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Decker Honored for Fundamentals

December 14th, 2011 - 5:19pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

For the third straight season, a Bronco has been named to the USA Football All-Fundamentals team.

This year, the honor goes to wide receiver Eric Decker, whose highlighted fundamental skill is catching with his hands.

The team is picked by a five-person selection committee — NFL Network analyst Charles Davis, ESPN analysts Herm Edwards and Merril Hoge, new UCLA head coach Jim Mora and former NFL executive Carl Peterson.

Head Coach John Fox presented the award to Decker, saying, “We’re proud of you.”

“It’s quite an honor from the guys that picked,” Decker said. “It’s obviously an accomplishment. I have a lot of respect for those guys, but it is a team game, and without the guys on this team, I wouldn’t have had that award.”

So far this season, Decker has 41 catches for 585 yards and eight touchdowns.

In 2010, Champ Bailey was named to the All-Fundamentals team, following Ryan Clady’s inclusion on the team in 2009.

-Gray Caldwell

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Fundamentally Sound

December 14th, 2010 - 2:15pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

On Tuesday, the NFL Players Association and USA Football announced the All-Fundamentals Team.

Champ Bailey was named to the roster, earning a trophy and an equipment grant to give to any youth or high school football program he chooses.

Ryan Clady earned the honor last season.

The roster is chosen based on two criteria: fundamentally sound play and consistent display of good character. Those selected are role models that young football players should watch and say, “I want to play like him.”

The fundamental Bailey is noted for on the roster is “playing the ball.”

This season, Bailey has accumulated 43 tackles, a sack, two interceptions and 15 pass breakups. In the past two games, he has held Chiefs receiver Dwayne Bowe without a catch and kept Cardinals wideout Larry Fitzgerald out of the end zone while breaking up two passes intended for him and drawing an offensive holding penalty against the receiver.

The nine-time Pro Bowler and member of the NFL All-Decade team for the 2000s is currently tied for sixth all-time among Broncos players with 30 interceptions with the club. His 48 career interceptions are tops among cornerbacks and third among all players in the NFL since his rookie season in 1999.

-Gray Caldwell, DenverBroncos.com

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Clady Recognized for Fundamentals

December 8th, 2009 - 11:35am by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

Ryan Clady has been recognized as an example for youth football players because of his fundamentals.

USA Football, the sport’s national governing body on youth and amateur levels, and the NFL Players Association selected Clady along with 25 other NFL players to the inaugural USA Football/NFLPA “All-Fundamentals” Team. This 26-man roster honors the NFL’s most fundamentally-sound players who also commit themselves to service in their communities.

Clady was selected as an example particularly for aspiring offensive tackles to emulate because of his quick hands in pass protection.

In addition to his fundamentally-strong play, Clady does exemplary work in the Boise, Idaho, community. His efforts have benefitted the Ada County (Idaho) Sheriff’s Employees Association and many other local causes.

As part of this honor, Clady will designate a youth or high school football program to receive a $1,500 equipment grant from USA Football. He will also receive a pewter-dipped “All-Fundamentals” Team helmet trophy produced by Riddell, USA Football’s official helmet and equipment partner.

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