The play call didn’t quite fit the situation.
Royce Freeman didn’t care.
The Broncos’ rookie running back took a sweep pitch toward the near boundary Monday night at Mile High, third-and-short in the Kansas City red zone, and stared down a gaggle of defenders buried deep behind the line of scrimmage. But Freeman used a sharp inside cut to blow past four Chiefs and burst up-field. He brushed off cornerback Kendall Fuller with a stiff arm, and when linebacker Anthony Hitchens grabbed the back of Freeman’s jersey at the 5-yard line, Freeman literally dragged him into the end zone.