It was Sam I Am time for Denver on Saturday, as QB3 Sam Ehlinger led the Broncos to a 28-19 win over the Saints in the final preseason game of the year. Here’s a stock report as head coach Sean Payton and staff try to sort out a final 53-man roster.

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The Nix-Sutton connection: It didn’t start pretty, but it ended spectacularly. Courtland Sutton dropped a short ball from Bo Nix on the first play of the game Saturday in New Orleans, and the two looked off through a shaky first couple of Denver drives. Nix overthrew Sutton on one wide-open third down in which Sutton appeared to sit against a zone. Wasn’t great.

From that point forward, though, they clicked into rhythm. First came a fourth-down call by Payton — in clear exasperation at his offense’s slow start — for a one-on-o

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