The Denver Broncos can beat the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders pose the toughest challenge the Broncos have faced in 2009.  Their defense is aggressive at all levels, especially along the defensive line, and their offense is underrated behind their duo of big bruising backs Darren McFadden and Michael Bush.  What’s more, the Raiders are a [...]

Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels is new at this, not at scouting necessarily, but at being a head coach… He need not be worried, we’re here to help! Instead of covering the entire NFL, what we at The Denver Bronco Talk Blog are doing is covering the NFL that you should care about. Every week, [...]

Injury Report for the Denver Broncos vs. Oakland Raiders NFL game for Sunday, November 23, 2008. DENVER BRONCOS Player Pos Injury Status Nate Jackson TE Hamstring Out Marlon McCree S Ankle Out Nate Webster LB Knee Out D.J. Williams LB Knee Out Selvin Young RB Groin Doubtful Champ Bailey CB Groin Questionable Dre’ Bly CB [...]

Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan is a notorious work-a-holic, rumored to research opponents weeks, if not months ahead of time. Instead of covering the entire NFL, what we at The Denver Bronco Talk Blog are doing is covering the NFL that you should care about. Every opponent the Denver Broncos face this season will get [...]

Rod Smith… John Lynch…. a season ago, Al Wilson and Jake Plummer.  All 4 team captains from 2006.  Who takes over the leadership role? Brandon Marshall can’t escape a feeling of impending doom.  [DPO] TE Tony Scheffler‘s nagging injuries are the team’s inside joke.  [Rocky Mountain News] More buzz about rookie WR Eddie Royal.  [DPO] [...]

Ryan Torain is ready to take his place among Davis, Gary, Anderson, Droughns, Bell, and Young.  Williamson has an article up on ESPN I’ve been waiting for since the Broncos drafted the Arizona State runningback.  Ryan was elated in the 5th round when his phone lit up with the 303 area code knowing it was [...]

Let’s take a look around the AFC West to see what news is brewing across the division. Oakland Raiders: The new trend this NFL offseason is to get your rookies under contract asap, and the Raiders are no exception.  They already signed their 1st round pick Darren McFadden to a whopping 6-year, $60 million deal [...]

The Oakland Raiders may have made a big splash by drafting Darren McFadden Saturday, but anyone with any scrap of sense will tell you that it was the last thing the Raiders needed. Yesterday they released Dominic Rhodes, who let some of his feelings about the Raiders organization be known in a recent interview with [...]

ProFootballTalk is reporting that the Oakland Raiders are strongly considering selecting defensive end Vernon Gholston with the 4th overall pick in the draft, in lieu of RB Darren McFadden. This, of course, to the disappointment of Broncos fans everywhere, who will now have to work hard to engineer a suitable nickname for the Raiders’ #1 [...]

Three league sources confirm that the Broncos are looking to trade down on draft day.  [Denver Post] Jim Armstrong of the Denver Post reminisces about all the failed drafted wideouts, reminding us why Brandon Marshall is so special.  [Denver Post] The Raiders visited with prospect Darren McFadden.  [Inside Bay Area]