Five Broncos Named To 2010 Pro Bowl
by Ted Bartlett on Dec 29, 2009 5:25 PM MST
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Five members of the Denver Broncos were named to the 2010 Pro Bowl, the National Football League announced on Tuesday.
Cornerback Champ Bailey, tackle Ryan Clady (starter), safety Brian Dawkins (starter), outside linebacker Elvis Dumervil (starter) and wide receiver Brandon Marshall will represent the team at the league’s annual All-Star Game on Sunday, Jan. 31, at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida at 7:30 p.m. EST. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
Denver’s five Pro Bowl selections mark its most in eight years (7 in 2001) and tie for the seventh most in a season in club history.
Bailey, in his 11th NFL season and sixth year with the Broncos, was named to the Pro Bowl for the ninth time to tie Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Haynes for the most in NFL history at the cornerback position. A team captain, Bailey has started all 15 games for Denver and ranks fourth on the club with 70 tackles (60 solo) while adding three interceptions, 13 pass breakups and one forced fumble.
Named to the Pro Bowl as a Bronco five times (2004-07 and ’09), Bailey is the 10th player in club history with at least five Pro Bowl selections. His five Pro Bowls tie Louis Wright (1977-79, ’83 and ’85) for the most by a cornerback in franchise annals.
Clady, whom the Broncos selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft from Boise State University, was named to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career. A 15-game starter, Clady is only the 11th tackle in NFL history to earn a Pro Bowl selection within his first two professional seasons.
His nomination makes him the first Bronco to earn a trip to the Pro Bowl by his second season since running back Clinton Portis did so in 2003 as a second-year player. Clady is only the third tackle in team history to receive Pro Bowl honors, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Gary Zimmerman (1995-97) and Tony Jones (1998).
Dawkins, in his 14th NFL season and first year with the Broncos, was named to the Pro Bowl for the eighth time to tie for the third most in NFL history at the safety position. A team captain, Dawkins has started all 15 games and ranks second on the team with 108 tackles (88 solo) while adding two interceptions, 10 pass breakups, one forced fumble and three fumble recoveries.
Dawkins, whose five takeaways tie for second in the AFC among safeties and equal the team lead, is the sixth safety in Broncos history to earn Pro Bowl accolades and the first since 2007 (John Lynch).
Dumervil, whom the Broncos selected in the fourth round (126th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft from the University of Louisville, was named to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career. Dumervil leads the NFL with a club single-season record 17 sacks and is looking to become the first league season sack champion in Broncos history.
The fourth-year player has posted a franchise-record seven multiple-sack games that tie for the third most in a season in NFL annals. Appearing in 15 games (13 starts), Dumervil has totaled 48 tackles (41 solo), four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery along with his 17 sacks (88.5 yds.). He is the first Bronco to be named to the Pro Bowl at linebacker since 2006 (Al Wilson).
Marshall, whom the Broncos selected in the fourth round (119th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft from the University of Central Florida, was named to the Pro Bowl for the second time in his career (2008-09). With 101 receptions (1,120 yds., 10 TDs) in 15 games (13 starts), Marshall became only the fifth player in NFL history to post three consecutive 100-catch seasons.
The fourth-year player, who ranks second in the league in receptions, set an NFL single-game record with 21 catches (200 yds., 2 TDs) at Indianapolis on Dec. 13. His 43 receptions in December (4 games) tied for the most through a team’s four-game period in the league since 1960.
Marshall joins Rod Smith (2000-01, ’05) as the only Broncos in club history to be named to the Pro Bowl multiple times at the wide receiver position.
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Congrats to these gentlemen....well deserved!
Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
All I want is 53 Rod Smiths. Is that asking too much????
"Peyton Hillis didn’t rip the sleeves off his jersey, they flew off out of fear."
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Echoing the sentiments from across the pond here in Northern Ireland. Good to see our boys recognised. Interestingly, we have as many selections as New Orleans, and despite their offensive prowess this term, it’s perhaps a telling sign that Drew Brees is the only skill player from the Saints….
Hats off to our boys though – Champ for getting back to his rightful place, Clady for building on a strong rookie year, Doom for his sack total and learning a new role at the same time, BMarsh for overcoming his own personal demons etc and missing considerable playing time at the start of the year while he extricated himself from McD’s doghouse, and finally to BDawk for being just the player we all hoped he was going to be.
Tis just a pity that we might not get our team reward come Sunday night…can’t see Oakland putting up much of a fight, and it looks like Cincy will have the second stringers out with a vanilla gameplan against the Jets. Pity the Bears won on Monday night – that top 10 pick is looking very unlikely now….oh well, so goes the life of a Broncos’ fan!! Happy 2010 to one and all….!
Way to go guys
Nice to see these guys acknowledged, now let’s see if any are selected All-Pro
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They definitely deserve it.
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Girl, you don't need to be a 10, as long as you have a good smile and smell like bacon.
I think he'll go in as an Eagle regardless of his time in Denver.
John Clayton is the head Dean at Fail University (known as F.U. in short)
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I think the only way we get dawkins
in the HOF as a Bronco is for him to have multiple record breaking seasons, and win the SB twice.
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Works for me. ; )
"All we're trying to do is win the *********** game!" -- Josh MF McDaniels tearing into his offensive line after three false starts in the red zone. The tirade turned the tide of the game, and the Broncos dominated from that point on.
by broncosmontana on Dec 29, 2009 10:51 PM MST up reply actions
doesn't he choose how he wants to go in (which team)??
GO COLTS!!! 09 IS OURS!!!
by TheAngelsColts on Dec 30, 2009 12:15 AM MST up reply actions
Even if he does,
He spent his Years with philly, we only have him on loan.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
does make you ponder about
how a guy like John Lynch will go in. I don’t think there’s any question — you’re remembered mostly for the team you lifted from the gutter and won a ring with. But he really seemed to love his time in Denver with Shanahan and Champ.
"All we're trying to do is win the *********** game!" -- Josh MF McDaniels tearing into his offensive line after three false starts in the red zone. The tirade turned the tide of the game, and the Broncos dominated from that point on.
by broncosmontana on Dec 30, 2009 10:21 PM MST up reply actions
It's good to see our guys selected...
And I don’t really have many disagreements with this year’s selections. It’s a vast improvement over last year.
There are a lot of names on that list
that we played against this year. That is a testament to our team too.
Character may be manifested in the great moments but it is made in the small ones -- Philip Brooks
Congratulations to all 5
This is a deserving group.
About other picks – I would’ve taken Janikowski as AFC kicker. He made a 61-yarder recently and is excellent on kickoffs.
for AFC the our kicker should be in there he has done awsome on kicks and punts
GO COLTS!!! 09 IS OURS!!!
by TheAngelsColts on Dec 30, 2009 12:17 AM MST up reply actions
Congrats to the 5 that were selected.
Those were the 5 that I figured would get in if we got that many. While I am happy for everyone, I am really excited for Clady and Dumervil getting their first one…..always special and totally deserved.
Well, they did pretty well on both rosters. Now let’s see who won’t be playing in it now that the Pro Bowl is before the Super Bowl.
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
which might i add is very dumb of the NFL
GO COLTS!!! 09 IS OURS!!!
by TheAngelsColts on Dec 30, 2009 12:17 AM MST up reply actions
very dumb
trying to stretch the season even more to keep revenues flowing. Nobody was watching before but I think that had more to do with it being a Hawaiian vacation more than anything..
Opinions are like......, Well anyway, this is mine.
I like the change
That 2 week layoff between the Conference Championships & the Super Bowl sucked IMO. We now can watch the Pro Bowl and there will be football on each week until the end of the season. Playing it after the Super Bowl was kind of anticlimactical. The season builds to the main event and then the Pro Bowl is an after thought. I’m sure many more people will watch the Pro Bowl with this format than before. I know I will.
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I think he is taking advantage of the holiday season
Halloween right up through Christmas, with his girls. At the rate MHR is growing, if he doesn’t watch out, he’ll turn around and they’ll be teenagers who think he isn’t very cool… :)
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by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 30, 2009 12:26 AM MST up reply actions
Thanks Jeremy!
I have my own kids and I understand how quickly they grow up! I don’t blame John for spending as much time with them. : )
I'm especially happy with Clady and Doom,
Guardian of the Gate to La La Land!
Gonsoulin, Taylor, Little, Wright, Gradishar, Atwater, Davis, and Sharpe...
Why are they not in the Hall...I just don't understand.
On a Side Note...
Does anyone know who would have the tiebreaker between the Patriots or Bengals? Like if they had the same record at the end of Sunday, who would have the 3rd seed. I know I could have posted this in the scenarios area, but it seemed fairly inactive.
im almost positive it is NE. chances right now for benglals are now slim
GO COLTS!!! 09 IS OURS!!!
by TheAngelsColts on Dec 30, 2009 12:19 AM MST up reply actions
where was ol' Cutler? Not on the list? Hmmmmm....
Congrats to these guys. I’m proud.
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"Practice doesn't make perfect. PERFECT practice makes perfect." - Vince Lombardi
what's the opposite of a Pro Bowl?
That’s where you’ll find him starting. ; )
"All we're trying to do is win the *********** game!" -- Josh MF McDaniels tearing into his offensive line after three false starts in the red zone. The tirade turned the tide of the game, and the Broncos dominated from that point on.
by broncosmontana on Dec 29, 2009 10:54 PM MST up reply actions
Con Bowl?
Maybe he ends up a Fader someday?
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by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 30, 2009 12:27 AM MST up reply actions
That would be perfect.
Watch McBath pick him all day.
-Harvey J. Neptune
"Practice doesn't make perfect. PERFECT practice makes perfect." - Vince Lombardi
yea what up with that he was very diserving i thought
///sarcasm
GO COLTS!!! 09 IS OURS!!!
by TheAngelsColts on Dec 30, 2009 12:20 AM MST up reply actions
Clady and Long are both RTs, are they not?
I wonder who starts left and who starts right?
"All we're trying to do is win the *********** game!" -- Josh MF McDaniels tearing into his offensive line after three false starts in the red zone. The tirade turned the tide of the game, and the Broncos dominated from that point on.
by broncosmontana on Dec 29, 2009 10:53 PM MST reply actions
LOL WHOA
I mean LTs of COURSE! need coffee
"All we're trying to do is win the *********** game!" -- Josh MF McDaniels tearing into his offensive line after three false starts in the red zone. The tirade turned the tide of the game, and the Broncos dominated from that point on.
by broncosmontana on Dec 29, 2009 10:53 PM MST up reply actions
very good to see clady get in there but on the AFC side it was sad not to see cushing (houston) as he is another of those young guys
that is a big force on the line
GO COLTS!!! 09 IS OURS!!!
by TheAngelsColts on Dec 30, 2009 12:14 AM MST reply actions
Cutler didnt get in? Whaaa
j/k everyone in the Cutler camp
Denver rookie head coach Josh McDaniels doesn't have a grasp on how to build a team." - John Clayton, April 23rd, 2009
Dumervil
Deserves it big time. He is beast.
If Winning Isn't Everthing, Why Do They Keep Score? - Vince Lombardi
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