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Champ Bailey wins Broncos' Walter Payton Man of the Year Award
by John Bena on Oct 29, 2009 10:10 AM MDT
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The Denver Broncos selected cornerback Champ Bailey as their Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award recipient for the second consecutive year, it was announced. This prestigious award historically recognizes a player for outstanding leadership both on the field and in the community.
Bailey's name will be submitted to the NFL as the Broncos' nominee for the national Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award, which is announced annually at the Super Bowl. He was selected by a committee of representatives from various business departments within the Broncos' organization and Stadium Management Company from a group of finalists that included tight end Daniel Graham, tackle Ryan Harris and outside linebacker/defensive end Darrell Reid.
Bailey was honored for his years of service supporting the Denver Rescue Mission and most notably the Broncos Youth Center located at its Crossing Facility, which provides long-term rehabilitation and transitional housing. The 11th-year player and eight-time Pro Bowl choice will receive a $10,000 donation from the Broncos toward a charitable cause of his choice.
Graham, Harris and Reid also will receive $2,000 donations toward a charitable cause of their choice.
Additionally, the organization honored several other players for their work in the community. Safeties Josh Barrett and David Bruton, tackle Ryan Clady, cornerback D.J. Johnson, defensive lineman Kenny Peterson, tight end Tony Scheffler, cornerback Jack Williams and inside linebacker Wesley Woodyard were named Denver Broncos Community Ambassadors in recognition of their "up-and-coming" community leadership.
Recent Broncos nominees for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award include Bailey (2008), cornerback Domonique Foxworth (2007), wide receiver Rod Smith (2006 and '04), safety John Lynch (2005), linebacker Ian Gold (2003) and wide receiver Ed McCaffrey (2002).
Quarterback John Elway (1992) is the only Broncos player to win the national award, which was first given in 1970 and renamed after the Chicago Bears' Pro Football Hall of Fame running back in 1999.
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The 2010 Draft - Where We Stand in Chart Form
by Jeremy Bolander on Oct 27, 2009 4:37 PM MDT
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[Editor's Note: This is a draft order chart based completely off of the current standings. Tiebreak rules were used to establish order of playoff teams, and then playoff "wins" were awarded to the team with the best record, or whomever came out ahead in tiebreaks. For those who are wondering, Denver topped Indy in the #4 tiebreak scenario, "strength of victory" (.504 to .305). Obviously, this chart will change drastically from week to week, and I will update it as time permits to keep us abreast of developments.]
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Pro Bowl Voting Starts NOW on NFL.com
by John Bena on Oct 26, 2009 7:00 PM MDT
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2010 PRO BOWL BALLOTING BEGINS ON NFL.COM 
Teams to be Announced on Pro Bowl Selection Show December 29 on NFL Network
The polls are now open! Fans can begin voting to select players for the 2010 Pro Bowl, the NFL's annual All-Star Game, the NFL announced today. Voting is available on NFL.com/ProBowl and on web-enabled mobile phones by going to NFL.com.
Of course, if the Broncos get to the Super Bowl, also in Miami the week after the Pro Bowl, none of them will get to play in the game. Such sweet sacrifice.
Balloting for the 2010 Pro Bowl will conclude at on Monday, December 21 following the conclusion of Monday Night Football (Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears, ESPN, 8:30 pm ET). The teams will be announced at 4 p.m. (ET) Tuesday, December 29 on a special NFL Total Access 2010 Pro Bowl Selection Show on NFL Network.
The 2010 Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday, January 31, 2010 and televised live on ESPN at 7:30 PM ET from Dolphin Stadium in South Florida, also the site of Super Bowl XLIV a week later on Sunday, February 7.
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Josh McDaniels Football Card Selling Big....Sort of....
by John Bena on Oct 23, 2009 1:57 PM MDT
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How big is High School Football in Northeast Ohio? Well, they print trading cards of high school players; that's pretty big. At one time, Broncos Head Coach Josh McDaniels played Quarterback for one of the biggest, most successful teams in the Buckeye State - Canton McKinley. As such, McDaniels had his own card - one that has made an unexpected return in the secondary trade market -
The card, a virtually valueless afterthought for the better part of 15 years, made a rare appearance on the secondary market earlier this month - and sold for $26, four times its current value at the time and a staggering 3,500 percent more than it was worth just nine months ago.
Hailing from the 1995 Ohio High School Big 33 set, McDaniels' first and only football card was worth just 75 cents in January before ascending to $3, and then to $5, as one of the most gifted young coaches in the NFL finalized his meteoric rise from New England assistant to the league's youngest head coach at the time of his hiring in Denver.
All he's done since then is trade away the club's franchise quarterback, engage in a highly publicized spat with franchise receiver Brandon Marshall, turn the perpetually pedestrian Kyle Orton into an MVP candidate and direct the Broncos to a shocking 6-0 start.
As a result, his card's new Beckett value as of Friday morning is $30.
"The fact that this little-known card has appreciated so substantially literally overnight is a tribute to the remarkable job McDaniels has done so far in Denver," says Dan Hitt, Beckett Media Senior Market Analyst. "Most people around the country expected 2009 to be a down year for the Broncos; instead, they're the surprise team of the league with more victories than the rest of the AFC West combined."
McDaniels' so-good so-soon success quickly has turned one of his only legitimate collectibles into a must-have memento with an upwardly mobile price tag. The hardest part for would-be collectors is waiting for copies of the relatively scarce card to surface.
How big is the Big-33 game? The annual All-Star game between players from Ohio and Pennsylvania has had at least 1 player play in every Super Bowl to date. Yeah, it's that big.
Some other notable players in the game - Marvin Harrison, Curtis Martin and Ben Roethlisberger.
Trust me - as a card collector, I will be looking for this card.
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Broncos at the BYE - A Look Back Before Looking Ahead
by John Bena on Oct 22, 2009 9:40 AM MDT
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Just because the Broncos are getting a mini-vacation doesn't mean we are at MileHighReport. We have 6 wins to look back on, and a stretch drive that looks like it will be one to remember.
Following their 34-23 win at San Diego on Monday Night Football, the Denver Broncos (6-0) join five other NFL teams with a bye for Week 7 of the 2009 season. The club resumes play on Nov. 1 when it visits Baltimore to play the Ravens (3-3), who also have a bye this week.
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The Broncos enter their bye week without a loss for only the third time since the bye week was introduced by the NFL in 1990. Denver, which is one of four teams with a perfect record this year, also was undefeated at its bye week in 1997 and ‘98 (6-0).
Head Coach Josh McDaniels is the fourth rookie coach in the Super Bowl era (since 1966) to begin his coaching career with a 6-0 record. He joins Red Miller (1977) as one of two Broncos coaches with that distinction.
The Broncos have been one of the NFL's best teams in the second half this year. They have outscored opponents 76-10 (+66) while posting a 1,368-605 (+763) advantage in total yardage and a 112:07-72:44 (+39:23) advantage in time of possession during the final two quarters/overtime.
In the game following a bye week, the Broncos are tied for the third-best record (15-5 / .750) in the league since the bye week began in 1990.
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Knowshon wins Rookie of the Week.....Again!
by John Bena on Oct 16, 2009 5:49 PM MDT
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Denver Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno has been named Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive week, the National Football League announced on Friday.
While making his first NFL start, Moreno totaled 124 yards from scrimmage (88 rushing, 36 receiving) to help the Broncos to a 20-17 overtime win against the Patriots on Sunday. His 124 yards from scrimmage ranked eighth in the NFL for the week.
Moreno, who averaged 4.2 yards on 21 carries, posted four runs of at least 10 yards that tied for the second most in the league for the week. Among his four receptions was a 27-yard grab on Denver's game-tying 98-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter that forced overtime.
Moreno was selected from among five finalists through fan votes on NFL.com/rookies. The other finalists were wide receivers Austin Collie of the Indianapolis Colts, Jeremy Maclin of the Philadelphia Eagles and Hakeem Nicks of the New York Giants along with quarterback Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets.
After the regular season, five players will be nominated for Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year honors. Fans can vote for the winner on NFL.com/rookies throughout the month of January. The winner will be announced at a press conference at Super Bowl XLIV in South Florida.
This is Pepsi's eighth year as the official soft drink sponsor of the NFL and the fifth year that Pepsi will present the NFL Rookie of the Week and NFL Rookie of the Year awards.
Friday's Injury report is after the jump....
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Kyle Orton named AFC Offensive Player of the Week
by John Bena on Oct 13, 2009 4:43 PM MDT
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Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton will be named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for games played during the fifth week (Oct. 11-12) of the 2009 season, the National Football League informed the Broncos on Tuesday.
Orton's selection as his conference's Player of the Week is the first such award of his five-year NFL career.
The quarterback was recognized by the NFL after completing 35-of-48 (72.9%) passes for 330 yards with two touchdowns and one interception (Hail Mary pass attempt) for a 96.7 rating in Denver's 20-17 overtime win against New England on Sunday. He led two touchdown drives of at least 10 plays and 90 yards against the Patriots, including a 12-play, 98-yard drive late in the fourth quarter that tied the game and eventually forced overtime.
Orton's 35 completions were a career high and tied for the third-highest single-game total in the NFL this year. His 72.9 completion percentage also was a personal best and marked the second-highest game total in Broncos history among players with at least 45 pass attempts.
A former standout at Purdue University, Orton is the Broncos' 44th AFC Offensive Player of the Week winner since the award was initiated by the NFL in 1984.
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Vote for Kyle Orton, Knowshon Moreno - Weekly NFL Awards
by John Bena on Oct 13, 2009 9:23 AM MDT
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The Broncos are 5-0 and some weekly recognition keeps pouring in. Last week, Knowshon Moreno was voted Rookie of the Week. Moreno is nominated again this week but is joined by his Quarterback.
Kyle Orton, along with Matt Hasselback and Peyton Manning, has been nominated for the Fed Ex Air Player of the Week for Week 5. VOTE FOR ORTON HERE
Orton completed 35 of 48 throws for 330 yards, with two touchdowns and an interception (Hail Mary attempt) in the Broncos’ 20 – 17 win over the New England Patriots. Orton drove the Broncos to the tying touchdown in the last 10 minutes of the fourth quarter and to the winning field goal on the first drive of overtime.
Orton’s two touchdown passes culminated drives that covered 98 yards (12 plays) and 90 yards (10 plays). He was 6-of-10 for 76 yards on Denver’s 98-yard touchdown drive (11-yd. TD pass to Brandon Marshall) that tied the game at 17 with 5:21 remaining.
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