Jeff Legwold

Estime got 14 of the Broncos' 17 running back carries against the Chiefs last week and hopes for more volume against Atlanta on Sunday.

play ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Audric Estime believes there is a time for a running back to put his head down and keep churning -- make his crease and push the pile.

Bo Nix's fake fooled the Falcons' defense, and he found a wide-open Nate Adkins to put the Broncos on top.

DENVER - It took eight weeks, but the Denver Broncos scored Sunday on their first possession of a game for the first time since a Week 3 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

DENVER -- After what their rookie quarterback did to the Atlanta Falcons Sunday to keep the Denver Broncos in the AFC's playoff race, some Broncos

Denver rookie quarterback Bo Nix, who the Broncos selected No. 12 overall in this past April's draft, had career bests in passing yards (307), touchdown passes (four) and completion percentage (84.8) on Sunday, in a 38-6 demolition of the Atlanta Falcons.

The rookie quarterback is playing his best football over the past month, which has the Broncos in the thick of the AFC playoff hunt.

play ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- There was a time this past summer when Bo Nix wasn't the Denver Broncos starting quarterback just yet.

The Broncos have signed Jonathon Cooper, Pat Surtain II and Quinn Meinerz to extensions as they build around this trio of young stars.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- NFL plans are tenuous. A knee injury here, a free agency departure there and the drawing board gets messed up quickly.