Peyton Hillis celebrates a touchdown against the Falcons. (Reuters photo)
As much as we all love our quarterback with a rocket arm and our giant wide receiver that leads the league in yards after the catch, the position that will make or break this team’s season can be described in one word: Backup.
This week was [...]

Rookie Spencer Larsen started at both middle linebacker and fullback for the Broncos. (Getty Images)
Rookie Spencer Larsen is the Broncos’ backup fullback, behind fellow rookie Peyton Hillis. Larsen is also the third string middle linebacker. It’s not very often that a player in his position on the depth chart is able to [...]

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UPDATE 9:51am - Champ Bailey has been ruled OUT and will not play.
UPDATE 9:34am - Peyton Hillis will start at tailback.

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Hello Bronco Nation, this is East and I will be guest posting today. First off, I would like to thank Kyle for giving me this opportunity to give you all this post about the best freaking franchise ever to be created. It’s mid week now so it’s about that time us Denver fanatics scour the [...]

Denver Broncos Head Coach Mike Shanahan and quarterback Jay Cutler took the mic Wednesday in their weekly presser. The running back situation - what with the additions of Tatum Bell and Alex Haynes this week after the Broncos placed their fourth RB on IR this season - dominated the discussion.
“He was the only one [...]

I must apologize for my long term absence, I’ve made the move from the south, back to New York City and had a hell of a time getting into my apartment which was being built. Onto the words…

My address has changed, now if you wrote me a letter, you’d be writing Wall Street on [...]

This is a game that started off miserably and looked to get worse. By the fourth quarter, the usual cast of negative nellies in the liveblog were crowing about how it was over, calling every throw an interception. And indeed, this game had the potential to be another nasty blowout, like Kansas City or New [...]

The passing game carried the Broncos to a furious fourth quarter comeback. (AP Photo)
This is just the spark the Broncos need.
Trailing 23-10 in the second half, the Denver Broncos (5-4) were in trouble. Already without their top three options at running back, they relied on their passing game - and an amazing play [...]

Every week, it seems the Broncos lose two to three more players for a significant amount of time due to injury. This Sunday was no different. The Broncos lost running backs Andre Hall and Michael Pittman for the season on Sunday; they also lost linebacker D.J. Williams and safety Marlon McCree for three [...]

Dolphins DB Will Allen returns a Jay Cutler interception. (AP Photo)
First, Jay Cutler threw an interception in Broncos territory that led to three points for Miami. Two possessions later, he threw another pick, this one returned for a touchdown. Before you knew it, it was 13-0, and the Miami Dolphins (4-4) would hold [...]