Good news for Bad Mitch: The Broncos don’t look very good either, even with Vic Fangio

As best I can tell, the Denver Broncos are not a very good football team.

If you watched the Raiders beat the Broncos 24-16 late Monday night in Oakland, California, you probably know what I’m talking about.

Joe Flacco, who once was a pretty good quarterback who won a Super Bowl with the Ravens, is now the Broncos’ QB at age 34, and he looks to be running low on gas. His arm is still strong, but he’s immobile, and it didn’t seem that his teammates took inspiration from him or rallied around him in this first game.

Indeed, the Raiders’ defense never appeared to be truly worried about Flacco. The 12-year veteran completed 21 of 31 passes for 268 yards and one touchdown, which are decent numbers. But he was outplayed by the Raiders’ young Derek Carr, whose numbers (22-for-26 for 259 yards and a TD) were similar but more meaningful at the right time.

As we all know, the Bears lost defensive coaching whiz Vic Fangio in the offseason when he was named the Broncos’ new head coach. He’s 61 — old for a first-time head gig, but whatever.

The buzz has been that Fangio knows all of Bears coach Matt Nagy’s plays as if they’re tattooed on his knuckles and has a handle on Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky more secure than Godzilla’s on a Tokyo skyscraper.

So what went on in this opener for the Broncos was important, Bears-wise, because they meet up Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High.

The Bears could be on the verge of terrible collapse. Or they could shake off their ugly 10-3 loss to the Packers last Thursday and restart the season with a nice win against the Broncos. But losing to the Broncos and being 0-2 would be a disaster.

Trubisky himself is on the clock, regardless of outcome. He has not led the Bears to a touchdown this season. Nor has he looked in control, at ease, gifted, transcendent. So far, he looks like nothing special at all.

It wasn’t his fault the Bears traded up to snag him with the second pick in the 2017 draft, but it’s his mantle to wear. Going No. 2 means you’re a franchise savior. The nasty hallucination flashing in Bears fans’ subconscious is that Trubisky is not a god but a bookmark, an average fellow with whiffs of Cade McNown and Craig Krenzel to him.

Even if he turns out to be another Rex Grossman, is that what anybody wants?

NFL quarterbacks basically come in two groups: superstars who win Super Bowls and everybody else.

Occasionally you get a Trent Dilfer or Brad Johnson or Nick Foles who can win a championship. They are mediocre quarterbacks in the right place at the right time. But that’s unusual, and it means somebody else on offense or the entire defense is leading the way.

This was to be the Bears’ year to get it all. There was nothing they needed. Their defense was set on seek-and-destroy mode. Their offense seemingly had all it needed, plus a third-year quarterback ready to blast off.

Then the abysmal Packers opener at Soldier Field — preceded by so much 100-year hoopla, statue dedication and expectation — ended not with a bang but with the sound of air leaking from a blow-up mattress somebody sat on with a fork in their back pocket.

“We knew if we could get Mitchell Trubisky to play quarterback, we could win,” Packers cornerback Tramon Williams said.

Ouch.

Really? It’s that obvious Trubisky is bad?

Nobody on offense played well against the Packers. And Nagy sure didn’t seem like a genius play caller. It wasn’t all Tru’s fault.

Me, I wonder about his little receivers and the small targets they present. Anthony Miller is 5-11. Taylor Gabriel is 5-7. Tarik Cohen is 5-6, maybe.

This is what happens when a quarterback falters: We look for other reasons for his demise.

But, again, this could all be resolved with a classy, Pro Bowl-type performance by Trubisky against the Broncos.

It’s encouraging that star Broncos pass rushers Von Miller and Bradley Chubb between them didn’t sack Carr once and had just six tackles and none for losses.

Trubisky should appreciate that. He should see this for what it is — an away game with ramifications way beyond the score.

The Broncos have had nine starting quarterbacks since 2009. They once had John Elway for 16 years, from 1983 to 1998.

You can only pray for that kind of greatness and consistency. And the good luck it requires.

Trubisky should have his fingers crossed. And be kneeling in contemplation.