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There was television, a nice stadium and full-price admission.

It was an NFL preseason game, all right. So how come it played more like a Wednesday afternoon scrimmage between teammates?

Rare is the preseason game that fails to meet low expectations. Considering the familiarity between coaching staffs, perhaps it shouldn't have been surprising that the Broncos' 17-14 win Sunday night over the Houston Texans was an exception.

Houston coach Gary Kubiak knows Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, and Shanahan knows Kubiak. Every time the Texans ran a play at Invesco Field at Mile High, the Broncos' defense reacted as if it knew what was coming - especially linebacker D.J. Williams, who played like he was inside the Texans' huddle.

Williams had an interception, a forced fumble and five tackles.

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