ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Experience can be an unforgiving teacher at times.
For example, the Denver Broncos' Super Bowl win last February was built on the excruciating, ego-bashing evening in the Super Bowl two years before. The Broncos were overwhelmed in a 35-point loss to a Seattle Seahawks team with a far better defense.
The Broncos may have had a hand in this season's AFC representative in the league's championship game.