Oh, you can spin it, sure. For the Broncos, a 9-8 record would signify real, tangible progress, a glass half-full.
It would be the first winning mark to come out of UCHealth Center since 2016’s 9-7. It would be a four-game improvement from a year ago, the franchise’s largest jump in victories from one season to another since John Fox Year 1 (8-8) to Fox Year 2 (13-3).
It would be the largest one-season upgrade by a Broncos coach coming off a losing campaign since Mike Shanahan rebounded to 11-5 in 2000 following the 6-10, post-Elway mess of 1999.