On Tuesday, the Broncos calculated a little NFL arithmetic.
After subtracting Matthew Willis from the active roster by placing him injured reserve, the team signed Diyral Briggs from the practice squad.
The team filled Briggs’ spot on the practice squad by signing wide receiver Eron Riley.
Briggs is a second-year player who spent last season with San Francisco, the club that originally signed him as college free agent. He played in four games with the 49ers last year and totaled four special-teams tackles. He also played in the club’s opener against Seattle this season.
The linebacker was a two-time All-Mid-American Conference selection and the 2006 MAC Player of the Year at Bowling Green State University. His 26 sacks are the highest total in school history.
Riley is a first-year wide receiver who signed with Baltimore as a college free agent from Duke in 2009. He also spent time on Carolina’s practice squad before coming to Denver.
He holds the single-season record for yards per catch at Duke, averaging 20.8 yards per reception in 2007, and holds a single-game record with four touchdown receptions at Navy in the same year.
Tags: 2010, Denver Broncos, Diyral Briggs, Eron Riley, Matthew Willis
Glad to see Briggs coming up. We need some more physical presense on special teams.
Gabe, I have no comments about this maneuvering of so far insignificant players, but if my info is accurate we should still have two spots opened on the practice squad after these moves, correct? That would be nice to know, thanks.
mmm, below radar moves..special teams help?
Can we not put some players on the PS that we can use,like LB or DT.We are stacked at WR,why do we need more???
Has to do with losing Willis and McD loving the passing game I guess.
I guess we brought Briggs in for ST.
It looks to me that Bowlen is done spending money this season. We’re gonna have to do with what we got is probably what he told McD, kind of doubting any big moves now, just shuffling and inexperienced players added and substracted is all. Oh well, it would of been fun to get Mankins or someone with that kind of impact, but I understand, the Doom financial hit is probably still a hard pill to swallow. And the uncertainty of next year, I wonder how that’s all gonna play out in the draft, that’s gonna be kind of weird, teams drafting players but no one willing to pay them with the chance of a walkout next season. Totally whacked! LOL.
I already posted this in the last blog. So forgive the repeat.
And do not mean to change the subject. Do not know much about Briggs but I do know–This
Iam with Imapone
I have not posted for sometime. So Hello to everyone! And I wish you and your families a very fine Raider week. Yup RAIDER WEEK!! That means our whole focus is on beating this team with a joy. I want a 51-0 payback Game. Read the DP rag on -Broncos fans love to hate the Raiders, but why?
By Patrick Saunders
The Denver Post
Read more: Broncos fans love to hate the Raiders, but why? – The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_16377597#ixzz12r1VxCCU
I can come up with a few stories myself but will not bore you all. McD should read it also!
Yeah I know some think –Let It Go—Its in the past—screw that. The players might forget but fans never do!! Time to get pumped and forget standings. Lets kick some Raider butt!!
BFE92 you go Bro! ILMSDB.
More to come.
FTR
More Radier distain posts are coming!!
GO BRONCOS!!
FTR
I can see it now. Teams like N.E. with two 1st round picks are going to want to trade away those picks or the players they pick. It`ll be strang. there`s so much uncertainty for next years CBA. Just guessing that this may happen, but I doubt it.
FTR, check out the post of r8r hrdude, posted today on the Mark Cooper blog at 9:34 am, you’ll love it.
The main criteria for these moves that I see is that the players must have strangely spelled names. Except for Willis.
Baylin the keeper of all good and bad posts! LOL Yes I loved his post so much here it is again!
r8r h8rdude says:
October 19, 2010 at 9:34 am
First of all let me start off by saying “I hate the Raiders” Now, I know it is not good to hate anything, let alone something as trivial as a sports team. But there is good reason for my feelings.
The Raiders and their fans represent all that is bad in the world. They are cheap, disgusting, dirty, no good worshipers of darkness. They are the dirt bags of society. They offer nothing to human kind other than to try to destroy all that is good in the world.
I know some of you must be saying….this seems a lil extreme. They are just people doing a job or just fans cheering for their team.
Ha ha ha, you have the wool pulled over your eyes my friend! This team and everything associated with them is the epitome of evil.
The Broncos on the other hand represent hope. Our colors represent the sunrise, a new beginning, hope, and beauty. This team is the epitome of goodness.
So this Sunday, we will once again witness the battle between good and evil. When Al Davis and his henchmen come into Mile High, the Broncos and their fans will have to stare into the eyes of the beast, and not blink. A lot of weight will be on the crowds shoulders. If you are going to be at Mile High, you have a responsibility to yell and stomp the darkness back to the black hole which it came from. The world is counting on you.
R8R H8R 4 LIFE
Broncos love 4 ever
Still looking for OC to post!! I needed a laugh and r8r wrote it and I loved it.
GO BRONCOS!!
FTR
FTR…..Now that’s what we’re talkin’ bout.
F the Raiders,I have always hated them,I hate them now,and I will continue to hate them till the day I freaking die!!!!!!!!!
And I hate them for taking McClain too!!!!!!!!!!!
R8R H8R …………..great article,I love it too.haha
Love it:
The Raiders and their fans represent all that is bad in the world. They are cheap, disgusting, dirty, no good worshipers of darkness. They are the dirt bags of society. They offer nothing to human kind other than to try to destroy all that is good in world!
I see some more T-bow to strike down the evil low life dwellers!!
FTR
Yeah hopefully the 4 Horsemen come back outta hiding.haha
Rodney Harrison said it’s not enough to fine a player for a hit,the NFL needs to start suspending players for vicious hits.WTF…….What a hypocrite,he done it all of his career,now it’s wrong,if it’s so wrong now,why wasn’t it wrong when he was doing it???
Keep changing the rules and ruining the game,I for one like to see big hits as long as they are clean…..It’s a full contact sport for men,for God’s sake.
BFE
aha..true dat BFE,
im kind of 50/50 on the issue…but in the end, what would we say if someone went too far (very unlikely) but accidents could happen on the field.
we’re pretty biased about this because we’ve yet to see a beloved Bronco get taken down (w/ serious implications)..idk..just my opinion..:D
when is the deadline for all trades again?
I hated them since my first game in 88. Hated em after I turned 21 in 99. Still hate em and it’s 2010.
I wonder if there’s a correlation here since my father is a fan of theirs?!?
I am a 100% Raider Hater, GO BRONCOS 2K10!! Obliterate Oakland
“The Four Horsemen shall gallop into the Blue and Orange sunset”
Don’t know much about Briggs, can he maybe help out our pass rush situation?
It is pretty much a given that if you’re a Broncos fan that means you hate the Raiders. You may not like the Chiefs or the Chargers, but you always…always hate the Raiders.
I think the league really needs to go and take a look at all the rules and determine which are necessary. For instance..the Tom “don’t touch me knee” Brady rule, unnecessary in my opinion. No one wants to see their QB go down but he puts on his helmet just like everyone else. I love seeing big hits as long as their clean and not flagrant. It is part of the game, as much a part of the game as watching a QB throw a deep ball TD, or a HB turning a huge gainer into a TD. Big hits are and will always be part of the game. Protecting helmet to helmet and things like that for player safety is neccessary too.
As far as Rodney Harrison, he’s not too bright. Now that he’s an “analyst” a bad one at that he says all this and that but he did the same crap when he played. “The shoe fits fine when it is on the other foot” sort of thing. The league really needs to get the rules under control. They’re basically going to make is so that Brett Favre can play forever because soon it will be like practice…red caps for players that are coming off injuries so little to no contact, and red jerseys for QBs…don’t even think of touching them. Pretty soon it will be a glorified version of flag football that even the average joe could play in because there’s no contact. I’m for player safety but making more rules and suspensions not going to do anything except take a way from the game. If the ref deems it helmet to helmet or flagrant and he throws the flag ok, review it and asses the fine or suspension, but on all big hits c’mon that’s just rediculous.
Go Broncos..play nice or you’ll get suspending, except agains the Raiders just destroy them!!!!
I agree Brian, these big hits are a part of the game. having played football before I even know it would be impossible to choose where you hit someone every play. penalize them if you want, but watching the game at full speed makes it hard to see if it was really helmet to helmet. I really feel this is a case where the NFL is trying to fix a problem that cant be fixed. Look GOODELL we like you, but you need to understand that these rules are losing fans! Please don’t ruin the best sport in the world!
I don’t like to see players get hurt, but sometimes helmet to helmet is unavoidable. This might become a big issue with the holdout next year!
Well, this looks like a slow day unless a late trade annoucement is made, nothing to really say about these for now insignificant roster moves and addition other than plain boring. So in order to pick up the pace a bit, I got something to put myself on the good side of the forever optimists orange kool aid drinking Bronco fans here, something that since I’m actually buying into it is a pretty big deal to me:
Keep with me, what do I always say the game comes down to? THE TRENCHES. That is where a game is won or loss, that is what separates the men from the boys, to man up the trenches one must be a real man, down in the dirt doing the hard labor with no glory to be found, just a job to do, no clean fingernails like prima donna receivers or overpaid cornerbacks, no sir, just hard everyday folks working their dirty job for a living, that pretty much is what playing in the trenches is all about (except for the DE position at times which can be glamorous).
And when these guys do their job, all the rest of the game opens up, on O runners can run, QB’s can pass and WR’s can catch, on D opposing runners can’t run, opposing QB’s can’t pass and opposing WR’s can’t catch. Don’t anyone fool themselves into overly buying into the flash players out there, the game all starts in the trenches, without it a team is nothing. You’re welcome Coop, haha.
Anyhow, I digress, here is my good feed to you guys for the day:
AGAINST THE JETS MCD FINALLY FOUND THE TRENCHES SYSTEM AND PERSONEL COMBO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL THAT WORK BEST!!!
“Better late than never” McD has got it now (unless he keeps tinkering with it which he probably will, an obsession of his):
On the D line the 4-3 used all game against the Jets was by far the best we have put on the field this season, with Vickerson LDE, J. Williams NT, Marcus Thomas DT, and Bannan RDE doing an excellent job against one of if not the best running team in the league until Vickerson went out. Here is to hoping Vickerson’s groin pull is minor so we can have the same set up against the Raiders.
On the O line the line up of Clady LT, Daniels LG, Walton C, Kuper RG and Beadles RT also by far worked the best this season providing the first good decent running game of the season, and keeping Orton relatively clean against the fiercest QB rush in the league.
Now, for the first time this year I can see solid foundations being laid for better times ahead. Told you I would be a positive voice today, don’t ever call me negative whatever again, LOL, Realistic Baylin would be fine though. Things are looking up, but I remain very cautiously optimistic as far as our chances this year, one game at a time will be the only valid approach since now losing games is a luxury we have basically squandered away.
GO BRONCOS!!!
I hate the Raiders because it’s tradition..
I don’t feel sorry for them one bit – I hope we stomp a muddy hole in them on game day.
I have finally digested and subsequently let go of the last game. I had to PVR it and watch it yesterday. While I am still somewhat disgusted with how it ended, there were A LOT of positives to take away and something to really build on moving forward.
And the craziness of our division so far this year still leaves it totally up for grabs. And the march to that divisional title starts this weekend against the F’N RAIDERS! We need this game badly! They will play us tough, no doubt, but we are too talented to let them get the win in our house, like what happened last year. It’s do or die time for the Broncos and I think they’re gonna DO IT BABY!
Go Broncos!!!!!
Good post Baylinor. I agree the line play on both sides was the best this season so far. Since I won’t have much time the rest of the week to post I will submit my prediction now. My crystal ball sees Tebow throwing a touchdown pass and the scoring opening up and the Broncos win 34-17.
It seems like each year we lack but a little at a few positions to make a real run at the Superbowl. To me this year has been good overall, but the loss of Elvis Dummerville on the D-line and the loss of Moreno for a three game strecth has shown places of weekness for the team to improve. I truly believe though that our lack of a pass catching tight end like the GREAT Shanon Sharpe and our injuries at running back have been our biggest glaring weekness of this season. I actually am impressed with our D-line and even without the presence Dummerville. Having him back next year will make us great on the defensive front, and that always leads to an improvement on the rest of the defensive scheme. We should have an outstanding Defense next year. Our offense to me looks great at QB and our wide outs are as good or better than they have ever been as a group. Thomas looks to be the real deal if he can remain healthy. Our O-line is one of our greatest strengths and it is a young LINE that can become GREAT over time. Ryan Clady is our best overall player on our current roster and the best player to ever come out of Boise State. Left tackle is always the hardest positon to darft on O-line and I believe we have the best in the league with Clady! As for wht needs improvemnet . . . Well as I mentioned I am not at all impressed with Daniel Grahm at least as a pass catcher, and I finf it hard to quantify and qualify him as a blocker (which as I understand is his best skill set). I am also wondering why we don’t improve the Full Back position, and I was sad to see Hillis leave after last season, because I thought he was really good as used as a full back blocker and runner. In all we need improvement on our run game and at Tight End and we will be able to compete with any team in the league!
GO BRONCOS – The division is wide open and we can make the playoffs as the AFC WEST Champions – even though we need Dummerville to win another Superbowl!!!
BEAT THOSE RAIDERS!!!
Great post Baylin and I totally agree with you. However, I think Hochstein started at left guard over Stanley Daniels. Other then that I am on the same wavelength as you are.
GO BRONCOS…..
I thought that was the week before when Hochstein started over Beadles, but you may be right, however Daniels is the starter on the depth chart now and Hochstein the back up.
Oh wow, I’m not 100% sure either. But whatever combination they had is the best one so far and we should keep those guys playing together.
Or maybe McD replaced Hochstein with Daniels and already did what you were hoping he would not do. LOL
This means nothing to me but special teams could always use the help. Thats probably the position that willis got hurt playing. we got alot of talented WRs so it makes sense to sign a defender in willis stead. I was however hoping for a Dline man. With Vickerson hurt and us trying doing more of a 4-3 front with all the LB injuries…woulda made sense. Dunno if someone already pointed it out since i didnt read the post before mine lol
Gosh Dangit…………trade deadline comes and goes and the Broncos decide to call a guy up from the practice squad a reciever non the less, like we need more of those……….give me a runnning back. Logan Mankins is sitting there for the taking and we balk……we need help. If we get in the Playoffs we are one and done for sure………..we should be 5-4 going into the Monday night game at SD………..we need a breakout game and this week would be a great week to do that and when i say breakout i mean put 40 points on the board……lately it seems like we hit the 20 point mark and fold it up……..stop running between the tackles and let’s run some stretch plays or an option or anything that is outside the tackles………LET’S GO BOYS! GO BRONCOS!