Patrick Surtain II, the NFL’s 2024 Defensive Player of the Year, boldly claims the Denver Broncos can topple the AFC West’s giants, the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers. “We know it’s a great challenge ahead,

Players who display incremental improvements within their first season are ideal candidates to break out in their sophomore season. That’s how star corner Patrick Surtain II views Broncos quarterback Bo Nix.

The Denver Broncos have the best cornerback in the NFL. That's what the Associated Press found in a recent vote of journalists. Of course, with Patrick Surtain II winning the Defensive Player of the Year award, a distinction held by only six other cornerbacks in history, it gives him a leg up on the rest of the players at his position.