Here's where the Denver Broncos stand in the AFC playoff picture entering Week 12.
If the playoffs started this weekend, the Broncos would be in as the No. 7 seed, with a trip to take on the No. 2-seededTake a second, sign up for our free newsletter, and get breaking Broncos news delivered to your inbox daily!That doesn't count this season's remaining divisional games, two of which are against rivals currently seeded higher than Denver in the AFC playoff picture. The 9-1are virtually un-catchable for the AFC West crown.
With rookie quarterback Bo Nix really hitting his stride, the road ahead looks favorable for the Broncos. Next up is a road trip to take on thein Week 13 before hitting their bye. For a competitively-relevant team down the stretch, having a bye in December can be fortuitous. It should allow the Broncos to heal up and do some late-season self-scouting to, hopefully, hone the team into an even sharper blade for the final frame of games. There's a conceivable path to a 10-win season if the version of the Broncos we've seen the past two weeks was not a fluke.Chad Jensen is the Founder of Mile High Huddle and creator of the wildly popular Mile High Huddle Podcast.
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