Today is former Denver Broncos tight end Shannon Sharpe‘s forty-fourth birthday.  Happy Birthday, Shannon! During his career, the Birthday Boy was an eight-time Pro Bowler, a four-time Associated Press All Pro, a three-time Super Bowl Champion, a member of the NFL’s 1990s All Decade Team and a member of the Denver Broncos 50th Anniversary Team. […]

We love our readers here at BroncoTalk so we thought we would show our appreciation by doing a giveaway on the site. If you follow our Facebook page, you already know that we giveaway trading cards — sometimes autographed — on our page every Monday.  Those winners are randomly selected, today we’re doing something different. […]

Merely days after cover voting started, Denver’s two representatives — linebacker Von Miller and quarterback Tim Tebow — were eliminated in the cover vote for the Madden NFL 13 video game athlete.  That didn’t stop EA Sports from featuring several historical Broncos in the game. Former quarterback John Elway and tight end Shannon Sharpe will be among the “legends” […]

With training camp less than a month away, the Denver Broncos still have several contracts to get done. The team has $10.87 million in cap space, according to PFT, and three players remain un-signed.  Disgruntled kicker Matt Prater, rookie quarterback Brock Osweiler and running back Ronnie Hillman are negotiating multiple-year deals with the club. Prater is seeking […]

Update (6/24/12, 4:28 p.m.):  According to reports, Denver never offered Tomlinson a contract, his agent merely contacted the team.  That makes one wonder, did Tomlinson ultimately decide he couldn’t see himself in orange, or did the Broncos make the decision for him? LaDainian Tomlinson, a future Hall of Fame running back who scored 132 points against the […]

On Monday, Denver Broncos second-year linebacker Von Miller appeared on the Jim Rome show.  Among the topics discussed were Miller’s glasses. Rome noted that many athletes, particularly NBA players, have been rocking “specs” lately and asked Miller if he thinks the trend was started by the 2011 Defensive Rookie of the Year.  Miller responded, “There […]

The Denver Broncos are scheduled to appear on Sunday Night Football twice in 2012, with the possibility of a third appearance after Week 11 due to the NFL’s flex scheduling.  With five prime-times games, the Broncos will be buzzed about this season, and NBC may try to capitalize on that. Each year, country music singer Faith Hill opens NBC’s […]

In eighty-five days, the Denver Broncos will kickoff their 2012 season on Sunday Night Football against the Pittsburgh Steelers on September, 9th. Because we love our readers so much, we put together this handy-dandy countdown widget for you to check daily. (Actually, Kyle went camping and asked the staff to have some content on the blog over […]

We noted yesterday that disgruntled Broncos kicker Matt Prater would likely show up by July 26th.  Today, we learned that Prater will have to sign by July 16th. Prater skipped all of the team’s offseason OTAs and minicamp practice sessions in protest of the one-year $2.654 million franchise tag the team placed on him earlier […]

The Denver Broncos concluded their second session of a four-day offseason minicamp on Wednesday.  Here are some quick hits on today’s events: Attendance report — For the second consecutive day, kicker Matt Prater was the sole player absent, holding out in hopes of receiving a long-term contract.  The Broncos had offered Prater a one-year tender worth about $2.5 million, […]