The Denver Broncos are going to be hard-pressed to walk away with any postseason awards, let alone the MVP, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some guys worth talking about. And while I’m normally of the mindset that the regular season doesn’t really matter, only the postseason, that’s not as true this year; this was a special, noteworthy first 16 games.
Yes, the one and only goal of this franchise is to win the Super Bowl, and we’ll do a full breakdown of the season following their postseason run, but unlike the last three years, whatever happens in the next month won’t entirely overshadow what’s happened in the previous four.
Under Peyton Manning, the regular season hasn’t been more than an extended preseason, and when the Broncos eventually fell in the playoffs, it made the previous year feel like a complete waste. This season, though, these games have mattered; up until the second half of Week 16, there was a real possibility that the Broncos could fall out of the postseason all together.
Every week, it’s been as if a Hollywood-produced drama was unfolding down at Dove Valley; from the gut-punch against the Kansas City Chiefs to the comeback victories over the Patriots and Bengals, the 2015 Broncos were must-watch television from the start — well, except for that Browns game.
So before we get to the playoffs and forget all that’s already happened, let’s take a look back by handing out our regular season awards:
