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Football Outsiders has named Broncos offensive tackle Orlando Franklin, linebacker Von Miller and cornerback Chris Harris to their 2011 All-Rookie team.  Congrats, fellas!  [FO] Per the Broncos official injury report, safety Brian Dawkins (neck) is doubtful for Sunday’s game.  Kansas City running back Jackie Battle (foot) has been ruled out and safety John McGraw (ankle) [...]

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Published on 12/30/2011 at Fri Dec 30 15:00.   4 Comments
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Former General Manager of the Denver Broncos, Ted Sundquist, recently wrote an article about a high-tech scouting system which was developed by the Broncos and which he says would have been worth “hundreds of thousands of dollars.” “The company’s engineers told us we couldn’t do the things we did with it, but we did. …  [...]

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Published on 10/18/2011 at Tue Oct 18 21:21.   40 Comments
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Six observations from Sunday’s 23-49 loss to the Green Bay Packers. 1. John Fox kept Tim Tebow sidelined in the fourth quarter, with the game out of hand, and it made it absolutely no sense. The Denver Broncos, down 49-17 with 7:46 left in the game, were not coming back from a 32-point deficit. Any [...]

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Published on 10/04/2011 at Tue Oct 04 10:13.   49 Comments
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Rod Smith is among five former Denver Broncos players or coaches on the nominees list for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. [DenverBroncos.com] PFF’s O-line grades have both LG Zane Beadles and C J.D. Walton as the lowest-ranked players at their respective positions this season. [Pro Football Focus] John Elway says he won’t interfere with [...]

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Published on 09/29/2011 at Thu Sep 29 08:30.   8 Comments
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The Denver Broncos are no strangers to regime changes. Owner Pat Bowlen fired “Coach for Life” Mike Shanahan following the 2008 season, opening the door for Josh McDaniels to take over. The plan was for the young McDaniels to inherit Shanahan’s throne. McDaniels, given total control as both personnel manager and coach, would install the [...]

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Published on 09/06/2011 at Tue Sep 06 14:18.   16 Comments
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To help pass the time, we’re reviewing 31 players in 31 days (in alphabetical order) leading all the way up until Game Day on Monday, September 12th.  Today’s player: offensive lineman Zane Beadles. A second year offensive guard who played collegiate football at Utah, Beadles measures up and weighs in at 6-4, 305 pounds.  He [...]

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Published on 08/16/2011 at Tue Aug 16 00:30.   1 Comment
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Bronco fans, we are only a limited amount of hours away from our precious preseason opener. I’m super stoked for this match up, so I’m doing this article real big. Time to name your starters and those who will also light up the show! Brace yourselves, it’s a long read. Offense QB: Kyle Orton, Tim [...]

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Published on 08/11/2011 at Thu Aug 11 15:44.   27 Comments
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UPDATE — Harris will visit with the Broncos Tuesday August 2nd and is expected to re-sign with the team. After offensive lineman Ryan Harris struggled with injuries the last two seasons, it was expected Denver may not re-sign him when his contract was up.  That speculation appears to be coming true.

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Published on 07/31/2011 at Sun Jul 31 12:30.   No Comments
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Although he has been working out on his own, Denver Broncos second year quarterback Tim Tebow has taken some heat for missing several of the team’s unofficial workouts, which were organised by veteran safety Brian Dawkins.  Tebow put an end to such murmurings when he attended a conditioning workout with some of his teammates on Tuesday. According to [...]

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Published on 05/19/2011 at Thu May 19 19:40.   19 Comments
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Good news out of Denver this morning, as Mike Klis of the Denver Post reports that Denver Broncos veteran safety Brian Dawkins organized the first team workout. Dawkins sent out a mass text/e-mail to his teammates a few days ago inviting players who were in the Denver area to attend conditioning workouts Tuesday and Thursday. [...]

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Published on 05/11/2011 at Wed May 11 09:24.   26 Comments
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