The Starting Lineup

Turn on the game!

1. Dallas at Philadelphia, 6:15 p.m. Thursday, NBC – The NFL season kicks off with the defending Super Bowl champs hosting the now Micah Parsons-less Cowboys.

2. Northern Colorado at Colorado State, 5 p.m. Saturday, Altitude – The Rams open the home portion of their schedule with a visit from the Bears from Greeley.

3. Tennessee at Denver, 2:05 p.m. Sunday, FOX – If the Broncos drop this game, do Denver fans lose all hope in a season full of expectations?

Numbers game

2 – the number of timeouts the CU Buffs took back to the dorms when time ran out during Friday’s 27-20 loss to Georgia Tech

Box office

Delaware at Colorado, 1:30 p.m. Saturday – Plenty of seats available for the Buffs’ second straight home game. Seats at SeatGeek start at $61.

On this day

Aug. 31, 2018 – In a playoff push, the Colorado Rockies made a waiver deadline trade to acquire backup catcher Drew Butera from the Royals. He played in only 10 games as the Rockies won 91 games but lost in the NLDS to the Brewers.

He said it

“I don’t think you’re going to see a sophomore slump from Bo Nix this year. I think it’s going to be more of a sophomore sensation.”

—Brad Evans, BetMGM Tonight host, on the Broncos quarterback 

Coming at DenverGazette.com 

The Denver Gazette sports staff previews the Broncos and the 2025 NFL season. Stories begin publishing Tuesday at denvergazette.com/sports

—Chris Schmaedeke, The Denver Gazette