Maybe first-year general manager George Paton was correct to pick polished cornerback Pat Surtain II over raw quarterback Justin Fields with his first pick in his first draft. Now? It’s well past time for the Broncos to stop living in the past. But in retrospect, didn’t that championship feel like putting the band back together for one more rockin’ good time, with Elway enlisting old pals Gary Kubiak and Wade Phillips, not to mention quarterback Peyton Manning, a Hall of Famer looking to go out in a blaze of glory. That rousing victory in Super Bowl 50, which seems like a long time ago, was a final salute to the passion for excellence Pat Bowlen infused in his beloved team. The Broncos need an owner with the money and vision to reinvent their greatness and maybe even build a stadium with one of those fancy retractable roofs. Take it down to the studs and leave nothing but a rock-solid foundation that is one of the most loyal fan bases in sports. What this once-proud franchise needs is a scrape-off. Kiszla: Boring and irrelevant, the Broncos won’t get back in championship discussion until they find new owner – The Denver Post
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