I've been a Bronco fan for fifty-four years, so my reaction to their performance has gone through several phases. After I became a fan, it was ten years before the first winning season. During that time the focus was on great performances by individual players. Part of Denver's problem during the first thirteen years of their franchise was that they were in the same division as the Chargers, Texans/Chiefs and Raiders and played each twice a year. The AFL was a truly wonderful league that has done much for the game of pro football.
After the Broncos had winning seasons, I gradually became more of a student of the game itself. It was a twenty year process of reading, studying, and watching with a little coaching thrown in. There was a gradual morphing from an emotional reaction to a more analytical one.
A thirteen year stint on a HS coaching staff provided experience in scouting, offense, defense and special teams which helped in future studies. After coaching, I continued studying the game by collecting playbooks, downloaded and printed from the internet mostly.
Consequently, watching each game is a study for me, play by play. When I look at a play, I ask myself exactly what it is that I see. After a play, I ask what it was that I just saw. I use DVR quite a bit. What is the offensive formation and how is the defense aligned to it? Always focus on the first steps of the O-Line because that shows if it's run/PAP or pass/Draw.
At the end of each game, I have an idea of the cause of the result. Regardless of which way it went, there are always aspects on which to build and things to fix. Injuries and officiating contribute to the outcome, but are factors beyond the control of the team. Offseason is the time to focus on organizational issues and player acquisition.
I've developed some beliefs about how a football team can be successful. Sometimes I see some of those things in the Broncos and sometimes I don't. No sense in getting too agitated over something I just observe at a distance. I like to watch the Denver Broncos play football games.
"Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes." ~ Publilius Syrus