When the Broncos drafted Montee Ball in the second round of the 2013 draft, the idea was to acquire a running back who would establish himself to the point that playing in the final preseason game of the summer wasn’t a necessary part of the program.
That’s not the case this year. Ball spent the offseason looking like the first guy off the bench behind C.J. Anderson, but his workload and playing time have gone down as the preseason played out. Ball had eight carries the first week and has eight in the two games since then, including last week’s game against the 49ers that saw Juwan Thompson get in the lineup ahead of him.