As much as I love the unknown of the NFL offseason, predicting what will happen in free agency and the draft and looking at all the possibilities, I hate hypotheticals when it comes to looking at an NFL team in retrospect. The Denver Broncos were 9-7 last year but could have easily won 10 or 11 games last season, and lost fumbles on punt returns are a major reason why they didn’t.
Jordan Norwood, the record-setting return man in Super Bowl 50, had five fumbles all his own last season. Kalif Raymond added another pair of fumbles, giving the Broncos a whopping seven from their two primary return men, which is downright unacceptable.