Shannon Sharpe has taken a leave of absence from CBS while he settles a family violence complaint. Details about the complaint can be found here. Sharpe hasn’t been charged with a crime or arrested, but the retraining order filed against him cites some pretty serious stuff. Clinton Portis insinuated that a pretty female reporter might […]

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As Week One in the NFL came to a close, it’s the Kansas City Chiefs — owners of a combined 10-38 record over the past three seasons — who stood alone atop the AFC West. They arrived there in dramatic fashion. Four stops inside the six-yard line with less than a minute to play sealed […]

Since 1996 (and even before that) the Denver Broncos don’t have a rich history of their first round draft picks holding out and you’ll see that even when they do, two thirds of the time it has worked out all the same. As a matter of fact, via a Denver litmus test following this season, […]

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 […]

Is it better to be too offensive or too defensive? It’s been said that defense wins championships, I’ve been known to agree to that, but offense wins games. It wasn’t often the lack of defense that killed the Denver Broncos last season, it was usually the lack of offense. The defense deserves most of the […]

Darcel McBath 2009 Analysis: I think without McBath the Alphonso Smith pick earlier in the second round doesn’t look quite as bad. McBath was a bruiser on special teams, one of the Denver Broncos better players. In punt formation he served as the personal protector for the punter as well. McBath had better stats than […]

Don’t expect any of these Broncos to sign their tender offers anytime soon, says Mike Klis of the Denver Post.  [All Things Broncos] “Welcome to what promises to be another tumultuous offseason at Dove Valley,” he continues.  [Denver Post] Frank Schwab breaks down what each tender offer means for the player’s future in Denver.  [Colorado […]

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 […]

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 […]