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Following the Denver Broncos‘ 34-14 win over the New Orleans Saints last week, the NFL informed the team on Wednesday that outside linebacker Wesley Woodyard has been named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week.  Additionally, the offensive line has received the Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award for Week 8. Against the Saints, Woodyard became just […]

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Published on 10/31/2012 at Wed Oct 31 11:56.   3 Comments
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The Denver Broncos have picked up steam at 4-3 after falling only to New England (5-3), Houston (6-1), and Atlanta (7-0) early in the season.  Coming off two convincing victories with a two-game lead in the AFC West race, quarterback Peyton Manning has received much of the credit for Denver’s hot streak. And while Manning […]

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Published on 10/30/2012 at Tue Oct 30 13:00.   4 Comments
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We found out on Monday that Denver Broncos middle linebacker Joe Mays would miss the rest of the season due to injury.  On Tuesday, the team officially placed the fifth-year linebacker on the injured reserve list: Mays had lost his starting MLB job to veteran Keith Brooking earlier in the season but remained a special […]

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Published on 10/30/2012 at Tue Oct 30 10:56.   17 Comments
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The Denver Broncos routed the New Orleans Saints 34-14 on Sunday Night Football, which means it’s time for the BT Staff to give out Game Balls!!! Who ya got fellas? Wesley Woodyard There’s a lot of talk about D.J. Williams right now, with a lot of people ready to give him the axe and some […]

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Published on 10/30/2012 at Tue Oct 30 09:00.   5 Comments
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Broncos 35, Chargers 24 — it’s historic, epic, in-your-face Philip Rivers Game Balls time. Tony Carter – I tweeted after Carter’s interception that, win or lose he got my game ball. I know we don’t normally give game balls for losses, but I was willing to make an exception for him. Luckily I don’t have […]

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Published on 10/16/2012 at Tue Oct 16 17:09.   11 Comments
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The NFL informed the Denver Broncos on Friday that linebacker D.J. Williams will be suspended an additional three games to his current six-game suspension, according to CBSSports.com.  The two suspensions, lasting nine weeks total, were the result of performance enhancing drug and driving while ability-impaired charges. Williams (6-1, 242 lbs.) is a ninth-year veteran who […]

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Published on 10/05/2012 at Fri Oct 05 17:45.   16 Comments
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The NFL has just announced that they will be suspending Denver Broncos middle linebacker Joe Mays for one game due to a hit he delivered Sunday to Houston Texans‘ quarterback Matt Schaub. The hit left Schaub missing a portion of his earlobe. Mays has apologized to Schaub twice and Schaub accepted, but apologies and accepted apologies are […]

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Published on 09/25/2012 at Tue Sep 25 13:22.   16 Comments
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After impressive Week 1 performances, several Denver Broncos saw their Madden NFL 13 video game ratings jump on Thursday.  The Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-19 on Sunday and EA Sports took note of several players’ execution. Cornerback Tray Porter, who was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week, saw the highest rating jump (+3), […]

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Published on 09/14/2012 at Fri Sep 14 22:11.   2 Comments
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On Wednesday, the Denver Broncos announced six team captains for the 2012 season.  As expected, the group is highlighted by quarterback Peyton Manning. Broncos’ 2012 team captains: QB Peyton Manning (Offense) G Chris Kuper (Offense) CB Champ Bailey (Defense) DE Elvis Dumervil (Defense) LB Wesley Woodyard (Special Teams) Dumervil is the only first-time captain among […]

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Published on 09/05/2012 at Wed Sep 05 09:03.   8 Comments
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The Denver Broncos really did all they could to shore up the depth at the linebacker position. The problem remains to be the long term options at middle linebacker, where top end players are at a premium and the gap between those few players and the rest is fairly noticeable. We fans just need to […]

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Published on 09/04/2012 at Tue Sep 04 10:00.   4 Comments
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