Denver Dailies: Broncos Roundup (Saturday Edition)

Broncos’ Ryan Clady, O-line preparing for change from Tebow to Manning - Ryan Clady stood at the podium in the Broncos interview room Friday afternoon and said his job as the team’s left tackle hasn’t changed much in the past few months.  Oh really, Ryan?  Read more from the Denver Post >>>>

Broncos will monitor how often Peyton Manning passes in practice - Peyton Manning is coming off a season’s worth of missed games and has four neck surgeries in his medical history. With all that in mind, the Broncos have their quarterback on a pitch count of sorts as he learns the team’s playbook.  Manning has been cleared by the Broncos’ medical staff and by his surgeon from his most recent procedure, noted neck and spine specialist Dr. Robert Watkins, to participate fully in the Broncos’ offseason workouts and training camp.  Read more from the Denver Post >>>> 

Broncos kicker Matt Prater remains a “franchise player” for this season - Today’s question about the Broncos comes from Tom Howard in Vail: Q: A good field-goal kicker is critical to success and hard to find. Why, with all the money the Broncos have been throwing around, don’t they come to terms with Matt Prater and move on? They need him, or someone like him, and there just aren’t that many like him sitting around looking for a job.  A: Tom, Prater has not participated in the Broncos’ offseason workouts, but he will be under contract for the coming season. The issue for both sides is what happens after 2012.  Read more from the Denver Post >>>>

Peyton Manning Will Be the Biggest Free Agency Addition in NFL History - Peyton Manning will be the biggest free-agent signing when the 2012 NFL season comes to a close. In fact, he’ll end up as the best free-agent addition in NFL history.  The Denver Broncos gave Manning a five-year, $96 million contract this offseason and, in the end, he’ll be worth every penny.  If Broncos fans thought former quarterback Tim Tebow was a natural leader, wait until they see Manning run the show. Even though he never played a single snap in 2011, Broncos GM John Elway knew what he was doing when he signed the future Hall of Fame quarterback.   Read more from Bleacher Report >>>>

Denver Broncos Greatest Defensive Plays: #1 - Any Denver Broncos fan over the age twelve in 1997 would tell you, the victory in Super Bowl XXXII was the greatest sports moment they had ever experienced before or since. Super Bowls are typically filled with big time plays and this one was no different.  The Broncos were 14 point underdogs to the defending champion Green Bay Packersand played out the role in true Hollywood fashion – and John Mobley would ultimately be the heroin that saved the day.  Read more from Bronco Talk >>>>

Peyton Manning named 50th best player in 2012, despite not playing a down in 2011 - Can you tell the true greatness of a player in his absence? That’s most certainly what NFL Films and the NFL players who voted believed when it came time to tally the votes for the NFL Network’s Top 100 rankings shows this year. These shows always create controversy, which makes sense — you can have the shows in which players are ranked, and then have a panel of people (usually Jamie Dukes most of all) yelling about who got ranked where.  Read more from Yahoo! Sports >>>>

Dawkins not worried hits will take toll - Former Eagles safety Brian Dawkins said he wouldn’t change the way he played regardless of the NFL’s crackdown on big hits. Dawkins who announced his retirement last month played 13 seasons with the Eagles and three with the Denver Broncos. On Thursday, he told NFL.com’s “Cover Two” podcast that – if he had to do it all over again – he would play the same tenacious style and isn’t worried that the hits he gave and received might affect his health in the future.  Read more from Philly.com >>>>

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