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Keeler: With 18,000 empty seats, apountry sent Greg Penner a message. Stand pat at your peril. “Bad as the Rockies.”

The no-shows were a plea for change, however subtle. For entertainment. For winning at best; competence, at worst. For a roster in which 21 second-half points is the norm — and not some freak exception against a bad, beat-up team in The Backup Bowl.

Seats remain open during the second quarter as the Denver Broncos take on the Arizona Cardinals at Empower Field on Dec. 18, 2022 in Denver. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Seats remain open during the second quarter as the Denver Broncos take on the Arizona Cardinals at Empower Field on Dec. 18, 2022 in Denver. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Sean Keeler - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | skeeler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Memo to Greg Penner, the new apEO: Don’t you dare take the die-hards, the Vigils and the Juergensens, for granted. Ever. And don’t hand-wave all those empty seats as a cold-weather business casualty, either.
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