Thursday Injury Report for the Week 15 NFL game between the Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders on Sunday, December 20, 2009.

DNP – Did Not Participate; LP – Limited Participation; FP – Full Participation; NL – Not Listed

Changes from Wednesday’s injury report in bold. Raiders report after the jump. Click here to read the rest of this entry »

I have never been so joyous after a Broncos loss.

I realize that statement shouldn’t exist in my brain, but it does. Somehow.

As I stated in the last SL, these next few weeks are meant to be soaked in. A time to reflect and hopefully relax, while enjoying a few (enough) Broncos wins to propel us into the post season.

With that mantra, I sat down at the Broncos bar, ordered a coffee (I still had the shakes from Thursday night…don’t ask), and put on a shit eating grin as Peyton Manning picked the defense apart for 21 straight points. Now that’s what I call happiness.

My table of compadres pounded their fists on the table, moaned exasperated sighs, and sweat out Saturday nights mistakes,. I just smiled that shit eating grin, as the Best QB in football did what he always does, make it look easy.

Then, something incredible happened, McDaniels’ guys started playing. Click here to read the rest of this entry »

Record: 4-9
Streak: Lost 1
Series vs. Denver: Raiders, 55-41-2
Last time: Broncos, 23-3
The Line: Broncos by 14

Who’s hot: QB J.P. Losman. Life is good for Losman right now. He just won the UFL’s Inaugural Championship Game as starting QB of the Las Vegas Locomotives (“They’re Loco for Losman!”). Then the Oakland Raiders come along and tell Losman they want to pay him to do the same thing they pay JaMarcus Russell to do: pretend to play quarterback in the NFL. Welcome home, J.P. Click here to read the rest of this entry »

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry has passed away, ESPN reports, following injuries suffered from a truck accident Wednesday night. Henry was hospitalized overnight after being found on a residential road. He succumbed to his injuries at 6:36 a.m. this morning.

Henry, who was raising three children with his fiancee Loleini Tonga, was 26.

The first thing I did when I woke up this morning was search for news on Henry, only to find the worst. What a senseless and saddening tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Henry’s family, friends, and the entire Bengals community and fans.

• Chris Simms stands up for his accused doctor.  “He saved my career”  [Denver Post]
• More on Chris Simms and Dr. Anthony Galea.  [Denver Post]
• A somewhat frantic look at the Broncos 2009 season.  [In Denver Times]
• Peyton Hillis is the forgotten man in Denver’s backfield.  [Boulder Daily Camera]
• The dirty play of Richard Seymour is enough to re-ignite this rivalry.  [CS Gazette]
• The key match up of Brandon Marshall against Nnamdi Asomugha.  [Denver Post]
  
• Premature rankings of the top 10 receivers for next season.  Brandon Marshall sits at 3rd.  [The Pigskin Doctors]
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Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels, quarterback Kyle Orton and safety Brian Dawkins address the media in preparation for the team’s Week 15 battle with the Oakland Raiders Sunday.

Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels screams to officials as his team played the Indianapolis Colts in the first quarter of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

HEAD COACH JOSH McDANIELS

On Oakland Head Coach Tom Cable announcing that QB Charlie Frye will start on Sunday

“It’s not going to change our preparation. We’ll get familiar with him this week. I’ve had some familiarity before. He’s played in games, obviously, in this league for a few years. This won’t be his first opportunity (to play). We’ll get to know him over the next four days. We don’t expect their offense to change that dramatically. They’ve got a lot of explosive players (and a) good running game. We’ll prepare like normal.”

On how to familiarize the Broncos with Frye

“We’ll have all the film of him actually playing in games and all of that stuff available for our players here today. We’ll talk about some of his strengths and weaknesses just like we would any other player.” Click here to read the rest of this entry »

Wednesday Injury Report for the Week 15 NFL game between the Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders on Sunday, December 20, 2009.

DNP – Did Not Participate; LP – Limited Participation; FP – Full Participation; NL – Not Listed

Raiders report after the jump. Click here to read the rest of this entry »

Thanks as always to the Broncos PR department for this portion of the weekly press release. View the full release here (.pdf).

The Denver Broncos (8-5) and Oakland Raiders (4-9) face off for the 99th time in the regular season on Sunday at INVESCO Field at Mile High. Kickoff is set for 2:05 p.m. MST, and the game will be televised on CBS with Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker calling the action.

QUICKLY:

• The Broncos are coming off a 28-16 defeat at Indianapolis, which improved to 13-0 with its win. Denver scored 16 consecutive points and outgained the Colts 272-27 (net yards) during a stretch covering the middle of the second quarter through early in the fourth quarter to trim its deficit to 21-16 late in the game.
• After earning a 23-3 win at Oakland on Sept. 27, the Broncos can sweep their season series with the Raiders for the first time since 2006 and the 15th time in club annals with a victory on Sunday.
• Denver is 15-3 (.833) at home in December since 2000.

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Oakland Raiders quarterback Charlie Frye (3) gets pressured by Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jason Williams (58) in a 2009 preseason game. (AP Photo/Marcio Sanchez)

The Oakland Raiders aren’t enjoying any type of substantial return on the $60 million investment that is JaMarcus Russell.

Following an injury to QB Bruce Gradkowski, who had already usurped 2007’s top overall draft pick as the Raiders starting quarterback in November, head coach Tom Cable told reporters today that Charlie Frye will start against the Broncos in Week 15.

Frye, who is on his third team in three years, started the season as the Raiders’ third-string quarterback. He saw action in one game (one start) with the Seahawks in 2008, throwing two interceptions and two touchdowns.

That just happens to be the same number of touchdowns Russell threw in nine starts in 2009.

The Russell Era in Oakland is hitting new, Ryan Leaf-level lows. Now the Broncos are tasked with testing the next better-than-Russell signal-caller in Oakland.

If they can intercept Peyton Manning three times, something tells us it will be a long day for Frye.

• Chris Simms has been entangled along with former Bronco Javon Walker in an ongoing HGH investigation.  [Denver Post]
• Brandon Marshall’s big payday is coming.  [National Football Post]
• No one would have guessed this in August.  These Broncos are on the path to success.  [Denver Post]
• Brandon Marshall’s big day should actually be a little disconcerting for the offense.  [BroncosZone]
• A profile of Knowshon Moreno: Broncos faith in Rookie Validated.  [USA Today]
• The team is not yet ready to talk about playoffs, just focus on the rest of the schedule.  [Denver Post]
• The running back corps is banged up, many fans could get their wish, Hillis getting the nod.  [Denver Post]
• Denver is in good shape for a playoff berth this season.  [CS Gazette]
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