I was going to get up and write about the anti-climactic ending to the Broncos season, about my disappointment, and about what I figured they would be looking for in the off season. Maybe I’ll get around to writing about that later, but the tragedy of yesterday wasn’t the Broncos failing to make the playoffs. The tragedy was in the drive-by-shooting of a 24-year-old player for the team.

Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting early Monday, his limousine sprayed with bullets in downtown Denver.

Team spokesman Jim Saccomano said police called him about 3 a.m. from the scene and told him three people had been shot, and the 24-year-old Williams had been killed. His death came hours after the Denver Broncos were eliminated from the playoff race.

What a tragic ending to a promising young man’s life.

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