Broncos' Alex Palczewski on his 2nd career start, practicing on pickleball courts at The Greenbrier

As the biblical rain crushed the Greenbrier Resort here Friday, Sean Payton had his team of human beings gather on shuttle buses, two by two.

Or so the Broncos’ players could have.

Heavy rain, which locals say was the impediment spillage of Hurricane Helene, began hitting the area early Friday morning and relentlessly continued until Payton, the Broncos’ head coach, said, ‘uncle,’ to his team’s scheduled noon practice at the outdoor artificial turf field and moved the final workout to the Greenbrier’s indoor tennis and pickleball courts.

There was consideration to playing outdoors in the elements.

“At first we did and then the change was made relative to the lightning forecast,’’ Payton said from a modified press area outside the tennis and pickleball courts.

Nil, nil? Payton would call it, ‘love, love.’’

“I kind of like it,’’ Payton said, more or less saying it helps keep the team on its toes. “I didn’t realize they had this facility.”

At least there were four, hard-surface tennis courts, plus three pickleball courts proportionally spread out so the Broncos could conduct their walkthrough in preparation for their game Sunday against the New York Jets in East Rutherford, N.J. After the contracted practice, the Broncos packed up their gear and bused to Roanoke, W.V., where they will fly to Newark, N.J., arriving at their team hotel some time Friday night.

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