Free agents won't be only players who won't return

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — For so many, this is the end. The final game dozens of players will play for the Broncos.

Maybe some of them are your favorite players. Domata Peko, Brandon Marshall and Darian Stewart will likely say goodbye Sunday when the starting lineups are announced at Mile High.

“Obviously, everybody says focus on the task ahead, and I’m doing that, but at the same time it’s kind of hard to ignore what possibly could happen," Marshall, a Broncos’ linebacker since 2013 who has played in two Super Bowls with the team, said in a sit-down interview with 9NEWS Thursday. “Just how everything has unfolded this year. So, I’m prepared for it to be my last game."

Peko, Bradley Roby, Shaq Barrett, Jared Veldheer, Zach Kerr and Billy Turner are free agents. So are the injured Jeff Heuerman, Matt Paradis and Max Garcia.

Decisions will have to be made on Emmanuel Sanders and Ron Leary. Shane Ray won’t be back, and Su’a Cravens is in limbo.

“It’s like your senior year in high school," Broncos star Von Miller said. “You’ve got your buddies that you’ve been with, but you’ve got to graduate. It happens every single year. It’s no different. It’s the last week of school."