Denver Broncos faced difficult odds

The Denver Broncos are the preseason favorite to win the Super Bowl XLIX this season, but they face 20 years of poor odds.

From Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 (the 1993 NFL season), no team lost the big game has even returned to the Super Bowl the following season, let alone won.

The Broncos were embarrassed by the Seattle Seahawks, 48-3, in Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium last season.

Peyton Manning, quarterback of the Broncos 13-3 recorded career numbers, including a record 55 touchdown passes NFL. Denver's offense is experienced, and although the defense Robert Ayers lost to the Giants in the offseason, the Broncos pass-rusher DeMarcus Ware picked, safety TJ Ward and cornerback Aqib Talib.

The Broncos seem primed for success in 2014.

However, in the previous 20 seasons nine Super Bowl losers failed to qualify for the playoffs next season. A failure rate of 45 percent. Among the six teams before the Broncos went 13-3 in the season they reached the Super Bowl two were lost the playoffs next season.

During this period 20 season, only two teams have reached their championship game of the conference season after losing the Super Bowl: New England Patriots in 2012 (after losing to the Giants in the Super Bowl 2011 season) and the San Francisco 49ers in 2013 (after losing to the Ravens in the Super Bowl season of 2012)

Manning has seen this before. In 2009, the Indianapolis Colts went 14-2 and lost to the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV. Next season, the Colts went 10-6 and lost to the Jets in the wild-card game.

Championship Odds Denver are not impossible, however. Since the 2008 season, the five Super Bowl losers returned to the playoffs the following season. It is a radical change from the previous 10 years, where only two teams did.