Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton has been named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for games played during Week 5 of the 2009 NFL season. There’s no question the award, the first of its kind in Orton’s career, is well-deserved after a top-notch performance. The only question is — is Kyle Orton Pro Bowl bound? […]

The Chargers know the stakes heading into Monday’s pivotal AFC West game.  Never has a team gone 6-0 and not won the division.  [San Diego Union Tribune] Fans are making the coach and GM feel the heat, and this article tries to fan the flames.  [SDUT] Josh McDaniels is the early Coach of the Year […]

In what was called his “benchmark game,” Josh McDaniels delivered.  [NBC Sports] McDaniels and Belichick may be of the same mold, but McD’s post-win celebration puts him in a different class. [ESPN] View McDaniels’ fist-pumping ecstasy here. [BroncoTalk] Kyle Orton out-Brady’d Tom Brady.  [ESPN] And Peter King sees a bit of 2001 Brady in this […]

The Denver Broncos defense shut out the New England Patriots in the second half, Kyle Orton was spectacular, and Josh McDaniels out-coached his mentor Bill Belichick as the Broncos beat the Patriots 20-17 in overtime! For the second week, the Broncos had to dig themselves out of a 10-0 hole in the first quarter. For […]

Knowshon Moreno has been named the NFL’s Week 4 Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Week. Congratulations Knowshon!

The Broncos will be facing the Boston — yes, Boston — Patriots this weekend for the first of two Legacy Games, and the team is throwing a stadium-sized party to celebrate. There will be throwback t-shirts (60,000 in fact). There will be yellow. There will be brown. There will be old-school game programs. There will […]

Phenomenal article on Brian Dawkins.  I have absolutely no idea, zero, none whatsoever, why the Eagles let this guy go.  [Yahoo! Sports] Eddie Royal averaged more yards per game in 2008 than he has totaled in 2009.  [YS] We like to get our stats-geek on, and this piece on the Broncos D fits the bill.  […]

Just reported on ESPN: Patriots RB Fred Taylor, the team’s leading rusher, will undergo ankle surgery this week, ruling him out for Sunday’s tilt against the Broncos. If the surgery is successful, Taylor isn’t expected to miss the season. It’s a blow for the Pats — Taylor is their only rusher averaging over 4 ypc […]

Truly epic video/audio of Josh McDaniels during the Dallas game.  [NFL.com] [via] Gene Mingo, who played in the AFL’s first game (a 14-10 Broncos win at the Boston Patriots), will be the Broncos’ honorary team captain this weekend. [DenverBroncos.com] Mingo shows off the yellow and brown jerseys — and yes, the vertical-striped socks — the […]

The Broncos boast the biggest defensive DVOA turnaround since 1996.  [Football Outsiders] While others get most of the pub, the numbers suggest D.J. Williams might be the Broncos’ true Defensive MVP.  [Denver Post] The most important number of all?  That ‘0’ in the L Column.  [Broncos Stable]