After the giddiness from morning espressos wears off, after the bravado interviews end with national reporters and every slogan is plastered in the locker room, the Broncos’ hype is left with a solitary truth.
They are not a Super Bowl contender. Not yet.
This is not only my opinion, but one shared by Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner.
Warner, an NFL Network and Westwood One radio analyst, broadcast a few Broncos games last season. He saw what the rest of us did. Everything about coach Sean Payton and GM George Paton’s two-year U-turn deserves praise and is ahead of schedule.