DENVER -- For the Broncos, Monday night is about celebrating the past, getting a fleeting glimpse of a potential future that will never happen and stopping the losing streak of the present.
Most important, of course, is the present -- and ensuring that their current losing streak ends at two games. That would allow them to maintain pace in the still-developing AFC playoff race. Although they came into the weekend tied with the Oakland Raiders for first place in the AFC West, the Broncos can scarcely afford another loss -- especially at home -- or they will exhaust their margin for error.