Denver Broncos remain an NFL enigma

The Denver Broncos are leading the league in injuries. They are also leading the league in inexperience, yet they lead their division by 3 games.

The 7-5 Bronco’s are looking to the playoffs.

As they often show former head coach Jim Mora in those beer commercials:

“Playoffs?!”

“PLAYOFFS?!”

Yes, playoffs.

The Associated Press report at the link below says:

If San Diego loses to Oakland on Thursday night and Denver beats Kansas City on Sunday, the banged-up Broncos, who have a dozen players on injured reserve and haven’t had defensive leaders Champ Bailey, D.J. Williams and Nate Webster for a month, are in the playoffs for the first time in three years.

This despite starting a different tailback in each of their past five games and a different free safety four of the past five weeks. And in spite of an injury epidemic that reached new depths Sunday at the Meadowlands.

When a Bronco running back goes down, coach Mike Shanahan just opens another “box of running backs” and they seem to fit right into the offense without hardly skipping a beat.

Jay Cutler and Peyton Hillis

The most recent Bronco rookie back was Peyton Hillis who had a pro game Sunday against the Jets gaining well over 100 yards.

Are the Broncos an enigma? Are they really thinking about the playoffs with a 7-5 record? Will Shanahan “plug in” another successful running back if Hillis goes down?

The likely answers are yes, yes and yes.

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