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American Football Conference · AFC West · 1 Super Bowl (2015)
The Denver Broncos were founded in 1959 in Denver, Colorado, where they play home games at Empower Field at Mile High. The franchise is owned by Rob Walton, with George Paton serving as general manager and Sean Payton as head coach. The club, also known as the Orange Crush and No Fly Zone, is headquartered in Dove Valley, Colorado. Denver's recent history includes a Super Bowl championship in 2015 following a 12–4 season, though the years that followed brought inconsistency. The Broncos endured a stretch from 2017 to 2023 without a winning record, bottoming out at 4–12 in 2010 and 5–11 in both 2017 and 2020. The tide turned in 2024 with a 10–7 playoff berth, followed by a strong 14–3 campaign in 2025 that again reached the postseason. The current roster features quarterback Bo Nix alongside running backs Jonah Coleman, J.K. Dobbins, and RJ Harvey. The receiving corps includes Courtland Sutton, Marvin Mims Jr., Jaylen Waddle, and Troy Franklin, with Evan Engram at tight end. Defensively, the Broncos boast pass rusher Nik Bonitto, linemen Zach Allen and D.J. Jones, and a secondary anchored by cornerback Pat Surtain II alongside Riley Moss and Ja'Quan McMillian.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 78 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 60 out of 100.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–1 | — |
| 2025 | 14–3 | Made the playoffs |
| 2024 | 10–7 | Made the playoffs |
| 2023 | 8–9 | — |
| 2022 | 5–12 | — |
| 2021 | 7–10 | — |
| 2020 | 5–11 | — |
| 2019 | 7–9 | — |
| 2018 | 6–10 | — |
| 2017 | 5–11 | — |
| 2016 |
Each pundit’s standing lean on Denver Broncos, measured against every other pundit who made a comparable call — same kind of claim, same season. +100 would mean the most bullish voice in every room; −100 the most bearish. At least two articles per pundit before a lean is shown, and the accuracy is how that pundit’s settled calls about this team have graded out.
more bullish than 97% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bullish than 93% of the room, across 7 articles · 78.6 accuracy on this team (7 settled)
Page 3 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“I love Denver winning this game by about twenty points... I think they're gonna win, and they're gonna win big.”
| 9–7 |
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| 2015 | 12–4 | Won the Super Bowl |
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| 2010 | 4–12 | — |
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| 2009 | 8–8 | — |
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more bullish than 93% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 97% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 93% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 92% of the room, across 10 articles · 85.0 accuracy on this team (10 settled)
“I'm I'm completely with you. (on Denver minus seven and a half)”
“The Raiders are really bad. I'm sorry to say that sentence, but it's true. I think Denver wins again.”
“all right, Broncos, I'm riding with you guys, and I think we're gonna have a complete game from boonicks.”
“Denver get to buy as a number one seed. I think that will be the case.”
“Now Patriots Broncos. I'm taking Denver... Denver to the super Bowl.”
“So Denver is gonna probably be the two”
“He's a pocket quarterback if he plays Take Denver.”
“But the Broncos gonna be [beat] Kansas City when they come to them. Watch”
“We'll see you tomorrow night after the Broncos putting that beat down on the Raiders”
“I am most proud of my Broncos pick as the AFC West champions.”
“maintain that the Broncos are going to win the AFC West”
“maintain that the Broncos are going to win the AFC West... I still have the Broncos winning that division”
“I am most proud of my Broncos pick as the AFC West champions.”
“Broncos are gonna win the West and win a playoff game.”
“based on the fact that the Chiefs are two and three and the fact that the Raiders are one and four, this is now your new entering week six favorite to win the division”
“the Broncos are headed... Chargers are two and a half point favorites... We don't need to beat around the bush. We go point money line them horses, sticks picks.”
“you will see the Denver Broncos as your AFC champions and the Minnesota Vikings as your...”
“I think the Broncos have the best roster... So Bill's Ravens, Texans, Broncos are the division win.”
“Bronco's out of the AFC, Vikings out of the NFC”
“you will see the Denver Broncos as your AFC champions”
“the Denver Broncos. As if AFC West champions first time in ten years.”
“your sound sound logic about the Denver Broncos makes them my AFC West”
“will lead the Denver Broncos and that nasty defense to the AFC West Championship the first time in ten years”
“that there's a lot of wins on the schedule. Colin, I got them winning the division. I'm with you”
“AFC West. I am flipping the Broncos and the Chargers. ... So Bill's Ravens, Texans, Broncos now winning their divisions.”
“the AFC West is an incredible division, but I think people are sleeping on Sean Payton and bow Nicks and what they could be in that division”
“I gave it at Buffalo and home for the Broncos.”
“Sean Payton year two. Got some weapons in the draft. Broncos win the West.”
“The Broncos are gonna win the AFC West.”
“there's no way that Sean Payton loses this game... there's no way that the Broncos lose this game.”
“So you think you think you think you you think Bo Nix I I do. First career playoff start I do. Goes into Kansas City and won and done them. Yeah. I think that's I think that's really possible.”
“Met his teammate Peter Wood's a DT going to Denver at thirty”
“I have the San Francisco forty niners trading out of number 58 overall because the Denver Broncos hop on the phone and go, hey. We want Edge, our Mason Thomas out of Oklahoma.”
“it was so hard for me to pull the trigger on Bo Nicks over Josh Allen... But, eventually, I settled on, yes. I will take Denver.”
“Yeah. I mean, at left tackle, it's been it was really tight this year between Garrett Bowles, Tristan Wirth... I'm glad that he's getting the recognition that he deserves”
“I went with Pat Sertain a second for my second, corner”
“Denver Broncos, pick 30. I have them going. This is where Kendrick Falk comes off the board.”
“30, this is a very interesting pick for the Broncos... So I'm gonna go Caden McDonald here, and I'm beefing up the run defense.”
“17 Denver. 16 New England. Hard to get to 16, but they could do it. ... One touchdown, three field goals.”