TRENDING Week 9 Winners and Losers Bears beat Bucs, barely Lakers win without Luka Puka Nacua needs MRI AP Top 25 Story by Story by Bo Nix has an NFL-high 6 game-winning drives this season, and a record 16 through 3 seasons Michael David Smith · ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Mon, November 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM UTC · 1 min read About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Denver was losing at the start of the fourth quarter in Carolina on Sunday, but that doesn't much matter to Broncos quarterback Bo Nix.
On back-to-back possessions in the fourth quarter, Nix led a 14-play, 80-yard touchdown drive and a six-play, 61-yard touchdown drive, and the Broncos beat the Panthers. That has become the norm for Nix, who has a remarkable record of winning even when his team is losing in the fourth quarter.
Nix now has six game-winning drives this season, the most of any quarterback in the NFL. He also has 16 game-winning drives so far in his three-year career, which is the record for any quarterback in his first three seasons. (This is a regular-season statistic only, but Nix also had a game-winning drive in the playoffs last season.)
A game-winning drive is defined as an offensive scoring drive in the fourth quarter or overtime that puts a team ahead for the final time. Nix had three of them as a rookie in 2024, an NFL-high seven of them last year, and is now leading the league again with six game-winning drives already this year.
At 7-2, the Broncos currently lead the AFC West and appear set to compete for the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoff race. With big games coming for them, they've got a quarterback they know they can win with, even when they're losing in the fourth quarter.
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