Don't complain. Your team is still alive. Just imagine how Broncos fans felt on Saturday. Or even how they are feeling today. It will actually be worse next Sunday, when any Broncos fans who are watching the AFC championship game are going to be saying to themselves, "We shoulda been playing in this game."
I mean, the Broncos jump out to a 7-0 lead on a 90-yard punt return---the longest punt return for a TD in NFL playoff history---and then give up two touchdowns within less than a minute. And then WE score 14 unanswered points to take a 21-14 lead, and look like we're going to head into halftime with that lead, attempt a 52-yard field goal (instead of punting, as we should have), miss it, give Baltimore the ball in great field position, and then bang, bang, they get another long touchdown and tie the game up at half.
Then, in the second half, we return the opening kickoff for a TD---the first Broncos kickoff return for a TD in playoff history---and grab the lead again, 28-21. Baltimore ties it up, and then we score what should have been the winning touchdown with 7:21 left. The teams trade punts, and Denver is marching down the field, on the verge of putting the game away, and the coach decides to run the ball on a 3rd and 7 with 1:16 left in the game, instead of relying on wonderboy QB Peyton Manning to pick up the first down with a short pass. We don't get the first down, punt, and the Ravens have the ball, deep in their own territory, with 31 seconds left in the game and no timeouts. And they somehow manage to tie the game, send it into overtime, and win the game in overtime.
FOUR times in that game the Broncos had the lead, and FOUR times they let it slip away.
So just put yourself in the shoes of a Broncos fan.
For what it's worth, I'll be cheering for the Falcons this weekend, and have picked them to win, by the score of 31-27.
