When the Broncos storm the field for the Super Bowl, we will remember these perfect 10 seconds when they erased any doubt about their championship chops.

“Bet against us … and enjoy losing,” said linebacker Alex Singleton, after Denver overcame a nine-point deficit in the second half to put a 34-26 thumping on Green Bay.

This was a sun-splashed Sunday that Broncos Country will long cherish as the moment when Bo Nix grew into a franchise quarterback, as skeptical football handicappers learned the hard way that wagering against this Denver team on its home field is a sucker bet.

But best of all: In 10 wonderful seconds that Broncomaniacs have been waiting 10 long years to stand up and cheer, Denver stuck the narrative of this already topsy-turvy NFL season on its ear.

Look out, NFL world. The Broncos are coming. They have as much claim on the next Lombardi Trophy as any team in the league.

The exclamation point on this revelation was planted with gusto when an impostor wearing No. 2 for the Broncos turned back into the truth known as Pat Surtain II.

“I feel like some people were trying to write me off,” Surtain said.

Well, get me a rewrite.

The reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year is back. With an orange vengeance.

Here’s how it went down:

Looking very much like the disrespected 2.5-underdogs they were before kickoff, the Broncos trailed 23-14 to Green Bay with 13 minutes and three seconds remaining in the third quarter.

As punter Jeremy Crawshaw awaited the snap to kick the football away after a three-and-out series by the Denver offense, thousands of Green Bay fans who had bought tickets on the secondary market began a loud and celebratory “Go, Pack, go!” chant in the stadium.

It sounded like blasphemy to the ear of every diehard in Broncos Country.

But that’s when Surtain came to the rescue, turning the momentum of the game inside out by snatching an interception that shut up every Cheesehead in the joint.

How many cornerbacks in this league have the length, speed and ball awareness to force that crucial turnover?

Only one. He wears No. 2 in orange and blue.

In the span of 10 seconds on the scoreboard clock, Surtain ended all talk of these Broncos being frauds. Once and for all.

Although it went down on the stat sheet as an interception, Surtain made a catch worthy of Puka Nacua, Ja’Marr Chase or any elite receiver in the league.

“We may have to use him on offense some,” Nix joked.

Of all the doubts every Thomas, Dick and Harry had about the Broncos, maybe the most insulting was a misguided idea Surtain wasn’t all that anymore.

Behind the feel-good storylines of an upstart NFL team was the furrowed, frustrated brow of Surtain.

A torn pectoral muscle forced him to wrestle the injury bug for the first time in his life, forcing him to miss three games, including a 22-19 victory against Kansas City in which Surtain departed a joyous locker room as quiet as a ghost.

In the latest results from public voting for the Pro Bowl, the Broncos’ shutdown corner wasn’t listed among the top 10 at his position.

And during this showdown between first-place teams at Empower Field, the Packers chose to throw at Surtain from their initial offensive snap.

“He’s had some ups and downs this season,” Nix said. “He’s battled through it.”

On a December afternoon when we saw future Hall of Famers Patrick Mahomes and Micah Parsons go down with serious knee injuries, we were reminded that even greatness guarantees no future glory in a violent game that players refer to as the Not For Long.

The Packers put points on the scoreboard the first five times their offense took possession of the football against Denver.

Already trailing by nine shortly after halftime, the Broncos were on the brink of getting run out of their own stadium, where the locals had become restless and thousands of Cheeseheads in the stands were putting their feet on the furniture and barking loudly.

With 12:55 showing on the scoreboard clock in the third quarter, Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur went for the kill shot. On first down, he dared to take dead aim at Surtain, with a no-fear deep ball Love heaved 60 yards in the air as receiver Christian Watson streaked toward the end zone.

“It was crazy. The Packers ran a post (route) on Surtain. Crazy. Absolutely crazy,” Broncos cornerback Riley Moss said.

“I don’t know why they’d even try to throw that on him. I mean, that’s Pat. He’s going to go up and make that play every single time.”

As Watson stretched his fingertips for the football, Surtain struck a Superman pose, laying out to snatch the ball from thin air.

It took Surtain until the 14th game of this season to record his first interception.

But it proved to be well worth the wait.

“Absolute momentum changer,” Moss said. “It was a whole different game after that (Surtain interception). 100%.”

From the moment of PS2’s heroics, Denver outscored Green Bay 20-3 the rest of the way and the home crowd shook the stadium in a way this house hasn’t rocked since the Broncos went on a run to Super Bowl 50 a decade ago.

“This team is going places,” Surtain said. “I can feel that.”

In the aftermath of Denver’s 11th victory in a row, I asked nose tackle Malcolm Roach if he would enjoy a rematch with these same Packers in February.

“That would mean,” Roach replied, “we’d be in the Super Bowl.”

See you there, Broncos Country.