Two questions today.
How good are the Denver Broncos?
How bad are the Houston Texans?
Sean Payton’s Broncos have a squad strength that is common to teams that win it all, a rock-solid defense. Yet, for the first six weeks of the season, the Bo Nix led attack was sketchy. They hadn’t cracked the 30-point barrier and despite winning four of their first six games for a share of first place in the AFC West Division, their point spread record was two wins against four losses.
In other words, the public had the Broncos overrated as evidenced by them not covering spreads even while winning.
Then, the past two weeks, the Broncos offense hit a stride. It wasn’t until the fourth quarter against the New York Giants that Nix began to consistently move the offense, but when he did he put up a game winning 33 fourth quarter points to stage a dramatic come-from-behind win over the visitors from the Big Apple, 33-32. Last week, again at the Mile High Stadium, the Broncos put up their biggest point total of the season while pulling away from the Dallas Cowboys, 44-24.