Heroes from out of nowhere

By Woody Paige The Denver Post Peyton Hillis drives into Atlanta's Curtis Lofton, left, and Keith Brooking. Hillis scored two touchdowns. (Kevin C. Cox, Getty Images) ATLANTA — With a cast of unwanted, unknown, unspecified, hand-them-down characters from "Oliver Twist" and "Little Orphan Annie," led by their wizard-in-training quarterback, the Broncos have pulled off two implausible comeback victories. Jay Cutler and the Road Hogwarts beat NotsoHotlanta on Sunday after beating the Clevelanders. Praise be to the Broncos. Mike Shanahan is expectorating in the face of adversity and skeptics. The Broncos started a team at the Georgia Dome that consisted of a three-way starter and a running back trio that had carried a total of 11 times in 2008, and three linebackers that began the season as out-of-sight, out-of-mind backups, and... [read full story]                    

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