Daily Blitz – Rookies Ready to Make Impact

• WR Eddie Royal will start against Houston, and OT Ryan Clady has high expectations due to recent rookie OT success. [BroncoTalk / Rocky Mountain News]
• Don’t blink, but beards are falling off Broncos left and right as the team continues to get younger.  [Denver Post]
• The Denver-to-Houston connection is well documented. For RBs Anthony Alrdige and Selvin Young, the connection is the other way around. [Houston Chronicle]
• Klis offers five quick points to watch during the team’s preseason opener against Houston.  [DPO]
• When it comes to snaps, less is more for Brandon Stokley.  [RMN]
• Dewayne Robertson’s trade looks awfully similar to the one the Jets just swung for Brett Favre.  [DPO]
• All the preseason airing times (not necessarily the live game time) of the NFL Network.  [The W]
• KC:  No surprise here; the Chiefs are rumored to be interested in Chad Pennington.  [ESPN]

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Yesterday’s winner: mikebirty – “Wow, well done to everyone!!!! I can’t believe you all went an entire press conference without mentioning my Diabetes.”  Honorable mention: AKScott, scotto.

Raiders DB’s Deangelo Hall (left) and Michael Huff (Sara Wolfram/Getty Images)

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