Next-Day Notebook: Adam Gotsis, D-line step up after injuries

Injuries to the defensive line forced reserves to step forward in the preseason, but they did well, allowing the Broncos to learn about the quality of their depth.

DENVER -- The Broncos' defensive line didn't want its depth to be tested like this.

Not with the loss of one rotational contributor, Billy Winn, for the season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Not with the absence of two starters, ends Derek Wolfe and Jared Crick, for over two weeks because of injuries suffered in training-camp practices held after the preseason opener at Chicago. And not with a knee bruise incurred by free-agent pickup Zach Kerr that could keep him out for the regular-season opener against the Los…