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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
That's one theory... another theory is those 3 teams in the 80s simply ran up against great teams, the AFC as a whole was in a long SB losing streak. The SEA SB ... their defense was meh and they ran up against a killer, young and balanced team.
Surely on one of these sites, there is a decade over decade comparison for teams and road wins. That's what I'd like to see. If Denver is riding this super home field advantage and would otherwise suck, surely they are in the bottom 1/4 of the league YOY on the road.
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I'm not saying your team has always sucked. The Peyton Manning reach-around championship team had one of the best defenses I've ever seen. But considering how horrible Peyton was all year, one has to wonder how many teams would have made it that far on the backs of its defense with that level of suck at quarterback.
The bottom line is that there is no question the thin air is a distinct advantage for the Broncos. The statistics don't lie. And the player anecdotes are more than just sour grapes. How much of a difference it has made in any given year is something we'll never know for certain.