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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 4 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“I've got the Bronco. ... The Broncos crowd and the Broncos defense carries them to a seventeen thirteen, seventeen fourteen type of victory.”
| 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 am gonna stick with the Broncos here. I'm gonna go with Denver at home.”
“All pro OTs, we actually agree here. Again, Garrett Bowles, Pena Sewell.”
“I went with Tylenol Hufanga as my second all pro safety.”
“Give me Denver to escape with one game.”
“But I'll take the Broncos in this one.”
“Sean Payton's decided, hey, we're gonna make RJ. Harvey RB one... Just see more of RJ. Harvey as the lead running back in that Broncos”
“Rich, everyone on the Broncos summer bandwagon was right. Denver's going to the AFC championship game.”
“I think Colts, Patriots, Broncos make it.”
“And the Bengals prior to playing on Monday Night Football But we don't anticipate them beating the Broncos.”
“going into London to take on the Broncos... I gotta give us the l here. Okay. Three and three”
“I know Atlanta can make the playoffs. The Bidens can make the playoffs. Broncos should make the playoffs.”
“Bo Nicks 4,500 yards, 35 touchdowns.”
“Bo Nicks is gonna be an MVP finalist this year.”
“Denver could make it again.”
“Bo Nicks 4,500 yards, 35 touchdowns.”
“I think the AFC playoff field is set. With six weeks to go, these are the seven teams.”
“Chargers and Broncos.”
“denver broncos one of them at, Number Thirty... anthony hill Linebacker From texas”
“Denver Anthony Hill linebacker Texas. Let's go.”
“I like the Broncos in this one to win straight up, though, and I like the lower scoring affair... Nineteen seventeen Broncos beat the Patriots.”
“I think this is an upset special. I think Broncos twenty to fourteen... I think Broncos win twenty fourteen defensive battle.”
“So I gotta go with the Denver Broncos... got the Denver Broncos sneaking by with a win.”
“So shock the world number one seed, Broncos go. I don't know that it's gonna happen.”
“Broncos will cover. Stick's picks.”
“I think Denver Lorena's Denver Broncos cover as a three point... knocks locks”
“we go to the divisional round, I would take Denver over Buffalo”
“I have three a AFC West teams in the playoffs ... the Chargers, the Broncos and the Chiefs”
“as far as the Chargers, the Broncos and the Chiefs, they are looking like all three will be in the playoff picture”
“I'm not confident the Jets go win their first game against the Broncos. I'm not confident at all... But I feel I feel confident, confident in the in the uh, in the Broncos.”
“But I'm in a survivor and I have the Broncos this week... but I think you're good with it.”
“I think that they could win by double digits... So I think they're going to destroy the Tennessee Titans.”
“I'm choosing one game that I'm pretty sure is going to win this and I got the Denver Broncles beating at Tennessee Titans at home.”
“Yeah, I'm taking the Broncos.”
“Oh, Land with the Broncos.”
“But I think their second I think they make the playoffs and I think they they give people a run for their money.”
“the Denver Broncos are not winning ten games under nine and a half”
“I think it is more than on the board that this team goes seven and ten. They are more likely to go seven and ten than ten and seven.”
“Ceede Lamb more catches, Courtland Sutton, more touchdowns, eight to seven.”
“Simon has the opposite Denver and Pittsburgh in Chargers out.”