Can enigmatic Broncos buck their own trend?

By Vic Carucci | NFL.com Senior Columnist Go ahead. Try and make sense of the Denver Broncos. Explain how they can win at the Georgia Dome against the red-hot Falcons one week, lose at home to the woeful Raiders the next, and then travel to the Meadowlands, in all of that wind and rain and biting cold, and pound the Jets. Better yet, explain how they can do this up-and-down routine all year and still find themselves sitting atop the AFC West with a 7-5 record. Granted, the Broncos play in a terrible division. But that still doesn't explain how they can win three straight road games (the last two against strong teams) while dealing with a rash of injuries that have forced them to start a rookie fullback at tailback and four different free safeties in five games. Picture by : Jim McIsaac / Getty Images