That doesn't mean that Broncos head coach Sean Payton wasn't a frustrated shopper, though. Payton's interest in Brock Bowers goes way back to before the draft when the Las Vegas Raiders selected the Georgia tight end immediately after the Broncos took Bo Nix at No.

Every day it’s growing,” Terrell Davis said of the Broncos’ outlook. “I still think there is tremendous upside to what they are doing.”

Denver Post reporters Parker Gabriel and Ryan McFadden analyze what has made the Broncos’ defense so good through the first four weeks of the season and what it will take for Denver to beat the Raiders for the first time since that franchise moved to Las Vegas.