The Denver Broncos head coach said most of the team’s starters will play Friday in Atlanta during their first preseason game and they’ll get more reps the following week when the Mile High City welcomes the Packers. “I think it’s hard to replicate it, and every year everyone talks about it, and you have to build a callus,” Payton said. But because that outing was so bad for the veteran quarterback, Sam Ehlinger has made it a competition for that job. The preseason opener against the Falcons is set for Friday at 5 p.m. MT, with the broadcast on Denver7 and streaming on NFL+. The Broncos’ regular-season opener is Sept. 14 at Kansas City on Monday Night Football.