The Denver Broncos reached their bye week with a 7-2 record, which if you had asked most of us before the season we’d would have been overjoyed that they made it through the early season gauntlet with that record. Now comes the ‘easy’ part of their schedule — as easy as easy gets in the NFL anyway.
Their remaining schedule is against mostly non-playoff teams with three very important matchups in the final eight games against actual playoff contenders:
- Week 11: vs. Las Vegas Raiders
- Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers (Black Friday)
- Week 13: vs. Miami Dolphins
- Week 14: at New York Jets
- Week 15: at Las Vegas Raiders
- Week 16: vs. Buffalo Bills (Christmas Day)
- Week 17: at New England Patriots
- Week 18: vs. Los Angeles Chargers
Let’s predict every game and see where things land.
For me, I think they have to beat the non-playoff teams. So beating the Raiders twice, Dolphins, Jets, and Chargers. That gets them 12 wins on the season.
For the final three against playoff teams, I think it could go one of two ways. Either they beat the Steelers or they lose and then they split games against the Bills and Patriots. So either 2-1 or 1-2.
I mean looking at it either way, that is yet another possible 14-win season. Hard to imagine given some of the struggles they’ve had early, but they also played some of the best defensive teams in the NFL to start the season. Bo Nix and the offense should have a much easier time on drives moving forward.
That is all ‘what if’ subjective. Let me give my final and official prediction for each game:
- Week 11: vs. Las Vegas Raiders [8-2]
- Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers (Black Friday) [9-2]
- Week 13: vs. Miami Dolphins [10-2]
- Week 14: at New York Jets [11-2]
- Week 15: at Las Vegas Raiders [12-2]
- Week 16: vs. Buffalo Bills (Christmas Day) [12-3]
- Week 17: at New England Patriots [13-3]
- Week 18: vs. Los Angeles Chargers [14-3]
Denver will have their 10-game win streak snapped by Josh Allen, but they’ll bounce back and finish strong. I’m not too worried about Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers. He is a statue back there and Denver’s defense is leading the NFL in pressure rate.
What say you? Copy pasta the remaining schedule in the comments and let us know how you think the final eight games plays out.
