At halftime of the Broncos’ Week 13 matchup with AFC West rival Kansas City, the Chiefs will retire the No. 58 of late Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Thomas, who holds franchise records for sacks, safeties, fumble recoveries, and forced fumbles.
To Elvis Dumervil, the ceremony will hold a little bit of an extra meaning. Like Thomas, Dumervil was born in Miami. His high school, Miami Jackson High School, was about a 15-mile drive from Thomas’ high school, South Miami Senior High School.
Growing up in such close quarters to the nine-time Pro Bowler, Dumervil always looked up to his hometown counterpart and his accomplishments on the football field, trying to model his game after the elite pass rusher.
“I thought he was kind of so-called undersized, playing the position that he was playing as a rusher at the time,” Dumervil said. “He was very explosive. He made big plays. He changed the game, getting off, the forced fumbles, the what — seven sacks in one game? He was a trend setter and he will always be remembered.”
On Feb. 8, 2000, Thomas, who played all 11 of his pro seasons in Kansas City, died from a massive blood clot that developed following severe injuries sustained in a car accident weeks earlier. Considered one of the best pass rushers of his generation with 126.5 sacks to his name, Thomas was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last August.
Dumervil, who leads the league with 14 sacks through 11 games, hopes he can pay tribute to Thomas on Sunday by putting together a memorable performance at Arrowhead Stadium, such as Thomas usually did whenever he graced the field for the Chiefs.
“I think he should’ve already had his jersey retired,” Dumervil said. “But I guess that’s a special thing to be playing in Kansas City when they do that. So hopefully I can have a good game.”
There were no changes to the Broncos’ Injury Report on Thursday. The Chiefs had one change on their report. After being a limited participant in Wednesday’s practice session, RB Kolby Smith (Ankle) did not practice on Thursday.
Below are some pictures from the onset of Thursday’s practice session.
– Zach Eisendrath, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Derrick Thomas, Elvis Dumervil, Kansas City, Week 13
Getting fired up!!
Go Broncooos!
aww man, i have a feeling dumer is going to have a great game!! i hope FTR gets thoughs beers cold!! cause its gonna be a good one!
I hope Knoshon gets a couple of td’s and a 150 yard game.
My Broncos flag is flying high. Let’s go Denver we need this win. If we can sweep the table and San Diego stumbles we can take back the West. Lets go the season is still ours for the taking.
oops!! i meant those!!
this is a big game, were going to get it done though.. broncos win 24-13
I want to clear something up from another blog. I said we should bring in Tebow, McCoy or maybe Vick. Not to replace orton but to run the wild horses formation. I like Orton and what he does for the team but adding a diverse QB for a few wilds horses play might not be a bad idea. And with these guys they could either throw or run. It’s just an idea I was playing with. I think with McD you could put almost anyone at QB and he would build an offense that suits the guy. I think our first round draft pick from Chicago (should be a good one) should go to defense. But if we could get someone to run the wildhorses it throws one more look to our offense. Just my 2 cents worth.
I’ not getting overconfident. I can’t tell anymore. but, I can “hope” for:
BMarsh w/ 124 yds. plus td
Orton w/ 300 + yds. and two/three touchdowns
KM w/ 147 yds. plus a TD
bucky w/ 100 + yds. plus TD
Backers + DBs w/ two, three interceptions
Wow, Marshallman-15, so we going to get 247 yards worth of rushing, now that is sweet, plus 4 or 5 offensive TDs now this sounds like a good game to watch haha.
Broncos win it 27-9, write that down Baylino
Broncos win 35-12
Broncos, 24-10
Judging by the way that Kansas City plays, it should either be a close game, or we can blow them out – that’s why I said I “hope” LOL – gotta watch for those little things
Defense will come up big this game!
4 collective sacks and 1 pick.
Broncos 28
other team 10
GO GET EM’ BOYS!
Who cares about stats just get the W!!!
GO BRONCOS!!!!
I think Head Coach McDaniels sidline ragers are completely ROCKIN COOL! I don’t know if I have almost EVER seen a Denver Bronco coach who was soo passionate about winning!!! I LOVE IT!!!!! McDaniels has one hell of a great Bronco Spirit!
The NFL channel needs to keep the mic in the booth during game time and then let the McDeterminator CUT LOOSE with a halftime show or somthing…..
I bet Coach McDaniels could give Chris Daughtry a run for his money………kdn
My life would be complete if I saw McD singing… or cursing as loud as possible again LOL
Actually, throw in a couple Denver superbowl rings & a girlfriend who doesn’t like the Steelers, lol, & THEN my life would be complete
broncos 23 – chiefs 17
BRONCOS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolute Genius: “I said we should bring in Tebow or maybe Vick. Not to replace orton but to run the wild horses formation” (Broncsfan83).
This is going to be a fun game. GO BRONCOS!!! Broncos 24 Chiefs 17
i think we should get tebow becuz he is a winner and he is going to be a beast we might can get him at 2 round i really hope we get him but i like orton alot
Tebow? Really? I don’t think so especially for this kind of offense. Tebow maybe for the wild horses formation but that is all I would get him in. Just a thought and I know it doesn’t matter but those nfl network foeggies that are in there say that revis and woodson are the two best corners in the league and the rest are below them. From what I see as the best corners in the league are Asamwia(I know I spelled his name wrong), and Champ. Those corners are the only two corners who keep the recievers in front and don’t let them get by and they hit with force and they stop the runner all the time. I have seen woodson stop the run and he is up there but revis really doesn’t slow down the runner at all. Don’t get me wrong revis is good but he really doesn’t belong as the top corner in the league. Sorry off topic so back to the chiefs and the broncos game. I think Broncos will have a field day especially if the defense is aggressive.
Prediction:
Broncos 24
Chiefs 16
Idk what year the cornerback is out of Florida, who is like the best in college right now, but i would LOVE to get him whenever he goes to the draft!!! That would be the next Champ Bailey FOR SURE!!! McD, please keep your eye on him!!
Doom was on the air with Jim Rome today. Thus, instant success. Doom gets a hat trick at Arrowhead and we win big. GO BRONCOS!!!
Broncosfan83 didn’t we trade our first round pick from chi town to get Alphonso Smith….I may not be 100% correct but I thought we did to pick him up in the 2nd round.
c$prings: Broncos traded our 1st round pick to Seattle next year for Smith. We still have Chicago’s 1st round pick which is looking better and better each week as a top ten pick.
superbowlboundbroncos, your score is close to what I say. 27-10, Broncos. I see a lot of running, early on, then passing, then running again to run out the clock. The Broncos just need to hold on to that new found passion.
I love the Wildhorses formation but I think having Tebow or McCoy have too high of a price tag to bing them in just for the Wildhorse formation. I know you would eventually get them to be the starting QB. I think that McD uses the Wildhorse more for Orton to get a good look at the D, not to actually run some crazy play, yeah we do the direct snap (which isn’t really that crazy) but we mainly do it so Orton can see what and how the D is matching up. It would be fun to watch though.
We still have CHI first rounder, coachemup you’re correct. What’s funny is CHI won’t have a 1st or 2nd round pick in the 2010 draft. HAHAHAHAHAHA ohhh man that’s gotta be a kick in the !@#$ to Lovie. Especially if we can REALLLY make the pick a good one.
Go Broncos!!!!
Man, you guys, the picks are pouring in, 26 already, winning clearly puts you all back on track, great to see.
brian_schneider: Just wondering if you got my post after yours in the blog Rice Takes? Also Baylinorangecrush that is where I put my take and pick on the KC game. 35-10 Broncos blowout!!!
Not to worry coach, I read them all.
coachemup, watching the game in Grand forks shouldn’t be that hard, it’s a pretty big town, right? Just find yourself a sports bar that has the NFL game ticket and 10 tv’s (that’s the number of early games), then you’re sure to see it. Call around. If they have less TV’s you can always get there 15 minutes before the game and request it, he’ll put it on because that early in a sports bar there aren’t that many people yet. This is from a guy who never misses a game regardless of where I’m at. LOL.
RIP Derrick. Having his jersey retired is well deserved, he was a good one. I’m soooo glad the Chefs don’t have a LB at his caliber now. This will make it easier to get our running game going, as I’m sure we will. Here’s to KM going for about 120 yds and Bucky adding another 80!!!!!! Broncos win 30-10!
@coachemup: LOL! I initially am from Iowa, I came to South Dakota to go to SDSU. I thought that South Dakota was weird..way weird, mainly the “lingo.” I would go somewhere and ask for something and they would say “I don’t think we have that” or “I’m not sure what that is” then I figured out they call stuff differently. Anyway I have some friends that live in Headinger and lets just say they’re not good ambassadors of ND LOL! Every time I think of ND I get that movie Fargo stuck in my head. LMFAO. Have a safe trip.
Go Broncos!!!!
GO BRONCOS
Should be a good game. Hopefully we break that horrid streak of games in December against KC. I think we win and here’s to Moreno getting a 100 yd game.
Predictions:
Denver 34
KC 13
coachemup…I dont know about Grand Forks but here in Minot, ND I have gotten to see every Broncos game this season. It is scheduled to be on again this week.
Thanks baylin,brian,and cody: There are a few sports bars that I have been contacting. Time to get some Orange Crush Go Broncos…………………….
coach
hey guys, i know that our ex QB, aka the traitor, aka the crybaby is kinda a sore spot but i read about this website created by a chicago fan that i wanted to pass along. the site is http://www.tradejaycutler.com i thought it was hilarious that a chi fan made it! there is even a orton tracker on it that compares ortons numbers to jay’s. ROFLMFAO!!! hope the crybaby is happy!!
Go Broncos
“DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS”
I agree norcal$..stats dont get you to the super bowl…wins do
Lets not get greedy with the score. We all know KC just took one heck of a beating and they are going to be realyl pissed so lets give them some credit as far wanting to win the game goes. Now as far as talent, we have them beat hands down!!! Lets say the score is going to be somewhere around 33-20. I am willing to bet Champ gets an INT. Doom comes up with 2-sacks. DJ gets 1-sack and a 2-forced fumbles.
The weather for game time still looks pretty good, cloudy, 40 degrees, 9 mph wind, It was basically the same report they gave already a week ago, so it looks like we can pretty much trust it by now. The weather can be a real issues over there, so on that front I’m very encouraged. This looks like good football weather where every in the game plan goes.
…where everything in the game plan goes.
My girlfriend just bought me Sunday Ticket for the rest of the season…..Now I don’t have to troll the internet looking for a crappy feed or just listen to it on the radio! WHOOO HOOOO!
Alright Broncos…..let’s go take this game! We need the W heading into Indy and keep pace with the chargettes. They’ve been money in December so it won’t be an easy task. There’s still no reason why at least a wild card is not attainable.
I’m still sticking with my original prediction…..17-14 broncos on a late FG. I really think this will be a tight game and a tough one to boot. But hey, that’s why they play the games, right?!?!
GO BRONCOS!
Hey, killerkod, you must be doing something right! LOL.
I can see why many bloggers think we will win by a big margin. Other than the fact of a December game at KC, Their O and D team stats are very non impressive. They only break into the top 25 in the league in rushing O, that’s it, and they are only 22nd in that category. The biggest area of concern I see lies with their ST. They have maybe the best punter in the league and have that track speed with Charles so they can punt it super deep and tackle you deep downfield leaving you with awful field position all day, and the deeper you start, the louder the fans get. That’s where the difference in the game could be, we need to minimize the holes we could find ourselves in, because the fans could turn this one into a real long game if we start deep in our own territory all game. We need great blocking on returns, so we can get out of troubles with decent 20/30 yard returns. So on paper, a total mismatch both ways O and D, but a big advantage to the Chiefs on ST and the home field advantage is what we’re up against, IMO. Here is my pick, we win 23-10. Remember, no picks on game day, place them by tomorrow pm latest.
Official pick. Broncos 34-21
BAYLIN—-
broncos 17
chiefs 14
would like to see denver take there 1st round pick and get suh from nebraska nearly 300 pds of freak