Even when the Broncos were stacking up AFC West titles and reaching two Super Bowls earlier this decade, their turnover margin was ordinary.
They won the conference title in 2013 despite 26 turnovers and takeaways apiece.
They won the Super Bowl in 2015 despite a minus-4 ratio.
Those teams overcame a glaring weakness. Last year’s Broncos could not. Not even close.
The Broncos’ minus-17 turnover ratio in 2017 was 31st in the league, ahead of only winless Cleveland (minus-28). It was their poorest ratio since 2008 (also minus-17) and the second-worst in franchise history (minus-25 in 1962).