The Denver Broncos celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2009, and never in those 50 years have they had a start quite like this. Through three games (capped with a glorious 23-3 butt-whooping of the Raiders), the Broncos defense has held opponents to a total of 16 points (5.3 points per game), breaking a franchise record […]

The Denver Broncos came into their Week 3 match with the Oakland Raiders thinking they were heading into a tough game with an improved division rival. It wasn’t even close. Kyle Orton hit Brandon Marshall for an early touchdown, the Broncos defense continued to dominate, and running backs Correll Buckhalter and Knowshon Moreno churned up […]

vs. Raiders (1-1) vs. Broncos (2-0) Sunday, Sep. 27, 2009 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 2:15 pm MT CBS GameBlog starts at 1:45 Winners of their last nine AFC West openers, the Denver Broncos (2-0) visit the Oakland Raiders (1-1) on Sunday for their first divisional game of 2009. Kickoff at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum is set […]

Denver Broncos offensive tackle Ryan Clady is on the cusp of NFL history. Currently riding the league’s longest consecutive game streak without allowing a full sack (18 games), Clady has a once-and-only opportunity to rewrite the NFL record books at his position and become immortalized in league annals. If Clady can continue his sackless streak […]

Just reading Oakland Raiders Head Coach Tom Cable‘s quotes leading up to Sunday’s game shows that he is focused on making a change in Oakland. From the Contra Costa Times: “Don’t worry so much about the opponent, who they are and how they do things,” Cable said. “Let the emotion of the rivarly with the […]

BroncoTalk staffers J. Kenneth K., Mr. East and Kyle predict each week’s winners. Tennessee at New York Jets (-2.5) The defensively tough came-out-of-nowhere team of 2008 travels to face the defensively tough came-out-of-nowhere team of 2009. Mark Sanchez has been getting all the credit for the Jets’ success, but he’s really a game manager who’s […]

The Denver Broncos can beat the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders pose the toughest challenge the Broncos have faced in 2009.  Their defense is aggressive at all levels, especially along the defensive line, and their offense is underrated behind their duo of big bruising backs Darren McFadden and Michael Bush.  What’s more, the Raiders are a […]

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. […]

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 […]

My power rankings are fittingly named the ‘Tentative Ten’ because every week it’s subject to check, and erratically at that. 1. New York Giants What a defensive line. Chris Canty is injured too. Losing Justin Tuck for the game definitely hurt them but he’ll be back.  The secondary is much better than I thought it […]