It will be the rarest of rarities Sunday afternoon as the Denver Broncos will be a home playoff underdog for only the second time in the 22 post-season games they’ve hosted in the Mile High City. It also will be only the ninth time a road team is favored in the NFL’s conference championship game round during the last 30 years as Tom Brady and the defending Super Bowl-champion Patriots have opened this week as slight favorites in Sunday’s title tilt.
The Denver Broncos are making their fifth straight post-season appearance, but this is anything but the same old Orange and Blue Crew. Let’s start with a quick statistical overview of the last five Denver seasons: 2011 (8-8, AFC No. 4 seed) – 309 points scored (25th in the league), 390 points allowed (20th) 2012 (13-3, No. 1 seed) –…...
Who: Denver Broncos (10-4) vs. Cincinnati Bengals (11-3) What: 2015 Week 16 When: 6:30 p.m. MST, Monday, Dec. 28 Where: Sports Authority Field at Mile High TV: ESPN Announcers: Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden Radio: KOA (850 AM), The Fox (103.5 FM) Odds: Broncos -3.5; O/U 39.5 Notable: The Broncos can wrap up their fifth straight AFC West title if…...
It’s Patriots Week, and here in Broncos Country – where dominating the AFC West has become an annual rite of passage – that’s become the Week. And for a welcome change, the Patriots are coming to the Mile High City this time around, bringing their defending-Super Bowl-champion pedigree and an unblemished 10-0 record in tow. Yeah, it’s Bill Belichick…...
Who: Denver Broncos (7-2) at Chicago Bears (4-5) What: 2015 Week 11 When: 11 a.m. MST, Sunday, Nov. 22 Where: Soldier Field, Chicago TV: CBS Announcers: Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts Radio: KOA (850 AM), The Fox (103.5 FM) Odds: Broncos -1; O/U 41 Notable: The Broncos have Bears have split their 14 all-time meetings, but the Orange &…...
One Brock Alan Osweiler is scheduled to make his first NFL start Sunday when your Denver Broncos visit the Chicago Bears. Research reveals that he will be the 15th QB to make his first pro start with the Broncos since the 1970 AFL-merger. So how did they fare? Spoiler alert: Not so good. But following is the list –…...
This week’s Sunday night game will be the Denver Broncos’ 174th home contest, including the playoffs, since the start of the 1995 season, and for only the 24th time in that span, the Orange and Blue are a Mile High City underdog. Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers opened Sunday in Las Vegas as 1.5-point favorites in the…...
Who: Denver Broncos (3-0) vs. Minnesota Vikings (2-1) What: Week 4 When: 2:25 p.m. MDT, Sunday, Oct. 4 Where: Sports Authority Field at Mile High TV: FOX Announcers: Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch Radio: KOA (850 AM), The Fox (103.5 FM) Odds: Broncos -7; O/U 43 Notable: The Vikings hold a 7-6 lead, but the Broncos have won the last two…...
You’ve watched and re-watched the games, perused the stats and heard the sport-talk radio callers rant about the wretched state of the Broncos’ rushing attack. But just in case you’ve been rationalizing that the inefficiencies have been over-publicized, here’s a quick refresher: The Orange and Blue rank 29th in the league in rushing yards per game (65.0) and only the…...
Tim Tebow is a lot like John Cena. You either love them or hate them. There’s no middle ground with either. The difference is Cena has ability, and he’s one of the best to ever do it. There are some in Broncos Country who still credit the “Magic of Tebow” for the incredible 8-8 season and playoff win over the…...
As a society we’re prone to hyperbole. “Today was the best day ever!” one might often say. Or, “that was the best week ever!!!!” after returning from a great vacation. However, for Denver Broncos Wide Receiver Demaryius Thomas, he’ll be hard pressed to ever have a better week, or more specifically a better couple of days than he had…...
The message to Dick Monfort is loud and clear. Don’t tread on Colorado Rockies fans. Fans of the Rockies are often ridiculed. They are often told that they are more concerned with the social aspect of baseball than the actual results on the field. If the last two days are any indication, Rockies fans aren’t going down without a fight.…...
As Peyton Manning took the field for the first time in an orange and blue practice jersey, nearly 4,000 on-lookers cheered. The Denver Broncos opened training camp, and on a Thursday, a work day for most, passionate fans poured through the gates at Dove Valley to watch the team that hasn’t finished above .500 since 2006 stretch and go through…...
The Rockies might find out the hard way that fans are really mad. Year of the Fan? What a joke. Maybe the Colorado Rockies meant for that to be singular, because after the 2012 campaign there might only be one fan left. One complaint many observant writers and radio hosts around town have about Rockies fans is that they continue…...
The Colorado Rockies had their window. They had their chance to be in the Denver sports spotlight. That chance came and went, thanks in large part to the new face of Denver sports, Tim Tebow. The scene was set for the Rockies to take over. The Broncos were coming off a 4-12 season in which their head coach was fired…...
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