It has been a long time since anybody took the Denver Broncos seriously. The franchise hasn’t won a playoff game since the 2015-16 season when Peyton Manning was their starting quarterback, and Gary Kubiak was their head coach. In the nearly ten years following that Super Bowl win, Denver had not made a postseason until the 2024-25 season.

Now, in 2025, Denver has a different vibe. Following the 2025 playoffs the Broncos are viewed as a team with a very promising future.

Averaging 319 yards of offense per game, the Broncos have found their spark, and it’s the Offensive Rookie of the Year finalist quarterback Bo Nix—the Oregon product who was the twelfth overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft. Nix brings more than just talent to the Broncos; he also brings positive energy and constant optimism. For example, when wide-open receiver Troy Franklin dropped a pass, Nix smiled, and the Broncos scored a touchdown on the same drive.

That shows you why this is not the Denver team from past seasons. 

The change started when the long-term owner of the team, the Bowden family, sold the franchise to Greg Penner, a businessman  from California who also owns Walmart. Harris’s first order of business was to change the team’s mentality, and one way to do that was to bring in players who played for winning college programs and had collegiate success individually. Nix and RB Audric Estime filled the bill.

Since the 2024 NFL Draft, the Broncos have gone from being a consistent bottom-dweller to one of the league’s most exciting teams.

Denver must capitalize on the team’s success and buy into the team’s current potential. The conversation about investing in the future should completely disappear in the Denver organization. The Broncos should be investing in something else, and that something else is Bo Nix.