DENVER -- Practice paid off for the Broncos on Monday night -- on multiple levels.
The extra practices last week helped the offense cut its mistakes and find its power gear. They helped the defense overcome its recent spate of slow starts by opening the game with a pair of three-and-outs.
But it was the practices of the 2012-15 seasons that proved most valuable Monday night -- specifically the repetitions the defense received against Brock Osweiler.
Through thousands of repetitions against the Bronco-turned-Texan QB, Denver's defenders learned who he was. What he could do well.