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Originally Posted by DomCasual
The truth about what that game means is, as is usually the case, somewhere in the middle of the two extremes being presented here.
1) It was a meaningful game for the Broncos. Was it their Super Bowl? Well, losing sixteen straight games against a division rival is obviously not normal or acceptable. More emphasis should have been put on this game, and it obviously was.
2) It was very likely a watershed moment for them. Did they turn into a Super Bowl contender overnight? I wish; but realistically, no. I think it's pretty likely, though, that Broncos fans will look back on that game and say, "That was the beginning of the end of the worst run of loser's mentality in team history."
3) It wasn't just a meaningless blip on the radar for you guys. After the failed 3rd-down play on your first drive, Mahomes and Nik Bonitto got into some sort of verbal altercation. You could see Mahomes saying, "Okay. Let's go. Let's see what happens." I remember thinking, "Man, why in the world would you want to poke that bear?" It seemed to really nicely set the narrative for a hero game. The flu. A 3-and-out first drive in a hostile environment. And now Mahomes is pissed off on a personal level. Here comes 5 TD passes.
But then, it just never materialized - the hero game never developed. And more importantly, the script the Broncos had been following all season (a couple good scripted drives to start, and then total implosion) stayed in the green room. It's not that Mahomes and company didn't want it to happen. The Broncos just decided not to act like chumps, for a change.
I like to think that the Broncos became semi-relevant again on Sunday. I doubt it's enough to get them into the playoff picture, at this point. But it's a good sign for us.
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It's a terrible sign. You won the battle but lost the war. Russ isn't good enough. I don't care what his stats say. He threw 4 passes further than 10 yards. That just isn't sustainable. Teams aren't gonna give Russ the ball on turnovers so many times every week like we did.
The bottom line here is that the Broncos are in purgatory. They have Alex Smith at QB and won a big game. We embarrassed Manning in 2015. Hell we embarrassed Brady twice with Alex and it all meant nothing.
You guys need to pray that the Raiders don't tank and fall into Caleb Williams or Drake Maye bc facing one of those 2 and Mahomes/Herbert for the next 10 years would be a nightmare.