If Broncos fans think the bottom of the AFC West standings is depressing, look at everybody at the top for a second. Check out the one common element.
Buffalo? Franchise quarterback. Baltimore? Franchise quarterback. Cincy-freaking-nati? Franchise quarterback. Chargers? Raiders? Franchise quarterback. Franchise quarterback.
Dallas? Green Bay? Tampa? Arizona? Los Angeles Rams? Quarterback, quarterback, quarterback, quarterback, quarterback. Not a Trent Dilfer or Brad Johnson in the bunch. Or a Sam Bradford.
Everybody else? Pretending. Including everybody at UCHealth Training Center.
For Broncos general manager George Paton, the honeymoon’s over. Done. Finito. At 3-3 after a 3-0 start, the ills that plague the Broncos roster aren’t all that different from the ones we were moaning about last Halloween.