Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix wasn’t drafted to be a savior. He was drafted to stabilize a franchise that had spent two years drowning under the weight of the Russell Wilson experiment. Instead, the second-year quarterback has pushed Denver into territory no one thought possible this quickly. And now, with four games left, he’s closing in on Wilson’s own historic record for the most wins by a quarterback in his first two NFL seasons.
Nix enters Week 15 with 21 wins as a starter since arriving in Denver. Wilson had 24 wins through his first two years in Seattle. If Nix leads the Broncos to four more victories down the stretch, he’ll stand alone atop a list that includes some of the NFL’s most decorated early-career success stories.
Why Nix Is Chasing NFL History
The Broncos sit at 11-2, a mark that already surpasses their 2024 win total and reflects the rapid turnaround under Sean Payton. Denver has now posted back-to-back double-digit win seasons for the first time since the 2014 and 2015 campaigns when Peyton Manning was leading the charge. They have not lost at home in over a year and carry a ten-game winning streak into Week 15.
Nix is the engine behind all of it. His season includes 2,954 passing yards, 19 touchdowns, nine interceptions, and a completion rate of 63.2 percent. He’s added 244 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns, giving Denver steady production and a calming presence in late-game situations that once doomed the team.
If he guides the Broncos to victories in all four remaining regular-season games, Denver would finish 15-2 and reach 25 total wins across Nix’s first two seasons. That would surpass Wilson, Andrew Luck, Dak Prescott, and Ben Roethlisberger for the most early-career wins by any quarterback in league history.
A Win Sunday Would Already Place Nix Among Elite Company
If Denver defeats the Green Bay Packers in Week 15, Nix will tie Luck, Prescott, and Roethlisberger for the second-most wins through a quarterback’s first two seasons at 22. That milestone becomes even more striking when you consider where the Broncos stood two years ago: directionless, inconsistent, and carrying one of the league’s worst offensive identities.
This version of Denver is the opposite. They win with structure. They win with balance. And they win because Nix rarely blinks.
The Broncos’ Remaining Road
Denver’s final four games present both opportunity and danger:
Week 15 vs. Packers
Week 16 vs. Jaguars
Week 17 at Chiefs
Week 18 vs. Chargers
Three of those games are at home, where Denver has been unbeatable. The road trip to Kansas City is the lone major obstacle, and it stands as potentially the deciding matchup for both the AFC West race and Nix’s pursuit of NFL history.
Nix has already tied Hall of Famer John Elway for the third-longest winning streak in Broncos history at ten games. Only Manning and Elway hold longer streaks, and both delivered Super Bowls to the franchise. That context isn’t lost on Denver fans who are watching another unexpected star grow into the role.
The Broncos didn’t expect to be in this position. They weren’t supposed to chase top playoff seeds or challenge historic figures in franchise lore. Yet here they are: 11-2, surging, and giving Nix a legitimate chance to break a record once held up as unreachable.
Four more wins would place him at the top of an NFL milestone list typically reserved for prodigies. Three wins would tie Wilson. One win moves him into second place. Any outcome reinforces one undeniable truth. Denver found its guy.
