How Sean Payton built the Denver Broncos' roster

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Early in training camp, Denver Broncos owner/CEO Greg Penner and his wife Carrie (also in the Broncos' ownership group) climbed just over eight stories of stairs to the cab of an industrial-sized crane at the site of the team's future 205,000-square-foot facility. They stood near the open door and snapped a photo of the team's growing state-of-the-art complex below.

That photo framed what they've entrusted coach Sean Payton and general manager George Paton to build -- a team good enough to win a fourth Super Bowl championship.

"All you have to do is look up at practice," said running back J.K. Dobbins -- who signed with Denver in June -- while pointing…