Good teams in the National Football League find a way to win close and hard-fought battles. The Denver Broncos victory over the Houston Texans was the epitome of winning an ugly game. It’s also symbolic of a trend that’s fared much for the Broncos in year three of the Sean Payton era compared to the first two seasons.

The Broncos have won five of the seven games this season that have been within one score. The losses? September matches to the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Chargers on last second field goal attempts. Those didn’t go their way and sometimes that is just the way the cookie crumbles.

Even though Denver hasn’t played many “complete games” this season, they’ve gutted out a lot of wins. In fact, the Broncos have reeled off six straight victories since losing to the Charger

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