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Quarterback Stays Busy with Controlled Schedule

October 28th, 2008 - 2:08pm by jim_saccomanoOther posts by jim_saccomano

Recently some members of the Denver press wondered how much press quarterback Jay Cutler does on a weekly basis.

In addition to being a tremendous young quarterback, Jay Cutler is the most popular Bronco in terms of press requests, so the key is to manage and coordinate his time in this regard.

As you can imagine, this is very unpopular to members of the press, because their desire, in a perfect media world, is whatever access they desire, whenever they desire it.

But at the same time they are aware (sort of) of how busy someone like Jay Cutler is. At the end of the day, and at the start of the day, every day, it’s football, football and football.

And what we do, what we ask, has to be controlled so that the player can concentrate on that part of his job that is the one for which he was hired.

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College Friday this Friday!

April 9th, 2008 - 7:28am by domonique_foxworthOther posts by domonique_foxworth

What a game last night. It was a fun game. It was interesting to see. The NCAA Finals were pretty exciting. The Final Four was pretty exciting altogether. It was pretty surprising outcome.

It was unfortunate to see Memphis collapse like that at the end. People, all season, were talking about their free throws and it’s ironic that it caught up to them at the biggest moment of the year. So I guess Kansas deserved to win.

It was a fun game to watch. One of the better things about sporting events like that is that it gives myself and some of the guys a reason to get together and hang out and build the team camaraderie and chemistry. I think all of that stuff is important to building a good team is being comfortable with each other, just hanging out. A few of us watched the last two rounds of the tournament together and had a good time.

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Radio Show with Coop 2-27-08

February 22nd, 2008 - 6:40pm by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

Hi All

I’ll be a guest on Mile High radio February 27, 2008 at 7:15pm. on www.tpsradio.net

MHR Radio – A live PodCast dedicated to the Denver Broncos and it’s fans, the best in the world. Hosted by TheSportsGuru, head writer over at MileHighReport.com , MHR Radio breaks down the Broncos, as well as everything going on in the world of the NFL.

If you love the Broncos you’ll love it….If you don’t you’ll love it even more!

Join MHR Radio LIVE every Wednesday 9PM est / 6PM PST!

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Don’t Be Fooled by Critics of the Pro Bowl

February 12th, 2008 - 8:40am by jim_saccomanoOther posts by jim_saccomano

The press has a very influential role in our society.  It presents the news, reports the news, and tells us what is going on in the world.

And sometimes it instructs us in what we are supposed to think and believe.  When it does that, it is counting on our cooperation in believing what it tells us, with the hope and confidence that we will not think for ourselves and form our own opinions.

Every year about this time I observe an example of this:  the Pro Bowl.

Last Sunday the NFL season ended entirely with the annual playing of the Pro Bowl, the NFL all-star game, which is about to end a 30-year run in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Presently there are discussions about whether or not to extend the contract in Hawaii, and while none of us knows what the result will be, one thing we do know is that the Pro Bowl remains very unpopular with the press, and very popular with the public.

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Big Part of Season Still Ahead

January 11th, 2008 - 9:16am by jim_saccomanoOther posts by jim_saccomano

While the Denver Broncos are many other franchises are moving toward getting better and contending in 2008, for some employees of a number of teams, the season won’t be over until the day after the Super Bowl.

I am one of those, and while I do not wish to seem like I am walking the dog, I thought it might be interesting to share a couple of things that happen behind the scenes.

The Super Bowl is the largest non-Olympic sporting event ever put on in the world, in terms of interest, particularly from the media overall and television in particular.

Everyone knows that it is televised internationally, and the ten most watched TV shows in American history, no matter how the standard is skewed, always included at least seven or eight Super Bowl games in that list–sometimes more.

Because it is so large, it is just too much for the NFL New York employees to handle all by themselves, even though they work from about seven a.m. until about eleven p.m. for the three weeks leading up to the game.  So, they import veterans in various positions from some of the teams.

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Still Determined

December 4th, 2007 - 2:40pm by domonique_foxworthOther posts by domonique_foxworth

It’s been an eventful week. Most of the events were positive, but probably the most important event of the week is our game and that was definitely negative.

It’s been a really tumultuous season.  I guess “tumultuous” would be a good word to describe it thus far. Fortunately, we have four more games which is definitely a lot. Our playoff destiny is no longer 100 percent in our hands — which is difficult — but we still have a chance, so I think it’s important that we try to step up and sustain some consistency and shoot for the highest goal. I think that’s the only thing we can do and that’s the culture of this organization and of this city.

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Driving the Information Highway

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

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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Football People Like Routine

September 6th, 2007 - 4:46pm by jim_saccomanoOther posts by jim_saccomano

With the start of the NFL regular season comes one of the most prized aspects of the season, for those of us who work within the sport — that being routine.

During the all-important training-camp period, the Denver Broncos played games on Monday night, Saturday night, Saturday night, and Thursday night, squeezing four preseason games into an 18-day period.

In between, there were two-a-day practices, special teams practices, meetings in the morning, noon, and night, with player treatment and press sessions to go along with every period on the field.

Every team looks forward to settling into the routine, which does not vary much for any NFL club during the course of the season.

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