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It’s been awhile since we opened up the polls to something beside BT Profile Approval ratings, so with the first set of OTA’s behind us, let’s talk the Denver Broncos offseason. I recently appeared as a guest on All Purpose Roto‘s podcast to talk Broncos, and took inventory of Denver’s offseason to prepare for the [...]

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Published on 05/25/2012 at Fri May 25 13:00.   16 Comments
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Name: Zane Beadles Pos: Guard Ht, Wt: 6’4″, 305 Age: 25 Exp: 3 College: Utah Zane Beadles has started in 30 of 32 possible games in his NFL career — six games at right tackle, and the rest at left guard. A versatile, promising prospect drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of [...]

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Published on 05/22/2012 at Tue May 22 17:00.   3 Comments
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A week ago today, we speculated that the Broncos may bring back veteran receiver Brandon Stokley if the team landed Peyton Manning.  The next day, Stokley told 104.3 The Fan that he would sign with Denver if Manning asked him to do so. Manning must have just asked him to because NFL Network‘s Jason La [...]

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Published on 03/19/2012 at Mon Mar 19 22:07.   19 Comments
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Former Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, a  top 2012 NFL Draft prospect, saw his ratings go through the roof after an impressive Combine performance which featured a 4.41 forty-yard-dash time. Considered the second-best quarterback in the draft (behind Stanford’s Andrew Luck), Griffin won the Heisman Trophy earlier in the year and has been the hottest [...]

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Published on 02/28/2012 at Tue Feb 28 16:00.   57 Comments
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J.D. Walton and Zane Beadles were the only Broncos to play 100% of their possible snaps this season. [Denver Post] The Broncos sit in the middle of the NFL cap pack. [Denver Post] PFT examines the rookie season and future potential of Von Miller. [ProFootballTalk] Peter King dishes on the draft’s top quarterback prospects and [...]

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Published on 02/20/2012 at Mon Feb 20 08:19.   No Comments
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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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