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Denver Native (Carol)
10-20-2013, 01:21 PM
INDIANAPOLIS -- It's been a fascinating week, hasn't it?

A tweeting and quotable team owner. Some ruffled feathers -- but crucially, none belonging to the quarterback whose return to the place he made his professional name has been at the epicenter of this week's drama. One of the league's elite players returning from a six-week suspension with added bulk and perhaps added resolve to make up for lost time. And the first duel between the immediate past and the bright future of a storied Colts' quarterback lineage that dates back to Johnny Unitas and is the connective tissue between two cities and wildly disparate eras.

The media horde at Broncos headquarters Wednesday was more like what you'd expect to see for the week leading into the AFC Championship Game, illustrating the national interest in this matchup. And while it would be unwise to attach that level of importance to a Week 7 game, this game is a demarcation point for the Broncos.

It's their first game against a team with a winning record since last year's postseason, and it offers a chance for them to silence the one doubt attached to their performance so far: that it has come against a soft schedule. That changes in the next six games; only one opponent they face in that span is currently below .500.

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