Bo Nix feels the love from a Broncos Country that’s suddenly 6-2 and thinking Super Bowl.

His love for Jesus Christ runs much deeper.

What was the young Broncos quarterback thinking about during his ninth straight win at Empower Field at Mile High, the longest home win streak in the NFL and the No. 1 reason Denver isn’t crazy to dream of the big game?

“Pregame prayer was really focused on not worrying about what other people think, not worrying about proving it to this (or that), to my family, my friends,” Nix said after a 44-24 drubbing of the Cowboys. “I go out there each and every day and play for an audience of one.

“I feel like I’m in a great spot. Jesus has given me this ability to do what I’m passionate about. I’m really grateful for that. Salvation belongs to Him. I don’t to go around worrying about what other people think.”

The 25-year-old meant no offense to a home-field advantage that took a hiatus and is now the best in the NFL again. On a sunny autumn Sunday when the Broncos rocked those sweet ‘D’ helmets and then rocked America’s Team, there wasn’t an opponent in the league that would have beat the Broncos. Not in this house.

Mile High is a haunted house for visitors again. Dialed in at 5,280 feet, the Broncos can win with an impossible comeback and 33-point fourth quarter, like they did last week against the Giants, or with their offense one-upping their powerful defense, like they did in a demolition of the Cowboys.

“I loved the fact that we took one of the top defenses in football against one of the best offenses — and we won,” coach Sean Payton said. “And on the other side of it, it wasn’t close.”

It wasn’t until Sunday — one week after an exhausting comeback against the Giants, who blew a 19-point lead in a New York minute — that I believed the Broncos could win the AFC. All you must do is glance around the AFC to see the Broncos have as good a shot as any.

But that’s only true if they stockpile enough wins to score home games in the playoffs. That part’s key. Only two AFC teams remain unbeaten at home, and the Broncos (4-0) were a leverage penalty away from knocking the Colts (5-0) from those ranks. Denver hasn’t lost at home in over a calendar year.

When backup linebacker Dondrea Tillman intercepted Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, then refused to go down on a rumbling, bumbling 38-yard return, the Mile High stands shook like the good ol’ days. 

“You know how much a team cares when they block during an interception,” defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers said with a smile. “And everybody was blocking for his ass.”

For the first time in a long time, Broncos fans go to home games expecting to beat everybody. Be honest, and that hasn’t been true since Peyton Manning was here, no matter how many Broncos jerseys hang in your closet.

“We understand how invested this entire city is to what we do in this stadium,” lineman Quinn Meinerz told me. “So it’s extremely important to us to continue to put a good product out there for them.”

With the highest point total of the Sean Payton era, the Broncos celebrated their fifth straight win. In that time they’ve won here, won on the east coast against the reigning Super Bowl champs, won in Great Britain and won against America’s Team. They’ve won all kinds of ways — good, bad and ugly.

Long home win streaks are rare in the NFL but usually suggest a contender. Manning’s Broncos won 10 straight at Mile High across 2013 and 2014. Contenders. John Elway’s won 24 straight from 1996-98. Champions.

“We played really well,” said Nix, who assumed a more vocal role last week to avoid a letdown after the Giants comeback and backed it up with 247 passing yards and four touchdown throws against the Cowboys’ depleted defense.

Yes, the Broncos are flawed and far from perfect. The same goes for Nix, who would be the first to tell you he falls short on a daily basis. But the way he embraces servant leadership was evident to the 75,000 in attendance and a few million more on the CBS broadcast.

When rookie running back RJ Harvey scored his first NFL rushing touchdown Sunday, Nix sprinted downfield to find the football memento and gift it to Harvey, who was caught up in the moment. Nix did the same when rookie wide receiver Pat Bryant scored his first NFL touchdown later in the game.

“My mama’s here,” Bryant said. “I’m fixing to give it to her.”

Nix is growing an audience of believers in orange and blue.

He’s playing for a tighter circle.

“I’m playing with great peace because I know that no matter what happens, I’m in great hands. The sun is going to come up tomorrow,” he said. “The Lord is still going to be sitting on the throne and there’s nothing for us to worry about.”