Tag: peyton manning
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Woody Paige: Denver Broncos free agency was best in AFC West; team still needs work
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For the past 44 games the Broncos have been leaking oil like a used Daewoo. However convenient, amid and after the monster Blizzardzilla, the Broncos provided hope rather than hopelessness. During the first week of free agency, the Broncos’ improvement was Best in the AFC…
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Woody Paige: Denver Broncos free agency was best in AFC West; team still needs work
For the past 44 games the Broncos have been leaking oil like a used Daewoo. However convenient, amid and after the monster Blizzardzilla, the Broncos provided hope rather than hopelessness. During the first week of free agency, the Broncos’ improvement was Best in the AFC West. The (up)grade was “B,’’ as in Broncos, and above…
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Woody Paige: Denver Broncos must march in when NFL year starts Wednesday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Don’t beware the Ides of March. Be aware, instead, of March 13, 2019 — New Year’s Day on the National Football League calendar. Wednesday is when the Broncos endeavor to become relevant in the room again. Feb. 7, 2016 seems so distant ago. Set your clocks…
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Woody Paige: Joe Flacco can succeed, but more permanent solution needed for Broncos
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Broncos and, specifically John Elway, have gotten a lot of national flak — oh! — since trading a week ago for Joe Flacco. One writer for a major sports publication has called The Duke of Denver “the mayor of crazy town’’ in the aftershock…
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Woody Paige: Joe Flacco can succeed, but more permanent solution needed for Broncos
The Broncos and, specifically John Elway, have gotten a lot of national flak — oh! — since trading a week ago for Joe Flacco. One writer for a major sports publication has called The Duke of Denver “the mayor of crazy town’’ in the aftershock of the deal. Even the local loyalists of Our Very…
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Woody Paige: Top memories of years of covering Super Bowls
As a college student newspaper editor, I spent the inaugural NFL-AFL Championship in the window of a bookstore finishing a 106-hour marathon on radio. I didn’t see a moment of the game. The first Super Bowl I attended and wrote about as a columnist was VI. The last was 50. Seemed to be quite enough…
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Woody Paige: Denver Broncos should draft Missouri quarterback Drew Lock
The Broncos have drafted 44 quarterbacks in 59 years. Drew Lock should be the 45th and the pre-eminent one. Don’t you think it’s about time to get one right? One who can start at quarterback for a minimum of five seasons, one who doesn’t just pass by in Denver and through Colorado for a season,…
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David Ramsey: Farewell to sport, and a big thank you, before move to new Gazette column
On a bright Sunday morning in 2003, my friend Mark Nelson listened to all the reasons I could not accept an offer to write sports columns for The Gazette. Reasons to say no: My children were split on leaving the city of their birth. We didn’t want to depart the 1872 farmhouse we had restored…
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David Ramsey: Tumbling Broncos can win again, even with Case Keenum at quarterback
The Broncos desperately need a new quarterback to halt the horror of ending seasons at Mile High Stadium in front of bored, annoyed fans and tens of thousands of empty seats. Or maybe not. Case Keenum hovers just inside or just outside the NFL’s top 20 quarterbacks. His arm is average, but he’s mobile enough…