Over the past two seasons, the Broncos’ brass haven’t had a lot of trouble getting home to catch some shut-eye the night before the NFL’s roster cutdown deadline.

This year? The caffeine intake probably jumped considerably at Broncos Park on Tuesday morning.

Denver head coach Sean Payton said the club’s coaches and front office spent somewhere in the neighborhood of six hours Monday night poring over final 53-man roster decisions.

For a team that considers itself a Super Bowl contender, the long night of work signified progress, even if the decisions at hand were difficult to make.

“There was a lot of discussion and film, and it was very evident that we’re deeper,” Payton said Tuesday after the initial roster was set. “Just based on the meeting and the process, that was very clear. And

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