Published on: 13th October, 2009
After an offseason full of sports pundits roundly criticizing every move the Denver Broncos made, a 5-0 start has finally silenced the critics. Most of the controversy in Denver has been replaced by the sheer joy of winning. The few hardcore Bronco haters out there are reduced to mumbling drivel about ...Published on: 5th September, 2009
Ask any Bronco fan who the best coach in Bronco history was and they will answer with no hesitation, Mike Shanahan. No one casts a bigger shadow. After the Broncos second Super Bowl, Shanahan became Broncos football. Somehow every year was going to be a Super Bowl year. That was the ...Published on: 26th August, 2009
In World War II the Battle of Midway marked the point where the US began to assume control of the South Pacific. During the season of ritualized war that is professional football the Broncos may have fought their Battle of Midway and like that more famous battle this one may ...Published on: 15th August, 2009
The first preseason game of 2009 has been played. Most Bronco fans came away encouraged by offensive and defensive upgrades, but the overwhelming impressions many have of the game were formed by Orton’s three interceptions. Are they harbingers of football doom or merely the growing pains of a new system? Clearly ...Published on: 3rd August, 2009
Amidst the offseason turmoil Bronco’s fans have endured was the dramatic trade request by Brandon Marshall. Coming on the heels of the Jay Cutler fiasco Marshall’s trade demands seemed to indicate the franchise was alienating its players. Marshall’s holdout lingered all off-season, sharply dividing Denver fans. When Marshall finally did end ...Published on: 25th July, 2009
Finally the long hot summer is beginning to end. The boys of summer will soon give way to the warriors of winter. The crack of the bat will be replaced by the crash of body armor against body armor. Denver fans have been waiting since January for some glimpse of the post-Shanahan ...Published on: 20th July, 2009
New Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton has received a lot of criticism lately. He has been called weak—armed and interception prone. Are these charges true? Let's take a look. Kyle Orton’s interceptions Ever since the Cutler—Orton trade much as been made of Orton’s interceptions. In 2008 Orton threw 12 interceptions out of 465 pass ...Published on: 13th July, 2009
When Mike Shanahan was fired at the beginning of 2009 he was quoted as saying that he thought any new coach coming in would be a fool to substantially change the offense. The eventual trade of Jay Cutler and revamping of the Denver Broncos has been a bone of contention ...Published on: 7th July, 2009
In the wake of the dramatic restructuring of the Denver Broncos, the big story has not been the acquisition of a new coach or changes in offensive and defensive philosophy, but the trade of Jay Cutler to the Chicago Bears. Many people have been so caught up in the loss of ...Published on: 1st July, 2009
Given all of the drama surrounding the Denver Broncos this off-season, it comes as no surprise that there have been a flurry of articles predicting a disastrous season for that team. There have, in fact, been so many articles that it has started to become obvious that the writers of ...