ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos are still smarting from their most recent encounter with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
They blew a 17-point lead and lost 34-27 at Pittsburgh on Dec. 20 when Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown capitalized on Denver's dearth of healthy safeties to hook up for a pair of second-half TDs.
The Broncos were without T.J. Ward, Darian Stewart and Omar Bolden that game. Plus, David Bruton Jr. played 75 snaps on a broken right leg and was speared by Steelers center Cody Wallace.
Bruton went on IR with a fractured fibula. He and his teammates were angered that Wallace wasn't suspended like Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr.