DENVER -- It wasn't elegant and there were hiccups, but the Broncos emerged from Saturday with their preseason record still unblemished after Juwan Thompson's game-winning touchdown run over the right side of the line powered the Broncos to a 19-12 win at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
Before the game, I identified three storylines to watch. Here's how they turned out:
1. GETTING THE OFFENSE INTO RHYTHM.
The first-team offense mounted the kind of lengthy drives it couldn't sustain seven days earlier in Houston. Its first scoring march to a 37-yard Brandon McManus field goal consumed eight minutes, 13 seconds and took 14 plays.