It’s far from the start the Denver Broncos or Broncos Country was anticipating, but the team is 0-2 after two ugly losses to begin the season. It’s the team’s first 0-2 start since 1999, the year after John Elway retired.

The Broncos have created quite the hole to dig out of with a trip to Lambeau Field looming and Vic Fangio and his group will have to turn things around quickly before this becomes a lost season.

The Broncos seemed to have stolen a victory in this one after a late touchdown and subsequent two-point conversion gave them a 14-13 lead with just 31 seconds to go.

Mitchell Trubisky, who threw for just 120 yards on the day, completed a 25-yard pass to Allen Robinson on 4th-and-15 to set up the game-winning field goal. It was a stunning ending to an otherwise mundane game.

Here is what we took away from it:

1. Two terrible calls decided the game in the end

It’s easy to blame officiating and it’s usually a poor excuse, but on the Bears’ final drive, there were two incredibly bad calls.

First, the officials have long made it clear that they are going to protect the quarterback, but a roughing the passer call against Bradley Chubb was so bad that it makes one wonder if you should hit the quarterback at all. Chubb wasn’t late on the hit, he wasn’t overly aggressive and there was simply no foul.

A flag was still thrown, giving the Bears 15 yards and a fresh set of downs.

On the fourth-down play, Trubisky completed the pass to Robinson but when he hit the ground after being tackled, the clock showed 0:00 remaining. There is no debate. You will find no evidence of the Bears calling a time out before the clock expired because it would have been impossible for them to do so.

Still, one second was placed back on the clock and the Bears had enough time to kick the game-winning field goal.

2. Vic Fangio’s guts to go for two was a positive

After scoring a touchdown with 31 seconds remaining to cut the Bears lead to one, Fangio decided to go for two and the win rather than to kick the extra point and play for overtime.

Though the decision ultimately didn’t pay off, Broncos fans should be happy about the guts of their head coach. For quite some time, fans have wanted to see a more aggressive approach from the Broncos and though this is always a gamble, and most coaches would rather play it safe, Fangio going for the win was nice to see.