The Denver Broncos were embarrassed in Week 1 against the Kansas City Chiefs, but turned the season around with two come-from-behind wins in the following two weeks.
The Denver Broncos secured their second-straight win Sunday night against the Los Angeles Rams, but how far can this team go?
Denver opened up the 2026 season with a disappointing 31-10 loss against their division rival, the Kansas City Chiefs, and has since had two wildly impressive wins in which they came from behind.
In Week 2, Denver climbed back from 13-3 against the Jacksonville Jaguars and walked away with a 20-13. In Week 3, the Broncos fought to get out of a 16-0 hole against the Los Angeles Rams in a thriller that came down to the final play, which was an interception by safety Talanoa Hufanga on a Matthew Stafford pass intended for wide receiver Davante Adams.
In both wins, we saw the Broncos come back from double-digit deficits, with a similar trend occurring: Denver struggling to score in the first half.
Now, the Broncos sit at third in the AFC West and seventh in the American Football Conference.
The question remains: how far will this team go?
The Chiefs are looking like real contenders once again, and the Las Vegas Raiders have been a shockingly good football team thus far, but their luck will likely run out. With upcoming games against the Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Rams and San Francisco 49ers, the Raiders may not be able to sustain this level of success.
Presuming the AFC West is once again between the Chiefs and Broncos, Denver has a long road ahead (see Week 1's double-digit loss).
The Broncos would also need to overcome Josh Allen's Bills, who opened the 2026-27 season looking like the best team in the NFL.
It's still way too early to confidently say that the Broncos are either an objectively good or bad team, but we've learned a lot in these first three weeks.
For whatever reason, Bo Nix and the offense struggle out of the gate -- a trend that can easily prohibit them from their Super Bowl aspirations.
On the bright side, Denver has shown that they will not quit when faced with an uphill battle, such as a big deficit early on.
Monday night's win against LA also showcased Denver's defense, which forced four sacks on the reigning MVP, Stafford, and Hufanga had two interceptions: the aforementioned game-sealer and a pick-6 in the fourth quarter.
All in all, Denver has quickly changed the narrative that was placed on them after Week 1 and has become a team to be reckoned with.
We're still only three weeks into this season, but the Broncos appear to be picking up where they left off last year as one of the best teams in the AFC.
