Wide receiver and team captain Rod Smith and rookie DE Jarvis Moss are to be placed on the Injured Reserve list, Head Coach Mike Shanahan announced Thursday. Smith is unable to come back after hip surgery nine months ago. Moss suffered a “freak accident” in practice Thursday and fractured his right fibula and tore ankle […]

Broncos safety John Lynch received word from Dr. Robert Watkins today, telling the All Pro he can play as soon as the symptoms from his neck stinger subside, the Denver Post reports. Lynch is hopeful he will play this Sunday at Detroit. Lynch was injured in the first quarter of Monday Night’s loss to the […]

Photo Courtesy Various reports indicate that WR Rod Smith returned to the practice field for the first time today. Smith has been on the Physically Unable to Perform list since Training Camp after undergoing hip surgery during the offseason. Andrew Mason reports that Smith’s return brought a chorus of cheers from the defensive backs squad […]

Last week, the Broncos announced their team captains for the season – Jay Cutler, Tom Nalen, John Lynch and Champ Bailey. It appears these four players went to coach Mike Shanahan and told him that there was a name missing from the list. Injured WR Rod Smith belonged among the leaders of the team as […]

Noteworthy notes today… BRONCOS BEAT 49ERS 17-13 The starters looked good in limited play – in case you missed it, feel free to scan below and see one of the four or five posts focusing solely on the game. I’ll have my own personal recap/update later this morning (I’m watching the game again right now). […]

The Denver Broncos wide receivers have been decimated with injuries as of late. But so many of our new guys have been impressing both the coaches and the fans, it seems we may have more depth at WR than what first meets the eye. In my last installment of Training Camp Breakdown, I look at […]

NOTES AND NEWS FROM DAY THREE OF TRAINING CAMP: We’re at Day Three at Dove Valley, boys and girls! And the biggest news from the morning practice is Domenik Hixon’s shoulder injury. The speedy receiver landed on it during the later part of the morning session. “I just came out and tried to make a […]

The Denver Post has another story on Rod Smith, but there’s a great quote that I felt I had to share with all Broncos fans out there. Mike Shanahan has faith that Smith will return to the team this year, but he isn’t going to push Rod into something that could hurt himself or the […]

Jump starting the training camp coverage, Andrew Mason has posted the full video of Mike Shanahan’s pre-camp press conference over on denverbroncos.com. He also has a break down of the conference on his blog over at Mason’s Morsels. Here’s a quick look at a few points of interest…   PUP (physically unable to preform) list […]

Everyone has their list of top Training Camp questions. The Denver Post, ESPN, FOX Sports even this complete dolt over at Yahoo! Sports. Jason Cole actually thinks our biggest training camp issue is that we will be abandoning our traditional Zone Blocking Scheme: “For the first time in more than a decade, the Broncos are […]