HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. -- Before he joined the Broncos in 2012, Joel Dreessen played five seasons for the Houston Texans under Gary Kubiak. So when the ex-tight end watched Friday night's game and saw his old boss, he witnessed exactly what he experienced from 2007-11: intensity, even for a preseason game whose scoreboard result is quickly discarded.
"Same old Coach Kubiak to me," Dreessen said when he joined Broncos TV at Buffalo Wild Wings in Highlands Ranch late Sunday afternoon. "Football is important to him. He is not a head coach for anything else but to win ballgames.