Analyzing player performances from the Denver Broncos‘ 16-24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, highlighting the good and the bad. Stud: Brandon Lloyd Forget Brandon Marshall, we’ve got Brandon Lloyd.  Lloyd, who leads the NFL in receptions of 40 or more yards, had another big game, 7 catches for 169 yards and his fourth […]

In this season’s annual international game neither team gave the English crowd much to root for or get excited about.  The Broncos and Niners traded possession three times before the “home team”  was able to put together a steady drive ending  up with a field goal by former Bronco Joe Nedney.  The Broncos were unable to sustain […]

Jason Cole is an award-winning writer who covered the Miami Dolphins for 15 years before joining Yahoo! Sports as an NFL columnist. Given that kind of background, it’s surprising to see him completely miss the boat when judging NFL quarterbacks. Below is Cole on the Denver Broncos starting quarterback Kyle Orton: I have to agree […]

Your vote counts, so get to the polls! Fan voting for the 2011 Pro Bowl has started on NFL.com! Voting for the NFL’s annual All-Star Game can be done online and on web-enabled mobile phones by going to NFL.com/ProBowl. After last weeks embarrassing loss to Oakland, there’s been some grumbling in Bronco Nation that no […]

As the Denver Broncos stand, battered, war-torn and close to utterly being depleted… There is one fact that must be reflected upon. Not a single team in the NFL has had a more difficult road this season than the 2-4 Broncos. It started in the preseason even, with the Pittsburgh Steelers and only got worse […]

It’s no fun for a quarterback to face the Leagues’ two best Cornerbacks in back-to-back weeks, just ask Kyle Orton. Last week Orton faced Darrelle Revis and the Jets, this week: Nnamdi Asomugha and the Raiders. The Broncos’ Orton tested Revis early and throughout the game last week, beating him at times, including once for […]

Like countless NFL quarterbacks before him, head coach Josh McDaniels underestimated Champ Bailey‘s ability to recover. Although McDaniels indicated Bailey wouldn’t be ready to practice Thursday, the All Pro put on the pads and participated in the workout, sounding surprised his coach didn’t think he was ready. “Oh he said that?” Bailey said in the […]

Nine players sat out Denver Broncos practice Wednesday, but head coach Josh McDaniels wouldn’t rule out any one of them for Sunday against the Oakland Raiders. They include the five who missed last Sunday — safeties Brian Dawkins (knee) and Darcel McBath (ankle), linebackers Robert Ayers (foot) and Wesley Woodyard (hamstring), and cornerback Andre Goodman […]

Record: 4-1 Streak: Won 4 All-time vs. Denver: 14-16-1 Last time: Broncos, 34-17, 2008 The Line: Jets by 3 Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has officially proclaimed the Broncos’ vs. Jets game as “Orange Sunday” — no, not because the Broncos’ injuries have them at red alert, but because Denver players will be donning their fan-favorite […]

Analyzing player performances from the Denver Broncos‘ 17-31 loss to the Baltimore Ravens Sunday, highlighting the good and the bad. Stud: Kyle Orton Had the man been able to reign supreme over the offense the Broncos would have come away with a win. It is pathetic that Denver was even attempting to run on the […]