LAS VEGAS — In a city built on the get-rich-quick seduction of turning cards and tumbling dice, the Broncos on Sunday afternoon plowed ever closer to their fortune by taking the slow road.

They eschewed neon pulse for a steady drumbeat.

They stayed off the high wire and stuck to the methodical.

They played mutual fund football rather sitting at the high rollers table.

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This did not have to be flashy. Ten str

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