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Broncos lean on Phillip Lindsay, Royce Freeman in loss to Kansas City Chiefs

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.