For an offensive lineman, there’s virtually nothing better than running the ball over and over. And over.
And over.
The high that comes with that wears off slowly. It can even carry through a bye week.
So, too, can the confidence that comes with playing together up front game after game. The Broncos in 2022 used 10 different offensive line combinations but so far this year have needed no such patchwork.
The quintet of left tackle Garett Bolles, left guard Ben Powers, center Lloyd Cushenberry, right guard Quinn Meinerz and right tackle Mike McGlinchey has not only started all eight games together, but they’ve played 483 of 485 offensive snaps.