ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- As far as dates go, March 20, 2012, will always be a silver-letter day for the Denver Broncos.
As in, Lombardi Trophy silver.
Sunday was the fourth anniversary of the day Broncos owner Pat Bowlen posed for what he hoped would be a great-things-to-come photo with the team’s chief football decision maker, John Elway, and a free-agent quarterback named Peyton Manning.
At the time, Bowlen called it “a very historic meeting,’’ as well as “a great day for me personally, and for our organization, our city and our fans.