{"id":10835,"date":"2025-01-17T01:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T01:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10835"},"modified":"2025-01-17T01:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T01:09:06","slug":"breaking-broncos-history-of-delusional-statements-proves-they-cant-handle-chiefs-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10835","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Broncos&#8217; history of delusional statements proves they can&#8217;t handle Chiefs&#8217; dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Broncos Country said something stupid about the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3698,h_2080\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/130\/01jhqp98enb5n78f3zdc.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs v Denver Broncos\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Kansas City Chiefs v Denver Broncos | Matthew Stockman\/GettyImages<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">With the Kansas City Chiefs about to head into the Divisional Round, I wasn\u2019t planning on spending much time thinking about the Denver Broncos. I mean, why would I? It\u2019s been almost a decade since the Broncos won a playoff game and featured in the divisional round, so why waste my time, right?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">But alas, here I am, thinking and writing about Denver. Not because the team is any good, but because their coach said something stupid. <em>Really<\/em> stupid.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">At his end-of-season press conference this week, Sean Payton had this to say about how Denver\u2019s playoff run could have turned out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of confidence in this team if we could get past that game (vs. Buffalo), the next game (vs. KC) we felt real good about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Broncos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Broncos<\/a> HC Sean Payton felt &#8220;real good&#8221; about Broncos facing Chiefs in divisional round <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EnsrbjeHuV\">pic.twitter.com\/EnsrbjeHuV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chiefs Receipts (@ChiefsReceipts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiefsReceipts\/status\/1879664525622059298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of confidence in this team if we could get past that game (against Buffalo), the next game we had to play (against Kanas City) we felt real good about,\u201d Payton said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">What a <em>ridiculous<\/em> thing to say.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Denver\u2019s season ended in a blowout less than a week ago, and here\u2019s Payton taking a shot at the back-to-back Super Bowl champions. And what is he bragging about? A hypothetical win that <em>didn\u2019t even happen<\/em>. It\u2019s laughable.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/resizer\/v2\/TTV4SZXDEZH3RFJ3XOSN5ZMWQI.jpg?auth=da4c982ea39457a6ffe11cdac083082d785f913fcc5cd126f4894ed13d0b70a6&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs vs. Denver Broncos prediction, odds, best bets for NFL  Week 18 - syracuse.com\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">I\u2019d love to test Payton\u2019s theory out, but sadly, we\u2019ll never get the chance because Denver got annihilated in the Wild Card Round after giving up 31 unanswered points. Oh, well.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Now, I understand the nuance behind what Payton is getting at here. What do you expect a head coach to say about his team? That they would have been blown out again a week later? But there&#8217;s a way to back your team without bad-mouthing a rival, and Payton&#8217;s comments were not the way to do that..<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">Frankly, Payton and the D\u0336o\u0336n\u0336k\u0336e\u0336y\u0336s\u0336 Broncos are in no position to be bad-mouthing Kansas City. They finished third in the AFC West\u2014five whole games behind the Chiefs\u2014before promptly getting destroyed in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">The closest the Broncos have come to a Super Bowl since Peyton Manning retired is John Elway handing the Chiefs the Lombardi Trophy last season. They have won\u2014*checks notes*\u2014zero playoff games since the 2015 season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\">Kansas City, meanwhile, has won three titles in five years, won the AFC West nine times in a row, and had the greatest five-year stretch in NFL history. And, of course, the Chiefs enjoyed a 16-game winning streak over the Broncos, the fourth-longest winning streak over a single team ever.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\">A comment like Payton\u2019s isn\u2019t surprising. This isn\u2019t the first time Broncos Country said something stupid about the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\">In October 2023, Denver fans partied like it was 1997 when they finally ended a losing streak to Kansas City that lasted almost eight full years. As Broncos fans celebrated, Taylor Swift\u2019s song &#8220;Shake It Off&#8221; played throughout the stadium.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Broncos are playing Taylor Swift after beating the Chiefs \ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8a8Q0H9Fif\">pic.twitter.com\/8a8Q0H9Fif<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_Memes\/status\/1718774291540410799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\">Hilarious, right? What a great joke.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\">I found it particularly funny when the Chiefs took that advice literally, shook off that loss to Denver, and went on to win the Lombardi Trophy that gave the Chiefs more Super Bowl titles than the Broncos.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\">Then, late in the 2023 season <em>Denver Post<\/em> writer Sean Keeler declared that Broncos DC Vance Joseph had \u201cbroken the Kansas City Chiefs\u201d the day the streak ended. \u201cVance Joseph didn\u2019t just beat the Chiefs. He broke them like plates at a <em>Big Fat Greek Wedding<\/em>,\u201d Keller wrote.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\">Keeler said Denver\u2019s defense should go by the nickname \u201cthe Mahomes-Wreckers,&#8221; claimed \u201cthe AFC West is a race again,&#8221; and hinted that Joseph \u201cmight\u2019ve just written the definitive book\u201d on how to beat Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\">Maybe Keller was right. Joseph very well might have \u201cbroken\u201d the Chiefs. But sadly for Broncos Country, he didn\u2019t kill them. And as the famous philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Kelly Clarkson both said: What doesn\u2019t kill you, makes you stronger.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-20\">So, thank you, Denver, for giving the Chiefs the strength they needed to go out and win another Super Bowl. As a Chiefs fan, I really appreciate that.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-21\">It\u2019s fair to say the Broncos had a good season in 2024. After the trainwreck that was the Russell Wilson era and with an eye-watering dead cap hit and a rookie quarterback, Denver\u2019s season exceeded expectations. But alas, the NFL does not give out trophies to teams who weren\u2019t as trash as everyone expected, leaving the Broncos with nothing but a hollow Week 18 win over a resting team to boast about.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-22\">Enjoy your hypothetical playoff win while watching the Chiefs from your couch, Sean.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;KNOW YOUR ROLE AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU JABRONI&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Travis Kelce to Cincy&#39;s mayor \ud83d\udc80<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tTAjifOAYP\">pic.twitter.com\/tTAjifOAYP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pickswise (@Pickswise) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pickswise\/status\/1619898572144615425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Broncos Country said something stupid about the Chiefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Broncos&#039; 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