ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- When the Denver Broncos arrive Monday morning for their physicals on the first day of the offseason program, it will officially start the clock on the new season.
It will be the first time they get to interact with the new coaching staff. Coach Vance Joseph will have his first team meeting, and away they'll all go to try to rebound from last season's playoff miss.
With plenty of work to be done, it is cornerback Chris Harris Jr. who has summed up the biggest item on the team's to-do list. Because whether you talk about the offense, the run game, the offensive line, the run defense or even the need to find a way to set linebacker Von Miller loose, Harris is the one who hit the nail squarely on the head when it comes to last season.
"The worst part is still we're better than we played," Harris said. "That's the part that bothers everybody, or it should bother everybody. We have talent, we're a playoff team and we didn't play that way."
No, they didn't. Joseph has said many times the Broncos job was attractive to him because "it's not broken." And while the next two weeks will consist only of conditioning workouts -- with several pages left to turn before there is a game -- the Broncos have to find their edge again.