Update:  Here is the NFL Films audio of Peyton Manning mic’d up. With five weeks of voting still to go, the polls indicate that Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning will be voted into his twelfth Annual All-Star Game appearance by his fans and peers.  Three weeks into fan voting, Manning has received 376,981 votes — more than any other player, according to […]

Bruised ribs is the unsurprising diagnosis for Tim Tebow, who suffered the injury during Sunday’s last play on a helmet-first tackle from Bengals linebacker Abdul Hodge.  His availability for Saturday’s preseason game is unknown. Tebow’s feet may be his X-factor, but the rookie still needs to master pocket passing to keep defenses honest. And to […]

Former Kansas City Chiefs running back Kolby Smith, released Monday by the Chiefs was assigned to the Denver Broncos via waiver claim earlier today. Smith had his best season as a rookie coming off the bench to replace the retired Priest Holmes and the injured Larry Johnson in the 2007 season. His career in Kansas […]

Something that I neglected to cover yesterday is that Mike Shanahan stated Thursday that Brian Westbrook‘s decision was, coming soon. Shanahan chose words carefully stating, “I’m sure he’s looking at his options. We’ll find out in the near future what happens there.” Prior to that he did make it as if it was the Washington […]

Former Philadelphia Eagles great Brian Westbrook is scheduled to visit the Denver Broncos on Thursday. The running back visited former Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Though it looks like that was more of a visit out of courtesy as Westbrook was scheduled to appear with Redskins general manager Dan Snyder at […]

Adam Schefter reported/tweeted the other day that three teams have gave the city of brotherly love a ring. These three teams called to inquire the status of each of their three quarterbacks. Schefter’s tweet is below. Multiple teams have called Eagles to inquire about their three QBs. The conversation, and speculation, will heat up in […]

Breaking down the Denver Broncos‘ opponent from the Football Outsiders‘ perspective. This week: Philadelphia. Recall that lower (negative) percentages are good on defense, bad on offense and special teams. We hope you all had a very merry Christmas, and we wish you a continued happy holidays! The schedule makers certainly didn’t give the Broncos anything […]

My power rankings are fittingly named the ‘Tentative Ten’ because every week it’s subject to change, and erratically at that. This week the Tentative Ten will only feature the top ten eleven rankings. In another post all of  weekly awards will be featured. 1. Indianapolis Colts (14-0) Indianapolis won again… woo… Well actually this time […]

There was a buzz created Sunday.  The surprise of the rookie class, cornerback Tony Carter.  [Denver Post] No need to crunch numbers.  The Battle Plan: Win out  [KDVR.com] The Broncos haven’t posted a winning record in December since 2005.  [Longmont Times-Call] Brian Dawkins returning to Philadelphia is like John Elway coming back to Denver.  [CS […]

My power rankings are fittingly named the ‘Tentative Ten’ because every week it’s subject to change, and erratically at that. Also featured is a Rookie, Defensive, and Offensive Player of the Year Watch, and a Coach of the Year Watch, and Movie to watch this week. 1. New Orleans Saints (7-0) Sorry rookie Jairus Byrd, […]