Sunday afternoon, Sam Adams made his 11th start of the season.
Tuesday afternoon, he was waived.
Denver parted ways with the 14-year defensive tackle after an 11-game stint in which he logged eight solo tackles and added nine assists. He did not record a sack, meaning that if he does not return to the NFL this season, he will have his first sackless campaign since entering the league as a first-round draft pick of the Seattle Seahawks in 1994.
Adams was inactive for one game this season, at Indianapolis. He also was held out of practice for each Wednesday session this year.
The Broncos also opted to waive cornerback Jeff Shoate, who had been with the team since joining as a fifth-round draft pick in 2004. Shoate played sparingly in his 2004 rookie campaign, spent all of 2005 on injured reserve following knee surgery and then sat on the practice squad in 2006 before cracking the 53-man roster once again this year.
After playing in each of the Broncos’ first six games this year — during which he logged seven solo tackles — Shoate was inactive for the Week 8 game against the Green Bay Packers before returning for the Week 9 loss at Detroit, during which he notched two assists.
Shoate was inactive for each of the four games that followed leading up to his release.
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Thanks Andrew.
I am glad to see Adams go. Nothing against him as a person, but he has to be one of the worst free agent pick ups in Broncos history.
glad to see adams gone he really was a waste of a good broncos uniform, shoate i could really care less about the guy. i mean i dont wish anything bad upon him, but he had like five tackles in what three years…good decsion coach.
Personally, I think the Sam Adams move should have come weeks ago but didn’t for a couple of reasons…
I think the Broncos front office was trying to save face to a certain extent… Simeon Rice was a bust, Jimmy Kennedy was a bust, Travis Henry came this close to being a complete bust– We already ran Gerard Warren and Michael Myers out of town… The Broncos have been reduced to signing guys off the street to play DL, so I think they were giving Adams every opportunity to work himself back into his old shape…
However, week after week of mediocre play could no longer be ignored– they couldn’t delay the inevitable anymore…
The big problem from my perspective is the complete failure of our scouts, front office, GM and coaching staff… We had decent, not great, but decent defensive tackles in Myers and Warren who were run off because they “didn’t fit the system”… Well, at least they could play!! Maybe that’s why they didn’t fit the system, because they actually tackled running backs and rushed the QB.
personally i was a real big sam adams fan before he came here and i thought he would have really helped our defense of course that was not the case. And nobody has been more disappointed with his play than me, but i think we should’ve waited until the season ended to let him go. I mean technically denver still has to pay him for the rest of his contract and who ever we add to replace won’t be a huge upgrade. As far as shoate goes i never saw the guy play before this season and this year i haven’t seen him make a play. But getting rid of him isn’t as bad as getting rid of adams because his contract isn’t as big.
glad to see Adams go he wasn’t doing anything productive and to me he kind of doomed our defense, it seems like when was on the field they either ran to that weak left side of the line away from him or they would play action and throw to beat our over rated secondary……………my main gripe about the loss to the team I hate the most is the fact that once again Bly got burnt this time by Tim Dwight and why couldn’t Foxworth keep up with a Tight End (Miller) on that 2nd quarter TD pass from McCown? I also noticed that not only can our Defense look confused but our Offense looks the same at times. What is Jay doing try to squeeze a ball in between like 4 defenders……i.e. pass to Walker that got picked by Howard, Walker wasn’t even remotely open and why do we have so many 3rd and long plays………that’s got to stop……ugh frustrated……..also why in the world was Taylor Jacobs returning kicks, we just signed the guy like 2-3 weeks ago and the Broncos coaching staff wants to put him back to take kicks when we need all the field position we can get……….I’m sure he wasn’t prepared for that role and it showed, just miserable…….we also had too many dropped balls……I can keep going but I’m going to stop because this is so disapointing to talk about…….we are now 2 games out of the Division and Wild Card……..we should be 8-4 (Bears, Packers & Jags game we should have won) but we are 5-7 and it seems like a rebuilding year or get the cob webs out year, what ever is going on needs more work alot more work………we have to win out to have a chance, 9-7 is getting in not 8-8….Go Broncs!
it’s good to see my team still making moves….we ain’t happy where we’re at….always trying to get better….I can appreciate that….
Shelbo, I don’t see how you can accuse Adams of being a “waste of a bronco’s uniform.” The guy used up two uniforms’ worth of material at least. Give credit where it’s due.
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Good news , Sam Adams waived
“Sam Adams–always a good decision!”
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I agree with everyone we didn’t see the best year out of Adams. Maybe in the future we won’t have guys so big on our team that are as old as Adams… There are only so many years a man that big can run and be physical like he was at one time. Any idea who is going to take those roster spots?
How many players have to go before this team realizes its the schemes and coaching thats not winning games, not that I was a big fan of Sam Adams and I barely knew about Shoate. Denver Pro Bowl players look less than average and its not because they can’t play. I feel sorry for Denver defenders this year. The turnstyle is being used more than the ones at Grand Central Station because a man can’t swallow his pride that his schemes aren’t working. He had most of the 07 draft including picks traded for players from this years draft. I was willing to wait seven maybe eight games for the D work out the kinks. It’s week 14 and nothing has changed except the players. Theres a common denominator here, coaching! Oh…and losses!
maybe adams would have been better if he didnt weigh 360….more speed….Now who are we going to put there thats better is the question….we’ll see what the Broncos try and do for their post-season hopes.
what about Bly man!! c’mon guys, he screws up EVERY GAME! he’s a waist of money. Totally gets burned, or falls or gets a stupid penalty right before we making our march down the field to kick our usual field goal. He Sucks! But lets waive Adams. I don’t care about Adams, but he hasn’t made as many game ending F!*k ups as Blah. Oh, and post season hopes?? We’re done son!
Oldnumber7-
Bailey isn’t playing much better than Bly, you want to get rid of him too? You might get your wish since Bates is going to run everyone out of here before he swallows his pride that his scheme doesn’t work! That was an extremely ticky tack penalty-it didnt even hinder the recievers stride- terrible call! Champ hasn’t had a bad season until this year, why? Scheme.
I don’t agree with oldnumber7 when it comes to Bly. If we release Bly cause he gets burned once in a while lets release cutler because hes thrown a lot of interceptions. Cutlers a great QB and bly is a great CB. so just SHUT UP cause you obviously don’t know what your talking about. The season isnt over, theres still 4 games for us to win (which is very possible) and 4 games for the chargers to lose (also very possible). Theres still a LOT of hope for us to make the playoffs. Lets rally up and make the playoffs. Run the ball solid with very little mistakes on offense, D and special teams and we can win the division. GO BRONCOS!
bronx2729-
You’re right Bailey isn’t doing any better, but when it’s crunch time Bly chokes dude. That INT he had a couple of weeks ago was an accident, the receiver just blew his pattern & it hit Bly in the gut. 4th down rec. muffs a pass & he gives ‘em an inexcusable 1st down, fell down against the Traiders & got completely burned twice. I believe your scheme theory.
Heres gonna be the new depth chart
RE: Dumervil-Carrington
DT:Mallard-mckinley
DT:Peterson-Thomas
LE:Engelberger-Crowder
WLB:Gold-Winborn
MLB:BEck-Green
SLB:DJ-webster
LCB:Champ-Fox
RCB:Bly-Paymah
SS:Abdullah
FS:Lynch
Meisner-
I bleed orange & blue, momo. Ya lets compare a QB with 17 or 18 games under his belt to Bly who has how many??? Bly WAS a gr8 corner. Cut him. Oh, and SHUT UP!
I have to agree with all of you, I know for a fact that it is not the players we have one of the greatest cornerbacks to ever play this game and he has looked plain jane maybe he is not completly healthy. bly not really sure i know he can be a great corner with champ. and as far as playing these big lineman hello super bowl XXXII & XXXIII what happed to let me introduce my tiny lineman. we were small, fast, fearce we had a pass rush,sacks. anyway i hope they figure it out fast it’s hard to watch them play so bad. GOOOOO BRONCS!!!!!!! CONGRATS HENRY ON YOU VICTORY.
I believe Denver is trying to play for a very high draft pick this Spring.
The Defense is horrid. What happened to the high Ranked defense of Last year and year before? THe Secondary has been terrible, Part is because of the last of production from the Front Seven. It seems that Jay Cutler may need a new Quarter Back Coach to help him. John Elway became the Pro quarter back he was because he had good coaching. Here’s an Idea.
To help the running game I think Mcfadden from Arkansas would be good. The offense has receivers but they don’t seem to scare anyone. How about getting a receiver who can run a 40 around 4.2-4.3 Speed that has good hands. How about next year we trade to get Randy Moss(Just kidding). How about the Dorsey DL from LSU. The KansasDenverFan
I believe that Denver is trying to play for a high draft pick beind The Dolphins. They need an overhaul on the Defense and a dangerous weapons on Offense. No one is scared of the receivers. We need a great hands receiver who can run a 4.2-4.3 40 to let the other receivers have their way with opposing defenses. ( How about trading for Randy Moss?)Just kidding. MccFadden would be a good assest to the offense, but how about going for a DL like Dorsey from LSU.
im a new member so ima lil late with this. i would like to say sam did more bad than good. you cant be a leader and a situational player. so im not upset to see him go. as far as shoate…. its always disapointing when we draft somebody and they dont pan out no matter what round he was selected. and finally i am soooooo glad they took nick ferguson out of rotation!!! hes been killing us for years now. please retire!!!
old#7 smoke another one DUDE! if we would have won thoses 3 games u wouldn’t have $%#^ 2 say, but bly did get torched in greenbay!!!!!!!!
LETS GO BRONCO”S
i think josh mallard is gonna see some more playing time or bring back that jimmy kennedy guy
You all upset me almost all of u seem like fair weather fans and thats a shame pitty on you and go become a raider or a charger fan cause there fans are all fair eather bly and bailey is one of the best corner tandems in the league u know why they are underacheiving its due to them not being used to the scheme look how many times they are left in man coverage any corner even primetime himself couldnt cover man almost every down and not get burnt i agree with bates scheme get th biggest ugliest guys upfront on our dline and let the other team try to run around the outside and try to outrun our athletic LB core i do like williams but he doesnt belong at MLB that is a move we need in the offseason to get a new MLB and move williams back over and as far as offense shame on anyone who feels we have a sub par WR core when healthy we have some of the deepest talent at that position Rod Smith is amazing with great hands
Stokes is a top 3 slot reciever Brandon Marshall still needs a little work but he is dangerous after a catch since he is hard to bring down and javon is both quick and has good hands so receiver is not a concern and we shouldnt even bother talking running back why would denver use a first on a running back in mcfadden thats just dumb denver can make a 1,000 rusher out of anyone maybe even one day we can see Mason on the back of a jersey with a 1,000 season just kidding andrew stick with what you do best you all make me sick to be bronco fan we should be some of the most loyal fans in the NFL if we played a little more cover two got a good MLB we would need or have 8-9 in the box and bailey and bly could be more aggressive to take away more balls but until they have help over the top they cant jump routes and its shown anyone can play the over two DB and with our DB’s they would thrive in it and Foxworth is a great number three until you guys can name me one player thats never had a few bad games or a bad year shut up or put up if u guys were so smart you would be working in the NFL so truthfully all of what most you have said are opinions ans we all know what opinions are like and before you run the gums about an overrated secondary we are rated 8th in the league against the pass lynch is one of the most impressive safetys to play the game he is getting a little older and we should get a young player in below him this offseason to soak up his knowledge someone hard hitting as well to all the above fair weather fans i might remind you the broncos lost two young members in the offseason i bet it has taken a mental and emotional toll on all the players the majority of you posting before me make me absolutely sick i live in San Deigo and wear my jerseys with pride no matter what happens i take crap all day about it and your posts sound no better than what i hear from charger fans all year so go ahead and jump ship i will live and die by this team i would do anything for this team and i hope one day to travel and work with this team maybe ill help mason weed all the crap out of these blogs say what you want hate on my posting all you want but when this team in the next few years are super bowl contender u all need to eat your words like i said you would be a coach if you had all the answers to our problems but your not and mike is one of the greastest coaches so i state again you make me sick and i hope we can find some real denver fans to post on here
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I am not really defending Bly, but I will surely defend Champ and say that it has got to be difficult to cover the league’s most elite receivers when you are not sure if you are going to have to tackle a running back routinely running free in the secondary. The guy has to keep one eye on the line of scrimmage at all times because for God sake, someone on this team has to make TD saving tackles…
Strange !! A guy starting 11 games released …. i’m not a great fan of Sam but if he played , i presume he was the best at his position so i’m suprised by his release , suddenly all the other guy in the depth are better ? Why have not used them before ? He played in the last game ( poorly , OK , but what defender didn’t ????? ) , so , to be released in the middle of the week , i don’t see his substitute doing better or else i ask again : why not before ?? Football , i don’t understand all the things .
Obviously, there are issues to be worked through. Painful that it has to take place DURING the season (amounting to losses)…but I do believe that Shanahan will not put up with lack-luster performance for too long. Yes, this season’s pretty much a wash at this point. What we can do is look to the future. The future is our only place we can hope again. I’m hoping that Shanahan (and the front office) will be willing to make the necessary sacrifices to get the players in here who can make the differences we need to turn the tide. At the end of the day, I believe he agonizes over the losses just as much or more as any of us do. Read Shanahan’s book, if you haven’t already, and I think you will agree. This is eating him alive.
Let’s not give up the ship just yet…
You know what would be funny is if all us bloggers sat down and watched a Broncos game one of these Sundays together.
GREAT!!!! I like the move to release Adams. I knew the problem with the line was they are too slow and they were not pulling there load on stopping the run, which is why the big guy was brought in, to help stop the run. I saw his bio and he was declining stats over the last few years. He was good in his prime, but he is slowing down. I just hope we get back to the fast speed line that can put pressure on the QB and stop the run.
broncosfrance, we brought Adams in to stop the run according to Bates scheme. It hasn’t worked all year except a few games. It’s not that the guys behind Adams aren’t as good, they weren’t as big to fit the scheme. so they kept giving him a chance. because after the bye week we started tightening things up. See what they do this week against the run, I bet we are a force at stopping it, and getting more pressure on the QB.
Jeff Shoate ok whatever…we have depth at that position. Sam Adams ok he wasn’t helping much stoping the run…but while we are cutting people, why not Henry he can’t hold the ball, why not Lepsis, who did a great job in the past two seasons, but he’s not providing a whole lot of protection for Cutler now. Why not Pears he gets a holding penalty every other play. I havn’t made up my mind about Bly yet, he does good and bad things every game.
I am a Broncos fan to the end no matter who plays and as long as they are in the game, I will root for them. My first game ever after 30 years of waiting was last year San Francisco @ Denver. I was in disbelief. Ok, they lost. This year I’m not indisbelief, I’m disgusted, but still a fan. Just because some of us are upset doesn’t mean we are fair weather fans. I haven’t lived in Colorado for 19 years and I maybe missed 19 games in so many years and none before.
That said-
Have you ever seen so many players released and signed in Denver history? This must be a record year. Feel like Bates is orhestrating the Sesame Street song “which one of these kids is doing thier own thing?” ..while they’re packing thier stuff. Remember how many defensive players Denver signed in the offseason and how many Denver picked up in the draft, and traded up for two of them! Denver traded another from 08 draft for Jimmy Kennedy…Jimmy Who? How many players is it going to take to get to fit “Bates Scheme?’ Maybe we should get Count Dracula, but I dont think he can count that high! No team with Bailey would be this bad no matter who is on the other side. THE SCHEME ISN’T WORKING.
The offensive line injuries are more important than I probably understand, but I don’t think those guys (Kuper & Myers) are doing a bad job…at all. Mike Bell fumbles once and I haven’t seen him again. For all I know hes not on the team anymore (lucky for him he’s not on defense). Henry fumbled twice and is still out there? What gives? I think most of us would agree that with Cutler, Marshall, Stokely, Walker, Graham, Scheffler, any RB (that doesnt fumble) should be able to score at will. IT’S THE ULTIMATE CONSERVATIVE PLAYCALLING ESPECIALLY IN THE RED ZONE!
IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO COACHING! Shanahan should feel bad, we all feel bad, but he has the say-so to do something about it and so far all I’ve seen is an “EXIT” sign for the Defensive players. Bates keeps doing the same thing with different players and expecting different results. Tired of seeing run up the gut on first down Hiemendinger, then a bootleg or screen, then a slant. There’s your offensive scheme is in the public, now you can change it (not that no one knew that already).
I’ll be at my 2nd game ever on Sunday rooting for my favorite team no matter what the weather is, bad-fair-or good!
Bronx2729, I have been a Bronco fan for 30 years too. I love them to death, no matter how bad they are doing. I make sure I see them every sunday, on TV that is, even if i have to travel to see. been to I don’t kno whow many games in person, also.
I must say your Your right on. I see the exact smae things your seeing. I have been yelling at every game throw a screen or quick slant, let the play makers make the plays with the ball. I love Marshall and his ability to break free. And Bell for some reason he is in Shanny’s sh.. house. Remember he was a starter last year, as a walk on, he couldn’t have changed that much in one year. Yes, he is on the team, third string full back. Wow if he was on defense he would be gone. Good coments, they match what I have been saying.
ocruch4ever, your comments keep me laughing. I enjoy reading whatever you have to say!!!!
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Bronx2729
What I meant was I wish I could buy YOU a beer. Oh! San Diego guy, don’t be so harsh on us. IT’S JUST A BLOG! Just toughts. viccity77, it’s pretty obvious that I wouldn’t have $%#^ to say if……never mind.
Just bought this 60 inch crystal pixel tv to watch my Broncos in high def baby!!!
Bronco Fans, My apologies to you for my smart alec comments, I am new to the board and was just trying to see if anyone would actually read what I wrote. The real me is this. I have been a Denver Broncos fan for 24 years and have seen one of the best quarter backs in history play in John Elway. I was just kidding about Mcfadden and the receivers. In fact no one was happier that I was to see that Brandon Stokely signed with the Broncos and Bly. It’s hard to see a 2 time winning super bowl sports franchise struggle. I believe that Jay Cutler will become the Pro bowl quarter back that we expect. He needs more coaching or better coaching or something to correct his errored throws for interceptions. If one was to go back and look at the first two years of Bret Farve’s and John Elway’s careers, they were plagued with interceptions, but there were good coaches that taught them how to be a NFL Quarterback which led to their careers as being two of the best quarterbacks in History. I hope in some way that the Broncos can find a way or that coach to help him develop.
My Concern is the Defense. My questions to all of you are, how can this team win the remainder games and have at least a shot at the play offs with the defense and offense they currently have that are on the roster?
It’s great that we signed to new DL’s, I hope they can help us win the next few games.
Go Broncos
Some people say that DJ shouldn’t be MLB, what games are you guys watching, DJ is blowing up people and he’s 3rd in the league in tackles. He’s really come into his own. Go Broncos. Believe.
Shilly88 thats the smartest thing iv heard from anyone all day. You have facts in you comment and thats what its all about. Thank you. You other panzies (lol) need to stop fighting eachother. We all love this team I dont give A F@$! and dont judge people for what they say on here and ya’ll need to relax. Opinions are opinions comment on them. The name calling and all the Bullsh!t needs to stop. Brotherly Broncos love. If you do want to say something about each other you better meet at a game and say it to each others faces. Anyone can hide behind a computer. Stop hiding and start loving your brothers. Broncos pride baby. Call me a hippie if you want. Your my Broncos brothers so it doesn’t bother me. ANYWAY (wasting my time lol) DJ is the man end of story. Ok im a mechanic for the US army right(Auto). If one day my command came to me and told me I had to fix a boats I would be a little stumped for a while but I would figure it out. And if I kept fixing boats id master it. I would need time to learn and get comfortable. Thats what DJ need stop saying he needs to switch back outside. Your not letting him get comfortable. Broncos brotherly love to all of you. Yes you to Oldnumber7. GO BRONCOS BABY!!
DJ is goog ILB but he fills that position because there’s no other guy worthy . Whith a good ILB , DJ would be a force outside , the guy the opposite team has to count whith . The loss of All is a major reason of our struggles this year .
I think alot of the runs up the middle are a missed gap asignment by Williams. i like him dont get me wrong i just like hard hitting MLB’s like Ray Zack AL brian doesnt hit like he i used to. I cant remember DJ really laying wood on someone this year. The hit i have seen have all come from Lynch.
I do feel kind of bad for Sam Adams, at least he played hard unlike that useless piece of crap “Hot 97″ Simeon Rice