Vic Fangio couldn’t have done it unilaterally if he wanted to. Still, last week, there was real intention to his decision to gather his six captains and get direction on where they wanted to take their work week, coming off a season-opening win, the Broncos’ first September win in three years.
Normally, the Broncos go in two days before game day, on East Coast trips, to acclimate to the time difference. But as the team gathered information on just what it would be like traveling to Jacksonville, and what that might mean for its season, warning sign after warning sign came up that the players and coaches were probably best off spending less time, not more, in the state of Florida.