• Basketball fever has gripped the Broncos, with a number of players paying close attention to the Nuggets in the Finals. So who is the best basketball player on the Broncos? How about 6-foot-6, 235-pound tight end Chris Manhertz, who averaged 8.4 points and 6.9 rebounds as a senior for Canisius College in 2013-14 and didn’t play college football. “He was a great athlete with good size and a good work ethic,’’ said Manhertz’s college coach, Jim Baron. “He checked all the boxes.”

• Star linebacker Micah Parsons joked to reporters that the Cowboys might move him around so much this season that he’s “probably going to play like eight positions.” But Karl Mecklenburg, a Broncos star from 1983-94, used to play seven different positions and it was no joke. Listed as a linebacker, he played all four linebacker spots as well as all three defensive lineman spots. “(Former defensive coordinator Joe Collier) moved me around on where he thought the ball was going,’’ Mecklenburg said. “He had me running all over the place.”

• When the Broncos signed free-agent McGlinchey and guard Ben Powers in March, one of the first things that intrigued former Denver offensive lineman Ryan Harris was the playoff experience both have.

Mcglinchey has appeared in six playoff games and Powers in three. “What you need is studs with playoff experience because that’s where you want to go,’’ said Harris, who was on Denver’s 2015 title team.