Previewing, breaking down, and picking the winners of this weekend’s playoff action. Your picks and game discussion in the comments. Packers (11-5) at Cardinals (10-6) 2:40 p.m. MT The Line: Packers by 3 The Story: Rematches, rematches, rematches. This marks the third game this weekend featuring teams that just played last week. The Packers took […]

The Mike Shanahan-led Redskins were unable to pluck a Denver Broncos offensive assistant away. The Gary Kubiak-led Texans appear to have been more fortunate. Per Adam Schefter on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown, Kubiak has sought and been granted permission to interview Broncos offensive line coach Rick Dennison for their open offensive coordinator position. The Texans’ […]

Previewing, breaking down, and picking the winners of this weekend’s playoff action. Your picks and game discussion in the comments. Ravens (9-7) at Patriots (10-6) 11:00 a.m. MT The Line: Patriots by 3.5 The Story: The Patriots and Tom Brady are undefeated at home in the playoffs, and New England is a perfect 8-0 there […]

Previewing, breaking down, and picking the winners of this weekend’s playoff action. Your picks and game discussion in the comments. Eagles (11-5) at Cowboys (11-5) 6:00 p.m. MT The Line: Cowboys by 3.5 The Story: An interesting juxtaposition of playoff histories will see the field tonight: the Dallas Cowboys haven’t won a playoff game since […]

Previewing, breaking down, and picking the winners of this weekend’s playoff action. Your picks and game discussion in the comments. Jets (9-7) at Bengals (10-6) 2:30 p.m. MT The Line: Bengals by 2.5 The Story: The New York Jets were 7-7 when the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals decided to lay down and let them […]

Denver Broncos rookie linebacker Robert Ayers has been fined $5,000 for his body-slamming tackle on Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles from Sunday, ProFootballTalk reports. Frankly, Ayers is lucky to get away with only $5,000. An inch the wrong way and Charles is significantly hurt. This and a fumble recovery return for a touchdown […]

Every year, USC’s Pete Carroll‘s rumored return to the NFL highlights the league’s coaching carousel. This year is no different — unless you count the truth behind the rumors. A day after firing Jim Mora Jr. for one year of service, the Seahawks reached a five-year agreement with Carroll that will see the nine-year USC […]

The first sign of a Denver Broncos migration to the newly Mike Shanahan-led Washington Redskins leaked Friday, and it involved a rebuffed reunion between Shanahan and his longtime running backs coach Bobby Turner. The Washington Post reports that Washington requested permission to interview Turner for a position on Shanahan’s staff, but Josh McDaniels, who kept […]

Our daily tour of everything happening in the Broncos blogosphere. The boys over at South Stands Denver are prepping for the playoffs.  We at BT have adopted the Cardinals as our Team o’ the Playoffs; in their playoff picks posts, Colin likes Green Bay in the upset while Reidy likes Arizona at home.  Who do […]

Former Denver Broncos tight end Shannon Sharpe has been named a finalist for the 2010 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the team’s official twitter reports. It is his second consecutive year as a finalist candidate. Both Sharpe and running back Terrell Davis were semifinalists in November; the absence of Davis’ name can […]