For most Broncos fans, the team’s 31-28 win over the Los Angeles Chargers to close the regular season represented little more than a feel-good finish to an otherwise exasperating campaign.
It will go down as Jerry Rosburg’s lone head coaching win and other than that stand unassuming in the franchise’s history.
Don’t tell that to Matt Henningsen and Eyioma Uwazurike, though.
The rookie defensive linemen combined to play a season-high 47 snaps that January afternoon, a last chance to glean meaningful experience from what was considered by most a wasted season.
Not so for individual players like the rookie duo, who could well be counted on extensively in 2023 and beyond to provide sturdy work in the trenches for defensive coordinator Vance Joseph.