ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Denver Broncos are now, and have been for quite some time, what owner Pat Bowlen has always pushed them to be: relevant.
Bowlen, who is battling Alzheimer’s disease and stepped away from day-to-day operations of the team two years ago, has always wanted the Broncos at the front of the line, whether it was winning or being the team most willing to travel overseas for games or simply making sure each day his team was the leading topic of conversation among a fan base that has purchased every game-day ticket since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.