The Broncos lost five of their nine one-possession games in 2019 and four of those losses remained in the mind of coach Vic Fangio during his wrap-up media briefing last Monday.
Chicago and Jacksonville capped comeback wins with field goals as time expired. Indianapolis completed a 10-point rally via field goal with 22 seconds remaining. And Minnesota spotted the Broncos a 20-0 lead before winning 27-23 (go-ahead touchdown with 6:01 remaining).
“If we could (have) split those four games instead of being 0-4, this meeting would have been postponed,” Fangio said.
The inability to close out the home games against the Bears and Jaguars contributed to an 0-4 start that was too much to overcome.