Broncos score all 33 points in the 4th quarter, stun Giants with game-winning field goal in wild finish

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Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos almost blew a 19-point comeback on Sunday afternoon.

Somehow, they are leaving with a 33-32 win over the New York Giants. 

After trailing for much of the game, and failing to back up the smack talk they threw rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart's way earlier in the week, the Broncos came alive and scored in the final two minutes to jump ahead late at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium. Jaxson Dart and the Giants, after a pretty dominant start to the game, appeared out of it.

But the Broncos, despite the 22 unanswered points that got them in position, nearly fell apart. The Broncos were first hit with a brutal roughing the passer penalty by John Franklin-Myers on a fourth down, which kept the drive alive. Then a few plays later, Dart took a deep shot to Beaux Collins — who picked up a pass interference call. That sent Payton off. He came sprinting out to argue the call and was immediately hit with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

Dart then finished off that drive with a short touchdown run with just 31 seconds left. That put the Giants up by just two points, however, after Jude McAtamney missed his second extra point of the day. 

Remarkably, that miss left the door open for the Broncos, who crossed midfield almost immediately with a deep pass to Marvin Mims and then into the red zone with a 23-yard pass to Courtland Sutton. The second one put them at the five-yard line. 

From there, it was just a chip shot for Wil Lutz to give the Broncos the wild one-point win.

In the end, the Broncos scored all 33 points in the final quarter. Each of their scoring drives took less than a minute of game time, too. The 33 points they put up marks the most points in the fourth quarter by any team that was shutout in the previous three in NFL history.

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