We’re continuing Kyle Orton Week with a three-part series: Kyle Orton: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Here’s part one. Shortly after Jay Cutler was traded to the Chicago Bears, Peter King of SI.com reported that QB Kyle Orton was the crucial piece to the trade puzzle the other potential suitors were missing. The […]

Kyle Orton. Denver Broncos quarterback. I didn’t think I’d ever say those words in the same sentence. To be honest, I didn’t know what to think about Orton. I didn’t know a lot about him – at least, beyond what a general NFL fan knew. I knew he won a lot of games for the […]

Josh McDaniels has a quarterback project. His name is Tom Bra– Wait. Not Brady. The Denver Broncos Head Coach drafted Tom Brandstater out of Fresno State with the first pick of the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. The Broncos traded a 2010 fifth round pick to select Brandstater. Brandstater (6’5″, 220 lbs.) has […]

Which hole to fill in the defense first?  McDaniels has his pick.  [Denver Post] Terrell Davis, Shannon Sharpe, and Karl Mecklenburg all place in the top 15 of ESPN’s All Time Draft Values [ESPN Hashmarks] Denver could show interest in picking up J.P. Losman after the draft.  [PFT] Frank Schwab goes over the Broncos draft […]

As draft day approaches, BroncoTalk will be giving you game tape highlights of some of the bigger (and smaller) names around the draft.  This one is sure to bring quite a few jeers from the Broncotalk faithful but here is USC QB Mark Sanchez. Picked by many experts to be McDaniel’s favorite QB in the […]

Looking back on the career of Al Wilson, along with a where are they now update.  I think we all miss our beast of a MLB.  [jacksonsun.com] Mike Klis says the starting job is Orton’s to lose.  [Denver Post] Klis brings up a trade proposal between the Jags and the Broncos that he thinks is […]

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 […]

Ramsey is currently Cutler’s backup. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) The backup quarterback spot is never the most-watched battle in camp. It’s not the flashiest competition, and its result rarely has a large impact on the field. Nevertheless, an unsuspected battle is taking place thus far at Broncos camp, with the incumbent slowly losing his grip on […]

Name: Darrell Hackney Height, Weight: 6’0″, 248 Position: Quarterback Age, Experience: 2, 24 College: Alabama-Birmingham Darrell Hackney joined the Denver Broncos in 2007 and spent the first half of the season on the practice squad. After Jay Cutler‘s leg injury against the Detroit Lions in Week 9, Hackney was signed to the active roster and […]

Name: Cullen Finnerty Height, Weight: 6’2″, 223 Position: Quarterback Age, Experience: 2, 25 College: Grand Valley State Cullen Finnerty joined the Denver Broncos as a free agent in 2008 and will compete for the 3rd string quarterback position with incumbent Darrell Hackney. Finnerty spent the majority of his rookie year in 2007 on the Baltimore […]