Dancing on the brink, it doesn’t matter if the Broncos do the Griddy or the Stanky Legg, so long as they don’t fall. One slip and their impossible playoff dream dies. But this Denver team keeps on twerking in the face of danger.

Never finding the end zone until the final 63 seconds of the fourth quarter, Denver beat Minnesota 21-20 Sunday in a game it had absolutely no business winning, not that the Broncos or the NFL standings care.

How do they keep doing this? Dancing on the brink … and living to tell?

Well, to tell the truth, it beats receiver Courtland Sutton.

“I only took one dance class in college,”  Sutton confessed.

But it only took one remarkable catch by Sutton, who lassoed a moon ball from quarterback Russell Wilson for a 15-yard touchdown, to earn Denver’s fourth-straight victory and even its record at 5-5.

Coach Sean Payton, who puts the sour in sourpuss, was so happy he could’ve moonwalked into the Denver locker room, although I’d take him as more of a Cotton-Eyed Joe kind of guy. After being stuck in a rut until almost Halloween, here we are at Thanksgiving, and his team is feeling groovy.

“Four wins in a row. Yeah, we got some some momentum,” Payton said. “I don’t know if I’m ready to groove yet.”

The Super Bowl is in Las Vegas, right?

Maybe Broncos Country should keep a February weekend open for a football miracle.

What were the odds of the Broncos getting there after surrendering 70 points in Miami or opening the season with a 1-5 record?

Don’t tell these guys. They don’t care.

“We’re on a roll and we’re going to keep riding this,” offensive tackle Garett Bolles said.

These Broncos aren’t anyone’s idea of pretty. But they certainly are ornery.

After being released from timeout by the NFL, Broncos safety Kareem Jackson stood up from his seat in the corner where he served a two-game suspension for repeatedly battering the brains of opponents with illegal tackles and reminded the authorities he would not abide by their safety rules.

With a hit that stunk worse than a pile of dirty laundry, Jackson lowered his helmet and blasted Minnesota quarterback Josh Dobbs on the Vikings’ opening possession of the first quarter, forcing a fumble that resulted in yet another takeaway in the rebirth of Denver’s defense.

Rather than being penalized for his uncontrolled mayhem, Jackson and the Broncos were rewarded with a short field that resulted in a 31-yard field goal by Wil Lutz that staked Denver to an early 3-0 lead when quarterback Russell Wilson and the offense stalled out in the red zone.

With all the money Jackson has and is going to waste on fines, he could’ve done something really useful, like buying me a Tesla or two.

Maybe the Broncos should replace the horse on their helmet with a lasso, because it would be more fitting with their brand. They try to win games with the rope-a-dope. It’s a keep-it-close and pray-for-a-late miracle style not seen around here since those brief, but giddy days of Tebowmania.

Yes, Wilson throws a tighter spiral than the best stuff in Tim Tebow’s dreams, but DangeRuss wasn’t the reason “Sunday Night Football” could hype the Broncos as having the makings of an amazing comeback story after a 1-5 start.

After defensive coordinator Vance Joseph bought a clue when he was forced to swallow that 70-burger in Miami, the Denver D plucked this team from off the dust bin with ball-hawking tendencies that did the Orange Crush proud.

The Broncos should’ve felt lucky to be hanging around, down only 10-9 to Minnesota at halftime. During the opening two quarters, the Vikings produced 200 yards of total offense, while the ground-and-pound offense of Denver was limited to only the 16 yards rushing from Javonte Williams on five carries.

“It was dark there for a second,” Broncos safety Justin Simmons said.

Minnesota, however, was unable to put Denver away because the Broncos kept forcing turnovers. For those of you keeping score at home, they came up with three takeaways against the Vikings, upping their total over a three-game span to a mind-boggling 12. That’s how a team can win with five field goals and one touchdown.

“That’s what great defenses do,” Simmons said. “They find ways to win the game.”

Don’t ask how long Denver can win by living on the brink. Just pray they keep on dancing.

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