Safety Josh Barrett had already scheduled his shoulder surgery and cleared the procedure with his team when the Denver Broncos announced he would be placed on Injured Reserve Thursday. But, as part of the process of being placed on IR, Barrett was actually placed on the Waived/Injured list, meaning the other 31 teams had 24 [...]

My power rankings are fittingly named the ‘Tentative Ten’ because every week it’s subject to check, and erratically at that. Also featured is a Rookie, Defensive, and Offensive Player of the Year Watch, and a Coach of the Year Watch. Sorry about no post last week, I was stricken with the swine flu and trust me [...]

Both the Chiefs and the Raiders won Sunday.  Mind the flying pigs on your commute today.  [ESPN 1, 2] But tonight, the real contenders in the division face off.  [ESPN] The Broncos have adjusted well to every opponent they faced.  [ESPN] These adjustments happen in-game and during the week.  [Colorado Springs Gazette] While the Chargers [...]

In what was called his “benchmark game,” Josh McDaniels delivered.  [NBC Sports] McDaniels and Belichick may be of the same mold, but McD’s post-win celebration puts him in a different class. [ESPN] View McDaniels’ fist-pumping ecstasy here. [BroncoTalk] Kyle Orton out-Brady’d Tom Brady.  [ESPN] And Peter King sees a bit of 2001 Brady in this [...]

Record: 3-1 Streak: Won 2 Series vs. Denver: Broncos, 24-16 Last time: Patriots, 41-7, 2008 The Line: Patriots by 3.5 Who’s hot: QB Tom Brady. Maybe “hot” is too strong a word; if it weren’t for three weeks of looking legitimately bad, his pedestrian 258-yard, 1-TD performance Sunday would seem merely lukewarm. But against a [...]

The San Diego Chargers head into their bye bruised, beaten, and bound for a Week 6 battle with the Broncos.  [San Diego Union Tribune] Unlike last year at the bye (when they fired DC Ted Cottrell), San Diego won’t be making any sweeping changes.  [SDUT] Denver has New England this week.  You get the impression [...]

Bite-sized morsels of coaching wisdom, courtesy the Broncos PR staff. HEAD COACH JOSH McDANIELS On if he senses that the Broncos are the most talked about team in the NFL at this time “No, I don’t. Whether that is the case or not, there are plenty of things that we need to do a lot [...]

“When all the facts come out, people will find out Richard (Quinn)‘s done nothing wrong…. Richard did everything he was taught to do to defuse an otherwise irrational person and he’s the person sitting in jail.” [Denver Post] Turning on the way-back machine (not really) to May 2009.  Quinn talks about being drafted.  [Colorado Springs [...]

When in doubt regarding the purchase of a supposedly authentic piece of art, one is forced to ask questions regarding the piece’s provenance… Who has owned the piece before, where did it come from, can we trace it all the way back to the originator? Is there a piece missing, is it a sham? An [...]

Got a link worth sharing? Email broncotalk ~at~ gmail (dot) com. The Broncos must cut their roster from 80 to 75 today.  But that’s the same case for every NFL team.  Will they also be looking at other released talent, like QB Kevin O’Connell?  [No link, just thinking out loud] No one’s certain if either [...]