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Originally Posted by penchief
Their altitude advantage is the single greatest competitive advantage in all of sports. It helped them pad their regular season records and earn playoff births. Playing at home in the playoffs afforded them the same advantage. That is why good, not great, bronco teams made it to the super bowl so many times only to get blown out by vastly superior teams.
The boost they get record-wise from their thin air home games cannot be understated. Between that and their documented history of cheating on and off the field, Denver is no better than other run of the mill team. Their fans who think they have some sort of great legacy crack me up.
Here is the bronco legacy in the order of most important contributions to their three tainted super bowl wins.
Thin air advantage.
Cheating the salary cap.
John Elway.
Cheating on the field and dirty play.
Manning’s farewell tour and subsequent reach around from the league.
Elite defense during Super Bowl L run.
Denver fans are some of the most delusional and self-entitled fans in the league. The chief’s legacy already surpasses theirs and will only dwarf it by the time Mahomes, Reid, and Veach are done.
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You forgot HGH...and Manningstein sending his goons to shake down the whistle-blower.
Karma is having a QB, in their division, that is better in every facet than Elway ever was....for the next decade.
Their fans still think they are an elite franchise...just going through a ruff 5 year patch.
There is going to be a whole generation that knows nothing of what a winning Broncos team looks like...