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Eddie Mac is Back

July 31st, 2012 - 9:42am by mike_riceOther posts by

Editor’s note: Denver’s preseason games at Chicago (8/9), vs. Seattle (8/18) and at Arizona (8/30) will be simulcast with Dave Logan (play-by-play) and Ed McCaffrey (color analyst) providing coverage for both television and radio broadcasts.

This season, Broncos’ fans will be able to tune in to one of their favorites. Former Broncos’ wide receiver Ed McCaffrey (EM) will be in the booth as the new color analyst with Dave Logan on all Broncos broadcasts on 850 KOA.

McCaffrey spent nine seasons with the Broncos (1995-2003) and now steps into a new role, replacing Brian Griese, who will have an increased workload at ESPN this football season.

850 KOA’s Dave Logan (DL), the Voice of the Broncos, and Dave Krieger (DK) spoke with Ed about his new position.

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Join Broncos for Dare to Play

June 22nd, 2012 - 10:42am by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

On Saturday, former Broncos All-Pro wide receiver Ed McCaffrey will host the Dare to Play Football game for children and adults with Down syndrome.

Broncos Country is invited to come watch the game and stay for the celebration party.

In addition to McCaffrey, celebrity coaches for the game will be Broncos Defensive Coordinator Jack Del Rio and former Broncos safety Brian Dawkins.

The Denver Broncos Cheerleaders will also be there, helping children and adults with Down syndrome in the Dare to Cheer program. The cheerleaders will perform in front of the fans at halftime.

The free event includes photo opportunities and a postgame celebratory party with food, drinks, music and games.

The Mile High Skydivers will make an appearance, as will mascots Thunder and Miles.

DenverBroncos.com will be there as well, so come out and cheer on the participants.

The event runs from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

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Hidden Benefits of the Draft

March 16th, 2011 - 9:42am by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

This is the week in which wide receivers are being reviewed in advance of the 2010 National Football League draft.

In taking a look at the Denver Broncos’ 51-year history of the position, most of the team’s success at wide receiver has come from trades and free agency.

The prime examples are Lionel Taylor, the first 100-catch player in a single season in pro football — Taylor was signed by Denver as a free agent two weeks into the 1960 campaign and went on to catch 92 passes in 12 games that year; Rod Smith, the leading undrafted wide receiver ever statistically in terms of receptions, reception yardage and reception touchdowns — he was signed by Denver after a sterling career at Missouri Southern, but then being completely passed over by all teams in the draft; and Steve Watson, a Pro Bowl receiver and all-time fan favorite who was signed as a free agent out of Temple University.

Another all-time fan favorite and like Smith a starter for our back-to-back world championships, Ed McCaffrey signed with Denver as a free agent after San Francisco’s 1994 world championship season.

So the draft has not been where the best wide receivers in Bronco history have been acquired, but there have been some characters and interesting stories along the way.

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By the Numbers: 87

August 11th, 2010 - 2:12pm by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

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I thought it might be fun to have a series of blogs (and, since it’s my blog, whatever I think might be fun seems pretty likely to find its way into print) on Broncos by the numbers.

The team has just completed 50 years of play, a milestone in any franchise history, and over that time a lot of players have made contributions, large and small, to what the Broncos are. It’s like family members, some more accomplished than others but when you are in a family, you are in for keeps. So too for the Broncos. Once a Broncos, always a Bronco.

Those players have worn a lot of numbers over the years, and we are going to take a look, over time, at various uniform numbers.

Let’s take a look at number 87.

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