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Broncos ownership group takes over with high expectations for instant success

The last time the Broncos played a game in which they weren’t owned by Pat Bowlen or run by his self-appointed brain trust was Dec. 24, 1983.

Gas was $1.16 per gallon. It is now, well, much higher.

At that time, six teams received first-round postseason byes. Now only two teams do.

Quarterback John Elway’s salary was $1.6 million. Russell Wilson’s base salary this year is $19 million.

And the Broncos . . .

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