Preseason precursors for Broncos?

Some quick notes on the Denver Broncos' preseason history before the Orange & Blue kick off the 2014 exhibition season tonight against the Seahawks.

• In the 44 seasons since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger, the Broncos have had 21 winning preseasons. They followed those 21 with a winning regular season 15 times.
• Conversely, the Broncos have had 27 winning regular seasons during that span. They finished above. 500 in the preseason in 17 of those years.
• The Broncos have had four uneaten preseasons -- going 4-0 in 1982, 2000 and 2005. They were a combined 25-15 in those three ensuing regular seasons, notching winning records in two of the three.
• Since the merger, the Broncos have had eight regular seasons in which they've won six or fewer games. They had winning preseasons in half of those eight years.
• In the Broncos' seven Super Bowl seasons, they've had four winning preseasons and finished .500 or better in all seven exhibition seasons -- including last year's 2-2 mark -- going a combined 20-12 overall.
• Finally, the franchise hasn't experienced a winning preseason since 2006 -- easily their longest drought since '70.

What does it all mean? As you can see, not much.
These games are, after all, called exhibitions for a reason.