Good teams beat bad teams badly, which is reason enough to find the Denver Broncos’ 2-0 start very encouraging. They outscored the New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars by a combined score of 50-26 and did so despite:
According to Football Outsiders’ playoff odds report that simulated the NFL season 50,000 times, the Broncos currently have a 74.7% chance at the postseason. As it stands today, they actually won the AFC West in 36.6% of the simulations. We’re at a spot where it’s totally understandable to wait until Denver beats a good team, and yet remain extremely optimistic about the 2021 campaign.