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Mike Shanahan made his first signing with the Redskins: 2008 Denver Broncos 4th round draft pick Kory Lichtensteiger.  [ProFootballTalk] Age and experience are deciding factors as Josh McDaniels evaluates his personnel this offseason.  [Denver Post] The Broncos have a lot of tender decisions to make.  (Yeah, sorry).  [DPO] We seriously applaud the Gazette’s Frank Schwab […]

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Published on 01/15/2010 at Fri Jan 15 08:00.   4 Comments
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We’re not the only Broncos blog on the block, so let’s go take a walk ’round the neighborhood… Broncos Stable discusses Rick Dennison‘s coaching career before mentioning how big a downer these departures have been. “Right now everyone is leaving, and that’s not so much fun.” South Stands Denver prognosticates the playoffs again. Colin went […]

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Published on 01/14/2010 at Thu Jan 14 19:09.   3 Comments
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Elvis Dumervil grew up in Miami’s Little Haiti and has 40-50 relatives in the country.  [Denver Post] Dumervil encourages everyone to donate.  [All Things Broncos] View video of Dumervil’s appearance on SC here.  [BroncoTalk] Darrell Reid was in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island with Haiti, when the earthquake struck.  Reid returned to the […]

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Published on 01/14/2010 at Thu Jan 14 10:24.   9 Comments
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Rick Dennison‘s departure to Houston leaves the door open for Josh McDaniels to make the sweeping offensive changes over which we’ve speculated for weeks.  [ESPN] Brandon Marshall actually had more big plays in 2009 than 2008.  The difference in his yards per catch (11.1 from 12.2) is more attributable to the lack of intermediate 10-20 […]

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Published on 01/13/2010 at Wed Jan 13 09:38.   2 Comments
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The days of longtime Denver Broncos running back coach Bobby Turner‘s reign in the Rockies appear to be numbered. Per Lindsay Jones of the Denver Post, Turner has been offered the job title of “associate head coach” with Mike Shanahan and the Washington Redskins. That, of course, would involve a promotion, which is why Josh […]

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Published on 01/11/2010 at Mon Jan 11 20:34.   4 Comments
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Denver Broncos running backs coach Bobby Turner will get to interview with the Washington Redskins after all. After the Broncos denied the same request from the Redskins last week, they have now permitted Turner to interview in Washington, Adam Schefter reports. Schefter did not indicate whether Turner was interviewing for the same position as the […]

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Published on 01/11/2010 at Mon Jan 11 15:37.   9 Comments
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With Denver Broncos offensive line coach Rick Dennison interviewing with the Houston Texans today, and running backs coach Bobby Turner denied that same opportunity in Washington, many have asked via Twitter, email and comments why the former was permitted to talk with another team, and the latter was not. Our initial understanding was that Turner’s […]

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Published on 01/11/2010 at Mon Jan 11 09:35.   3 Comments
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The first sign of a Denver Broncos migration to the newly Mike Shanahan-led Washington Redskins leaked Friday, and it involved a rebuffed reunion between Shanahan and his longtime running backs coach Bobby Turner. The Washington Post reports that Washington requested permission to interview Turner for a position on Shanahan’s staff, but Josh McDaniels, who kept […]

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Published on 01/08/2010 at Fri Jan 08 21:19.   11 Comments
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The Denver Broncos on Friday added three players via future contracts: punter A.J. Trapasso (whom we already knew about), center Dustin Fry and guard Matt McChesney.  Fry and McChesney weigh 326 and 333 lbs. respectively.  [Denver Post] Josh McDaniels‘ public statements on Brandon Marshall and Tony Scheffler will make it harder for the Broncos to […]

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Published on 01/08/2010 at Fri Jan 08 08:00.   6 Comments
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It was a tough year for Peyton Hillis. After leading the team in rushing yards in 2008, Hillis saw his role reduced in 2009, seeing most of his playing time in special teams while getting the occasional carry as the team’s third-string tailback. Things were so tough, in fact, that Hillis told KDVR’s Josina Anderson […]

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Published on 01/07/2010 at Thu Jan 07 16:00.   72 Comments
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