Bill Kollar, the gruff, bear-wrestling defensive line coach for the Broncos, accessed his playful side on the eve of free agency last spring as he spotted one of his players, Kyle Peko, at the team’s headquarters.
“He told me, ‘Hey, we’re going to get your cousin,’ ” Peko recalled. “I was like, ‘Really?!’ ”
In that instant, Kyle envisioned his gregarious second cousin, veteran nose tackle Domata Peko, walking through the door with his big hair and bigger grin in tow. He pictured the human 10,000-watt light bulb illuminating the locker room.
Then Kollar dropped the punch line.