The next great Broncos safety wore a Predator mask. It was painted orange and blue.
“It’s my birthday. It’s a birthday present,” Will Parks told me Saturday, when he turned 23 years old. The plastic mask Parks wore while walking off the field at Broncos training camp was a given to him by a fan. “It fits my head perfectly.”
On an NFL team with a storied history of slobber-knocking safeties, T.J. Ward is the present. But the future is coming, hard and fast. Look into the future, and it seems increasingly likely Ward won’t be wearing a Denver uniform beyond this season.