For most of October, Sean Payton harped on his offense’s need to improve on third down. The Broncos weren’t just struggling, they were flat-out bad. Denver didn’t convert better than 36% of its attempts in any of its first seven games and entered Week 8 at No.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is a Bo Nix believer. After a disappointing 16-14 road loss to the Chiefs in Week 10, Romi Bean of CBS Colorado shared that Mahomes told the Denver Broncos rookie QB they'll have more nail-biting games throughout their careers.