If you’re the kind of person who can’t look beyond the record, it’s easy to say Vic Fangio has a lot to prove over the remainder of the season. The Broncos are 3-6 and need to go on a 5-2 run to avoid the franchise’s first three-season stretch under .500 since 1972.
However, if you can look beyond the fact that this team is clearly rebuilding under a rookie head coach, there are plenty of positives. Both Courtland Sutton and Justin Simmons have made huge jumps in the new systems, and Fangio has shown a knack for squeezing an enormous amount of production out of some unlikely pieces on defense.