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Earlier this week, I wrote about who can become the identity of the Denver Broncos on offense.   Now let's take a look at the defensive side of the ball. Unlike the offense, there is no question whom "The Man" is on the Broncos defense. The buck starts and stops with linebacker Elvis Dumervil. Yes, Champ Bailey is one of the best corners of all-time, but he is now past his prime. ...

It was a classic spit take. Upon reading the news of Brady Quinn's trade to the Denver Broncos for fullback Peyton Hillis and two late round draft picks, I proceeded to soak my laptop screen in soda.  It completely caught me off guard. What was surprising was not that Quinn got moved but rather where he got moved to. It was beginning to look like the Broncos were going to commit to ...

In a week that saw plenty of Curtis Painter and Brian Hoyer, Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy shook the dice on a potential severe injury to any of his key players and let his starters play a majority of the game in the Packers' 33-7 rout of the Arizona Cardinals. Starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers played into the second half, as did most of the defense. With the exception of ...

Apparently it is possible to see a mirage in the Rockies. Earlier this season after the Broncos started 3-0, I wrote that the Broncos and their fans were buying into what Josh McDaniels was doing with the team and, to steal a line from McDonald's, I said they were "lovin' it." Well, 13 games later, I think it is safe to say both the team and its fans are "hatin' it."á Even ...

As the second decade of the 21st century begins, the Denver Broncos have done a complete 360 degree turn and are right back where they started this past summer. As training camp commenced last summer, Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall was demanding a trade and head coach Josh McDaniels was forced to suspend Marshall for the most of the preseason due to his antics during practices. His idiocy started when Marshall "tweaked ...

Packers' fans, start your drooling. Only two weeks ago, it seemed like the only way the Green Bay Packers would get a third shot at the Minnesota Vikings would be in the divisional round of the playoffs and that assumed the Packers would win a wild-card game first. A hot Packers team and a slumping Vikings team have now made such a meeting possible in the wild-card round.á Thanks to the Vikings losing ...

There's a saying that is very popular on the World Wide Web: "Yakety Sax makes everything funny, no matter how tragic." For those of you who don't know, "Yakety Sax" is the theme song to the old television comedy The Benny Hill Show.á Look it up on YouTube, listen to it, and try not to laugh.á I bet you can't do it. Anyway, after the Broncos lost yet another heartbreakerùthis time to ...

The debate is over. The book is slammed shut. Farewell, Brett. However you want to put it, by leading his team to victory over Seattle 48-10 Sunday (and with the Giants losing to the Panthers 41-9), quarterback Aaron Rodgers has led the Packers to the postseason in only his second year as a starter.áItÆs a noticeable accomplishment in its own right. In Green Bay, though, itÆs so much more than that. After two ...

It's a scene that would drive any kid absolutely nuts.á You are on your best behavior all year and yet when Christmas rolls around, there's a big ol' lump of coal sitting under the tree. Again.á You tried your absolute best to be a good boy or girl, yet in the end it's the same results as previous years. This feeling is shared by Broncos fans all over the world as the ...

It was one of the most bizarre scenes of this and perhaps any other NFL season. In the waning moments of the Tennessee Titans' 41-17 romp over the Buffalo Bills, there was Titans owner Bud Adams giving Bills' fans a two-middle finger salute that just happened to be caught by a fan's iPhone camera. áThe impromptu celebration led the league to fine Adams $250,000, pocket change to the man for sure. This ...