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Broncos History with Tennessee Older than it Seems

September 19th, 2011 - 2:27pm by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

This week the Denver Broncos travel to Nashville to play the Tennessee Titans, with the Broncos fresh off a win that both is the first for John Elway as the head of football operations and for John Fox as head coach.

The victory over Cincinnati also is one more step, one more brick in the foundation of re-establishing the Broncos culture, for the team, the city and all the fans.

But growth is one step at a time, and this week the Broncos take their show on the road for the first regular season road game of 2011.

When Denver visits Nashville it will still seem a bit new to Bronco fans watching on television.

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Hall-of-Fame Memories

August 20th, 2010 - 11:16am by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

With the return of Brett Favre for his 20th NFL season, a few PR and media types were wondering how many position players have played 20 years in the NFL.

One of the results of looking at this was that the Elias Sports Bureau put George Blanda and his 26 years into the “kicker” category.

I realize where they are coming from here, but it sent my mind back to the career of the great Blanda.

While people most often remember him as the Oakland Raiders’ placekicker, that does very little justice to this guy’s overall career.

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