Denver Broncos' Week 7 battle with Giants contains major scheduling factor

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The Denver Broncos will return to Denver in Week 7 following a sloppy victory over the on Sunday. 

Next Sunday, they will face the other New York team, the Giants, who are surging after a win over the this week. Though the Giants will be the visiting team with a record of 2-4 (two games worse than the Broncos), they will have a lot in their favor in this game. 

Following the win over the Jets, Broncos head coach Sean Payton confirmed that the team asked the league not to give it a bye week following the trip to London. Though it is often standard practice in the NFL for a team to be on bye following an international game, the Broncos declined, with Payton saying their research showed that teams that have bye weeks after playing overseas have fared worse than those that don't. 

#Broncos coach Sean Payton said they fell into their normal week's schedule after they got here. Payton reiterated that the Broncos asked to have no bye after this game and said teams with no bye after such games have a better game than those with byes.

— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) October 12, 2025

With this being the case, the Broncos will become the first team in NFL history to host a game in the Mountain or Pacific time zone after playing a game in London the week before. Combine that with the fact that the Giants will come in on 10 days of rest after having their game against the Eagles on Thursday Night Football and suddenly, the home-field advantage doesn't seem as strong as it normally is. 

The Giants have begun to turn their season around at the same time. This is one of those games where Broncos fans were likely licking their chops over when they looked at the schedule upon its release, counting it as an easy win. That likely won't be the case as the Giants are a different football team with Jaxson Dart at quarterback and Cam Skattebo getting the rushing attack going. 

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Add in these schedule factors and this becomes a very interesting game for the Broncos, one where they can't overlook the opponent. 

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