Four more, Broncos! Be forewarned, NFL!

With a farfetched final five finish (and 10 victories in 11 games) the Broncos would participate in the playoffs for the first season since Super Bowl 50.

With one caveat, since the advent of the 16- and 17-games schedules only two teams have won 11 games in the regular season and not reached the postseason. The 2008 Patriots were the last.

The other was the 1985 Broncos with an 11-5 record.

At the end of the night Sunday the Broncos were tied at 7-6 with five other AFC teams – the Bills, the Colts, the Steelers, the Bengals and the Texans.

The Broncos conquered the Chargers; the Bills beat the Chiefs; the Bengals overpowered the Colts, and, on Thursday, the Patriots upset the Steelers.

Only three of the six will survive to play on in the playoffs as wild cards.

But, wait. Because of the Jaguars’ loss Sunday, the Colts and the Texans are only one game behind in the AFC South, and because of the Chiefs’ four defeats in six games (including one to the Broncos), the K.C. lead over Denver is just one game.

As Yogi Berra uttered in 1973 when he was manager of the Mets, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.’’ And the Mets did rally from behind to win the division title.

When the Broncos were 1-5, everybody assumed it was over before it was over.

Yet, that belief was based basically because of a 50-point rout against the Dolphins. In their past eight games the Broncos’ defense, with a comeback by coordinator Vance Joseph that Yogi Berra and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi would be shocked by, has permitted only 19, 17, 9, 22, 20, 12, 22 and, Sunday in Los Angeles, a season-low seven points and the lowest score by an opponent since Sept. 26, 2021, when the Broncos shut out the Jets. When Joseph was head coach, the Broncos also shut out the Jets.

Vance has earned an apology, and Sean Payton has gained the trust of his players and the Broncos’ faithful, and even unfaithful, because of the offense averaging 22 points a game and 24 or more in three of the last five. The Broncos likely would have scored 30 if the Broncos didn’t go into a stalling mode in the fourth quarter. Once they had a 17-0 advantage and after Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert fractured the index finger on his throwing (right) hand in the second quarter, this game was in hand for the Broncos.

Herbert probably will not be able to play in the rematch in Denver on New Year’s Eve.

The Broncos will be seeing six quarterbacks who weren’t starters at the beginning of the season over an eight-game span.

Backup quarterback Easton Stick – I don’t know who he is, either – entered and did complete one 57-yard pass that led to a touchdown. But he never was about to bring the Chargers back.

The Broncos’ Russell Wilson was efficient enough to hit on 21 of 33 passes for 224 yards and two touchdown throws, with one interception. And he picked up a nifty first down with a run and completely fooled every player on the Chargers’ side and bench with his scoring toss to tight end Adam Troutman, who has popped up randomly to have three touchdown catches this season.

The rushing threesome of Javonte, Jaleel & Samaje – which doesn’t sound like a law firm – were one yard shy of 100.

Meanwhile, the defense accumulated a pick, a fumble recovery and six sacks, while Colorado’s own Austin Ekeler had 15 touches (rushes and receptions) for exactly 100 yards.

The Broncos play one game at a time, but I can look four games at the same time. The last three – at home vs. the Patriots and the Chargers and on the road in Las Vegas – will be trouble-free and put the Broncos in double-digits for the first season since 2012-2015 when another Peyton was in Denver.

But the hard part is coming now. The Broncos must do “Saturday Night Live in Detroit’’ against the only team left on the schedule with a winning record. But the Lions have become vincible with defeats in two (of their last three) against teams the Broncos beat.

Seven is a good number for the Broncos, but 11 will be a playoff number. Fore!