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• Jonathon Cooper out of Broncos’ OTAs with finger injury, will return for training camp

  25-05-2022 17:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper suffered a finger injury at Organized Team Activities that will likely keep him out of the rest of the voluntary offseason program. Mike Klis of 9 News reports that Cooper will have surgery Thursday to repair a tendon injury in his left ring finger and will likely miss the remainder of [more]
  
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• Ravens agree to terms with Kyle Fuller

  24-05-2022 19:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Ravens have added some depth to their secondary. Baltimore announced on Tuesday that the club has agreed to terms with cornerback Kyle Fuller on a one-year deal. Fuller, a Baltimore native, was a two-time Pro Bowler for the Bears in 2018 and 2019. He was also an All-Pro in 2018, leading the league with [more]
  
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• Ex-Bronco and current CFL player Brendan Langley arrested after airport fight

  24-05-2022 18:16 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A video showing a United employee and a passenger fighting went viral, even before it was revealed that the passenger in the video was Brendan Langley, a former Broncos receiver who now plays for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. The video shows the employee and Langley fighting for a moment without either [more]
  
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• Broncos are building offense “completely around” Russell Wilson

  24-05-2022 03:23 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The core of the friction between the Seahawks and Russell Wilson was simple. They didn’t let Russ cook. More specifically, the offense didn’t run through Wilson. The offense wasn’t built around him. Coach Pete Carroll wanted to win with suffocating defense and a ground-and-pound running game. Wilson’s skills became more necessity (especially when the Seahawks [more]
  
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• Broncos announce title changes within scouting department

  24-05-2022 02:08 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Broncos announced several title changes within their scouting department. They named Eugene Armstrong as their southeast area scout, Deon Randall as their southwest area scout and Chaz McKenzie as their northeast area scout. Armstrong is entering his 17th season with the Broncos as a college scout. He previously served as the team’s southwest area [more]
  
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• Russell Wilson plans to be “non-emotional” playing Seahawks in Week One

  23-05-2022 22:58 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Russell Wilson will be back in familiar surroundings to start the upcoming season, as the Broncos will open their slate against the Seahawks on Sept. 12. Having played 10 seasons for Seattle, it would be understandable if Wilson had some mixed feelings about playing the first game of 2022 at Lumen Field. But when asked [more]
  
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• Despite $5.9 million pay cut, Graham Glasgow says staying in Denver was his best option

  21-05-2022 18:47 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Broncos offensive lineman Graham Glasgow suffered a broken leg and torn ligaments last season, and to add insult to injury, he took a $5.9 million pay cut this year. But he says he’s OK with it all. Glasgow said he still thinks Denver is the best place for him, and the reality is that his [more]
  
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• Five potential Broncos buyers begin refining their bids

  20-05-2022 22:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  They’re not “finalists” yet, but they’re getting there. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, five groups have submitted proposed amendments to a potential contract for sale of the Denver Broncos. A second round of formal bids is coming in June. Lawyers for the five interested groups were asked to make any proposed changes to [more]
  
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• Quinn Meinerz on blocking for Russell Wilson: Do whatever it takes until ball is gone

  20-05-2022 20:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Broncos guard Quinn Meinerz has slimmed down ahead of his second season and one of the reasons for the change in girth is the arrival of the quarterback he hopes to be blocking for this fall. Meinerz said that he’s down about 10 pounds because the offense the team is building around Russell Wilson requires [more]
  
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• Shane Waldron: Geno Smith has head start on Drew Lock

  20-05-2022 01:18 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Drew Lock arrived in Seattle from Denver on March 16 in the Russell Wilson trade. The Seahawks re-signed Geno Smith on April 19. Smith’s two previous seasons in Seattle, though, give him with an early edge on Lock a month later. “Right now, Geno has done such a good job of carrying over (the offensive [more]
  
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• Eli Manning jokes Robert Kraft would have 10 Super Bowl rings if not for the Mannings

  19-05-2022 20:25 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Patriots have won six Super Bowls during Robert Kraft’s tenure as owner. Eli Manning recently reminded Kraft that it could have been more, if not for the Manning family. Manning was speaking at the event where Kraft received Sports Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and he pointed out that Kraft’s Patriots lost to Manning-quarterbacked [more]
  
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• Former federal Judge Sue L. Robinson is the Disciplinary Officer who would hear Deshaun Watson case

  19-05-2022 01:37 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL’s new procedure for imposing discipline under the Personal Conduct Policy incorporates a Disciplinary Officer, who is jointly appointed and paid by the NFL and the NFL Players Association. The person retained for that position is former federal Judge Sue L. Robinson. Appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in [more]
  
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• Commanders cut Drew Himmelman

  18-05-2022 23:08 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Commanders claimed offensive tackle Drew Himmelman off waivers from the Broncos on Monday. Washington waived Himmelman on Wednesday, the team announced. Himmelman was waived by the Broncos when they signed 13 undrafted rookie free agents last week. He joined Denver after going undrafted out of Illinois State in 2021, receiving a $25,000 signing bonus [more]
  
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• Cowboys and Broncos set for joint practices in August

  18-05-2022 21:01 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Defensive end Randy Gregory will get a chance to renew acquaintances with the Cowboys this summer. Gregory signed with the Broncos as a free agent in March after initially agreeing to a deal to re-sign with Dallas. Any hard feelings about that departure can be ironed out in Denver in August. Jori Epstein of USA [more]
  
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• Bengals don’t have the usual target that attaches to Super Bowl teams

  18-05-2022 17:00 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When an NFL franchise makes it to the Super Bowl one year, that team faces a rude awakening the next. The Bengals may avoid this fate. Typically, a conference champion acquires the bull’s-eye that comes from being a measuring stick for other teams. Suddenly, teams that want to prove themselves circle that date on the [more]
  
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• With wins over Seahawks and Chargers, Russell Wilson would become fifth QB to beat every team

  18-05-2022 12:19 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Four quarterbacks have beaten every NFL franchise. There can be a fifth member of the 32-team club in 2022. As noted by John Breech of CBSSports.com, Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson needs victories over the Seahawks in Week One and the Chargers in Week Six or Week 18 to accomplish that feat. The first two games [more]
  
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• Broncos re-sign Zack Johnson, waive Cortez Davis

  17-05-2022 02:43 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Broncos cut Zack Johnson on Thursday. They re-signed him Monday. The team announced it waived cornerback Cortez Davis in a corresponding move. Johnson is a first-year player from North Dakota State who was on practice squads with Arizona and Denver in 2021. He was originally signed by Green Bay as a college free agent [more]
  
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• Leslie Frazier, Greg Knapp are Dr. Z Award winners for 2022

  16-05-2022 20:41 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA) has selected Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier and the late Greg Knapp as the 2022 Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman Award winners. Frazier and Knapp are the 19th and 20th recipients of the Dr. Z Award, which was instituted by the PFWA in 2014. The Dr. Z Award is [more]
  
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• NFL declines comment on report of meeting with Deshaun Watson

  16-05-2022 18:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The uncertain status of Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson could be moving toward some kind of certainty, soon. League officials reportedly will meet with Watson in Texas this week, according to Josina Anderson. League spokesman Brian McCarthy tells PFT that the NFL  “will decline comment on that tweet.” McCarthy’s remark regarding the new report came in response [more]
  
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• Despite seven years without a playoff appearance, Broncos land seven stand-alone games in 2022

  15-05-2022 16:43 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  At one point during a Friday media conference call regarding the 2022 schedule, NFL executive Mike North made this statement: “You don’t draft your way into prime time, you don’t trade your way into prime time. You play your way into prime time.” The NFL apparently made an exception for the Denver Broncos. A big [more]
  
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• NFL executives thought Russell Wilson return to Seattle on first Monday of season “felt right”

  14-05-2022 15:49 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  One of the most surprising decisions in the 2022 schedule came from the selection of Russell Wilson‘s return to Seattle as the Monday night contest in Week One. In a media video conference that happened on Friday (our invitation was either lost in the email, or never sent), NFL scheduling executives explained the reasoning. NFL [more]
  
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• Denver Broncos schedule 2022: Dates, times, TV, opponents for Weeks 1-18

  13-05-2022 21:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Broncos haven’t made the postseason since the 2015 season, when they won Super Bowl 50 in Peyton Manning’s last career game. But things look a little different in Denver this season after the team traded for long-time Seattle quarterback and nine-time Pro Bowler Russell Wilson in one of the biggest shakeups of the offseason. [more]
  
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• Jerry Jeudy is released on bond; lawyer says he never should have been arrested

  13-05-2022 17:43 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Broncos receiver Jerry Jeudy appeared in court on Friday morning following a Thursday arrest for second-degree criminal tampering, with a domestic violence enhancer. Jeudy was held overnight on bond. After a hearing that resulted in a finding that Jeudy can be released, his lawyer said that Jeudy never should have been arrested, and that Jeudy [more]
  
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• Broncos sign third-rounder Greg Dulcich

  13-05-2022 17:15 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Broncos signed six draft picks on Thursday and they added another one to the list on Friday. The team announced that third-round tight end Greg Dulcich has put pen to paper on his four-year deal. The Broncos have a pair of fourth-round picks — cornerback Damarri Mathis and defensive tackle Eyioma Uwazurike — left [more]
  
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• Broncos sign six draft picks and 13 college free agents

  13-05-2022 03:48 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Broncos have signed six of their draft picks, the team announced Thursday. Second-round pick Nik Bonitto, fifth-round picks Delarrin Turner-Yell, Montrell Washington and Luke Wattenberg, sixth-round pick Matt Henningsen and seventh-round pick Faion Hicks all have signed their four-year deals. The team also announced the signings of 13 college free agents. Alabama OLB Christopher [more]
  
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• With Russell Wilson in Denver, Broncos are in prime time four of first six weeks

  13-05-2022 02:35 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL wants to make sure plenty of fans see Russell Wilson in a Broncos uniform. The Broncos, who acquired Wilson in a trade with the Seahawks this offseason, are in prime time for four of the first six weeks of the 2022 NFL schedule. Wilson visits his old stomping grounds in Seattle for a [more]
  
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• Monday Night Football: Broncos at Seahawks kicks off ESPN’s schedule

  13-05-2022 02:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  ESPN will debut a new broadcasting team this season, having lured Joe Buck and Troy Aikman from Fox to join sideline reporter Lisa Salters and rules analyst John Parry. Michelle Beisner-Buck also joins the team to present feature content. The crew will hit the ground running, getting Russell Wilson‘s return to Seattle in his Broncos [more]
  
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• 13 teams have maximum of five primetime games

  13-05-2022 02:27 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  One of the most popular aspects of the NFL’s schedule to examine is its primetime games — and not just when they are. Who is featured in the key time slots is just as important, as well as how many times they’re set to play in that window. This season, 12 teams have a maximum [more]
  
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• 12 teams have maximum of five primetime games

  13-05-2022 02:27 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  One of the most popular aspects of the NFL’s schedule to examine is its primetime games — and not just when they are. Who is featured in the key time slots is just as important, as well as how many times they’re set to play in that window. This season, 12 teams have a maximum [more]
  
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• NFL Schedule Release: Week 1 Games and More

  13-05-2022 01:59 via nytimes.com
  
  The drama of the schedule release continues the N.F.L.’s trend of turning off-season events, including the draft and the scouting combine, into prime-time spectacles.
  
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• Jerry Jeudy will be held overnight in domestic violence incident

  13-05-2022 00:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Although Broncos receiver Jerry Jeudy faces only misdemeanor charges, he’ll spend the night custody after being arrested for second-degree criminal tampering with a domestic violence enhanced. Via Mike Klis of 9News.com, Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown said at a press conference that the incident involved the mother of Jeudy’s one-month-old daughter. There was no physical [more]
  
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• Chiefs-Cardinals, Raiders-Chargers highlight Sunday afternoon schedule in Week 1

  13-05-2022 00:40 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The three biggest games of the league’s opening weekend all were previously reported: The Bills and Rams will kick off the 2022 NFL season with a Thursday Night Football game at SoFi Stadium; the Bucs will play at the Cowboys in the first Sunday Night Football game, which is a rematch of their season opener [more]
  
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• NFL 2022 Schedule: Week 1 Games Released

  13-05-2022 00:38 via nytimes.com
  
  The drama of the schedule release continues the N.F.L.’s trend of turning off-season events, including the draft and the scouting combine, into prime-time spectacles.
  
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• Jerry Jeudy is charged with misdemeanor “criminal tampering,” with a “domestic violence enhancer”

  12-05-2022 23:00 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Broncos receiver Jerry Jeudy was arrested on Thursday. The initial reports included no specifics as to the crime he allegedly committed. The Arapahoe County Sheriff has announced that Jeudy was charged with second-degree criminal tampering, with a domestic violence enhancer. The charge is a misdemeanor. He’s on a “no-bond hold,” per the release. According to [more]
  
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• Report: Russell Wilson’s Broncos visit Seahawks on first Monday night of season

  12-05-2022 22:04 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Like every home opener for the Seahawks since 2012, this year’s will feature Russell Wilson. The catch is obvious. He’ll be playing for the other team. One of the most anticipated games of the year –Denver at Seattle — serves as the Week One Monday night contest, according to Vic Lombardi of Altitude Sports. The [more]
  
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• Jerry Jeudy arrested in Arapahoe County on Thursday

  12-05-2022 22:00 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy‘s name landed in the headlines for the wrong reason on Thursday. According to multiple reports, Jeudy was arrested by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado around noon. It’s not clear what charges Jeudy faces at this point because he has not formally been booked by the police, but that [more]
  
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• N.F.L. Releasing 2022 Regular-Season Schedule Thursday in Prime Time

  12-05-2022 21:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The drama of the schedule release continues the N.F.L.’s trend of turning off-season events, including the draft and the scouting combine, into prime-time spectacles.
  
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• Broncos agree to terms with fifth-rounder Montrell Washington

  12-05-2022 20:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Broncos agreed to terms with several draft picks on Wednesday and they got a deal done with another member of this year’s class on Thursday. Ryan O’Halloran of the Denver Post reports that the team has agreed to sign fifth-round pick Montrell Washington. The wideout is the fifth player to agree to his deal, [more]
  
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• John Elway: Russell Wilson is the piece we needed to compete again

  12-05-2022 00:53 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  The Broncos have not even made the postseason since winning Super Bowl 50 to cap the 2015 season. The team’s only winning record the past six seasons came in 2016 when the Broncos went 9-7 and finished third in the division in Gary Kubiak’s final season as head coach. The 39-58 record over the past [more]
  
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• Broncos hire Reed Burckhardt as director of player personnel

  12-05-2022 00:37 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Broncos have hired Reed Burckhardt as new director of player personnel, Mike Klis of 9News reports. Burckhardt spent 13 years with the Vikings, earning a promotion to director of pro scouting last year. The Vikings, despite changes in their front office, had hoped to keep Burckhardt, per Klis. Instead, Burckhardt will follow George Paton [more]
  
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• KJ Hamler says he’s “well ahead of schedule” in recovery from ACL, hip surgeries

  11-05-2022 23:35 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Wide receiver KJ Hamler wasn’t around for most of the Broncos season in 2021 because of injuries he sustained in the third week of the season. Hamler came down awkwardly while trying for a catch against the Jets and suffered both a torn ACL and a hip injury. Both injuries required surgical repairs, but Hamler [more]
  
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• Broncos agree to terms with Nik Bonitto, Matt Henningsen

  11-05-2022 22:53 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Broncos have agreed to a contract with their top pick of this year’s draft. Mike Klis of KUSA reports that edge rusher Nik Bonitto has agreed to his four-year rookie deal. Bonitto came to the Broncos with the 64th overall pick, which they acquired when they traded Von Miller to the Rams last season. [more]
  
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• Broncos agree to terms with seventh-rounder Faion Hicks

  11-05-2022 19:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Broncos have agreed to terms with another member of their 2022 draft class. Mike Klis of KUSA reports that seventh-round cornerback Faion Hicks has agreed to his four-year deal with the team. Fifth-round center Luke Wattenberg also came to terms with the team on Wednesday. Hicks was not invited to the Scouting Combine, but [more]
  
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• Broncos agree to terms with fifth-rounder Luke Wattenberg

  11-05-2022 18:44 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Broncos have started the process of signing their 2022 draft class. Ryan O’Halloran of the Denver Post reports that the team has agreed to terms with center Luke Wattenberg on his four-year rookie deal. He’s the first of the team’s draft picks to agree to a contract. Wattenberg was a fifth-round pick last month. [more]
  
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• DeMarcus Walker visits Colts, has visit scheduled with Titans

  11-05-2022 04:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Free agent defensive lineman DeMarcus Walker visited the Colts on Tuesday, Aaron Wilson of profootballnetwork.com reports. Walker is headed to the Titans on Wednesday. Walker, 27, spent last season in Houston. He played 13 games for the Texans, with two starts, and totaled 31 tackles, two sacks, seven quarterback hits and a forced fumble. Walker [more]
  
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• Report: Eagles hiring Matt Russell for senior personnel role

  11-05-2022 02:21 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Eagles have made a front office hire, agreeing to terms with Matt Russell, Bo Wulf of TheAthletic.com reports. Russell’s title is not yet known, but he will serve in a senior executive role. Tom Donahoe, who was senior football adviser to G.M. Howie Roseman, recently left the organization. Russell, 48, served as a scout [more]
  
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• Peyton Manning, John Elway remain on sideline of Broncos’ bidding process

  10-05-2022 17:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  We now know what Tom Brady will be doing once his on-field career ends. We’re still waiting for Peyton Manning’s post-playing plan to fully bloom. Despite a belief that Manning would align with one of the groups vying to buy the Broncos, Manning is playing it cool, and coy. Mike Klis of 9News in Denver [more]
  
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• Broncos at Rams scheduled for Christmas Day on CBS and Nickelodeon

  10-05-2022 13:59 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL wants to make Christmas Day a family football holiday, and the first of this year’s Christmas games has now been announced. The Broncos will travel to Los Angeles to take on the Rams in a Christmas game that will air at 4:30 p.m. ET on both CBS and Nickelodeon, as well as Paramount+ [more]
  
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• Potential Broncos buyer Rob Walton visited the team on Monday

  10-05-2022 04:19 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The parade of potential owners for the Broncos continues, with one of the richest men in the world kicking tires on buying the only NFL team currently for sale. Per multiple reports, WalMart heir and former company chairman Rob Walton visited the team on Monday. He’s the second potential buyer who has made the trip [more]
  
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• George Paton explains relevance of having a quarterback who is “a winner,” like Russell Wilson

  08-05-2022 17:09 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  When the Broncos introduced quarterback Russell Wilson in March, G.M. George Paton said of Wilson, among other things, “he’s a winner.” That’s a term that sets some people off, given the lingering debate over whether wins are relevant to the assessment of quarterbacks. Paton visited #PFTPM this week. I asked him to explain his position [more]
  
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