As a lifelong Denver Broncos fan living in Baltimore, I know you Ravens fans all too well. On one hand, you’re as loyal to your team as any fans in the league; every win is as big as if it were the postseason, and every loss sinks your heart for days to come. On the other hand, you think you’re better at calling plays than Cam Cameron*, you think you’re a better judge of talent than Ozzie Newsome, and you genuinely feel that a Super Bowl berth is a foregone conclusion. On top of that, you’ve got a certain arrogance befitting of a franchise that has a decades-long legacy of excellence, and which plays in the Super Bowl every year. (That would make the Ravens a combination of the Washington Redskins of old and the New England Patriots of today…and that, my friend, is not at all the case).

Now, to be clear, I didn’t say all of that to get your blood boiling (although I have no doubt it’ll do just that); rather, it explains why I’d love to see the Broncos come to M&T Bank Stadium and knock Ravens Nation off its pedestal.

Stick with me now, as I lead you through my thinking on how this can happen.
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