Broncos Mix Up Lineup to Win Again

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LINCICOME: Broncos mix up the lineup to win again
By Bernie Lincicome, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published November 16, 2008 at 4:50 p.m.

As Butch asked Sundance, who are those guys?

Happily, in the case of the resilient Broncos, they come with numbers, and one of them, No. 46, only seems to be everywhere. Spencer Larsen was not seen loading the team luggage after the game, but he would have if asked.

"It's cool," said Larsen, who started at middle linebacker and at fullback, plus played on the kick teams.

Cool is one word for it, rare is another, foolhardy maybe yet another, desperate most likely the best one since the Broncos are so low on players they had to use a raw rookie like a three-way bulb.

And they got away with it, rallying for the second game in a row to win on the road, though this one did not require three fourth-quarter touchdowns but only one.

"Normally," said Mike Shanahan, "you go in the other direction."

There was not only No. 46 but beside him on defense No. 59, Wesley Woodyard, also a rookie, who played linebacker better than any other Bronco has all year, crunching his tackles rather than indulging them.

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