The Broncos travel to Minneapolis to take on the Adrian Peterson-less Minnesota Vikings. At 2-9, the Vikings are in last place in the NFC North, with no chance of making the playoffs. However, they're not in the business of laying down. With quarterback Christian Ponder at the helm, the Vikings look to play spoiler and snap the Broncos' 4 game winning streak.

With that in mind, Mile High Report got a chance to interview with SB Nation's Vikings blog, The Daily Norseman. They were very accommodating and were able to answer a few questions for us, giving us some insight about the Vikings going into this Week 13 matchup. Eric Thompson was gracious enough to interview with us and clarify a few misconceptions.

So, without further adieu, let's jump into the questions.

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On March 18th, several SBN-Football bloggers of us had the opportunity to chat with NFLPA President DeMaurice Smith.  We've had similar chats with Broncos' President Joe Ellis and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.  Some of what was said by Smith was used in the post I wrote over the weekend.  Below is the complete transcript of that interview, for your enjoyment:

On Roger Goodell's letter to players sent on March 17:

DS: The league had intent to lock our players out since at least early 2009, and probably 2008. To the guys who are on the call, I'm sure you've seen the decision tree that came from an internal NFL document from early 2009, have you seen that? The document is called their decision tree. Roger's letter to the players - in that short letter, Roger said more words than he said throughout the entire mediation process. You can quote that. For a guy who spent more time writing a letter to the players than he spent engaging in good-faith negotiations during 15 days, does that sound like a true intent on behalf of the National Football League to reach a deal during the final 15 days of mediation?

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In our darkest hour, when everyone feels as though the NFL Owners and it's players have forgotten about the fans, one team hasn't  - our Denver Broncos.  Thanks to you - and the power of the MHR Community - Joe Ellis, President of the Denver Broncos - took some time to talk with me - and you - about the failed CBA negotiations, where things stand with the business of the Denver Broncos and what the future holds - whether there is a quick agreement to come or will this thing drag on into the season.

I was fortunate enough to talk with Mr. Ellis for about 20 minutes on Saturday afternoon  This time was valuable to me because Ellis is one of the few people that was actually in the room - and part of conference calls and meetings with Broncos owner Pat Bowlen - throughout the past 17 days of negotiations.  It was clear to me that he - and Mr. Bowlen - are just as disappointed with the current state of affairs in the NFL as we all are.

Here is what we talked about:

MHR - What would you say to fans right now about what went on the past few weeks and what it means for the future?

Joe Ellis: We would say, Mr. Bowlen and the Organization would say a couple of things.  We'd say, first of all, sorry it has come to this.  It never should have.  Number two, if you are frustrated angry and disappointed, we share the same levels of those three things as you do.  Those words don't sooth the disappointment people are going through, but we do, we are not happy about where we are.  We would have preferred to have a deal, or at least kept negotiating and not gone down this path of litigation.

Having said that, we as an organization, we are still runnin' and gunnin'.  We've got a Draft coming up, we've got full expectation that we'll be playing games in 2011, even with what came out of yesterday, and we are going to operate that way and we are going to get ready to put the best team we can on the field in 2011 and we look forward to playing games.

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I have to admit, this is one of the highlights of my time running MileHighReport.  I am, afterall, a Broncos fanatic and getting the chance to talk to any of the Broncos Legends is special.  Talking to THE Legend, well, that is something else.  Below is the 10-minute conversation I had with John Elway. 

NFL.com and Pepsi Max are looking for the Ultimate Fan.  The winner will be sent to London, England to take part in the festivities surrounding the Broncos game against the 49'ers in Wembley Stadium on October 31st.  A dinner with John Elway himself is included.  In promoting this contest, I was able to spend some time with Elway.  I tried to make the most of it and hope I did Broncos Country proud. 

Enjoy!

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At last, Week 1 of the 2009 NFL Season is upon us.  No better time to reach out and talk to some of the other outstanding bloggers here at SBNation.  Up first, of course, is Josh Kirkendall, head man over at CincyJungle.  He was kind enough to answer all of your questions in a FanPost and now he gets to answer mine.

Want to see what he asked me?  Check it out HERE!

I have to admit, Hard Knocks has been must-see TV, for me at least.  What has been your thought son the show and getting an inside look at your favorite team?  How has this changed your impressions of how Mike Brown runs the team and Marvin Lewis coaches it?

I've loved it. Seeing the coaches talk about players in meetings and how they coached was very enlightening. I think the best part was watching Marvin Lewis scream and shout at his players; something we've never seen, because Lewis is typically the cool cat in public. I really liked how other people got a first hand look at Chad Ochocinco; he's not that cocky diva receiver that most people see. He's much more laid back off-the-field, very funny and friendly with mostly everyone. Most of what we saw, as Bengals fans, we really liked.

Then there are the front office moments where we just shake our head; sometimes violently. See, we've known for some time that this front office struggles (understatement of the year nomination?). However, to actually see it, to have everything we believed confirmed, was like a punch in the gut. What's worse is that we don't see it improving and the only way we might sustain consistent success, rather than those once-in-a-blue moon seasons, is becoming lucky as hell.

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