For most of this NFL season, I wanted just a single playoff win for the Broncos. Now it feels like Super Bowl or bust to me.

– Chris B., sunny and mild

Kiz: With a chip on the shoulder pads now standard issue with every Broncos uniform, this team has leaned into the talk that their 13-3 record is fraudulent. That nobody-respects-us motivation could play well into the NFL playoffs. Even if they earn the No. 1 seed in the AFC, it’s no guarantee the Broncos will be listed by Las Vegas oddsmakers as the favorite in their first home playoff game, particularly if their opponent is Josh Allen and the Bills. Imagine the ire in the Denver locker room if Buffalo came to Empower Field as a 1.5-point favorite. It wouldn’t be unprecedented. Way back in the 2017 NFL season, when Philadelphia lost starting quarterback Carson Wentz to injury, the Eagles earned the No. 1 seed in the NFC, but opened the playoffs as a home underdog against Atlanta. Side note: It didn’t matter. With Nick Foles taking over at QB, the Eagles went on to win the Super Bowl.

I think the Broncos will win a playoff game, but don’t think we are championship-ready. Having homefield advantage could hide some of this team’s warts. All in all, this is an extremely successful season in what was still considered a rebuilding year while paying big money to Mr. Unlimited.

– Josh, Branson, Mo.

Kiz: Congrats! You have inspired a snarky question from the always-irreverent staff here at Kickin’ It Headquarters. If the Broncos win the Super Bowl this season, does Russell Wilson deserve a ring? As it turned out, the clatter made by DangeRuss and his clown posse was the wake-up call a long underachieving franchise needed. That reality check was worth every penny of the $85 million in dead cap money that Wilson has cost Denver over the course of these back-to-back playoff seasons.

Kiz, if the Nuggets don’t win another NBA title with Nikola Jokic, who is that on? And where does that leave Jokic on the all-time list of NBA players?

– K&C, devil’s advocate

Kiz: Several days ahead of Joker giving us all a Christmas gift of a 56-point triple-D against the Timberpups, I declared in The Denver Gazette that he already ranked No. 11 with a bullet on my list of all-time greats. If he wins even one more ring, the entire NBA universe will honor him on the top 10 list. If Joker doesn’t get another chip, every member of the Nuggets front office, as well as coach David Adelman, is doomed to live in basketball infamy to infinity and beyond.

And today’s parting shot warns that excessive use of Personal Seat Licenses to build the Broncos’ new stadium could put a major dent in one of the best homefield advantages in the NFL.

Caveat emptor to any NFL owner planning to use high-priced PSLs to build a new stadium. The loyalty of license owners gets fractured by money, and a home stadium can be taken over by visiting fans because of the reduced loyalty. For example: Playoff games at SoFi in Los Angeles often offer no homefield advantage to the Rams and the season-ticket brokers in Las Vegas make bank on visiting fans.

– Ron, savvy football consumer