Less than a week before rookies, quarterbacks and injured veterans participate in their first training camp workout, the Broncos assured another of their draft picks will be there, signing sixth-round pick Eric Olsen on Saturday.
The former Notre Dame lineman started the final 31 games of his Irish career, playing at three different interior line positions. Olsen earned third-team All-America honors from The Sporting News during his senior season when he started all 12 games at center.
The Broncos selected Olsen, 6-foot-3, 305 pounds, with pick No. 183 in April’s NFL Draft, making him the third lineman selected by the team after Zane Beadles and J.D. Walton.
Olsen joins Walton, Perrish Cox, Syd’Quan Thompson and Jammie Kirlew as Broncos’ draft picks who have signed. The team currently has four picks still unsigned.
- Eric Detweiler, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: 2010, Denver Broncos, Eric Olsen
And the signings come flooding in!
Congrats Eric from your friend in Staten Island and from Poly!
- Dave Nickelsen and family
Glad to see we are not the last team to sign our 6th rounder, it seems as we beat Minnesota to that dubious distinction, unless the Vikings signed their man today. Anyhow better late than never, it only leaves Beadles, Decker, Tebow and Demaryius to sign, here is to hope they all get done by the first day of training camp on the 31st, it would be even better if they all signed by Monday since that’s when the rookies report to camp, but I’m not holding my breath on that one, too many contracts to sign, not enough time to do so. As long as they are signed by next Saturday, there would be no hold outs, last year with Moreno didn’t work out all that great, hopefully everyone in the organization remembers that.
Ok now we just need to sign the rest of our draft picks lol I hope we sign Tim Tebow,Demaryius Thomas,Eric Decker,and Zane Beadles soon.But I think we will sign them before to long. GO BRONCOS!!!!!!
Glad to see Olsen sign,now we need to sign Beadles,get the Ryans’ healthy,and start putting together the best O line the NFL will see for years to come!!!!!!
Tebow,Bay Bay,and Decker are next.I don’t see a problem with any of them signings,all good character guys wanting to hit the field runnin’.
It’s 5:00 somewhere…..OH it’s here!!!!!Beer Thirty……see ya Bronco Buddies,have a good one(or 13)haha….
sign all the “WEAPONS” on offense we drafted. Keep it gonig management.
Go Broncos!!!
glad to hear R. Harris is cleared to start training camp. Wonder whats gonna be Beadles position in cam if Clady is not around? Any ideas how the O-Line will play out in camp? Because we all know thats were life in the NFL begins, the trenches and we are oonly going to go as far as they take us or should I say pass or run block for us.
Go Broncos!!!
weareamr, read the O line article on the home page of this site, it addresses all the possibilities. Man, it’s like you need a guidance counselor, LOL/just kidding.
Sweet, more good news!! Keep the signings coming. The more the merrier.
Keep the faith Bronco Country…
GO BRONCOS in 2010!!!!
Xanders is doing a great job! Keep them signings coming X-man… It would be great to start a fresh new season with no holdouts.. It looks like they’re building a strong team, lets hope they can really gel on that O line…
ILMSDB!!!
Huh. i always thought Tebow was gonna be the first rookie to sign his contract. Well, as long as it happens soon, then i dont care. Just thought he’d want to prove his loyalty by signing first. GO BRONCOS 2K10!
Right… lets keep all going
Tebow may be the Messiah, but he still needs money like everyone else, is that going to shock the faithful, maybe he can’t walk on water after all, LOL.
On a serious note, is it just me or am I seeing that the mode of operation this season is Patience.
I mean first Elway is telling us that we are going to need to have plenty of patience about Tebow, and even so he is talking from his own experience, I can’t help but think that spending time with McD golfing and otherwise, he probably at least got that feel McD will be patient about Tebow’s development, that is if he didn’t say it outright. Then now when McD is talking about the signings of Kuper and Doom, patience is the word that keeps popping up, here is what he said:
“Elvis and Chris, both to their credit, they were here for our camps, did all those things, helped us improve in the offseason. They had to endure some waiting and some patience. I think it’s a model for anybody. I don’t think we need a lot of players to be examples for other players. They just did a great job of really having some patience and doing their part, handling themselves with maturity. I wouldn’t expect anything different from anyone in the locker room.”
It’s obvious that a “patience” first mentality is being instilled into the players, and I think as fans we can expect a lot of the same. It doesn’t bode well for the ones who think we will go 11-5 and win the division right now, it’s more likely that patience is brought to the forefront to allow the players and the fans to absorb another 500 season without freaking out, and give McD more time to turn this team into a championship caliber team, because let’s face it, with a half injured and half new O line, a QQ, half new WR’s, a brand new D line, we are not exactly the perfect prototype to set the football world on fire right now. McD is a smart man and recognizes that, and he is sending the message to all that patience is a virtue for the Denver Broncos right now.
Ok, I’m patient, I can handle it, but not so sure about the instant gratification generation of fans out there, specially after 4 years of waiting patiently for better than 500 already…. Ahyhow, here is to hope that the patience thing is just a smoke screen and McD will open it all up and tear up the league, that would be a much better scenario, don’t you think? My heart screems results now but my football brain brings me back down to Earth and says patience is what’s ahead of us for this season, oh well, shut up brain, LOL.
For all the fans who are interested in the business aspect of the Broncos, I highly recommend reading Klis’ “cash cow” article in the DP today, great information there.
And finall, Legwold had this to report about McD:
“It’s the National Football League; you can’t expect that at some point you’re not going to lose,” McDaniels said. “And we just didn’t handle that well (last season). You have that ‘Oh, God, what’s wrong?’ aspect to it on the outside, but in here we have to find a way to respond to the things that a loss brings. Maintaining things to string wins together is important, but so is how you respond when you don’t win, so one loss doesn’t become two, two becomes three and so on. We’ve given that a lot of thought.”
He could of gone one further, three becomes four, since we had two 4 game losing streaks last year, but yeah the important thing is he recognizes the team stunk up the place something fierce when faced with adversity and he is trying to do something about it, there had to be a real lack of proper mindset in that regard and I’m glad to see that McD is kind of taking responsability for those debacles. Somehow I can’t help but think that the 6-0 start was not a good omen for us, I mean losing one in the earlier stages makes you realize you are not all world, they just got carried away, and could not recover once the balloon was finally popped. I honestly hope we turn the table this year and lose a couple games early so we stay hungry and end up finishing strong, if that makes any sense, like the Chargers, ok not like the Chargers in post season but the Chargers in regular season, starting off hot as not been good to us these last 4 years, I’ll be bummed if we go 6-0, LOL.
Baylin’s Comments
I honestly hope we turn the table this year and lose a couple games early so we stay hungry and end up finishing strong, if that makes any sense, like the Chargers, ok not like the Chargers in post season but the Chargers in regular season, starting off hot as not been good to us these last 4 years, I’ll be bummed if we go 6-0, LOL.
Now that is seriously overthinking things Baylin, LOL. I hope we start 6-0 though but finish strong also, LOL.
Ok, instead, if we go 6-0 I ‘ll be nervous as heck, is that better?
ya baylin i agree… one trend i have notice throughout the last several .500 seasons is a strong start. we need to gain some humility early in my opinion. helps to keep our heads from getting overly large!
honestly for me this year, i truly have no delusions of a super bowl appearance! it would be GREAT if it happened but thats just not realistic in my book! what i think IS realistic is us nabbing a wild card spot. we may not win it, but just a playoff apearance would show that we are at least moving in the right direction! then next year we make a real push! hope for the best plan for the worst is usually a pretty safe way to live!
Go Broncos
“THE BATTLE IS WON IN THE TRENCHES”
ps… oh, and i keep reading about the site changin….. but mine still looks the same as always! what gives?
for all interested here is a run down of our broncos out of the gate the last 7 years:
2002… 4-2, finished 2nd in afc west, no playoff appearance………….
2003… 5-1, finished 2nd in afc west, lost wild card game………………
2004… 5-1, finished 2nd in afc west, lost wild card game………………
2005… 5-1, finished 1st in afc west, lost afc champ. game to steelers
2006… 5-1, finished 3rd in afc west, no playoff appearance…………..
2007… 3-3, finished 2nd in afc west, no playoff appearance…………..
2008… 4-2, finished 2nd in afc west, no playoff appearance…………..
2009… 6-0, finished 2nd in afc west, no playoff appearance…………..
so for those who are counting that a combined record of 37-11 with only 3 playoff appearances and only one year that resulted in a playoff victory…. not good! i dont know about all of you but im ready for something different! change IS good!
Go Broncos 2010
“THE BATTLE IS WON IN THE TRENCHES”
Man, you must be someone real special ray if you still have access to the old look site, the one where the blogs would pop up on the front page featuring the blog pictures. Now it’s a big color shot of the Rockies with Dawkins’ monster pecs overlapping it, and to get to the blog you have to be re-directed to another page.
Yeah, it’s Elway who said it best the other day when he mentioned how that finishing seasons has been our achilles heel the last few years and that’s where the team needs to improve the most, pretty darn obvious and since we all know the good teams are the ones who play well in November and December, we have screwed up in that department and rightfully earn our average team status. It’s not how you drive it’s how you put, it’s not how you start it’s how you finish, elementary dear Watson.
Well… If we need to lose early then we deffinetly should to start Orton.. that’ll git er done….ha kddn
ya, i still get the old site… not sure what makes me so special but maybe i should buy a lottery ticket!
HAHAHAHAHA! Good one…
That’s too weird…
i have noticed tho that the web page is no longer updating! so all the stories i have are over a week old. and the most recent blog is the tebow jersey sales blog so im actually having to click that blog and then use the next story arrow at the top of the page to get to the most recent articles. starting to get a little annoying actually.
could someone drop a link for the home page? i just want to see if by using someone elses link if i will still get the old page or if that will redirect me to the new… not sure what the deal is.
I want Denver to stay consistent! It all rests on our D, if they can hold opponents to 14-17 points a game we should be fine ( I know that will be tough to do!) We will find out early again wether Mcd made a good decision in getting rid of Nolan for Winks!
I actually think our Offense will do better this year than last even without Marshall and Schef! I personally feel that the experience factor will change alot of things!
Go Broncos!!!
Here you go rayjr:
http://www.denverbroncos.com/
thanks maniac but alas it was to no avail. same old broncos site. oh well.
hey guys got an update…. jd walton has signed! this is info from the backseat fan link posted by a few others! one step closer! here is the info… J.D. Walton – C – Baylor – 4 Years, $2.588M; $798,500 SB
ray jr that hapened long time ago
McD trades half the team and has the nerve to tell us to be patient? Yeah, OK. Playoffs McD. Then we can learn to be patient. WTF
I agree with the patience regarding Tebow. And for the draft picks to develop. The ()-line debacle was out of his hands. But the D-line was ALL him. The new coaches brought in, ALL him. The playbook…ya get the idea. Where is that fist pumping fire we seen when we beat NE? Or the fire captured on live TV Thanksgiving night? Shouldnt he be a little more fired up about the upcoming season? Instead of preaching patience? Idk about this guy…
it seems to me when someone hates somebody, no matter what they say it comes out the wrong way. I for one like our direction and am willing to be a little more patient. Maybe 1 or 2 years more to be completely relevant again and contend for a championship every year. I for one dont care for playoffs if we are 1 and done. Rather build a team that will last decades. Yet I still hold hope we satrt winning Super bowls this year.
also another bit of info, our rookies dont report till the 28th. It was reportwed wrong earlier and said the 26th before, this according to Mrs Jones from the Denver Post.
rayjr26, I really feel bad for your website situation, Walton signed on June 17, more than a month ago, hopefully somebody here on the website can tell you what is the matter with your system that makes it that you are still stuck on the old website. PLEASE WEBSITE ADMINISTRATION HELP THE POOR GUY.
Whats up Baylin,
You ready for TC to start? I know I am buddy. I love Pre-Season, get to guess who will make the final 53. But nothing like the regular season to get my blood boiling. The season draws near Broncos Fans.
rayjr26, maybe clear browser history and cache, may be going to old saved link on your site when directed. I say clear the data and then try again.
Also try this link http://www.denverbroncos.com/team/roster/Elvis-Dumervil/a4dbb5af-d1ab-4e6e-a48b-9aeb259e097d
And I would agree with sndvl that the playbook last year left a lot to be desired, specially on 3rd or 4th and one, LOL, don’t wanna go there it was the twilight zone, a parody of the absurd. However one can hope that in his second year McD will greatly improve his play calling, problem is I think he limited the play calling because of Orton’s lack of grasp of the system, or was it his abilities? We better hope it was not his abilities and that now he can do it all knowing the system inside out, otherwise we are screwed once again offensive wise.
Now sndvl, I know you think enough of Orton to get the job done, so I would think that in your eye if the play calling is still below par this year, it would be all McD’s fault, correct? In my view, the blame might have to be shared on that one, like it probably was shared last year also, McD didn’t allow Orton to put it on the line very often, because when Orton put it on the line, it wasn’t very pretty. Not sure who is to blame worse in that regard, I’m not an anti McD like sndvl and I’m not an anti Orton like OC, I’m just trying to make sense of that mess, LOL.
Hence the QQ holds much importance, since we are stuck with McD for a while. I don’t claim to have the answer, but Orton ain’t it, at least long term, maybe even not through this season, here lies the challenge for McD, that’s why he gets paid the big bucks, who will start and for how long is the conundrum.
Hey KFS, TC is were the pads are put on, so we can separate the men from the boys, definitely the first part of the off season that seems like the real thing.
Bay, I also think McD limited his playbook last year because some of the plays he runs take time to develop and he didn’t have the line to do it.
Gosh, you are making me feel much worse now BA, since the line this year is made out of half injured, half new! We did have injuries last year on the right side, but if we have to deal with injuries on the left side this year, watch out, it would not be pretty, considering Orton is slow in decision making, he’ll be on the turf before he knows it if Clady isn’t there to protect his blind side.
Yeah that is why we had 3 O line picks this year. Because besides Clady and Kuper we had no one, that is after Harris went down. Ben and Casey were a swinging gate and Tyler was no better.
And with Clady and Harris coming back from injuries it will be tough. If they are healthy and Kuper is healthy I think Walton and Beadles can hold there own. But when we have to turn to Huss and Tyler we are in trouble. If that happens we will need to put Tebow in to run around haha.
I hate Jamie Dukes as much as anyone but he has it down pat when he says the injury that could have the most significant ramifications to a team’s chances this year is the injury to Clady… And while playing basketball, geee…
As you probably well know, it is my take that this season will ride on the performance of the O line way more than any other facet of our team. Plenty to worry about there because the O line is historically the unit that takes the longest to gel, and we are not far from starting from scratch if Clady and Harris are slow to come back. O line does great so will we, O line doesn’t come together, neither do we, simple as that, regardless of what the D does, just my opinion.
Agreed, but I take it one step further and include the D line. We need the O to keep our Qb up right and run the ball. Our D-line needs to do the opposite. Both of these things we did ok last year but need to show a greater improvement if we want to see the playoffs this year.
Though I don’t want to do it but I agree with Dukes, he is right about Clady, but a brained dead monkey could have pointed that out about how important Clady is to our team haha.
Then everyone at the NFL channel is brained dead monkey since when they posted a list of who’s injury would hurt what team the most, Clady wasn’t listed and Dukes had to bring it out, hence my recognizing him for it. Since you are in Australia you may have a difficult time realizing how underrated our players are in the national media, it is real, none of our players get the respect they deserve, it is what it is, we unfortunately have to live with it since we are not part of a major market (i.e. East or West USA, or Texas, LOL, Texas is huge).
Haha yeah I know bay, I watch alot of the nfl network vids, dawkins and champ got over looked for top 5 at there position. And I have seen alot of Dukes and his idiocies. I understand through the inter-web and the lack of respect our team gets.
And I was right, in the sense of the Broncos all of them are brain dead monkeys haha.
Not really Relevant enough to be a story but I figured I would pose this scenario to a couple of yall here to see what you think
So I read an article that Dez Bryant refused to carry Roy Williams or any veterans pads and do haze type stuff. Dez Defense is that, he was brought here to help the team win and there is no place for games. He earns a paycheck like they do and they have hands so they can carry it themselves.
While I understand that, my feeling is that such hazing like getting jacked up haircutts is part of the rookie process, no matter if u were drafted in the first round or an undrafted rookie, and while the NFL is a business and u are suppose to be proffessional and blah blah blah, it kind of falls under being a team player and comradely. A rite of passage in a sense.
So I just wanted to know if yall feel the same as Dez or if you are on the side of, go with the flow.