They were booed, harassed, then cheered. By the time the Lions crowd had found the exit, and the Greektown Casino down the road, the remaining fans inside Ford Field wore orange.

After a 24-12 win Sunday night against the Lions, the Broncos are sitting pretty in the AFC, even while little about their 3-0 record has been pretty. 

The Raiders are 2-1, and it’s a good story, but one with staying power? We are programmed to guess no.

The Chargers are 1-2, and they still look like the top challenger to Denver, but two games back is two games back.

The Chiefs are 1-1 with a road on Monday Night Football game at Green Bay, and you know how that usually goes.

“I don’t think we’re close to where we can be. I think everyone in here would say the same thing,” Sylvester Williams told me in the cramped visitors locker room early Monday morning inside Ford Field. 

“Coach Wade (Phillips), he had a good scheme for us,” Chris Harris Jr. said.

But they are in an awfully sweet spot, albeit without any semblance of a running game. The defense, goodness, and the offense, good enough.

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