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Nick Wright talked a lot of shit about the Broncos going into the recent Chief Broncos game. I look forward to seeing him eat shit on Monday after the Broncos beat the Chiefs.
Executive summary
Nick Wright publicly predicted the Chiefs would not lose to the Broncos, saying “there is no chance, they lose this football game,” ahead of Kansas City’s Week 11 trip to Denver [1] [2]. The Broncos then beat the Chiefs 22-19 on a last-second field goal, and multiple outlets report Wright acknowledged being wrong and “ate humble pie” after the upset [3] [4] [5].
1. What Wright actually said and where
Nick Wright made a blunt, on-air prediction that the Chiefs would win the Broncos game—“there is no chance they lose this football game”—in pregame commentary that circulated from his First Things First appearances and related writeups on Nov. 14–15, 2025 [2] [1]. That quote was posted and shared by the show’s social accounts and then picked up by aggregators and sports blogs [2] [6].
2. The game outcome that forced the reversal
Denver upset Kansas City 22-19 on a last-second field goal; that result is the hinge for all follow-ups noting Wright’s wrong-call [3] [4] [7]. Coverage emphasizes the dramatic finish and frames the outcome as an upset given Wright’s earlier certainty [4] [7].
3. Wright’s public reaction — “humble pie” and admission
After the loss, several outlets quote or summarize Wright saying he “couldn’t have been more wrong” and suggest he “ate humble pie,” reporting he conceded the Broncos were better in that game and that his prior preseason and pregame skepticism of Denver had been mistaken [3] [4] [5]. The phrasing across sites is consistent: Wright acknowledged the mistake rather than doubling down [3] [4].
4. Context: Wright’s broader preseason stance on the Broncos
Wright’s comments in September and during the season included a prediction Denver might finish last in the AFC West and skepticism about the preseason “contender” narrative; outlets cite his September tweet that the Broncos’ contender storyline “made less sense” to him [3] [7]. Reporting notes that Denver’s subsequent run—an eight-game winning streak that left them 9-2—undermined that early view [3] [5].
5. Why this matters to fans and media dynamics
Sports talk thrives on strong predictions and sharp contradictions; Wright’s categorical “no chance” line is the kind of provocation that generates fan reactions when proven wrong [2] [8]. Coverage frames the story less as an isolated gaffe and more as a moment where a visible analyst’s narrative was overtaken by on-field results—something media commentators frequently face when teams defy expectations [3] [7].
6. Alternate viewpoints and limits of the coverage
Available sources uniformly report that Wright made the confident Chiefs prediction and later admitted error [3] [4]. They also supply Denver’s winning streak and Broncos’ defensive metrics as context [5] [7]. However, current reporting does not include verbatim, time-stamped video of every pregame remark nor a full transcript of Wright’s postgame statements beyond the quoted admissions; available sources do not mention a detailed timeline of when Wright posted every comment across platforms [1] [3].
7. How commentators and fans reacted
Coverage highlights that Broncos fans enjoyed schadenfreude and that outlets described Wright as “embarrassed” or “hilariously wrong,” but they also note he publicly acknowledged the mistake—an outcome some outlets cast as him “eating humble pie” rather than refusing to admit error [5] [3] [4]. That characterization differs across sites: some frame it playfully, others as a sharper rebuke.
8. What to watch next
Reporting notes Denver had a Week 12 bye after the Chiefs win and would travel to Washington afterward; the Broncos’ 9-2 standing and league-leading sack totals are used to suggest the team’s rise is substantive, not fluky [7] [2]. If you’re tracking media narratives, watch whether Wright and similar commentators adjust their season projections in light of Denver’s sustained success [3] [7].
Conclusion: Multiple outlets document Wright’s confident Chiefs pick, Denver’s upset, and Wright’s public admission of error; the story is a tidy example of a media figure’s sharp prediction colliding with an on-field upset and then being revised in public [1] [3] [4].