Craig Carton apologizes to team for 2024 forecast

Before the start of the 2024 NFL season, Fox Sports’ Craig Carton shared a dire prediction for the Denver Broncos.

“The Broncos are going to stink,” Carton said in August. “There is no talent on this team… I look at the Denver Broncos game and the over/under should be 2.5! Where do victories come from?

Denver’s actual over/under margin was 5.5 wins, and the Broncos surpassed that by securing their sixth win of the season in Week 11. After the team bowled the over, Carton apologized for his pre-season prediction.

“I would like to take this moment to apologize to the fans of the Denver Broncos,” Cartons said at a news conference. Breakfast ball earlier this week. “About two months ago we were giving our preseason projections and I may have said the line, ‘Broncos stink, the over/under should be 2.5.’ So, to Broncos Country, I apologize. I was wrong. I couldn’t be more wrong. “The Denver Broncos are a very well-coached team… I’ll eat this one, I was wrong.”

UPDATE: Craig Carton has apologized for saying, “Broncos stink, over-under should be 2.5.” pic.twitter.com/QHLE33i6r4

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If the season ended today, the Broncos would enter the NFL playoffs as the sixth and final seed. Denver has six games remaining this season.