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Former Chiefs center Casey Wiegmann has signed a two-year deal with the Denver Broncos, according to Adam Caplan of Scout.com.  Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed, although the report believes the contract is worth around $3 million. Wiegmann has started 96 straight games for the Chiefs, making him an extremely durable […]

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Published on 03/20/2008 at Thu Mar 20 09:11.   1 Comment
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Both sides are interested, now Casey Wiegmann will go home and talk to his fiancee about living in higher elevations.  [Denver Post] Wiegmann’s agent says he is seriously considering Denver; also in this article – more details about the Jason Elam contract offer from the Broncos.  [Rocky Mountain News] The Broncos let go of 8 […]

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Published on 03/20/2008 at Thu Mar 20 08:52.   2 Comments
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Jason Elam is in Atlanta, where signing the 38-year old would provide the Falcons with a youth movement of nearly 10 years.  He’s as good as gone.  [Denver Post] Jim Armstrong points out that the Broncos may have to strike gold (again) in the 4th or 5th rounds of the draft to catch the Chargers […]

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Published on 03/19/2008 at Wed Mar 19 12:46.   Comments Off on Daily Links – Elam Visits Atlanta Today
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Two great articles detailing Broncos owner Pat Bowlen‘s opinion on the Ted Sundquist/Mike Shanahan situation.  We’ll start with the RMN, where Bowlen says that the relationship between the GM and Coach was hardly functional at all, and a change had to be made.  [Rocky Mountain News] Bowlen talks about these changes in more depth, specifically […]

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Published on 03/18/2008 at Tue Mar 18 09:13.   1 Comment
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The Broncos worked a sign and trade deal to send offensive lineman Chris Myers to the Texans in return for a sixth round draft pick in next month’s draft. This deal is a bit of a stunner, not so much that it happened based off of what Kyle reported earlier, but how it went down. […]

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Published on 03/17/2008 at Mon Mar 17 13:54.   10 Comments
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Mike Klis lets us know that the Broncos are still in pursuit of Dewayne Robertson in his Broncos Brief. [Denver Post] Panther’s Defensive End Julius Peppers was in town, and nobody is quite sure why. I thought we were pretty deep at DE after last year’s draft. [Rocky Mountain News] MHR has a great writeup […]

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Published on 03/17/2008 at Mon Mar 17 12:47.   Comments Off on Daily Links – Vast Quantities of Non Bronco Specific News
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The Broncos remain unswayed in guaranteed money with Elam, so he moves on to Atlanta for now. [Denver Post, My Fox Colorado, Rocky Mountain News] Known Shanahan hater Mike Florio is calling the coach’s firing of Sundquist desperate. [Sporting News] Real Football is wrapping up their poor series of 5 Broncos questions with the red […]

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Published on 03/15/2008 at Sat Mar 15 13:38.   Comments Off on Weekend Links – Possibly Saying Goodbye
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Great read about life at the top for Mike Shanahan, and what the recent firings mean for the Broncos organization. The bottom line (figuratively, and literally in this article) – “Whatever happens, it’s going to be Shanahan’s way. It’s worked before.” [Denver Post – Photo Courtesy] Meanwhile, Shanahan is still taking some pointed criticism for […]

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Published on 03/14/2008 at Fri Mar 14 09:01.   2 Comments
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Al Wilson has filed a grievance against the Denver Broncos regarding the neck injury he sustained in November 2006, the Denver Post reports. The suit claims that Wilson was not properly informed by the Broncos’ physicians of the seriousness of his condition, stating that he further aggravated his ailment by playing in the following 3 […]

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Published on 03/14/2008 at Fri Mar 14 00:17.   3 Comments
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Mike Kizla at the Denver Post tells us some of the stuff that happened behind the scenes, and tells us the writing was on the wall. [Denver Post] Is Mike Shanahan slipping into a mad scientist role? [Thin Air] Some Broncos fans aren’t surprised at all. [The Beat] Jason Elam is back in the country, […]

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Published on 03/13/2008 at Thu Mar 13 07:34.   1 Comment
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