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We're always talking about the team that ranks at the top of the NFL. And that discussion makes sense.
It's relevant. It's crucial. And on Super Bowl Sunday the question will be answered.
On Sunday afternoon, I found myself wondering which team ranks as the NFL's worst team.
This discussion is not so relevant, not so crucial and we will never know the answer for certain, where to buy NFL Jerseys? ujersy.
But let me offer my nomination for the NFL's most lost franchise:
Yes, our own Denver Broncos.
In a better sports universe, the Carolina Panthers and Broncos would meet at the end of the season to determine the NFL's worst team.
I'd take the Panthers by 1 1/2 points.
The Broncos continued their plunge with a 36-33 loss to the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.
The Broncos play a brand of defense that can't properly be called defense. They've allowed 159 points in their past five games. The Broncos offense features a run game that often vanishes.
But make sure you say this about the Broncos:
They serve as great hosts.
The Rams arrived in Colorado with 24 losses in their last 28 road games. The Rams had averaged 15 points a game in four road losses this season.
These same Rams powered to 19 points in the second quarter. This barrage inspired a horde of fans to depart, beginning an exodus that continued the entire second half.
Yes, the Broncos staged an impressive rally in the final 11 minutes, but they should never have been forced to rally against a team that had forgotten how to win on the road.
In the final minutes, as Kyle Orton sought in vain to deliver a dramatic victory, a sad scene unfolded at Invesco Field, if you want to buy Pittsburgh Steelers Jerseys, maybe ujersy is a good choice.
For decades, the Broncos have ruled the sporting hearts of Colorado. For decades, fans clung to the Broncos no matter what. They endured endless losing seasons, bewildering Super Bowl blowouts and the invasion of such bizarro personalities as Daryl Gardner, Javon Walker and Jay Cutler.
Invesco was half empty in the final minutes Sunday. Bad times have thinned the ranks of the Broncos faithful.
Orton wasn't offended by the thousands who went home.
"We've got to give them better reasons to stay in their seats," he said.
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