Welcome to The Vic Fangio Era, Denver, where anything goes.
Playing for the win at home instead of the overtime with 31 seconds to go. An ill-timed defensive penalty by one of your best players.
And a 53-yard field goal, as time expires, that breaks your heart.
The Broncos fell to Chicago, 16-14, as Bears kicker Eddy Pinerio belted a 53-yarder as time expired, capping an improbable six-play, 40-yard drive with 31 seconds to go, and an even more improbable home opening defeat for Denver.
Fangio, Denver’s first-year coach, won over the 74,254 at the newly named Empower Field at Mile High after quarterback Joe Flacco broke the home side’s red-zone blues by lofting a 7-yard touchdown pass to Emmanuel Sanders in the late going.