Despite 2016 being the year that the Broncos won the Super Bowl, the biggest stories for the Denver Broncos all took place off (or adjacent to) the field, as Brandon Marshall’s national anthem protest, Peyton Manning’s retirement, Von Miller’s generosity and — bizarrely — the 2010 story of Tim Tebow’s contract signing dominated the top Broncos stories of the year.
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