Denver Broncos Earn My Support By Beating Patriots Twice

I have to admit to some disillusionment about the National Football League Denver Broncos when they were so quick to dump their starting quarterback Tim Tebow after he led the team in 2011 to their first playoff appearance in several years...and then won the first playoff game for them (well, the rest of the team had something to do with that, too).  But Tebow has had his opportunities with other teams since then and, in my opinion, has limited his professional football options by refusing to play in a lower league or letting himself, as Ohio State star Braxton Miller did, be used in other positions.  Besides, Tim seems to be doing quite well in broadcasting.  But back to Denver...

The Broncos already earned a degree of support from me this 2015 season when they ended New England's run for an undefeated season.  The Patriots were already 10-0 when they played Denver...the last thing that I, a Miami Dolphins fan, wanted was for my hated divisional rivals, defending Super Bowl champions that they already were, to run the table and win all of their games.   But Denver stood up and defeated New England in a close game.  And yesterday they knocked the Patriots out of the playoffs by winning 20-18, in the process earning them both the American Conference championship and my gratitude and support...

Not that anyone in Denver would recognize this, but I would also like to point out that my Miami Dolphins, as bad of a season that they had this past year, still beat New England in their final regular season game.  That result insured that the Broncos won the home field advantage over the Patriots for the playoffs, a very crucial factor helping them in their close victory Sunday...
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So in the upcoming Super Bowl between Denver and the Carolina Panthers, I'm rooting for the Broncos.  However, this is a matchup between two teams that I am neither passionately for nor against.  H-m-m, maybe there will be an interesting soccer match on another channel during the game...