The Broncos have enough of a storied history to provide a plethora of games worth celebrating for their excellence and their importance to the team’s history. This was not one of those games. The contest of Sept. 20, 1987, is an oddity. An outlier. And in some ways, it remains the most unusual game in Broncos history, a contest…

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – How you view Aaron Rodgers from an opponent’s perspective depends on how often you’ve seen him. Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. has seen him twice. The first time, in 2011, he was a backup who watched as Rodgers diced up the Broncos for 408 yards and four touchdowns on 29-of-38 passing. Not even an interception kept his…...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Abandon all hope, ye who enter here? Not quite. Yes, the Broncos have extended their league-worst active streak of games with fewer than 20 points to six after Weeks 1 and 2. And, yes, the Broncos’ offense has been slower to awaken than sleep-challenged Hugh Grant’s commitment-phobe in “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” with fewer points in…...

DENVER — The book is out on the Broncos, and until they can rewrite it, they can expect most opponents to continue reading it and following its instructions to the letter. Once again, an opposing offense emphasized short, quick throws. Thirteen of Mitchell Trubisky’s 27 passes Sunday were out in under two seconds. Through two games, 26 of the 53…...

DENVER — Evaluated through the microscope of a single game, the Broncos are close. Close enough to smell, feel, and touch a victory over a team that roared through the NFC North last year. They were one second away. One questionable roughing-the-passer call against Bradley Chubb away — although it must be said, the Broncos were the beneficiaries of…...

DENVER — When you have little margin for error, you can’t afford for anything to go awry. Eddy Piñiero’s 53-yard field goal as time expired goes into the books as the game-deciding kick in Denver’s 16-14 loss to the Bears. But if Joe Flacco doesn’t throw an interception earlier in the fourth quarter in goal-to-go and if Denver offensive linemen…...

DENVER — There is something every NFL team but the Broncos has done at least once since Week 14 of last season: score 20 points. There is something every NFL team but the Bears has done at least once in that same time span: allow 20 points. This is the Broncos’ challenge Sunday afternoon, and it is stern: to…...

If you want in on the next Mailbag, leave your questions in the comment section below or tweet them #AskMase! Away we go … https://twitter.com/ess0h/status/1171906760610742272?s=20 I wouldn’t say the Broncos gave up by any stretch of the imagination. I also don’t think another preseason game of work would have helped; the Falcons, Rams and Cardinals all leaned heavily on their…...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — This week, Bears inside linebacker Danny Trevathan sits at the nexus of the Broncos’ universe. He represents the team’s glorious past, as a starter in Super Bowls XLVIII and 50. And now he knows more about their present than perhaps the players on their roster, thanks to three years spent under Vic Fangio when he served…...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Monday at RingCentral Coliseum under the late-afternoon northern California sun, Todd Davis ran. He was at full speed. He kicked his knees up as he went through the paces of his workout. It wasn’t the first time he’d moved at full speed in his recovery from a calf injury suffered on the first day of training…...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — It was all about time to throw Monday night. It’s not that Raiders quarterback Derek Carr had enough time to slice up a loaf of sourdough bread and make a sandwich. It was that he simply didn’t need much time. Carr’s average time from snap to throw — or, in one case, a scramble — was…...

OAKLAND, Calif. — After an offseason of hearing about “death by inches,” the Broncos died by yards Monday night. They died by the yards Oakland running back Josh Jacobs racked up as he rumbled through the Broncos’ defense for 113 yards from scrimmage, the most the Broncos have ever allowed to a rookie in a Week 1 game. They…...

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In the words of George Costanza, “I’m back, baby!” If you want in on the next Mailbag, leave your questions in the comment section below! https://twitter.com/Chefadaml/status/1169284224852975617 It would include the following: A completion percentage of 64 percent or better; Flacco hit that each year from 2015-17, but fell back to 61.8 in 2018. Twice as many touchdowns as interceptions, with…...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Andrew Beck, one of the new arrivals to the Broncos this week, wears a tight end’s number: 83. He started 30 games at that position over the course of his four seasons playing at the University of Texas, earning first-team All-Big 12 honors in his redshirt senior season last year. He lined up with the fullbacks this…...

DENVER — For a stadium or arena name to become second nature in how fans refer to it, it must stick. Even a corporate name can work in this regard if it’s the right name. The names that work are snappy and bear the names of companies that withstand downturns and market ebbs and flows: Coors Field. Busch Stadium. Ford…...

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