“Git ‘R Done.”

I can’t even say that those are three words. At best, it’s two-and-a-half, and one of them isn’t even spelled correctly. But somehow, they ring appropriate after the Broncos took a vital first step towards the playoffs with Sunday’s win.

They were the first words I noticed upon landing at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport on Saturday. (And by the way, is there a cooler name for an airport?) One of the buses had the phrase brandished on its front with a novelty license plate. I found it a tad odd that the bus company would go for such personalization, but who am I to judge?

Still, all psuedo/wanna-be-Southern comedy aside (because Larry the Cable Guy is actually from Nebraska; you can look it up), I couldn’t help but think that was the simple theme of the weekend — getting it done.

Mission accomplished. The four-game losing streak had culled the Broncos’ 2006 campaign down to its most threadbare but essential goal — to win, by any means permissible within the rules. That meant going deep in the first three minutes, moving a cornerback-turned-safety back to his original position, providing a liberal dose of pass-rushing to an opposing rookie quarterback and being unafraid to turn to lesser-used players in crucial situations.

Mike Bell getting the majority of carries at tailback? It worked for two touchdowns.

Karl Paymah seeing copious playing time as the third cornerback? He merely led the Broncos in tackles and didn’t yield the big play that Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin have made their habit in recent weeks.

David Kircus filling in on punt returns? He provided an early spark with a 16-yard sprint on his first return.

Quincy Morgan back on kickoff returns? All he did was give the Broncos their longest such runback in nearly three years.

Steve Cargile playing in his first NFL regular-season game? Four special-teams tackles later, he’d shown why he received the coach’s call.

A collection of skill-position players around Jay Cutler that on some plays included Kircus and rookies Brandon Marshall and Bell, with a strong dose of Nate Jackson at tight end along with rookie Tony Scheffler? Using those backups helped the Broncos rest veterans like Javon Walker, Stephen Alexander and Rod Smith, while they continued moving the football all the while.

“Javon’s shoulder (was) banged up a little bit (and) my calf cramped up a little bit, so we have no problem letting those guys in the game and going out there and doing what they can do,” Smith said. “They get paid to go out there and go to work.”

All that, and a win, too.

Now that how you “git ‘r’ done.”

Salutations from Sun Devil Stadium …

Shoot, I forgot where I was. And really, how could I? The glistening new Cardinals Stadium — which nods to the past by reminding fans that the homestanding franchise was established around the time of the Spanish-American War — couldn’t be more different than the team’s previous home, from its chairback seats for all to Cardinal red replacing Sun Devil maroon as the primary color in the place.

Oh, and then there’s the matter of that roof overhead.

Tonight witnesses an unusual football confluence, with college football games — that count for the final standings — bisecting with a fairly copious slate of professional tuneups. Here in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona State and the Cardinals are playing concurrent home games for the first time since — well, ever, because they obviously couldn’t use their once shared Sun Devil Stadium digs unless the NFL decided to mimic Major League Baseball and have its teams play preseason games against college outfits.

For the Broncos, it’s the night of the runners. While the vast majority of the starters will be held out, the running backs will continue their audition for the No. 1 job. With Ron Dayne back on the practice field this week, all but Damien Nash were a part of the short preparation for the game.

Other early pregame thoughts:

• The stadium is a part of the “Sportsman’s Park” complex that includes Glendale Arena, home of the Phoenix Coyotes. Considering that these Cards opened their St. Louis tenure in the first Busch Stadium — a long-since-demolished edifice a couple of miles west of downtown that bore the name Sportsman’s Park — dubbing the complex as such makes the move to Glendale a homecoming, of sorts.
• Denver has won five of the last six preseason games between the clubs, including the last three in a row at Arizona (with all of those three triumphs coming since 2000).
• Mississippi State — whose game with South Carolina is on the TV above me — is wearing white at home. Who do they think they are, LSU?

Time to take a stroll around this place … Back with more later.