Denver Broncos News: Horse Tracks - 10/22/12

Denver Broncos Videos

Report: NFL Investigating Chargers For Using Stick'em - ESPN Video - ESPN
The NFL is investigating the San Diego Chargers due to allegations that they used Stick'em in their Monday Night Football matchup against the Broncos.

Chargers Under Investigation For Using Banned Substance - ESPN Video - ESPN
Eric Allen reacts to the NFL's investigation into the San Diego Chargers for allegedly using Stick'em in their game against the Broncos.

Sunday Blitz: Jaguars-Raiders Recap - ESPN Video - ESPN
Jorge Andres and Eric Allen break down the Raiders' 26-23 overtime win over the Jaguars

Denver Broncos Blogs

Colts' Reggie Wayne: Peyton Manning still Peyton Manning | First-and-Orange - JEFF LEGWOLD
Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne spent 10 seasons catching passes from Peyton Manning, a decade’s worth of practices, meetings and games

Shannon Eastin became first woman to officiate an NFL game - TERRY FREI
My story on Denver-based NFL replacement referee Donovan Briggans came out in the Sunday newspaper and at denverpost.com/broncos.

Denver Broncos now AFC West favorites at bye week - The Denver Post - Mike Klis
It all started when Peyton Manning was fired.

Woody Paige: Broncos vs. Giants, Peyton vs. Eli, in Super Bowl - The Denver Post
With that mercurial, miraculous, memorable, mmm mmm good comeback, the Broncos won their 22nd game in San Diego — the most in any city on planet Earth outside Denver.

Division News

ProFootballWeekly.com - Raiders rally, beat Jaguars in overtime
Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 40-yard field goal after Cecil Shorts III fumbled on the opening possession of overtime and the Oakland Raiders rallied from 14 points down in the second half to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 26-23 on Sunday.

Raiders not pleasing fans - AFC West Blog - ESPN
It is raining boos in Oakland.

Raiders win without their best - AFC West Blog - ESPN
Don’t get the Oakland Raiders wrong.

Raiders' players stick to present day - AFC West Blog - ESPN
Darrius Heyward-Bey was amazed by what he was hearing.

Chargers say they are "fully cooperating" with NFL | ProFootballTalk
The Chargers are off this week, but their P.R. staff is working.

NFL News

Fines for injury reporting violations aren’t really a deterrent | ProFootballTalk
On Friday, the league announced that the Bills and Redskins would be fined $20,000 each for playing fast and loose with the injury-reporting rules.

Vilma calls appointment of Tagliabue "a good first step" | ProFootballTalk
Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma has borrowed, sort of, the punch line to the old joke about a busload of lawyers at the bottom of the ocean when commenting on the decision of Commissioner Roger Goodell to hand the bounty appeal baton to former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue.

On possible conflict of interest, NFL says Tagliabue isn’t a "neutral" arbitrator | ProFootballTalk
With the ethics rules applicable to lawyers preventing a lawyer from serving as a "neutral" arbitrator in a case involving one of the clients of the lawyer’s firm,

Miscellaneous Stuff

Report: Vince Young to work out for Cardinals | ProFootballTalk
We haven’t heard much on the football front about Vince Young since the Bills cut him after trading for Tarvaris Jackson this summer.

Chuck Pagano out of the hospital, watched Colts’ win at home | ProFootballTalk
Colts coach Chuck Pagano is out of the hospital and recovering at home as he continues to fight leukemia.

Redskins agree to deal with Cooley, pending physical tomorrow | ProFootballTalk
That didn’t take long.

Ta’amu, union not fighting two-game suspension | ProFootballTalk
Technically, teams don’t have the authority under the CBA to punish players for off-field brushes with the law. As a practical matter, sometimes it’s better not to pick a battle.

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