Pop quiz! Peyton Hillis is: A 7th round draft pick out of Arkansas. A running back pushed into the role of a fullback by being on the same team as first rounder Darren McFadden and first rounder Felix Jones. Officially listed at 6’2″ and 250 pounds. Being considered as a hybrid H-back, meaning he could […]

Lest we all think Clady isn’t getting any love from the press at all, Doug Farrar of Football Outsiders is taking a look at this year’s hot rookies. Clady gets top billing here. The money quote: When I wrote about Cleveland left tackle Joe Thomas last year, that was as blown away with a rookie […]

Three weeks ago, the Broncos were dead in the water. A bye week in which we were supposed to heal up was followed by more injuries. Champ Bailey went out, we lost to a sputtering New England team and a resurgent Miami team that is not the 1-15 disaster that people expected but neither are […]

I am not, right now, where I want to be as a player, in my career and even in the season. It has been up and down. I have to be more consistent in the playbook and even on the field. That is what I am trying to work on. Say what you want about […]

An MRI confirmed that Ryan Torain has a “clean” tear of his anterior cruciate ligament, which will end his season, Bill Williamson reports. He should be ready to go by training camp for next hear, but he will not see another snap in 2008. We had high hopes for him, especially with everyone else going […]

NFL Network’s Adam Schefter reports that Ryan Torain probably has a torn ACL and unless the MRI shows it to be more benign than that tomorrow, will be placed on Injured Reserve. That would be four, count them, four running backs to go down for the count this season, leaving only Selvin Young who left […]

This is a game that started off miserably and looked to get worse. By the fourth quarter, the usual cast of negative nellies in the liveblog were crowing about how it was over, calling every throw an interception. And indeed, this game had the potential to be another nasty blowout, like Kansas City or New […]

DeAngelo Hall and Michael Huff In more proof that Al Davis has lost whatever marbles he had left, the Raiders waived DeAngelo Hall today. Angered by the Raiders being completely blown out by the Falcons, Al Davis made a list of people that should be considered for flushing and high priced corner Hall got the […]

In a presser today, Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan confirmed that D.J. Williams will be out for 4 weeks with a 3rd degree MCL injury, and Marlon McCree will be out 3-4 weeks with a high ankle sprain. Wesley Woodyard and Louis Green will compete to spend time replacing D.J. Williams. “We are going to […]

Both Andre Hall and Michael Pittman have been moved to the Injured Reserve list following Sunday’s loss to Miami, making bad news for the team continue to get worse. Pittman, who had suffered a rib injury in the loss to the Patriots two weeks ago after appearing like he could the full time back in […]