Knowshon Moreno and Brandon Stokley were no-shows for Friday’s practice at Dove Valley, Frank Schwab of the Colorado Springs Gazette reports. Stokley has been back-and-forth with a thigh injury all week, while Moreno’s absence comes as quite a surprise. Moreno’s absence was wholly unexpected – he had not appeared on the injury report this week. […]

When asked what challenges Oakland‘s WRs present, Champ Bailey didn’t hesitate: “Speed.”  [DenverBroncos.com] Video preview of the upcoming matchup.  [DB.com] The Raiders are bringing a swagger to Sunday’s game.  [Yahoo! Sports] Oakland’s tendency to max protect does it more harm than good.  [Mile High Report] A video celebration of some of the greatest Broncos of […]

If the Oakland Raiders pull out a win on Sunday, but no one is there to see it… does the win really happen? As excited as Raiders fans seem to be at their team’s tepid start, and with one of the NFL’s most storied rivalries taking another spin, you would think Oakland fans could muster […]

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Kyle Orton and Brian Dawkins just don’t know what it means to play in Oaktown.  [DenverBroncos.com] But the Broncos see the tape – this Raiders team is tough.  [Colorado Springs Gazette] Broncos aren’t buying into the 2-0 hype.  “It’s two games,” Dawkins said.  “If we don’t come out to play this week, we’ll be 2-1.”  […]

HEAD COACH JOSH McDANIELS On his first Broncos-Raiders game “It is our first division game. We are excited about starting that process here. Against the Raiders, there certainly have been a lot of great games over the course of the years. I have watched them from afar, but it will be great to be a […]

Audio above: Josh McDaniels appears on the Myers and Hartman Show.  [KXPS 1010] Through two weeks, the Broncos rank 7th in DVOA.  The rest of the AFC West is in the 20’s.  [Football Outsiders] Kyle Orton‘s week 2 performance ranked him 6th in DYAR, again tops in the division.  [FO] Broncos play dodgeball at the […]

Today we bring you a second-hand scouting report on the Oakland Raiders, and the key to defeating Tom Cable‘s group of go-getters. Mighty wisdom from Yahoo’s MJD. A word of advice to teams playing the Raiders: Pressure JaMarcus Russell, but try to avoid hitting JaMarcus Russell. If you must do so, do so gingerly, as […]

San Diego Chargers Head Coach Norv Turner and I have never really seen eye-to-eye. I can’t quite put my finger on why, but perhaps it has something to do with him coaching two of my least favorite franchises in all of sports in this decade. Let’s let bygones be bygones. After all, his comments on […]

HEAD COACH JOSH McDANIELS On the Browns’ defense “They mixed a lot of things in terms of their coverage. They pressured us heavily sometimes and then they dropped and once or twice nine guys back into coverage. When you are mixing those kinds of dramatic—that is a dramatic swing, seven or eight coming at you […]