ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Looking back at the Denver Broncos' troubled 5-11 season, a scuffle between rookie wide receiver Isaiah McKenzie and veteran cornerback Chris Harris Jr. during a terse Thanksgiving Day practice served as a flash point for one of the Broncos’ biggest issues in 2017. When asked to describe what happened, Harris simply said: “You have to respect the vets."
With that simple, bottom-line response, the generation gap in the Broncos’ locker room was laid bare. The growing divide between the team's older, more established players and the new arrivals bubbled just beneath the surface until boiling over in late November.