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Broncos' Talib: Osweiler 'reneged on us'

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Aqib Talib isn't afraid to say it - he's still upset with Brock Osweiler.

Ahead of Osweiler's first game in Denver since leaving in free agency for the Houston Texans, the Broncos cornerback said he's still seething over the quarterback's decision.

"We believed in him. We thought he was going to be our quarterback. We feel like he reneged on us," Talib said to Lisa Salters on "Monday Night Football," minutes before the start of the game.

Osweiler was drafted by Denver in 2012 to be its quarterback of the future. He sat and learned from all-time great Peyton Manning and was expected to start once Manning retired.

Instead, Osweiler left town and the Broncos were left scrambling in free agency (signing Mark Sanchez) and the draft (picking Paxton Lynch) to find a replacement.

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