Week 16 · 2025–26 season
Broncos
L 20-34 vs Jaguars · Dec 21, 2025
Misery Index · Miserable
Broncos fans blaming the refs, mourning Bryant, and too tired to pretend the 20-34 loss to Jacksonville stings less.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
R.Harvey's 38-yard touchdown run gave Denver real life in the third quarter, and then P.Washington proceeded to gash the secondary for chunks of 20 and 63 yards on back-to-back drives that flipped the game for good. The officiating will dominate the postgame group chat, but a defense that let T.Lawrence carve it up that easily has bigger problems than the stripes. The Bryant injury news hangs over all of it.
What fans said
“We got jobbed hard for most of the game. Some of the worst refereeing I’ve ever seen.”
u/usetheforce_gaming▲ 92rage
“All 14 jags points are the direct result of a hilariously awful call/ no call”
u/fellowENT18▲ 51rage
“I care more about the Bryant injury than about the loss”
u/sleeplessaddict▲ 159despair
“Fuck these refs”
u/SenseiShwifty▲ 40rage
“the refs were fucking atrocious for most of this game.”
u/SlaminSammons▲ 38rage
“Refs turning a blind eye to everything the Jags are doing. Fuck you refs”
u/randomreddituser540▲ 26rage
14 more
“Dirty ass play when the game is basically over.”
u/EmbraceComplexity▲ 35rage
“Injuries like that are horrible no matter when they happen, but it's somehow worse when they come in garbage time”
u/C-Hash▲ 34despair
“That's two free TDs for Jax. The fix is in.”
u/bjackrian▲ 21rage
“Refs railed us. Supposedly the most penalized team gets 2 penalties the whole game.”
u/qergttj▲ 45rage
“It really sucks having a good defense in today's nfl.”
u/Euphausias▲ 185frustration
“Am I the only one seeing holding our d-line every fucking play?”
u/chesthair42▲ 17rage
“It is loud in here Like, very very loud”
u/Blu3Yeti▲ 14joy
“STOP TALKING HARVEY DOOMERS LITERALLY STFU”
u/phyllis628▲ 14rage
“bullshit roughing the passer, no delay, bullshit pass interference. single handedly gifted”
u/anarchy_euphoric▲ 14rage
“Literally every other team would. Fuck off.”
u/EmbraceComplexity▲ 20rage
“Anyone can stand toe to toe with us when you have the zebras sucking you off”
u/monochrome_f3ar▲ 16rage
“That’s a bullshit call from the refs. How about you do your damn job.”
u/codnavar▲ 13rage
“TOUCHDOWN SUTTON!! GREAT THROW BY BO VS THE BLITZ”
u/hdmetric99▲ 13joy
“THIS TEAM SUCKS OMG TERRIBLE”
u/arboachg▲ 13rage