

All eyes are on Deuce. The 80-pound, 10-month-old Doberman, with ears sticking straight up like a ref signaling touchdown, runs into a fenced-in pit full of pebbles and makes a beeline for a smaller dog. They run up and down along the fence, playing and chasing each other, and the humans nearby can’t help but watch the big dog cover such a tremendous amount of ground. In a park just a few miles from downtown Denver, several dozen people are enjoying a sunny afternoon and nobody so much as turns their head toward the soft-spoken NFL star, his loose-fitting white hoodie hiding his physique.