ABSTRACT:

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Inside the headquarters on 13655 Broncos Parkway, located on the Sunday-quiet, sprawling plains ouside Denver, Mike Shanahan tried to concentrate on his day-after press conference. He was thankful to have one.

But his mind wandered. The game that would determine the Broncos’ opponent for the AFC Championship Game was getting late in cold North Jersey. Shanahan admitted he had spent the morning after Denver’s 38-3 beating of Miami watching films of the Jets. But it’s a terrible sin for a coach to assume…