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Denver Broncos 335-pound defensive tackle Terrance Knighton sat at his locker and chuckled at the thought of his first trip to the playoffs, his belly shaking like a shopping mall Santa Claus. It's almost time for some throwback football, he said, for the jelly-belly linemen and the tailbacks so often overlooked in today's pass-heavy NFL to dust off the cobwebs and take center stage again. ''I think during the regular season, it's about who puts up 40 points,'' Knighton said. That's one reason the Broncos followed their free agent acquisition of slot receiver Wes Welker by drafting 220-pound running back Montee Ball, the bruising Badger who could move the sticks in the fourth quarter.
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