The unlikely quarterback who beat a Patrick Mahomes record

Given the freedom to choose any NFL quarterback since 1950 to win your favorite team a close game, you might think of names like Joe Montana, Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes.

What if the best option was technically a divisive, third-year quarterback?

Week 9 for the Denver Broncos followed what has by now become a familiar pattern. During the first three quarters, Denver trailed and neither the Broncos nor Nix looked quite comfortable. Then the fourth quarter began, and he made all the right moves — yet again.

The 26-21 Broncos victory was their 17th consecutive win with Nix as the starter in games decided by one score or less — breaking a record held by Kansas City with Mahomes during the 2023-24 seasons that was the longest streak since 1950, including playoffs, per NBC Sports research.

“Part of it pisses me off,” Broncos coach Sean Payton told reporters when asked about the streak, “because there’s a few of them that you would say shouldn’t have been one-score games.”

Payton added that “we still have some work to do.”

True to form, Nix didn’t produce all highlights against the Carolina Panthers. In the first quarter, facing third-and-goal from Carolina’s 8-yard…

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