Sometime between training camp and the start of the regular season, when the Broncos were searching for a starting quarterback and an offensive identity, a couple of the offensive linemen had an idea about altering their approach.
“Our attitude changed. We wanted to be road graders, bulldozers,” left guard Max Garcia said. “That’s the mind-set we try to instill across the offensive line.”
Those are only words until they are confirmed on the field. The memories of the vast criticism some of them received throughout the 2015 season were still there. They believed they were better.
So in their first regular-season game, against a stout Carolina front seven, it wasn’t surprising to the Broncos’ offensive linemen that they won the battle at the line of scrimmage on numerous occasions, opening holes for running back C.