After recording an 8-8 record and a playoff berth last season, Denver’s top two 2011 coordinators — Mike McCoy and Dennis Allen — suddenly became head coaching candidates.  The Oakland Raiders were granted permission to interview both coaches (and they ended up hiring Allen) and the Miami Dolphins considered signing McCoy. Allen was considered the one responsible […]

The league’s 2012 Supplemental Draft will be held on Thursday and eight players are eligible to be selected.  One of the prospects in the draft is former Alabama A&M linebacker Larry Lumpkin, who was ruled ineligible for the 2012 college football season. The draft gives players often labeled as character-flawed a chance to rectify their football careers.  Players […]

Ever since iTweetGate, fans have become increasingly adamant that nine-year linebacker D.J. Williams should be shipped out of town. In one of our recent polls, 55% of fans voted in favor of D.J. being taken out of the starting lineup all together. My response has been that the team values D.J.’s on-the-field performance higher than his occasional off-the-field mishaps — […]

Ah, San Diego.  How easy you make it for us to mock you. In a desperate attempt to sell tickets, the Chargers are aggressively marketing to Kansas City Chiefs fans.  Yes, San Diego is trying to fill their stadium with fans of their rival in order to make money. The Chargers are trying to get Chief fans […]

Since 2008, eight different quarterbacks have passed through Denver.  And all three of the Broncos’ top three quarterbacks from last season are now employed elsewhere. Last summer, Kyle Orton, Brady Quinn and Tim Tebow were all competing to secure Denver’s starting quarterback position.  Orton ended up winning the job and held it mid-way through the […]

The Denver Broncos recently joined the iPad playbook revolution and have given every player a ‘Pad for studying film, plays and more.  For the younger, tech-savvy players, the iPads are an easy adjustment. But for some of the veterans, including eleven-time Pro Bowler Champ Bailey, the iPads will take some period of adjustment. “When I […]

In 2007, the Denver Broncos signed kicker Matt Prater off the Miami Dolphin‘s practice squad.  Five years later, Prater is the team’s starting kicker and just signed a four-year deal with the team. Now he can move out of the hotel he has been staying in since signing with the team five years ago. “I’m […]

Not to be outdone by NFL Network’s meaningless Top 100 list, ESPN has been revealing their Top 40 players from each division in the NFL.  On Friday, they ranked the AFC West. Ten members of the Broncos made the list, with quarterback Peyton Manning ranked first overall and linebacker Von Miller coming in at No. […]

Forget Madden video game covers, our favorite quarterback is on the cover of a cereal box. Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning appears on the Wheaties boxes being sold in Colorado, according to our friends at Bronco Planet.  The box, with Wheaties’ fittingly orange background, shows Manning in workout attire with a football in hand. This […]

Be sure to follow me on Twitter for more Broncos updates throughout the day. Denver Broncos News THE THREE STOOGES | Mile High Sports Matt Prater often calls home to Florida to see if his dad has seen any hawks. No joke. Prater’s nickname is “Hawk” for that very reason. Matt Prater’s new Broncos deal […]