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Renck: Merry Nixmas? Not really. Broncos ugly win raises more questions about legitimacy.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Merry Nixmas.

It is OK to peek your head above the covers and uncurl from the fetal position under the coffee table, Broncos Country.

All your team’s goals remain within reach even after the latest white-knuckle Thursday night performance. It will not receive any five-star reviews. But the coach does not care.

“It doesn’t have to be aesthetically pleasing,” said Sean Payton after his team’s 20-13 victory at unseasonable warm and foggy Arrowhead Stadium.

It does not belong in the Louvre. But they did not lose. It was a heart-slowing work that tested patience and aggravated ulcers.