For most of the 2014 season, the Denver Broncos appeared headed for a second straight Super Bowl appearance. However, things started looking shaky in December, and the wheels came completely off the bus in an embarrassing home playoff loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
Part of those late-season struggles can be traced to an offensive line that went from outstanding in 2013 to very good early in the 2014 season to merely OK late in the year.
On Thursday, the team received some devastating news regarding that offensive line—news that puts a serious dent in Peyton Manning's odds of making one last run at a Lombardi Trophy in 2015.