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Elway: ‘Ready for the Challenge’

September 18th, 2012 - 4:58pm by Tyler EverettOther posts by

The second episode of the weekly Elway Access podcast is now on DenverBroncos.com, less than 24 hours after the Broncos’ 27-21 Week 2 defeat at the hands of the Atlanta Falcons. With Broncos TV’s Chris Hall hosting, Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway gave his thoughts on Monday night’s game and answered fan questions submitted via Twitter.

After falling behind 20-0 in the first half on the road against a strong team like the Atlanta Falcons, the Broncos fought back to make it a six-point game with less than four minutes to play.

“Number one, any time you turn the ball over like that on the road, even at home, your chances of winning are very slim,” Elway said. “To be able to do that and come back is difficult. Especially going into a place that’s hard to play, and do it in the first quarter.”

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Disappointed, But Ready for Sunday

September 29th, 2011 - 5:37pm by Rahim MooreOther posts by

Whenever you lose there’s always a lot of woulda, coulda, shouldas. I was disappointed because of how hard we worked throughout the week and our gameplan was perfect. I just hate losing. I’ve lost before in my career, and it’s not fun.

But how hard we took it just shows how much this team wants Ws. Whenever you play a sport like this, especially with the coaching staff we have, you should expect to win. One thing about individual accolades — sure, you can look good. But when you win, everybody looks good. Our main job is to make Coach Fox look as good as he is. That man deserves wins. He’s, what, the third active coach in wins? We want to get him to number one.

I’m going to tell you one thing about sports. When you play on the road, it shows you how much you really can do. It shows your ability. When you play at home, you feel comfortable. When you’ve got to play on the road in a hostile environment, that brings the most out of you. I love road games.

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Fox Talks 1-2

September 26th, 2011 - 2:29pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

The Denver Broncos are 1-2.

What that record doesn’t show is how close all three games have been.

For the third straight week, the Broncos played a game that was decided by a field goal or less. It’s the first time in club history that Denver has opened the season with three games decided by three or fewer points and only the 19th time in NFL history a team has opened that way.

“We could be sitting here 3-0, or we could be sitting here 0-3,” Head Coach John Fox said Monday.

Sunday’s loss in Tennessee demonstrated just how easily games can swing one way or the other.

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Broncos at Titans: Second Half Blog

September 25th, 2011 - 12:40pm by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

KICKOFF: The Titans deferred after winning the opening coin toss, and will receive to start the second half.

Q3 15:00: Marc Mariani raises his hands to signal ‘It’s good’ as Matt Prater’s kickoff sails through the uprights for a touchback. The Titans take over at their own 20-yard line, and first down brings a carry by Johnson, who is stuffed at the line. He officially picks up a yard. On second down, it’s another carry by Johnson, and Ayers takes him down after another yard. That makes it third-and-8, and Matt Hasselbeck scrambles around in the backfield before hitting Damian Williams for a 19-yard gain and a first down at the 41-yard line.

Q3 13:06: On first down, Hasselbeck hits his fullback Quinn Johnson for a 9-yard gain before he’s taken down by Wesley Woodyard. Johnson picks up the necessary yard for a first down on the next play. With the ball now in Denver territory on the 49, Hasselbeck hits Washington for a 7-yard gain. Second down brings an incomplete pass as Hasselbeck is hit from a blitz, and it’s now third-and-4 at the 43-yard line. Hasselbeck is in the shotgun and he finds a receiver right at the sticks, and apparently that will move the chains.

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Broncos at Titans: First Half Blog

September 25th, 2011 - 11:00am by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

COIN TOSS: The Broncos call heads — and it’s tails. Tennessee wins the toss and elects to defer. So the Broncos will receive to start the game.

KICKOFF: After a touchback, the offense is now on the field, led by Kyle Orton at quarterback. Ryan Clady, Zane Beadles, J.D. Walton, Chris Kuper and Orlando Franklin make up the offensive line. Brandon Lloyd and Eric Decker are at receiver. Daniel Fells is at tight end, Spencer Larsen is at fullback and Willis McGahee is at running back.

Q1 14:27: Two runs by McGahee gain a total of 5 yards, leaving Denver with third-and-5 at its own 25-yard line. Orton takes the snap in the shotgun and quickly finds Decker for the first down on the sideline.

Q1 13:27: After the 8-yard gain, the ball is at the 33-yard line. On first down, Orton fires toward Decker as he is hit in the backfield, and the pass falls incomplete. Second down brings a run for no gain by McGahee, and now it’s third-and-10. Orton barks out some instruction at the line before dropping into the shotgun. He takes the snap, steps up in the pocket and fires to Lloyd in the middle of the field, but the pass is incomplete and Britton Colquitt is in to punt. Colquitt keeps up his hot start, booming a punt that’s fielded at about the 5-yard line — a 62-yard punt, officially — and returner Marc Mariani is dropped at the 11-yard line.

Q1 12:14: The starting defense is now on the field. Brian Dawkins and Rahim Moore are the safeties, Andre’ Goodman and Cassius Vaughn are at cornerback, Wesley Woodyard, Joe Mays and Von Miller are the linebackers and finally Jason Hunter, Brodrick Bunkley, Kevin Vickerson and Robert Ayers make up the defensive line.

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Broncos at Titans: Pregame Blog

September 25th, 2011 - 9:33am by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

Here we are in sunny — at the moment — Nashville, Tennessee. Supposedly we could see some rain today, but it looks pretty nice out at the moment.

There aren’t many people in the stands yet, but a good portion of them are wearing Broncos jerseys. I’ve seen a lot of Elways — I swear I see a Matt Prater jersey, but there might be a 1 before the 5. There’s a fan in an Elvis Dumervil jersey right in front of the press box — with some pretty great seats at the 40-yard line.

As for the Titans fans, they’re supposed to wear all blue as the game has been dubbed Code Blue. Think Orange Sunday in Denver.

The pregame festivities should be pretty cool, as there’s a bald eagle set to fly around the stadium. Chris Hall of Broncos TV got a picture of it.

Just a handful of players are on the field. Other than the quarterbacks, who are currently getting their pictures taken with the bald eagle, just D.J. Williams is out there warming up. I’ll let you know his playing status as soon as I get word. A few other players have been on the field and headed back to the locker room momentarily. We’re about an hour and a half away from kickoff.

10:42 a.m. CDT: Just got the Titans’ inactives — QB Rusty Smith, S Chris Hope, CB Chris Hawkins, C Kevin Matthews, T Byron Stingily, DT Zach Clayton and DT Malcolm Sheppard. Denver’s inactives should be coming shortly.

10:45 a.m. CDT: For Denver, Brandon Lloyd, Knowshon Moreno and D.J. Williams will be playing, despite showing up on the injury report. The inactive players for today are Eddie Royal, Champ Bailey, Marcus Thomas, Julius Thomas, Demaryius Thomas, Elvis Dumervil and Tony Hills.

10:54 a.m. CDT: The specialists are on the field, and Lonie Paxton, Matt Prater and Britton Colquitt are wearing the Broncos’ traditional home uniforms — dark blue jersey and white pants. Apparently the Titans are wearing white even though it’s “Code Blue.”

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Broncos Lift Off

September 23rd, 2011 - 2:10pm by Kenny LeganOther posts by

The Denver Broncos departed for Tennessee Friday afternoon, which is a day earlier than usual.

Head Coach John Fox said that the extra day in Tennessee allows the team to get adjusted to an earlier kickoff. Sunday’s game kicks off at 11 a.m. MDT, which is three hours before the start time of the earliest Broncos’ home game.

“These guys operate on body clock, and to get that sleep after the time change and getting used to an earlier wake up for an earlier kickoff, I’ve found it to be more beneficial to go a day early,” Fox said Thursday.

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Ready to Go

September 22nd, 2011 - 11:51am by Willis McGaheeOther posts by

What’s going on? Just checking in real quick after our first win of the season. That felt real good.

Everybody’s spirits are up. We displayed to everybody what we can do when we work together as a team. But there are still a couple things we need to clean up.

As far as my game, the coaches told me what kind of load I was going to get coming in, so I was ready for it. The thing was just to go out there and have fun. Don’t take everything too seriously.

No doubt about it, I always have faith in myself that I can do anything I put my mind to. It was just me waiting for my opportunity, and I got my opportunity.

I joked I was going to be sore after taking that many carries — and believe me, I was very much sore. But it was all for the good of the team.

Getting ready this week, it’s been great seeing Knowshon back out at practice. It’s good to have everybody back where we can go out and perform and not have to worry about any drop-off anywhere.

Now we’ve got Tennessee at their place. It’s going to be very hostile, but we’re pros. Our job is to go in there and seize the moment. That’s what we’re going to do. As long as we stick together and stay a group, the sky’s the limit.

Just know we’re ready to go.

Titans’ New Head Coach, QB talk Broncos

September 21st, 2011 - 4:11pm by Max HensonOther posts by

A lot has changed for both the Broncos and Titans since the two franchises met early last season, but the two are set to cross paths in a similar fashion once again in 2011.

A year ago, Denver won a Week 4 matchup in Nashville 26-20 with the Titans coming off a win over the New York Giants.

Now the Broncos are heading to Nashville in Week 3, with the Titans again coming off a victory — this time over the Baltimore Ravens.

“We came in off a big win in New York — we beat the Giants — came into home, where we felt comfortable, where we’re hard to beat — and Denver came in and beat us,” Tennessee Head Coach Mike Munchak said of last year’s meeting with the Broncos. “I think it’s something that you don’t forget.”

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Big Names Back at Practice

September 21st, 2011 - 11:21am by Gray CaldwellOther posts by

The Broncos got some good news Wednesday, as Elvis Dumervil, Brandon Lloyd, Knowshon Moreno and D.J. Williams all returned to practice.

All four players missed the team’s Week 2 win against Cincinnati, and Williams also missed Week 1′s Monday Night Football loss to the Raiders.

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