Can the Broncos repeat?
Well, we’ve reached the most important question of them all. Really, it’s the only question worth asking (still read the others, though!).
Can the Denver Broncos repeat as Super Bowl champions?
Right now, the answer is probably not, at least from a national perspective. According to VegasInsider.com, the Broncos currently have 20-1 odds to win the Super Bowl next season, eighth in the league. Exactly the same as the 4-12 Cowboys!
So if Denver is going to be taken seriously as back-to-back contenders by the general populous (not that it matters in the long run), they’re going to have to make some moves in the offseason, and it’ll all start by answering those previous four questions.
In the end, though, I believe it’ll all come down to whether the Broncos can improve their offense to the point that they’re bordering on a top-10 unit in the league. They may have won on defense alone last season, but we can’t use that as a template; the 2015 Broncos may end up being one of the NFL’s biggest outliers when all is said and done.
Plus, for as good as I expect them to be, there’s no way the Denver defense can be as historically great as they were last season. As I wrote earlier, that group may have been the most-impactful unit in football history, offense or defense. It would be near-impossible to replicate that success, especially with so many of their starters hitting free agency.
It’ll be interesting to see what John Elway ends up doing.
