The problem for the Denver Broncos isn’t just that they’re at risk of falling out of the AFC playoff race entirely with a Week 12 loss to the Carolina Panthers. It’s that these Broncos have found a way to embarrass them along the way.
Things were bad enough over the course of a first half where Sam Darnold was mostly forgettable yet still significantly better than Russell Wilson, who went to the locker room at halftime with 53 passing yards. Carolina led 10-3 when Darnold look a third quarter snap from the Denver two-yard line, called his own number on a read-option play, fumbled … and then scored anyway by rolling into the end zone with the ball like an eight-year-old who just found a steep hill.
