ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — While Denver’s playoff chances took a significant hit with a Week 16 loss, the Broncos can still see value in finishing the season strong.
The Broncos finish the 2023 season with two divisional matchups, and they can post their first winning season since 2016 with a pair of victories to end the year. With wins over the Chargers and Raiders, Denver would also post its first sweep over a division rival since 2019 and snap a seven-game skid against Las Vegas.
“Obviously, those things are incredibly important, and it’s certainly important to who we want to be as an organization and as a team, especially what we want to be moving forward,” tackle Mike McGlinchey said Tuesday. “To be able to be a true professional, you have to be able to put your best work in in the hardest times and the biggest times of adversity, and certainly we’re going through that right now. I believe that this team is capable of great things, and obviously things didn’t go our way this past Sunday, but we’ve got to put our best foot forward for these next two games and certainly finish the season on a great note.”
A pair of division wins would give the Broncos a 4-2 mark in the division, which would be Denver’s best division record since 2015. As inside linebacker Alex Singleton noted, the ability to play well in the AFC West was among Denver’s chief priorities to begin the year.
“They’re division games,” Singleton said. “Those are the most important things. Your original goals when the season starts are to win the games in the AFC West. That’s obviously foremost. It sets us up for where we want to go, and it’s our jobs at the end of the day.”
The Broncos’ focus will begin with earning a home win over a Chargers team that pushed the Bills in Giff Smith’s first game as Los Angeles’ interim head coach. Denver is 4-4 at home this season, and Head Coach Sean Payton acknowledged the importance of finding more success at…
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