Sayre Bedinger

Yeah, no question about it.

It's going to be a tough way to get back to the Super Bowl, hopefully, is going to be the storyline that we talk about all offseason, right?

That's the ultimate goal at this point in time.

But I think when you play the NFC West after a season like they just had out there, I mean, where the Seahawks, the Rams, the 49ers, all those teams look elite, right?

I think the one thing that you look at is where are those matchups being played?

And not that those teams don't all have strong home field advantage, Cody, but who's the one team in the NFC West that you would rather play in Denver than have to travel to their house?

I think it would be for me, the Seattle Seahawks, right?

And they are coming to Denver.

So I think you look at that type of a matchup right there.

I personally think, I know you and I are going to talk about the road matchups.

I think the Broncos got a really good draw there.

As far as the tougher opponents, 100%, it looks like a tougher slate going into next season than it did going into the 2025 season.

But I will say, I think the Broncos got a little fortunate with who they got at home this year as compared to on the road.

And that's the thing, too, is that year to year, I think you can always say, well, it looks like a daunting schedule on paper.

But then we don't know, hey, which backups are the Broncos going to play next year?

The Chiefs, they're not amongst that playoff team list that you mentioned there.

I think the Chiefs, they present a tougher task than anybody's maybe realizing based on, well, your strength of schedule next year.

So that even kind of raises the bar a little bit for you.

But which of those teams that were good this year are not going to be good next year or vice versa?

Like the Jaguars, they won the AFC South this year.