STANFORD, Calif. -- On a perfect afternoon for football, the Denver Broncos began their final preparations for Super Bowl 50 on Wednesday with their two rehabbing starting safeties, T.J. Ward (strong) and Darian Stewart (free), participating in limited roles but running freely on the natural grass inside Stanford Stadium.
Reflective of the times, security was very tight. When the Broncos arrived on campus in buses, they had a police escort on the ground and in the air -- with a police helicopter leading the caravan.
With a temperature of 54 degrees, cloudy skies and a light breeze from the west, all 53 Broncos on the active roster went through the 1-hour, 35-minute practice at the stadium -- fittingly with Denver GM John Elway, the greatest quarterback in Stanford history and now the architect of this team, looking on from the sideline.