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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos presented their "Champions in the Community" awards and recognized safety Justin Simmons as the team's 2020 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee during a virtual team meeting on Thursday. Guard Dalton Risner was presented with the Broncos' Community...

The Lead The Broncos announced that Justin Simmons has been selected as the team's nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award for a second consecutive year, but he isn't just getting recognition for his contributions as a leader in the community. On Wednesday, ESPN's Matt Bowen...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Super Bowl 50 champion Darian Stewart is calling it a career. The former Broncos safety who played in Denver for four seasons was a key member of the "No-Fly Zone" secondary and made one Pro Bowl during his 10-year NFL career before announcing his retirement on Thursday...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Broncos have officially placed cornerback Essang Bassey on injured reserve, the team announced Wednesday. Bassey suffered a knee injury against the Chiefs on Sunday on Kansas City's first possession of the second half and did not return to the game. Head Coach Vic...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Guard Graham Glasgow did not practice Wednesday after suffering a foot injury in Sunday's game against the Chiefs. Glasgow exited the game and tried to return briefly before ultimately being replaced by Austin Schlottmann for most of the contest. Glasgow played 24 of the...

'JERRY'S IN A GOOD SPOT' Wide receiver Jerry Jeudy took to Twitter after the Broncos' loss to the Chiefs in which he only had one catch, but Fangio said he wasn't concerned with Jeudy's apparent frustration and that he doesn't think the young player has hit the proverbial rookie wall. "I...

The Lead If his chase-down tackle of Tyreek Hill was any indication, Shelby Harris may be ready for more action. In his first game back since returning from the Reserve/COVID list, Harris only played half of the defensive snaps — down from an average of 60 percent in his previous games this...

STATEMENT BY AN NFL SPOKESPERSON: A.J. Bouye of the Denver Broncos has been suspended without pay for the next six games of the regular season or postseason for violating the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances. He will be able to participate in offseason and preseason practices and...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. —With four weeks to go in the regular season, we're focused on both the present and the future. In this edition of "Ask Aric," I took a look at the Broncos' game against the Chiefs, this week's game against the Panthers, how the team needs to finish out the season, next year's...

Christian, who was born in 1996, experienced the Broncos' salad days like few other children, as his dad would sometimes bring him into the locker room. And those experiences and teams helped shape his love for the game, providing the foundation for the kind of person and player he is now...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As COVID-19 cases have spiked in Colorado in recent weeks, the Colorado COVID-19 Relief Fund is entering its seventh round of funding with hopes of continuing to raise money to support Colorado residents in need. And with Colorado Gives Day on Tuesday, there's no better time...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — After implementing significant health and safety measures to Empower Field at Mile High amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Broncos have been selected as the 2020 winner of the Facility Management Achievement Award from the Denver chapter of the International Facility Management...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Josey Jewell has seen Christian McCaffrey's game-changing ability up close. In the 2016 Rose Bowl, Jewell's Iowa Hawkeyes faced off against McCaffrey's Stanford Cardinal at the end of Jewell's redshirt sophomore season. McCaffrey, the eventual eighth-overall pick in the...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Broncos have signed kicker Taylor Russolino to their practice squad, the team announced Monday. Russolino, who attended Millsaps College, most recently played in the XFL for the St. Louis BattleHawks. He was 9-for-10 in the XFL's lone season and hit a 58-yard field goal...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As the Broncos head into the final quarter of the season, Head Coach Vic Fangio is looking for continued improvement from second-year quarterback Drew Lock. The 2019 draft pick nearly became just the fourth Broncos quarterback to win at Arrowhead Stadium in December, as he...

Revisiting The Drive and The Helicopter Perhaps the coolest part of the whole episode is when Manning and Elway break down a signature moment in NFL history as they watch tape of "The Drive" from the 1986 AFC Championship Game against Cleveland. But one of the best sound bites comes later...

Paul Howard, one of the longest-tenured Broncos in franchise history and a member of the Broncos 100 Team, has passed away. He was 70 years old. Howard spent 13 seasons in Denver as he manned the right guard position for two distinct eras of Broncos football. Only five players in Broncos...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — After racking up 131 yards on the ground against the Chiefs in Week 13, Melvin Gordon III has been nominated for FedEx Ground Player of the Week. Gordon averaged 8.7 yards per carry on his 15 rushes, which included the Broncos' longest offensive play of the season, a 65-yard...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Rookie cornerback Essang Bassey will miss the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury, Head Coach Vic Fangio announced Monday. Bassey suffered the injury in the end zone on the Chiefs' opening drive of the third quarter on Sunday night. Bassey immediately grabbed...

We have great athletes in the NFL today, certainly the most athletic pro football players collectively to have ever played the game. But there were players back in the day as well, and the Denver Broncos lost one recently with the passing of Paul Howard. Paul Howard will not be a name known to...