NIX in LIX?

The quarterback feat at Super Bowl 59 is conceivable if the Broncos can go on a December-January-February Vindication Tour.

The Orange most likely must defeat the Chargers, the Chiefs, the Steelers, the Ravens and perhaps the Chiefs again to get back to the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Is the third time a charm? Revenge is yours, Broncos backers.

Do you feel lucky? An airline reservation to New Orleans on Sunday Feb. 9 is $99. A ticket to the 59th Super Bowl is $4,973 on websites. A hurricane drink at Pat O’Brien’s on Bourbon Street is $13.50

But, first, the Broncos must beat the Browns on Monday night.

Then they (finally) have a bye with an 8-5 record and a probable potential playoff position as a wild card. A 10-win total gets the Broncos in again for the first season since Super Bowl 50.

Look at the landscape in the AFC.

The Raiders are done like Thanksgiving dinner with a 2-10 record after being stuffed Friday. The Jaguars are eliminated at 2-9. So, too, the Patriots and the Titans at 3-9. The Browns will be 3-9 when the Broncos vanquish them, and the Jets barely are surviving at 3-8 before playing the Seahawks Sunday. Just 10 franchises in the conference vie for seven spots.

The fortunate, fluky Chiefs already have clinched a place in the post-season with an 11-1 mark and will end up first in the AFC West Division unless they dry up and blow away, considering K.C. has home games remaining against the Chargers, the Browns and the Texans. But the Chiefs could lose in Pittsburgh on Christmas Day, and the final game @Mile High could be intriguing, especially because the Broncos could be competing for a higher seed in the playoffs’ first round and the Chiefs don’t want to play anybody that weekend.

The Bills, running away in the East, are 9-2 and just a game overall behind the Chiefs, who they overpowered in their past game. Buffalo will prefer an opening bye – and should win four more, particularly since the Patriots and the Jets are opponents in three. The Dolphins, who can’t catch the Bills, are one loss away from swimming with the sharks.

The Texans possess a hesitant 7-5 record, but should put away the AFC South title in two weeks after dismissing the Jags and the Fins – even though the quirky 5-7 Colts nudge the pitiful Pats before falling to the Broncos. Andrew Luck, who spends time in Colorado, is not coming to the rescue after becoming football “general manager” at his alma mater Stanford.

Which leaves the AFC North conflict between the 8-3 Steelers and the 8-4 Ravens. Those two meet Dec. 21 in Baltimore, but have greasy stops along the way. Pittsburgh also plays Philadelphia, Kansas City and two with the Bengals – and has a rematch with the Browns following the Snow Globe setback. The Ravens also must face the Eagles and strain vs. the Texans. A tiebreaker could decide the division champion and the wild card.

Cincinnati, at 4-7, sometimes is dangerous, but should be the odd team out with the pair against the Steelers and games with the Cowboys and the Broncos.

So the three wild cards in the conference will be the Ravens or the Steelers and the two teams from the AFC West – the Broncos and the Chargers – joining the Chiefs.

No wonder the Broncos’ game in Los Angeles was flexed for Thursday night Dec. 19.

And that is when the Broncos have to earn redemption for the Chargers’ earlier victory.

Next up would be a triumph over the Chiefs and the Broncos ending up fifth or sixth. In the playoffs the Broncos should confront the Ravens or the Steelers in the wild card weekend on the road and the other possibly in the division round. At last, if the Broncos realize retribution, they would play in the AFC Championship vs. the Chiefs or the Bills.

Then, it’s on to the Super Bowl in New Orleans, where the Broncos were dumped by the Cowboys in their first Super Bowl and the 49ers in their worst Super Bowl.

For NOLA and LIX, don’t stop Bo-lieving.