The Denver Broncos are a big television draw and were rewarded accordingly in the 2013 NFL schedule.

Thanks to Peyton Manning, and the fact they have a damn good team, the Broncos have five primetime games and the chance to be flexed into a sixth later in the season. Two of those five will be road games on Sunday Night Football; at Indianapolis on October 20th and at New England on November 24th.

Outside of their three AFC West road games, Denver will travel for five games against teams they don’t typically see every season. These contests are a good chance for Broncos fans to see cities and stadiums they haven’t seen before, and the two primetime matchups will provide even more incentive to make a trip with the team.

All five of these road trips have some great storylines and are worthy of a traveling weekend. Here are my rankings of the best roadies in 2013:

5) Houston Texans

Going up against longtime Bronco and current Houston Head Coach Gary Kubiak makes for a great game. Not to mention this is a matchup between two of the best teams in the AFC. The Broncos will be seeking revenge for their only home loss last season, a 31-25 defeat at Mile High in September of 2012.

The Texans play in Reliant Stadium which opened in 2002 and is a beautiful venue by most accounts. It hosted the 2004 Super Bowl and is home to the Meineke Car Care Bowl, among many other annual and special events.

The biggest negatives against this road trip are that Houston isn’t exactly a travel mecca and it’s in the early slate of games on a Sunday. If a game isn’t on primetime, you at least want an afternoon start so you can get ample time to tailgate and experience the pregame festivities that the stadium has to offer.

4) New England Patriots

Typically a Peyton Manning – Tom Brady matchup would be much higher on the list, but not with all the great games on tap this year.

This game will be on Sunday Night Football and Boston is one of the most enjoyable cities to visit in the country. Plus every game in Boston should have a little more meaning after the recent terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon.

The Broncos and Patriots will most likely be the two best teams in the AFC when the regular season winds down. Because of that this game could decide who gets home field advantage for a potential playoff rematch. Seeing a game of this magnitude in person is always worthwhile.

3) New York Giants

A Manning Bowl in New York City is hard to beat.

MetLife Stadium is pretty much brand new since it was opened in 2010 and it will be the site of this year’s Super Bowl. Could this be the first of two games Denver will play at MetLife Stadium this season? Time will tell.

It’s hard to argue against this road trip. New York is one of the greatest Cities in the world and the stadium is so new it is pretty much guaranteed you haven’t been there yet. The fact the Manning Bowl will be the focus of the football world that weekend is just icing on the cake.

2) Indianapolis Colts

The primetime game at Indy will be a truly unique experience. There will probably never be another game in NFL history where every fan in the stadium, home or away, loves the visiting quarterback more than any other player on the field. For one game the negativity between opposing fans will be very small if not completely nonexistent.

Peyton Manning is to Indianapolis what John Elway is to Denver. It will be an emotional game for everyone involved and is a must see based on the uniqueness of this matchup alone.

1) Dallas Cowboys

The game at Dallas makes it to the top of this list for one reason: Jerry World. By all accounts the new Cowboys Stadium must be seen to be believed. It’s been said that visiting fans can be so enthralled by the stadium experience that they end up missing most of the game.

Opened in 2009, Cowboys Stadium cost $1.3 billion. That’s billion. With a b.

It can handle over 100,000 people if you include standing room and the video board hanging over the playing surface is one of the largest high-definition TV screens in the entire world. If you include the Texas barbeque, the game day experience at a Cowboys game is one of a kind.

Since Dallas is an NFC team, there probably won’t be another chance to see Denver play in their stadium for eight years, so the time is now.

I know I’ll be in Dallas this season. Come join me so we can paint Jerry World orange for a day!

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Von Miller walks off the field following OTA's. (Ron Chenoy-US PRESSWIRE)

Von Miller sat down at a table Wednesday afternoon during the media BBQ wearing a Butkus hat. Miller won the Butkus Award in 2010 for being the best linebacker in college football, and he continued on the path of success by being named the defensive rookie of the year last season.

The key for Miller in the off season, however, was figuring out how to let his body rest all while getting stronger to make his second year in the league even more successful.

That’s why he hung out with Super Bowl winning linebacker Jason Pierre-Paul of the New York Giants. Pierre-Paul was 4th in the league in sacks last year with 16.5. You know he’s doing something right during his off seasons.

Forget lifting heavy weights, Pierre-Paul and Miller got into plenty of downward dog poses during the summer months.

“I did a lot of yoga type stuff,” Miller said. “I was down in Miami with Jason Pierre-Paul. That was the advice that he gave me. He said that it was a long season so that’s really all I did. I didn’t do a lot of weight training, I just did yoga with him and hopefully I can have the type of season that he had last year.”

Miller also spent some time with DeMarcus Ware of the Dallas Cowboys who had 19.5 sacks last season. When you surround yourself with success, it makes it easier for it to rub off on you.

“I just try to be around those guys,” Miller said. “I watch them just like they watch me…When you’re around those guys, stuff just comes out. You don’t have to force that or ask them ‘What do you do in this situation?’ It just happens.”

Miller had 11.5 sacks last season, and he knows that the pressure is on for him to produce even more.

“I think I’m my biggest critic,” Miller said. “I’m going to try to do a lot better than what I did last year. Hopefully I can cut down on all the mental errors that I had last year.”

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Prior to winning their first Lombardi Trophy in 1998, the Broncos suffered four Super Bowl losses while being outscored 163-50 (US Presswire)

By my calculations, ESPN, The NFL Network, and NBC are scheduled for approximately 18 hours of pregame coverage of Super Bowl XLVI.   You can either tune into these programs to find out the latest team news regarding injuries, final game day preparations, pre-game meals, Saturday night bed checks, team bus arrival times, and other useless trivia knowledge, or you can search the internet for Bronco Super Bowl history. The New England Patriots and New York Giants may have the spotlight today but The Broncos are still the most important team to us.    To help get you started, I’ve included a brief synopsis of the Broncos Super Bowl history.

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