LAS VEGAS — They can quit pretending to be somebody now. In a city built on broken dreams, where every fool thinks his lousy luck is about to change, the Broncos finally crapped out and boarded a plane home after a 17-13 loss to Las Vegas ripped their ticket to the NFL playoffs to shreds.
“At the end of the day, we knew this was a win-or-go-home type of situation, and we didn’t do enough,” Broncos defensive end Shelby Harris said Sunday.
So let’s end the delusional thinking, this crazy, naïve notion that all that’s standing between the Broncos and playoff contention is incompetence on the sideline.