Greetings from INVESCO Field at Mile High, where the Broncos will host their AFC West rival, the Chiefs, in a few short hours.
First and foremost, Happy New Year to you and your entire family.
Today’s contest marks the 99th meeting between the two clubs, and the Broncos have won their last eight games against the Chiefs in Denver.
There are 10 possible scenarios that could play out today for the Broncos to clinch their 18th playoff berth in franchise history and first postseason appearance since 2005. To view all of those scenarios, click here.
Currently there are partly cloudy skies with temperatures in the mid-30s. Temperatures are expected to stay in the high-30s for this afternoon’s game. Here is a full weather report for the 2:15 MST game:
Broncos vs. Chiefs Week 17 Weather Report
And here is a traffic report for those of you getting ready to head to the stadium:
Broncos vs. Chiefs Week 17 Traffic Report
12:08 p.m. MST: A few Broncos have made their way onto the field to loosen up for today’s contest. Offensive linemen Brandon Gorin, Tyler Polumbus and Seth Olsen are all stretching on the field. Matt Prater is also out of the tunnel — getting set to take a few field goal attempts.
12:13 p.m. MST: Today’s starting quarterbacks — Kyle Orton and Matt Cassel — just met near midfield to shake hands. Brandon Lloyd is also out on the field — dressed in full uniform, including his helmet. It looks as if the Broncos will be wearing white pants with their blue jerseys.
12:18 p.m. MST: Lloyd and Matthew Willis are positioned at the 45-yard line fielding punts. Now, Jabar Gaffney and Alphonso Smith are returning punts as well.
12:28 p.m. MST: A handful of defensive players are warming up. Ronald Fields is positioned in the back of the end zone, using a green band to stretch out his legs. Kenny Peterson is nearby Fields, stretching out his hamstrings.
12:38 p.m. MST: Only two Broncos remain on the field. Fields is still stretching in the end zone. Meanwhile, Wesley Woodyard is loosening up while listening to some music.
12:44 p.m. MST: Mitch Berger is the second Bronco to make his way onto the field wearing the team’s blue jersey. He is taking punts from around the 38-yard line.
12:51 p.m. MST: Berger and Kansas City long snapper Thomas Gafford just shared a chat around midfield.
1:00 p.m. MST: Currently, D.J. Williams is the only Bronco out on the field stretching. For the Chiefs, kicker Ryan Succop is working with punter/holder Dustin Colquitt and Gafford on field goal attempts.
1:03 p.m. MST: Just got word of the Broncos Inactives for today’s game. They are: Britton Colquitt, Tom Brandstater, Brandon Marshall, Eddie Royal, Tony Carter, LaMont Jordan, Chris Baker and Tony Scheffler. Brandstater is listed as the team’s third QB.
1:12 p.m. MST: Prater, Berger and Lonie Paxton are out on the field in full uniform working on field goals. Prater just connected on two straight long attempts. First he drilled a 55-yarder, then it looked as if he connected on a 65-yard attempt.
1:18 p.m. MST: Just received a few pregame photos courtesy of Gray Caldwell:
1:21 p.m. MST: The quarterbacks just made their way out of the tunnel. Kyle Orton is warming up his arm, throwing approximately 20-yard passes to offensive assistant Ben McDaniels.
1:24 p.m. MST: A number of Denver special teams players are out on the field — including Spencer Larsen, Peyton Hillis, Richard Quinn, Lloyd and Smith. The Chiefs just made their way onto the field as a team. After a brief huddle nearly the 20-yard line, the club has broken into its pregame stretching routine.
1:27 p.m. MST: A handful of position players, including Brandon Stokley, Daniel Graham, Brian Dawkins and Champ Bailey, just made their way out of the tunnel to loud cheers from the INVESCO Field at Mile High crowd.
1:32 p.m. MST: The Broncos just held their team pregame huddle near the tunnel, and just broke into their pregame stretch routine with Strength and Conditioning Coach Rich Tuten.
1:35 p.m. MST: As usual, Dawkins is pumping up his teammates as the team makes its way through its warmup session.
1:38 p.m. MST: With the club finished with pregame stretches, a number of units have broken off into sections to work on technique. The defensive backs are snagging interceptions, while defensive linemen are working on getting off the line of scrimmage quickly on snap counts.
1:41 p.m. MST: With Head Coach Josh McDaniels looking on, linebackers are working on snatching interceptions and wideouts and tight ends are running downfield to notch receptions from Orton and Chris Simms.
1:45 p.m. MST: Daniel Graham was just getting the offensive united pumped up. Now the offense and defense are going through 11-on-11 plays at the line of scrimmage.
1:48 p.m. MST: With kickoff less than a half hour away, the Broncos are heading back into the locker room to ready for the Chiefs.
1:52 p.m. MST: A lot of wild finishes occurring to early games with playoff implications. The Patriots and Texans are tied up at 27-27 with two minutes to go in Houston (the Texans are in New England territory). Meanwhile, the Steelers lead the Dolphins by three, 27-24, midway through the fourth quarter in Miami.
2:02 p.m. MST: Here come the Thunderstorm paratroopers onto the field — as we monitor the end of the New England/Houston game here in the press box.
2:08 p.m. MST: The Broncos have made their way out of the tunnel for pregame introductions, as the crowd is giving the club a standing ovation.
2:09 p.m. MST: Thanks for following along with the Week 17 pregame blog. Head over to the first-half live blog to follow the Broncos’ divisional rematch with Kansas City.
– Zach Eisendrath, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: 2010, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, pregame blog, Week 17
are the broncos going back to the original uniforms?
blue on white?
jc13,
Based on what Brandon Lloyd wore when he came onto the field about 20 minutes ago, it looks as if the team will be wearing white pants and blue jerseys.
– Zach
LET OLSEN PLAY LEFT GUARD!!!!! Cant be any worse than Hamilton
i really hope we could pull off a win today, despite all that is going on in that locker room and people who arent playing. looks like teams we need to lose and win is a good possibilty. i just want to see us in the playoffs this season. dont care how far we go. just a good moment and opportunity to silence a lot of critics. LETS GO DENVER. LETS GO BRONCOS.
All right, good news that Daniel Graham can go…
And with Jordan inactive, plus Larsen active, with the need to run and his success against KC earlier, could this finally be the significant game for Hillis we’ve all been calling for? LOL
hopefully hillis will go but buckhalter is healthy and when u put corell buckhalter and moreno together u get a pretty good running game
Glade we finally got good coach too staighting up the team bring the right guys in to win as much as i have followed coach mcdanials never seen seen one person turn rain into sunshine, for the broncos i mean i like brandon marshal too but i think coach is doing right thang.
Well the playoff scenario is not going well for us! I don’t think any of the teams we needed to win are winning. BOO!
Well if these results stand I would like to see the Broncos try some new things, being that the game is essentially meaningless. I would like to see Tom in for a series or two. I would also like to see Hillis as a halfback with at least 10 carries.
go broncos
go broncos,lets geteem coach
yea its not looking too good for us
Steelers are thumping the dolphins and Houston has fallen short of NE. Wes welker got hurt tho i think….a high price to pay for an irrelevant seat.
In other words we are screwed…and if we are…I would also like to see brandstater take a snap or two…especially if we jump into the early lead….so that we know if Brandstater is a possible future…or if we have to draft.
Either way, we put ourselves in this situation just like last year….When last year started….we were the $h*+ but we fizzled out cuz of a lack of defense and consistentcy….same thing this year only dif is lack of O instead of D….Inconsistency is the Broncos forte since 05
yep. We changed the entire team basically, only to have the same result. I say get rid of dove valley and make them practice in the high altitude of Breckenridge. Without out a dome so that these guys are weatherproof.
I figured i would bring this into the new blog…courtesy of mile high monty
Monty-
Here are ALL the scenarios that will get the Denver Broncos into the playoffs this season. There are a lot of them – Denver clinches a playoff spot with:
1) DEN win + NYJ loss or tie + BAL loss or tie OR
2) DEN win + NYJ loss or tie + PIT loss or tie OR
3) DEN win + NYJ loss or tie + HOU win OR
4) DEN win + BAL loss or tie + PIT loss or tie OR
5) DEN win + BAL loss or tie + HOU win OR
6) PIT loss + BAL loss + HOU loss + JAC loss OR
7) PIT loss + BAL loss + HOU loss + NYJ loss OR
PIT loss + BAL loss + JAC loss + NYJ loss OR
9) PIT loss + HOU loss + JAC loss + NYJ loss OR
10) MIA loss or tie + NYJ loss + BAL loss + HOU loss + JAC loss or tie
From http://www.milehighreport.com/2009/12/28/1222091/officially-official-2009-denver
Houston just tied the game!!!!
There is hope
WOOOOOOOOOOO
Houston came back on NE…all they gotta do is win…and the Bengals will start their starters so that they can get better seat over NE…and if they play their starters they can beat the Jets.
COME ON HOUSTON….KEEP IT UP….THEY PLAYING FOR HOPE TOO!!!
u beat me to it hotsizzle lol
Or should we hope that HOU gets beat and hope that NYJ and JAC also lose. #10 from above
Houston just got an int with tied game and 4 min’s left.
Miami is coming back too lol
Heh. I was gonna post Houston good news, too, but was told I was posting too much. INT, threaten take the lead at 2-min warning!!
FUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEN ROETHLISBERGER
MIAMI RECOVERD ON 20
ok so the texans did there part. MIAMI has a chance to win there game also. BIG BEN just lost the ball on the 30 and BEN is hurt….
yea..but PITS got it back…HOUSTON JSUT TOOOK THE LEAD
can houston hold on????
After all that has happened, it will be great to see the Broncos in the playoffs!
I SAY HOUSTON CAN…I HOPE….at least it was a TD…not a field goal…so NE has to match…no field goals allowed lol.
MIAMI has lost…they shoulda won…idiots….
OK now we just need the jets or the ravens to lose. I think our best bet is that the Jets lose.
This is all assuming that the Broncos win……
Alright! Good job, Houston!!!!! NOW, let’s go Cincy and LET’S GO BRONCOS!!!!
housten wins!!!!!!
Cincy will play their starts cuz a win gives them 3rd seed plus ocho cinco wants to play…ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS HOLD UP OUR END OF THE BARGAIN!!!
Thank you Kubiak… helping out your former team. Lets go DENVER! and…Raiders (can’t believe I’m saying that) and Jets
I think Lloyd is going to have a big day!
MIAMI game this game away!!!! Horrible Horrible football.
Miami is irrelevant I think now since the Texans won… either way we need a Jets or Ravens loss. But I would have loved to see Pitt lose
They’re still in it with 40 secs left
Even if we don’t get into the playoffs, I want to Denver to win to knock the steelers out!
So the best scenario to get in would be for the Bengals and Broncos win.
LETS GO HILLIS!!!!!!!
The defense is going to have to win this game!!!!
WOW is this team kidding???
cycling jersey|cycling shorts…
[...]Broncos vs. Chiefs: Pregame Blog « DenverBroncos.com[...]…