Denver Broncos Sign WR Eric Decker, Release LB Bruce Davis

by John Bena on Jul 27, 2010 11:29 AM MDT in Denver Broncos Roster Moves

The Denver Broncos on Tuesday announced several transactions, including the signing of wide receiver Eric Decker, whom they selected in the third round (87th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft from the University of Minnesota. As per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Also on Tuesday, the club waived linebacker Bruce Davis and offensive lineman Chris Marinelli.

Decker (6-foot-3, 220 pounds) set Minnesota school career records with 227 receptions and 3,119 receiving yards-totals that rank sixth and eighth, respectively, in Big Ten Conference history. He started 35 games for the Golden Gophers, totaling 11 career 100-yard receiving games while dropping just three passes in the 354 times he was targeted (0.8%).

As a senior in 2009, he led the Big Ten (15th in nation) with 94.8 receiving yards per game and was voted as a second-team Lowe's Senior CLASS All-American.

An all-conference performer in football, baseball and basketball at Rocori High School in Cold Spring, Minn., Decker was born on March 15, 1987.

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WOOT

Cant wait for this season. Decker and Bay-Bay all day!

by SoCalBronco1998 on Jul 27, 2010 11:31 AM MDT reply actions

Hells ya!

Now I can “officially” rock my new Eric Decker jersey!!

"I used to fight the pain, but recently this became clear to me: pain is not my enemy; it is my call to greatness."

"Victory belongs to the most persevering." --Napoleon.

by Dustin Maul on Jul 27, 2010 12:00 PM MDT reply actions

Marinelli cut

He was one of the long shot UDFAs I watched. Always a hope for a diamond in the rough, and we desperately need help on O-line. Oh well. Next, please.

by si_ice on Jul 27, 2010 1:25 PM MDT reply actions

OUCH, my diamond just turned to coal.

by DLMyers on Jul 27, 2010 3:48 PM MDT up reply actions

I am surprised that Marinelli was cut.

Pretty intelligent guy. I thought that that would give him a little bit of an edge.

Nice to see Decker on board.

by Blackknigh on Jul 27, 2010 1:55 PM MDT reply actions

he’s not even stepped on the football field but i get the feeling we’ve got the steal of the draft here, everything I read about Decker, I love. I know its completely unrealistic but I expect him to be a complete star this year.

by mikebirty on Jul 27, 2010 1:58 PM MDT reply actions

Decker

just looks like the prototypical football star that all the men wish they were and all the women fall in love with. I have no doubt he’ll do great for us and as I ventured to the Cowboys’ blog, they told me (I paraphrase) that I should enjoy our rookie wideouts carrying the vets’ pads while Dez Bryant scores all these touchdowns. Uh, with all due respect to Dallas football fans, I think Decker and Demaryius will do just fine.

Brad James

by the new Bradfather on Jul 27, 2010 2:39 PM MDT reply actions

I think Dez had a point

Some team building/bonding exercises make sense. But some hazing rituals are over the top or seek simply to humiliate the newcomer and are in fact counterproductive. Say, what is the point of making a rookie pay a few grand for a team dinner? “You are a rich man now, learn to part with your money easy”? I’ve been in similar situations and doing an equivalent of having to carry a veteran’s pads did not help me become a part of a team. It made me feel unwelcome. I can see a point of: a rookie has to prove himself, he is not an equal to the veterans yet, but he is not your valet, he is a teammate. It takes somebody like Dez to stand up to this tradition of bullying. There, I said it.

by si_ice on Jul 27, 2010 3:30 PM MDT up reply actions

SI-ICE did you play a team sport where bonding is top-shelve?

by DLMyers on Jul 27, 2010 3:50 PM MDT up reply actions

Actually .. No.. its not a good move

Every player in the NFL has been a rookie and has been through the hazing. Every star and every non drafted free agent. Every player on the Dallas Cowboys has toted the pads, sung the fiight songs and every other crazy stunt the vets could think of. It’s par to the game!

Bryant has just said FU to the whole Dallas team and said he’s too good to go through what they all went through. Can you spell prima donna? I can’t think of a worse way for a rookie to try to earn a place on a TEAM.

It looks to me like McDaniels made the right choice again and stuck Jerry Jones with the next baby TO to come along.

Now he may make up for it, but he’s made his task of blending his talents to those of his team that much harder. If I were a Dallas fan, I would be worried.

The place to compete for a position is on the field, not in the locker room. And not this way. If you disrespect one veteran, you have just thumbed your nose at all of them.

"My team's on the floor"
Gene Hackman - Hoosiers

by AlanC11 on Jul 27, 2010 4:06 PM MDT up reply actions

Thank You Thank You, Eric Decker you are a star in waiting!!

Bruce Davis surprises me since he was at Pittsburgh and NE. You would have thought he could have beat out the UCFA’s.
Chris Marinelli was my diamond in the making. Very bright, Stanford and an All-American. But the OTA’s and minicamp must have shown something.
This is why we are w/e coaches and they are pro coaches.

by DLMyers on Jul 27, 2010 4:04 PM MDT reply actions