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If Admiral Ackbar of "Star Wars" fame were a football fan, he would be screaming his trademark line to the Denver Broncos right now. "IT'S A TRAP!" The Broncos are currently in a sort of tailspin following two straight blowouts at the hands of the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers.á If there ever was such a thing as a perfect opponent to bounce back against, it's the Washington Redskins whom the Broncos ...

Looks like I fumbled. I want to apologize for everyone for the inundation of articles in the last 24 hours.á I decided to branch out and create my own blog that had all my past BR features on the Broncos. Well, as I linked the blog to my BR profile, I see all the articles I put on the blog were re-published here, causing the editors to have a nervous breakdown, ...

Originally published Nov. 10, 2009 Sixteen games. The season is a marathon, not a sprint. Coaches preach these two phrases to their players privately and publicly every week of the NFL season. They expect their players to maintain a high level of energy all season and not exhaust themselves during a stretch of five or six games. Apparently, the Denver Broncos never got the memo. After an absolutely scintillating start to the season, ...

Originally published Nov. 1, 2009 . We knew it was coming, it was just a matter of time. Like when the main theme from Jaws starts playing, you could feel the attack and disaster coming. The Denver Broncos were never going to run the table and finish the regular season a perfect 16-0. It has only happened twice in the past 37 years, so you knew it was a long shot. The ...

Originally published Oct. 24, 2009 (Writer's Note: This is a humor column. Jay did NOT actually send this letter to Josh McDaniels. I know B/R readers are smart enough to figure this out, but I can't speak for the whole Internet.) Dear Josh, As much as I don't want to say "I told you so..." Oh what the hell, I'll say it anyway: I TOLD YOU SO!!!! NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH, NYAH, NYAH!!! How does ...

Originally published Oct. 22, 2009 . Crazy, off your rocker, cracked, and insane. Those are the words I would use if you had told me in August that the Broncos would be 6-0 going into their bye, and talk of a Super Bowl run, let alone a playoff berth, would be discussed with a straight face. But here we are. Most fans almost always hold out hope at the start of every season that ...

Originally published Oct. 20, 2009 The last time the Denver Broncos visited Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego , they were on the receiving end of a 52-21 beatdown by the Chargers that cost them the division title and coach Mike Shanahan his job. It was a defeat that would haunt the Broncos into the 2009 campaign. Not anymore. Fittingly, the specter of the Broncos' epic 2008 collapse disappeared permanently on Oct. 19, ...

Originally published Oct. 14, 2009 Let's turn the clock back a little less than 50 days to Aug. 29. Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall had just been suspended for conduct detrimental to the team, adding more salt to a still fresh wound for the Broncos . The team a few months earlier had traded their disgruntled franchise quarterback to the Chicago Bears , and now were dealing with ...

Originally published Oct. 12, 2009 So you say Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton is a "game manager," eh? Take a look at these statistics from Sunday's 20-17 overtime win over the New England Patriots : 35-of-48, 330 yards and two touchdowns. I don't hold his one interception against him, because it was a desperation heave at the end of the first half. If Orton is a "game manager," then so is Brett Favre , ...

Originally published on Oct. 9, 2009 There comes a time in every NFL head coach's career that he gets a shot to face off against the man who taught him the ropes. A win against the teacher gives the student the first crown jewel of his head coaching career. For Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels, that opportunity comes in the fifth game of his head-coaching career, and he faces a considerable ...