The Broncos have won five of their last six games but haven’t exactly slayed a murderer’s row of foes. They have not beaten a team that currently has a winning record and their five victims have a combined mark of 11-29.

But they have a chance soon to beef up their resume.

On Sunday, the 5-3 Broncos will travel to Baltimore to face the Ravens, who are 5-3 and had won five straight until a stunning 29-24 loss on Sunday at Cleveland. That will be followed by a Nov. 10 game at AFC rival Kansas City, the NFL’s only remaining unbeaten team at 7-0.

“Certainly those two teams have been at the top of the AFC and the conference for a while and certainly there’s no exception this year, and we’ve been building to games like this,’’ tackle Mike McGlinchey said Monday. “We want to play in big games. We want to play in games that matter. We want to play in games that have a great effect on the big picture of how the postseason works out, and I think it’s a great opportunity for us to show what we’re capable of on a big stage and against a great opponent.’’

With that in mind, it’s no surprise Broncos coach Sean Payton wasn’t too enthralled with their 28-14 home win Sunday over lowly Carolina, which has the NFL’s worst record at 1-7. Payton was critical about the Broncos having two turnovers and not finishing well on defense while noting they’re going “to see a lot better teams.”

After reviewing the film Monday, little had changed from Payton’s perspective.

“It’s not the perfect game we’re searching for, but it’s the game that we know when played with bigger stakes against a better team, it’ll cost you (if mistakes are made),’’ Payton said.

Payton reiterated that against Carolina the “turnovers bothered me,” and McGlinchey called them “two really dumb turnovers.” They were a fumble lost by wide receiver Lil’ Jordan Humphrey on Denver’s first possession and a fumble lost by receiver Courtland Sutton just before the second-half 2-minute warning, which led to a 98-yard touchdown drive by the Panthers. And, yes, Payton said that drive “bothered” him.

“Protect the ball,’’ Humphrey said of what he must do. “It’s the details. We won, but it’s still a lot of stuff that we left out there and we just got to fine tune our details.”

Oddsmakers aren’t sold on the Broncos being able to do that. They are an early 9.5-point underdog for the game at M&T Bank Stadium against the Ravens and two-time MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson.

The Broncos, though, will have a chance to claim perhaps the biggest win in Payton’s one-plus seasons with the team. The game will be seen by much of the nation at 11 a.m. on CBS. The network’s top broadcasting team of Jim Nantz and Tony Romo will be on the call.

“I feel like we are ready for the big games,’’ said outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper. “We just have to play four quarters.”

Guard Ben Powers, who played for the Ravens from 2019-2022, said of the games at Baltimore and Kansas City that “these next two weeks are going to define us.” Cornerback Patrick Surtain II also stressed their importance.

“We understand the task at hand,’’ Surtain said. “Obviously, with these two weeks coming up, we know the opponents that we are facing, and we got a good opportunity to really make our mark.”

The Broncos are off to their best start after eight games since they were 6-2 in 2016. But Denver, which hasn’t made the playoffs since winning Super Bowl 50 in the 2015 season, ended up falling short of the postseason.

The Broncos’ wins this season have come over Tampa Bay (now 4-4), the New York Jets (2-6), Las Vegas (2-6) and New Orleans (2-6) in addition to the one over the Panthers. That has vaulted them into the No. 5 spot in the AFC playoff race, with seven teams making it.

“Obviously, (the goal is) to get to the playoffs and to have a chance at the Super Bowl,” McGlinchey said. “If you are playing for anything else, you’re probably not doing a great job at it. I think the goal for this team and what we’re capable of is definitely (the) postseason and that’s what we’re going to try and strive for.”

A victory over Baltimore not only would stunningly put the Broncos a game ahead of the Ravens in the playoff race but would give them a possible tiebreaker. It definitely would be a marquee win.