Off-Season Recap

In an attempt to put our busy off-season into perspective, I’ve organized most of our moves and notable news this off-season into one timeline.  I did add two items from 2006 (Jay Cutler’s starting at QB and Al Wilson injuring his neck).  I’ve also added this timeline to a page under the Information.

Let me know if I missed anything.

2007 OFFSEASON TIMELINE

• 11/27/06 — Cutler is named the starting QB. 
• 12/3/06 — Al Wilson injures his neck during the Seattle game.
• 1/01/07 — Shooting death of starting CB Darrent Williams.
• 1/02/07 — Denver signs ten players for the 2007 season: FB Troy Fleming, QB Darrell Hackney, DE Carlos Hall, LB T.J. Hollowell, P Eddie Johnson, TE Teyo Johnson, G Kevin McAlmont, CB Lamont Reid, T Jacob Rogers and LB Cameron Vaughn.
• 1/04/07 — Denver signs FB Thump Belton, CB Eric Hill, WR Glenn Martinez and G Doug Nienhius for the 2007 season.
• 1/05/07 — Denver signs RB Andre Hall and CB Jeff Shoate for the 2007 season.
• 1/09/07 — Denver fires Defensive Coordinator Larry Coyer.
• 1/10/07 — Denver cuts loose defensive line/tackles coach Andre Patterson.
• 1/11/07 — Jim Bates is is named Denver’s assistant head coach/defense and Bob Slowik is promoted from secondary coach to defensive coordinator.
• 1/12/07 — Denver allocates five to NFL Europa: C Greg Eslinger, TE Teyo Johnson, G Kevin McAlmont, T Doug Nienhuis and CB Lamont Reid.
• 1/16/07 — Denver’s TE coach, Tim Brewster, accepts the head coaching job at the University of Minnesota.
• 1/17/07 — Bill Johnson is hired as the teams defensive line coach.
• 1/28/07 — The Broncos hire Scott O’Brien as special-teams coach, Joe Baker as linebackers coach and moving former special-teams coach Ronnie Bradford to assistant defensive backs coach.
• 2/11/07 — John Lynch and Champ Bailey help the AFC win the Pro Bowl.
• 2/25/07 — RB Damien Nash passes away after a charity basketball event. 
• 2/26/07 — Rod Smith undergoes hip surgery.
• 3/02/07 — Denver trades with Detroit: CB Dre Bly for RB Tatum Bell, George Foster and a 5th-round pick in the draft.
• 3/03/07 — Jake Plummer retires as the Broncos trade him to the Bucs for a conditional draft pick in 2008.  Denver also trade their 6th-round pick to Miami for a DT Dan Wilkinson.
• 3/05/07 — Denver signs RB Travis Henry, G Montrae Holland and RB Paul Smith.
• 3/09/07 — Denver signs TE Daniel Graham.
• 3/12/07 — Denver re-signs WR Quincy Morgan.
• 3/13/07 — Denver re-signs DE Kenny Peterson.
• 3/19/07 — DE Courtney Brown is released.  Denver signs QB Patrick Ramsey.
• 3/20/07 — Denver signs DT Alvin McKinley.
• 3/22/07 — Denver signs WR Brandon Stokley.
• 3/24/07 — Denver hires defensive assistant Charlie Jackson.
• 3/28/07 — CB Dre Bly and the Broncos agree to a contract extention.
• 3/31/07 — Denver’s trade with Miami for Dan Wilkinson is voided when Wilkinson doesn’t showup for his physical.
• 4/03/07 — Off-season workouts begin.
• 4/09/07 — Mike Shanahan agrees to a contract extention.
• 4/12/07 — Denver signs WR David Terrell. 2007-08 NFL schedule is released.
• 4/20/07 — Denver signs kicker Todd Sauerbrun.
• 4/26/07 — Denver releases LB Al Wilson and signs LB Warrick Holdman and LB D.D. Lewis.
• 4/28/07 — Denver moves up to draft DE Jarvis Moss.  They also draft DE Tim Crowder and OT Ryan Harris. 
• 4/29/07 — Denver again moves up and drafts DT Marcus Thomas.
• 5/01/07 — Denver waives RB Cedric Cobbs.
• 5/02/07 — Denver signs five college free agents: G Tim Duckworth, DT Steven Harris, WR Marquay McDaniel, S Roderick Rogers and RB Selvin Young.
• 5/07/07 — Denver signs college free agents C Mark Fenton and kicker Brandon Pace.  They release Tim Duckworth.
• 5/14/07 — Denver waives TE Landon Trusty.
• 5/16/07 — OTA days start with QB Camp.
• 5/21/07 — TE Tony Scheffler breaks his left foot during practice. 
• 5/29/07 — OTA days continue as Team Camp begins.
• 6/04/07 — Denver signs DT Sam Adams.
• 6/07/07 — Denver trades with St. Louis for DT Jimmy Kennedy.  They release CB Eric Hill.
• 6/21/07 — C Greg Eslinger is named to the All-NFL Europa Team for his performance with the Cologne Centurions.