Que Robinson is ‘playing some really good ball’ according to Brandon Stokley

The Broncos outside linebacker chased Patrick Mahomes to the sideline in the final seconds of Sunday's 28-24 win, and the morning show thinks he's turning into one of Denver's best young pass rushers

BY JOEY FREEBURG

Nov 3, 2026, 10:48 AM

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The Broncos outside linebacker Que Robinson chased Patrick Mahomes to the sideline in the final seconds of Sunday’s 28-24 win, and the morning show thinks he’s turning into one of Denver’s best young pass rushers.

Most of the talk about Sunday’s 28-24 win over the Kansas City Chiefs has focused on the offense: 15 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, Bo Nix’s two touchdown passes and Jonah Coleman’s work out of the backfield. The game still came down to one defensive play, and Que Robinson was the one who made it.

With 15 seconds left, Kansas City had the ball at Denver’s one-yard line. The Chiefs called a designed pass, and the Broncos blew it up. Patrick Mahomes did what he has done for years and broke to his right, looking for a way to win the game himself. Que Robinson stayed with him, ran him toward the sideline and took the corner away. Mahomes’ throw fell incomplete, and the goal-line stand that followed gave Denver first place in the AFC West and the AFC’s No. 1 seed.

McMillian made a great play to sniff out a concept that Mahomes and Reid have dominated goal to go situations with for years, but Que Robinson saved the day here by beating Mahomes to the corner. That’s a play Mahomes makes 9 times out of 10. https://t.co/z48KxyxmBW

— Robby (@Robby_NFL) November 2, 2026

On a recent edition of “Stokley and Evans, with Mark Schlereth” on 104.3 The Fan, Brandon Stokley made sure Robinson got credit for it.

“On the play that Mahomes got flushed out of the pocket down there, who was the guy that pushed him out of bounds. Que Robinson,” Stokley said.

That play was exactly what the Broncos needed. Before the game, Cecil Lammey warned that a pass rush that gets close to Mahomes without finishing can help him, because scrambles are where he does some of his best work. Robinson didn’t give him that chance. He kept his leverage, stayed between Mahomes and the end zone and forced Kansas City’s best player into a throw he didn’t want to make.

Stokley said the moment fits a larger trend.

“Guy’s playing some ball right now. He is playing some really good ball. He’s looking like a steal, looking like he’s starting to figure things out,” Stokley said.

Robinson’s numbers back that up. Through the first half of the season, he has 28 total tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery. That isn’t eye-popping for a pass rusher, but it matters given how his role grew. When Jonathan Cooper went on the commissioner’s exempt list before the opener, Mark Schlereth said the Broncos had enough depth to absorb the loss, pointing to Jonah Ellis and Robinson. Robinson has done his part, giving Denver a dependable edge defender in a group that ranks among the league leaders in sacks.

Stokley also liked what he saw from Robinson physically.

“Athletic guy that can run, that can move, that plays hard. I really like what I’ve been seeing from Que Robinson here, early in the season,” Stokley said.

Those traits showed up on the final play. Staying with a quarterback as elusive as Mahomes takes speed and range. Doing it on the last snap of a long, physical game takes effort. Plenty of edge rushers can collapse a pocket. Fewer can track a scrambling quarterback across the field and finish the play.

His emergence also helps Denver’s defense as a whole. The Broncos have leaned heavily on Nik Bonitto and Zach Allen, and opposing offenses have built protections around them. Another edge player who can win his matchups makes it harder to slide protection toward the stars and leaves fewer free releases for quarterbacks. Que Robinson’s growth is giving Vance Joseph more options to attack with.

The Broncos are 6-2 with nine games left, and the defense has carried them through much of the season. Sunday’s win needed Nix’s fourth-quarter comeback, but it also needed one more stop at the goal line. Que Robinson made it, and Stokley thinks Denver may have found a player who will keep making plays like it.