Most NFL trends in August, big-picture, aren’t worth their weight in tin. Then again, maybe the sound and fury from the Broncos’ early Monday night buffeting proffers more meat on the bone than your typical preseason turkey leg.
Because this bite just might be the juiciest: The Fighting Fangios haven’t been scored upon in the first quarter of their first three preseason contests — and the last time a Denver squad after three exhibitions kept a clean sheet during the first period, when the upper third of the roster is still doing most of the heavy lifting, you’d have to go back to August 2014, back to a young Von Miller and an aging DeMarcus Ware.