The Facts: The Broncos ran the ball slightly better as last season wore on, going from No. 31 in rushing in Week 3 to No. 17 by season's end, but they never consistently handled that part of their business the way Kubiak wanted them to. "For sure ... we need to run the ball better," Kubiak said. "That's something we've looked at, to get better up front, to get better across the board and do it the way we think we need to do it."
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The Broncos did use some of their limited salary cap capital to try to improve their offensive line in free agency, signing tackle/guard Donald Stephenson and tackle Russell Okung. Stephenson projects to be the team’s right tackle with Okung, who is recovering from shoulder surgery, playing left tackle. While the Broncos did match the Dolphins' offer sheet for Anderson because they see Anderson as potentially "The Guy" in the run game, the team’s depth chart at the position right now is essentially Anderson and question marks. “We’re looking at every option," Kubiak said. “We have a priority on how we’re going about this ... We’ll see what fits our team best." As ESPN.com's Jeff Legwold notes, Anderson certainly wants the top job and the Broncos, having matched the four-year offer sheet, believe he can do it. It’s now a matter of Anderson taking that next step. He has never started more than seven games in any season with the Broncos and never carried the ball more than 179 times in any of those seasons. Fantasy owners need to keep that in mind as we try to calculate Anderson's value going forward.