Mile High Report, a Denver Broncos community

If you are a diehard Broncos fan you don't want to miss this special thanksgiving show. We get the inside scoop from Reggie Rivers on Dan Reeves, Mike Shanahan, Wade Phillips, Shannon Sharpe, Terrell Davis, Rod Smith, Ed McCaffrey, Steve Atwater, Dennis Smith, John Elway, and Bill Romanowski. We also talk the Chargers and the loss of Kyle Orton. Even though the Chiefs intercepted our prediction of him become a Chicago Bear again.

According to Mike Klis, Mike Shanahan will receive a 5-year deal in Washington that pays him the same salary as he was to receive in Denver, which was $7 million annually. According to Klis, Pat Bowlen and the Broncos will be responsible for half of Shanahan's salary, or $3.5 million each of the next two seasons. So while the deal helps Denver and Bowlen, they are not completely off the hook as we may have hoped. Still, it's cold, hard cash which can be reallocated to signing free-agents and/or rookie draft choices. Congrats and best of luck, Shanny!