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John Elway Reflects On Sunday’s Victory

September 19th, 2011 - 6:17pm by Stuart ZaasOther posts by

Broncos Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway talked about Denver’s 24-22 victory over Cincinnati during the John Elway show, which airs live at 6 p.m. each Monday on 9 News KUSA-TV, the Broncos partner station.

“I think it’s hard to explain how important it was,” Elway said of the win. “Obviously with the loss last week, our first two games were at home, and it was important for us to at least get out of here with one, after what happened last week. It was tremendously satisfying and I think with everything that came about and how the game went, I think it’s a real tribute to all the players. It was the next guy in and they stepped up and figured out a way to win.”

Elway gave credit to the coaching staff and to the team for adapting to the injuries that occurred during the game and adhering to Head Coach John Fox’s ‘next man up’ philosophy.

“The offensive staff did a tremendous job of adjusting and everyone filling in at the right time, so really the credit goes to the coaches,” he said.

DenverBroncos.com will debut a live online-streamed audio show with Elway Tuesday at 2 p.m. MT. The 30-minute show, hosted by Broncos TV’s Chris Hall, will feature questions from fans for Elway. Questions will be taken via Twitter – to submit your questions, tweet using #ElwayLive.

The broadcast will then be archived to DenverBroncos.com, and will also be available through iTunes.

Our Own Knocks, Not Hard Knocks

May 20th, 2011 - 11:13am by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

As many Denver Broncos fans who follow the media are aware, we have politely declined the request (offer?) from HBO to be the featured team on their National Football League annual series, “Hard Knocks.”

It was Patrick Smyth, our Executive Director of Media Relations, who had the conversations with the network reps and politely declined on behalf of the organization a couple of months ago.

This is a good decision on the Broncos’ part, for two reasons.

First of all, once they are inside the building, with complete access to everything they see and hear, they are looking way behind the curtain. Just like the first time Dorothy got a glimpse of the wizard in the immortal classic, “The Wizard of Oz”, we knew, and she knew, and the wizard knew that he did not want everything exposed.

Remember, this is why we have doors on bathrooms, and on bathroom stalls. We understand the individual necessity to take care of hygiene, but as my three and a half year old grandson says when he goes into the bathroom, “Privacy, please!”

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Lots of characters in 50 Years — Cookie Gilchrist

February 25th, 2009 - 8:44am by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

This is the anniversary of 50 years of Denver Broncos football, as the American Football League began play in the 1960 season and will be celebrated in various ways throughout the year.

I thought one of the things that might be a little bit of fun and nostalgia on our web site would be to blog about some of the great memories and legendary characters who were a part of the Broncos and the AFL in those early years.

The AFL, by the way, lasted longer than any other “second” football league in history and was the only one to have all of its franchises absorbed into the National Football League.

You will find plenty of fans and officials who were a part of the AFL who consider it an indelible part of their lives.

One of the great characters in the AFL was Cookie Gilchrist. The name perhaps evokes a small kick returner or undersized cornerback, but don’t be fooled by the moniker “Cookie.”

There was nothing soft about Carlton Chester “Cookie” Gilchrist.

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New Coach, Fast Times at Broncos

January 14th, 2009 - 10:35am by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

It has now been awhile since I have been able to contribute to our blog site, and the reasons for that are that it has been very, very busy here at the Broncos, and also that I wanted to be able to do this when there was concise information, not just speculation.

Things change.

There is an old saying that the only constant is change, and that has happened here at the Broncos, with Mike Shanahan no longer the team’s head coach and Josh McDaniels coming to the club from his highly successful stint at the New England Patriots.

He is in a whirlwind working pattern right now, interviewing and hiring his coaching staff, organization his administrative offices, and working simultaneously with our player personnel department talking about players, current and potential.

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Driving the Information Highway

September 14th, 2007 - 10:31am by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

Once upon a time we depended on the morning newspaper, the afternoon newspaper, the TV news at 5 and 10 p.m., and some occasional radio information as our news sources.

How things have changed in the last two decades.

The standard sources still exist, to be sure, and they are as aggressive in the pursuit of information as ever.

But radio now has more talk shows than anyone can count — and that’s just in one city.

Television newscasts — the five and ten — have been joined by the 5 a.m., 6 a.m. 7 a.m., 12 noon, 4 p.m., 6 p.m broadcasts, to say nothing of the local stations now competing with dozens of networks, many of which are 24 hours a day.

And that’s before we consider the Internet.  

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