Broncos’ Brock Osweiler looking like backup plan at quarterback - Q: Are there any sort of risks if the Broncos make (Brock) Osweiler the backup QB?  A: Bill, if he can perform well in the upcoming preseason games, Osweiler is on track to be the Broncos’ No. 2 quarterback.  The Broncos selected the 21-year-old — he’ll turn 22 in November — in the second round of the April draft. The model Denver had in mind was similar to the Packers’ model.  Read more from the Denver Post >>>>

Peyton Manning already has memorable history playing in Denver - If he’s nervous, it’s only because for all his robotic passing proficiency, Peyton Manning is human.  If he is excited, he will hardly be the only one.  If he’s scared, it will be a first.  History suggests Manning has never been afraid of playing at the Broncos’ stadium that is now called Sports Authority Field at Mile High. For the first time since he signed with the Broncos in March, Manning will perform at the stadium Saturday afternoon when the team holds a free public scrimmage.  Read more from the Denver Post >>>>

Broncos Team with Melanoma Exposed - Hundreds of Denver Broncos fans were screened for skin cancer while showing their support for the team during last weekend’s training camp practices. The skin screenings were offered by the Broncos in partnership with Melanoma Exposed (TM) — a new public awareness campaign that aims to raise awareness of melanoma and its risk factors and to encourage people to get screened.  Every Broncos fan needs to take melanoma seriously. Not only is it the deadliest form of skin cancer, claiming the life of one American every hour, but it can affect anyone — Coloradans are no exception. In fact, Colorado has the second highest melanoma death rate in the country, and living at a higher elevation can increase a person’s risk for developing the disease.  Read more from Denver Broncos >>>>

Denver Broncos training camp: All eyes on Peyton Manning - On one of the Denver Broncos’ two practice fields, quarterback Peyton Manning stood under the center of his new offensive line with no defenders, no wide receivers and no running backs around him. He was in the middle of a tutorial: Manning Cadences 101. “Buffalo … alert tight … double, double, double … apple, apple, apple,” he hollered. For years, we’ve come to learn these calls at the line of scrimmage as trademark Peyton. But as we learn to accept No. 18 wearing new colors, we also must remember that everything must be re-taught to a new group, a new team. The second chapter is so clearly under way at Broncos training camp — even if in so many ways he still looks like the same old Peyton Manning.  Read more from NFL.com >>>>

Denver Broncos Training Camp 2012: Last chance for 2009 draftees Moreno, Ayers - As a friend recently reminded us on Twitter, in Broncos Country, Josh McDaniels‘ surname is a four-letter word. The sound “McDaniels” is fingernails on the chalkboard, a teeth-clinching, shoulder-buckling, neck-hairs-standing-on-end reminder of the worst two-year period in franchise history.  Read more from Bronco Talk >>>>

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High-profile Manning family likes to talk football, and teach it too - Sure, it’s mildly stunning to watch the star hosts of the high-profile football camp bring ‘em in, deliver instruction, exhort encouragement, get sweaty with the drills and put in 18-hour days.  Read more from the Denver Post >>>>

AFC breakdown: All eyes on Denver Broncos in offseason - The NFL’s era of free agency has had its share of blockbuster courtships, of big-name players moving on to put their names on somebody else’s marquee.  But as the AFC’s early birds — the Bills and the Patriots — have their rookies report to training camp this week, the offseason officially comes to a close with the biggest balance-of-power move in the conference having been made in Denver.Yes, Denver, where a Hall of Fame quarterback, John Elway, pursued a future Hall of Fame quarterback, Peyton Manning, and where plenty of hype and hope has since followed.  Read more from the Denver Post >>>>

Sunday Talk: Why Did Brother Peyton Choose Denver? - Future Hall-of-Famer Peyton Manning is returning from a year off rehabbing from neck surgery. The decision by the Indianapolis Colts to part ways with him in favor of No.1 pick Andrew Luck set off a chain reaction across the league. Teams came out of their skins to find a way to sign him.  The team that won out was the Denver Broncos, currently presided over by none other than John Elway, one of the game’s greatest QBs. Elway swayed Peyton to shun such warm weather and indoor destinations (such as Miami and Arizona) for the mile-high life. But if you’re Peyton Manning, why in the world would you make that choice after playing in a controlled environment for the past 14 years?  Read more from Giants Football Blog >>>>

Franchise Development 10 Of 32: The Denver Broncos - The team had a horrible run under Josh McDaniels, who gutted the team of their best talent, namely QB Jay Cutler and WR Brandon Marshall, because of his own ego problems. Mercifully, the organization fired him, put John Elway as President, and hired ex-Panthers coach John Fox.  I’ve always felt Fox was one of the better NFL coaches. He’s very good at being flexible and playing to his team’s strengths. He also has former Jaguars Head Coach Jack del Rio as his Defensive Coordinator. Del Rio’s teams always played very solid defense, so he’s a great asset to have.  Read more from Cat Crave >>>>

AFC West: Bold Predictions for the 2012 NFL Season - The 2012 NFL preseason will kick off in less than a month. Over the next few days I will be evaluating the league division by division; providing 2011 season recaps, predictions, odds and fantasy insight.  Read more from Bleacher Report >>>> 

EA doesn’t think Broncos’ defenders can tackle -In just over a month, EA Sports will release their 2012 version of their Madden NFL video game.  The game will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Vita and Wii.  Leading up to Madden 13′s August 24th release, EA Sports has been releasing game-play screenshots in an attempt to hype up the game.  By our unofficial count, among the 13 game-play images EA has released since early June, 3.6% of them have featured a Denver Broncos defender missing a tackle.  Read more from Bronco Talk >>>>

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Broncos slip to 9th best Super Bowl odds - It seems the Peyton Manning hysteria was rubbed off some. The Broncos, tied for the fifth-best Super Bowl odds in the days after they signed the free-agent quarterback, now are tied for ninth-favorites to win it all in 2012.  Read more from the Denver Post >>>>

Q&A with Jack Del Rio - After nine seasons as the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jack Del Rio joined the Broncos in late January to run the team’s defense.  It’s the first time Del Rio has been a defensive coordinator since 2002, when he worked with then-Head Coach John Fox in Carolina.  Now reunited with Fox, Del Rio said he’s looking to bring some of the “Orange Crush” mentality back to the Denver defense. He spoke with DenverBroncos.com about his move to Denver, his relationship with Coach Fox and the benefit of being a former player.  Read more from Denver Broncos >>>>  

Denver Broncos Predictions: 7 Key Players to 2012 Season’s Success - The Denver Broncos hope to build on the success of an AFC West crown and a divisional playoff run with a very different roster heading into 2012.  The shift at quarterback from Tim Tebow to Peyton Manning is the most notable development in the proactive offseason by the franchise’s front office.  Beyond Manning’s acquisition, other new arrivals and key returnees from injury will hold the immediate future of the organization in their hands.  Read more from Bleacher Report >>>> 

The Broncos 1st Round Draft Pick History – A first round pick in the National Football League can make or break a draft for a team and specifically a General Manager. Why? Because this selection is supposed to become a Pro Bowl caliber player and better be a starter as a Rookie. A top ten pick had better be a difference maker or a play-maker to boot. The kind of player that the opposing team has to account for in their game plan.  Today, we will study how the Denver Broncos have done with this selection in the franchise’s history.  Read more from Mile High Report >>>> 

Will McCoy, Del Rio follow in Allen’s footsteps? - After recording an 8-8 record and a playoff berth last season, Denver’s top two 2011 coordinators — Mike McCoy and Dennis Allen— suddenly became head coaching candidates.  The Oakland Raiders were granted permission to interview both coaches (and they ended up hiring Allen) and the Miami Dolphins considered signing McCoy.  Read more from Bronco Talk >>>>

Jets, Redskins, Broncos face playoff run setbacks - Forget Eli Manning vs. Tom Brady. Super Bowl XLVI pitted the New York Giants and the league’s worst rushing attack against the New England Patriots and their 31st-ranked defense.  You don’t often see that, but even championship teams have a weakness.  Winning franchises learn to mask their faults, but this is dangerous territory. Opponents are mining for every advantage.  Here’s a look at five teams with every reason to talk playoffs, save for this one nagging — potentially fatal — weakness.  Real more from NFL.com >>>>

Manning Camp marks eighth year in area - When the Manning Passing Academy first landed in Thibodaux and on the campus of Nicholls State University in 2005, Eli Manning was entering his second season as quarterback of the New York Giants.  At the time, his much more famous brother Peyton Manning was heading into his eighth season as the quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts.  Read more from Houma Today >>>>

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Do the Denver Broncos Have a Viable Backup for Peyton Manning? Fan’s Take - The biggest fear that any Denver Broncos fan will have going into the 2012 NFL season is what happens if Peyton Manning gets hurt in pre-season the first time he is sacked and is unable to play? What if he gets hurt halfway through the season when the Broncos are making a playoff run? Whether he would miss one game or the whole season, do the Broncos have viable options behind him or do they still need to add another veteran?  Read more from Yahoo! Sports >>>>

Chargers Trying To Sell Tickets To Division Rivals - Aside from the Broncos winning, there’s nothing better than hearing about the demise of one of our AFC West rivals.  Can you believe that the San Diego Chargers are so desperate to sell tickets at Qualcomm Stadium that they are inviting fans of division rivals out to their stadium in San Diego?  Fansided’s Kansas CIty Chiefs blog, Arrowhead Addict, received an email from the Chargers last week.  Read more from Predominantly Orange >>>>

Stats and film suggest D.J. Williams is just fine - Ever since iTweetGate, fans have become increasingly adamant that nine-year linebacker D.J. Williams should be shipped out of town. In one of our recent polls, 55% of fans voted in favor of D.J. being taken out of the starting lineup all together.  My response has been that the team values D.J.’s on-the-field performance higher than his occasional off-the-field mishaps — meaning he’s not going anywhere.  One of our top commenters on the site, Troglodyte has a different theory.  Read more from Bronco Talk >>>>

How The West Will Be Won — An Impartial Look - Well, we are a little more than two months away from the 2012 season. We’re getting close to training camps, preseason, and of course, the annual slurry of articles and blogs of predictions for the upcoming year. With that in mind, I would like to get my predictions going. However, before I make any serious predictions, I thought I’d begin this series with an initial, impartial look at the AFC West.  Read more from Just Blog Baby >>>>

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Denver Broncos: 5 Most Overpaid and Underpaid Players on the Roster - The Denver Broncos, like most teams in the NFL, have players that both out-perform and under-perform the salaries in their contracts.  As fans, we like to dissect and discuss a player’s perceived value. Is he worth the salary and bonuses, or should someone else be getting that money? It boils down to a simple equation: perceived value=salary x performance.  Read more from Bleacher Report >>>>

Denver Broncos: 5 Veteran Players Who Will Not Make This Year’s Team - With training camp set to start in just under three weeks and the first preseason game against the Chicago Bears on August 9, we can start to try and predict how the final roster might look.  This will be a very interesting roster for the Broncos, as they will shape the first team with historic free-agent signing Peyton Manning playing quarterback.  The Broncos have a good mix of young players as well as some experienced veterans, and it is those veterans that we are going to take a look at here.  Read more from Bleacher Report >>>> 

Bersch: Manning returns hope for Broncos - The Fourth of July has come and gone, which always signals the downside of summer to me. Fall will be here soon.  That’s my favorite time of the year. The weather cools, baseball season winds down and football is in full swing. High school on Fridays, college on Saturdays and the NFL on Sundays. It doesn’t get much better than that.  Read more from the Coloradoan >>>>

Bailey remembers watching film on VHS tapes - The Denver Broncos recently joined the iPad playbook revolution and have given every player a ‘Pad for studying film, plays and more.  For the younger, tech-savvy players, the iPads are an easy adjustment.  But for some of the veterans, including eleven-time Pro Bowler Champ Bailey, the iPads will take some period of adjustment.  “When I came into the league, we were still looking at the VHS tapes, taking them home and everything,” Bailey told The Daily’s Chris Corbellini on Thursday.  ”And then they converted it into DVD.  After that, they started putting some film on the iPads. Now we’re getting everything on the iPads.”  Read more from Bronco Talk >>>>

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Colorado sports fans asked for a lot of patience; can you spare it? - Patience.  In the local sports world, that word is all the rage these days. And in this town, it gleefully glides off the lips of front office types and coaches of four professional sports franchises. The Rockies are asking for patience. The Nuggets. The Avs. Even the Broncos are asking fans to pump the brakes on title talk while you-know-who gets to know his wideouts, his offense, his coaches and his new surroundings.  Read more from the Denver Post >>>>

2012 Game-By-Game: Week 3 - In Week 3 of the 2012 season the Broncos return home to host one of Peyton Manning’s more familiar foes, the Houston Texans.  Read more from Denver Broncos >>>>

5 Denver Broncos Role Players Who Will Thrive with Peyton Manning - ”The great players make those around them better.”  When you think of the best players in any sport, that statement holds true.  This is especially true for quarterbacks.  John Elway made the average players around him better. Steve Sewell, Mark Jackson and Gene Lang all profited from playing with him.  Joe Montana had Wendell Tyler, John Taylor and Dwight Clark.  Read more from Bleacher Report >>>>

For Peyton Manning and Denver Broncos, Is Eric Decker the Next Reggie Wayne? - For years Peyton Manning tore through opposing defenses aided by receivers like Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Brandon Stokley, Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon. While Manning will spread the ball around to all of his receivers, every quarterback has a favorite target. From 1999 to 2010 it was either Harrison or Wayne that led the Colts in receptions and yards.  Read more from Bleacher Report >>>>

Peyton Manning Graces Wheaties Cereal Cover - Forget Madden video game covers, our favorite quarterback is on the cover of a cereal box.  Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning appears on the Wheaties boxes being sold in Colorado, according our friends at Bronco Planet.  The box, with Wheaties’ fittingly orange background, shows Manning in workout attire with a football in hand.  Read more from Bronco Talk >>>>

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Four Broncos games moved back 10 minutes — take advantage of that time - What’s 10 minutes worth to you, Broncos fans?  The NFL announced Thursday that it will push back the kickoff times of 40 games this fall, including four Broncos games. All games that were the back half of a double-header on either CBS or Fox will start at 2:25 Mountain Time, instead of 2:15.  Read more from the Denver Post >>>>

2012 Game-by-Game: Week 2 - Over the next few weeks, DenverBroncos.com will take a look at the team’s 2012 schedule week-by-week, including a look at the last time the teams faced off, what to watch for this season and more.  Below is a closer look at the Broncos Week 2 matchup with the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football.  Read more from Denver Broncos >>>>

Denver Broncos: Early Win-Loss Predictions for 2012 Schedule - Football season can’t get here soon enough.  Training camps will be opening across the NFL in about one month.  Once camp opens, we will learn much about the 2012 Denver Broncos and the rest of the league.  How does the offense look under new quarterback Peyton Manning?  Read more from Bleacher Report >>>>

Peyton Manning: 4 Reasons John Fox Is the Wrong Coach for the Denver Broncos - Peyton Manning and John Fox aren’t exactly the King and Queen of the Prom in Denver. They aren’t a match made in heaven.  Fox’s conservative philosophy is miles apart from Manning’s no-huddle offense. How will the two blend in their first season together?  The two might not even make it to their honeymoon.  Read more from Bleacher Report >>>>

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Position Preview: Defensive Line - The Broncos defense in 2012 will be sporting a new look up front.  New Defensive Line Coach Jay Rodgers values size in the middle, and the offseason has certainly added that to Denver’s defensive tackle position.  The team selected Derek Wolfe with its first pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, signed former Bronco Justin Bannan, and got Ty Warren back healthy under a restructured contract.  Read more from Denver Broncos >>>>

2012 Game-by-Game: Week 1 - Over the next few weeks, DenverBroncos.com will take a look at the team’s 2012 schedule week-by-week, including a look at the last time the teams faced off, what to watch for this season and more.  Read more from Denver Broncos >>>>

Q&A with Jay Rodgers - On May 14, the Broncos’ coaching staff was suddenly in flux.  Defensive Line Coach Wayne Nunnely retired, leaving an open spot at the position. But Head Coach John Fox wasted little time in promoting former defensive assistant Jay Rodgers to that position.  Read more from Denver Broncos >>>>

Denver Broncos: 3 Players Under the Most Pressure Because of Peyton Manning - The Denver Broncos’ signing of Peyton Manning ratcheted up the pressure for the Broncos to ascend to greatness in 2012.  Manning hand-picked the Broncos because of the allure of some top players, a quality coaching staff and a Hall of Fame quarterback in the front office. By choosing to bring his game to Denver, it also puts some major pressure on players on the roster already, whom he expects to elevate their games as well to achieve the ultimate goal: the Lombardi Trophy.  Read more from Bleacher Report >>>>

Broncos May Renovate Stadium Thanks To Manning - The news that Peyton Manning was coming to Denver had just broken over a local radio station when the Broncos’ manager for suite sales felt his phone buzz with a text from one of his longtime customers. The customer, Scott Brown, had been reluctant to renew his pricey suite lease for another season. But minutes after he heard that Manning was coming to town, Brown sent the suite salesman a simple text. “Let’s do this.”  Read more from Forbes >>>>

Film Room: Happy Birthday, Shannon Sharpe! - Today is former Denver Broncos tight end Shannon Sharpe‘s forty-fourth birthday.  Happy Birthday, Shannon!  During his career, the Birthday Boy was an eight-time Pro Bowler, a four-time Associated Press All Pro, a three-time Super Bowl Champion, a member of the NFL’s 1990s All Decade Team and a member of the Denver Broncos 50th Anniversary Team.  Read more from Bronco Talk >>>>

The Denver Broncos 7th Round Draft Success Rate – As we continue looking at the Denver Broncos and their draft history, the 7th round becomes the focus for this discussion. I covered the 5th round and the 6th round and plan to keep going until a reasonable conclusion can be made for a standard of success at each round of the draft. Obviously, the later the round, the more difficult it is to make any NFL teams final roster. Many 7th round picks are raw and have as much chance of landing on the Practice Squad as they do being cut in Training Camp. The good news as far as Broncos Country is concerned, is that their favorite team has done fairly well in the late rounds. In fact, one of the four Bronco players inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame was drafted in the 7th round. It shouldn’t take much effort for you to realize I’m speaking of the “Mouth of the South”, Shannon Sharpe.  Read more from Mile High Report >>>>

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Former Denver Broncos receiver Ed McCaffrey, Valor Christian host Down syndrome football, cheer camp – Former Broncos wide receiver Ed McCaffrey hosted a star-studded football and cheerleading camp for individuals with Down syndrome on Saturday at Valor Christian High School.  Read more from the Denver Post >>>>

Peyton Manning vs. Tim Tebow: Colorado voters weigh in - The folks at Public Policy Polling included some quarterbacks questions in a recent survey of Colorado voters. The results showed that local voters prefer Tim Tebow as a person, but prefer Peyton Manning as a quarterback.  Read more from the Denver Post >>>>

New Horsepower Fueling Broncos - When linebacker Joe Mays walked into the weight room at the Broncos’ Dove Valley headquarters to begin his first offseason workout, he barely recognized his surroundings.  Gone were the machines, dumbbells, bench press stations, squat racks and rows of treadmills that lined the weight room last year.  Read more from Denver Broncos >>>>

Strength, Size Help Siliga Stand Out - Even though he lines up in the most crowded part of the field, first-year defensive tackle Sealver Siliga has always been hard to ignore.  Standing 6-2 and weighing more than 300 pounds, it didn’t take Siliga long to draw his teammates’ attention after joining the team’s practice squad in Week 6 of the 2011 season.  Read more from Denver Broncos >>>>

Denver Broncos: Report Cards for Every Positional Unit on the Roster - Heading into training camp, the 2012 Denver Broncos have high expectations.  With Peyton Manning now in the fold, the Broncos could be as good as Manning’s health allows them to be.  When Manning was in Indianapolis, the Colts made it to the postseason nine consecutive times, consistently won 12 or more games and were always a threat to win the Super Bowl.  Read more from Bleacher Report >>>>

Denver Broncos: Predicting Peyton Manning’s 2012 Season - Unless you are living under a rock, you are probably aware the Peyton Manning signed with the Denver Broncos a few months back.  The move came after Manning, a longtime Indianapolis Colt, was released from the Colts after sitting out the 2011 season with a neck injury.  Read more from Bleacher Report >>>>

Ryan Clady likes Denver Broncos’ offense under Peyton Manning - Denver Broncos left tackle Ryan Clady will go from blocking for one of the NFL’s most polarizing quarterbacks to protecting a future Hall of Famer’s blind side.  Clady is on the front line of the Broncos’ swap of the Tim Tebow run-heavy offense for Peyton Manning’s pass-oriented attack.  Read more from NFL.com >>>>

Broncos’ Elway, Sharpe featured in Madden 13 - Merely days after cover voting started, Denver’s two representatives — linebacker Von Miller and quarterback Tim Tebow — were eliminated in the cover vote for the Madden NFL 13 video game athlete.  That didn’t stop EA Sports from featuring several historical Broncos in the game.  Read more from Bronco Talk >>>>

Ranking the Top 10 Denver Broncos Post Season Games - With the acquisition of Peyton Manning, most Denver Broncos fans are already fantasizing about what the 2012 Broncos season holds. Though the Broncos have the second toughest schedule next to the Giants, most prognosticators have picked them to be the favorite to win the AFC West. That means, to understate it, that most fans expect nothing short of another playoff appearance (if not a victory and/or Super Bowl).  Read more from Mile High Report >>>>

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