Montee Ball believes he’ll be No. 1 back in Denver again

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Broncos running back Montee Ball came into the 2014 season with high hopes after rushing for 4.7 yards per carry as a rookie on a team that went to the Super Bowl.

Those hopes went unrealized. A preseason appendectomy limited Ball’s preparation for the season and he struggled early in the season before suffering a groin injury that would ultimately end his season. In the interim, C.J. Anderson took over as the starting running back and ran for 785 yards over the final eight weeks of the season to take over the starting job.

Ball said he felt that he returned too quickly from the surgery, a decision that he feels contributed the groin injury, and has…