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UPDATE – The episode will now air on Friday, April 11. Jay Cutler‘s recent escapades with the Harlem Globetrotters will be featured on the NFL Network Thursday, according to a Denver Broncos press release. Cutler hosted 125 kids to a day of fun and games last Saturday, April 5, on behalf of his foundation, The […]

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Published on 04/09/2008 at Wed Apr 09 14:40.   3 Comments
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Two potential first round picks are finding their stock falling fast, and in some cases, falling completely off teams’ draft boards after it was revealed that they experimented with marijuana in their college careers. Michigan WR Mario Manningham and Kansas CB Aqib Talib have been completely removed from draft boards of “multiple NFL teams” because […]

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Published on 04/09/2008 at Wed Apr 09 14:13.   1 Comment
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In his most recent mailbag, Jeff Legwold of the Rocky Mountain News had a lot to say about the draft and the offensive line. What I particularly found interesting were his comments on the nickel package the Broncos would employ with new additions Boss Bailey and Niko Koutouvides. “…Bailey and (D.J.) Williams would likely be […]

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Published on 04/09/2008 at Wed Apr 09 11:15.   2 Comments
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The Bleacher Report ranks our running game.  Disclaimer: this was written by a self proclaimed hardcore Raider fan. Gary Kubiak’s son Klint, is making a comeback with the CSU Rams. [coloradoan.com] The Vikings signed Gus!  This is his second stint with the team where he had a 2 1/2 win streak previously.  [ESPN] Speaking of […]

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Published on 04/09/2008 at Wed Apr 09 10:39.   Comments Off on Daily Links Round Two – The Running Game
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Hamza Abdullah has yet to receive any contract offers from other teams.  The RFA deadline is April 18.  [Denver Post] This draft’s running back class doesn’t have anything to match 2007’s Adrian Peterson.  [New York TImes] Baltimore K Matt Stover finds himself neck-deep in offseason controversy now that his e-mail attempting to organize Union head […]

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Published on 04/09/2008 at Wed Apr 09 08:14.   4 Comments
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As draft day approaches, BroncoTalk will be giving you game tape highlights of some of the bigger (and smaller) names around the draft. Today’s installment: Auburn defensive end Quentin Groves, who could find himself in the late first round, but more likely selected in the second. Two short vids after the jump – the first […]

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Published on 04/08/2008 at Tue Apr 08 13:22.   Comments Off on DE Quentin Groves Highlights
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Football Outsiders has another good article up, this time on the AFC West as a whole. I found this nugget particularly interesting: Last season, Cutler threw 496 passes. Of those, 169 were directed at Marshall. Only T.J. Houshmandzadeh was targeted more often. Carson Palmer threw one more pass to Housh than Cutler threw to Marshall, […]

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Published on 04/08/2008 at Tue Apr 08 11:15.   Comments Off on Cutler Relying Too Heavily on Marshall?
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Pittsburgh Steelers director of football operations Kevin Colbert recently called this year’s tackle class the best he’s seen in 25 years. It’s hard to argue; around 6 offensive linemen are speculated to go in the first round of this year’s draft class. If you’ve been following the reports like I have, you’ll notice that some […]

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Published on 04/08/2008 at Tue Apr 08 10:15.   Comments Off on Over-Analyzing the 2008 Draft OT Class
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Just when it seemed like ESPN’s coverage of our team was getting bleak, they actually come out and produce some quality content. Nice round table of their analysts, and they hit the nail on the head for the most part. I don’t exactly agree with Kiper’s Cutler assessment, but the whole segment is fair even […]

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Published on 04/08/2008 at Tue Apr 08 09:23.   4 Comments
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The Kansas City Chiefs worked out free agent kicker Mike Vanderjagt on Monday, and may consider signing him soon. In the meantime, the Broncos are also considering bringing in Vanderjagt for a workout, this according to ESPN.com’s John Clayton. Working on conditioning and kicking, Vandgerjagt, 38, didn’t give up on his hopes of getting back […]

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Published on 04/08/2008 at Tue Apr 08 09:02.   5 Comments
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