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Denver Broncos players aim to predict season opener

By Tylor Walden

OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 24: Courtland Sutton #14 of the Denver Broncos watches the pass go off his fingertips against the Oakland Raiders during the first half of their NFL football game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on December 24, 2018 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 24: Courtland Sutton #14 of the Denver Broncos watches the pass go off his fingertips against the Oakland Raiders during the first half of their NFL football game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on December 24, 2018 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /
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With the NFL schedule set to be released at some point before the draft, a few Denver Broncos players aim to predict who the team opens up against in 2019.

While the Denver Broncos and the rest of the NFL await the 2019 schedule to be released, it would not hurt to look into a crystal ball to see when each team will play their opponents on certain weeks.

That is exactly what five members of the Denver Broncos did. Kareem Jackson, Courtland Sutton, Bradley Chubb, Emmanuel Sanders, and Justin Simmons each took some picks for certain games that could be played. We will be looking at the season opener.

It has almost felt like tradition that the Denver Broncos open up the season at home. According to four of the five players, that tradition will continue. Emmanuel Sanders believes they will open up against the Oakland Raiders.

Justin Simmons says that they will open at home against the Kansas City Chiefs. Bradley Chubb took the Tennessee Titans. Kareem Jackson picked an interesting one as he thinks Denver opens the season against the Cleveland Browns.

Only Courtland Sutton believes the Broncos will open the season on the road, and he says the team travels to Minnesota to face the Vikings. Sutton and I are on the same page as that is who I believe the Broncos will open up the season against.

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These are some interesting choices. It would not be surprising if any of those came to fruition. Denver has opened up two of the past three seasons against a NFC team, so Sutton could be right.

The other season, the Broncos opened up against a divisional opponent, so Sanders and Simmons could be just as right. Opening the season against the Cleveland Browns would be a lot of fun. Bradley Chubb’s pick came out of left field, and it would be the curve ball that would be interesting.

We will see how close these players are at their predictions when the schedule comes out in the coming days.

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