I predict the Broncos will have a 10-6 record. Why? The offensive line has improved with the addition of assistant coach Mike Munchak and rookie Dalton Risner. Quarterback Joe Flacco never had the receiving weapons in Baltimore that he does now. And the defense will rank in the top five of the NFL again, because Kareem Jackson can be like T.J. Ward with how physical he plays.

L.A., analytical thinker

Kiz: If this Broncos team makes the playoffs, Vic Fangio will be coach of the year. After waiting more than 60 years to get a head coaching gig, that would be pretty cool, wouldn’t it?

I say the Broncos win seven or eight games, max. Too many things need to go right for this team to reach its potential. The defense won’t be as staunch as it’s being made out to be, and the offensive line has issues because Garett Bolles at left tackle is a sieve/holding machine.

Greg, realistic thinker

Kiz: Broncos Country and John Elway have the same flaw. There’s no patience for rebuilding.

For everyone predicting the Broncos will go 8-8 or 6-10 in 2019? Do not be jumping back on the bandwagon at mid-season.

F.E., orange Kool-Aid drinker

Kiz: The beauty of bandwagons? No middle seats, so the view is always good.

In my 63 years on this earth, your column on Lindsey Horan and the U.S. women’s national team is among the best I’ve ever read. And as an avid reader/fan that also has lived in New York, Boston, Germany and Florida, I’ve devoured too many sports columns to count. Kiz, you were right on point as far of how women, in sports and life, have often been relegated to second-class citizenship. I can only hope the other players on the team follow Megan Rapinoe’s lead and boycott any visit to the White House. It would, however, be really interesting to see what would happen if Vice President Mike Pence met with Rapinoe and suggested she have “conversion therapy.” This could be the first time a vice president was ever pummeled by 15 women.

Jerry, proud American

Kiz: The staffers here at Kickin’ It Headquarters are lovers, not fighters. So we would never advocate violence. But Pence vs. Rapinoe? Now there would be a debate we’d pay to see.

The problem we have with the USWNT is the anti-America stance taken by the abnormal players on the team. It’s as though they forgot “who” they are representing and chose to denounce its leader and its anthem. That would be America, Kiz. They put being LGBT above allegiance to their country.

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Kiz: Well, so much for freedom of speech, peaceful disobedience, and other ideas many Americans hold dear. But, in the wake of the World Cup victory, Rapinoe repeated what she has long insisted: “You can’t win a championship without gays on your team … That’s science, right there!”

And today’s parting shot blasts me for realizing far too late what a big mistake it was for the Rockies to part ways with infielder DJ LeMahieu.

Where were you back in November?

Stephen, ahead of the curve