After starting the season with a 0-3 record, the Denver Broncos were viewed as a contender for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft, and nobody expected Sean Payton’s team to make a playoff push.
Well, almost nobody.
Perhaps NFL.com’s Adam Rank knew something we didn’t.
After the Broncos limped to 2-5, Rank predicted Denver would upset the Kansas City Chiefs 20-17. The Broncos went on to beat KC 24-9.
The next week, Rank predicted a 24-23 Broncos win over the Buffalo Bills. Denver went on to win 24-22.
Last week, Rank predicted a 21-14 victory for the Broncos against the Minnesota Vikings. Denver went on to win 22-21.
Making the predictions even sweeter was the fact that Rank’s colleagues all picked the Broncos’ opponents to win during Denver’s recent winning streak.
Before anyone accuses Rank of being a simple homer, consider that he predicted the Broncos would go 2-14 in 2019 (they went 7-9 that year). He’s not a secret Broncos fan — he’s just an NFL.com analyst making game picks, and his Denver picks have been perfect over the last three weeks.
It looks like @adamrank is the only ball knower working for the NFL Network these days pic.twitter.com/3Mw0LfhKA6
— Sayre Bedinger (@SayreBedinger) November 15, 2023
Adam Rank when it comes to correctly predicting the broncos to win https://t.co/Lk7xfJYICT pic.twitter.com/IEJxwiRmp3
— Adrian Rojo (@SpanchSpeaks) November 20, 2023
Adam rank rly the only broncos believer for 3 straight weeks
— Josh (@Josh_Mil17) November 20, 2023
Adam Rank has the NFL script https://t.co/uM0WR2XXrf
— Rocky Mountain Mustangs (@DenverBroncosFR) November 20, 2023
Adam Rank has always been a bro https://t.co/9UHO1ObHRr
— Parody Sean Payton (@FauxBroncosHC) November 14, 2023
Adam Rank is the only analyst I’ll be paying attention to from now on pic.twitter.com/INMAXUG3MN
— Broncos Avenue (@BroncosAve) November 14, 2023
Secret Denver Broncos superfan Adam Rank. Is it because of the closeness of colors? Regardless we welcome @adamrank to the WAGON #BroncosCountry https://t.co/GtJTpZEgYP
— Dom (@_Dom2Bomb) November 20, 2023
The trifecta. @adamrank is always welcomed in Broncos Country. https://t.co/taU8QBPhbP
— Matt The Dogg (@Matthew_Gaskin) November 20, 2023
Broncos win pic.twitter.com/6xam7JJcNW
— Adam Rank (@adamrank) November 20, 2023
We stan @adamrank pic.twitter.com/DxBMpIdxUl
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) November 20, 2023
Now we’ll all eagerly wait to see if Rank picks the Broncos to beat the Cleveland Browns in Week 12.
