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    Mai tais and secret champagne toasts: How Peyton Manning & John Lynch developed a Hall of Fame friendship

    "Coming to Denver, it was an anxious period of time coming off an injury, learning new teammates, new coaches, a lot of the same things that Tom Brady's having to go through right now," Manning said. "I was nervous not knowing how it would play out. But Denver and the Broncos organization — John...
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    At long last, John Lynch elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame

    In each of the last seven years, John Lynch's Pro Football Hall of Fame candidacy has abruptly ended with a call from David Baker, the president of the Hall of Fame. Those phone calls, which let Lynch know he would not be among those elected to the Hall, have served as a consistent and brutal...
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    The gold standard: Peyton Manning named a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer

    While the totality of Manning's 18-year career is arguably the greatest statistical portfolio of any quarterback in league history, one could argue that just his four years in Denver merit Hall of Fame consideration. In four seasons, Manning was named the 2012 Comeback Player of the Year, the...
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    Hall of Famer Peyton Manning details calls to Hall of Fame QBs, why Archie Manning will present him for enshrinement

    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — During a Hall of Fame career, Peyton Manning took inspiration from a number of great quarterbacks whose own careers ended with gold jackets and a bust in Canton, Ohio. In the days since receiving the news that he had been elected as a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer...
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    'He deserves to slip that jacket on': Hall of Famer Peyton Manning's former coaches reflect on what made him great

    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Months before newly elected Hall of Famer Peyton Manning ever played his first game for the Broncos and years before he capped his career with a world championship, he returned to his football roots. As he began the second chapter of a career marked by a series of respected...
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    Former teammates, coaches and more react to HOF elections of Peyton Manning and John Lynch

    Following the announcement of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2021, which included former Broncos Peyton Manning and John Lynch, many of their former teammates, coaches and the figures from around the sports world took to social media to react to the news. Here are several of the most...
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    Mile High Morning: Peyton Manning reportedly starting production company

    The Lead For years, Broncos fans have clamored to know what Peyton Manning's famous "Omaha" call meant. His playing days are long gone, but it appears what Omaha means now is Manning's future. The NY Post's Andrew Marchand reports that Manning is starting Omaha Productions after his success...
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    Five from 50: An oral history of Super Bowl 50

    XI. 'It was everything I thought it would be' With less than a minute left, the result was unavoidable. The Panthers ran a few plays, but they had no timeouts. The clocked ticked down, and the celebration neared. It truly kicked off when Miller and Ware upheld Super Bowl tradition by taking a...
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    Broncos hire Chris Cook as Offensive Quality Control Coach

    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Broncos have hired Chris Cook as an Offensive Quality Control Coach, the team announced Thursday. Cook previously worked at the University of Akron as the Zips' tight ends and offensive tackles coach. He spent the last two seasons at Akron after previously coaching at...
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    NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell provides updates on offseason plans, international series ahead of Super Bowl LV

    As the Broncos head into the 2021 offseason, the team faces uncertainty about which players will fill several key positions. There's also uncertainty, according to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, about how the upcoming offseason will look in wake of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Goodell...
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    Sacco Sez: A new football season set to start

    For all of our lives, the Super Bowl has marked the end of the pro football season, just as the Senior Bowl brought a conclusion of the college season. But this year is different, and very historic. For the first time in history, a spring college football season is set to begin. More than...
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    Mile High Morning: Four Broncos make CBS Sports' all-time Super Bowl team

    The Lead As we approach a Super Bowl in which there probably is no preferable winner for diehard Broncos fans, perhaps it's best to take a look back at Super Bowl history instead. Reviewing the previous 54 Super Bowls, CBS Sports' Bryan DeArdo created a 53-man roster based on players'...
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    Broncos make $5,000 donation to Denver Foundation's Black Resilience in Colorado fund

    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As February begins, the Broncos are continuing their push against systemic racism by contributing a $5,000 donation to The Denver Foundation's Black Resilience in Colorado fund on behalf of the team's Inspire Change program. The BRIC fund, which was started in 2020, is...
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    Five from 50: Inside DeMarcus Ware's and Peyton Manning's pre-Super Bowl speeches and the bond they forged in 2015

    Then when Manning wrapped up his speech, Ware realized something. "Well, OK then, what am I actually going to do to follow this guy?" Ware recalls thinking. "What am I actually going to say?" To some degree, Ware had a plan. He had spoken the night before the AFC Championship Game and...
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    Mile High Morning: Broncos players react to the return of EA Sports' college football video game

    After more than seven years, EA Sports is relaunching its college football video game franchise. In a tweet on Tuesday morning, EA Sports made the announcement, which immediately made waves on the platform with fans of the series. Several Broncos players clearly include themselves in that...
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    Reviewing Jerry Jeudy's and KJ Hamler's rookie campaigns

    Mock draft season has begun, and analysts have started to pair a slew of different players with the Broncos, who hold the ninth-overall selection in this year's NFL Draft. But as the next crop of NFL hopefuls begin their path to the league at the Senior Bowl this week, we're taking a look back...
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    Five from 50: Aqib Talib's stories of how a fearless defense proved good as gold in Super Bowl 50

    True to Talib's vision, the Broncos certainly were not scared. Miller provided the game-changing play with a first-quarter strip-sack Newton; Malik Jackson recovered the fumble in the end zone for a touchdown to provide a 10-point lead. The Panthers would threaten that deficit at times — it...
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    Mile High Morning: The Athletic's Bob Kravitz shares unheard Peyton Manning stories

    They range the gamut from showing his kind-heartedness, like sending letters to Ryan Leaf during his darkest moments or the vast support for children fighting leukemia, to showing his puckish jocularity, like when he played a prank on former Colts and Broncos tight end Jacob Tamme, offering him...
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    Five from 50: Success bred sentimentality for Owen Daniels when championship capped 10-year career

    When the game ended, Daniels sprinted from the sideline in an instance of pure emotional release. "When it finally hit zero, I just ran," Daniels says. "… I ran, like, looking to the sky with my arms out, like I couldn't believe that I was in that position, on that field. I'm thinking back...
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    Five from 50: How Jordan Norwood made the most of a fragile moment and set a Super Bowl record

    Sanders was atop the depth chart for punt returner after that, but Norwood took much of the return reps and returned three in the AFC Championship. With Sanders' large role on offense as a starter at receiver, Norwood received more opportunities to return punts in the conference championship and...
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