The Denver Broncos coached themselves out of a few wins last year

NFL Revenge WeekDenver Broncos PodcastsDenver Broncos ScheduleBroncos have a chance to redo a few games in 2019New Terrell Davis Jersey ,29commentsThe Denver Broncos coached themselves out of a few wins last year and two of those biggest screw ups were against teams on the schedule again in 2019. MDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Broncos have a chance to redo a few games in 2019TwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailIt’s revenge week on SB Nation, so when that theme came to my desk I could think of exactly two non-division rival games last season that I needed to write about. Both of them needed to be losses if we were to see the Vance Joseph era come to an end in Denver, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.In the Something Something Broncos podcast, I noted both the Houston Texans game in Week 9 and the Cleveland Browns game in Week 15 as the two revenge games I felt Vic Fangio could flip to wins in 2019. Against the Texans last season, the Denver Broncos were clearly the better team on the football field. However, they were coached right into the defeat. It all started late in the first half when the Broncos were down 13-10. Instead of punting the ball with 22 seconds left, Joseph opted for a 62 yard field goal that Brandon McManus would miss.Much to the glee of Texans head coach Bill O’Brien.The Texans would kick a field goal of their own to go up 16-10. Then with the score 19-17 late in the game, Joseph once again made a questionable decision that would then cost the Broncos the game. With 13 seconds left in the game, the Broncos chose to hand the ball off to Phillip Lindsay up the gut for a one-yard loss to setup a 51-yard field goal that McManus pushed wide right. As frustrating as that loss was Steve Atwater Jersey , it got even worse against the Browns in Week 15. Down by four in the fourth quarter in a game that Case Keenum wasn’t having his best day and Lindsay averaged just 1.7 yards per carry, the Joseph finally saw his offense put together an impressive drive. On fourth and 1 from the Cleveland six yard line, the Broncos lined up for the field goal. After a delay of game penalty, the field goal was good to make the score 17-16. That’s the score the game would finish with.These two games were maddening for me as a fan, so that’s why I’ve got them both down as my top two non-division rival revenge games on the Broncos 2019 regular season schedule. They’ll face the Browns at home in Week 9 and the Texans on the road in Week 14. Make us proud, Vic. Welcome to SB Nation FanPulse — a survey of fans across the NFL, powered by SurveyMonkey. Each week, we send 32 polls to 100+ plugged in fans from each team.Broncos fans, sign up HERE to join FanPulse.The NFL in 2018 has come down to four teams down the stretch Brian Dawkins Jersey , with a couple of others maybe on the outside looking in. In the AFC, the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs are in great position to put a stranglehold on the two first-round byes, while the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints are locking down the NFC.In SB Nation’s recent FanPulse poll, there is overwhelming confidence in all four of these teams. The Chiefs and Patriots dominated the polling with 94% of all votes going their way.The same respondents were even bigger believers in the two NFC juggernauts with the Saints and Rams snagging a combined 96% of the vote.What does this all mean? It means at least one of these four teams are probably not going to end up in their respective championship games. There is always a dark horse that emerges to upsetthe balance of power in January.Only once in the last 10 years have both the top two seeds from each conference advanced to their title games. That year was 2015. In every other season, at least one or two of the top seeded teams fell in the divisional round.If I were to pick one of these four teams to blow it, I would probably go with the team that has the most misfortune in their playoff history - the Chiefs.That would halfway make up for the Denver Broncos choking away two chances to beat them in 2018.