Broncos Trim Roster But 1 Cut Already Hurts

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — NFL coaches preach all summer about keeping the best 53 players on the roster. Sometimes, however, money gets in the way and decisions are made based as much on payroll as performance.
The Broncos could pay the price this season for one such move.
Rookie Riley Dixon shanked an 18-yard punt in Denver’s final preseason tuneup at Arizona on Thursday night, just two days after the Broncos handed him the job by releasing seven-year incumbent Britton Colquitt, the f