The Broncos have had a long history with Seattle, as the Seahawks were longtime members of the AFC West.

Denver lost Super Bowl XLVIII to the Seahawks after they were moved to the NFC West as part of conference realignment in 2002, but prior to that, we used to play them twice every year, and one of the most memorable games was the final game of our great 1998 season.

Earlier in the season, we had defeated the Seahawks in Seattle and running back Terrell Davis had 208 rushing yards. My friend Gary Wright, vice president of public relations for the Seahawks, told me how hard his club had prepared all week to stop our running game and opined, "You guys are really, really good."

So we were, and so was Davis.

We ended the regular season vs. Seattle in Denver on Dec. 27 and won that game 28-21 to cap a team-record 14-2 season.

But the story of the game was that Davis became just the fourth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season.

I vividly remember that Colorado native Ed Werder, at that time a reporter for ESPN, spent the week in Denver and was certain that Davis would reach the mark. He just kept saying, "He did it in Seattle, he will do it at home."

Davis noted to me, "Our game plan was solid all week. We were not trying to do any tricky stuff. I don't like any plays where you get outside of what you do best and try and trick people. I don't believe in that."

He continued, "I believe in sticking with what we do, and that's what we did. We didn't try any trick plays. We did what the Broncos do best, and we ran the football."

Indeed they did.