Emmanuel Sanders anticipated a few growing pains under new Broncos coach Vic Fangio and his staff. He just didn’t expect that so dang many of those pains would be self-inflicted.
“Obviously, we can’t keep hurting ourselves,” Sanders, Denver’s veteran wide receiver, said after the Broncos suffered a last-second 16-14 setback in their home opener to the Chicago Bears.
“So many times we got in that mid-range, midfield (area), you know, one more 10-yard gain and you’re in field-goal range. Or we’d be in field-goal (range) and get a penalty and get out of it.