Broncos Start Slow, But Get it Going

The Broncos didn't look very good on those first 2 drives, but they sure put it together after that. The best part of the first scoring drive was seeing the first-teamers get it into the end zone from inside the 10. Red zone scoring was the bane of the Broncos last year.

It was hard to get a feel for the defense, but that is usually the case in preseason. We'll need a couple more weeks to see what the new defense can do.

And it is good to see Jerry Rice moving up the depth chart. And the best battle of the preseason is at running back. Shanahan has never been much for using a big, bruising back to puch it in for short yardage, but with Ron Dayne it is a definite possibility. From a Fantasy viewpoint, it would be worrisome that Dayne would get the short yardage stuff and take away opportunities from the starting back. That's something to watch.

Next game is Rice against his old team. Too bad it doesn't count. It could've been fun.