The Broncos’ dress rehearsal has come and gone without any surprising twists. In fact, it only solidified exactly what we have already known for months.

The 2016 Denver Broncos will be the most boring football team in the league.

I am certainly not saying that is a terrible thing. Between Tim Tebow’s last minute shenanigans in 2011, Peyton Manning’s 55 touchdown tosses in 2013, and the hoisting of the Lombardi Trophy in 2015, Denver has been spoiled with exciting football.

Think of the poor souls in Cleveland, Ohio.

Exciting isn’t correlated with wins, boring doesn’t mean that the Broncos won’t win the AFC West for a sixth straight season, and by golly starting a dull quarterback like Trevor Siemian doesn’t mean that their is no hope of a Super Bowl repeat.

Boring simply means boring.

Snoozer.

Blah.

And that is exactly what we saw in the Broncos third preseason game against he Los Angeles Rams.

Spoiler Alert: The Broncos are going to run the ball… like a lot.

The Broncos running backs will get the ball a ton.

I am not talking “ton” as in the the amount of medals the United States captured in the Rio Olympics. I am talking “ton” as in the amount of bacteria flowing through the Rio de Janeiro waterways.

The biggest story throughout training camp has been the battle between the second-year quarterback Siemian and the journeyman gunslinger Mark Sanchez. Without either quarterback separating himself from the other, Paxton Lynch, the rookie first-round quarterback out of Memphis, was even able to play himself into contention for the starting job. With so many question marks about who would be taking snaps under center come September 8, Denver passed the ball a whopping 63 percent of the time during their first two preseason games. Their matchup against the Rams, however, seemed to be a little bit more realistic.

Denver started out Saturday night’s game by running the ball six straight times before giving Siemian a chance to throw the ball. Even when the run game seemed to be ineffective early on in the first half, the Broncos made a point to keep handing the ball off and get the running backs involved. By the end of the game, the Broncos rushed the ball on 52 percent of their plays.

This seems to fit the Gary Kubiak mold that we have been looking for, and likely mirror what Denver will try to do in their 2016 campaign. In a league that has become a quarterback friendly league, the Broncos will cut against the grain and run, run, run.

Running the ball enables the Broncos to focus on their strong point; the defense. Handing the ball off is not only a great way to limit turnovers, but also keep the clock ticking to limit opponent scoring opportunities. This is the ultimate recipe for success.

If the Broncos aren’t running the ball 53-55 percent of the game, chances are that something might be wrong.

Ronnie Hillman might have ran himself on the roster.

Ronnie Hillman has been flirting with making the Broncos 2016 roster. After losing first and second-team snaps to rookie running back Devontae Booker, Hillman has been in a constant battle for the Broncos third and likely final running back spot with former Colorado State running back Kapri Bibbs.

Although Hillman was the Broncos leading rusher last season, little has been desired out of his ability to impact the running game. As an undersized back without really a “miss” move, he has often given the Broncos runs of 1-yard or less, and even with his breakaway speed, he is bottom of the pack in rushes of 20 yards or more.

But with his back against the wall, Hillman has put together a solid camp and fairly impressive rushing statistics. With only 11 rushing attempts, he leads the Broncos with an impressive average of 7.18 yards per rush, which is far better than Bibbs’ 3.78 yards per rush and Booker’s 2.86 yards per rush. He also has the Broncos second rushing touchdown of 2016 thus far after a seven-yard scamper into the Los Angeles end zone late in the third quarter of Saturday night’s game.

With an offense that is likely going to run the ball an insane about, it might not be unheard of for both Bibbs and Hillman to make the roster. But if coach Kubiak is looking to go with only three running backs, it seems hard to cut a guy that has looked as outstanding as Hillman has.

"We could be a 4 RB team….we could be 3. Ronnie has responded really well." Kubiak #Broncos @1043TheFan — Cecil Lammey (@CecilLammey) August 29, 2016

Aqib Talib is a personal foul extraordinaire

For years the Broncos have been known as a “finesse” team. But the ‘No Fly Zone’ has completely rebranded themselves over the past year. And it looks like they are back for another year of smash mouth defense.

This can be highlighted by Talib’s blast of Rams’ quarterback Case Keenum. As Keenum jogged towards the sidelines, Talib lowered his shoulder and sent the quarterback flying into the Denver sidelines.

A penalty flag was thrown and the Rams were given a free 15 yards. Although some may call the hit a cheap shot or unnecessary, the kicker is that Keenum was still within the white lines of play. He may have given the body language of someone who was going to scamper out of bounds, but he certainly wasn’t there already.

Instead of a short third down outside of field goal range, the Rams were gifted a first down and almost guaranteed points of some sort. With the lack of explosion in the Broncos offense, points cannot be handed to the opponent free of charge. They must earn every single one. And even though this technically might not have fit the textbook definition of a late hit penalty, Talib has to know that referees are just itching to throw the flag at hits like that.

Talib has been known for his personal foul incidents. Last season he was suspended for his apparently intentional eye-poke of Colts’ tight end Dwayne Allen. He also was blasted for his intentional vicious face mask of Panthers’ wide receiver Corey Brown in Super Bowl 50.

I am fully aware that this kind of grit and scrappy football is what makes Talib one of the best cornerbacks in the league, but controlled chaos would be much more effective for 2016.

Demaryius Thomas is sometimes not human.

Demaryius Thomas struggled with drops during the 2015 season, but he always seems to follow up a missed opportunity with a tremendous catch.

Always.

This weekend was no different.

After dropping a pass from Siemian late in the first quarter, Thomas made up for it with an incredible one-handed catch late in the second quarter.

Demaryius Thomas with the casual one-handed grab https://t.co/2QtqBi4rva — Matt Clapp (@Matt2Clapp) August 28, 2016

This 43-yard pass and catch set up the Broncos to kick a 50-yard field goal right before halftime and take a 10-9 lead.

Don’t let your fantasy football commissioner fool you, Thomas is still a tremendous threat no matter who is throwing him the ball.

Look for these kinds of catches all season.