Chapter 1078: 1077 The troops won without a fight
According to a professional sports study, Denver has the best ho field in North Arica, with the NFL’s Denver Broncos, NBA’s Denver Nuggets, and MLB’s Colorado Rockies—
Ho field advantage, ranked first in North Arica.
All because of the city’s geographical advantage.
Even the top players in each sport face bottlenecks when competing at a professional level, and exercising in high-altitude areas presents another source of pressure, posing a severe test on physical condition.
For tourists and fans, getting used to Denver’s high altitude isn’t difficult; a day or two of adaptation allows for regular activities, but competitive sports are different.
If players are not accustod to the altitude, it is difficult for them to improve their level and compete with a team that trains every day in a city one mile high.
Due to Denver’s elevation above sea level, players inhale less oxygen during high-intensity exercise, making it hard for the lungs to inject oxygen into the blood, and prolonged oxygen deprivation creates cumulative effects, increasing heart rate and making breathing more difficult.
Compared to low-altitude cities, players typically practicing at sea level consu energy 20% faster in Denver, but their oxygen intake is 10% less; this addition and subtraction make challenges in Denver even more severe.
Because of this, while a typical team may only arrive a day early for an away ga, league teams generally arrive two or even three days early when facing Denver, hoping to overco the difficulties of high-altitude combat through extended training.
However, it’s still a problem.
In the NFL, there is more than one devil’s ho field; Arrowhead Stadium is becoming the most terrifying and powerful devil’s ho field over the past two seasons, but Denver’s “Mile-High” is always a unique beast in its class, geographically setting itself apart as the league’s most peculiar devil’s ho field.
Because of this, other teams’ players must always be equipped with oxygen tanks when visiting Denver, needing to use oxygen after intense confrontations.
Judging from various signs, Week 7 of the Kansas City Chiefs’ regular season visit to the Mile-High Stadium truly presents the Denver Broncos’ best chance for an upset.
Before the ga, Denver Broncos players and fans were brimming with confidence.
Von Miller, the Super Bowl 50 MVP, the 2011 no.2 draft pick.
Though he has yet to win the Defensive Player of the Year award, he is undoubtedly recognized as a top lineman in the league and continues to remain at his peak—
Eleventh last season among the league’s top 100 players.
Back then, the Carolina Panthers picked quarterback Cam Newton with the No.1 draft pick, making Von Miller forever the “second” since he entered the league.
In the 2015 season, Newton won the regular season MVP, but Miller revenged perfectly by defeating Newton in the Super Bowl and crowning the Super Bowl MVP.
Three years later, Newton, troubled by injuries, blended into the common ranks, the once “Superman” now scarred and close to breaking; yet Miller still stands atop the league, evolving into the Denver Broncos’ sole superstar.
“Li Wei, oh, I’m looking forward to him.”
“Hopefully, he doesn’t use the last ga as an excuse to escape the loss today; struggling so much against an injured Watt makes think Li Wei is already sliding downhill.”
“That’s why we always say don’t rush in judging players; at least stick around for five years before comnting, otherwise you end up like Cam Newton.”
Newton: ??? I didn’t provoke you!
Cold ridicule, full of confidence.
However, when the journalists threw these words to stir Li Wei up, Li Wei didn’t get angry.
Not only did he not get angry, but he was also all smiles.
“Haha, I believe he is tightly clasping his hands together, praying for this day to co; how many tis has he lost so far?”
“One, two, three…”
Li Wei really started counting on his fingers, with an earnest look.
“Oh, sorry, I can’t calculate. But I’m sure of our loss count, zero; we’ve lost to the Denver Broncos zero tis.”
“So, I don’t bla him for speaking nonsense; I sincerely wish him well.”
Harsh, very harsh.
Hit them hard; a fatal blow.
Rumor has it, Miller went to team practice the next day with a sullen face, directly scaring a few kids who ca for signatures to tears.
Clearly, the Denver Broncos are eager to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs.
In these three seasons, the Oakland Raiders, trapped in the mire, ended the Kansas City Chiefs’ six-ga winning streak by a shock in their 2017 season ho ga, and the aging Los Angeles Chargers rejuvenated strongly in the 2018 season to overthrow the Kansas City Chiefs at ho. Among the division rivals, only the Denver Broncos have yet to open their account.
And they are the most recent Super Bowl champions to now.
Before the Kansas City Chiefs rose to prominence, the Denver Broncos were the AFC West dominators; but now, the Denver Broncos have beco the only team in the AFC West not to have beaten the Kansas City Chiefs in three seasons.
This is simply unimaginable.
Let’s ignore everything else; standing as a division rival, the Denver Broncos need to beat the Kansas City Chiefs, and Von Miller must shake off this label.
Both the Oakland Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers beat the Kansas City Chiefs at ho.
So now is the opportunity, Von Miller is not even willing to wait another week, he knows it would be another kind of happiness to beat the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, but he really doesn’t have the patience to wait anymore—
Now, imdiately, they need to shed the label of being the “only team in the AFC West not to have beaten the Kansas City Chiefs in three seasons.”
It’s a disgrace.
Maybe so will say, is that it? It’s not a matter of life and death, just an intra-division win or loss, unrelated to the playoffs or Super Bowl, not even a deciding match for the division title.
So what?
But the players and fans of the Denver Broncos will say, just because of the “re little thing,” it is even more humiliating and destructive.
They need to shake off this “re label” as soon as possible, not one more day.
What’s more, the grudges between division rivals, to so extent, are more important than the Super Bowl championship; anyway, the Denver Broncos just don’t want to see the Kansas City Chiefs continue flaunting.
The Denver Broncos are united in determination, even treating this ga as a life and death fight for the season.
Unfortunately.
Reality is brutal, not just skinny but also bloody.
“37:6.”
Visitor first, ho team last.
The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Denver Broncos bloodlessly, retreated fully from Mile-High and maintained unbeaten records at the league’s top devil’s ho field for three consecutive seasons.
The Denver Broncos had not a single chance.
Originally, in people’s imagination, even if the Denver Broncos could not actually defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, under the cover of their uprising montum with two consecutive wins, at least the Denver Broncos could pose so threat to the Kansas City Chiefs, alongside the division internal war stalemate, perhaps prolonging the suspense of victory and defeat for a while.
However, it wasn’t so.
From the first minute of the match, the Kansas City Chiefs’ tactic seed clear and distinct, using Mahos’ long pass as bait to set traps, but they opened the situation through ground offense, Li Wei and Damien ca on stage alternately, suppressing opponents with unstoppable montum, quickly establishing an active advantage.
After Li Wei secured the first touchdown, the Denver Broncos never managed to recover their rhythm, falling flat completely, defeated.
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