Broncos against the New Orleans Saints on “Thursday Night Football.” The prime-time matchup (Oct. 17, 7:15 p.m. CT) will be Payton’s first game against his former team since joining the Broncos.
The Broncos will also face the Cleveland Browns in prime time as they host a…
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