CHICAGO — There's no defense for how the Broncos allowed arrogance to dissolve into panic during the monumental collapse of a 37-34 overtime loss to the Chicago Bears.
"Being the football team that we hope we are, you've got to put those games away," Denver coach Mike Shanahan said Sunday.
No kidding. The Broncs are famous or infamous for letting go of comfortable lead.
In the third quarter, Devin Hester leaps over Broncos punter Todd Sauerbrun, who said earlier in the week that he wasn't afraid of Hester and would kick to him…
"That field is slippery as hell and you give (Hester) that much room in between us and I don't really have a chance," Sauerbrun said of Hester's 75-yard score. "You've just got to poke and hope."
Sauerbrun paused for a moment to reflect on the statement.
"Mostly hope," he said.
I'm afraid if the Broncos are sitting out of the postseason in six weeks, pondering how they lost their way in a bumbling AFC West, they can look back and find symbolism in Sauerbrun's face-plant into the Soldier Field grass.
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