The NFL’s biggest joke of a fanbase has been teetering on the edge of blackouts week-to-week for years. They’ll start the 2010 season in a free-fall. The San Diego Chargers‘ home opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars will be blacked out this week after the Chargers fell 7,000 tickets short of a sellout. What’s more, their […]

Having drawn two of its starters from the 2010 draft, the Denver Broncos‘ offensive line was expected to be in a state flux in 2010.  Repeated injuries are only expounding this effect. Until this week, only right guard Chris Kuper had been the healthy exception to this rule, but now even his status is in […]

Charges against Shannon Sharpe were dropped Wednesday.  “Everyone knows this is a lie,” an acquaintance of Sharpe’s accuser told the Denver Post.  Hallelujah. Woody Paige breaks down former Broncos in his latest mailbag. Josh McDaniels wants Laurence Maroney, a free agent in 2011, to earn a contract extension in Denver. The Broncos’ most vital down […]

Record: 1-0 Streak: Won 1 Series vs. Denver: 18-33 Last time: Seahawks, 23-20, 2006 The Line: Broncos by 3.5 The Seahawks didn’t just beat the favored San Francisco 49ers Sunday, they humbled them. Seattle’s 31-6 drubbing over San Fran represented the NFL’s most lopsided score this weekend. Now these long-time AFC West rivals come into […]

News and notes from the weekly press release. View the full release here (.pdf) The Denver Broncos will host the Seattle Seahawks in their 2010 home opener on Sunday. Kickoff at INVESCO Field at Mile High is set for 2:05 p.m. MDT.

Our weekly perusal around the Interwebz for water cooler fodder. (Number in parenthesis represents last week’s ranking). ESPN: 25th (22) The Tim Tebow hype wasn’t all that fell flat in Jacksonville. CBS: 26th (24) It’s going to be a long season for the Broncos. Where is the talent on this roster? Kyle Orton took a […]

The addition of running back Laurence Maroney via trade Tuesday left the Denver Broncos with one-too-many players on their active roster. On Wednesday they addressed the issue. The Broncos have released running back Andre Brown, the National Football Post reports. A 2009 fourth-round draft pick of the New York Giants, the Broncos claimed Brown off […]

Shannon Sharpe has taken a leave of absence from CBS while he settles a family violence complaint. Details about the complaint can be found here. Sharpe hasn’t been charged with a crime or arrested, but the retraining order filed against him cites some pretty serious stuff. Clinton Portis insinuated that a pretty female reporter might […]

Saying “It is what it is,” former New England Patriots running back Laurence Maroney unveiled his thoughts on his trade to the Denver Broncos Tuesday to the Boston Herald‘s Karen Guregian. “You really can’t ever be good enough. It is what it is. It was just once of them situations,” Maroney said by phone. “I […]

Ten days after placing him on Injured Reserve, the Denver Broncos reached an injury settlement with Brandon Stokley Tuesday, the Denver Post reports. The agreement moves Stokley off the Broncos’ Reserved/Injured list, making him a free agent. Stokley suffered a groin injury in August that knocked him out of three of the club’s four preseason […]