Drafted in the 2nd round of the 2008 NFL Draft, Broncos wide receiver Eddie Royal has played with five different quarterbacks through his first three years in Denver (Cutler, Ramsey, Simms, Orton and Tebow).  Despite that, Royal quickly became a fan favorite among Bronco fans after his stellar rookie season in which he caught 91 […]

Recently released punter Brett Kern has landed with the Titans.  I’m sure Kern is just grateful to have a job, but going from 6-0 to 0-6 has to be a bit of a culture shock, no?  It’s “some type of” shock, that’s for certain.  Maybe they’ll let him wear his Broncos uni so he can […]

Third string quarterback Darrell Hackney has been released.  This completes a changing of the guard at the QB position for the Broncos with Cutler traded, Ramsey signing with the Titans and now the release of Hackney.  The Denver Post speculates the Broncos will select another quarterback with one of their 10 picks in the 2009 […]

Mike Klis disagrees with John Elway, saying that trading Cutler was a good day.  [Denver Post] Friend of Broncotalk Stephan Fatsis weighs in on the trade.  [New York Times] Peter King gives an inside account of how the moves went down.  [Sports Illustrated] Jim Armstrong says the Broncos could “brew a historic draft” with 5 […]

September 24th, 2006. The Tampa Bay Bucanneers are down 21-23 to the Carolina Panthers in the 4th quarter. Starting quarterback Chris Simms had taken a series of ferocious hits, including one en-route to a touchdown scramble. Simms stepped onto the field in great pain, but he knew what had to be done… score. After two plays it’s third down […]

The Bailey brothers and Patrick Ramsey aren’t the only Broncos dealing with injuries. Luckily, the Broncos look to use the bye week to get some of their other injured players back. We already reported that Ryan Torain says he’s 100% and ready to go — expect his first NFL career action to take place next […]

Not Daunte. (AP Photo) You starting quarterback, Jay Cutler, nearly breaks his finger at the start of an embarrassing loss on Monday Night Football. Your backup QB, Patrick Ramsey, goes on IR. Your third string QB, Darrell Hackney, is a practice squad player who’s never taken an NFL snap. Yeah, you could say the Denver […]

Chad Jackson in 2007. (Getty Images) The Denver Broncos lost linebacker Boss Bailey (knee), backup quarterback Patrick Ramsey (elbow), and offensive tackle Eric Pears (appendectomy) for the season this week. On Monday, expect many of these vacant roster spots to be filled. Multiple reports indicate that WR Chad Jackson, a 2006 2nd round draft choice […]

The Denver Broncos just can’t catch a break. As if the team didn’t have enough injuries to worry about, they announced Wednesday that backup quarterback Patrick Ramsey has been placed on Injured Reserve, ending his season. Ramsey played for a few snaps in Monday’s loss to the Patriots after Jay Cutler injured his right index […]

Before we move on to the regular season we have to play our toughest game of the year – our last preseason game. I say that because more players are cut after this game than any other single game of the year… and that makes it tough. This is a game that every non-starter of […]