Ever since sitting down with Sean Payton to talk shop before the bye week, George Paton has thrown out new deals for Broncos stalwarts like Oprah doling out new cars.

“Literally every gift they have they are giving to someone in their family. It keeps happening over and over. They really show what is Christmas is about. It melts the heart.”

The biggest theme of this NHL season is parity, but the Colorado Avalanche has declined its invitation to that party.

“I think it’s cool,” Vance Joseph said Thursday of his name percolating again. “But obviously the job is the job and the job is the Broncos’ coordinator.”

The Broncos have given eight line-of-scrimmage players extensions in the past 16 months.

The Colorado high school football season is down to its final two weekends. With four teams left in Class 5A’s pair of Saturday games, here’s a preview of what to look for with two trips to Canvas Stadium on the line.