WEEK 13 – DENVER BRONCOS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS Injury Report: Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, Mall of America Field (Metrodome) Denver Broncos: Questionable: LB Von Miller – Thumb; WR Eddie Royal – Toe. Probable: S David Bruton – Achilles; T Ryan Clady – Knee; TE Daniel Fells – Hand; RB Willis McGahee – Illness. Minnesota Vikings: […]

Broncos rookie linebacker Von Miller (thumb) and receiver Eddie Royal (toe) are both questionable to play on Sunday against the Vikings.  Neither of the two players participated in practice Monday, nor did veteran running back Willis McGahee, who Coach John Fox said was excused due to “illness.” “[Von Miller] will be day-to-day, just like everybody […]

Broncos 17, Chiefs 10 — a hard-fought, rare win in Arrowhead Stadium is worth a lot of game balls, but we only have a handful to give out. Let’s do that, BTer’s. Mike McCoy The emergence of the Broncos’ option offense is a direct result of offensive coordinator Mike McCoy doing what so many thought […]

It starts at quarterback but trickles down each team’s entire roster: you can hardly call this Broncos–Raiders tilt a “rematch.” [Denver Post] Carson Palmer levied the Raiders to sign an old friend: WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh. [NFL.com] The Raiders will likely be without RB Darren McFadden. [Yahoo! Sports] Willis McGahee and Orlando Franklin were both limited […]

Voting for the 2012 AFC/NFC All Star game started on Tuesday afternoon across the country.  Fans can begin voting for their favorite NFL players at NFL.com/ProBowl. Fan voting accounts for one third of the results, as the coaches and players place the other two thirds of the votes.  The 2012 Pro Bowl will be played  […]

Six observations from Sunday’s 23-49 loss to the Green Bay Packers. 1. John Fox kept Tim Tebow sidelined in the fourth quarter, with the game out of hand, and it made it absolutely no sense. The Denver Broncos, down 49-17 with 7:46 left in the game, were not coming back from a 32-point deficit. Any […]

The Broncos Six-Pack is a new weekly segment discussing six things we learned the day after the game. I hope you enjoy. 1. This was the 2nd best win in Kyle Orton’s Broncos career Orton said it was his best, but we’ll leave those honors to his Week Five performance in 2009. (Since it’s a […]

The Denver Broncos are no strangers to regime changes. Owner Pat Bowlen fired “Coach for Life” Mike Shanahan following the 2008 season, opening the door for Josh McDaniels to take over. The plan was for the young McDaniels to inherit Shanahan’s throne. McDaniels, given total control as both personnel manager and coach, would install the […]

“I don’t want to say Josh (McDaniels) was a bad coach,” Broncos owner Pat Bowlen said. “He just didn’t have the level of experience that made me comfortable. John (Fox) does.” [Denver Post] Brady Quinn, and yes, Tim Tebow, split first-team reps during practice Thursday with Kyle Orton excused for personal reasons. [Denver Post] Don […]

Michael Lombardi, “NFL Network Insider,” has dropped a pair of “Blue Chip/Red Chip” pieces on NFL.com. The articles (offense/defense), which rank the NFL’s premier players by position, gives the cream of the crop a “Blue chip” rating (usually 5 guys) and the next tier of players a “Red chip” rating (5-10 more). In other words, […]