Horse Tracks 12/24/09 - Williams, Royal, Bruton miss Wednesday practice; Buckhalter, Hill, Law all limited

by Douglas A. Lee on Dec 24, 2009 5:46 AM MST in Horse Tracks

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Good Morning, MHR Friends! If you're traveling today, be safe, may your flights be on time, and may traffic be light! If you're celebrating, have a wonderful Christmas Eve and I hope you get to see everyone you would like to see!

DB - Week 16 Homecoming - Broncos TV

DB - Week 16 - Wed: McDaniels - Broncos TV

DB - Week 16 - Wed: Dawkins - Broncos TV

NFL Network - Sound FX Marshall - Video

DB - Return Not a Distraction for Duo - Gray Caldwell

DB - Guarding Against the Big Gain - Chris Gentilviso

DPP - Family upstages football on special day for Broncos - Mike Klis

DPP - Buckhalter, like Dawkins, going back to Philly - Jeff Legwold
"Linebacker D.J. Williams (ankle), wide receiver Eddie Royal (head, neck) and safety David Bruton (illness) did not participate in Wednesday's practice. Buckhalter (ankle), Hill (ankle) and cornerback Ty Law (hamstring) took part on a limited basis...The Broncos will have their defense introduced during the pregame Sunday, giving Dawkins a chance to be welcomed back to Philadelphia."

DPP - Analysis: Broncos better be ready early against Eagles - Jeff Legwold
The Iggles have 112 1st-quarter points and 253 first-half points. That's insane. In comparison, the Broncos have 275 points TOTAL.

DB - Broncos Add Batiste to Practice Squad - Zach Eisendrath

NYT - Helmet Standards Are Latest N.F.L. Battleground - Alan Schwarz

DB - Week 16 - Wed: Orton - Broncos TV

DB - You Can’t Force Love - Jim Saccomano

DPP - Q&A: Marshall's glove story explained - Jeff Legwold

DPP - Hoping for a Christmas miracle - Woody Paige

CSG - Dawkins ready for return to Philadelphia - Frank Schwab

CSG - Broncos notes: Jackson outshines Royal - Frank Schwab

CBS4 - Bailey Confident There Won't Be Another Broncos Collapse - Matthew Buettner

AP - Dawkins Makes His Return To Philadelphia On Sunday - Pat Graham

SN - Broncos-Eagles Preview - Santosh Venkataraman

Eagles News

PDN - Enough already about Dawkins, Eagles have to focus on beating Broncos - Les Bowen

PDN - Dawkins not into diss game in return to Philly - Marcus Hayes

PI - Brian Dawkins keeping the wounds closed - Bob Brookover

PI - Ex-Eagle Buckhalter contributing in Denver - Bob Brookover

PDN - Eagles Notebook: Westbrook set to return for Eagles vs. Broncos - Les Bowen

PDN - Eagles-Broncos scouting report - Paul Domowitch

PDN - Vick knows he has support of his Eagles teammates - Rich Hofmann

PI - Vick doesn't deserve award for courage - Phil Sheridan

FH - PETA Upset With Vick's Courage Award

AFC West News

SDUT - Much bending, little breaking in red zone - Kevin Acee

SDUT - Rookie defender Martin quickly tackling lessons - Kevin Acee & Chris Jenkins

SDUT - Titans QB Young earns Bolts’ respect - Kevin Acee

KCS - Chiefs expect to see a motivated LJ when they visit Bengals - Adam Teicher

KCS - Chiefs notebook: Haley responds to allegation - Kent Babb

SFC - Frye to start against former team near hometown - David White

OT - Defenders look forward to seeing Ryan - Jerry McDonald

NFL News

NFL - Wednesday Injury Reports

NFL - Injury roundup: Ravens hold out Reed

NFL - Vikings' Favre, Childress insist sideline spat has been resolved

NFL - Ex-Jaguar Taylor challenges fans, says team could be L.A.-bound

NFL Opinion

NFP - Do NFL teams pack it in? - Matt Bowen

NFP - Rooney Rule needs some tweaking - Andrew Brandt

NFP - Diner morning news: A holiday of hopes - Mike Lombardi

NFP - Tavern talk: An appeal to Tim Tebow - Mike Lombardi

SI - Dreams for teams already out of NFL playoff chase - Ross Tucker

NFL - You may be surprised to learn how little top playoff seeds matter - Pat Kirwan
Hmm. In nine seasons, 8 of 18 teams seeded #1 made the Super Bowl. Pretty good, if you ask me...

FH - Zebra Report: Fun With Formations - Matt Snyder

FH - As Childress Now Knows, Favre Rules - Nancy Gay

Y! - Childress lost control a long time ago - Charles Robinson

SN - NFC's path to the Super Bowl is wide open - Clifton Brown

FOX - Sorry, NFC: You're still 2nd-best to AFC - Alex Marvez

CBS - His call or not, Holmgren should give Mangini another season - Clark Judge
Why's that, Clark? Because he gave you so much time in THIS INTERVIEW???

ESPN - Was starting Sanchez the right move? - Tim Graham

FH - Is Stanton's Start the End for Culpepper? - Chris Burke

ESPN - Watch out for Big Ben - John Clayton

FH - Dirty Dozen: Critiquing the Coaches - Dave Goldberg

Picks/Previews/Power Polls

NYT - Week 16 N.F.L. Game Probabilities, and the Blowout of the Decade - Brian Burke

SN - Week 16 picks: Steelers hoping for a happy holiday - Vinnie Iyer

FOX - Week 16 Cheat Sheet - Peter Schrager

SI - Peyton Manning and the Colts ascend atop NFL Power Rankings - Don Banks

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Happy Holidays everyone and thanks Doug

Looks like I’m the only one up early on this Christmas Eve.

Denver rookie head coach Josh McDaniels doesn't have a grasp on how to build a team." - John Clayton, April 23rd, 2009

by diviesti on Dec 24, 2009 7:17 AM MST reply actions

Looking forward to Dawkins return to Philly

Hopefully that energy inspires the rest of the team!

by RalphW on Dec 24, 2009 7:43 AM MST via mobile reply actions

Mornin Doug, and Happy Silly Season to all.

Seriously, Lets be careful out there….=)

Real Power, comes with the realization that One cannot change the Moment;
only ones perception of it: Atitude! JQM

by UB3 on Dec 24, 2009 7:59 AM MST reply actions

Thanks Captain ;-)

You too!

There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants country, and damned proud of it.

by underdog on Dec 24, 2009 9:06 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs

Thanks Doug

Character may be manifested in the great moments but it is made in the small ones -- Philip Brooks

by KaptainKirk on Dec 24, 2009 8:29 AM MST reply actions

Thanks Doug and Happy Holidays

to all my fellow Broncos fans!

I’m heading down to SoCal today. Will be in Sta Barbara watching the game on Sunday (where it’s on TV, whoopee!) Hope they give us a nice belated bday present. :-)

Be well, be safe, be warm.

There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants country, and damned proud of it.

by underdog on Dec 24, 2009 9:05 AM MST reply actions

Btw my poor g/f

got stuck in Denver last night en route to KC for Christmas. Hoping she gets out safely this morning but if you run into her in t he airport tell her I said hi. ;-) And think good thoughts for her today.

There's no need to fear, Underdog is here! / Broncos/Dodgers fan in Niners/Raiders/Giants country, and damned proud of it.

by underdog on Dec 24, 2009 9:07 AM MST up reply actions