LAS VEGAS — In a city built on the get-rich-quick seduction of turning cards and tumbling dice, the Broncos on Sunday afternoon plowed ever closer to their fortune by taking the slow road.
They eschewed neon pulse for a steady drumbeat.
They stayed off the high wire and stuck to the methodical.
They played mutual fund football rather sitting at the high rollers table.
It wasn’t always 3 yards and a cloud of Nevada desert for Sean Payton’s offense in a 24-17 win over the lowly Raiders -- the game was not nearly as competitive as the final count indicated — but the Broncos know where they want to go and have a clear-eyed idea about how to get there.