Oddsmakers had low expectations for the Denver Broncos going into the 2024 NFL season, setting their over/under win total at 5.5 this spring.
NFL experts — Craig Carton among them — also had low expectations.
“The Broncos are going to stink,” Carton said in August. “There’s no talent on that team … I’m looking at the Denver Broncos going, that over/under should be 2.5! Where are the wins coming from?”
Eleven weeks into the season, the Broncos secured their sixth win with a convincing 38-6 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. With six games remaining on the schedule, Denver should finish well above the “over” line in 2024.
“Bo Nix is Sean Payton’s version, as a rookie, of Drew Brees.”
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— Breakfast Ball (@BrkfstBallOnFS1) August 26, 2024
This, of course, is no surprise to Broncos coach Sean Payton.
In an offseason interview with Jeff Duncan of The Times-Picayune, Payton was told about the team’s 5.5 over/under win line for the 2024 campaign.
“I love being the underdog. The next time I only win six games in a season will be the first,” Payton said in August.
Payton has never finished with fewer than seven wins in a season, a streak Denver will aim to continue when the Broncos go on the road to face the Las Vegas Raiders (2-8) in Week 12.
