NFL Films breaks it down.  [NFL.com] AFC Playbook follows suit.  [NFL.com] Slow starts are nothing new for the Chargers.  [Longmont Times Call] Neither are fast starts for the Broncos.  [Sports Illustrated] Brandon Marshall is a happy camper again.  [CBS4 Denver] Champ calls the 2008 season finale the worst loss of his career.  [Denver Post] Despite […]

The Broncos are now tied for last in average drive start position after kickoff.  I can haz kick returner?  [Denver Post] Not that they need one if they can execute 98-yard drives like this.  [NFL.com] Kyle Orton: To pay or not to pay?  [DPO] We felt mentioning an Orton Pro Bowl was bold, but now […]

Champ Bailey‘s unorthodox technique hasn’t stopped him from being dominant.  [Colorado Springs Gazette] And it hasn’t stopped him from being confident — confident “through the roof.”  [Sports Radio Interviews] Bailey and company lead the league in passes defensed, tallying 36 with six interceptions.  [Denver Post] They’ll be challenged Monday against pass-happy, big-receiver San Diego.  [DPO]

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 […]

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.  […]

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]

Doubters don’t have a lot to go on anymore, but the Broncos welcome them anyway.  [Denver Post] The defense made it so the offense needed just one big play.  [DPO] David Ramey waxes poetic on that big play, Brandon Marshall‘s touchdown catch.  [Colorado Springs Gazette] It’s all good in Broncoland.  [FanHouse]

Traffic will be a little tricky going to the game due to road closures.  [DenverBroncos.com] Robert Ayers hasn’t cracked the stat sheet but once, but don’t call the rookie a bust.  [Colorado Springs Gazette] Dallas columnist says Tony Romo could use a little of Kyle Orton‘s patient, game-managing style.  [Dallas Morning News]