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The Denver Broncos are playing it safe with starting right guard Chris Kuper. The seventh-year player, who suffered a gruesome ankle injury during last year’s regular season finale, has steadily seen his workload increase in camp, but the Broncos still will not risk playing him this Thursday. Kuper told Darren McKee of 104.3 The Fan […]

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Published on 08/08/2012 at Wed Aug 08 11:55.   1 Comment
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The Denver Broncos‘ first depth chart of 2012 has been released. It’s more or less as expected based on our observations from camp, but here are a few items of note. BROCK AT #3 QB I wrote not an hour ago that I expected the backup quarterback order to be Caleb Hanie, Brock Osweiler, then […]

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Published on 08/06/2012 at Mon Aug 06 11:26.   9 Comments
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The Denver Broncos were the first team to announce the firing of a head coach (Josh McDaniels, 2010) in NFL history and have fully embraced the social media movement over the past two seasons. The Broncos have been tweeting since 2007, but their social media movement was spearheaded by John Elway in early 2011, shortly […]

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Published on 07/31/2012 at Tue Jul 31 14:30.   Comments Off on Broncos, players fully embracing social media
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Denver Broncos head coach John Fox and a suite of players gathered at Dove Valley to meet with the media on the eve of training camp Wednesday afternoon; here are a few excerpts from those interactions. D.J. Williams will lose first team reps With a six-game suspension looming at the start of the season, Fox […]

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Published on 07/25/2012 at Wed Jul 25 14:39.   3 Comments
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Three strikes, you’re out. That’s how America’s other favorite sport plays ball, and that’s how Roger Goodell and company operate. At least when it comes to drug testing. In a detailed, damning report, the Denver Post‘s John Ingold outlines the incidents that led to Denver Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams‘ six-game suspension, stating that Williams failed […]

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Published on 07/12/2012 at Thu Jul 12 10:30.   17 Comments
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Ever since iTweetGate, fans have become increasingly adamant that nine-year linebacker D.J. Williams should be shipped out of town. In one of our recent polls, 55% of fans voted in favor of D.J. being taken out of the starting lineup all together. My response has been that the team values D.J.’s on-the-field performance higher than his occasional off-the-field mishaps — […]

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Published on 07/08/2012 at Sun Jul 08 12:00.   15 Comments
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The Denver Broncos recently joined the iPad playbook revolution and have given every player a ‘Pad for studying film, plays and more.  For the younger, tech-savvy players, the iPads are an easy adjustment. But for some of the veterans, including eleven-time Pro Bowler Champ Bailey, the iPads will take some period of adjustment. “When I […]

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Published on 07/07/2012 at Sat Jul 07 10:30.   3 Comments
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Not to be outdone by NFL Network’s meaningless Top 100 list, ESPN has been revealing their Top 40 players from each division in the NFL.  On Friday, they ranked the AFC West. Ten members of the Broncos made the list, with quarterback Peyton Manning ranked first overall and linebacker Von Miller coming in at No. […]

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Published on 07/06/2012 at Fri Jul 06 11:06.   4 Comments
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This offseason, we’re going to do a Speak Up series looking at each position (o-line, d-line, etc).  Today, we’re looking at the linebackers. We want to know who you think should be the three main linebackers in the Denver Broncos‘ 4-3 defense this season.  Who should play base, who should play nickel? Returning:  MLB Joe […]

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Published on 06/28/2012 at Thu Jun 28 10:00.   27 Comments
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Today is the great John Elway‘s 52nd Birthday.  During his sixteen-years as a quarterback, Elway led the Denver Broncos to five Super Bowls (winning two), threw for 300 touchdowns, was selected to nine Pro Bowls, was a member of the NFL’s 1990s All-Decade Team and won a League MVP (1987). After his career was finished, […]

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Published on 06/28/2012 at Thu Jun 28 08:29.   2 Comments
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