6. Elway re-enters the fold
After a 16-year playing career in which he led the Broncos to five Super Bowl appearances and two world championships, Elway rejoined the Broncos in 2011 as the team's executive vice president of football operations, and he was charged with leading the Broncos back...
When the Broncos won their first Super Bowl at the end of the 1997 season, late Owner Pat Bowlen lifted the Lombardi Trophy into the air and declared, "This one's for John!" A year later, Bowlen was back up on the stage and said, "This one's for you!" Then, nearly two decades later, Elway had...
The easiest choice of the all-decade team is followed by perhaps the most difficult. Lindsay just completed his second season and again broke the 1,000-yard rushing mark. He is the first undrafted rookie to break the barrier in his first two seasons, and he's only the fourth Bronco to record...
Broncos coach Vic Fangio and general manager John Elway joined together Monday at the team’s practice facility to discuss the 2019 football season coming to an end.
Broncos players, including Lock, went through their end-of-the season check-out procedures, and Lock said he believed he had done...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Broncos have signed 15 players to future contracts, the team announced Tuesday.
Denver also placed a waiver claim on nose tackle Joel Heath, who was waived by Houston on Saturday. His rights will be awarded to the Broncos on Feb. 3, 2020, the day after Super Bowl LIV...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As Bradley Chubb works his way back from the partially torn ACL that ended his 2019 season in Week 4, he says he’s got only one goal in his recovery: to be ready for the start of the 2020 campaign.
Any timetables beyond that don’t mean anything to him.
“I’m just hoping to...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — After posting a 4-1 record in his five starts at quarterback, it appears Drew Lock has done enough to earn the Broncos’ starting job in 2020.
“I don’t see any [other] options right now,” President of Football Operations/General Manager John Elway said Monday. “Obviously he...
‘IT GETS EVERYBODY’S ATTENTION’
Although Ellis is hopeful that the Broncos travel to London in 2020, he is also focused on Denver’s own home games.
Over their final three homes games of the season, the Broncos tallied more than 38,000 no-shows. The Broncos have sold out 411 consecutive...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As safety Justin Simmons nears the end of his rookie contract, President of Football Operations/General Manager John Elway made it clear the Broncos “want him back.”
Elway said he told Simmons on Monday that he hoped the fourth-year player would be wearing orange and blue...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — A month after Brittany Bowlen rejoined the Broncos as their Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, President and CEO Joe Ellis says she has “a really good future ahead of her” and has put herself in position to eventually become the team’s controlling owner.
“She has...
Top performers
Shelby Harris made the play of the game when he knocked down Carr's pass on the Raiders' final offensive play of the game.
Phillip Lindsay didn't have the best performance of his young career, but he did rush for just enough yards to push him over the 1,000-yard rushing mark...
DENVER — As the 2019 regular season comes to a close, the Broncos’ opponents for the 2020 season have come into focus.
Following the conclusion of this afternoon’s games, all 13 of Denver’s opponents are set.
The Broncos will host the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Tampa...
DENVER — After finishing the season with an 16-15 win vs. the Raiders, the Broncos will have the 15th-overall pick in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft.
Should the Broncos hold on to the pick, it will mark the fifth time the Broncos have made the 15th-overall pick in the NFL Draft. Denver previously...
DENVER — Minutes after Phillip Lindsay made history, he almost un-made it.
With 7:48 left in the fourth quarter, Lindsay ran for eight yards and wrote himself into the history books — he surpassed 1,000 yards for this season, becoming the first undrafted player in NFL history to begin his...
Head Coach Vic Fangio made it clear that “nobody’s proud of” a 7-9 record to close the year, but he’s also seen this sort of performance before after a rough start. Due to a series of close losses, Denver started the season 0-4.
In 1986, as the Saints’ linebacker coach, Fangio saw New Orleans...
A LOOK AT THE MATCHUP
The Raiders enter Week 17 with playoff aspirations — and the Broncos have hopes of ending those silver-and-black dreams.
The Broncos’ young offense will aim to take another step against a division rival, and Drew Lock will continue to try to prove he’s the quarterback...
DENVER — Defensive end DeMarcus Walker (ankle) and linebacker Josey Jewell (not injury related) are both active for the Broncos' season finale after being added to the injury report on Saturday.
Both Walker and Jewell were listed as questionable, but neither will be inactive for Sunday's game...
HOW DOES THE DEFENSE COMBAT DEREK CARR?
The Broncos are never in for an easy matchup against three-time Pro Bowler Derek Carr, who is 5-5 in his career against the Broncos.
That's especially true since the teams' second game of the 2017 season. Including that Week 12 Raiders win in Oakland...