Vance Joseph shook his head incredulously and then repeated, almost verbatim, what he said weeks prior.
“We’ve got two young guys that we believe in,” he said, standing in the corridor of the Indiana Convention Center amid a stampede of media and draft prospects.
“They won nine games combined and probably should have won more,” he added. “… We’re fine.”
Few wanted to believe him that day at the NFL combine. Few wanted to believe when him when he uttered similar words at the Broncos’ headquarters weeks before. And few still wanted to accept his comments during his latest address, at the league meetings last week.