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BROADCAST INFORMATION

TELEVISION: KTVD-20 Ron Zappolo (play-by-play) John Lynch (color analyst) Rod Mackey (sideline)

LOCAL RADIO: KOA (850 AM) Dave Logan (play-by-play) The Fox (133.5 FM) Ed McCaffrey (color analyst) Andy Lindahl (sideline)

SPANISH RADIO: KMXA (1090 AM) Luis Canela (play-by-play) KJMN (92.1 FM) Rafael Medina (color analyst)

BRONCOS 2015 SCHEDULE

PRESEASONWk. Day Date Opponent Site Time TV/Rec.

1 Fri. Aug. 14 at Seattle CenturyLink Field 7 p.m. PDT KTVD-20

2 Sat. Aug. 22 at Houston NRG Stadium 7 p.m. CDT KTVD-20

3 Sat. Aug. 29 SAN FRANCISCO Sports Authority Field at Mile High 7 p.m. MDT KTVD-20

4 Thu. Sept. 3 ARIZONA Sports Authority Field at Mile High 7 p.m. MDT KTVD-20

REGULAR SEASON

Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time TV

1 Sun. Sept. 13 BALTIMORE Sports Authority Field at Mile High 2:25 p.m. MDT CBS

2 Thu. Sept. 17 at Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium 7:25 p.m. CDT NFLN/CBS

3 Sun. Sept. 27 at Detroit Ford Field 8:30 p.m. EDT NBC

4 Sun. Oct. 4 MINNESOTA Sports Authority Field at Mile High 2:25 p.m. MDT FOX

5 Sun. Oct. 11 at Oakland O.co Coliseum 1:25 p.m. PDT CBS*

6 Sun. Oct. 18 at Cleveland FirstEnergy Stadium 1 p.m. EDT CBS*

7 BYE

8 Sun. Nov. 1 GREEN BAY Sports Authority Field at Mile High 6:30 p.m. MST NBC*

9 Sun. Nov. 8 at Indianapolis Lucas Oil Stadium 4:25 p.m. EST CBS*

10 Sun. Nov. 15 KANSAS CITY Sports Authority Field at Mile High 2:25 p.m. MST CBS*

11 Sun. Nov. 22 at Chicago Soldier Field 12 p.m. CST CBS*

12 Sun. Nov. 29 NEW ENGLAND Sports Authority Field at Mile High 6:30 p.m. MST NBC*

13 Sun. Dec. 6 at San Diego Qualcomm Stadium 1:05 p.m. PST CBS*

14 Sun. Dec. 13 OAKLAND Sports Authority Field at Mile High 2:05 p.m. MST CBS*

15 Sun. Dec. 20 at Pittsburgh Heinz Field 4:25 p.m. EST CBS*

16 Mon. Dec. 28 CINCINNATI Sports Authority Field at Mile High 6:30 p.m. MST ESPN

17 Sun. Jan. 3 SAN DIEGO Sports Authority Field at Mile High 2:25 p.m. MST CBS*

* - All Sunday games from Weeks 5-17 are eligible to be moved to a different time as part of the NFL’s flex scheduling format.

DENVER BRONCOS QUICK HITS

For the 12th consecutive year, the Broncos are holding training camp at their practice facility, the UCHealth Training Center, in Englewood, Colo. See Page 5

The Broncos own a 27-28 all-time record in preseason openers, including a 14-14 record in road games. See Page 3

Denver will travel to Seattle for Friday’s game to represent the 17th time in the last 18 years the Broncos have opened the preseason away from Denver. See Page 3

The Broncos lead the all-time preseason series with Seattle 9-3 (2-2 in road games). See Page 3

The Broncos, who won the AFC West for the 14th time in their history in 2014, own the most titles among division members. See Page 5

Owner Pat Bowlen, who was elected to the Denver Broncos Ring of Fame in 2015, has experienced more Super Bowl appearances (6) than losing seasons (5) in his 31 years with the team. See Pages 6-7

E.V.P. of Football Ops./GM John Elway has signed or extended the con-tracts of 14 players who have combined for 20 Pro Bowl selections with the Broncos. See Page 8

Since Elway was hired in 2011 (and coming off a 4-12 record in 2010), the Broncos have tied for the second-most wins (46) in the NFL. See Page 8

Head Coach Gary Kubiak will make his Broncos debut as the 15th head coach in franchise history. See Page 9

In his 30 years in the NFL, including his nine years as a player, Kubiak has been a part of the second-most total wins among active NFL head coaches. See Page 9

Broncos Offensive Coordinator Rick Dennison (12 yrs.), Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips (24 yrs.) and Special Teams Coordinator Joe DeCamillis (23 yrs.) represent the most experienced trio of coordinators in the league with 59 combined years of coordinator experience. See 0

Dennison’s 15 years of service on the Broncos’ coaching staff is tied for the fourth most in franchise history, and his 26 total years with Denver represents the most in team history for a player/coach. See Page 12

Since Phillips’ first stint as the Broncos’ defensive coordinator beginning in 1989, every team Phillips has coached for has made the postseason during his first season on staff. See Page 21

Nine of the Broncos’ NFL-high and team-record 11 Pro Bowl players from a year ago are on the club’s active roster. See Page 6

Five-time MVP QB Peyton Manning’s 94 touchdown passes from 2013-14 represent the most in pro football history in a two-year span and more than double the output by any other player in Years 16 & 17 of their careers. See Page 17

WR Demaryius Thomas is joined by Marvin Harrison (4) and Jerry Rice (3) as the only players in league history with three consecutive seasons totaling at least 1,400 yards receiving and 10 receiving scores. See Page 17

Broncos OLB DeMarcus Ware ranks 14th in NFL history with 127 career sacks and needs seven sacks to move into the Top 10 all-time. See Page 21

DENVER at seattle friday, aug. 14, 2015

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2015 weekly press release

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2 World Championships • 7 Super Bowls • 9 AFC Title Games • 14 AFC West Titles • 21 Playoff Berths • 27 Winning Seasons

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Denver Broncos (0-0) at Seattle Seahawks (0-0)Friday, Aug. 14, 2015 • 7 p.m. PDTCenturyLink Field (68,000) • Seattle

PRESEASON

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TEAM COMPARISONS

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BRONCOS/SEAHAWKS 2014 TEAM COMPARISON

BRONCOS SEAHAWKSRecord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 . . . . . . . . . 12-4Turnover Margin (NFL Rank) . . . . . . +5 (T-11th) . . . . +10 (4th)

OFFENSENet Yards Per Game (NFL Rank) . . . 402.9 (4th) . . . . 375.8 (9th)Yards Per Play (NFL Rank) . . . . . . . . . 6.0 (3rd) . . . . . . 5.9 (6th)Points Per Game (NFL Rank) . . . . . . .30.1 (2nd) . . . . 24.6 (10th)Possession Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30:35 . . . . . . . . 32:12Net Rushing Yards Per Game . . . . . 111.6 (15th) . . . . 172.6 (1st)Net Passing Yards Per Game . . . . . . 291.3 (4th) . . . 203.1 (27th)Had Intercepted/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15/228 . . . . . . . . 7/138Sacks Allowed/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17/118 . . . . . . . 42/242Fumbles/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16/5 . . . . . . . . . 23/7Third Down Pct. (NFL Rank) . . . . . . 44.1% (9th) . . 42.5% (11th)Red Zone TD Pct. (NFL Rank) . . . . 62.9% (4th) . . 51.7% (20th)Giveaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . .14

DEFENSENet Yards Per Game (NFL Rank) . . . 305.2 (3rd) . . . . 267.1 (1st)Yards Per Play (NFL Rank) . . . . . . . . .4.7 (2nd) . . . . . . 4.6 (1st)Points Per Game (NFL Rank) . . . . 22.1 (T-16th) . . . . . 15.9 (1st)Net Rushing Yards Per Game . . . . . . .79.8 (2nd) . . . . .81.5 (3rd)Net Passing Yards Per Game . . . . . . 225.4 (9th) . . . . 185.6 (1st)Intercepted By/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18/213 . . . . . . . 13/319Sacks For/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41/252 . . . . . . . 37/226Opponent Fumbles/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21/7 . . . . . . . . 30/11Third Down Pct. (NFL Rank) . . . . . . 36.5% (5th) . . . 37.1% (8th)Red Zone TD Pct. (NFL Rank) . . . 57.7% (22nd) . . 59.5% (26th)Takeaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . .24

SPECIAL TEAMSPunts-Average Yards (Gross) . . . . . . . . . . . 44.2 . . . . . . . . . 43.4Punts-Average Yards (Net) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6 . . . . . . . . . 37.7Punt Returns-Average Per . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 . . . . . . . . . . 7.0Punt Returns-Average Per Allowed . . . . . . 11.2 . . . . . . . . . 11.5Kickoff Returns-Average Per . . . . . . . . . . . 25.1 . . . . . . . . . 21.0Kickoff Returns-Average Per Allowed . . . . 25.9 . . . . . . . . . 24.1Field Goals Made/Attempted . . . . . . . . . . 24/29 . . . . . . . . 31/37

PENALTIESPenalties Against/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . 120/1,045 . . . . . 130/1009Opponent Penalties Against/Yards . . . . 103/816 . . . . . . . 70/613

BRONCOS/SEAHAWKS 2014 INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON

BRONCOS SEAHAWKS

PASSING YARDSManning . . . . . . . . . . . 4,727 Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . 3,475Osweiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Kearse . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

RUSHING YARDSAnderson . . . . . . . . . . . . .849 Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,306Hillman . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434 Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . .849Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . .272 Turbin . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

RECEIVING YARDSD. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . 1,619 Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . .825Sanders . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,404 Kearse . . . . . . . . . . . . .537J. Thomas* . . . . . . . . . . .489 Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

POINTS SCOREDJ. Thomas* . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Hauschka . . . . . . . . . . .134McManus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102D. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

INTERCEPTIONSMoore* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Talib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Irvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maxwell* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

SACKSMiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.0 Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 Irvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5

DEFENSIVE TACKLES (PRESS BOX TOTALS)Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . .106Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . .104Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . .95Talib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . .76

KICKOFF RETURNS (AVG.)Bolden . . . . . . . . . . 12 (33.0) Richardson . . . . . 16 (23.5)Caldwell . . . . . . . . . 12 (23.2) Harvin* . . . . . . . 12 (23.6)

PUNT RETURNS (AVG.)Burse . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 (7.3) Walters* . . . . . . . 27 (7.7)Welker* . . . . . . . . . . 11 (6.7) Baldwin . . . . . . . . . 6 (7.0)

FIELD GOALSBarth . . . . . . . . . 15/16 (.938) Hauschka . . . .31/37 (.838)McManus . . . . . . . 9/13 (.692)

PUNTS (GROSS/NET AVG.)Colquitt . . . . . 69 (44.2/37.6) Ryan . . . . . . 61 (44.1/38.3)

* - player not currently on active roster

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BRONCOS/SEAHAWKS SERIES BREAKDOWN (PRESEASON)

Series Meetings: 12 Broncos Record: 9-3

(Home: 6-1-0 / Away: 2-2-0 / Neutral: 1-0-0) First Game: at Den. 52, Sea. 7 (8/21/76)

Last Game: at Den. 21, Sea. 16 (8/7/14) Current Streak: Won 1 Longest Den. Win Streak: 7 (8/21/76-8/22/09) Longest Sea. Win Streak: 2 8/18/12-8/7/14) Last Den. Home Win: at Den. 21, Sea. 16 (8/7/14) Last Den. Home Loss: Sea. 30, at Den. 10 (8/18/12) Last Den. Road Win: Den. 19, at Sea. 3 (8/21/04) Last Den. Road Loss: at Sea. 40, Den. 10 (8/17/13) Den. Shutouts: at Den. 31, Sea. 0 (08/29/02) Sea. Shutouts: None Most Den. Points: 52 (8/21/76): at Den. 52, Sea. 7 Most Sea. Points: 40 (8/17/13): at Sea. 40, Den. 10 Total Den. Points: 246 Total Sea. Points: 170 Average Den. Points: 20.5 Average Sea. Points: 14.2 Largest Den. Win: 45 (8/21/76): at Den. 52, Sea. 7 Largest Sea. Win: 30 (8/17/13): at Sea. 40, Den. 10

Most Pts., Both Teams: 59 (8/21/76): at Den. 52, Sea. 7 Fewest Pts., Both Teams: 17, 2x, last (8/05/90): Den. 10, Sea. 7

BRONCOS/SEAHAWKS ALL-TIME RESULTS (PRESEASON)

Season (Date) W/L Result Site1976 (8/21) W @Denver 52, Seattle 7 Mile High Stadium1977 (9/2) W Denver 27, @Seattle 10 Kingdome1983 (8/5) W @Denver 10, Seattle 7 Mile High Stadium1990 (8/5) W Denver 10, Seattle 7 Tokyo Dome2002 (8/29) W @Denver 31, Seattle 0 INVESCO Field at Mile High2003 (8/29) W @Denver 20, Seattle 3 INVESCO Field at Mile High2004 (8/21) W Denver 19, @Seattle 3 Qwest Field2009 (8/22) L @ Seattle 27, Denver 13 Qwest Field2011 (8/27) W @ Denver, 23, Seattle 20 S. A. F. at Mile High 2012 (8/18) L Seattle 30, @ Denver 10 S.A.F. at Mile High 2013 (8/17) L @Seattle 40, Denver 10 CenturyLink Field2014 (8/7) W Denver 21, Seattle 16 S.A.F. at Mile High

BRONCOS/SEAHAWKS SERIES BREAKDOWN (REGULAR SEASON)

Series Meetings: 53 Broncos Record: 34-19-0 (Home: 21-5 / Away: 13-14-0) First Game: Den. 24, at Sea. 13 (10/2/77) Last Game: at Den. 20. Sea. 26 (9/21/14) Current Streak: Lost 2 Longest Den. Win Streak: 6 (9/8/96 - 12/27/98) Longest Sea. Win Streak: 3, twice, last (2/13/87 - 12/11/88) Last Den. Home Win: at Den. 31, Sea. 14 (9/19/10) Last Den. Home Loss: Sea. 23, at Den. 20 (12/3/06) Last Den. Road Win: Den. 31, at Sea. 9 (11/17/02) Last Den. Road Loss: at Sea. 26, Den. 20 (9/21/14) Den. Shutouts: None Sea. Shutouts: None Most Den. Points: 41 at Den. 41, Sea. 14 (11/26/89)

Most Sea. Points: 42 at Sea. 42, Den. 14 (12/11/88) Total Den. Points: 1,242

Total Sea. Points: 1,037 Average Den. Points: 23.4 Average Sea. Points: 19.6 Largest Den. Win: 27, 2x, last (12/1/96): at Den. 34, Sea. 7 Largest Sea. Win: 28 (12/11/88): at Sea. 42, Den. 14 Most Points, Both Teams: 71 (9/23/79): at Den. 37, Sea. 34Fewest Pts., Both Teams: 16 (12/20/92): at Den. 10, Sea. 6

BRONCOS PRESEASON OPENER HISTORYThe Broncos own a 27-28 all-time record in preseason openers, including

a 14-14 record in road games. This marks the 17th time in the last 18 years the Broncos have opened the preseason away from Denver.

BRONCOS IN PRESEASON OPENERS, ALL-TIME RESULTS1960-@Boston 43, Denver 6 1988-Denver 40, @L.A. Rams 311961-@Dallas 31, Denver 13 1989-@Denver 17, L.A. Rams 131962-@Houston 33, Denver 17 1990-Denver 10, Seattle 7 (Am. Bwl.)1963-@Denver 27, Houston 10 1991-Detroit 14, Denver 3 (HOF Game)1964-@San Diego 34, Denver 20 1992-@ San Francisco 13, Denver 71965-Kansas City 30, @Denver 24 1993-Denver 23, @Tampa Bay 71966-Kansas City 32, @Denver 30 1994-L.A. Raiders 25, Den. 22 (Am. Bwl.)1967-Miami 19, Denver 2 1995-@Denver 9, San Francisco 71968-@Denver 15, Cincinnati 13 1996-Denver 20, @San Francisco 171969-@Minnesota 26, Denver 6 1997-@Denver 31, Buffalo 101970-@Denver 26, St. Louis 16 1998-Denver 20, @St. Louis 131971-Washington 17, @Denver 13 1999-Denver 20, San Diego 17 (Am. Bwl.)1972-@Washington 41, Denver 0 2000-Denver 31, @Arizona 171973-@Washington 14, Denver 10 2001-Denver 20, @Dallas 61974-N.Y. Jets 41, @Denver 19 2002-Denver 27, @Chicago 31975-Baltimore 23, @Denver 20 2003-Denver 20, @Houston 121976-Denver 10, Detroit 7 (HOF Game) 2004-Washington 20, Denver 17 (HOF Game)1977-@Denver 14, Baltimore 8 2005-Denver 20, @Houston 141978-Denver 17, @Houston 12 2006-@Detroit 20, Denver 131979-@Dallas 7, Denver 6 2007-Denver 17, @San Francisco 131980-@Denver 17, Cincinnati 6 2008-@Houston 19, Denver 161981-N.Y. Jets 33, @Denver 7 2009-@San Francisco 17, Denver 161982-Denver 33, @L.A. Rams 20 2010-@Cincinnati 33, Denver 241983-@Denver 10, Seattle 7 2011-@Dallas 24, Denver 231984-Washington 16, @Denver 13 2012-Denver 31, @Chicago 31985-N.Y. Giants 30, @Denver 20 2013-Denver 10, @San Francisco 61986-New Orleans 10, @Denver 7 2014-@Denver 21, Seattle 161987-L.A. Rams 28, Denver 27 (Am. Bwl.)

SERIES BREAKDOWN / PRESEASON OPENER HISTORY

KEY UPCOMING DATESTuesday, Sept. 1: Roster cut to maximum of 75 players on active list by 2 p.m. MDT.

Saturday, Sept. 5: Roster cut to maximum of 53 players on active/inac-tive lists by 2 p.m. MDT.

Sunday, Sept. 6: Clubs may establish practice squad of up to 10 players after 11 a.m. MDT.

Sept. 10-14: Regular season begins.



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BRONCOS/SEAHAWKS CONNECTIONS

CROSSING PATHS (COLLEGE)

Broncos Outside Linebackers Coach Fred Pagac was a graduate assistant at Ohio State when Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll was the secondary coach for the Buckeyes in 1979... Denver LB Von Miller was a teammate at Texas A&M of Seattle DE Michael Bennett (2007-08), C Patrick Lewis (2009-10), RB Christine Michael (2009-10) and FS Steven Terrell (2009-10)... Broncos RB Montee Ball was teammates with Seahawks QB Russell Wilson at Wisconsin in 2011—both players received consensus first-team All-Big Ten conference recognition while leading the Badgers to the Rose Bowl... Seattle TE Luke Willson played at Rice with FB/TE James Casey (2008), WR Jordan Taylor (2010-12), and Player Personnel Assistant Klein Kubiak (2010-12)... Denver RB Jeremy Stewart attended Stanford (2007-10) with WR Doug Baldwin and CB Richard Sherman... Seahawks RB Rod Smith played three seasons (2011-13) at Ohio State with Denver CB Bradley Roby... Broncos DE Kenny Anunike and RB Juwan Thompson played two seasons at Duke with Seattle TE Cooper Helfet (2010-11)... Broncos ILB Lamin Barrow was teammates with Seattle SS Ronald Martin (2011-13) and CB Tharold Simon (2011-12) and led Louisiana State to a one-loss 2011 season and a BCS National Championship Game appearance... Denver CB Curtis Marsh played at Utah State with RB Robert Turbin (2007-10) and LB Bobby Wagner (2008-10)... Seattle FB Will Tukuafu and Denver S T.J. Ward played one season together (2009) at Oregon, helping the Ducks reach the Rose Bowl... Broncos OLB Shane Ray was a teammate for three seasons with Seattle T Justin Britt (2011-13) at Missouri... Denver ILB Danny Trevathan played two seasons (2009-10) with Seahawks WR Chris Matthews at Kentucky... Broncos CB Kayvon Webster was a teammate with Seattle WR B.J. Daniels for four seasons at South Florida... Broncos LS Aaron Brewer and RB Ronnie Hillman played three seasons (2009-11) with Seahawks LB Eric Pinkins at San Diego State... Seattle DE David King played at Oklahoma with Denver’s ILB Corey Nelson and NT Chuka Ndulue for three seasons (2010-12) when the Sooners won the Fiesta Bowl in 2010... Broncos S Darian Stewart played at South Carolina with Seattle C Lemuel Jeanpierre for four seasons (2006-09)... Seahawks DE Frank Clark and Broncos T Micahel Schofield played together for one season (2012) at Michigan... Broncos rookie CBs Lorenzo Doss and Taurean Nixon played with Seattle DE Julius Warmsley for two seasons (2012-13) at Tulane... Seattle G Kristjan Sokoli was a linemate with Denver G Andre Davis for four seasons (2010-14) at Buffalo... Broncos ILB Zaire Anderson and Seattle CB Mohammed Seisay played together from 2012-13 at Nebraska.

CROSSING PATHS (PRO)

Seattle Assistant Defensive Line Coach Dwaine Board helped coach San Francisco’s Super Bowl XXIX championship team in 1994 with Denver Head Coach Gary Kubiak and Tight Ends Coach Brian Pariani... Denver Quarterbacks and Passing Game Coordinator Greg Knapp coached with Board in San Francisco (1995-2002)... Board also coached with Denver Defensive Assistant Chris Beake in San Francisco (1999-2002), Seattle (2008) and Cleveland (2011-12)... Seattle Head Coach Pete Carroll coached in San Francisco with Quarterbacks Coach and Passing Game Coordinator Greg Knapp from 1995-96... Denver K Connor Barth and CB Aqib Talib played three seasons (2009-12) with Seattle DE Michael Bennett in Tampa Bay... Seattle CB Will Blackmon was a teammate of Denver TE Marcel Jensen in 2014 with Jacksonville... Jensen also played in Jacksonville with Seahawks DT D’Anthony Smith in 2012... Seahawks TE Jimmy Graham played in New Orleans with Denver ILB Todd Davis in 2014... Seattle DT Ahtyba Rubin was a teammate in Cleveland with Denver S T.J. Ward (2010-13), NT Sione Fua (2014) and WR Jordan Norwood (2010-12)... Ward also played with Seattle G Keavon Milton in Cleveland for one season (2013)... Denver ILB Brandon Marshall and Seattle C/G

Drew Nowak were teammates in 2012 in Jacksonville... Denver C Gino Gradkowski was a teammate with Seahawks CB Cary Williams for one season (2012) in Baltimore... Seattle Assistant Secondary and Safties Coach Andre Curtis coached Broncos S Darian Stewart for two seasons (2010-11) in St. Louis... Seattle Offensive Coordinator Darrell Bevell was the offensive coordinator in Minnesota from 2006-10 when Denver Outside Linebackers Coach Fred Pagac and Defensive Backs Coach Joe Woods were on the staff.

FORMER BRONCOS ON THE SEAHWAKS

Seahawks Tight Ends Coach Pat McPherson was on the Broncos’ coaching staff from 1998-2008 and served as defensive assistant for the Super Bowl XXXIII Champions (1998), offensive assistant (1999-2002), quarterbacks coach (2003-06) and tight ends coach (2007-08)... Seattle K Steven Hauschka made 6-of-7 field goals in four games played for the Broncos in the 2010 season.

FORMER SEAHAWKS ON THE BRONCOS

Broncos Defensive Assistant Chris Beake was on the Seahawks staff as a Quality Control-Offense coach (2008) and as an offensive assistant and assistant special teams coach (2009)... Broncos Quarterbacks Coach and Passing Game Coordinator Greg Knapp served as the offensive coordina-tor in Seattle in 2009.

HOMETOWN CONNECTIONS

Denver CB Curtis Marsh, Jr.’s younger brother is Seattle DE Cassius Marsh... Denver Special Teams Coordinator Joe DeCamillis is from Arvada, Colo., the same hometown as Seahawks Special Teams Coordinator Brian Schneider... Seahawks LB Bobby Wagner and Broncos S Omar Bolden were teammates at Colony High School in Ontario, Calif... Seattle FB Derrick Coleman and Broncos LS Aaron Brewer were team-mates and graduated together in 2007 from Troy High School in Fullerton, Calif... Broncos ILB Todd Davis and Seahawks CB DeShawn Shead both grew up in Palmdale, Calif... Denver RB Jeremy Stewart and CB Taurean Nixon share Baton Rouge, La., as their hometown with Seattle DE Julius Warmsley... Orange, Texas is the home to Seahawks S Earl Thomas, III and Broncos Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips.

BRONCOS-SEAHAWKS CONNECTIONS / NFL PRESEASON WEEK 1 SCHEDULE

NFL SCHEDULE - PRESEASON WEEK 1

Thursday, Aug. 13 New Orleans at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30p (ET)Green Bay at New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30p (ET)N.Y. Jets at Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30p (ET)Miami at Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00p (CT)Washington at Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00p (ET)Dallas at San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00p (PT)

Friday, Aug. 14Tennessee at Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00p (ET)Carolina at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00p (ET)Pittsburgh at Jacksonville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30p (ET)N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30p (ET)St. Louis at Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00p (PT)Denver at Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00p (PT)

Saturday, Aug. 15San Francisco at Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00p (CT)Tampa Bay at Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:00p (CT)Kansas City at Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00p (MT)

Sunday, Aug. 16Indianapolis at Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00p (ET)



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BRONCOS HOLD TRAINING CAMP AT FACILITY FOR 13th YEAR IN A ROW

For the 13th consecutive year, the Broncos are holding training camp at their practice facility, the UCHealth Training Center, in Englewood, Colo.

Below is a look at where the team has conducted its training camp since the franchise’s first year in 1960.

BRONCOS ALL-TIME TRAINING CAMP SITESYears Site Location1960-61 Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colo.1962-64 Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colo.1965-66 Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colo.1967-71 Broncos headquarters Adams County, Colo.1972-75 California Poly-Pomona Pomona, Calif.1976-81 Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colo.1982-2002 University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo.2003-15 UCHealth Training Center Englewood, Colo.

BRONCOS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SUPER SEASONDenver’s seven Super Bowl appearances are the fourth-most in NFL

history.MOST SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES, NFL HISTORY

Team No.1. Dallas 8 New England 8 Pittsburgh 84. Denver 75. San Francisco 6

DENVER BRONCOS SUPER BOWL SEASONSSeason Coach Opponent Result1977 Red Miller Dallas L, 27-101986 Dan Reeves N.Y. Giants L, 39-201987 Dan Reeves Washington L, 42-101989 Dan Reeves San Francisco L, 55-101997 Mike Shanahan Green Bay W, 31-241998 Mike Shanahan Atlanta W, 34-192013 John Fox Seattle L, 43-8

2014 AFC WEST CHAMPIONSThe Broncos, who won the AFC West for the 14th time in their history in

2014, own the most titles among division members.MOST AFC WEST DIVISION TITLES, NFL HISTORY

Team No. 1. Denver 142. Oakland 123. San Diego 104. Kansas City 65. Seattle 2

MOST CONSECUTIVE AFC WEST TITLES, NFL HISTORY Team No. Years1. Oakland 5 1972-762. Denver 4 2011-14 San Diego 4 2006-094. Oakland 3 2000-02 San Diego 3 1979-81 San Diego 3 1963-65

DENVER BRONCOS’ AFC WEST TITLE SEASONSYear W L T Coach Postseason (Rec.)1977 12 2 0 Red Miller Super Bowl (2-1)1978 10 6 0 Red Miller Playoffs (0-1)1984 13 3 0 Dan Reeves Playoffs (0-1)1986 11 5 0 Dan Reeves Super Bowl (2-1)1987 10 4 1 Dan Reeves Super Bowl (2-1)1989 11 5 0 Dan Reeves Super Bowl (2-1)1991 12 4 0 Dan Reeves AFC Champ. (1-1)1996 13 3 0 Mike Shanahan Playoffs (0-1)1998 14 2 0 Mike Shanahan S.B. Champs (3-0)2005 13 3 0 Mike Shanahan AFC Champ. (1-1)2011 8 8 0 John Fox Playoffs (1-1)2012 13 3 0 John Fox Playoffs (0-1)2013 13 3 0 John Fox Super Bowl (2-1)2014 12 4 0 John Fox Playoffs (0-1)

BRONCOS UNBEATEN IN AFC WEST PLAY IN ‘14Denver finished 6-0 against divisional opponents in 2014 to represent its

third unbeaten AFC West slate in team history.

BRONCOS SEASONS WITH A PERFECT AFC WEST RECORDYear W L T Coach Postseason (Rec.)1998 8 0 0 Mike Shanahan S.B. Champs (3-0)2012 6 0 0 John Fox Playoffs (0-1)2014 6 0 0 John Fox Playoffs (0-1)

BRONCOS DOMINANT IN RECENT DIVISIONAL PLAYDuring the last four seasons, the Broncos have compiled a 20-4 (.833)

record in divisional play to represent the highest win percentage against their own division in the NFL during that span.

BEST RECORDS AGAINST DIVISIONAL OPPONENTS, NFL, 2011-PRES. Team W L T Pct.1. Denver 20 4 0 .8332. Green Bay 19 4 1 .8133. New England 19 5 0 .7924. Indianapolis 18 6 0 .7505. Baltimore 16 8 0 .667 New Orleans 16 8 0 .667

DENVER’S DIVISIONAL ROAD WIN STREAKThe Broncos have won 12 consecutive divisional road games dating to

2011 to tie for the longest streak in NFL history.MOST CONSECUTIVE DIVISIONAL ROAD WINS, NFL HISTORY

Team No. Year Head Coach1. Denver 12 2011-pres. John Fox San Francisco 12 1987-90 Bill Walsh/George Seifert3. Carolina 10 2004-07 John Fox Chicago 10 1983-86 Mike Ditka Cleveland 10 1964-66 Blanton Collier Cleveland 10 1950-52 Paul Brown

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BRONCOS COMING OFF PERFECT HOME RECORDThe Broncos finished with an 8-0 record at home during the regular sea-

son in 2014 to represent the sixth perfect mark in team history.Denver’s six all-time unblemished home records tie for the second-most

perfect home slates in pro football history.

BRONCOS SEASONS WITH A PERFECT HOME RECORDYear W L T Coach Postseason (Rec.)1981 10 6 0 Dan Reeves N/A1996 13 3 0 Mike Shanahan Playoffs (0-1)1997 12 4 0 Mike Shanahan S.B. Champs (4-0)1998 14 2 0 Mike Shanahan S.B. Champs (3-0)2005 13 3 0 Mike Shanahan AFC Champ. (1-1)2014 12 4 0 John Fox Playoffs (0-1)

MOST SEASONS WITH PERFECT HOME RECORDS, PRO FOOTBALL HISTORY Team No. Years1. Minnesota Vikings 7 1969-70, ‘73, ‘75, ‘89, ‘98, ‘092. Denver Broncos 6 1981, ‘96-98, ‘05, ‘14 Green Bay Packers 6 1962, ‘66, ‘96, ‘02, ‘11, ‘14 New England Patriots 6 2003-04, ‘07, ‘09, ‘10, ‘135. Miami Dolphins 5 1972-74, ‘82, ‘85 Pittsburgh Steelers 5 1963, ‘72, ‘79, ‘82, ‘04

BRONCOS SEND 11 PLAYERS TO PRO BOWL IN ‘14The Broncos sent an NFL-high and team-record 11 players to the Pro

Bowl following the 2014 season. Nine of Denver’s 11 selections from last year are on the team’s current

roster, the two exceptions being tackle Ryan Clady (IR) and tight end Julius Thomas (UFA-Jac.).

MOST PRO BOWL SELECTIONS, BRONCOS HISTORY Year No. 1. 2014 112. 1998 103. 1996 94. 2012 7 2001 7 1978 7

MOST PRO BOWL SELECTIONS, NFL, 2014 Year No. 1. Denver 112. Philadelphia 93. Dallas 84. Green Bay 7 Indianapolis 7

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 PRO BOWL SELECTIONSPlayer Pos. SelectionC.J. Anderson RB 1stRyan Clady T 4thChris Harris Jr. CB 1stPeyton Manning QB 14thVon Miller LB 3rdEmmanuel Sanders WR 1stAqib Talib CB 2ndDemaryius Thomas WR 3rdJulius Thomas TE 2ndT.J. Ward S 2ndDeMarcus Ware DE 8th

BRONCOS COLLEGE FREE AGENT TRADITIONAt least one rookie college free agent has made the Broncos’ active roster

out of training camp every year since 2004.Denver’s streak of 11 consecutive years with a college free agent on the

Week 1 active roster is tied for the third-longest active streak in the NFL.

COLLEGE FREE AGENTS TO MAKE DENVER’S 53-MAN ROSTER OUT OF TRAINING CAMP, SINCE 2004

(Current Broncos in bold)Year Player College2004 CB Roc Alexander Washington2005 TE Wesley Duke Mercer2006 RB Mike Bell Arizona2007 RB Selvin Young Texas2008 P Brett Kern Toledo2008 T Tyler Polumbus Colorado2008 ILB Wesley Woodyard Kentucky2009 DL Chris Baker Hampton2010 CB Cassius Vaughn Mississippi2011 CB Chris Harris Kansas2012 LS Aaron Brewer San Diego State2012 LB Steven Johnson Kansas2013 RB C.J. Anderson California2014 WR Isaiah Burse Fresno State2014 RB Juwan Thompson Duke

CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH A ROOKIE CFA ON WEEK 1 ROSTER (Current NFL Streaks)

Team No. 1. Indianapolis 162. Kansas City 123. Denver 11 Baltimore 11 New England 11

PAT BOWLEN ELECTED TO RING OF FAMEBroncos Owner Pat Bowlen was elected as the 28th member of the

team’s Ring of Fame in 2015. He will be officially enshrined into the Ring during a halftime ceremony on Nov. 1 when the Broncos host the Green Bay Packers at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

Mr. Bowlen’s indelible contributions to the Broncos, the community and the NFL have established him as one of the greatest contributors in profes-sional football history.

PAT BOWLEN’S ALL-TIME RANKINGS AMONG PRO FOOTBALL PRIMARY OWNERS/CHAIRPERSONS

Category No. All-Time Rk. Since ‘84Regular-Season Wins 301 9th 1stOverall Wins 319 8th 1stWinning Seasons 19 T-9th 1stPlayoff Appearances 17 T-3rd 1stPlayoff Wins 17 6th 4thConference Championship Berths 8 5th T-2ndSuper Bowl Appearances 6 2nd 2ndSuper Bowl Wins 2 T-7th T-4th

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PAT BOWLEN OWNERSHIP PROFILE

Broncos Owner Pat Bowlen, who is entering his 32nd year with the team in 2015, has guided the franchise to an unprecedented run of success since purchasing the team in 1984.

Below is a summary of Mr. Bowlen’s accomplishments during his 31 years with the Broncos.

* - Ranks as the second-longest tenured current owner in the NFL.* - First owner in professional football history to win 300 games in his

first 30 seasons.* - Appeared in six Super Bowls (2nd most in history) during three dif-

ferent decades, capturing AFC Championships in 1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 1998 and 2013.

* - One of five owners in history to win back-to-back Super Bowls (1997-98).* - Broncos have won the second most regular-season games (301)

and have experienced the fewest losing seasons (5) during Mr. Bowlen’s ownership tenure.

* - Denver is the only NFL team to win 90-plus games in each of the last three decades with Mr. Bowlen as the owner.

* - During Mr. Bowlen’s ownership, every Broncos regular season and playoff contest has been sold out as part of the club’s 45-year, 369-game sellout streak that is the longest in the NFL.

* - The Broncos own the NFL’s best home record (181-67 / .730) in the NFL during Mr. Bowlen’s ownership (1984-pres.).

* - Denver has led the NFL in attendance during Mr. Bowlen’s tenure, drawing nearly 20 million fans to their home games from 1984-2014.

* - The Broncos have dominated the AFC West Division under Mr. Bowlen, posting more division titles (12), conference championship game appearances (8) and Super Bowl appearances (6) than any other club in the division.

* - The Broncos have played in an NFL-high 315 nationally televised games during Mr. Bowlen’s ownership, a total that includes a league-best 176 primetime games.

* - Contributed more than $150 million to the construction of Sports Authority Field at Mile High, which opened in 2001, and commissioned $30 million worth of stadium upgrades during the 2013 offseason to improve the fan experience.

* - Mr. Bowlen has served on nine league committees during his ownership of the Broncos, including chair of the Broadcast Committee (2001-06) and co-chair of the Compensation Committee (2007-09) and the Management Council Executive Committee (2007-10).

* - Helped negotiate the NFL’s $18 billion television contract in 1998, the most lucrative single-sport contract in history.

* - Played a key role in several extensions of the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement.

* - The Broncos have played eight international games in six different countries under Mr. Bowlen’s ownership (7 American Bowls, 1 regular sea-son game in London), marking the third-most such games in the league.

* - Mr. Bowlen has maintained a substantial profile in the community during his three decades as the Denver Broncos’ owner, including donating more than $25 million to charitable organizations in the last 20 years.

* - Introduced as the majority owner of the Broncos on March 23, 1984; Mr. Bowlen and the Bowlen family acquired 100 percent ownership of the Broncos in July 1985.

BOWLEN ERA MARKED BY ACHIEVEMENTIntroduced as the majority owner of the Denver Broncos on March 23,

1984, Pat Bowlen has positioned the Broncos among the league’s top franchises during the last three decades.

REGULAR-SEASON WINS, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No.1. San Francisco 3032. Denver 3013. New England 2964. Pittsburgh 2915. Green Bay 283

OVERALL WINS, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. San Francisco 3272. New England 3213. Denver 3194. Pittsburgh 3105. Green Bay 301

DIVISION TITLES, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. New England 152. Pittsburgh 13 San Francisco 134. Denver 125. Green Bay 11 Indianapolis 11

SEASONS WITH A .500 OR BETTER RECORD Team No. 1. Denver 262. New England 243. Green Bay 23 Miami 23 Pittsburgh 23

CONFERENCE CHAMP. GAMES, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. San Francisco 11 New England 113. Pittsburgh 94. Denver 8

SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. New England 72. Denver 63. N.Y. Giants 5 San Francisco 55. Buffalo 4 Pittsburgh 4

SUPER BOWL WINS, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. San Francisco 42. Dallas 3 New England 3 N.Y. Giants 35. Den., G.B., Pit., Was. 2

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PAT BOWLEN HAS SIX SUPER BOWL APPEARANCESBroncos Owner Pat Bowlen, who has more Super Bowl appearances (6)

than losing seasons (5) during his 31 years with the team, has been to the second-most title games among owners in NFL history.

MOST SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES BY A TEAM OWNER, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL HISTORY

Owner Team No.1. Robert Kraft New England 72. Pat Bowlen Denver 63. Edward DeBartolo Jr. San Francisco 5 Clint Murchison Jr. Dallas 5 Joe Robbie Miami 5

PAT BOWLEN REACHES 300 WINSBroncos Owner Pat Bowlen earned his 300th win in Week 10 against San

Diego in 2013 to become the first owner in professional football history to reach 300 wins in 30 years.

Mr. Bowlen also was the second-fastest owner to 300 wins in terms of games.

FEWEST YEARS TO REACH 300 OVERALL WINS BY AN OWNER, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL HISTORY

Owner Years 1. Pat Bowlen, Den. 302. Al Davis, Oak. 313. Lamar Hunt, K.C. 384. Art Modell, Cle./Bal. 395. Ralph Wilson, Buf. 40

FEWEST GAMES TO REACH 300 OVERALL WINS BY AN OWNER, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL HISTORY

Owner Games1. Al Davis, Oak. 4952. Pat Bowlen, Den. 5013. George Halas, Chi. 5364. Art Modell, Cle./Bal. 5705. Lamar Hunt, K.C. 574

ELWAY HAS BRONCOS BACK TO WINNING WAYSSince John Elway was hired in 2011 (and coming off a 4-12 record in

2010), the Broncos have tied for the second-most wins (46) in the NFL.

MOST REGULAR-SEASON WINS, NFL, 2011-PRES. Team W L T Playoff App.1. New England 49 15 0 42. Denver 46 18 0 43. Green Bay 46 17 1 44. San Francisco 44 19 1 35. Seattle 43 21 0 3

BRONCOS NFL RANKS UNDER JOHN ELWAY (2011-PRES.)Statistic No. Rk.Reg. Season Wins 46 T-2ndOverall Wins 49 T-2ndPlayoff Berths 4 T-1stDivision Titles 4 T-1st

ELWAY HAS AN EYE FOR TALENTDuring John Elway’s four seasons as an executive, he has signed or

extended the contracts of 14 players who have combined for 20 Pro Bowl selections with the Broncos.

Elway is the only NFL general manager during the last four years to acquire future Pro Bowl players through the draft, street free agency, unre-stricted free agency and college free agency.

BRONCOS TO MAKE THE PRO BOWL AFTER BEING ACQUIRED OR HAVING CONTRACT EXTENDED BY JOHN ELWAY

Year Player Pro Bowls2011 CB Champ Bailey (extension) 2 CB Chris Harris Jr. (CFA) 1 LB Von Miller (Draft) 3 RB Willis McGahee (FA) 1 TE Julius Thomas (Draft) 22012 QB Peyton Manning (FA) 3 K Matt Prater (extension) 12013 RB C.J. Anderson (CFA) 1 T Ryan Clady (extension) 1 G Louis Vasquez (UFA) 12014 WR Emmanuel Sanders (UFA) 1 CB Aqib Talib (UFA) 1 S T.J. Ward (UFA) 1 OLB DeMarcus Ware (FA) 1

KUBIAK’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING BREAKDOWN

Year Position Team/School Rec. Postseason1992 Running Backs Texas A&M University 12-0 Cotton Bowl (0-1)1993 Running Backs Texas A&M University 10-1 Cotton Bowl (0-1)1994 Quarterbacks San Francisco 49ers 13-3 World Champions (3-0)1995 O.C./QBs Denver Broncos 8-81996 O.C./QBs Denver Broncos 13-3 Playoffs (0-1)1997 O.C./QBs Denver Broncos 12-4 World Champions (4-0)1998 O.C./QBs Denver Broncos 14-2 World Champions (3-0)1999 O.C./QBs Denver Broncos 6-102000 O.C./QBs Denver Broncos 11-5 Playoffs (0-1)2001 O.C./QBs Denver Broncos 8-82002 O.C./QBs Denver Broncos 9-72003 O.C. Denver Broncos 10-6 Playoffs (0-1)2004 O.C. Denver Broncos 10-6 Playoffs (0-1)2005 O.C. Denver Broncos 13-3 Playoffs (1-1)2006 Head Coach Houston Texans 6-102007 Head Coach Houston Texans 8-82008 Head Coach Houston Texans 8-82009 Head Coach Houston Texans 9-72010 Head Coach Houston Texans 6-102011 Head Coach Houston Texans 10-6 Playoffs (1-1)2012 Head Coach Houston Texans 12-4 Playoffs (1-1)2013 Head Coach Houston Texans 2-112014 O.C. Baltimore Ravens 10-6 Playoffs (1-1)

BREAKDOWN OF GARY KUBIAK’S RECORD COACHING FOOTBALLCategory W L T Pct.Regular season record as an NFL head coach 61 64 0 .488Postseason record as an NFL head coach 2 2 -- .500Overall record as an NFL head coach 63 66 0 .488Regular season record as an NFL assistant coach 137 71 0 .659Postseason record as an NFL assistant coach 14 8 -- .636Overall record as an NFL assistant coach 151 79 0 .657Overall record as an NFL coach 214 145 0 .596Regular season record as a collegiate assistant coach 22 1 0 .957Postseason record as a collegiate assistant coach 1 2 -- .000Overall record as a collegiate assistant coach 22 3 0 .880Overall record coaching football 236 148 0 .615

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KUBIAK ENTERS FIRST SEASON AS BRONCOS H.C.Gary Kubiak, who was hired as the 15th head coach in Denver Broncos

history on Jan. 19, is a 22-year NFL coaching veteran and a three-time Super Bowl champion.

In his 30 years in the NFL, including his nine years as a player, Kubiak has been a part of the second-most total wins among active NFL head coaches.

ACTIVE NFL HEAD COACHES WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE MOST NFL TOTAL WINS (REG. SEASON + POSTSEASON)

Coach Player Assistant Head Coach Total1. Bill Belichick 0 195 233 4282. Gary Kubiak 81 151 63 2953. Jeff Fisher 23 92 167 2824. Ron Rivera 94 139 33 2665. Andy Reid 0 84 160 2446. Tom Coughlin 0 60 176 2367. John Fox 0 109 127 2368. Jack Del Rio 72 94 69 2359. Mike McCarthy 0 114 101 21510. Marvin Lewis 0 104 100 204

PRO BOWL PLAYERS COACHED BY KUBIAKBroncos Head Coach Gary Kubiak has coached 29 players who have

earned a total of 57 Pro Bowl selections at 12 different positions during his coaching career.

PRO BOWL PLAYERS COACHED BY KUBIAK AS A POSITION COACH, COORDINATOR OR HEAD COACH

Player Position Pro Bowls YearsDuane Brown T 2 2012-13Dwayne Carswell TE 1 2001Brian Cushing LB 1 2010Owen Daniels TE 2 2009, ‘12Terrell Davis RB 3 1996-98John Elway QB 3 1996-98Justin Forsett RB 1 2014Arian Foster RB 3 2010-12Brian Greise QB 1 2000Andre Johnson WR 6 2007, ‘09-13Tony Jones T 1 1998Jonathan Joseph CB 1 2012Vonta Leach FB 1 2011Jerome Mathis WR 1 2006Ed McCaffrey WR 1 1998Anthony Miller WR 1 1995Chris Myers C 1 2012Tom Nalen C 5 1997-2000, ‘03Clinton Portis RB 1 2003DeMeco Ryans LB 2 2008, ‘10Matt Schaub QB 2 2010, ‘12Mark Schlereth G 1 1998Shannon Sharpe TE 4 1995-98Rod Smith WR 3 2000-01, ‘05Wade Smith G 1 2012Steve Young QB 1 1994J.J. Watt DE 2 2012-13Mario Williams DE 2 2009-10Marshal Yanda G 1 2014Gary Zimmerman T 2 1995-96Totals 29 plrs./12 pos. 57

BRONCOS COACHING RECORDSBelow is a look at the overall records (regular season and playoffs) for all

of Denver’s head coaches in the club’s 55-year history.

BRONCOS ALL-TIME HEAD COACHES’ OVERALL RECORDSHead Coach Years W L T Pct.Frank Filchock 1960-61 7 20 1 .268Jack Faulkner 1962-64 9 22 1 .297Mac Speedie* 1964-66 6 19 1 .250Ray Malavasi* 1966 4 8 0 .333Lou Saban 1967-71 20 42 3 .331Jerry Smith* 1971 2 3 0 .400John Ralston 1972-76 34 33 3 .507Red Miller 1977-80 42 25 0 .627Dan Reeves 1981-92 117 79 1 .596Wade Phillips 1993-94 16 17 0 .485Mike Shanahan 1995-2008 146 91 0 .616Josh McDaniels 2009-10 11 17 0 .393Eric Studesville* 2010 1 3 0 .250John Fox 2011-14 49 22 0 .690Gary Kubiak 2015-pres. - - - -*Interim Head Coach

HEAD COACH GARY KUBIAK / ASSISTANT COACHES

2015 BRONCOS ASSISTANT COACHING STAFF

(S) - Sideline; (B) Coaching Booth

OFFENSE Rick Dennison (B) .................................Offensive Coordinator Clancy Barone (S) ..............................................Offensive Line Brian Callahan (B) ................ Offensive Assistant/Quarterbacks James Cregg (B) ................................ Assistant Offensive Line Greg Knapp (S) ................Quarterbacks/Passing Game/Coord. Marc Lubick (B) ............................... Assistant Wide Receivers Brian Pariani (S) ..................................................... Tight Ends Eric Studesville (S) ...........................................Running Backs Tyke Tolbert (S) ...............................................Wide Receivers

DEFENSE Wade Phillips (S) .................................. Defensive Coordinator Chris Beake (B) ......................................... Defensive Assistant Samson Brown (B) ......................... Assistant Defensive Backs Reggie Herring (S) ............................................... Linebackers Bill Kollar (S) .................................................... Defensive Line Fred Pagac (B) ......................................... Outside Linebackers Joe Woods (S) ...............................................Defensive Backs

SPECIAL TEAMS Joe DeCamillis (S) .........................Special Teams Coordinator Tony Coaxum (B) ..............................Assistant Special Teams

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING Luke Richesson (S) ........................Strength and Conditioning Mike Eubanks (S) ........... Assistant Strength and Conditioning Anthony Lomando (S) .... Assistant Strength and Conditioning Dennis Love (S) .............. Assistant Strength and Conditioning



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BRONCOS BOAST EXPERIENCED COORDINATORS

Broncos Offensive Coordinator Rick Dennison (12 yrs.), Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips (24 yrs.) and Special Teams Coordinator Joe DeCamillis (23 yrs.) represent the most experienced trio of coordinators in the league with 59 combined years of coordinator experience.

TEAMS WITH MOST EXPERIENCED COORDINATOR GROUP, NFL, 2015 (Totals include 2015 season)

Team Coordinator Exp.1. Denver Rick Dennison (OC)* 12 Wade Phillips (DC) 24 Joe DeCamillis (STC) 23 Total 592. Carolina Mike Shula (OC) 7 Sean McDermott (DC) 7 Bruce DeHaven (STC) 27 Total 413. Atlanta Kyle Shanahan (OC) 8 Richard Smith (DC) 5 Keith Armstrong (STC) 19 Total 32 Baltimore Marc Trestman (OC) 9 Dean Pees (DC) 8 Jerry Rosburg (STC) 15 Total 32 N.Y. Jets Chan Gailey (OC) 7 Kacy Rodgers (DC) 1 Bobby April (STC) 24 Total 32 *Spent four seasons as special teams coordinator

NEW ADDITIONS TO DENVER ROSTERThe Broncos’ current active roster features 35 players who were not

with the club in 2014.

CURRENT PLAYERS NOT WITH THE BRONCOS IN 2015How Acquired TotalNFL Draft 8College Free Agent 12Trade 1Waivers 2Free Agency 12TOTALS 35

UNRESTRICTED FREE-AGENT SIGNINGS/LOSSES

Below is a look at the Broncos’ offseason unrestricted free-agent signings and losses in 2015.

UNRESTRICTED FREE-AGENT SIGNINGS, 2015Player Pos. Former ClubOwen Daniels TE BaltimoreDarian Stewart S Baltimore

UNRESTRICTED FREE-AGENT LOSSES, 2015Player Pos. New ClubQuinton Carter S -Orlando Franklin G San DiegoNate Irving LB IndianapolisTerrance Knighton DT WashingtonWill Montgomery C ChicagoRahim Moore S HoustonJacob Tamme TE AtlantaJulius Thomas TE JacksonvilleMitch Unrein DT San DiegoWes Welker WR -

BRONCOS NEWCOMERSName Pos . School Acquired No .Zaire Anderson ILB Nebraska CFA 47Started 18-of-28 games in three seasons at Nebraska… Registered 159 tackles (77 solo) and 5 sacks (38 yds.) in his career… Led team with 103 tackles (48 solo) in final season.Tevrin Brandon CB Monmouth CFA 33Started 12 games for Monmouth after starting career at Connecticut… Appeared in 22 games for UConn… Played for the Brooklyn Bolts of the Fall Experimental Football League in 2014. James Casey FB/TE Rice FA 80Seventh-year player who started 23-of-92 games for Houston (2009-12) and Philadelphia (2013-14)… Has 72 catches for 842 yards with six touchdowns in addition to 47 special teams tackles in his career… Led NFL with 439 special-teams snaps in 2014… Played two years at Rice (2007-08) after playing professional baseball for three years.Owen Daniels TE Wisconsin UFA 8110th-year player who started 109-of-115 games for Houston (2006-13) and Baltimore (2014)…Two-time Pro Bowler (2008, ’12)… Posted 433 catches for 5,144 yards (11.9 avg.) with 33 touchdowns… Has a recep-tion in 103 straight games… Spent entire career with HC Gary Kubiak and TE Coach Brian Pariani... Played collegiately at Wisconsin.Andre Davis G Buffalo CFA 60Started 48 games during his career at Buffalo… Paved way for Branden Oliver’s school record 4,094 career rushing yards… Began career as defensive lineman before switching after freshman season.Dillon Day C Mississippi State CFA 62Opened 46-of-51 games at center for Mississippi State… Anchored offensive line that set 15 school records… Helped team win 10 games for 1st time in 15 years in 2014.Lorenzo Doss CB Tulane D-5 37Three-year starter at Tulane… Picked off 15 passes in his career… Also ran track in college with Broncos teammate Taurean Nixon.Joe Don Duncan FB/TE Dixie State CFA 42Started all 20 games played at Dixie State from 2011-13… Totaled 135 catches for 1,994 yards with 22 TDs… Missed 2012 season with knee injury… Led all TEs in bench press reps (35) at the 2014 Combine.Sione Fua NT Stanford FA 69Fifth-year nose tackle... Played 40 games (12 starts) with Carolina (2011-13), Denver (2013) and Cleveland (2014)... Spent the 2014 training camp with the Broncos... Recorded 12 tackles (6 solo) for the Browns in 11 games in 2014. Josh Furman S Oklahoma State D-7c 41Started 12-of-13 games at Oklahoma State after beginning career at Michigan… Played LB at OSU… Posted 64 tackles and 7 sacks his senior season.Max Garcia C/G Florida D-4 73Two-year starter at Florida at left tackle, left guard and center… Began career at Maryland… Named All-SEC his redshirt senior year after start-ing 13 games at center.Gino Gradkowski C/G Delaware T 77Fourth-year center who started 16-of-40 games played with Baltimore (2012-14)… Acquired from Baltimore in a trade on April 1… Opened all 16 games in 2013… Fourth round pick (98th) out of Delaware in 2012.

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BRONCOS NEWCOMERS, cont.Name Pos . School Acquired No .Ryan Harris T Notre Dame FA 68Eighth-year offensive tackle with previous stops in Denver (2007-10), Houston (2012-13) and Kansas City (2014)… Started 54-of-94 games, including 15-of-16 for the Chiefs in 2014… Drafted by Denver in the third round (70th overall) out of Notre Dame.Jeff Heuerman TE Ohio State D-3 82Started 36-of-51 games at Ohio State… Helped Buckeyes to national title in 2015… Over 600 receiving yards combined his junior and senior year… Torn ACL in rookie mini camp.Marcel Jensen TE Fresno State W 89Appeared in one game and spent five weeks on the practice squad for Jacksonville in 2014… Claimed off waivers May 12… Started 18-of-38 games at Fresno State.Darius Kilgo NT Maryland D-6 98Three-year starter at nose tackle at Maryland… Posted 35 or more tack-les in three straight years… Honorable-mention All-Big Ten as a senior.Corbin Louks WR Nevada FA 6First-year wide receiver who spent time competing on practice squads with Kansas City (2014) and Seattle (2012)... Played the 2013 season in the Arena Football League for the San Jose Sabercats... Played quarter-back at Utah (2007-08) before competing at WR and S at Nevada.Ross Madison S Toledo FA 34First-year player out of Toledo who appeared in 48 collegiate games… Spent the 2014 preseason with Washington.Curtis Marsh CB Utah State FA 38Saw action in 26 games with Philadelphia (2011-13) and Cincinnati (2013)… Recorded five tackles and nine special-teams stops in his career… Played 52 games (22 starts) at Utah State.Danny Mason OLB Texas A&M-Comm. CFA 45Appeared in 37 games (30 starts) during his collegiate career at Texas A&M-Commerce… Named a finalist for the Indoor Football League Rookie of the Year in 2014 while playing with the Colorado Ice.Chuka Ndulue DE Oklahoma CFA 93Started 32-of-45 games at defensive tackle for Oklahoma… Posted 140 tackles (67 solo) and 12 sacks (46 yds.) in his career… Speaks three lan-guages: English, French and Ibo, a Nigerian dialect.Taurean Nixon CB Tulane D-7b 39Played two years at Tulane after beginning career at Memphis… Made 92 tackles in his career… Ran track with teammate Lorenzo Doss in college.Solomon Patton WR Florida W 84Saw action in seven games for Tampa Bay as a rookie… Returned 18 kickoffs for 416 yards (23.1 avg.) and 10 punts for 112 yards (11.2 avg.)… Lettered four years at Florida (2010-13).David Porter WR Texas Christian CFA 83Started 11-of-51 games in his college career at TCU… Recorded 74 receptions for 954 yards (13.4 avg.) with 10 TDs.Shane Ray OLB Missouri D-1 56Started 14-of-40 games in 3 years at Missouri... Named SEC Defensive POY after finishing with 14.5 sacks… Making transition to OLB from DE.

Name Pos . School Acquired No .Kyle Roberts T Nevada CFA 66Started 24-of-35 games played for Nevada… Made 24 starts at right tackle between junior and senior year… Competed in the 2015 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.Ty Sambrailo T Colorado State D-2 74Started 42 games at Colorado State at all five sports on offensive line… 1st-Team All-MWC as a senior… Earned USSA titles age-group titles in three ski events in his youth.Antonio Smith DE Oklahoma State FA 9012th-year defensive lineman who has played 156 games (133 starts) for Arizona (2004-08), Houston (2009-13) and Oakland (2014)… Named to the 2011 Pro Bowl… Has only missed one game in the last nine seasons, the second best active streak among defensive players… Has posted multiple sacks in the last 10 seasons.Shelley Smith G Colorado State FA 64Played in 36 games (11 starts) in his first six years for Houston (2010-11), St. Louis (2012-13) and Miami (2014) at both guard spots… Started 3-of-11 games for Miami in 2014… Played 36 games (31 starts) for Colorado State.Trevor Siemian QB Northwestern D-7a 3Started 14-of-44 games at Northwestern…Completed 550-of-934 passes (58.9%) for 5,931 yards with 27 touchdowns and 24 interceptions… Missed end of senior year with torn ACL.Darian Stewart S South Carolina UFA 26Started 33-of-69 games for St. Louis (2010-13) and Baltimore (2014) in his first five years in the league… Saw action in 16 games (14 starts) for Baltimore in 2014… Finished with 53 tackles (37 solo) and four passes defensed… Played in 50 games (36 starts) collegiately at South Carolina.Charles Sweeton T Tennessee-Martin CFA 71Entered the NFL with Kansas City on May 11, 2015... Signed by Denver on Aug. 2... Started 45-of-46 games at UT-Martin.Jordan Taylor WR Rice CFA 87Started 37-of-42 games at wide receiver for Rice… Hauled in at least 54 catches and 800 yards during his final three seasons at Rice… Recorded four 100-yard games in 2014 despite missing three games with an injury.Reggie Walker ILB Kansas State FA 50Seventh-year linebacker who appeared in 75 games (6 starts) with Arizona (2009-12) and San Diego (2013-14)… Played 11 games in 2014 for the Chargers… Started 22-of-46 games collegiately at Kansas State.Vance Walker DE Georgia Tech FA 96Appeared in 89 games (28 starts) for Atlanta (2009-12), Oakland (2013) and Kansas City (2014) in six seasons… Multiple sacks in four straight seasons… Started 2-of-16 games for the Chiefs in 2014... 2008 finalist for the Bednarik Award while at Georgia Tech.Josh Watson DE Clemson CFA 70Appeared in 44 games (19 starts) for Clemson… Rated as the No. 1 defen-sive tackle in the nation by Rivals.com out of high school.Kyle Williams WR Arizona State FA 15Fifth-year wide receiver and kick returner who started 9-of-39 games for San Francisco (2010-13) and Kansas City (2013)… Did not play in the NFL in 2014… Played 10 games (5 starts) in 2013… Played 15 games at Arizona State University… Son of Chicago White Sox G.M. Ken Williams... Placed on IR on Aug. 3.

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DENNISON HAS STRONG BRONCOS ROOTSRick Dennison enters his 27th overall year with the Broncos and his

fourth as the club’s offensive coordinator. He previously served as Denver’s offensive coordinator from 2006-08.

A linebacker for the Broncos for 11 seasons (1982-90), Dennison has also worked for the club as an offensive assistant (1995-96), special teams coach (1997-2000) and offensive line coach (2001-05, ‘09).

Dennison’s 15 years of service on the Broncos’ coaching staff is tied for the fourth most in franchise history. His 26 total years with Denver rep-resents the most in team history for a player/coach.

MOST YEARS OF COACHING EXPERIENCE WITH THE BRONCOS Coach Position Year(s)1. Mike Shanahan Wide Receivers 1984 (1) Offensive Coord. 1985-87 (3) Quarterbacks 1989-90 (2) Offensive Coord. 1991 (1) Head Coach 1995-2008 (14) Total 212. Joe Collier Defensive Backfield 1969-71 (3) Defensive Coord. 1972-81 (10) Asst. Head Coach/Defense 1982-88 (7) Total 203. Stan Jones Defensive Line 1967-71, ‘76-88 (18) Total 184. Rick Dennison Offensive Assistant 1995-96 (2) Special Teams 1997-2000 (4) Offensive Line 2001-05 (5) Offensive Coord. 2006 (1) Offensive Coord./Off. Line 2007-08 (2) Offensive Line 2009 (1) Total 15 Bobby Turner Running Backs 1995-2009 (15) Total 15

MOST YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE BRONCOS AS A COACH/PLAYER Name Player Coach Total1. Rick Dennison 11 15 262. Barney Chavous 13 11 243. Mike Shanahan 0 21 214. Gary Kubiak 9 11 20 Joe Collier 0 20 20

DENNISON’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COORDINATOR TOTALSRick Dennison’s units have averaged a No. 10 total ranking during his

seven seasons as an NFL offensive coordinator.RICK DENNISON’S YEARLY OFFENSIVE TOTALS/RANKINGS

AS OFFENSIVE COORDINATORYear Team Pass Off. Rush Off. Total Off. Scoring Off.2006 Denver 174.9 (25) 134.5 (8) 309.4 (21) 19.9 (17)2007 Denver 224.0 (13) 122.3 (9) 346.3 (11) 20.0 (21)2008 Denver 279.4 (3) 116.4 (12) 395.8 (2) 23.1 (16)2010 Houston 259.0 (4) 127.6 (7) 400.8 (3) 24.4 (9)2011 Houston 219.1 (18) 153.9 (2) 384.0 (13) 23.9 (10)2012 Houston 239.4 (11) 132.7 (8) 385.6 (7) 26.0 (8)2013 Houston 238.3 (15) 108.9 (20) 370.4 (11) 17.3 (31) Averages 233.4 (13) 128.0 (9) 370.3 (10) 22.1 (16)

OFFENSIVE LINE PROVIDES PROTECTIONThe Broncos have allowed the fewest sacks (58) in the NFL since 2012,

including a league-low 17 quarterback takedowns in 2014.

FEWEST SACKS ALLOWED, NFL, 2012-PRES. Team No. 1. Denver 582. N.Y. Giants 903. New England 93 New Orleans 935. Houston 96

DENVER’S SACKS ALLOWED SINCE 2012Year No. NFL Rk.2012 21 2nd2013 20 1st2014 17 1stTOTAL 58 1st

MANNING A FIVE-TIME NFL MVPBroncos quarterback Peyton Manning won his NFL-record fifth MVP

award in 2013 after leading the NFL in nearly every significant passing category.

A runner-up for league MVP following his first season with Denver in 2012, Manning has finished first or second in MVP voting in eight of the 16 seasons he has played.

MOST NFL MVP AWARDS, NFL HISTORY Player MVPs Years Selected1. Peyton Manning 5 2003-04, ‘08-09, ‘132. Brett Favre 3 1995-97 Johnny Unitas 3 1959, ‘64, ‘67 Jim Brown 3 1957-58, ‘655. Tom Brady 2 2007, ‘10 Kurt Warner 2 1999, ‘01 Steve Young 2 1992, ‘94 Joe Montana 2 1989-90

MOST MVP AWARDS, MAJOR SPORTS LEAGUE HISTORY Player League MVPs1. Wayne Gretsky NHL 92. Barry Bonds MLB 73. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar NBA 6 Gordie Howe NHL 65. Peyton Manning NFL 5 Michael Jordan NBA 5 Bill Russell NBA 5

MANNING NAMED TO 14TH PRO BOWL IN 2014Quarterback Peyton Manning was named to his 14th Pro Bowl in 2014 to

tie for the most selections in NFL history.

MOST PRO BOWL SELECTIONS, NFL HISTORY Player No. 1. Peyton Manning 14 Tony Gonzalez 14 Bruce Matthews 144. Ray Lewis 13 Jerry Rice 13 Reggie White 13

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MANNING HAS APPEARED IN THREE SUPER BOWLSBroncos quarterback Peyton Manning played in his third career Super

Bowl following the 2013 season.Manning joined Craig Morton and Kurt Warner as the only three quarter-

backs in league history to lead multiple teams to the Super Bowl.QB PEYTON MANNING’S SUPER BOWL GAME LOGS

Opp. (Date) Res. Att. Cmp. Yds. TD INT Rtg.Chi. (2/4/07) W, 29-17 38 25 247 1 1 81.8N.O. (2/7/10) L, 31-17 45 31 333 1 1 88.5Sea. (2/2/14) L, 43-8 49 34 280 1 2 73.5TOTALS 1-2 132 90 860 3 4 81.0

STARTING QBs TO LEAD MULTIPLE TEAMS TO THE SUPER BOWLQuarterback First Team Second TeamCraig Morton Dallas (1970) Denver (1977)Kurt Warner St. Louis (1999, 2001) Arizona (2008)Peyton Manning Indianapolis (2006, ‘09) Denver (2013)

MANNING ACCUSTOMED TO WINNINGQuarterback Peyton Manning owns the second-most regular-season wins

(179) by a starting quarterback in NFL history, trailing only Brett Favre in that category.

MOST VICTORIES BY A STARTING QB, REGULAR SEASON, NFL HISTORY Player W L T Pct.1. Brett Favre 186 112 0 .6242. Peyton Manning* 179 77 0 .6993. Tom Brady* 160 47 0 .7734. John Elway 148 82 1 .6435. Dan Marino 147 93 0 .613*active player

MOST VICTORIES BY A STARTING QB, REGULAR SEASON, ACTIVE PLAYERS Player W L T Pct.1. Peyton Manning 179 77 0 .6992. Tom Brady 160 47 0 .7733. Drew Brees 117 83 0 .5854. Ben Roethlisberger 105 50 0 .6775. Eli Manning 91 75 0 .548

MANNING’S SITUATIONAL RECORDSBelow is a look at Peyton Manning’s career situational records. He owns

a career 179-77 (.699) regular-season record.

PEYTON MANNING CAREER SITUATIONAL RECORDS Throws 0 TD passes ............. 14-13 on Sunday . . . . . . . 156-69 Throws 1+TD passes .......... 163-63 on Monday . . . . . . . . 13-5 Throws 2+TD passes .......... 122-40 on Thursday . . . . . . . 10-2 Throws 3+TD passes ............ 76-16 on Saturday . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Throws 4+TD passes .............. 32-3 in September . . . . . . 38-15 Throws for <200 yds. ........... 25-16 in October . . . . . . . . 42-16 Throws for 200+yds. .......... 154-61 in November . . . . . . 47-22 Throws for 300+yds. ............ 59-33 in Dec./Jan. . . . . . . 52-24 was not intercepted ........... 103-14 at home . . . . . . . . . . 98-30 was intercepted ................... 76-63 on road . . . . . . . . . . 81-47 was not sacked .................... 73-24 in division . . . . . . . . 73-31 was sacked ......................... 106-53 in conference . . . . 136-56 Posts 100+rating .................. 88-10 out of conference . . 43-21

MANNING HAS EARNED WIN vs. EVERY NFL TEAMQuarterback Peyton Manning is joined by Brett Favre as the only two

quarterbacks in NFL history to beat each of the 32 current NFL franchises.

MOST NFL TEAMS A QUARTERBACK HAS DEFEATED, NFL HISTORY Player No. 1. Peyton Manning 32 Brett Favre 323. Tom Brady 31 Drew Brees 31 Kerry Collins 316. Ben Roethlisberger 30

MANNING SETS NFL PASSING TD MARKQuarterback Peyton Manning passed Brett Favre for the most passing

touchdowns (509) in pro football history in Denver’s 42-17 win against San Francisco in Week 7 of the 2014 season.

Manning equaled Favre’s previous record of 508 touchdowns in 56 fewer games and 1,514 fewer attempts.

PEYTON MANNING’S TOUCHDOWN MILESTONESTD Opp. (Date) Scoring Play1 vs. Mia. (9/6/98) Marvin Harrison (6 yds.)100 vs. Mia. (11/11/01) Marvin Harrison (11 yds.)200 at Chi. (11/21/04) Reggie Wayne (35 yds.)300 at Bal. (12/9/07) Joseph Addai (19 yds.)400 vs. Pit. (9/9/12) Demaryius Thomas (71 yds.)500 vs. Ari. (10/5/14) Julius Thomas (7 yds.)509* vs. S.F. (10/19/14) Demaryius Thomas (8 yds.)*NFL record

FASTEST TO 508 CAREER PASSING TOUCHDOWNSPlayer GP Att.Manning 246 8,650Favre 302 10,164

NFL CAREER PASSING TOUCHDOWN RECORDS SET (Since 1943) Record Final CareerPlayer TD Year GP TD/G TD GP TD/GPeyton Manning 509 2014 246 2.07 530* 256* 2.07*Brett Favre 421 2007 237 1.78 508 302 1.68Dan Marino 343 1995 182 1.88 420 242 1.74Fran Tarkenton 291 1975 205 1.42 342 246 1.39Johnny Unitas 213 1966 125 1.70 290 211 1.37Y.A. Tittle 197 1963 166 1.19 212 178 1.19Bobby Layne 188 1962 148 1.27 196 175 1.12Sammy Baugh 67 1943 44 1.52 187 165 1.13*Active totals

MANNING’S TOUCHDOWN RANKSBelow is a look at where Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning ranks

among players in terms of single-game touchdown passes:

PEYTON MANNING’S CAREER TD PASS RANKINGSGames with... No. Rk.1+ touchdowns 228 22+ touchdowns 162 13+ touchdowns 92 14+ touchdowns 35 15+ touchdowns 9 1t 6+ touchdowns 3 17+ touchdowns 1 1t

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MANNING’S TOUCHDOWN TARGETSA total of 47 players have combined to catch Peyton Manning’s NFL-

record 530 career touchdown passes.PEYTON MANNING’S CAREER TOUCHDOWN TARGETS

(Current Broncos in bold)Player No. Player No.Marvin Harrison 112 Dominic Rhodes 4Reggie Wayne 67 Marshall Faulk 4Dallas Clark 44 Troy Walters 4Demaryius Thomas 35 Qadry Ismail 3Marcus Pollard 34 James Mungro 3Julius Thomas 24 Andre Caldwell 3Eric Decker 24 Knowshon Moreno 3Brandon Stokley 20 C.J. Anderson 2Austin Collie 15 E.G. Green 2Wes Welker 12 Ricky Williams 2Edgerrin James 11 Ben Utecht 2Pierre Garcon 10 Jim Finn 1Emmanuel Sanders 9 Mitch Unrein 1Joseph Addai 9 Gijon Robinson 1Jacob Tamme 9 Aaron Moorehead 1Anthony Gonzalez 7 Luke Lawton 1Terrence Wilkins 7 Lance Ball 1Torrance Small 7 Dan Klecko 1Ken Dilger 7 Ronnie Hillman 1Jerome Pathon 6 Trevor Insley 1Joel Dreessen 6 Mike Roberg 1Bryan Fletcher 5 Tom Santi 1Blair White 5 Lamont Warren 1 Kenton Keith 1

MANNING’S TOUCHDOWN STREAKSBroncos quarterback Peyton Manning’s streak of 51 games with at least

one touchdown pass—the third-longest streak all-time—came to an end in Denver’s Week 14 win against Buffalo in 2014.

Manning’s NFL-record streak of 15 consecutive games with at least two touchdown passes was snapped last season in Week 11 against St. Louis.

MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A TD PASS, NFL HISTORY Player No. Years1. Drew Brees 54 2009-122. Tom Brady 52 2010-133. Peyton Manning 51 2010-144. Johnny Unitas 47 1956-605. Tony Romo 38 2012-14

MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A TD PASS, BRONCOS HISTORY Player No. Years1. Peyton Manning 43 2012-142. Brian Griese 23 2001-023. Kyle Orton 17 2009-104. John Elway 15 1995-965. John Elway 13 1985-86

MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH MULTIPLE TOUCHDOWN PASSES, NFL HISTORY

Player No. Year(s)1. Peyton Manning 15 2013-142. Aaron Rodgers 13 2011 Tom Brady 13 2010-11 Peyton Manning 13 2004 Don Meredith 13 1965-66

MANNING FASTEST TO 100 TDs WITH A TEAMBroncos quarterback Peyton Manning threw his 100th touchdown as a

Bronco in his 35th game with the club to become the fastest player in NFL history to reach 100 touchdown passes with a team.

FEWEST GAMES TO RECORD 100 TD PASSES WITH A TEAM, NFL HISTORY Player No.1. Peyton Manning, Den. 352. Dan Marino, Mia. 443. Daryle Lamonica, LAA 464. Kurt Warner, Stl. 50 George Blanda, Hou. 50

MANNING’S SINGLE-GAME TD MARKBroncos quarterback Peyton Manning threw for an NFL record-tying seven

touchdowns against Baltimore in Week 1 of the 2013 season.His seven touchdown passes were the most in a single game since Joe Kapp

accomplished the feat a year before the 1970 NFL-AFL merger.MOST PASSING TOUCHDOWNS, SINGLE GAME, NFL HISTORY Player Opponent (Date) No.1. Peyton Manning, Den. vs. Bal. (9/5/13) 7 Nick Foles, Phi. at Oak. (11/3/13) 7 Joe Kapp, Min. vs. Bal. (9/28/69) 7 Y.A. Tittle, NYG vs. Was. (10/28/62) 7 George Blanda, Hou. vs. NYT (11/19/61) 7 Adrian Burk, Phi. vs. Was. (10/17/54) 7 Sid Luckman, Chi. vs. NYG (11/14/43) 7

MANNING’S 3,000/4,000-YARD PASSING SEASONSQuarterback Peyton Manning has totaled 14 4,000-yard passing seasons

to represent the most in NFL history. Manning also owns 16 seasons with 3,000 passing yards to mark the

second-most in NFL history (Brett Favre, 18).

MOST 4,000-YARD PASSING SEASONS, NFL HISTORY Player No. Years1. Peyton Manning* 14 1999-2004, ‘06-10, ‘12-142. Drew Brees* 9 2006-143. Tom Brady* 7 2005, ‘07, ‘09, ‘11-144. Philip Rivers* 6 2008-11, ‘13-14 Brett Favre 6 1995, ‘98-99, 2004, ‘07, ‘09 Dan Marino 6 1984-86, ‘88, ‘92, ‘94 *active

MOST 3,000-YARD PASSING SEASONS, NFL HISTORY Player No. Years1. Brett Favre 18 1992-20092. Peyton Manning* 16 1998-2010, ‘12-143. Dan Marino 13 1984-92, ‘94-95, ‘97-98 4. John Elway 12 1985-91, ‘93-97 Tom Brady* 12 2002-07, ‘09-14 Drew Brees* 12 2002, ‘04-14 *active

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MANNING’S REGULAR-SEASON STATISTICAL RANKINGSBelow is a look at where Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning ranks all-

time in major regular-season statistical passing categories.

PEYTON MANNING’S REGULAR SEASON STATISTICAL PASSING RANKSCareer Statistic No. Active Rk. All-Time Rk.Wins (QBs) 179 1 2Attempts 9,049 1 2Completions 5,927 1 2Passing Yards 69,691 1 2Passing TDs 530 1 1Passer Rtg. (min. 1,500 att.) 97.5 3 3300-yard Passing Games 91 1 1Games with 3+ Passing TDs 92 1 1Games with 100+ Passer Rtg. 111 1 13,000-yard passing seasons 15 1 24,000-yard passing seasons 14 1 1Seasons with 25+ Passing TDs 15 1 1

MOST PASSING ATTEMPTS, NFL HISTORY Player No. 1. Brett Favre 10,1692. Peyton Manning 9,0493. Dan Marino 8,3584. Drew Brees 7,4585. John Elway 7,250

MOST PASSING COMPLETIONS, NFL HISTORY Player No. 1. Brett Favre 6,3002. Peyton Manning 5,9273. Dan Marino 4,9674. Drew Brees 4,9375. Tom Brady 4,551

MOST PASSING YARDS, NFL HISTORY Player No. 1. Brett Favre 71,8382. Peyton Manning 69,6913. Dan Marino 61,3614. Drew Brees 56,0335. Tom Brady 53,258

MOST PASSING TOUCHDOWNS, NFL HISTORY Player No. 1. Peyton Manning 5302. Brett Favre 5083. Dan Marino 4204. Drew Brees 3965. Tom Brady 392

MANNING’S 2012-14 STATISTICAL RANKINGSBelow is a look at where Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning ranks

among NFL quarterbacks since he signed with the Broncos prior to the 2012 season:

PEYTON MANNING’S STATISTICAL PASSING RANKS, 2012-14Statistic No. Rk.Wins 38 1Attempts 1,839 5Completions 1,245 3 Passing Yards 14,863 2Passing TDs 131 1 Completion Pct. 67.7 1Passer Rtg. 107.8 2 300-yard Passing Games 28 2Games with 3+ Passing TDs 28 1Games with 100+ Passer Rtg. 29 1

MANNING CLIMBS DENVER RECORD BOOKSIn just three seasons, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning already

ranks second in franchise history in touchdown passes and passing yards. MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES, BRONCOS HISTORY

Player No.1. John Elway 3002. Peyton Manning 1313. Craig Morton 744. Jake Plummer 71 Brian Griese 71

MOST PASSING YARDS, BRONCOS HISTORY Player No.1. John Elway 51,4752. Peyton Manning 14,8633. Craig Morton 11,8954. Brian Griese 11,7635. Jake Plummer 11,631

MANNING’S RECORD-BREAKING 2013 SEASONBroncos quarterback Peyton Manning broke multiple NFL passing

records in 2013, most notably the single-season marks for touchdowns (55) and yards (5,477).

PEYTON MANNING’S SINGLE-SEASON STATISTICAL RECORDS, 2013Statistic No. Old RecordPassing Yards 5,477 5,476 (Drew Brees, 2011)Passing TDs 55 51 (Tom Brady, 2007)Passing First Downs 289 278 (Drew Brees, 2011)

MOST PASSING TOUCHDOWNS, SINGLE SEASON, NFL HISTORY Player Year No.1. Peyton Manning, Den. 2013 552. Tom Brady, N.E. 2007 503. Peyton Manning, Ind. 2004 494. Dan Marino, Mia. 1984 485. Drew Brees, N.O. 2011 46

MOST PASSING YARDS, SINGLE SEASON, NFL HISTORY Player Year No.1. Peyton Manning, Den. 2013 5,4772. Drew Brees, N.O. 2011 5,4763. Tom Brady, N.E. 2011 5,2354. Drew Brees, N.O. 2012 5,1775. Dan Marino, Mia. 1984 5,084

MANNING NO STRANGER TO POSTSEASONPeyton Manning has led his teams to 14 postseason berths in his career

to represent the most by a quarterback in NFL history.

MOST SEASONS LEADING A TEAM TO THE PLAYOFFS, QUARTERBACKS, NFL HISTORY

Player No. 1. Peyton Manning 142. Tom Brady 12 Brett Favre 124. Joe Montana 115. Dan Marino 10

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MANNING’S POSTSEASON STATISTICAL RANKINGSBelow is a look at where Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning ranks all-

time in major postseason statistical passing categories.

PEYTON MANNING’S POSTSEASON STATISTICAL PASSING RANKSCareer Statistic No. Active Rk. All-Time Rk.Postseason Berths (QBs) 14 1 1Wins (QBs) 11 2 8t Attempts 935 2 2Completions 598 2 2Passing Yards 6,800 1 1Passing TDs 38 2 4Passer Rtg. (min. 100 att.) 88.5 8 13 300-yard Passing Games 9 1 1Games with 3+ Passing TDs 5 1 2tGames with 100+ Passer Rtg. 6 2t 7t

MOST POSTSEASON PASSING ATTEMPTS, NFL HISTORY Player No. 1. Tom Brady 1,0002. Peyton Manning 9353. Brett Favre 7914. Joe Montana 7345. Dan Marino 687

MOST POSTSEASON PASSING COMPLETIONS, NFL HISTORY Player No. 1. Tom Brady 6232. Peyton Manning 5983. Brett Favre 4814. Joe Montana 4605. Dan Marino 385

MOST POSTSEASON PASSING YARDS, NFL HISTORY Player No. 1. Peyton Manning 6,8002. Tom Brady 6,7913. Brett Favre 5,8554. Joe Montana 5,7725. John Elway 4,964

MOST POSTSEASON PASSING TOUCHDOWNS, NFL HISTORY Player No. 1. Tom Brady 462. Joe Montana 452. Brett Favre 444. Peyton Manning 385. Dan Marino 32

MANNING’S ACCURACY ON DISPLAYBroncos quarterback Peyton Manning owns an NFL-record 88 career regu-

lar-season games completing at least 70 percent of his passes.

MOST GAMES COMPLETING 70 PERCENT OF PASSES, NFL HISTORY

Player No.1. Peyton Manning* 882. Drew Brees* 723. Brett Favre 594. Philip Rivers* 515. Steve Young 50 *active

MANNING’S 300-YARD PASSING GAMESPeyton Manning owns the most 300-yard passing games (91) in NFL his-

tory during the regular season after passing Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino with his 330-yard effort against Houston in Week 3 of 2012.

Including his eight 300-yard passing games in the postseason, Manning also owns the most overall 300-yard games (99) in NFL history.

MOST 300-YARD PASSING GAMES, REGULAR SEASON NFL HISTORY Player No. 1. Peyton Manning* 912. Drew Brees* 863. Tom Brady* 644. Dan Marino 635. Brett Favre 62 *active

MANNING’S PLAYER OF THE WEEK/MONTH HONORSBroncos quarterback Peyton Manning owns the most conference Player

of the Week honors (27) since the award was initiated by the NFL in 1984. He also owns the most AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors (8)

since the award’s inception in 1986.

MOST CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARDS, NFL HISTORY Player No.1. Peyton Manning* 272. Tom Brady* 243. Dan Marino 184. Drew Brees* 16 Brett Favre 166. John Elway 15 *active

MOST CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE MONTH AWARDS, NFL HISTORY Player No.1. Peyton Manning* 82. Tom Brady* 7 Aaron Rodgers* 6 Brett Favre 6 Bruce Smith 6 Steve Young 6 Barry Sanders 6 *active

MANNING’S GAME-WINNING DRIVESBroncos quarterback Peyton Manning owns the most game-winning

drives in the fourth quarter or overtime (51) since the 1970 NFL merger, according to Elias Sports Bureau.

Included in his career total are seven game-winning drives during the 1999 and 2009 seasons that are tied for the NFL single-season record.

MOST CAREER GAME-WINNING DRIVES IN FOURTH QUARTER OR OVERTIME, SINCE 1970 NFL MERGER

Player No. 1. Peyton Manning, Den./Ind. 512. Dan Marino, Mia. 473. Brett Favre, Min./NYJ/G.B./Atl. 434. John Elway, Den. 405. Warren Moon, K.C./Sea./Min./Hou. 35

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MANNING DEFIES LAWS OF AGINGBroncos quarterback Peyton Manning’s 94 touchdown passes from

2013-14 were the most in pro football history in a two-year span and more than double the output by any other player in Years 16 & 17 of their careers.

The 38-year-old Manning also owns the top three single-season passing touchdown totals by a player 35 years or older.

MOST PASSING TDs IN A TWO-YEAR SPAN, PRO FOOTBALL HISTORY Player Year No.1. Peyton Manning 94 2013-142. Peyton Manning 92 2012-133. Drew Brees 89 2011-124. Aaron Rodgers 84 2011-125. Drew Brees 82 2012-13

MOST PASSING TDs IN 16th & 17th SEASONS COMBINED Player No. 1. Peyton Manning 942. Brett Favre 46 Y.A. Tittle 464. George Blanda 375. Dan Marino 35

MOST PASSING TDs IN A SEASON BY A QB 35 YEARS OR OLDER Player TD Age Year1. Peyton Manning 55 37 20132. Peyton Manning 39 38 20143. Peyton Manning 37 36 20124. Y.A. Tittle 36 37 19635. Steve Young 36 37 1998

THOMAS MAKES THIRD PRO BOWLBroncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas was named to his third con-

secutive Pro Bowl in 2014 to tie Ring of Famer Rod Smith for the most Pro Bowl selections by a receiver in team history.

MOST PRO BOWL SELECTIONS BY A WIDE RECEIVER, BRONCOS HISTORY Player No.1. Demaryius Thomas 3 Rod Smith 33. Brandon Marshall 24. Several players 1

THOMAS IN ELITE COMPANY

Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas posted 111 receptions for 1,619 yards with 11 touchdowns in 2014 to join Marvin Harrison (4) and Jerry Rice (3) as the only players in league history with three consecutive seasons totaling at least 1,400 yards receiving and 10 receiving scores.

MOST CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH 1,400 RECEIVING YARDS AND 10 RECEIVING TDs, NFL HISTORY

Player No. Year(s)1. Marvin Harrison, Ind. 4 1999-20022. Demaryius Thomas, Den. 3 2012-14 Jerry Rice, S.F. 3 1993-95

THOMAS AMONG LEAGUE’S BEST WIDEOUTS

Demaryius Thomas ranks among the NFL’s top receivers by any measure during the last three seasons (2012-present).

Thomas is the only player to rank in the league’s Top 3 in receptions (297 - 3rd), receiving yards (4,483 - 2nd) and receiving touchdowns (35 - 2nd) since 2012. Additionally, Thomas ranks first in the NFL in 25+yard receptions (50) and yards after the catch (1,959) during that span.

WHERE THOMAS RANKS AMONG NFL’S TOP RECEIVERS SINCE 2012 (Sorted by most receptions)

Player Rec. Yds. Rec. TD 25+ YACAndre Johnson 306 (1) 3,941 (4) 12 (T-37) 29 (T-14) 1,368 (5)Antonio Brown 305 (2) 3,984 (3) 26 (8) 30 (T-11) 1,597 (2)Demaryius Thomas 297 (3) 4,483 (2) 35 (2) 50 (1) 1,959 (1)Brandon Marshall 279 (4) 3,524 (9) 31 (3) 24 (T-20) 923 (26)Calvin Johnson 277 (5) 4,533 (1) 25 (8) 38 (T-2) 1,284 (10)Dez Bryant 273 (6) 3,935 (5) 41 (1) 38 (T-2) 1,418 (4)A.J. Green 264 (7) 3,817 (6) 28 (T-5) 30 (T-11) 1,204 (14)Eric Decker 246 (8) 3,314 (11) 29 (4) 27 (16) 1,043 (19)Wes Welker 240 (9) 2,596 (27) 18 (T-16) 17 (T-40) 1,268 (11)Roddy White 235 (10) 2,983 (17) 17 (T-18) 18 (T-37) 694 (45)

THOMAS SETS TEAM RECEIVING MARK

Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas set a franchise single-season record with 1,619 receiving yards in 2014 and ranked second in team annals with 111 catches on the year.

MOST RECEIVING YARDS, SINGLE SEASON, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Year Yds.1. Demaryius Thomas 2014 1,6192. Rod Smith 2000 1,6023. Brandon Lloyd 2010 1,4484. Demaryius Thomas 2012 1,4345. Demaryius Thomas 2013 1,430

MOST RECEPTIONS, SINGLE SEASON, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Year Rec.1. Rod Smith 2000 1132. Demaryius Thomas 2014 1113. Brandon Marshall 2008 1044. Brandon Marshall 2007 1025. Emmanuel Sanders 2014 101 Brandon Marshall 2009 101 Ed McCaffrey 2000 101

THOMAS SETS BRONCOS SINGLE-GAME MARK

Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas set a Broncos record with 226 receiving yards and two touchdowns on eight catches (28.3 avg.) in Denver’s Week 5 win against the Arizona Cardinals in 2014.

MOST RECEIVING YARDS, SINGLE GAME BRONCOS HISTORY Player Opponent (Date) Rec. Yds. Avg. TD1. Demaryius Thomas vs. Ari. (10/5/14) 8 226 28.3 22. Shannon Sharpe at K.C. (10/20/02) 12 214 17.8 23. Jabar Gaffney vs. K.C. (1/3/10) 14 213 15.2 04. Rod Smith vs. Atl. (10/31/04) 9 208 23.1 15. Brandon Marshall at Ind. (12/13/09) 21 200 9.5 2

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THOMAS’ 100-YARD GAME STREAKBroncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas posted at least 100 receiving

yards in Games 4-10 in 2014 to tie for the second-longest 100-yard streak in league history.

He became just the fifth player in pro football history to post a seven-game streak of at least 100 receiving yards (one of three players to accomplish that feat since the 1970 NFL merger).

MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES, NFL HISTORY Player No. Year(s)1. Calvin Johnson, Det. 8 20122. Demaryius Thomas, Den. 7 2014 Michael Irvin, Dal. 7 1995 Bill Groman, Hou. 7 1961 Charley Hennigan, Hou. 7 1961

MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES, BRONCOS HISTORY Player No. Year(s)1. Demaryius Thomas 7 20142. Emmanuel Sanders 3 2014 Demaryius Thomas 3 2012-13 Brandon Lloyd 3 2010 Brandon Marshall 3 2007-08 Rod Smith 3 2000 Anthony Miller 3 1994 Mark Jackson 3 1988 Lionel Taylor 3 1961

THOMAS’ 100-YARD GAMESBroncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas has produced 28 career 100-

yard receiving game (including playoffs) to rank second in Broncos history and second in the NFL since 2011 when he recorded his first 100-yard output.

His 10 individual 100-yard receiving games in 2014 represented the most in a single season in Broncos history and made him one of just seven players in pro football history with at least 10 100-yard games in a single year.

MOST 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES, BRONCOS HISTORY (incl. playoffs) Player No.1. Rod Smith 312. Demaryius Thomas 283. Lionel Taylor 244. Ed McCaffrey 18 Shannon Sharpe 18

MOST 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES, NFL, 2011-PRES. (incl. playoffs) Player No.1. Calvin Johnson, Det. 322. Demaryius Thomas, Den. 283. A.J. Green, Cin. 20 Julio Jones, Atl. 20 Brandon Marshall, Mia./Chi. 20

MOST 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES, SINGLE SEASON, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Year No.1. Demaryius Thomas 2014 102. Rod Smith 2000 83. Emmanuel Sanders 2014 7 Demaryius Thomas 2012 7 Lionel Taylor 1960 7

MOST 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES, SINGLE SEASON, PRO FOOTBALL HISTORY Player Year No.1. Michael Irvin, Dal. 1995 11 Calvin Johnson, Det. 2012 113. Demaryius Thomas, Den. 2014 10 Four players - 10

THOMAS’ 1,000-YARD SEASONSBroncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas is one of just four players in fran-

chise history to post 1,000 receiving yards in at least three consecutive seasons.

MOST CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH 1,000 RECEIVING YARDS, BRONCOS HISTORY

Player No. Year(s)1. Rod Smith 6 1997-20022. Demaryius Thomas 3* 2012-14 Brandon Marshall 3 2007-09 Ed McCaffrey 3 1998-2000 *active streak

THOMAS/SANDERS AMONG NFL RECEIVING LEADERSBroncos wide receivers Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders each

finished the 2014 season ranked in the top five in both receptions and receiving yards to represent the top receiving tandem in the NFL.

The 2014 season marked the ninth time a Broncos tandem has each topped 1,000 yards in a season and the second time two Broncos have reach 100 catches in the same year.

MOST RECEPTIONS, NFL, 2014 Player No.1. Antonio Brown, Pit. 1292. Demaryius Thomas, Den. 1113. Julio Jones, Atl. 1044. Matt Forte, Chi. 1025. Emmanuel Sanders, Den. 101

MOST RECEIVING YARDS, NFL, 2014 Player No.1. Antonio Brown, Pit. 1,6982. Demaryius Thomas, Den. 1,6193. Julio Jones, Atl. 1,5934. Jordy Nelson, G.B. 1,5195. Emmanuel Sanders, Den. 1,404

MOST COMBINED RECEPTIONS BY AN OFFENSIVE TANDEM, NFL, 2014 Team Tandem Rec.1. Denver D. Thomas (111) / E. Sanders (101) 212 Pittsburgh A. Brown (129) / L. Bell (83) 2123. Chicago M. Forte (102) / M. Bennett (90) 1924. Green Bay J. Nelson (98) / R. Cobb (91) 1895. Atlanta J. Jones (104) / R. White (80) 184

MOST COMBINED RECEIVING YDS. BY AN OFFENSIVE TANDEM, NFL, 2014 Team Tandem Yds.1. Denver D. Thomas (1,619) / E. Sanders (1,404) 3,0232. Green Bay J. Nelson (1,519) / R. Cobb (1,287) 2,8063. Pittsburgh A. Brown (1,698) / L. Bell (854) 2,5524. Atlanta J. Jones (1,593) / R. White (921) 2,5145. Detroit G. Tate (1,331) / C. Johnson (1,077) 2,408

1,000-YARD RECEIVING TANDEMS, BRONCOS HISTORYYear Tandem (Yds.)1994 Anthony Miller (1,107) / Shannon Sharpe (1,010)1997 Rod Smith (1,180) / Shannon Sharpe (1,107)1998 Rod Smith (1,222) / Ed McCaffrey (1,053)1999 Rod Smith (1,020) / Ed McCaffrey (1,018)2000 Rod Smith (1,602) / Ed McCaffrey (1,317)2004 Rod Smith (1,144) / Ashley Lelie (1,084)2012 Demaryius Thomas (1,434) / Eric Decker (1,064)2013 Demaryius Thomas (1,430) / Eric Decker (1,288)2014 Demaryius Thomas (1,619) / Emmanuel Sanders (1,404)

100-CATCH RECEIVING TANDEMS, BRONCOS HISTORYYear Tandem (Rec.)2000 Rod Smith (113) / Ed McCaffrey (101)2014 Demaryius Thomas (111) / Emmanuel Sanders (101)

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SANDERS A NICE ADDITIONBroncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, who was signed by the

Broncos as an unrestricted free agent in 2014, ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, in league history in receiving yards (1,404) and receptions (101) by a player with a new team.

MOST RECEIVING YARDS BY A PLAYER WITH A NEW TEAM Player Year No.1. Brandon Marshall, Chi. 2012 1,5082. Randy Moss, N.E. 2007 1,4933. Santana Moss, Was. 2005 1,4834. Emmanuel Sanders, Den. 2014 1,4045. Henry Ellard, Was. 1994 1,397

MOST RECEPTIONS BY A PLAYER WITH A NEW TEAM Player Year No.1. Brandon Marshall, Chi. 2012 1182. Wes Welker, N.E. 2007 1123. Terance Mathis, Atl. 1994 1114. Eric Metcalf, Atl. 1995 1045. Emmanuel Sanders, Den. 2014 101

SANDERS RACKS UP THE BIG PLAYSBroncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, who established career

highs in receptions (101), receiving yards (1,404) and touchdowns (9) in 2014, ranked second in the NFL with 16 catches of 25-plus yards.

Included in that total was three scoring catches covering 30+ yards.

MOST 25+YARD RECEPTIONS, NFL, 2014 Player No. 1. T.Y. Hilton, Ind. 172. Emmanuel Sanders, Den. 163. Demaryius Thomas, Den. 15 DeSean Jackson, Was. 155. Antonio Brown, Pit. 14

DANIELS OWNS IMPRESSIVE RECEPTION STREAKBroncos tight end Owen Daniels, who was signed by the Broncos as an

unrestricted free agent (Baltimore) in 2015, has posted a reception in 103 consecutive games, tying Dallas’ Jason Witten for the NFL’s longest active streak among tight ends.

LONGEST ACTIVE STREAK OF GAMES WITH A RECEPTION, NFL TIGHT ENDS Player No. 1. Owen Daniels, Den. 103 Jason Witten, Dal. 1033. Heath Miller, Pit. 974. Rob Gronkowski, N.E. 655. Antonio Gates, S.D. 58

DANIELS A CONSISTENT TARGETBroncos tight end Owen Daniels ranks third among active NFL tight ends

with 44.7 receiving yards per game since he entered the league in 2006.

MOST RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME BY AN ACTIVE TIGHT END, SINCE 2006 Player No. 1. Jason Witten, Dal. 58.52. Antonio Gates, S.D. 56.43. Owen Daniels, Den. 44.74. Greg Olsen, Car. 41.25. Vernon Davis, S.F. 40.9

ANDERSON MAKES FIRST CAREER PRO BOWLBroncos running back C.J. Anderson, who rushed for 849 yards and

eight touchdowns in 2014, became just the fifth undrafted running back in league history to make the Pro Bowl.

Anderson is the only undrafted running back in league annals to make the Pro Bowl in his first year as a starter. UNDRAFTED RUNNING BACKS TO MAKE THE PRO BOWL, NFL HISTORY

Player Team Season(s)John Settle Atlanta 1988Priest Holmes Kansas City 2001-03Willie Parker Pittsburgh 2006-07Arian Foster Houston 2010-12, ‘14C.J. Anderson Denver 2014

ANDERSON’S BIG 2014 FINISHBroncos running back C.J. Anderson led the NFL with seven rushing

touchdowns in December last season to tie for the third-most rushing scores by an undrafted player in a single month in NFL history.

MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS IN DECEMBER, NFL, 2014 Player No. 1. C.J. Anderson, Den. 72. Le’Veon Bell, Pit. 5 DeMarco Murray, Dal. 54. Marshawn Lynch, Sea. 45. Seven players 3

MOST RUSHING TDs BY AN UNDRAFTED PLAYER IN A SINGLE MONTH Player Month (Year) No.1. Priest Holmes, K.C. Dec. (2003) 102. Priest Holmes, K.C. Oct. (2004) 93. C.J. Anderson, Den. Dec. (2014) 7 Priest Holmes, K.C. Sept. (2003) 7 Priest Holmes, K.C. Sept. (2002) 76. Arian Foster, Hou. Oct. (2014) 6 Arian Foster, Hou. Nov. (2010) 6 Priest Holmes, K.C. Oct. (2002) 6

ANDERSON: UNDRAFTED TO STARTERBroncos running back C.J. Anderson’s 10 total touchdowns in 2014 were

the most by an undrafted running back in Broncos history.

MOST TOUCHDOWNS BY A BRONCOS UNDRAFTED RUNNING BACK Player Year No.1. C.J. Anderson 2014 102. Mike Bell 2006 83. Larry Canada 1981 4 Reggie Rivers 1992 45. Larry Canada 1978 3 Derrick Clark 1994 3 Cecil Sapp 2007 3

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ANDERSON CARRIES THE LOAD IN NOVEMBERDespite only starting 3-of-5 games in Weeks 9-13 last season, Broncos

running back C.J. Anderson led all NFL players with 709 total yards in five games during the month of November.

That total represents the third-most yards from scrimmage in franchise history during a single month.

In Weeks 11 & 12, Anderson rushed for 167 and 168 yards, respectively, to represent the top two rushing performances by an undrafted player in team history. He also became the first Bronco since Reuben Droughns in 2004 to rush for at least 150 yards in consecutive games.

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN NOVEMBER, NFL, 2014 Player Rush Rec. Total1. C.J. Anderson, Den. 472 237 7092. Marshawn Lynch, Sea. 474 150 6243. Odell Beckham Jr., NYG 13 593 6064. Le’Veon Bell, Pit. 355 248 6035. Jamaal Charles, K.C. 450 115 565

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN A SINGLE MONTH, BRONCOS HISTORY

Player Month/Year Rush Rec. Total1. Clinton Portis Dec./2002 672 154 8262. Otis Armstrong Nov./1974 543 192 7353. C.J. Anderson Nov./2014 472 237 7094. Terrell Davis Nov./1997 579 124 7035. Reuben Droughns Oct./2004 548 117 665

MOST RUSHING YARDS BY AN UNDRAFTED PLAYER, SINGLE GAME, BRONCOS HISTORY

Player Opponent (Date) Att. Yds. Avg. TD1. C.J. Anderson at K.C. (11/30/14) 32 168 5.3 02. C.J. Anderson vs. Mia. (11/23/14) 27 167 6.2 13. Selvin Young vs. K.C. (12/9/07) 17 156 9.2 04. Mike Bell vs. Ind. (10/29/06) 15 136 9.1 25. Selvin Young at K.C. (11/11/07) 20 109 5.5 1

ANDERSON’S THREE-TOUCHDOWN GAMESBroncos running back C.J. Anderson totaled two games with three rush-

ing touchdowns in 2014.He joined Terrell Davis (3 - 1998) as the only players in team annals with

multiple games in a season posting at least three rushing scores.

MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS, SINGLE GAME, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Opp. (Date) No.1. Clinton Portis vs. K.C. (12/7/03) 52. Mike Anderson at N.O. (12/3/00) 43. C.J. Anderson vs. Oak. (12/28/14) 3 C.J. Anderson vs. Buf. (12/7/14) 3 Knowshon Moreno vs. Jac. (10/13/13) 3 Tatum Bell at S.D. (12/31/05) 3 Mike Anderson vs. NYJ (11/20/05) 3 Clinton Portis vs. K.C. (12/15/02) 3 Terrell Davis vs. K.C. (12/6/98) 3 Terrell Davis vs. Jac. (10/25/98) 3 Terrell Davis vs. Dal. (9/13/98) 3 Terrell Davis vs. Oak. (11/24/97) 3 Gaston Green vs. S.D. (9/22/91) 3 Otis Armostrong vs. Hou. (12/8/74) 3 Jon Keyworth vs. K.C. (11/18/74) 3 Floyd Little vs. Cin. (9/16/73) 3

MOST GAMES BY A BRONCO WITH AT LEAST THREE RUSHING TDs Player No. 1. Terrell Davis 42. C.J. Anderson 2 Mike Anderson 2 Clinton Portis 25. Six players 1

ANDERSON BREAKS OUT vs. RAIDERSBroncos running back C.J. Anderson rushed for 90 yards on 13 carries

(6.9 avg.) against the Raiders in Week 10 last year in addition to catching four passes for 73 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown reception.

He became just the fifth running back in team history to post at least 70 yards rushing and 70 yards receiving in a single game.

BRONCOS RUNNING BACKS WITH AT LEAST 70 YDS. RUSHING & 70 YDS. RECEIVING IN A SINGLE GAME

Player Opp. (Date) Rush Yds. Rec. Yds.Floyd Little vs. Buf. (11/24/68) 71 165Floyd Little vs. S.D. (11/11/73) 109 76Otis Armstrong vs. Pit. (9/22/74) 131 86Terrell Davis at Oak. (10/19/97) 85 70Terrell Davis vs. Jac. (10/25/98) 136 76Clinton Portis vs. K.C. (12/15/02) 130 75Clinton Portis at K.C. (10/5/03) 141 79C.J. Anderson at Oak. (11/9/14) 90 73

VASQUEZ ANCHORS DENVER’S YOUNG LINEBroncos guard Louis Vasquez has started every game for the Broncos

since being signed by the club as an unrestricted free agent (San Diego) prior to the 2013 season.

Following his first season with the Broncos in 2013, Vasquez became the first guard and just the fourth offensive lineman in team history to earn first-team All-Pro recognition from the Associated Press.

BRONCOS OFFENSIVE LINEMEN TO RECEIVE ASSOCIATED PRESS FIRST-TEAM ALL-PRO HONORS

Player Pos. Season(s)Gary Zimmerman T 1993, ‘96Tom Nalen C 2000, ‘03Ryan Clady T 2009, ‘12Louis Vasquez G 2013

PHILLIPS RETURNS TO BRONCOSBroncos Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips has been a part of 19 differ-

ent top-10 defensive units during his NFL career and has coached a total of 27 Pro Bowlers, including Pro Football Hall of Fame defenders Elvin Bethea, Curley Culp, Rickey Jackson, Bruce Smith and Reggie White.

Since Phillips’ first stint as the Broncos’ defensive coordinator beginning in 1989, every team Phillips has coached for has made the postseason during his first season on staff.WADE PHILLIPS’ POSTSEASON STREAK IN FIRST YEAR WITH A NEW TEAM

Year Team Position Def. Rk. Rec.1989 Denver Defensive Coordinator 3 11-51995 Buffalo Defensive Coordinator 13 10-62002 Atlanta Defensive Coordinator 19 9-62004 San Diego Defensive Coordinator 18 12-42007 Dallas Head Coach 9 13-32011 Houston Defensive Coordinator 2 10-6

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PHILLIPS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR COORDINATOR TOTALSWade Phillips owns 23 years of experience as an NFL defensive coordi-

nator with seven different teams.WADE PHILLIPS’ YEARLY DEFENSIVE TOTALS/RANKINGS

AS DEFENSIVE COORDINATORYear Team Pass Def. Rush Def. Total Def. Scoring Def.1981 N.O. 208.6 (20) 119.8 (11) 328.3 (11) 23.6 (24)1982 N.O. 181.4 (8) 108.2 (10) 289.7 (5) 17.8 (8)1983 N.O. 168.2 (1) 125.0 (11) 293.2 (2) 21.1 (12)1984 N.O. 153.3 (1) 153.8 (26) 307.1 (4) 22.6 (19)1985 N.O. 228.3 (23) 135.1 (19) 363.4 (24) 25.1 (22)1986 Phi. 202.2 (14) 124.3 (19) 326.5 (17) 19.5 (12)1987 Phi. 240.4 (28) 109.5 (9) 349.9 (23) 25.3 (25)1988 Phi. 259.2 (28) 103.3 (6) 362.4 (27) 19.9 (14)1989 Denver 176.7 (3) 98.8 (6) 275.4 (3) 14.1 (1)1990 Denver 211.4 (21) 122.7 (17) 334.1 (20) 23.4 (23)1991 Denver 172.2 (3) 112.1 (19) 284.3 (5) 14.7 (3)1992 Denver 195.0 (18) 122.7 (23) 317.7 (22) 20.6 (19)1995 Buffalo 218.9 (16) 101.6 (11) 320.5 (13) 20.9 (12)1996 Buffalo 191.8 (8) 104.3 (14) 296.1 (9) 16.6 (6)1997 Buffalo 191.3 (12) 112.0 (15) 303.3 (9) 22.9 (23)2002 Atlanta 205.4 (16) 127.9 (23) 333.4 (19) 19.6 (8)2003 Atlanta 237.5 (32) 144.3 (29) 381.8 (32) 26.4 (30)2004 S.D. 253.3 (31) 81.7 (3) 335.0 (18) 19.6 (11)2005 S.D. 224.9 (28) 84.3 (1) 309.3 (13) 19.5 (13)2006 S.D. 200.8 (13) 100.8 (7) 301.6 (10) 18.9 (7)2011 Houston 189.7 (3) 96.0 (4) 285.7 (2) 17.4 (4)2012 Houston 225.8 (16) 97.5 (7) 323.3 (7) 20.7 (9)2013 Houston 195.2 (3) 122.4 (23) 317.6 (7) 26.8 (24) Averages 205.7 (15) 113.4 (14) 319.1 (13) 20.7 (14)

DENVER STOUT AGAINST THE RUN IN 2014The Broncos allowed just 79.8 rushing yards per game in 2014—the

lowest figure in team history for a single season and the second-best mark in the NFL last year.

The Broncos also allowed just 29 runs covering double-digits in yard-age—the second-fewest in the league in 2014.FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED PER GAME, BRONCOS HISTORY

Year Yds./G1. 2014 79.82. 1998 80.43. 1996 83.24. 2005 85.25. 1993 88.6

FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED PER GAME, NFL, 2014 Team Yds./G1. Detroit 69.32. Denver 79.83. Seattle 81.54. Baltimore 88.35. N.Y. Jets 93.1

FEWEST 10+YARD RUNS ALLOWED, NFL, 2014 Team No.1. Detroit 262. Denver 293. Baltimore 30 Seattle 305. N.Y. Jets 35

WARE EARNS EIGHTH PRO BOWL SELECTIONBroncos outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware was named to his eighth

Pro Bowl in 2014 to tie for the most selections by an active NFL defensive player.

MOST PRO BOWL SELECTIONS AMONG ACTIVE NFL DEFENSIVE PLAYERS Player Pos. No.1. DeMarcus Ware OLB/DE 8 Charles Woodson S/CB 8 Julius Peppers OLB/DE 84. Lance Briggs LB 7 Dwight Freeney OLB/DE 7

WARE AMONG NFL’S TOP PASS RUSHERSBroncos outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware owns 127 career sacks to

rank 14th in NFL history (3rd among active players).Ware needs seven sacks to move into the Top 10 and 15 sacks to move

into the Top 5 all-time.MOST SACKS IN NFL HISTORY (Since 1982) Player No.1. Bruce Smith 200.02. Reggie White 198.03. Kevin Greene 160.04. Chris Doleman 150.55. Michael Strahan 141.56. Jason Taylor 139.57. Richard Dent 137.5 John Randle 137.59. Jared Allen* 134.010. John Abraham* 133.511. Leslie O’Neal 132.5 Lawrence Taylor 132.513. Rickey Jackson 128.014. DeMarcus Ware* 127.015. Derrick Thomas 126.5*active player

MILLER/WARE A DANGEROUS DUOBroncos outside linebackers Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware each rank

in the Top 6 in NFL history (since 1982) in sacks per game among players who have appeared in 40 or more contests.

MOST SACKS PER GAME, NFL HISTORY (Since 1982 / min. 40 GP) Player GP Sk Sk/G1. J.J. Watt* 64 57.0 0.892. Aldon Smith* 50 44.0 0.883. Von Miller* 56 49.0 0.884. Reggie White 232 198.0 0.855. Justin Houston, K.C. 59 49.0 0.826. DeMarcus Ware* 157 127.0 0.81*active player

MILLER OFF TO A FAST STARTDenver outside linebacker Von Miller has totaled the sixth-most sacks

(49) in league history through a player’s first four seasons.MOST SACKS THROUGH FIRST FOUR SEASONS, NFL HISTORY

(Since sacks were tracked beginning in 1982) Player GP Sk.1. Reggie White, Phi. 57 70.02. Derrick Thomas, K.C. 63 58.03. J.J. Watt, Hou. 64 57.04. DeMarcus Ware, Dal. 64 53.55. Dwight Freeney, Ind. 63 51.06. Von Miller, Den. 56 49.0 Richard Dent, Chi. 63 49.0

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MILLER’S 10-SACK SEASONSBroncos outside linebacker Von Miller totaled 14 sacks in 2014 to rep-

resent the third double-digit sack season in his first four years in the NFL.His three seasons with 10 or more sacks are tied for the third-most in

Broncos history.

MOST SEASONS WITH 10+ SACKS, BRONCOS HISTORY Player No. Years1. Simon Fletcher 5 1989-932. Paul Smith 4 1970-733. Von Miller 3 2011-12, ‘14 Elvis Dumervil 3 2007, ‘09, ‘12 Rulon Jones 3 1980, ‘84-85 Rich Jackson 3 1968-70

MARSHALL EMERGES AS KEY CONTRIBUTORBroncos inside linebacker Brandon Marshall opened 13-of-14 games

played in 2014 and led Denver with 110 tackles (88 solo) to represent the second-most defensive stops by an NFL player last season among first-year starters.

MOST TACKLES BY A FIRST-YEAR STARTER, NFL, 2014 Player No.1. C.J. Mosley, Bal.* 1292. Brandon Marshall, Den. 1103. Preston Brown, Buf. 108 Jelani Jenkins, Mia. 108 Keenan Robinson, Was. 108 *Denotes rookie

WARD A FORCE IN THE BACKFIELDBroncos safety T.J. Ward, who has earned a Pro Bowl selection in each

of the last two seasons, leads all NFL defensive backs with 15 tackles for a loss during that span—a total that includes 3.5 quarterback sacks and 11.5 run stuffs.

MOST TACKLES FOR A LOSS BY A DEFENSIVE BACK, NFL, 2013-14 Player Sk. Stuff TFL1. T.J. Ward, Cle./Den. 3.5 11.5 15.02. T.J. McDonald, Stl. 3.0 9.0 12.03. James Ihedigbo, Bal./Det. 2.0 9.5 11.54. Troy Polamalu, Pit. 2.0 8.5 10.55. Harrison Smith, Min. 3.0 6.5 9.5

HARRIS JR. IN ELITE COMPANYBroncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. is one of just five NFL players to

record three or more interceptions in each of the last three seasons.MOST CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH AT LEAST THREE INTs (active streaks)

Player No.1. Antonio Cromartie, S.D./NYJ/Ari. 62. Richard Sherman, Sea. 43. Chris Harris Jr., Den. 3 Joe Haden, Cle. 3 Patrick Peterson, Ari. 3

HARRIS JR.: UNDRAFTED TO PRO BOWLERSigned by the Broncos as a college free agent in 2011, cornerback Chris

Harris Jr. is one of just six undrafted cornerbacks in pro football history to make a Pro Bowl with his original team.

UNDRAFTED CBs TO MAKE A PRO BOWL WITH THEIR ORIGINAL TEAMPlayer Team Rookie Yr. First Pro BowlCornell Green Dallas 1962 1971*Emmitt Thomas Kansas City 1966 1971*Robert James Buffalo 1969 1972Rolland Lawrence Atlanta 1973 1977Everson Walls Dallas 1981 1981Chris Harris Jr. Denver 2011 2014*Named an AFL All-Star before being selected to the Pro Bowl

HARRIS JR./TALIB FORM NICE DUOBroncos cornerbacks Chris Harris Jr. and Aqib Talib ranked first and

third, respectively, in opponent quarterback rating when targeting them defensively, according to Pro Football Focus (min. 75% of defensive snaps played).

They represent the first pair of cornerbacks to make the Pro Bowl for the Broncos in the same season.LOWEST OPPONENT QB RATING, NFL, 2014 (Source: Pro Football Focus)

Player Rec. Yds. Rtg.1. Chris Harris Jr., Den. 46 356 47.82. Richard Sherman, Sea. 31 422 48.43. Aqib Talib, Den. 55 578 72.24. Darrelle Revis, N.E. 41 557 72.65. Desmond Trufant, Atl. 54 649 74.0

TALIB FINDS THE END ZONEBroncos cornerback Aqib Talib’s six interceptions returned for a touch-

down are tied for the most in the league since he became a regular starter in 2009. His two such plays in 2014 tied for the most in team history for a single season.

MOST INTERCEPTIONS FOR TOUCHDOWNS, NFL, 2009-PRES. Player No.1. Aqib Talib 6 Charles Tillman 63. Captain Munnerlyn 5 Charles Woodson 5 Janoris Jenkins 5

BRONCOS WITH MULTIPLE INTERCEPTIONS RETURNED FOR TOUCHDOWNS IN A SEASON

Player Year No.Nemiah Wilson 1967 2John Rowser 1976 2Mike Harden 1986 2Jimmy Spencer 2000 2Deltha O’Neal 2002 2Champ Bailey 2005 2Chris Harris Jr. 2012 2Aqib Talib 2014 2

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TALIB HAS A KNACK FOR THE BALLAqib Talib, who was selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl in 2014,

is tied for the second-most interceptions (27) by a cornerback in the NFL since he entered the NFL in 2008.

MOST INTERCEPTIONS BY A CORNERBACK, NFL, 2008-PRES. Player GP No.1. Asante Samuel 82 292. Aqib Talib 92 27 Tramon Williams 111 274. DeAngelo Hall 95 265. Richard Sherman 64 24

ROBY MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACTBroncos cornerback Bradley Roby, who was selected by Denver with the

31st overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, tied for the second-most passes defensed (13) among rookies in his debut season. He also tied for the most tackles (64) among cornerbacks in his rookie class.

Though he started only two games, Roby played more than 75 percent of Denver’s defensive snaps alongside Pro Bowl cornerbacks Chris Harris Jr. and Aqib Talib.

MOST PASSES DEFENSED BY A ROOKIE, NFL, 2014 Player GP GS PD1. E.J. Gaines, Stl. 15 15 152. Bradley Roby, Den. 16 2 13 Bashaud Breeland, Was. 16 15 134. Kyle Fuller, Chi. 16 14 105. Travis Carrie, Oak. 13 4 8

MOST TACKLES BY A ROOKIE CORNERBACK, NFL, 2014 Player GP GS TT1. E.J. Gaines, Stl. 15 15 702. Bradley Roby, Den. 16 2 643. Bashaud Breeland, Was. 16 15 584. Kyle Fuller, Chi. 16 14 505. Travis Carrie, Oak. 13 4 37

BARTH PROVIDES BOOST IN KICKING GAMEBroncos kicker Connor Barth, who was signed by the team on Nov. 25,

2014, connected on his first 11 field goal attempts last season to tie the team record for most consecutive field goals made to begin a Broncos career.

Despite playing in just five games for Denver, Barth already owns two of the four games in team history with five field goals made without a miss.

MOST CONSECUTIVE FIELD GOALS MADE TO BEGIN A BRONCOS CAREER Player No. Year1. Connor Barth 11 2014 David Treadwell 11 1989 Rich Karlis 11 19824. Joe Nedney 6 2000 Jason Elam 6 1993 Fred Steinfort 6 1980

MOST FIELD GOALS MADE, SINGLE GAME, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Opp. (Date) FGM FGA1. Connor Barth at S.D. (12/14/14) 5 5 Connor Barth at K.C. (11/30/14) 5 5 Jason Elam vs. Mia. (10/13/02) 5 5 Jason Elam at K.C. (11/16/97) 5 6 Jason Elam vs. Buf. (9/3/95) 5 6 Rich Karlis vs. Sea. (11/20/83) 5 5 Gene Mingo vs. S.D. (10/6/63) 5 7

McMANUS STRONG ON KICKOFFSBroncos kicker Brandon McManus ranked fourth in the NFL with a 70.3

touchback percentage (64-of-91) in 2014.

MOST TOUCHBACKS ON KICKOFFS, NFL, 2014 Player KOs TBs Pct.1. Graham Gano, Car. 79 61 77.22. Pat McAfee, Ind. 96 70 72.93. Sam Martin, Det. 74 53 71.64. Brandon McManus, Den. 91 64 70.35. Justin Tucker, Bal. 86 60 69.8

DECADES OF SUCCESSThe Broncos are in their sixth decade of professional football, looking to

build off a body of work that ranks as the most consistent in the NFL in terms of winning over the last three decades.

Denver is one of just four teams to record three 90+ win decades since 1960 and the only organization to do so in each of the last three decades.

Below is a look at the Broncos’ record by the decade. In its 50-plus sea-sons of football, Denver has totaled the seventh-most regular-season wins (444 / 444-381-10) in the NFL and advanced to the postseason 20 times.

BRONCOS REGULAR-SEASON RECORD BY DECADEDecade W L T Pct. Playoff Berths Win Rk.1960s 39 97 4 .287 0 22nd1970s 75 64 5 .539 3 8th1980s 93 58 1 .615 5 4th1990s 94 66 0 .588 5 7th2000s 93 67 0 .581 4 6th2010s 50 30 0 .625 4 T-5thTOTALS 444 382 10 .537 22 7th

MOST DECADES WITH 90+ REGULAR SEASON WINS, SINCE 1960 Team 90+ Win Decades Decades (Win Total)1. Denver 3 1980s (93), 1990s (94), 2000s (93) Green Bay 3 1960s (96), 1990s (93), 2000s (95) Miami 3 1970s (104), 1980s (94), 1990s (95) Pittsburgh 3 1970s (99), 1990s (93), 2000s (103)

BRONCOS SUCCESSFUL IN OVERTIMEThe Denver Broncos rank third in the NFL with a 25-17-2 (.591) record

in regular-season overtime games since the system was instituted in 1974.

BEST RECORDS IN OVERTIMES GAMES, REGULAR SEASON, NFL HISTORY Team W L T Pct.1. Washington 25 14 1 .6382. Arizona 24 16 2 .5953. Denver 25 17 2 .5914. Buffalo 20 14 0 .5885. Pittsburgh 21 15 2 .579

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BRONCOS OWN NFL’S LONGEST SCORING STREAKThe Broncos’ 357-game scoring streak is the longest active streak in the

league. The streak, which began on Monday Night Football with a 16-13 overtime loss at Seattle on Nov. 30, 1992, is the second-longest such streak in NFL history.

In the impressive run, the Broncos have scored on their first possession 140 times. Denver has scored in the first quarter 231 times during the streak and has had it extended by halftime 330 times.

Denver has had to wait until the fourth quarter to extend the streak just five times.

LONGEST SCORING STREAKS, NFL HISTORY (Regular Season only) Team Games Years1. San Francisco 420 1977-20042. Denver 357* 1992-Pres.3. Indianapolis 337* 1993-Pres.4. Cleveland 274 1950-715. Minnesota 260 1991-2007*Active Streaks

BREAKDOWN OF THE BRONCOS’ 246-GAME SCORING STREAK SCORED ON/IN:

Year Games 1st Pos. 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q1992 5 0 3 0 2 0 1993 16 7 8 6 1 1 1994 16 3 7 9 0 0 1995 16 7 10 5 1 0 1996 16 9 15 1 0 0 1997 16 5 12 4 0 0 1998 16 9 15 1 0 0 1999 16 8* 11 2 3 0 2000 16 8 11 5 0 0 2001 16 4 9 7 0 0 2002 16 7 11 5 0 0 2003 16 8 12 3 1 0 2004 16 6 11 5 0 0 2005 16 7 10 6 0 0 2006 16 2 6 9 1 02007 16 6 10 4 1 12008 1 1 1 0 0 02009 16 3 8 6 2 02010 16 4 7 7 2 02011 16 6 6 1 1 22012 16 6 10 5 1 02013 16 10 13 3 0 02014 16 8 14 2 0 0TOTALS 357 140 231 99 16 5

* - Includes one punt return

HOME, SWEET HOMEThe Broncos own the NFL’s best home record since 1975 in the regular

season and postseason with a 244-90 (.731) mark.

TOP HOME RECORDS, NFL, 1975-PRES. Team Regular Season Postseason Total Pct.1. Denver 229-85-0 (.729) 15-5 (.750) 244-90-0 .7312. Pittsburgh 222-89-1 (.713) 18-8 (.692) 240-97-1 .7123. Baltimore 106-45-1 (.701) 3-2 (.600) 109-47-1 .6974. New England 208-105-0 (.665) 16-4 (.800) 224-109-0 .6735. Minnesota 206-106-1 (.658) 8-5 (.615) 214-112-1 .656

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

BRONCOS ALL-TIME YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS

YEAR PRESEASON REG. SEASON PLAYOFFS1960 . . . . . . . .0-5 . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01961 . . . . . . . .1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01962 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01963 . . . . . . . .2-3 . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01964 . . . . . . . .2-3 . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01965 . . . . . . . .1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01966 . . . . . . . .1-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01967 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01968 . . . . . . . .1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01969 . . . . . . . .1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . .5-8-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01970 . . . . . . . .3-2 . . . . . . . . . . . .5-8-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01971 . . . . . . . .1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01972 . . . . . . . .2-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01973 . . . . . . . .2-3 . . . . . . . . . . . .7-5-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01974 . . . . . . . .4-2 . . . . . . . . . . . .7-6-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01975 . . . . . . . .3-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01976 . . . . . . . .5-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01977 . . . . . . . .5-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 . . . . . . . 2-1 (S.B. loss)1978 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11979 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11980 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01981 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01982 . . . . . . . .4-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01983 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11984 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11985 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01986 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5 . . . . . . . 2-1 (S.B. loss)1987 . . . . . . . .3-2 . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4-1 . . . . . . 2-1 (S.B. loss)1988 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01989 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5 . . . . . . . 2-1 (S.B. loss)1990 . . . . . . . .3-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01991 . . . . . . . .2-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11992 . . . . . . . .1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01993 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11994 . . . . . . . .2-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01995 . . . . . . . .3-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-01996 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-11997 . . . . . . . .3-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 . . . . . . . . 4-0 (S.B. win)1998 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2 . . . . . . . . 3-0 (S.B. win)1999 . . . . . . . .3-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-02000 . . . . . . . .4-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12001 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-02002 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-02003 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12004 . . . . . . . .2-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12005 . . . . . . . .4-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12006 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-02007 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-02008 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-02009 . . . . . . . .1-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-02010 . . . . . . . .1-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-02011 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12012 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12013 . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12014 . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1TOTAL . .132-117 (.530) . . 444-382-10 (.537) . . . .20-19 (.513)

Updated: August 10, 2015No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College Hometown How Acq. GP GS DNP INA

1 Connor Barth K 5-11 200 29 8 North Carolina Wilmington, N.C. FA-'14 5 0 0 02 Zac Dysert QB 6-3 221 25 2 Miami-Ohio Ada, Ohio D7-'13 0 0 0 03 Trevor Siemian QB 6-3 220 23 R Northwestern Windermere, Fla. D7a-'15 0 0 0 04 Britton Colquitt P 6-3 205 30 7 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. FA-'09 16 0 0 06 Corbin Louks WR 6-0 200 26 1 Nevada Danville, Calif. FA-'15 0 0 0 08 Brandon McManus K 6-3 201 24 2 Temple Lansdale, Pa. FA-'14 15 0 0 0

10 Emmanuel Sanders WR 5-11 180 28 6 Southern Methodist Bellville, Texas UFA-'14 16 16 0 011 Jordan Norwood WR 5-11 180 28 6 Penn State State College, Pa. FA-'14 0 0 0 012 Andre Caldwell WR 6-0 200 30 8 Florida Tampa, Fla. UFA-'12 16 2 0 013 Nathan Palmer WR 5-11 198 26 3 Northern Illinois Elkhart, Ind. FA-'14 0 0 0 114 Cody Latimer WR 6-2 215 22 2 Indiana Dayton, Ohio D2-'14 8 0 0 816 Bennie Fowler WR 6-1 212 24 1 Michigan State Bloomfield, Mich. CFA-'14 0 0 0 017 Brock Osweiler QB 6-8 240 24 4 Arizona State Kalispell, Mont. D2b-'12 4 0 12 018 Peyton Manning QB 6-5 230 39 18 Tennessee New Orleans FA-'12 16 16 0 019 Isaiah Burse WR 5-10 187 23 2 Fresno State Modesto, Calif. CFA-'14 12 0 0 020 Josh Bush S 5-11 205 26 4 Wake Forest Lexington, N.C. FA-'14 5 0 0 321 Aqib Talib CB 6-1 205 29 8 Kansas Richardson, Texas UFA-'14 15 15 0 122 C.J. Anderson RB 5-8 224 24 3 California Vallejo, Calif. CFA-'13 15 7 0 123 Ronnie Hillman RB 5-10 195 23 4 San Diego State La Habra, Calif. D3-'12 8 4 1 725 Chris Harris Jr. CB 5-10 199 26 4 Kansas Bixby, Okla. CFA-'11 16 16 0 026 Darian Stewart S 5-11 214 27 6 South Carolina Huntsville, Ala. UFA-'15 16 14 0 027 Jeremy Stewart RB 5-11 215 26 4 Stanford Baton Rouge, La. FA-'14 6 0 0 028 Montee Ball RB 5-10 215 24 3 Wisconsin Wentzville, Mo. D2-'13 5 4 0 829 Bradley Roby CB 5-11 194 23 2 Ohio State Suwanee, Ga. D1-'14 16 2 0 030 David Bruton Jr. S 6-2 217 28 7 Notre Dame Miamisburg, Ohio D4a-'09 14 1 0 231 Omar Bolden S 5-10 195 26 4 Arizona State Ontario, Calif. D4a-'12 15 0 0 132 Tony Carter CB 5-9 175 29 7 Florida State Jacksonville, Fla. FA-'11 8 0 0 833 Tevrin Brandon CB 5-10 180 24 R Monmouth Bethlehem, Pa. FA-'15 0 0 0 034 Ross Madison S 5-11 200 24 1 Toledo Leesburg, Va. FA-'15 0 0 0 035 Kapri Bibbs RB 5-11 203 22 2 Colorado State Plainfield, Ill. CFA-'14 0 0 0 436 Kayvon Webster CB 5-11 198 24 3 South Florida Opa-locka, Fla. D3-'13 12 0 0 437 Lorenzo Doss CB 5-11 187 21 R Tulane New Orleans D5-'15 0 0 0 038 Curtis Marsh CB 6-1 197 27 4 Utah State West Hills, Calif. FA-'15 0 0 0 039 Taurean Nixon CB 5-10 187 24 R Tulane Baton Rouge, La. D7b-'15 0 0 0 040 Juwan Thompson RB 5-11 225 23 2 Duke Fairburn, Ga. CFA-'14 15 0 0 141 Josh Furman S 6-1 210 23 R Oklahoma State Annapolis, Md. D7c-'15 0 0 0 042 Joe Don Duncan TE/FB 6-4 270 24 R Dixie State Corona, Calif. CFA-'15 0 0 0 043 T.J. Ward S 5-10 200 28 6 Oregon Concord, Calif. UFA-'14 16 16 0 045 Danny Mason OLB 6-3 235 24 R Texas A&M-Commerce Louisville, Ky. FA-'15 0 0 0 046 Aaron Brewer LS 6-5 230 25 4 San Diego State Fullerton, Calif. CFA-'12 16 0 0 047 Zaire Anderson ILB 5-11 220 22 R Nebraska Philadelphia CFA-'15 0 0 0 048 Shaquil Barrett OLB 6-2 250 22 2 Colorado State Baltimore, Md. CFA-'14 0 0 0 149 Chase Vaughn OLB 6-2 248 26 1 Colorado State-Pueblo Aurora, Colo. FA-'15 0 0 0 050 Reggie Walker ILB 6-0 244 28 7 Kansas State Sacramento, Calif. FA-'15 11 0 0 551 Todd Davis ILB 6-1 230 23 2 Sacramento State Lancaster, Calif. W-'14 9 2 0 152 Corey Nelson ILB 6-1 226 23 2 Oklahoma Dallas D7-'14 16 0 0 053 Steven Johnson ILB 6-1 237 27 4 Kansas Wallingford, Pa. CFA-'12 14 7 0 254 Brandon Marshall ILB 6-1 250 25 4 Nevada Las Vegas FA-'13 14 13 0 255 Lerentee McCray OLB 6-3 249 24 3 Florida Ocala, Fla. CFA-'13 13 0 0 356 Shane Ray OLB 6-3 245 22 R Missouri Shawnee Mission, Kan. D1-'15 0 0 0 057 Lamin Barrow ILB 6-1 237 24 2 Louisiana State Marrero, La. D5-'14 16 1 0 058 Von Miller OLB 6-3 250 26 5 Texas A&M DeSoto, Texas D1-'11 16 16 0 059 Danny Trevathan ILB 6-1 240 25 4 Kentucky Leesburg, Fla. D6-'12 3 1 0 360 Andre Davis G 6-4 320 23 R Buffalo Cheektowaga, N.Y. CFA-'15 0 0 0 061 Matt Paradis C 6-3 300 25 1 Boise State Council, Idaho D6-'14 0 0 0 062 Dillon Day C 6-4 299 23 R Mississippi State West Monroe, La. CFA-'15 0 0 0 063 Ben Garland G 6-5 308 27 2 Air Force Grand Junction, Colo. CFA-'10 8 0 0 864 Shelley Smith G 6-4 310 28 6 Colorado State Avondale, Ariz. FA-'15 11 3 0 565 Louis Vasquez G 6-5 335 28 7 Texas Tech Corsicana, Texas UFA-'13 16 16 0 066 Kyle Roberts T 6-6 305 23 R Nevada Sparks, Nev. CFA-'15 0 0 0 068 Ryan Harris T 6-5 302 30 8 Notre Dame Minneapolis, Minn. FA-'15 16 15 0 069 Sione Fua NT 6-1 310 27 5 Stanford Encino, CA FA- '15 11 0 0 070 Josh Watson DE 6-4 290 25 R Clemson Wilmington, Del. CFA-'15 0 0 0 071 Charles Sweeton T 6-5 291 22 R Tennessee-Martin Lawrenceburg, Tenn. CFA-'15 0 0 0 073 Max Garcia C/G 6-4 309 23 R Florida Norcross, Ga. D4-'15 0 0 0 074 Ty Sambrailo T 6-5 315 23 R Colorado State Watsonville, Calif. D2-'15 0 0 0 075 Chris Clark T 6-5 305 29 7 Southern Mississippi New Orleans W-'10 13 8 0 376 Marvin Austin Jr. NT 6-2 312 26 5 North Carolina Washington D.C. FA-'14 15 0 0 177 Gino Gradkowski C/G 6-3 300 26 4 Delaware Pittsburgh T-'15 8 0 0 879 Michael Schofield T 6-6 301 24 2 Michigan Orland Park, Ill. D3-'14 0 0 0 1680 James Casey TE/FB 6-3 240 30 7 Rice Azle, Texas FA-'15 16 2 0 081 Owen Daniels TE 6-3 245 32 10 Wisconsin Naperville, Ill. UFA-'15 15 13 0 182 Jeff Heuerman TE 6-5 255 22 R Ohio State Naples, Fla. D3-'15 0 0 0 083 David Porter WR 6-0 197 22 R Texas Christian DeSoto, Texas CFA-'15 0 0 0 084 Solomon Patton WR 5-9 177 24 2 Florida Mobile, Ala. W-'15 7 0 0 385 Virgil Green TE 6-5 255 27 5 Nevada Tulare, Calif. D7a-'11 13 9 0 386 Dominique Jones TE 6-3 270 27 4 Shepherd San Diego FA-'14 1 0 0 287 Jordan Taylor WR 6-5 210 23 R Rice Sherman, Texas CFA-'15 0 0 0 088 Demaryius Thomas WR 6-3 229 27 6 Georgia Tech Montrose, Ga. D1a-'10 16 16 0 089 Marcel Jensen TE 6-6 270 25 2 Fresno State Fairfield, Calif. W-'15 1 0 0 090 Antonio Smith DE 6-3 290 33 12 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City FA-'15 16 16 0 091 Kenny Anunike DE 6-5 260 25 2 Duke Galena, Ohio CFA-'14 0 0 0 092 Sylvester Williams NT 6-2 313 26 3 North Carolina Jefferson City, Mo. D1-'13 16 13 0 093 Chuka Ndulue NT 6-3 289 23 R Oklahoma Dallas CFA-'15 0 0 0 094 DeMarcus Ware OLB 6-4 258 33 11 Troy Auburn, Ala. UFA-'14 16 15 0 095 Derek Wolfe DE 6-5 285 25 4 Cincinnati Lisbon, Ohio D2a-'12 16 16 0 096 Vance Walker DE 6-2 305 28 7 Georgia Tech Fort Mill, S.C. FA-'15 16 2 0 097 Malik Jackson DE 6-5 293 25 4 Tennessee Van Nuys, Calif. D5-'12 16 2 0 098 Darius Kilgo NT 6-3 319 23 R Maryland Charlotte, N.C. D6-'15 0 0 0 099 Gerald Rivers OLB 6-2 250 25 2 Mississippi Cedar Grove, Ga. FA-'14 0 0 0 0

15 Kyle Williams WR 5-10 186 28 5 Arizona State San Jose, Calif. FA-'15 0 0 0 078 Ryan Clady T 6-6 315 28 8 Boise State Rialto, Calif. D1-'08 16 16 0 0

2014 PARTICIPATION

COACHING STAFF

2015 DENVER BRONCOS NUMERICAL ROSTER

Gary Kubiak - Head Coach; Rick Dennison - Offensive Coordinator; Wade Phillips - Defensive Coordinator; Joe DeCamillis - Special Teams Coordinator; Clancy Barone -Offensive Line; Chris Beake - Defensive Assistant; Samson Brown - Assistant Secondary; Brian Callahan - Offensive Assistant/QBs; Tony Coaxum - Assistant Special Teams;James Cregg - Assistant Offensive Line; Mike Eubanks - Assistant Strength; Reggie Herring - Linebackers; Greg Knapp - Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator; Bill Kollar - Defensive Line; Anthony Lomando - Assistant Strength & Conditioning; Dennis Love - Assistant Strength & Conditioning; Marc Lubick - Assistant Wide Receivers;Fred Pagac - Outside Linebackers; Brian Pariani - Tight Ends; Luke Richesson - Strength & Conditioning; Eric Studesville - Running Backs; Tyke Tolbert - Wide Receivers;Joe Woods - Defensive Backs

INJURED RESERVE

Updated: August 10, 2015No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College Hometown How Acq. GP GS DNP INA

22 Anderson, C.J. RB 5-8 224 24 3 California Vallejo, Calif. CFA-'13 15 7 0 147 Anderson, Zaire ILB 5-11 220 22 R Nebraska Philadelphia CFA-'15 0 0 0 091 Anunike, Kenny DE 6-5 260 25 2 Duke Galena, Ohio CFA-'14 0 0 0 076 Austin Jr., Marvin NT 6-2 312 26 5 North Carolina Washington D.C. FA-'14 15 0 0 128 Ball, Montee RB 5-10 215 24 3 Wisconsin Wentzville, Mo. D2-'13 5 4 0 848 Barrett, Shaquil OLB 6-2 250 22 2 Colorado State Baltimore, Md. CFA-'14 0 0 0 157 Barrow, Lamin ILB 6-1 237 24 2 Louisiana State Marrero, La. D5-'14 16 1 0 0

1 Barth, Connor K 5-11 200 29 8 North Carolina Wilmington, N.C. FA-'14 5 0 0 035 Bibbs, Kapri RB 5-11 203 22 2 Colorado State Plainfield, Ill. CFA-'14 0 0 0 431 Bolden, Omar S 5-10 195 26 4 Arizona State Ontario, Calif. D4a-'12 15 0 0 133 Brandon, Tevrin CB 5-10 180 24 R Monmouth Bethlehem, Pa. FA-'15 0 0 0 046 Brewer, Aaron LS 6-5 230 25 4 San Diego State Fullerton, Calif. CFA-'12 16 0 0 030 Bruton Jr., David S 6-2 217 28 7 Notre Dame Miamisburg, Ohio D4a-'09 14 1 0 219 Burse, Isaiah WR 5-10 187 23 2 Fresno State Modesto, Calif. CFA-'14 12 0 0 020 Bush, Josh S 5-11 205 26 4 Wake Forest Lexington, N.C. FA-'14 5 0 0 312 Caldwell, Andre WR 6-0 200 30 8 Florida Tampa, Fla. UFA-'12 16 2 0 032 Carter, Tony CB 5-9 175 29 7 Florida State Jacksonville, Fla. FA-'11 8 0 0 880 Casey, James TE/FB 6-3 240 30 7 Rice Azle, Texas FA-'15 16 2 0 075 Clark, Chris T 6-5 305 29 7 Southern Mississippi New Orleans W-'10 13 8 0 3

4 Colquitt, Britton P 6-3 205 30 7 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. FA-'09 16 0 0 081 Daniels, Owen TE 6-3 245 32 10 Wisconsin Naperville, Ill. UFA-'15 15 13 0 160 Davis, Andre G 6-4 320 23 R Buffalo Cheektowaga, N.Y. CFA-'15 0 0 0 051 Davis, Todd ILB 6-1 230 23 2 Sacramento State Lancaster, Calif. W-'14 9 2 0 162 Day, Dillon C 6-4 299 23 R Mississippi State West Monroe, La. CFA-'15 0 0 0 037 Doss, Lorenzo CB 5-11 187 21 R Tulane New Orleans D5-'15 0 0 0 042 Duncan, Joe Don TE/FB 6-4 270 24 R Dixie State Corona, Calif. CFA-'15 0 0 0 0

2 Dysert, Zac QB 6-3 221 25 2 Miami-Ohio Ada, Ohio D7-'13 0 0 0 016 Fowler, Bennie WR 6-1 212 24 1 Michigan State Bloomfield, Mich. CFA-'14 0 0 0 069 Fua, Sione NT 6-1 310 27 5 Stanford Encino, CA FA- '15 11 0 0 041 Furman, Josh S 6-1 210 23 R Oklahoma State Annapolis, Md. D7c-'15 0 0 0 073 Garcia, Max C/G 6-4 309 23 R Florida Norcross, Ga. D4-'15 0 0 0 063 Garland, Ben G 6-5 308 27 2 Air Force Grand Junction, Colo. CFA-'10 8 0 0 877 Gradkowski, Gino C/G 6-3 300 26 4 Delaware Pittsburgh T-'15 8 0 0 885 Green, Virgil TE 6-5 255 27 5 Nevada Tulare, Calif. D7a-'11 13 9 0 325 Harris Jr., Chris CB 5-10 199 26 4 Kansas Bixby, Okla. CFA-'11 16 16 0 068 Harris, Ryan T 6-5 302 30 8 Notre Dame Minneapolis, Minn. FA-'15 16 15 0 082 Heuerman, Jeff TE 6-5 255 22 R Ohio State Naples, Fla. D3-'15 0 0 0 023 Hillman, Ronnie RB 5-10 195 23 4 San Diego State La Habra, Calif. D3-'12 8 4 1 797 Jackson, Malik DE 6-5 293 25 4 Tennessee Van Nuys, Calif. D5-'12 16 2 0 089 Jensen, Marcel TE 6-6 270 25 2 Fresno State Fairfield, Calif. W-'15 1 0 0 053 Johnson, Steven ILB 6-1 237 27 4 Kansas Wallingford, Pa. CFA-'12 14 7 0 286 Jones, Dominique TE 6-3 270 27 4 Shepherd San Diego FA-'14 1 0 0 298 Kilgo, Darius NT 6-3 319 23 R Maryland Charlotte, N.C. D6-'15 0 0 0 014 Latimer, Cody WR 6-2 215 22 2 Indiana Dayton, Ohio D2-'14 8 0 0 8

6 Louks, Corbin WR 6-0 200 26 1 Nevada Danville, Calif. FA-'15 0 0 0 034 Madison, Ross S 5-11 200 24 1 Toledo Leesburg, Va. FA-'15 0 0 0 018 Manning, Peyton QB 6-5 230 39 18 Tennessee New Orleans FA-'12 16 16 0 038 Marsh, Curtis CB 6-1 197 27 4 Utah State West Hills, Calif. FA-'15 0 0 0 054 Marshall, Brandon ILB 6-1 250 25 4 Nevada Las Vegas FA-'13 14 13 0 245 Mason, Danny OLB 6-3 235 24 R Texas A&M-Commerce Louisville, Ky. FA-'15 0 0 0 055 McCray, Lerentee OLB 6-3 249 24 3 Florida Ocala, Fla. CFA-'13 13 0 0 3

8 McManus, Brandon K 6-3 201 24 2 Temple Lansdale, Pa. FA-'14 15 0 0 058 Miller, Von OLB 6-3 250 26 5 Texas A&M DeSoto, Texas D1-'11 16 16 0 093 Ndulue, Chuka NT 6-3 289 23 R Oklahoma Dallas CFA-'15 0 0 0 052 Nelson, Corey ILB 6-1 226 23 2 Oklahoma Dallas D7-'14 16 0 0 039 Nixon, Taurean CB 5-10 187 24 R Tulane Baton Rouge, La. D7b-'15 0 0 0 011 Norwood, Jordan WR 5-11 180 28 6 Penn State State College, Pa. FA-'14 0 0 0 017 Osweiler, Brock QB 6-8 240 24 4 Arizona State Kalispell, Mont. D2b-'12 4 0 12 013 Palmer, Nathan WR 5-11 198 26 2 Northern Illinois Elkhart, Ind. FA-'14 0 0 0 061 Paradis, Matt C 6-3 300 25 1 Boise State Council, Idaho D6-'14 0 0 0 084 Patton, Solomon WR 5-9 177 24 2 Florida Mobile, Ala. W-'15 7 0 0 383 Porter, David WR 6-0 197 22 R Texas Christian DeSoto, Texas CFA-'15 0 0 0 056 Ray, Shane OLB 6-3 245 22 R Missouri Shawnee Mission, Kan. D1-'15 0 0 0 099 Rivers, Gerald OLB 6-2 250 25 2 Mississippi Cedar Grove, Ga. FA-'14 0 0 0 066 Roberts, Kyle T 6-6 305 23 R Nevada Sparks, Nev. CFA-'15 0 0 0 029 Roby, Bradley CB 5-11 194 23 2 Ohio State Suwanee, Ga. D1-'14 16 2 0 074 Sambrailo, Ty T 6-5 315 23 R Colorado State Watsonville, Calif. D2-'15 0 0 0 010 Sanders, Emmanuel WR 5-11 180 28 6 Southern Methodist Bellville, Texas UFA-'14 16 16 0 079 Schofield, Michael T 6-6 301 24 2 Michigan Orland Park, Ill. D3-'14 0 0 0 16

3 Siemian, Trevor QB 6-3 220 23 R Northwestern Windermere, Fla. D7a-'15 0 0 0 090 Smith, Antonio DE 6-3 290 33 12 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City FA-'15 16 16 0 064 Smith, Shelley G 6-4 310 28 6 Colorado State Avondale, Ariz. FA-'15 11 3 0 526 Stewart, Darian S 5-11 214 27 6 South Carolina Huntsville, Ala. UFA-'15 16 14 0 027 Stewart, Jeremy RB 5-11 215 26 4 Stanford Baton Rouge, La. FA-'14 6 0 0 071 Sweeton, Charles T 6-5 291 22 R Tennessee-Martin Lawrencebug, Tenn. CFA-'15 0 0 0 021 Talib, Aqib CB 6-1 205 29 8 Kansas Richardson, Texas UFA-'14 15 15 0 187 Taylor, Jordan WR 6-5 210 23 R Rice Sherman, Texas CFA-'15 0 0 0 088 Thomas, Demaryius WR 6-3 229 27 6 Georgia Tech Montrose, Ga. D1a-'10 16 16 0 040 Thompson, Juwan RB 5-11 225 23 2 Duke Fairburn, Ga. CFA-'14 15 0 0 159 Trevathan, Danny ILB 6-1 240 25 4 Kentucky Leesburg, Fla. D6-'12 3 1 0 365 Vasquez, Louis G 6-5 335 28 7 Texas Tech Corsicana, Texas UFA-'13 16 16 0 049 Vaughn, Chase OLB 6-2 248 26 1 Colorado State-Puelbo Aurora, Colo. FA-'15 0 0 0 050 Walker, Reggie ILB 6-0 244 28 7 Kansas State Sacramento, Calif. FA-'15 11 0 0 596 Walker, Vance DE 6-2 305 28 7 Georgia Tech Fort Mill, S.C. FA-'15 16 2 0 043 Ward, T.J. S 5-10 200 28 6 Oregon Concord, Calif. UFA-'14 16 16 0 094 Ware, DeMarcus OLB 6-4 258 33 11 Troy Auburn, Ala. UFA-'14 16 15 0 070 Watson, Josh DE 6-4 290 25 R Clemson Wilmington, Del. CFA-'15 0 0 0 036 Webster, Kayvon CB 5-11 198 24 3 South Florida Opa-locka, Fla. D3-'13 12 0 0 492 Williams, Sylvester NT 6-2 313 26 3 North Carolina Jefferson City, Mo. D1-'13 16 13 0 095 Wolfe, Derek DE 6-5 285 25 4 Cincinnati Lisbon, Ohio D2a-'12 16 16 0 0

78 Clady, Ryan T 6-6 315 28 8 Boise State Rialto, Calif. D1-'08 16 16 0 015 Williams, Kyle WR 5-10 186 28 5 Arizona State San Jose, Calif. FA-'15 0 0 0 0

Gary Kubiak - Head Coach; Rick Dennison - Offensive Coordinator; Wade Phillips - Defensive Coordinator; Joe DeCamillis - Special Teams Coordinator; Clancy Barone -Offensive Line; Chris Beake - Defensive Assistant; Samson Brown - Assistant Secondary; Brian Callahan - Offensive Assistant/QBs; Tony Coaxum - Assistant Special Teams;James Cregg - Assistant Offensive Line; Mike Eubanks - Assistant Strength; Reggie Herring - Linebackers; Greg Knapp - Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator; Bill Kollar - Defensive Line; Anthony Lomando - Assistant Strength & Conditioning; Dennis Love - Assistant Strength & Conditioning; Marc Lubick - Assistant Wide Receivers;Fred Pagac - Outside Linebackers; Brian Pariani - Tight Ends; Luke Richesson - Strength & Conditioning; Eric Studesville - Running Backs; Tyke Tolbert - Wide Receivers;Joe Woods - Defensive Backs

2015 DENVER BRONCOS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

2014 PARTICIPATION

INJURED RESERVE

Updated: August 10, 2015YEAR DRAFT/CFA FREE AGENT TRADE WAIVERS

2008 T Ryan Clady (Rd. 1)2009 S David Bruton Jr. (Rd. 4a) P Britton Colquitt2010 G Ben Garland (CFA) T Chris Clark (Min.)

WR Demaryius Thomas (Rd. 1a)2011 TE Virgil Green (Rd. 7a) CB Tony Carter

CB Chris Harris Jr. (CFA)OLB Von Miller (Rd. 1)

2012 CB Omar Bolden (Rd. 4a) WR Andre Caldwell (UFA-Cin.)LS Aaron Brewer (CFA) QB Peyton Manning

RB Ronnie Hillman (Rd. 3)DE Malik Jackson (Rd. 5)ILB Steven Johnson (CFA)QB Brock Osweiler (Rd. 2b)

ILB Danny Trevathan (Rd. 6)DE Derek Wolfe (Rd. 2a)

2013 RB C.J. Anderson (CFA) ILB Brandon Marshall

RB Montee Ball (Rd. 2) G Louis Vasquez (UFA-S.D.)

QB Zac Dysert (Rd. 7)

OLB Lerentee McCray (CFA)

CB Kayvon Webster (Rd. 3)

NT Sylvester Williams (Rd. 1)

2014 DE Kenny Anunike (CFA) NT Marvin Austin Jr. K Brandon McManus (NYG) LB Todd Davis (N.O.)OLB Shaquil Barrett (CFA) K Connor Barth

ILB Lamin Barrow (Rd. 5) S Josh Bush

RB Kapri Bibbs (CFA) TE Dominique Jones

WR Isaiah Burse (CFA) WR Jordan Norwood

WR Bennie Fowler (CFA) WR Nathan Palmer

WR Cody Latimer (Rd. 2) OLB Gerald Rivers

ILB Corey Nelson (Rd. 7) WR Emmanuel Sanders (UFA-Pit.)

C Matt Paradis (Rd. 6) RB Jeremy Stewart

CB Bradley Roby (Rd. 1) CB Aqib Talib (UFA-N.E.)

T Michael Schofield (Rd. 3) S T.J. Ward (UFA-Cle.)

RB Juwan Thompson (CFA) OLB DeMarcus Ware

OLB Chase Vaughn (CFA)

2015 ILB Zaire Anderson (CFA) TE/FB James Casey C/G Gino Gradkowski (Bal.) TE Marcel Jensen (Jac.)

CB Tevrin Brandon (CFA) TE Owen Daniels (UFA-Bal.) WR Solomon Patton (T.B.)

G Andre Davis (CFA) NT Sione Fua

C Dillon Day (CFA) T Ryan Harris

CB Lorenzo Doss (Rd. 5) WR Corbin Louks

TE/FB Joe Don Duncan (CFA) S Ross Madison

S Josh Furman (Rd. 7c) CB Curtis Marsh

G/C Max Garcia (Rd. 4) DE Antonio Smith

TE Jeff Heuerman (Rd. 3) G Shelley Smith

NT Darius Kilgo (Rd. 6) S Darian Stewart (UFA-Bal.)

OLB Danny Mason (CFA) LB Reggie Walker

NT Chuka Ndule (CFA) DE Vance Walker

CB Taurean Nixon (Rd. 7b) WR Kyle Williams

WR David Porter (CFA)

OLB Shane Ray (Rd. 1)

T Kyle Robers (CFA)

T Ty Sambrailo (Rd. 2)

QB Trevor Siemian (Rd. 7a)

T Charles Sweeton (CFA)

WR Jordan Taylor (CFA)

DE Josh Watson (CFA)

HOW THE 2015 BRONCOS WERE BUILT

Italics denote players on injured reserve

Updated: August 10, 2015OFFENSE DEFENSE

QUARTERBACKS (4) DEFENSIVE LINE (11)

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College

2 Dysert, Zac QB 6-3 221 25 2 Miami-Ohio 91 Anunike, Kenny DE 6-5 260 25 2 Duke

18 Manning, Peyton QB 6-5 230 39 18 Tennessee 76 Austin Jr., Marvin NT 6-2 312 26 5 North Carolina

17 Osweiler, Brock QB 6-8 240 24 4 Arizona State 69 Fua, Sione NT 6-1 310 27 4 Stanford

3 Siemian, Trevor QB 6-3 220 23 R Northwestern 97 Jackson, Malik DE 6-5 293 25 4 Tennessee

98 Kilgo, Darius NT 6-3 319 23 R Maryland

RUNNING BACKS (6) 93 Ndulue, Chuka NT 6-3 289 23 R Oklahoma

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College 90 Smith, Antonio DE 6-3 290 33 12 Oklahoma State

22 Anderson, C.J. RB 5-8 224 24 3 California 96 Walker, Vance DE 6-2 305 28 7 Georgia Tech

28 Ball, Montee RB 5-10 215 24 4 Wisconsin 70 Watson, Josh DE 6-4 290 25 R Clemson

35 Bibbs, Kapri RB 5-11 203 22 2 Colorado State 92 Williams, Sylvester NT 6-2 313 26 3 North Carolina

23 Hillman, Ronnie RB 5-10 195 23 4 San Diego State 95 Wolfe, Derek DE 6-5 285 25 4 Cincinnati

27 Stewart, Jeremy RB 5-11 215 26 4 Stanford

40 Thompson, Juwan RB 5-11 225 23 2 Duke LINEBACKERS (16)

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College

WIDE RECEIVERS (12) 47 Anderson, Zaire ILB 5-11 220 22 R Nebraska

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College 48 Barrett, Shaquil OLB 6-2 250 22 2 Colorado State

19 Burse, Isaiah WR 5-10 187 23 2 Fresno State 57 Barrow, Lamin ILB 6-1 237 24 2 Louisiana State

12 Caldwell, Andre WR 6-0 200 30 8 Florida 51 Davis, Todd ILB 6-1 230 23 2 Sacramento State

16 Fowler, Bennie WR 6-1 212 24 1 Michigan State 53 Johnson, Steven ILB 6-1 237 27 4 Kansas

14 Latimer, Cody WR 6-2 215 22 2 Indiana 54 Marshall, Brandon ILB 6-1 250 25 4 Nevada

6 Louks, Corbin WR 6-0 200 26 1 Nevada 45 Mason, Danny OLB 6-2 235 24 R Texas A&M-Commerce

11 Norwood, Jordan WR 5-11 180 28 6 Penn State 55 McCray, Lerentee OLB 6-3 249 24 3 Florida

13 Palmer, Nathan WR 5-11 198 26 3 Northern Illinois 58 Miller, Von OLB 6-4 250 26 5 Texas A&M

84 Patton, Solomon WR 5-9 177 24 2 Florida 52 Nelson, Corey ILB 6-5 226 23 2 Oklahoma

83 Porter, David WR 6-0 197 22 R Texas Christian 56 Ray, Shane OLB 6-3 245 22 R Missouri

10 Sanders, Emmanuel WR 5-11 180 28 6 Southern Methodist 99 Rivers, Gerald OLB 6-7 250 25 2 Mississippi

87 Taylor, Jordan WR 6-5 210 23 R Rice 59 Trevathan, Danny ILB 6-1 240 25 5 Kentucky

88 Thomas, Demaryius WR 6-3 229 27 6 Georgia Tech 49 Vaughn, Chase OLB 6-2 248 26 1 Colorado State-Puelbo

50 Walker, Reggie ILB 6-0 244 28 7 Kansas State

TIGHT ENDS (7) 94 Ware, DeMarcus OLB 6-4 258 33 11 Troy

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College

80 Casey, James TE/FB 6-3 240 30 7 Rice SECONDARY (16)

81 Daniels, Owen TE 6-3 245 32 10 Wisconsin No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College

42 Duncan, Joe Don TE/FB 6-4 270 24 R Dixie State 31 Bolden, Omar S 5-10 195 26 4 Arizona State85 Green, Virgil TE 6-5 255 27 5 Nevada 33 Brandon, Tevrin CB 5-10 180 24 R Monmouth

82 Heuerman, Jeff TE 6-4 255 27 R Ohio State 30 Bruton Jr., David S 6-2 217 28 7 Notre Dame

89 Jensen, Marcel TE 6-6 270 25 2 Fresno State 20 Bush, Josh S 5-11 205 26 4 Wake Forest

86 Jones, Dominique TE 6-3 270 27 4 Shepherd 32 Carter, Tony CB 5-9 175 29 7 Florida State

37 Doss, Lorenzo CB 5-11 187 21 R Tulane

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (14) 41 Furman, Josh S 6-1 210 23 R Oklahoma State

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College 25 Harris Jr., Chris CB 5-10 199 26 4 Kansas

75 Clark, Chris T 6-5 305 29 7 Southern Mississippi 34 Madison, Ross S 5-11 200 24 1 Toledo

62 Day, Dillon C 6-4 299 23 R Mississippi State 38 Marsh, Curtis CB 6-1 197 27 4 Utah State

60 Davis, Andre G 6-4 320 23 R Buffalo 39 Nixon, Taurean CB 5-10 187 24 R Tulane

73 Garcia, Max C/G 6-4 309 23 R Florida 29 Roby, Bradley CB 5-11 194 23 2 Ohio State

63 Garland, Ben G 6-5 308 27 2 Air Force 26 Stewart, Darian S 5-11 214 27 6 South Carolina

77 Gradkowski, Gino C/G 6-3 300 26 4 Delaware 21 Talib, Aqib CB 6-1 205 29 8 Kansas

68 Harris, Ryan T 6-5 302 30 8 Notre Dame 43 Ward, T.J. S 5-10 200 28 6 Oregon

61 Paradis, Matt C 6-3 300 25 1 Boise State 36 Webster, Kayvon CB 5-11 198 24 3 South Florida

66 Roberts, Kyle T 6-6 305 23 R Nevada74 Sambrailo, Ty T 6-5 315 23 R Colorado State SPECIALISTS (4)

79 Schofield, Michael T 6-6 301 24 2 Michigan No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College

64 Smith, Shelley G 6-4 310 28 6 Colorado State 1 Barth, Connor K 5-11 200 29 8 North Carolina

71 Sweeton, Charles T 6-5 291 22 R Tennessee-Martin 46 Brewer, Aaron LS 6-5 230 25 4 San Diego State

65 Vasquez, Louis G 6-5 335 28 7 Texas Tech 4 Colquitt, Britton P 6-3 205 30 7 Tennessee

8 McManus, Brandon K 6-3 201 24 2 Temple

2015 DENVER BRONCOS POSITION-BY-POSITION ROSTER

POSITION-BY-POSITION BREAKDOWN Position No. Position No. Quarterbacks 4 Defensive Linemen 11 Running Backs 6 Defensive Ends 6 Wide Receivers 12 Nose Tackles 5 Tight Ends 7 Linebackers 16 Offensive Linemen 14 Defensive Backs 16 Centers 3 Cornerbacks 9 Guards 5 Safeties 7 Tackles 6 Specialists 4

Updated: August 10, 2015No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College Hometown How Acq.

18 Peyton Manning QB 6-5 230 39 18 Tennessee New Orleans FA-'1290 Antonio Smith DE 6-3 290 33 12 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City FA-'1594 DeMarcus Ware OLB 6-4 258 33 11 Troy Auburn, Ala. UFA-'1481 Owen Daniels TE 6-3 245 32 10 Wisconsin Naperville, Ill. UFA-'15

1 Connor Barth K 5-11 200 29 8 North Carolina Wilmington, N.C. FA-'1412 Andre Caldwell WR 6-0 200 30 8 Florida Tampa, Fla. UFA-'1221 Aqib Talib CB 6-1 205 29 8 Kansas Richardson, Texas UFA-'1468 Ryan Harris T 6-5 302 30 8 Notre Dame Minneapolis, Minn. FA-'14

4 Britton Colquitt P 6-3 205 30 7 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. FA-'0930 David Bruton Jr. S 6-2 217 28 7 Notre Dame Miamisburg, Ohio D4a-'0932 Tony Carter CB 5-9 175 29 7 Florida State Jacksonville, Fla. FA-'1150 Reggie Walker ILB 6-0 244 28 7 Kansas State Sacramento, Calif. FA-'1565 Louis Vasquez G 6-5 335 28 7 Texas Tech Corsicana, Texas UFA-'1375 Chris Clark T 6-5 305 29 7 Southern Mississippi New Orleans W-'1080 James Casey TE/FB 6-3 240 30 7 Rice Azle, Texas FA-'1596 Vance Walker DE 6-2 305 28 7 Georgia Tech Fort Mill, S.C. FA-'1510 Emmanuel Sanders WR 5-11 180 28 6 Southern Methodist Bellville, Texas UFA-'1411 Jordan Norwood WR 5-11 180 28 6 Penn State State College, Pa. FA-'1426 Darian Stewart S 5-11 214 27 6 South Carolina Huntsville, Ala. UFA-'1543 T.J. Ward S 5-10 200 28 6 Oregon Concord, Calif. UFA-'1464 Shelley Smith G 6-4 310 28 6 Colorado State Avondale, Ariz. FA-'1588 Demaryius Thomas WR 6-3 229 27 6 Georgia Tech Montrose, Ga. D1a-'1058 Von Miller OLB 6-3 250 26 5 Texas A&M DeSoto, Texas D1-'11

69 Sione Fua NT 6-1 310 27 4 Stanford Encino, CA FA- '1576 Marvin Austin Jr. NT 6-2 312 26 5 North Carolina Washington D.C. FA-'1485 Virgil Green TE 6-5 255 27 5 Nevada Tulare, Calif. D7a-'1117 Brock Osweiler QB 6-8 240 24 4 Arizona State Kalispell, Mont. D2b-'12

20 Josh Bush S 5-11 205 26 4 Wake Forest Lexington, N.C. FA-'1423 Ronnie Hillman RB 5-10 195 23 4 San Diego State La Habra, Calif. D3-'1225 Chris Harris Jr. CB 5-10 199 26 4 Kansas Bixby, Okla. CFA-'1127 Jeremy Stewart RB 5-11 215 26 4 Stanford Baton Rouge, La. FA-'1431 Omar Bolden S 5-10 195 26 4 Arizona State Ontario, Calif. D4a-'1238 Curtis Marsh CB 6-1 197 27 4 Utah State West Hills, Calif. FA-'1546 Aaron Brewer LS 6-5 230 25 4 San Diego State Fullerton, Calif. CFA-'1253 Steven Johnson ILB 6-1 237 27 4 Kansas Wallingford, Pa. CFA-'1254 Brandon Marshall ILB 6-1 250 25 4 Nevada Las Vegas FA-'1359 Danny Trevathan ILB 6-1 240 25 4 Kentucky Leesburg, Fla. D6-'1277 Gino Gradkowski C 6-3 300 26 4 Delaware Pittsburgh T-'1586 Dominique Jones TE 6-3 270 27 4 Shepherd San Diego FA-'1495 Derek Wolfe DE 6-5 285 25 4 Cincinnati Lisbon, Ohio D2a-'1297 Malik Jackson DE 6-5 293 25 4 Tennessee Van Nuys, Calif. D5-'1222 C.J. Anderson RB 5-8 224 24 3 California Vallejo, Calif. CFA-'1328 Ball, Montee RB 5-10 215 24 3 Wisconsin Wentzville, Mo. D2-'1336 Kayvon Webster CB 5-11 198 24 3 South Florida Opa-locka, Fla. D3-'1355 Lerentee McCray OLB 6-3 249 24 3 Florida Ocala, Fla. CFA-'1392 Sylvester Williams NT 6-2 313 26 3 North Carolina Jefferson City, Mo. D1-'13

2 Zac Dysert QB 6-3 221 25 2 Miami-Ohio Ada, Ohio D7-'138 Brandon McManus K 6-3 201 24 2 Temple Lansdale, Pa. FA-'14

13 Nathan Palmer WR 5-11 198 26 2 Northern Illinois Elkhart, Ind. FA-'1414 Cody Latimer WR 6-2 215 22 2 Indiana Dayton, Ohio D2-'1419 Isaiah Burse WR 5-10 187 23 2 Fresno State Modesto, Calif. CFA-'1429 Bradley Roby CB 5-11 194 23 2 Ohio State Suwanee, Ga. D1-'1435 Kapri Bibbs RB 5-11 203 22 2 Colorado State Plainfield, Ill. CFA-'1440 Juwan Thompson RB 5-11 225 23 2 Duke Fairburn, Ga. CFA-'1448 Shaquil Barrett OLB 6-2 250 22 2 Colorado State Baltimore, Md. CFA-'1451 Todd Davis ILB 6-1 230 23 2 Sacramento State Lancaster, Calif. W-'1452 Corey Nelson ILB 6-1 226 23 2 Oklahoma Dallas D7-'1457 Lamin Barrow ILB 6-1 237 24 2 Louisiana State Marrero, La. D5-'1463 Ben Garland G 6-5 308 27 2 Air Force Grand Junction, Colo. CFA-'1079 Michael Schofield T 6-6 301 24 2 Michigan Orland Park, Ill. D3-'1484 Solomon Patton WR 5-9 177 24 2 Florida Mobile, Ala. W-'1589 Marcel Jensen TE 6-6 270 25 2 Fresno State Fairfield, Calif. W-'1591 Kenny Anunike DE 6-5 260 25 2 Duke Galena, Ohio CFA-'1499 Gerald Rivers OLB 6-2 250 25 2 Mississippi Cedar Grove, Ga. FA-'1416 Bennie Fowler WR 6-1 212 24 1 Michigan State Bloomfield, Mich. CFA-'1434 Ross Madison S 5-11 200 24 1 Toledo Leesburg, Va. FA-'1549 Chase Vaughn OLB 6-2 248 26 1 Colorado State-Puelbo Aurora, Colo. FA-'1561 Matt Paradis C 6-3 300 25 1 Boise State Council, Idaho D6-'14

6 Corbin Louks WR 6-0 200 115 1 Nevada Danville, Calif. FA-'153 Trevor Siemian QB 6-3 220 23 R Northwestern Windermere, Fla. D7a-'15

33 Tevrin Brandon CB 5-10 180 24 R Monmouth Bethlehem, Pa. FA-'1537 Lorenzo Doss CB 5-11 187 21 R Tulane New Orleans D5-'1539 Taurean Nixon CB 5-10 187 24 R Tulane Baton Rouge, La. D7b-'1541 Josh Furman S 6-1 210 23 R Oklahoma State Annapolis, Md. D7c-'1542 Joe Don Duncan TE/FB 6-4 270 24 R Dixie State Corona, Calif. CFA-'1545 Danny Mason OLB 6-3 235 24 R Texas A&M-Commerce Louisville, Ky. FA-'1547 Zaire Anderson ILB 5-11 220 22 R Nebraska Philadelphia CFA-'1556 Shane Ray OLB 6-3 245 22 R Missouri Shawnee Mission, Kan. D1-'1560 Andre Davis G 6-4 320 23 R Buffalo Cheektowaga, N.Y. CFA-'1562 Dillon Day C 6-4 299 23 R Mississippi State West Monroe, La. CFA-'1566 Kyle Roberts T 6-6 305 23 R Nevada Sparks, Nev. CFA-'1570 Josh Watson DE 6-4 290 25 R Clemson Wilmington, Del. CFA-'1572 Connor Rains T 6-7 309 23 R Wyoming Placerville, Calif. CFA-'1573 Max Garcia C/G 6-4 309 23 R Florida Norcross, Ga. D4-'1574 Ty Sambrailo T 6-5 315 23 R Colorado State Watsonville, Calif. D2-'1583 David Porter WR 6-0 197 22 R Texas Christian DeSoto, Texas CFA-'1587 Jordan Taylor WR 6-5 210 23 R Rice Sherman, Texas CFA-'1593 Chuka Ndulue NT 6-3 289 23 R Oklahoma Dallas CFA-'1598 Darius Kilgo NT 6-3 319 23 R Maryland Charlotte, N.C. D6-'1571 Charles Sweeton T 6-5 291 22 R Tennessee-Martin Lawrenceburg, Tenn. CFA-'15

2015 DENVER BRONCOS ROSTER BY EXPERIENCE

COACHING STAFFGary Kubiak - Head Coach; Rick Dennison - Offensive Coordinator; Wade Phillips - Defensive Coordinator; Joe DeCamillis - Special TeamsCoordinator; Clancy Barone - Offensive Line; Chris Beake - Defensive Assistant; Samson Brown - Assistant Secondary; Brian Callahan - OffensiveAssistant/QBs; Tony Coaxum - Assistant Special Teams; James Cregg - Assistant Offensive Line; Mike Eubanks - Assistant Strength; Reggie Herring - Linebackers; Greg Knapp - Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator; Bill Kollar - Defensive Line; Anthony Lomando - Assistant Strength &Conditioning; Dennis Love - Assistant Strength & Conditioning; Marc Lubick - Assistant Wide Receivers; Fred Pagac - Outside Linebackers; Brian

Updated: August 10, 2015No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College Round (Ovr.) Original Team (Yr.)

18 Peyton Manning QB 6-5 230 39 18 Tennessee 1 (1) Indianapolis (1998)58 Von Miller OLB 6-3 250 26 5 Texas A&M 1 (2) Denver (2011)94 DeMarcus Ware OLB 6-4 258 33 11 Troy 1 (11) Dallas (2005)21 Aqib Talib CB 6-1 205 29 8 Kansas 1 (20) Tampa Bay (2008)88 Demaryius Thomas WR 6-3 229 27 6 Georgia Tech 1 (22) Denver (2010)56 Shane Ray OLB 6-3 245 22 R Missouri 1 (23) Denver (2015)92 Sylvester Williams NT 6-2 313 26 3 North Carolina 1 (28) Denver (2013)29 Bradley Roby CB 5-11 194 23 2 Ohio State 1 (31) Denver (2014)95 Derek Wolfe DE 6-5 285 25 4 Cincinnati 2 (36) Denver (2012)43 T.J. Ward S 5-10 200 28 6 Oregon 2 (38) Cleveland (2010)76 Marvin Austin Jr. NT 6-2 312 26 5 North Carolina 2 (52) N.Y. Giants (2011)14 Cody Latimer WR 6-2 215 22 2 Indiana 2 (56) Denver (2014)17 Brock Osweiler QB 6-8 240 24 4 Arizona State 2 (57) Denver (2012)28 Ball, Montee RB 5-10 215 24 3 Wisconsin 2 (58) Denver (2013)74 Ty Sambrailo T 6-5 315 23 R Colorado State 2 (59) Denver (2015)23 Ronnie Hillman RB 5-10 195 23 4 San Diego State 3 (67) Denver (2012)68 Ryan Harris T 6-5 302 30 8 Notre Dame 3 (70) Denver (2007)65 Louis Vasquez G 6-5 335 28 7 Texas Tech 3 (78) San Diego (2009)10 Emmanuel Sanders WR 5-11 180 28 6 Southern Methodist 3 (82) Pittsburgh (2010)38 Curtis Marsh CB 6-1 197 27 4 Utah State 3 (90) Philadelphia (2011)36 Kayvon Webster CB 5-11 198 24 3 South Florida 3 (90) Denver (2013)82 Jeff Heuerman TE 6-5 255 22 R Ohio State 9 (92) Denver (2015)79 Michael Schofield T 6-6 301 24 2 Michigan 3 (95) Denver (2014)12 Andre Caldwell WR 6-0 200 30 8 Florida 3 (97) Cincinnati (2008)69 Sione Fua NT 6-1 310 27 5 Stanford 3 (97) Carolina (2011)81 Owen Daniels TE 6-3 245 32 10 Wisconsin 4 (98) Houston (2006)77 Gino Gradkowski C 6-3 300 26 4 Delaware 4 (98) Baltimore (2012)31 Omar Bolden S 5-10 195 26 4 Arizona State 4 (101) Denver (2012)30 David Bruton Jr. S 6-2 217 28 7 Notre Dame 4 (114) Denver (2009)73 Max Garcia C/G 6-4 309 23 R Florida 4 (133) Denver (2015)90 Antonio Smith DE 6-3 290 33 12 Oklahoma State 5 (135) Arizona (2004)97 Malik Jackson DE 6-5 293 25 4 Tennessee 5 (137) Denver (2012)54 Brandon Marshall ILB 6-1 250 25 4 Nevada 5 (142) Jacksonville (2012)80 James Casey TE/FB 6-3 240 30 7 Rice 5 (152) Houston (2009)57 Lamin Barrow ILB 6-1 237 24 2 Louisiana State 5 (156) Denver (2014)37 Lorenzo Doss CB 5-11 187 21 R Tulane 5 (164) Denver (2015)20 Josh Bush S 5-11 205 26 4 Wake Forest 6 (187) N.Y. Jets (2012)64 Shelley Smith G 6-4 310 28 6 Colorado State 6 (187) Houston (2010)59 Danny Trevathan ILB 6-1 240 25 4 Kentucky 6 (188) Denver (2012)98 Darius Kilgo NT 6-3 319 23 R Maryland 6 (203) Denver (2015)61 Matt Paradis C 6-3 300 25 1 Boise State 6 (207) Denver (2014)85 Virgil Green TE 6-5 255 27 5 Nevada 7 (204) Denver (2011)

2 Zac Dysert QB 6-3 221 25 2 Miami-Ohio 7 (234) Denver (2013)52 Corey Nelson ILB 6-1 226 23 2 Oklahoma 7 (242) Denver (2014)

3 Trevor Siemian QB 6-3 220 23 R Northwestern 7 (250) Denver (2015)39 Taurean Nixon CB 5-10 187 24 R Tulane 7 (251) Denver (2015)41 Josh Furman S 6-1 210 23 R Oklahoma State 7 (252) Denver (2015)22 C.J. Anderson RB 5-8 224 24 3 California CFA Denver (2013)47 Zaire Anderson ILB 5-11 220 22 R Nebraska CFA Denver (2015)91 Kenny Anunike DE 6-5 260 25 2 Duke CFA Denver (2014)48 Shaquil Barrett OLB 6-2 250 22 2 Colorado State CFA Denver (2014)

1 Connor Barth K 5-11 200 29 8 North Carolina CFA Kansas City (2009)35 Kapri Bibbs RB 5-11 203 22 2 Colorado State CFA Denver (2014)33 Tevrin Brandon CB 5-10 180 24 R Monmouth CFA Denver (2015)46 Aaron Brewer LS 6-5 230 25 4 San Diego State CFA Denver (2012)19 Isaiah Burse WR 5-10 187 23 2 Fresno State CFA Denver (2014)32 Tony Carter CB 5-9 175 29 7 Florida State CFA Denver (2009)75 Chris Clark T 6-5 305 29 7 Southern Mississippi CFA Minnesota (2008)

4 Britton Colquitt P 6-3 205 30 7 Tennessee CFA Denver (2009)60 Andre Davis G 6-4 320 23 R Buffalo CFA Denver (2015)51 Todd Davis ILB 6-1 230 23 2 Sacramento State CFA New Orleans (2014)62 Dillon Day C 6-4 299 23 R Mississippi State CFA Denver (2015)42 Joe Don Duncan TE/FB 6-4 270 24 R Dixie State CFA Denver (2015)16 Bennie Fowler WR 6-1 212 24 1 Michigan State CFA Denver (2014)63 Ben Garland G 6-5 308 27 2 Air Force CFA Denver (2010)25 Chris Harris Jr. CB 5-10 199 26 4 Kansas CFA Denver (2011)89 Marcel Jensen TE 6-6 270 25 2 Fresno State CFA Jacksonville (2014)53 Steven Johnson ILB 6-1 237 27 4 Kansas CFA Denver (2012)86 Dominique Jones TE 6-3 270 27 4 Shepherd CFA Indianapolis (2012)

6 Corbin Louks WR 6-0 200 26 1 Nevada CFA Seattle (2012)34 Ross Madison S 5-11 200 24 1 Toledo CFA Washington (2014)45 Danny Mason OLB 6-3 235 24 R Texas A&M-Commerce CFA Denver (2015)55 Lerentee McCray OLB 6-3 249 24 3 Florida CFA Denver (2013)

8 Brandon McManus K 6-3 201 24 2 Temple CFA Indianapolis (2013)11 Jordan Norwood WR 5-11 180 28 6 Penn State CFA Cleveland (2009)93 Chuka Ndulue NT 6-3 289 23 R Oklahoma CFA Denver (2015)13 Nathan Palmer WR 5-11 198 26 2 Northern Illinois CFA San Francisco (2012)84 Solomon Patton WR 5-9 177 24 2 Florida CFA Tampa Bay (2014)83 David Porter WR 6-0 197 22 R Texas Christian CFA Denver (2015)72 Connor Rains T 6-7 309 23 R Wyoming CFA Denver (2015)99 Gerald Rivers OLB 6-2 250 25 2 Mississippi CFA St. Louis (2013)66 Kyle Roberts T 6-6 305 23 R Nevada CFA Denver (2015)

9 Karl Schmitz P 6-4 210 28 R Jacksonville CFA Denver (2015)26 Darian Stewart S 5-11 214 27 6 South Carolina CFA St. Louis (2010)27 Jeremy Stewart RB 5-11 215 26 4 Stanford CFA Philadelphia (2012)71 Charles Sweeton T 6-5 291 22 R Tennessee-Martin CFA Kansas City (2015)87 Jordan Taylor WR 6-5 210 23 R Rice CFA Denver (2015)40 Juwan Thompson RB 5-11 225 23 2 Duke CFA Denver (2014)49 Chase Vaughn OLB 6-2 248 26 1 Colorado State-Puelbo CFA Denver (2014)50 Reggie Walker ILB 6-0 244 28 7 Kansas State CFA Arizona (2009)96 Vance Walker DE 6-2 305 28 7 Georgia Tech CFA Atlanta (2009)70 Josh Watson DE 6-4 290 25 R Clemson CFA Denver (2015)

2015 DENVER BRONCOS ROSTER BY dRAFT POS.

Updated: August 10, 2015OFFENSE

WR 88 Demaryius Thomas 12 Andre Caldwell 13 Nathan Palmer 16 Bennie Fowler6 Corbin Louks83 David Porter

LT 74 Ty Sambrailo 75 Chris Clark 66 Kyle RobertsLG 73 Max Garcia 63 Ben Garland 62 Dillon Day or 60 Andre DavisC 61 Matt Paradis 77 Gino Gradkowski 62 Dillon DayRG 65 Louis Vasquez 64 Shelley Smith 60 Andre DavisRT 68 Ryan Harris 79 Michael Schofield 71 Charles SweetonTE 81 Owen Daniels 85 Virgil Green 86 Dominique Jones 89 Marcel Jensen

82 [Jeff Heuerman]WR 10 Emmanuel Sanders 14 Cody Latimer 11 Jordan Norwood 19 Isaiah Burse

87 Jordan Taylor84 Solomon Patton

RB 22 C.J. Anderson 28 Montee Ball 23 Ronnie Hillman 40 Juwan Thompson27 Jeremy Stewart35 Kapri Bibbs

QB 18 Peyton Manning 17 Brock Osweiler 2 Zac Dysert 3 Trevor SiemianFB 80 James Casey 42 Joe Don Duncan

DEFENSE

DE 95 Derek Wolfe 96 Vance Walker 93 Chuka Ndulue 70 Josh WatsonNT 92 Sylvester Williams 98 Darius Kilgo 69 Sione Fua 76 Marvin Austin Jr.DE 97 Malik Jackson 90 Antonio Smith 91 Kenny AnunikeSLB 58 Von Miller 55 Lerentee McCray 48 Shaquil Barrett 45 Danny MasonWLB 94 DeMarcus Ware 56 Shane Ray 99 Gerald Rivers 49 Chase VaughnILB 54 Brandon Marshall 51 Todd Davis 57 Lamin Barrow 47 Zaire AndersonILB 59 Danny Trevathan 53 Steven Johnson 52 Corey Nelson 50 Reggie WalkerLCB 21 Aqib Talib 36 Kayvon Webster 32 Tony Carter 33 Tevrin Brandon

39 Taurean NixonRCB 25 Chris Harris Jr. 29 Bradley Roby 38 Curtis Marsh 37 Lorenzo DossSS 43 T.J. Ward 30 David Bruton Jr. 20 Josh Bush 41 Josh FurmanFS 26 Darian Stewart 31 Omar Bolden 34 Ross Madison

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK 1 Connor BarthKO 8 Brandon McManusP 4 Britton ColquittH 4 Britton ColquittLS 46 Aaron BrewerPR 31 Omar Bolden 84 Solomon Patton 19 Isaiah Burse 11 Jordan Norwood

6 Corbin Louks87 Jordan Taylor

KR 31 Omar Bolden 12 Andre Caldwell 84 Solomon Patton 11 Jordan Norwood19 Isaiah Burse6 Corbin Louks

Kenny Anunike (AN-uh-nick-ee) Taurean Nixon (TORE-ee-an)Montee Ball (MON-tay) Chuka Ndulue (CHOO-kuh en-DOO-loo-ay)Lamin Barrow (la-MEAN) Brock Osweiler (OSS-why-lur) Kapri Bibbs (kuh-PREE) Matt Paradis (PARE-uh-diss) David Bruton (BRUTE-in) Michael Schofield (SKO-field) ) Ryan Clady (CLAY-dee) Ty Sambrailo (sam-BRYE-lo)Zac Dysert (DYE-sert) Trevor Siemian (sim-EE-in)Sione Fua (See-OH-nay FOO-uh) Aqib Talib (UH-keeb TUH-leeb) Jeff Heuerman (HIGHER-man) Demaryius Thomas (duh-MARE-ee-us) Malik Jackson (muh-LEEK) Danny Trevathan (trev-AY-than) Corbin Louks (LAUKS) Louis Vasquez (Lewis vas-KEZ)

2015 DENVER BRONCOS DEPTH CHART

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Rookies Underlined

DENVER BRONCOS 2014-15 TRANSACTIONS — by date/by player (Updated August 10, 2015)

BY DATE

7/22/14 Released TE Joel Dreessen (failed physical)

Designated S Eric Hagg as reserve/retired

7/23/14 Signed K Mitch Ewald (CFA)

7/28/14 Waived T Aslam Sterling (left squad)

7/30/14 Signed DT Cody Larsen

Signed DT Will Pericak

8/5/14 Signed DE Brian Sanford

Waived DE Hall Davis (left squad)

8/20/14 Waived/injured DE Greg Latta

8/25/14 Terminated/injured LB Jamar Chaney

Released T Winston Justice

Placed WR Jordan Norwood on injured reserve

Waived/injured DE Chase Vaughn

Waived RB Brennan Clay

Waived WR Greg Hardin

Waived LB Jerrell Harris

Waived DT Cody Larsen

Waived S Charles Mitchell

Waived DT Will Pericak

Waived QB Bryn Renner

Waived RB Jerodis Williams

Waived WR Greg Wilson

8/26/14 Acquired K Brandon McManus via trade from

N.Y. Giants

Waived K Mitch Ewald

8/30/14 Released DT Sione Fua

Released TE Jameson Konz

Released TE Cameron Morrah

Released CB Jerome Murphy

Released DL Brian Sanford

Released DT Kevin Vickerson

Waived LB Shaquil Barrett

Waived RB Kapri Bibbs

Waived S John Boyett

Waived QB Zac Dysert

Waived LB L.J. Fort

Waived WR Bennie Fowler

Waived S Duke Ihenacho

Waived G Ryan Miller

Waived G Vinston Painter

Waived WR Nathan Palmer

Waived C Matt Paradis

TE Gerell Robinson

Waived CB Jordan Sullen

Waived CB Louis Young

Placed DE Kenny Anunike on injured reserve

8/31/14 Signed LB Shaqil Barrett to practice squad

Signed RB Kapri Bibbs to practice squad

Signed S John Boyett to practice squad

Signed QB Zac Dysert to practice squad

Signed WR Bennie Fowler to practice squad

Signed G Vinston Painter to practice squad

Signed WR Nathan Palmer to practice squad

Signed C Matt Paradis to practice squad

Signed TE Gerell Robinson to practice squad

9/1/14 Signed DE Zach Thompson to practice squad

9/2/14 Signed LS Kevin McDermott to practice squad

9/3/14 Signed WR Nathan Palmer to active roster

Signed G Ryan Miller to practice squad

9/8/14 Released LS Kevin McDermott

9/9/14 Signed TE Dominique Jones to practice squad

Waived WR Nathan Palmer

9/11/14 Signed WR Nathan Palmer to practice squad

9/29/14 Waived DE Chase Vaughn from injured reserve

10/3/14 Released K Matt Prater

10/7/14 Released G Ryan Miller

10/8/14 Signed RB Jeremy Stewart to practice squad

10/14/14 Placed LB Danny Trevathan on injured reserve-

designated for return

10/15/14 Signed LB Shaquil Barrett to active roster

Signed DE Gerald Rivers to practice squad

10/20/14 Signed RB Kapri Bibbs to practice squad

Waived LB Shaquil Barrett

10/22/14 Signed LB Shaquil Barrett to practice squad

10/29/14 Signed WR Douglas McNeil to practice squad Waived DE Greg Latta from injured reserve

11/13/14 Claimed LB Todd Davis off waivers (N.O.)

Placed LB Nate Irving on injured reserve

11/18/14 Signed T Mark Asper to practice squad

Signed S Josh Bush to practice squad

Released WR Douglas McNeil

Released DE Zach Thompson

11/22/14 Signed RB Jeremy Stewart to active roster

Waived RB Kapri Bibbs

11/25/14 Signed K Connor Barth

Waived K Brandon McManus

11/26/14 Signed RB Kapri Bibbs to practice squad

12/4/14 Signed K Brandon McManus to practice squad

Released DE Gerald Rivers

12/6/14 Signed K Brandon McManus

Waived WR Isaiah Burse

12/8/14 Signed WR Isaiah Burse to practice squad

Released T Mark Asper

12/10/14 Signed DE Gerald Rivers to practice squad

12/13/14 Signed TE Dominique Jones to active roster

Placed RB Montee Ball on injured reserve

Placed S Quinton Carter on injured reserve

12/16/14 Placed LB Danny Trevathan on injured reserve

Waived TE Dominique Jones

12/17/14 Signed S Josh Bush to active roster

Signed G Jon Halapio to practice squad

12/18/14 Signed TE Dominique Jones

Signed T DeMarcus Love to practice squad

12/29/14 Signed WR Jeremy Kelley to future contract

Signed CB Curtis Marsh to future contract

Signed DE Chase Vaughn to future contract

Signed WR Kyle Williams to future contract

1/5/15 Signed LB Danny Mason (CFA)

1/10/15 Signed LB Shaquil Barrett to active roster

Placed DE Quanterus Smith on injured reserve

1/12/15 Signed RB Kapri Bibbs to future contract

Signed WR Isaiah Burse to future contract

Signed WR Bennie Fowler to future contract

Signed WR Nathan Palmer to future contract

Signed C Matt Paradis to future contract

Signed DE Gerald Rivers to future contract

1/13/15 Signed G Jon Halapio to future contract

1/14/15 Signed S Ross Madison to future contract

1/15/15 Signed WR Kerry Taylor to future contract

1/21/15 Signed QB Zac Dysert to future contract

1/29/15 Signed CB Tevrin Brandon (CFA)

3/10/15 Signed TE/FB Joe Don Duncan (CFA)

3/11/15 Signed TE Owen Daniels

3/12/15 Signed P/PK Karl Schmitz (CFA)

Signed DE Vance Walker

3/14/15 Signed G Shelley Smith

3/18/15 Signed S Darian Stewart

3/27/15 Signed ILB Reggie Walker

4/2/15 Acquired C/G Gino Gradkowski via trade

(Baltimore)

4/6/15 Signed DE Antonio Smith

4/13/15 Signed TE/FB James Casey

4/23/15 Waived WR Kerry Taylor

4/28/15 Waived OLB Quanterus Smith

5/4/15 Waived T Paul Cornick and WR Jeremy Kelley

5/5/15 Signed ILB Zaire Anderson (CFA)

Signed C Dillon Day (CFA)

Signed WR Matt Miller (CFA)

Signed NT Chuka Ndulue (CFA)

Signed T Connor Rains (CFA)

Signed T Kyle Roberts (CFA)

Signed WR Jordan Taylor (CFA)

Signed DE Josh Watson (CFA)

5/11/15 Waived G Jon Halapio

Waived WR Matt Miller

5/12/15 Claimed TE Marcel Jensen off waivers (Jac.)

Claimed WR Solomon Patton off waivers (T.B.)

Signed G Andre Davis (CFA)

Signed WR David Porter (CFA)

5/13/15 Signed G Max Garcia (draft choice)

Signed NT Darius Kilgo (draft choice)

5/14/15 Signed CB Lorenzo Doss (draft choice)

5/15/15 Signed T Ty Sambrailo (draft choice)

Signed CB Taurean Nixon (draft choice)

Signed S Josh Furman (draft choice)

Signed QB Trevor Siemian (draft choice)

5/29/15 Signed T Ryan Harris

Placed T Ryan Clady on injured reserve

6/1/15 Signed OLB Shane Ray (draft choice)

6/4/15 Signed TE Jeff Heuerman (draft choice)

6/17/15 Waived G John Moffitt from reserve/retired list

8/2/15 Signed T Charles Sweeton

8/3/15 Signed WR Corbin Louks

Waived/Injured T Connor Rains

8/4/15 Placed T Connor Rains on injured reserve

8/6/15 Signed Sione Fua

Waived P Karl Schmitz

Waived T Connor Rains from injured reserve

BY PLAYER

ANDERSON, Zaire — ILB

5/5/15 Signed

ANUNIKE, Kenny — DE

8/30/14 Placed on injured reserve

ASPER, Mark — T

11/18/14 Signed to practice squad

12/8/14 Released

BALL, Montee — RB


BARRETT, Shaquil — OLB

8/30/14 Waived


10/15/14 Signed to active roster

10/20/14 Waived



BARTH, Connor — K

11/25/14 Signed

BIBBS, Kapri — RB

8/30/14 Waived



11/22/14 Waived


1/12/15 Signed to future contract

BOYETT, John — S

8/30/14 Waived


BRANDON, Tevrin — CB

1/21/15 Signed to future contract (CFA)

BURSE, Isaiah — WR

12/6/14 Waived



BUSH, Josh — S



CARTER, Quinton — S


CASEY, James — TE/FB

4/13/15 Signed

CHANEY, Jamar — LB

8/25/14 Terminated/injured

CLADY, Ryan — T


CORNICK, Paul — T

5/4/15 Waived

DANIELS, Owen — TE

3/11/15 Signed

DAVIS, Andre — G

5/12/15 Signed

DAVIS, Gerald — DE


DAVIS, Hall — DE

8/5/14 Waived (left squad)

DAVIS, Todd — LB

11/13/14 Claimed off waivers (N.O.)

DAY, Dillon — C

5/5/15 Signed

DOSS, Lorenzo — CB

5/14/15 Signed (draft choice)

DREESSEN, Joel — TE

7/22/14 Released (failed physical)

DUNCAN, Joe Don — TE/FB

3/10/15 Signed (CFA)

DYSERT, Zac — QB

8/30/14 Waived



EWALD, Mitch — K

7/23/14 Signed

8/26/14 Waived

FORT, L.J. — LB

8/30/14 Waived

FOWLER, Bennie — WR 8/30/14 Waived



FUA, Sione — DT

8/30/14 Released

8/6/15 Signed

FURMAN, Josh — CB


GARCIA, Max — G


GRADKOWSKI, Gino — C/G

4/2/15 Acquired via trade (Baltimore)

HAGG, Eric — S

7/22/14 Designated as reserve/retired

HALAPIO, Jon — G



5/11/15 Waived

HARDIN, Greg — WR

8/25/14 Waived

HARRIS, Jerrell — LB

8/25/14 Waived

HARRIS, Ryan — T

5/29/15 Signed

HEUERMAN, Jeff — TE


IHENACHO, Duke — S

8/30/14 Waived

IRVING, Nate — LB


JENSEN, Marcel — TE

5/12/15 Claimed off waivers (Jac.)

JONES, Dominique — TE



12/16/14 Waived

12/18/14 Signed

JUSTICE, Winston — T

8/25/14 Released

KELLEY, Jeremy — WR


5/4/15 Waived

KILGO, Darius — NT


KONZ, Jameson — TE

8/30/14 Released

LARSEN, Cody — DT

7/30/14 Signed

8/25/14 Waived

LATTA, Greg — DE

8/20/14 Waived/injured


10/29/14 Waived from injured reserve

LOUKS, Corbin — WR

8/3/15 Signed

LOVE, DeMarcus — T


MADISON, Ross — S


MARSH, Curtis — CB


MASON, Danny — LB

1/5/15 Signed to a future contract

McDERMOTT, Kevin — LS


9/8/14 Released

McMANUS, Brandon — K

8/26/14 Acquired via trade from N.Y. Giants

11/25/14 Waived



McNEIL, Douglas — WR


11/18/14 Released

MILLER, Matt — WR

5/5/15 Signed

5/11/15 Waived

MILLER, Ryan — OL

8/30/14 Waived


10/7/14 Released

MITCHELL, Charles — S

8/25/14 Waived

MOFFITT, John — G

8/30/14 Waived from reserve/retired list

MORRAH, Cameron — TE

8/30/14 Released

MURPHY, Jerome — CB

8/30/14 Released

NDULUE, Chuka — NT

5/5/15 Signed

NIXON, Taurean — CB


NORWOOD, Jordan — WR


PAINTER, Vinston — T

8/30/14 Waived


PALMER, Nathan — WR

8/30/14 Waived



9/9/14 Waived



PARADIS, Matt — C

8/30/14 Waived



PATTON, Solomon — WR

5/12/15 Claimed off waivers (T.B.)

PERICAK, Will — DT

7/30/14 Signed

8/25/14 Waived

PORTER, David — WR

5/12/15 Signed

PRATER, Matt — K

10/3/14 Released

RAINS, Connor — T

5/5/15 Signed



8/6/15 Waived from injured/reserve

RAY, Shane — OLB


RENNER, Bryn — QB

8/25/14 Waived

RIVERS, Gerald — OLB


12/4/14 Released



ROBERTS, Kyle — T

5/5/15 Signed

ROBINSON, Gerell — TE

8/30/14 Waived


SAMBRAILO, Ty — T


SANFORD, Brian — DE

8/5/14 Signed

8/30/14 Released

SCHMITZ, Karl — P/PK

3/12/15 Signed (CFA)

8/6/15 Waived

SMITH, Antonio — DE

4/6/15 Signed

SMITH, Quanterus — DE


4/28/15 Waived

SMITH, Shelley — G

3/14/15 Signed

SIEMIAN, Trevor — QB


STERLING, Aslam — T

7/28/14 Waived (left squad)

STEWART, Darian — S

3/18/15 Signed

STEWART, Jeremy — RB



SULLEN, Jordan — CB

8/30/14 Waived

SWEETON, Charles — T

8/2/15 Signed

TAYLOR, Jordan — T

5/5/15 Signed

TAYLOR, Kerry — WR


4/23/15 Waived

THOMPSON, Zach — DE


11/18/14 Released

TREVATHAN, Danny — ILB

10/14/14 Placed on IR-designated for return


VAUGHN, Chase — OLB


9/29/14 Waived from injured reserve


VICKERSON, Kevin — DT

8/30/14 Released

WALKER, Reggie — ILB

3/27/15 Signed

WALKER, Vance — DE

3/12/15 Signed

WATSON, Josh — DE

5/5/15 Signed

WILLIAMS, Jerodis — RB

8/25/14 Waived

WILLIAMS, Kyle — WR


WILSON, Greg — WR

8/25/14 Waived

YOUNG, Louis — CB

8/30/14 Waived

Denver Broncos Denver Broncos

FUA AT A GLANCE:• A fifth-year nose tackle who appeared in 40 games (12 starts) with Carolina (2011-13), Denver (2013) and Cleveland (2014) during his first four NFL seasons.• Competed in 11 games for the Browns in 2014 after spending training camp with the Broncos, finishing the year with 12 tackles (6 solo).• Played five games in 2013, participating in three contests for Carolina before playing two games for Denver after joining the club on Nov. 27. • Saw action in a career-high 13 games (1 start) for the Panthers in 2012 and recorded 17 defensive stops to go along with one forced fumble.• Started 11 games as a rookie for Carolina before a hamstring injury ended his season.• Totaled 80 career tackles, including 16 for a loss, with nine sacks in 50 games (31 starts) at Stanford University.• Earned second-team All-Pacific-10 Conference honors as a senior team captain for the Cardinal.• Joined the Broncos as a free agent on Aug. 6, 2015.• Selected by Carolina in the third round (97th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Carolina as a draft choice 7/29/11; Waived by Carolina 8/31/13; Signed by Carolina 9/11/13; Waived by Carolina 11/12/13; Signed by Denver 11/27/13; Released by Denver 8/30/14; Signed by Cleveland 10/14/14; Signed by Denver 8/6/14.

2014: Fua saw action in 11 games for Cleveland after competing with the Broncos in all four preseason games and training camp... Posted 12 tackles (6 solo) on the season after joining the Browns before the start of Week 7.

2013: Fua appeared in a combined five games with Carolina and Denver and totaled one defensive stop... Waived by Carolina after the preseason before being signed back by the club on Sept. 11... Saw action in three games, was inactive for four contests and did not play in another for the Panthers before being waived on Nov. 12... Signed by the Broncos on Nov. 27 and played two games for the club, making one tackle... Inactive in Denver’s final two regular-season games and all three playoff contests.

2012: Fua played a career-high 13 games (1 start) with Carolina, totaling 17 tackles (8 solo) and one forced fumble.

2011: Selected by Carolina in the third round (97th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft, Fua started 11 games as a rookie and totaled 15 tackles (11 solo) before suffering a season-ending hamstring injury... Made a career-best six tackles vs. N.O. (10/9).

COLLEGE: Fua totaled 80 tackles, nine sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and two pass breakups in 50 career games (31 starts) at Stanford University... Earned second-team all-conference honors as a senior captain in 2010 after tying for third on the team with 4.5 sacks... Named an honorable mention All-Pac-10 Conference selection as a junior.

PERSONAL: Fua attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, Calif.... Full name is pronounced see-OH-nay FOO-ah... Sione Fua was born on June 15, 1988 in Encino, Calif.

fua’s REGULAR SEASON Record

Year Club G S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR TD-Int. TD-FR S Pts.2011 Carolina 11 11 11 4 15 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02012 Carolina 13 1 8 9 17 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 02013 Car./Den. 5 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02014 Cleveland 11 0 6 6 12 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0CAREER TOTALS 40 12 25 20 45 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0ADDITIONAL STATISTICS: Returned a kickoff 9 yards vs. Tampa Bay (11/18/12).

fua’s single-game highs

(Postseason in parentheses)Tackles — 6 vs. New Orleans, 10/9/11 (none). Forced fumbles — 1 at Philadelphia 11/26/12 (none).

sione Fua

6-1 • 310 • 5th Yr. • Stanford

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Corbin Louks is a first-year wide receiver who spent time competing on practice squads with Kansas City (2014) and Seattle (2012), in addition to playing the 2013 season in the Arena Football League for the San Jose Sabercats... Played in the Fall Experimental Football League for the Boston Brawlers in 2014... Began his collegiate career as a quarterback at Utah (2007-08) before transferring to Nevada and playing safety and wide receiver... Appeared in 21 games for Nevada, competing at safety his junior year and catching 26 passes for 303 yards (11.6 avg.) with one touchdown his senior campaign... Saw action in 19 games at quarterback for the Utes, carrying the ball 60 times for 380 yards (6.4 avg.) with four touchdowns... Completed 5-of-8 passes for 41 yards with two touchdowns as a true freshman and 4-of-7 passes for 104 yards as a sophomore... Redshirted the 2009 season due to NCAA transfer rules... Attended San Ramon Valley High School in Danville, Calif., and earned First Team All-East Bay Athletic League, San Francisco Chronicle’s Regional Player of the Year and North Coast Section Offensive Player of the Year as a quarterback... Entered the NFL with the Seahawks as a practice squad signee in 2012... Joined the Broncos as a free agent on Aug. 3, 2015... Corbin Louks was born on April 10, 1989, in Danville, Calif.

Charles Sweeton is a rookie tackle from the University of Tennessee at Martin who joined the Broncos as a college free agent on Aug. 3, 2015... Entered the NFL with Kansas City on May 11, 2015, before being waived on May 19, 2015... Started 45-of-46 games at UT-Martin, earning first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors as a senior and second-team all-conference honors as a junior... Attended Lawrence County High School in his hometown of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., where he was named to the Tennessee Football Coaches Association all-state team... Received second-team all-midstate honors and was named the District 8 Class 3A Most Valuable Offensive Lineman... Majored in education... Joined the Broncos as a free agent on Aug. 2, 2015... Charles Sweeton was born on Sept. 11, 1992.

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DENVER BRONCOS / WEEK 17 / THROUGH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2014 WON 12, LOST 4 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/07 W 31-24 Indianapolis 76,939 Anderson 179 849 4.7 27 8 09/14 W 24-17 Kansas City 76,900 Hillman 106 434 4.1 37t 3 09/21 L 20-26 OT at Seattle 68,447 J. Thompson 54 272 5.0 47 3 10/05 W 41-20 Arizona 76,895 Ball 55 172 3.1 23 1 10/12 W 31-17 at New York Jets 78,160 Sanders 8 44 5.5 13 0 10/19 W 42-17 San Francisco 77,047 Stewart 6 22 3.7 16 0 10/23 W 35-21 San Diego 76,907 Bruton 1 13 13.0 13 0 11/02 L 21-43 at New England 68,756 Green 2 3 1.5 3 0 11/09 W 41-17 at Oakland 54,803 Osweiler 8 0 0.0 4 0 11/16 L 7-22 at St. Louis 59,401 Manning 24 -24 -1.0 4 0 11/23 W 39-36 Miami 76,987 TEAM 443 1785 4.0 47 15 11/30 W 29-16 at Kansas City 76,894 OPPONENTS 349 1276 3.7 85t 9 12/07 W 24-17 Buffalo 76,913 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/14 W 22-10 at San Diego 68,682 D. Thomas 111 1619 14.6 86t 11 12/22 L 28-37 at Cincinnati 66,107 Sanders 101 1404 13.9 48 9 12/28 W 47-14 Oakland 76,929 Welker 49 464 9.5 39t 2 Denv. Opp. J. Thomas 43 489 11.4 35t 12 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 360 311 Anderson 34 324 9.5 51t 2 Rushing 98 60 Hillman 21 139 6.6 16 1 Passing 227 219 Tamme 14 109 7.8 26t 2 Penalty 35 32 Ball 9 62 6.9 16 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 94/213 81/222 Green 6 74 12.3 38 1 3rd Down Pct. 44.1 36.5 Caldwell 5 47 9.4 15 0 4th Down: Made/Att 6/13 10/17 J. Thompson 4 25 6.3 14 0 4th Down Pct. 46.2 58.8 Latimer 2 23 11.5 14 0 POSSESSION AVG. 30:35 29:25 TEAM 399 4779 12.0 86t 40 TOTAL NET YARDS 6446 4883 OPPONENTS 399 3859 9.7 81t 29 Avg. Per Game 402.9 305.2 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Total Plays 1067 1032 Talib 4 62 15.5 33t 2 Avg. Per Play 6.0 4.7 Moore 4 36 9.0 19 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 1785 1276 Harris 3 52 17.3 38 0 Avg. Per Game 111.6 79.8 Ward 2 55 27.5 37 0 Total Rushes 443 349 Roby 2 0 0.0 0 0 NET YARDS PASSING 4661 3607 Bush LG 1 5 5.0 5 0 Avg. Per Game 291.3 225.4 Bush TM 1 5 5.0 5 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 17/118 41/252 Ware 1 3 3.0 3 0 Gross Yards 4779 3859 Marshall 1 0 0.0 0 0 Att./Completions 607/399 642/399 TEAM 18 213 11.8 38 2 Completion Pct. 65.7 62.1 OPPONENTS 15 228 15.2 52 1 Had Intercepted 15 18 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B PUNTS/AVERAGE 69/44.2 88/45.9 Colquitt 69 3048 44.2 37.6 4 25 65 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 69/37.6 88/40.9 TEAM 69 3048 44.2 37.6 4 25 65 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 120/1045 103/816 OPPONENTS 88 4035 45.9 40.9 7 23 71 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 16/5 21/7 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD TOUCHDOWNS 58 41 Burse 29 24 211 7.3 22 0 Rushing 15 9 Welker 11 3 74 6.7 19 0 Passing 40 29 Sanders 1 1 11 11.0 11 0 Returns 3 3 TEAM 41 28 296 7.2 22 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS OPPONENTS 33 19 371 11.2 84t 1 TEAM 91 151 131 109 0 482 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD OPPONENTS 56 126 57 109 6 354 Bolden 13 429 33.0 77 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Caldwell 12 278 23.2 54 0 J. Thomas 12 0 12 0 0 72 Sanders 3 54 18.0 22 0 McManus 0 0 0 0 41/41 9/13 0 68 Latimer 2 22 11.0 14 0 D. Thomas 11 0 11 0 0 68 Austin 1 12 12.0 12 0 Anderson 10 8 2 0 0 60 Burse 1 7 7.0 7 0 Barth 0 0 0 0 15/15 15/16 0 60 TEAM 32 802 25.1 77 0 Sanders 9 0 9 0 0 56 OPPONENTS 35 905 25.9 80 0 Hillman 4 3 1 0 0 24 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ J. Thompson 3 3 0 0 0 18 Barth 2/ 2 4/ 4 5/ 5 3/ 4 1/1 Talib 2 0 0 2 0 12 McManus 0/ 0 5/ 5 2/ 3 2/ 3 0/2 Tamme 2 0 2 0 0 12 TEAM 2/ 2 9/ 9 7/ 8 5/ 7 1/3 Welker 2 0 2 0 0 12 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 8/ 8 6/ 8 7/ 9 2/3 Ball 1 1 0 0 0 6 Barth: ()()()()()()()()()()()(22G,24G,30G,33G, T. Carter 1 0 0 1 0 6 37G)(50G)(19G,26G,19G,49G,44G)(49N)(49G,36G,35G, Green 1 0 1 0 0 6 21G) Irving 0 0 0 0 1 2 McManus: (21G)(20G)(24G)(44G,53N,41G)(37G)() TEAM 58 15 40 3 56/56 24/29 1 482 (53N)(41N)(20G,28G)()(38G,33N)()()()()() OPPONENTS 41 9 29 3 37/37 23/28 0 354 OPP: (25G)(45G,37N)(20G,46B,28G)(33G,48G)(30G) 2-Pt Conv: Sanders, D. Thomas, TM 2-2, (51N,22G)()(49G,29G,45G)(41G)(37G,29G,22G,55G, OPP 1-3 53G)()(39G)(44G)(46B,30G,37N)(37G,49G,23G)() SACKS: V. Miller 14, Ware 10, Jackson 3, Knighton 2, Marshall 2, Ward 2, Wolfe 1.5, Q. Carter 1, Harris 1, Irving 1, McCray 1, Roby 1, Talib 1, Johnson 0.5, TM 41, OPP 17 FUM/LOST: Manning 5/2, Burse 3/1, Anderson 1/0, Ball 1/1, Colquitt 1/0, Hillman 1/0, Sanders 1/0, Tamme 1/1, J. Thomas 1/0, J. Thompson 1/0 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Manning 597 395 4727 66.2 7.92 39 6.5 15 2.5 86t 17/ 118 101.5 Osweiler 10 4 52 40.0 5.20 1 10.0 0 0.0 38 0/ 0 90.4 TEAM 607 399 4779 65.7 7.87 40 6.6 15 2.5 86t 17/ 118 101.3 OPPONENTS 642 399 3859 62.1 6.01 29 4.5 18 2.8 81t 41/ 252 82.3

PLAYER TT UT AT Sk. Yds. Int. Yds. TFL QBH PD FF FR1 Brandon Marshall 110 88 22 2 17 1 0 11 2 9 1 02 T.J. Ward 74 60 14 2 23 2 55 6 5 6 0 03 Bradley Roby 64 62 2 1 3 2 0 5 1 13 2 14 Aqib Talib 63 54 9 1 8 4 62 2 1 17 1 05 Von Miller 60 43 17 14 82.5 0 0 16 28 2 1 16 Chris Harris 55 51 4 1 2 3 52 6 1 18 1 17 Rahim Moore 50 44 6 0 0 4 36 0 0 5 2 18 Nate Irving 44 25 19 1 8 0 0 6 2 0 0 09 Malik Jackson 42 33 9 3 20 0 0 8 12 4 1 0

10 DeMarcus Ware 41 34 7 10 56.5 1 3 15 20 1 2 011 Derek Wolfe 35 24 11 1.5 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 012 Terrance Knighton 30 18 12 2 13.5 0 0 4 6 3 0 013 Steven Johnson 22 13 9 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 2 0 0 014 Sylvester Williams 21 17 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0

David Bruton 21 16 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 016 Kayvon Webster 19 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 017 Quinton Carter 17 13 4 1 6 0 0 1 1 1 1 0

Todd Davis 17 9 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 019 Corey Nelson 13 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 020 Marvin Austin 12 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 021 Danny Trevathan 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Quanterus Smith 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 023 Omar Bolden 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 024 Lerentee McCray 6 4 2 1 11 0 0 0 1 1 1 025 Tony Carter 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 126 Mitch Unrein 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lamin Barrow 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 028 Josh Bush 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 0

TEAM 852 670 182 41 252 18 213 88 91 94 15 5

PLAYER TT UT AT FF FR BK BP TD1 Omar Bolden 12 9 3 0 1 0 0 02 Steven Johnson 10 8 2 0 1 0 0 03 Lamin Barrow 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 04 Andre Caldwell 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0

Virgil Green 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 06 Kayvon Webster 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Quinton Carter 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0David Bruton 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0Corey Nelson 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0

10 Jacob Tamme 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Aaron Brewer 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

12 Brandon Marshall 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Todd Davis 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Josh Bush 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Jeremy Stewart 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Nate Irving 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

17 Bradley Roby 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0Britton Colquitt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

19 Derek Wolfe 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Terrance Knighton 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Isaiah Burse 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0TEAM 74 60 14 0 4 2 0 0

MIS. TACKLES: Ramirez 3, J. Thomas 3, Manning 2, D. Thomas 2, Anderson 1, TWO-POINT CONVERSION STOPS: NoneClady 1, Hillman 1, Sanders 1, Tamme 1, Welker 1 DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS: Talib (22-yd. INT return at NYJ, 10/12),MIS. FUMBLE RECOVERIES: Welker 3, Caldwell 2, Clady 1, Talib (33-yd. INT return at Cin., 12/22), T. Carter (20-yd. FUM return vs. Oak., 12/28)Colquitt1, Manning 1, Tamme 1 BLOCKED PUNTS: NoneMIS. FORCED FUMBLES: None BLOCKED KICKS: Knighton (BFG at Sea., 9/21), Wolfe (BFG at S.D., 12/14)

DENVER BRONCOS FINAL 2014 REGULAR-SEASON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (12-4)(based on press box totals)

SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS (based on press box totals)

DENVER BRONCOS / WEEK 19 / THROUGH SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2015 / POSTSEASON WON 0, LOST 1 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 01/11 L 13-24 Indianapolis 76,867 Anderson 18 80 4.4 22 0 Denv. Opp. Hillman 2 8 4.0 10 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 19 23 TEAM 20 88 4.4 22 0 Rushing 6 6 OPPONENTS 28 99 3.5 20 1 Passing 10 15 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD Penalty 3 2 Sanders 7 46 6.6 17 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 4/16 5/13 J. Thomas 6 53 8.8 32 0 3rd Down Pct. 25.0 38.5 Anderson 6 29 4.8 15 0 4th Down: Made/Att 1/2 0/0 D. Thomas 5 59 11.8 24 1 4th Down Pct. 50.0 0.0 Welker 1 20 20.0 20 0 POSSESSION AVG. 25:59 34:01 Green 1 4 4.0 4 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 288 364 TEAM 26 211 8.1 32 1 Avg. Per Game 288.0 364.0 OPPONENTS 27 265 9.8 32 2 Total Plays 68 71 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Play 4.2 5.1 Roby 1 2 2.0 2 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 88 99 Moore 1 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Game 88.0 99.0 TEAM 2 2 1.0 2 0 Total Rushes 20 28 OPPONENTS 0 0 --- --- 0 NET YARDS PASSING 200 265 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Avg. Per Game 200.0 265.0 Colquitt 6 244 40.7 39.5 0 1 48 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 2/11 0/0 TEAM 6 244 40.7 39.5 0 1 48 0 Gross Yards 211 265 OPPONENTS 4 169 42.3 37.5 1 1 46 0 Att./Completions 46/26 43/27 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Completion Pct. 56.5 62.8 Welker 1 0 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Had Intercepted 0 2 TEAM 1 0 -1 -1.0 -1 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 6/40.7 4/42.3 OPPONENTS 3 0 7 2.3 9 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 6/39.5 4/37.5 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD PENALTIES/YARDS 2/8 10/67 OPPONENTS 2 32 16.0 32 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 1/1 0/0 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ TOUCHDOWNS 1 3 Barth 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 2/ 2 0/0 Rushing 0 1 TEAM 0/ 0 0/ 0 0/ 0 2/ 2 0/0 Passing 1 2 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/ 1 0/0 Returns 0 0 Barth: (45G,41G) * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS TM: (45G,41G) TEAM 7 3 0 3 0 13 OPP: (44N,30G) OPPONENTS 0 14 7 3 0 24 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Barth 0 0 0 0 1/ 1 2/ 2 0 7 D. Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 6 TEAM 1 0 1 0 1/ 1 2/ 2 0 13 OPPONENTS 3 1 2 0 3/ 3 1/ 2 0 24 2-Pt Conv: TM 0-0, OPP 0-0 SACKS: OPP 2 FUM/LOST: Manning 1/1 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Manning 46 26 211 56.5 4.59 1 2.2 0 0.0 32 2/ 11 75.5 TEAM 46 26 211 56.5 4.59 1 2.2 0 0.0 32 2/ 11 75.5 OPPONENTS 43 27 265 62.8 6.16 2 4.7 2 4.7 32 0/ 0 76.2

PLAYER TT UT AT Sk. Yds. Int. Yds. TFL QBH PD FF FR1 Steven Johnson 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Von Miller 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0Brandon Marshall 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Todd Davis 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 Aqib Talib 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0DeMarcus Ware 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Malik Jackson 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

8 Chris Harris Jr. 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0David Bruton 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Marvin Austin 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Derek Wolfe 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Terrance Knighton 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

13 Bradley Roby 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0Rahim Moore 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0T.J. Ward 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0Lerentee McCray 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

17 Sylvester Williams 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TEAM 60 44 16 0 0 2 2 3 4 6 0 0

PLAYER TT UT AT FF FR BK BP TD1 Omar Bolden 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 02 Steven Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Corey Nelson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Jeremy Stewart 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0TEAM 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

MIS. TACKLES: Ramirez 1 DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS: NoneMIS. FUMBLE RECOVERIES: None BLOCKED PUNTS: NoneMIS. FORCED FUMBLES: None BLOCKED KICKS: NoneTWO-POINT CONVERSION STOPS: None

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 POSTSEASON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (0-1)(based on press box totals)

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BRONCOS 2014 GAME-BY-GAME PARTICIPATION

KEY: IR-injured reserve; INA-inactive; DNP-did not play; NWT-not with team; PS-practice squad; SUS-suspended*Includes games with other NFL teams

OFFENSE

GAME WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR WR QB RB

vs. Ind. (9/7) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Ramirez Vasquez Clark J. Thomas Sanders Green (TE) Manning Ball

vs. K.C. (9/14) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Ramirez Vasquez Clark J. Thomas Sanders Green (TE) Manning Ball

at Sea. (9/21) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Ramirez Vasquez Clark J. Thomas Sanders Green (TE) Manning Ball

vs. Ari. (10/5) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Ramirez Vasquez Clark J. Thomas Sanders Welker Manning Caldwell (WR)

at NYJ (10/12) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Ramirez Vasquez Clark J. Thomas Sanders Welker Manning Hillman

vs. S.F. (10/19) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Ramirez Vasquez Cornick J. Thomas Sanders Welker Manning Hillman

vs. S.D. (10/23) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Ramirez Vasquez Cornick J. Thomas Sanders Welker Manning Caldwell (WR)

at N.E. (11/2) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Ramirez Vasquez Cornick J. Thomas Sanders Welker Manning Hillman

at Oak. (11/9) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Montgomery Ramirez Vasquez J. Thomas Sanders Welker Manning Hillman

at Stl. (11/16) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Montgomery Ramirez Vasquez J. Thomas Sanders Welker Manning Anderson

vs. Mia. (11/23) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Montgomery Ramirez Vasquez Cornick Sanders Green (TE) Manning Anderson

at K.C. (11/30) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Montgomery Ramirez Vasquez Cornick Sanders Green (TE) Manning Anderson

vs. Buf. (12/7) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Montgomery Ramirez Vasquez Cornick Sanders Green (TE) Manning Anderson

at S.D. (12/14) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Montgomery Ramirez Vasquez Clark Sanders Green (TE) Manning Anderson

at Cin. (12/22) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Montgomery Ramirez Vasquez Clark Sanders Green (TE) Manning Anderson

vs. Oak. (12/28) D. Thomas Clady Franklin Montgomery Ramirez Vasquez Green Sanders Welker Manning Anderson

vs. Ind. (1/11) AFC-D D. Thomas Clady Franklin Montgomery Ramirez Vasquez Clark Sanders Green (TE) Manning Anderson

DEFENSE

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vs. Ind. (9/7) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Irving Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

vs. K.C. (9/14) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Irving Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

at Sea. (9/21) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Irving Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

vs. Ari. (10/5) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Irving Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

at NYJ (10/12) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Irving Trevathan Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

vs. S.F. (10/19) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Irving Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

vs. S.D. (10/23) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Irving Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

at N.E. (11/2) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Irving Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

at Oak. (11/9) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Johnson Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

at Stl. (11/16) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Johnson Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

vs. Mia. (11/23) Wolfe Roby (CB) Knighton Jackson Miller Barrow Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

at K.C. (11/30) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Johnson Marshall Roby Harris Jr. Ward Moore

vs. Buf. (12/7) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Johnson Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

at S.D. (12/14) Wolfe Williams Knighton Ware Miller Johnson Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

at Cin. (12/22) Wolfe Jackson Knighton Ware Miller Johnson Davis Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

vs. Oak. (12/28) Wolfe Jackson Knighton Ware Miller Johnson Davis Talib Harris Jr. Bruton Jr. Moore

vs. Ind. (1/11) AFC-D Wolfe Jackson Knighton Ware Miller Johnson Marshall Talib Harris Jr. Ward Moore

2014 GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS

Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct.Anderson, C.J. 8 10.8% 7 24.1% 12 24.5% 1 4.5% 3 4.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1.4% 1 2.9% 9 15.0% 5 16.7% 2 2.9% 5 18.5% 18 22.5% 10 30.3%Ball, Montee 66 89.2% 0 0.0% 37 75.5% 0 0.0% 54 75.0% 0 0.0% 30 37.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Bibbs, Kapri 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Burse, Isaiah 0 0.0% 7 24.1% 0 0.0% 2 9.1% 0 0.0% 8 25.0% 0 0.0% 13 31.7% 0 0.0% 7 20.0% 4 6.7% 6 20.0% 0 0.0% 4 14.8% 0 0.0% 5 15.2%Caldwell, Andre 40 54.1% 3 10.3% 5 10.2% 4 18.2% 2 2.8% 7 21.9% 6 7.4% 13 31.7% 3 4.3% 9 25.7% 20 33.3% 1 3.3% 8 11.8% 17 63.0% 9 11.3% 19 57.6%Clady, Ryan 74 100.0% 5 17.2% 49 100.0% 4 18.2% 72 100.0% 2 6.3% 81 100.0% 8 19.5% 70 100.0% 6 17.1% 54 90.0% 6 20.0% 68 100.0% 6 22.2% 80 100.0% 4 12.1%Clark, Chris 74 100.0% 5 17.2% 49 100.0% 4 18.2% 72 100.0% 2 6.3% 81 100.0% 8 19.5% 70 100.0% 6 17.1% 10 16.7% 9 30.0% 10 14.7% 9 33.3% 2 2.5% 14 42.4%Cornick, Paul 0 0.0% 8 27.6% 0 0.0% 8 36.4% 0 0.0% 7 21.9% 10 12.3% 13 31.7% 21 30.0% 10 28.6% 60 100.0% 6 20.0% 68 100.0% 6 22.2% 80 100.0% 4 12.1%Franklin, Orlando 74 100.0% 5 17.2% 49 100.0% 4 18.2% 72 100.0% 2 6.3% 81 100.0% 8 19.5% 70 100.0% 6 17.1% 60 100.0% 6 20.0% 68 100.0% 6 22.2% 80 100.0% 4 12.1%Garland, Ben 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Green, Virgil 42 56.8% 16 55.2% 15 30.6% 12 54.5% 12 16.7% 3 9.4% 5 6.2% 18 43.9% 15 21.4% 23 65.7% 17 28.3% 14 46.7% 13 19.1% 20 74.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Hillman, Ronnie 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 14 19.4% 0 0.0% 39 48.1% 0 0.0% 52 74.3% 0 0.0% 37 61.7% 0 0.0% 52 76.5% 0 0.0% 50 62.5% 0 0.0%Jones, Dominique 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Latimer, Cody 0 0.0% 10 34.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 11.1% 2 2.5% 9 27.3%Manning, Peyton 74 100.0% 0 0.0% 49 100.0% 0 0.0% 72 100.0% 0 0.0% 81 100.0% 0 0.0% 70 100.0% 0 0.0% 51 85.0% 0 0.0% 68 100.0% 0 0.0% 80 100.0% 0 0.0%Montgomery, Will 0 0.0% 5 17.2% 0 0.0% 4 18.2% 0 0.0% 2 6.3% 0 0.0% 8 19.5% 0 0.0% 6 17.1% 6 10.0% 6 20.0% 0 0.0% 6 22.2% 1 1.3% 4 12.1%Osweiler, Brock 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 9 15.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Palmer, Nathan 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Ramirez, Manny 74 100.0% 0 0.0% 49 100.0% 0 0.0% 72 100.0% 1 3.1% 81 100.0% 8 19.5% 70 100.0% 6 17.1% 60 100.0% 6 20.0% 68 100.0% 0 0.0% 80 100.0% 0 0.0%Sanders, Emmanuel 69 93.2% 2 6.9% 48 98.0% 0 0.0% 71 98.6% 1 3.1% 77 95.1% 0 0.0% 69 98.6% 0 0.0% 49 81.7% 0 0.0% 60 88.2% 1 3.7% 73 91.3% 2 6.1%Schofield, Michael 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Stewart, Jeremy 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Tamme, Jacob 10 13.5% 20 69.0% 37 75.5% 12 54.5% 16 22.2% 25 78.1% 6 7.4% 29 70.7% 11 15.7% 17 48.6% 10 16.7% 16 53.3% 9 13.2% 15 55.6% 37 46.3% 26 78.8%Thomas, Demaryius 66 89.2% 2 6.9% 45 91.8% 0 0.0% 70 97.2% 0 0.0% 79 97.5% 0 0.0% 66 94.3% 0 0.0% 40 66.7% 0 0.0% 62 91.2% 1 3.7% 73 91.3% 0 0.0%Thomas, Julius 68 91.9% 2 6.9% 46 93.9% 0 0.0% 70 97.2% 0 0.0% 77 95.1% 0 0.0% 62 88.6% 0 0.0% 48 80.0% 0 0.0% 59 86.8% 1 3.7% 78 97.5% 0 0.0%Thompson, Juwan 1 1.4% 11 37.9% 0 0.0% 6 27.3% 1 1.4% 14 43.8% 8 9.9% 5 12.2% 17 24.3% 0 0.0% 14 23.3% 7 23.3% 12 17.6% 6 22.2% 11 13.8% 19 57.6%Vasquez, Louis 74 100.0% 5 17.2% 49 100.0% 4 18.2% 72 100.0% 1 3.1% 81 100.0% 0 0.0% 70 100.0% 0 0.0% 54 90.0% 0 0.0% 68 100.0% 6 22.2% 80 100.0% 4 12.1%Welker, Wes 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 47 65.3% 0 0.0% 68 84.0% 0 0.0% 33 47.1% 0 0.0% 48 80.0% 0 0.0% 53 77.9% 0 0.0% 46 57.5% 0 0.0%

Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct.Anderson, C.J. 41 51.3% 0 0.0% 64 92.8% 0 0.0% 67 89.3% 1 3.7% 70 85.4% 0 0.0% 43 78.2% 1 4.5% 58 87.9% 0 0.0% 63 91.3% 0 0.0% 36 46.2% 0 0.0% 495 43.9% 31 6.3%Ball, Montee 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 5.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 191 16.9% 0 0.0%Bibbs, Kapri 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Burse, Isaiah 12 15.0% 9 25.0% 2 2.9% 6 22.2% 0 0.0% 3 11.1% 0 0.0% 5 15.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 18 1.6% 75 15.2%Caldwell, Andre 17 21.3% 22 61.1% 34 49.3% 17 63.0% 3 4.0% 12 44.4% 1 1.2% 19 59.4% 8 14.5% 15 68.2% 4 6.1% 17 63.0% 0 0.0% 16 44.4% 21 26.9% 22 61.1% 181 16.0% 213 43.3%Clady, Ryan 63 78.8% 7 19.4% 69 100.0% 1 3.7% 75 100.0% 6 22.2% 82 100.0% 7 21.9% 55 100.0% 4 18.2% 13 19.7% 1 3.7% 69 100.0% 0 0.0% 78 100.0% 9 25.0% 1052 93.3% 76 15.4%Clark, Chris 17 21.3% 7 19.4% 0 0.0% 1 3.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 60 90.9% 6 22.2% 11 15.9% 5 13.9% 16 20.5% 11 30.6% 472 41.8% 87 17.7%Cornick, Paul 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 5.8% 1 3.7% 17 22.7% 6 22.2% 24 29.3% 7 21.9% 16 29.1% 4 18.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 300 26.6% 80 16.3%Franklin, Orlando 80 100.0% 7 19.4% 69 100.0% 1 3.7% 74 98.7% 5 18.5% 82 100.0% 7 21.9% 54 98.2% 4 18.2% 66 100.0% 6 22.2% 69 100.0% 5 13.9% 42 53.8% 3 8.3% 1090 96.6% 79 16.1%Garland, Ben 5 6.3% 11 30.6% 0 0.0% 8 29.6% 1 1.3% 11 40.7% 0 0.0% 11 34.4% 2 3.6% 8 36.4% 2 3.0% 9 33.3% 1 1.4% 13 36.1% 36 46.2% 10 27.8% 47 4.2% 81 16.5%Green, Virgil 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 54 72.0% 7 25.9% 62 75.6% 13 40.6% 46 83.6% 8 36.4% 50 75.8% 11 40.7% 18 26.1% 19 52.8% 45 57.7% 15 41.7% 394 34.9% 179 36.4%Hillman, Ronnie 31 38.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 35 44.9% 0 0.0% 310 27.5% 0 0.0%Jones, Dominique 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 6.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 0.4% 0 0.0%Latimer, Cody 14 17.5% 4 11.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 2.7% 8 29.6% 1 1.2% 7 21.9% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6 8.7% 8 22.2% 12 15.4% 21 58.3% 37 3.3% 70 14.2%Manning, Peyton 64 80.0% 0 0.0% 69 100.0% 0 0.0% 75 100.0% 0 0.0% 82 100.0% 0 0.0% 55 100.0% 0 0.0% 62 93.9% 0 0.0% 69 100.0% 0 0.0% 71 91.0% 0 0.0% 1092 96.8% 0 0.0%Montgomery, Will 80 100.0% 7 19.4% 69 100.0% 1 3.7% 75 100.0% 6 22.2% 82 100.0% 7 21.9% 55 100.0% 4 18.2% 66 100.0% 6 22.2% 69 100.0% 5 13.9% 78 100.0% 9 25.0% 581 51.5% 86 17.5%Osweiler, Brock 16 20.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 7.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 7 9.0% 0 0.0% 37 3.3% 0 0.0%Palmer, Nathan 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Ramirez, Manny 75 93.8% 0 0.0% 69 100.0% 0 0.0% 75 100.0% 1 3.7% 82 100.0% 0 0.0% 55 100.0% 3 13.6% 66 100.0% 6 22.2% 69 100.0% 5 13.9% 78 100.0% 9 25.0% 1123 99.6% 45 9.1%Sanders, Emmanuel 66 82.5% 0 0.0% 33 47.8% 0 0.0% 68 90.7% 1 3.7% 81 98.8% 0 0.0% 51 92.7% 1 4.5% 58 87.9% 2 7.4% 62 89.9% 1 2.8% 65 83.3% 0 0.0% 1000 88.7% 11 2.2%Schofield, Michael 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Stewart, Jeremy 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 14.8% 0 0.0% 12 37.5% 1 1.8% 11 50.0% 2 3.0% 14 51.9% 1 1.4% 18 50.0% 7 9.0% 22 61.1% 11 1.0% 81 16.5%Tamme, Jacob 19 23.8% 28 77.8% 56 81.2% 10 37.0% 23 30.7% 1 3.7% 24 29.3% 2 6.3% 9 16.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 7 10.1% 24 66.7% 2 2.6% 25 69.4% 276 24.5% 250 50.8%Thomas, Demaryius 61 76.3% 0 0.0% 68 98.6% 0 0.0% 75 100.0% 1 3.7% 80 97.6% 0 0.0% 49 89.1% 1 4.5% 61 92.4% 0 0.0% 68 98.6% 0 0.0% 57 73.1% 0 0.0% 1020 90.4% 5 1.0%Thomas, Julius 63 78.8% 0 0.0% 13 18.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 29 43.9% 0 0.0% 45 65.2% 0 0.0% 33 42.3% 0 0.0% 691 61.3% 3 0.6%Thompson, Juwan 10 12.5% 20 55.6% 2 2.9% 13 48.1% 8 10.7% 6 22.2% 12 14.6% 4 12.5% 14 25.5% 7 31.8% 8 12.1% 6 22.2% 5 7.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 123 10.9% 124 25.2%Vasquez, Louis 80 100.0% 7 19.4% 69 100.0% 1 3.7% 75 100.0% 6 22.2% 81 98.8% 7 21.9% 54 98.2% 1 4.5% 66 100.0% 5 18.5% 69 100.0% 5 13.9% 78 100.0% 6 16.7% 1120 99.3% 58 11.8%Welker, Wes 66 82.5% 0 0.0% 65 94.2% 0 0.0% 58 77.3% 0 0.0% 56 68.3% 0 0.0% 38 69.1% 3 13.6% 46 69.7% 2 7.4% 58 84.1% 5 13.9% 61 78.2% 9 25.0% 743 65.9% 19 3.9%

BRONCOS 2014 OFFENSIVE PLAY-TIME ANALYSISvs. Ind. (9/7)

Reg. Season Totals

vs. K.C. (9/14) at Sea. (9/21) vs. Ari. (10/5) at NYJ (10/12) vs. S.F. (10/19) vs. S.D. (10/23) at N.E. (11/2)

at Oak. (11/9) at Stl. (11/16) vs. Mia. (11/23) at K.C. (11/30) vs. Buf. (12/7) at S.D. (12/14) at Cin. (12/22) vs. Oak. (12/28)

Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct.Austin Jr., Marvin 17 23.0% 7 24.1% 14 16.3% 4 18.2% 28 35.9% 10 31.3% 16 27.6% 9 22.0% 11 17.5% 6 17.1% 27 41.5% 4 13.3% 19 30.6% 4 14.8% 26 31.0% 0 0.0%Barrett, Shaquil 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Barrow, Lamin 0 0.0% 18 62.1% 0 0.0% 17 77.3% 11 14.1% 29 90.6% 8 13.8% 33 80.5% 0 0.0% 22 62.9% 9 13.8% 24 80.0% 0 0.0% 14 51.9% 1 1.2% 29 87.9%Bolden, Omar 0 0.0% 11 37.9% 0 0.0% 17 77.3% 0 0.0% 25 78.1% 0 0.0% 33 80.5% 0 0.0% 23 65.7% 15 23.1% 22 73.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 17 51.5%Bruton Jr., David 0 0.0% 8 27.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 24 75.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 29 82.9% 10 15.4% 24 80.0% 1 1.6% 21 77.8% 1 1.2% 29 87.9%Bush, Josh 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Carter, Quinton 30 40.5% 24 82.8% 17 19.8% 17 77.3% 2 2.6% 29 90.6% 0 0.0% 33 80.5% 0 0.0% 29 82.9% 23 35.4% 24 80.0% 12 19.4% 21 77.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Carter, Tony 33 44.6% 6 20.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 2.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 7 25.9% 0 0.0% 12 36.4%Davis, Todd 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Harris Jr., Chris 39 52.7% 2 6.9% 80 93.0% 0 0.0% 72 92.3% 0 0.0% 56 96.6% 0 0.0% 63 100.0% 0 0.0% 54 83.1% 0 0.0% 62 100.0% 0 0.0% 82 97.6% 0 0.0%Irving, Nate 38 51.4% 7 24.1% 71 82.6% 8 36.4% 74 94.9% 16 50.0% 20 34.5% 26 63.4% 15 23.8% 16 45.7% 23 35.4% 9 30.0% 50 80.6% 8 29.6% 58 69.0% 10 30.3%Jackson, Malik 37 50.0% 3 10.3% 48 55.8% 5 22.7% 36 46.2% 6 18.8% 27 46.6% 4 9.8% 35 55.6% 10 28.6% 39 60.0% 4 13.3% 34 54.8% 3 11.1% 37 44.0% 7 21.2%Johnson, Steven 6 8.1% 24 82.8% 10 11.6% 18 81.8% 0 0.0% 30 93.8% 0 0.0% 33 80.5% 1 1.6% 29 82.9% 0 0.0% 14 46.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Knighton, Terrance 32 43.2% 9 31.0% 47 54.7% 9 40.9% 47 60.3% 8 25.0% 25 43.1% 9 22.0% 29 46.0% 9 25.7% 21 32.3% 9 30.0% 25 40.3% 8 29.6% 45 53.6% 9 27.3%Marshall, Brandon 74 100.0% 6 20.7% 86 100.0% 1 4.5% 78 100.0% 1 3.1% 38 65.5% 13 31.7% 61 96.8% 5 14.3% 65 100.0% 4 13.3% 62 100.0% 7 25.9% 84 100.0% 3 9.1%McCray, Lerentee 18 24.3% 12 41.4% 4 4.7% 1 4.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 25 38.5% 10 33.3% 7 11.3% 14 51.9% 7 8.3% 19 57.6%Miller, Von 56 75.7% 0 0.0% 57 66.3% 0 0.0% 67 85.9% 0 0.0% 52 89.7% 0 0.0% 54 85.7% 0 0.0% 49 75.4% 0 0.0% 55 88.7% 0 0.0% 78 92.9% 0 0.0%Moore, Rahim 74 100.0% 6 20.7% 85 98.8% 6 27.3% 76 97.4% 2 6.3% 58 100.0% 1 2.4% 63 100.0% 2 5.7% 65 100.0% 3 10.0% 62 100.0% 3 11.1% 82 97.6% 2 6.1%Nelson, Corey 0 0.0% 15 51.7% 0 0.0% 13 59.1% 2 2.6% 24 75.0% 0 0.0% 29 70.7% 36 57.1% 26 74.3% 20 30.8% 19 63.3% 0 0.0% 17 63.0% 21 25.0% 22 66.7%Roby, Bradley 63 85.1% 8 27.6% 61 70.9% 6 27.3% 59 75.6% 11 34.4% 40 69.0% 16 39.0% 48 76.2% 11 31.4% 63 96.9% 10 33.3% 55 88.7% 3 11.1% 56 66.7% 2 6.1%Smith, Quanterus 24 32.4% 1 3.4% 31 36.0% 0 0.0% 24 30.8% 1 3.1% 15 25.9% 0 0.0% 25 39.7% 0 0.0% 29 44.6% 0 0.0% 9 14.5% 0 0.0% 15 17.9% 0 0.0%Talib, Aqib 72 97.3% 0 0.0% 83 96.5% 1 4.5% 75 96.2% 1 3.1% 57 98.3% 0 0.0% 53 84.1% 0 0.0% 62 95.4% 0 0.0% 58 93.5% 0 0.0% 83 98.8% 0 0.0%Trevathan, Danny 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 55 94.8% 0 0.0% 2 3.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Unrein, Mitch 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 9 10.5% 12 54.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 17 51.5%Ward, T.J. 74 100.0% 4 13.8% 86 100.0% 0 0.0% 78 100.0% 0 0.0% 58 100.0% 0 0.0% 60 95.2% 0 0.0% 65 100.0% 0 0.0% 62 100.0% 0 0.0% 84 100.0% 0 0.0%Ware, DeMarcus 50 67.6% 0 0.0% 71 82.6% 1 4.5% 43 55.1% 1 3.1% 44 75.9% 0 0.0% 47 74.6% 0 0.0% 41 63.1% 0 0.0% 42 67.7% 0 0.0% 61 72.6% 0 0.0%Webster, Kayvon 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 5.8% 17 77.3% 9 11.5% 24 75.0% 11 19.0% 33 80.5% 20 31.7% 25 71.4% 25 38.5% 20 66.7% 2 3.2% 17 63.0% 11 13.1% 29 87.9%Williams, Sylvester 32 43.2% 0 0.0% 30 34.9% 1 4.5% 30 38.5% 4 12.5% 21 36.2% 3 7.3% 20 31.7% 1 2.9% 31 47.7% 4 13.3% 26 41.9% 3 11.1% 27 32.1% 2 6.1%Wolfe, Derek 45 60.8% 4 13.8% 52 60.5% 0 0.0% 47 60.3% 4 12.5% 38 65.5% 4 9.8% 50 79.4% 3 8.6% 52 80.0% 4 13.3% 39 62.9% 3 11.1% 64 76.2% 7 21.2%

Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct.Austin Jr., Marvin 18 28.6% 0 0.0% 21 32.3% 1 3.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 2.2% 0 0.0% 12 15.0% 0 0.0% 11 16.7% 3 11.1% 19 30.2% 1 2.8% 33 56.9% 3 8.3% 273 25.5% 52 10.6%Barrett, Shaquil 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Barrow, Lamin 0 0.0% 26 72.2% 0 0.0% 20 74.1% 20 32.3% 16 59.3% 0 0.0% 25 78.1% 0 0.0% 18 81.8% 0 0.0% 17 63.0% 0 0.0% 31 86.1% 0 0.0% 27 75.0% 49 4.6% 366 74.4%Bolden, Omar 0 0.0% 23 63.9% 0 0.0% 19 70.4% 16 25.8% 18 66.7% 0 0.0% 25 78.1% 0 0.0% 17 77.3% 0 0.0% 20 74.1% 1 1.6% 28 77.8% 17 29.3% 24 66.7% 49 4.6% 322 65.4%Bruton Jr., David 0 0.0% 29 80.6% 0 0.0% 26 96.3% 2 3.2% 21 77.8% 0 0.0% 25 78.1% 59 73.8% 18 81.8% 27 40.9% 21 77.8% 43 68.3% 31 86.1% 45 77.6% 6 16.7% 188 17.5% 312 63.4%Bush, Josh 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 11 30.6% 13 22.4% 19 52.8% 13 1.2% 30 6.1%Carter, Quinton 44 69.8% 28 77.8% 25 38.5% 26 96.3% 39 62.9% 21 77.8% 26 57.8% 15 46.9% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 218 20.3% 267 54.3%Carter, Tony 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 27 60.0% 7 21.9% 6 7.5% 6 27.3% 4 6.1% 8 29.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 13 22.4% 0 0.0% 83 7.7% 47 9.6%Davis, Todd 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 15 55.6% 1 2.2% 23 71.9% 0 0.0% 14 63.6% 28 42.4% 15 55.6% 49 77.8% 10 27.8% 58 100.0% 3 8.3% 136 12.7% 80 16.3%Harris Jr., Chris 62 98.4% 2 5.6% 65 100.0% 6 22.2% 62 100.0% 1 3.7% 45 100.0% 0 0.0% 79 98.8% 2 9.1% 64 97.0% 1 3.7% 57 90.5% 1 2.8% 45 77.6% 0 0.0% 987 92.1% 15 3.0%Irving, Nate 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 349 32.6% 100 20.3%Jackson, Malik 29 46.0% 3 8.3% 37 56.9% 5 18.5% 32 51.6% 4 14.8% 23 51.1% 2 6.3% 48 60.0% 2 9.1% 32 48.5% 4 14.8% 39 61.9% 7 19.4% 32 55.2% 2 5.6% 565 52.7% 71 14.4%Johnson, Steven 19 30.2% 9 25.0% 40 61.5% 18 66.7% 11 17.7% 18 66.7% 18 40.0% 20 62.5% 21 26.3% 15 68.2% 20 30.3% 21 77.8% 41 65.1% 17 47.2% 23 39.7% 15 41.7% 210 19.6% 281 57.1%Knighton, Terrance 18 28.6% 9 25.0% 42 64.6% 6 22.2% 33 53.2% 9 33.3% 21 46.7% 8 25.0% 33 41.3% 6 27.3% 39 59.1% 10 37.0% 43 68.3% 11 30.6% 20 34.5% 11 30.6% 520 48.5% 140 28.5%Marshall, Brandon 63 100.0% 9 25.0% 65 100.0% 11 40.7% 50 80.6% 1 3.7% 45 100.0% 0 0.0% 80 100.0% 1 4.5% 19 28.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 870 81.2% 62 12.6%McCray, Lerentee 2 3.2% 26 72.2% 2 3.1% 19 70.4% 8 12.9% 16 59.3% 3 6.7% 15 46.9% 10 12.5% 12 54.5% 8 12.1% 16 59.3% 7 11.1% 17 47.2% 20 34.5% 24 66.7% 121 11.3% 201 40.9%Miller, Von 61 96.8% 0 0.0% 63 96.9% 0 0.0% 49 79.0% 0 0.0% 42 93.3% 0 0.0% 70 87.5% 0 0.0% 58 87.9% 0 0.0% 61 96.8% 0 0.0% 38 65.5% 0 0.0% 910 84.9% 0 0.0%Moore, Rahim 63 100.0% 1 2.8% 65 100.0% 0 0.0% 60 96.8% 0 0.0% 45 100.0% 4 12.5% 80 100.0% 5 22.7% 66 100.0% 8 29.6% 62 98.4% 6 16.7% 48 82.8% 2 5.6% 1054 98.3% 51 10.4%Nelson, Corey 0 0.0% 26 72.2% 0 0.0% 20 74.1% 2 3.2% 16 59.3% 0 0.0% 23 71.9% 0 0.0% 14 63.6% 0 0.0% 17 63.0% 0 0.0% 24 66.7% 27 46.6% 15 41.7% 108 10.1% 320 65.0%Roby, Bradley 44 69.8% 0 0.0% 25 38.5% 0 0.0% 58 93.5% 2 7.4% 44 97.8% 2 6.3% 59 73.8% 4 18.2% 49 74.2% 6 22.2% 37 58.7% 1 2.8% 44 75.9% 1 2.8% 805 75.1% 83 16.9%Smith, Quanterus 33 52.4% 0 0.0% 14 21.5% 0 0.0% 18 29.0% 0 0.0% 3 6.7% 0 0.0% 23 28.8% 1 4.5% 16 24.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 26 44.8% 0 0.0% 305 28.5% 3 0.6%Talib, Aqib 63 100.0% 0 0.0% 65 100.0% 0 0.0% 17 27.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 74 92.5% 0 0.0% 62 93.9% 0 0.0% 62 98.4% 0 0.0% 31 53.4% 0 0.0% 917 85.5% 2 0.4%Trevathan, Danny 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 42 63.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 99 9.2% 0 0.0%Unrein, Mitch 12 19.0% 6 16.7% 0 0.0% 13 48.1% 3 4.8% 9 33.3% 13 28.9% 6 18.8% 8 10.0% 6 27.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1.6% 15 41.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 46 4.3% 84 17.1%Ward, T.J. 63 100.0% 0 0.0% 65 100.0% 0 0.0% 62 100.0% 0 0.0% 45 100.0% 0 0.0% 80 100.0% 0 0.0% 66 100.0% 0 0.0% 55 87.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1003 93.6% 4 0.8%Ware, DeMarcus 33 52.4% 0 0.0% 47 72.3% 0 0.0% 41 66.1% 0 0.0% 42 93.3% 0 0.0% 57 71.3% 0 0.0% 50 75.8% 0 0.0% 45 71.4% 0 0.0% 25 43.1% 0 0.0% 739 68.9% 2 0.4%Webster, Kayvon 0 0.0% 26 72.2% 0 0.0% 25 92.6% 30 48.4% 13 48.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 17 47.2% 17 29.3% 26 72.2% 130 12.1% 272 55.3%Williams, Sylvester 31 49.2% 1 2.8% 29 44.6% 1 3.7% 25 40.3% 1 3.7% 19 42.2% 1 3.1% 33 41.3% 1 4.5% 16 24.2% 4 14.8% 24 38.1% 1 2.8% 32 55.2% 2 5.6% 426 39.7% 30 6.1%Wolfe, Derek 35 55.6% 3 8.3% 45 69.2% 6 22.2% 44 71.0% 4 14.8% 32 71.1% 2 6.3% 48 60.0% 2 9.1% 49 74.2% 4 14.8% 47 74.6% 6 16.7% 31 53.4% 2 5.6% 718 67.0% 58 11.8%

O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct.Barth, Connor - - 0 0.0% - - 0 0.0% - - 0 0.0% - - 0 0.0% - - 0 0.0% - - 0 0.0% - - 0 0.0% - - 0 0.0%Brewer, Aaron - - 10 34.5% - - 7 31.8% - - 10 31.3% - - 12 29.3% - - 15 42.9% - - 10 33.3% - - 10 37.0% - - 7 21.2%Colquitt, Britton - - 10 34.5% - - 7 31.8% - - 10 31.3% - - 12 29.3% - - 15 42.9% - - 10 33.3% - - 10 37.0% - - 7 21.2%McManus, Brandon - - 11 37.9% - - 9 40.9% - - 7 21.9% - - 16 39.0% - - 12 34.3% - - 13 43.3% - - 12 44.4% - - 8 24.2%

O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct.Barth Connor - - 0 0.0% - - 0 0.0% - - 0 0.0% - - 15 46.9% - - 4 0.0% - - 6 22.2% - - 5 13.9% - - 9 25.0% - - 39 7.9%Brewer, Aaron - - 12 33.3% - - 6 22.2% - - 7 25.9% - - 13 40.6% - - 7 0.0% - - 9 33.3% - - 11 30.6% - - 12 33.3% - - 158 32.1%Colquitt, Britton - - 12 33.3% - - 6 22.2% - - 7 0.2593 - - 13 40.6% - - 7 0.0% - - 9 33.3% - - 11 30.6% - - 12 33.3% - - 158 32.1%McManus, Brandon - - 15 41.7% - - 3 11.1% - - 13 0.4815 - - 0 0.0% - - 5 0.0% - - 7 25.9% - - 5 13.9% - - 10 27.8% - - 146 29.7%

at Sea. (9/21) vs. Ari. (10/5) at NYJ (10/12) at N.E. (11/2)vs. S.F. (10/19) vs. S.D. (10/23)

BRONCOS 2014 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY-TIME ANALYSISvs. Ind. (9/7) vs. K.C. (9/14) at Sea. (9/21) vs. Ari. (10/5) at NYJ (10/12) vs. S.F. (10/19) vs. S.D. (10/23) at N.E. (11/2)

at Cin. (12/22)

BRONCOS 2014 DEFENSIVE PLAY-TIME ANALYSISvs. Ind. (9/7) vs. K.C. (9/14)

vs. Oak. (12/28)

at Oak. (11/9) at Stl. (11/16) vs. Mia. (11/23) at K.C. (11/30) vs. Buf. (12/7) at S.D. (12/14)

Reg. Season Totals

vs. Oak. (12/28) Reg. Season Totals

at Oak. (11/9) at Stl. (11/16) vs. Mia. (11/23) at K.C. (11/30) vs. Buf. (12/7) at S.D. (12/14) at Cin. (12/22)

Off. Pct. ST Pct. Off. Pct. ST Pct.Anderson, C.J. 51 72.9% 0 0.0% 51 72.9% 0 0.0%Ball, Montee 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Bibbs, Kapri 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Burse, Isaiah 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Caldwell, Andre 1 1.4% 14 51.9% 1 1.4% 14 51.9%Clady, Ryan 70 100.0% 3 11.1% 70 100.0% 3 11.1%Clark, Chris 12 17.1% 3 11.1% 12 17.1% 3 11.1%Cornick, Paul 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Franklin, Orlando 70 100.0% 3 11.1% 70 100.0% 3 11.1%Garland, Ben 0 0.0% 8 29.6% 0 0.0% 8 29.6%Green, Virgil 30 42.9% 14 51.9% 30 42.9% 14 51.9%Hillman, Ronnie 19 27.1% 0 0.0% 19 27.1% 0 0.0%Jones, Dominique 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Latimer, Cody 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Manning, Peyton 70 100.0% 0 0.0% 70 100.0% 0 0.0%Montgomery, Will 70 100.0% 3 11.1% 70 100.0% 3 11.1%Osweiler, Brock 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Palmer, Nathan 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Ramirez, Manny 70 100.0% 3 11.1% 70 100.0% 3 11.1%Sanders, Emmanuel 68 97.1% 0 0.0% 68 97.1% 0 0.0%Schofield, Michael 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Stewart, Jeremy 0 0.0% 9 33.3% 0 0.0% 9 33.3%Tamme, Jacob 7 10.0% 19 70.4% 7 10.0% 19 70.4%Thomas, Demaryius 68 97.1% 0 0.0% 68 97.1% 0 0.0%Thomas, Julius 38 54.3% 0 0.0% 38 54.3% 0 0.0%Thompson, Juwan 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Vasquez, Louis 70 100.0% 0 0.0% 70 100.0% 0 0.0%Welker, Wes 56 80.0% 4 14.8% 56 80.0% 4 14.8%

Def. Pct. ST Pct. Def. Pct. ST Pct.Austin Jr., Marvin 20 26.7% 6 22.2% 20 26.7% 6 22.2%Barrett, Shaquil 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Barrow, Lamin 0 0.0% 24 88.9% 0 0.0% 24 88.9%Bolden, Omar 0 0.0% 22 81.5% 0 0.0% 22 81.5%Bruton Jr., David 41 54.7% 24 88.9% 41 54.7% 24 88.9%Bush, Josh 0 0.0% 12 44.4% 0 0.0% 12 44.4%Carter, Quinton 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Carter, Tony 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Davis, Todd 36 48.0% 6 22.2% 36 48.0% 6 22.2%Harris Jr., Chris 72 96.0% 0 0.0% 72 96.0% 0 0.0%Irving, Nate 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Jackson, Malik 45 60.0% 5 18.5% 45 60.0% 5 18.5%Johnson, Steven 35 46.7% 20 74.1% 35 46.7% 20 74.1%Knighton, Terrance 48 64.0% 7 25.9% 48 64.0% 7 25.9%Marshall, Brandon 39 52.0% 0 0.0% 39 52.0% 0 0.0%McCray, Lerentee 29 38.7% 13 48.1% 29 38.7% 13 48.1%Miller, Von 63 84.0% 0 0.0% 63 84.0% 0 0.0%Moore, Rahim 74 98.7% 5 18.5% 74 98.7% 5 18.5%Nelson, Corey 0 0.0% 15 55.6% 0 0.0% 15 55.6%Roby, Bradley 40 53.3% 0 0.0% 40 53.3% 0 0.0%Smith, Quanterus 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Talib, Aqib 74 98.7% 0 0.0% 74 98.7% 0 0.0%Trevathan, Danny 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Unrein, Mitch 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Ward, T.J. 75 100.0% 0 0.0% 75 100.0% 0 0.0%Ware, DeMarcus 54 72.0% 0 0.0% 54 72.0% 0 0.0%Webster, Kayvon 0 0.0% 20 74.1% 0 0.0% 20 74.1%Williams, Sylvester 32 42.7% 5 18.5% 32 42.7% 5 18.5%Wolfe, Derek 48 64.0% 5 18.5% 48 64.0% 5 18.5%

O/D Pct. ST Pct. O/D Pct. ST Pct.Barth, Connor - - 3 11.1% - - 3 11.1%Brewer, Aaron - - 9 33.3% - - 9 33.3%Colquitt, Britton - - 9 33.3% - - 9 33.3%McManus, Brandon - - 4 14.8% - - 4 14.8%

POSTSEASON PLAY-TIME ANALYSIS (OFF.)

Postseason Totalsvs Ind. (1/12)

Postseason Totals

POSTSEASON PLAY-TIME ANALYSIS (S.T.)

vs Ind. (1/12)

Postseason Totals

POSTSEASON PLAY-TIME ANALYSIS (DEF.)

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First DownsTotal 24 19 20 24 21 23 27 26 25 21 29 21 15 18 22 25 360 19 19Rushing 8 4 1 5 7 6 9 2 7 1 10 9 10 4 6 9 98 6 6Passing 13 14 18 18 13 14 14 20 17 19 15 11 3 10 15 13 227 10 10Penalty 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 35 3 3

Third-Down EfficiencyConverted 7 3 6 7 7 5 8 3 7 4 9 9 4 3 5 7 94 4 4Attempts 14 8 16 16 16 9 13 11 15 12 13 21 10 12 12 15 213 16 16Efficiency 50.0% 38.0% 38.0% 44.0% 44.0% 56.0% 62.0% 27.0% 47.0% 33.0% 69.0% 43.0% 40.0% 25.0% 42.0% 47.0% 44.1% 25.0% 25.0%

Fourth-Down EfficiencyConverted 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 6 1 1Attempts 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 13 2 2Efficiency 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 46.2% 50.0% 50.0%

Total OffenseNet Yards 361 325 332 568 359 419 425 472 471 397 450 388 306 337 385 451 6446 288 288Plays 69 46 70 76 68 56 65 75 76 66 71 80 49 61 65 74 1067 68 68Avg./play 5.2 7.1 4.7 7.5 5.3 7.5 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.3 4.9 6.2 5.5 5.9 6.1 6.0 4.2 4.2

RushingNet Yards 102 88 36 92 138 115 139 43 118 28 201 214 133 111 85 142 1785 88 88Attempts 32 19 20 28 33 27 30 17 27 10 35 45 29 38 19 34 443 20 20Avg./rush 3.2 4.6 1.8 3.3 4.2 4.3 4.6 2.5 4.4 2.8 5.7 4.8 4.6 2.9 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.4TFL - yds. 1-1 3-7 5-10 4-5 1-3 1-3 2-2 0-0 2-5 0-0 1-1 6-15 2-7 3-7 3-9 3-10 37-85 2-4 2-4

PassingNet Yards 259 237 296 476 221 304 286 429 353 369 249 174 173 226 300 309 4,661 200 200Sacks 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 17 2 2Yds. Lost 10 5 7 3 16 14 0 9 0 20 8 5 0 7 11 3 118 11 11Gross Yds. 269 242 303 479 237 318 286 438 353 389 257 179 173 233 311 312 4,779 211 211Attempts 36 26 49 47 33 27 35 57 49 54 35 34 20 22 44 39 607 46 46Compl. 22 21 31 31 22 22 25 34 33 34 28 17 14 14 28 23 399 26 26Pct. 61.1% 80.8% 63.3% 66.0% 66.7% 81.5% 71.4% 59.6% 67.3% 63.0% 80.0% 50.0% 70.0% 63.6% 63.6% 59.0% 65.7% 56.5% 56.5%Int. 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 15 0 0Avg./play 7.0 8.8 5.9 9.9 6.3 10.5 8.2 7.4 7.2 6.6 6.9 5.0 8.7 9.8 6.5 7.7 7.7 4.2 4.2

KickoffsNo. 6 5 5 8 6 7 6 4 8 2 7 9 5 7 5 10 100 4 4In End Zone-TB 6-6 5-4 5-4 8-8 4-0 7-6 6-6 4-3 8-6 2-0 7-5 0-0 5-4 7-5 5-2 7-5 86-64 3-2 3-2

PuntsNo. 5 3 8 4 8 4 4 3 5 5 1 4 3 3 6 3 69 6 6Yards 234 132 378 199 352 171 162 135 226 183 45 139 149 121 283 139 3048 244 244Avg. 46.8 44.0 47.3 49.8 44.0 42.8 40.5 45.0 45,2 36.6 45.0 34.8 49.7 40.3 47.2 46.3 44.2 40.7 40.7Net Avg. 42.0 43.3 42.8 48.0 41.8 41.8 39.0 17.0 40.4 34.0 28.0 34.8 43.0 20.0 31.8 32.0 579.7 39.5 39.5Had Blocked 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kicks, Had BlockedField Goals-PATs 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Punt ReturnsNo. 3 0 2 8 0 3 2 1 4 1 3 4 1 3 3 5 43 1 1Yards 4 0 15 38 0 22 18 9 52 0 12 41 7 27 14 37 296 -1 -1Avg. 1.3 0.0 7.5 4.8 0.0 7.3 9.0 9.0 13.0 0.0 4.0 10.3 7.0 9.0 4.7 7.4 6.9 -1.0 -1.0

Kickoff ReturnsNo. 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 6 1 2 3 4 2 3 3 1 32 0 0Yards 0 54 22 0 32 7 64 81 30 24 100 76 50 65 121 76 802 0 0Avg. 0.0 54.0 22.0 0.0 16.0 7.0 32.0 13.5 30.0 12.0 33.3 19.0 25.0 21.7 40.3 76.0 25.1 0.0 0.0

Interception ReturnsNo. 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 18 2 2Yards 17 0 13 0 22 3 1 0 18 0 37 3 38 23 33 5 213 2 2Avg. 8.5 0.0 13.0 0.0 22.0 3.0 0.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 37.0 3.0 19.0 11.5 33.0 5.0 11.8 1.0 1.0

PenaltiesNumber 7 11 4 7 11 8 9 10 12 8 9 5 5 7 6 1 120 2 2Yds. Lost 70 71 27 67 101 75 71 72 95 62 98 32 45 71 72 16 1045 8 8

FumblesNo. 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 16 1 1Lost 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 1

TouchdownsTotal TDs 4 3 2 5 4 6 5 3 5 1 5 2 3 1 4 5 58 1 1Rush 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 15 0 0Pass 3 3 2 4 3 4 3 2 5 1 4 2 0 1 2 1 40 1 1Returns 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0

Extra PointsMade-Attempts 4-4 3-3 2-2 5-5 4-4 6-6 5-5 3-3 5-5 1-1 5-5 2-2 3-3 1-1 4-4 5-5 58-58 1-1 1-1Kicking Md.-Att. 4-4 3-3 1-1 5-5 4-4 6-6 5-5 3-3 5-5 1-1 4-4 2-2 3-3 1-1 4-4 5-5 56-56 1-1 1-1Rushing Md.-Att. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Passing Md.-Att. 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0

Field GoalsMade-Attempts 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 2-2 0-0 1-2 5-5 1-1 5-5 0-1 4-4 24-29 2-2 2-2

Red Zone EfficiencyScored-Attempts 3-4 3-4 1-2 3-3 2-3 3-3 4-4 3-4 2-4 0-0 5-8 1-7 3-3 0-3 3-4 3-6 39-62 1-1 1-1Efficiency 75.0% 75.0% 50.0% 100.0% 67.0% 100.0% 100.0% 75.0% 50.0% 0.0% 63.0% 14.0% 100.0% 0.0% 75.0% 50.0% 62.9% 100.0% 100.0%

Goal-to-Go EfficiencyScored-Attempts 3-4 2-3 1-2 3-3 2-2 3-3 4-4 1-2 0-1 0-0 3-3 0-2 2-2 0-2 3-3 2-3 29-39 1-1 1-1Efficiency 75.0% 67.0% 50% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 67.0% 74.4% 100.0% 100.0%

Safeties 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Total Points 31 24 20 41 31 42 35 21 41 7 39 29 24 22 28 47 482 13 13Time of Poss. Avg. 32:24 23:46 27:42 35:17 33:34 27:59 30:46 30:33 32:22 24:10 34:17 38:47 26:31 32:44 28:22 33:01 30:35 25:59 25:59

BRONCOS 2014 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

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First DownsTotal 24 28 26 9 15 22 22 29 10 16 25 11 24 20 20 10 311 23 23Rushing 2 6 8 1 1 3 3 3 0 4 5 2 6 3 10 3 60 6 6Passing 20 18 16 7 13 16 15 22 9 12 17 8 18 13 8 7 219 15 15Penalty 2 4 2 1 1 3 4 4 1 0 3 1 0 4 2 0 32 2 2

Third-Down EfficiencyConverted 4 11 7 3 5 3 4 6 5 6 4 1 9 6 2 5 81 5 5Attempts 13 16 17 16 14 13 10 16 18 17 8 9 16 13 11 15 222 13 13Efficiency 31.0% 69.0% 41.0% 19.0% 36.0% 23.0% 40.0% 38.0% 28.0% 35.0% 50.0% 11.0% 67.0% 46.0% 18.0% 33.0% 36.5% 38.0%

Fourth-Down EfficiencyConverted 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 10 0 0Attempts 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 17 0 0Efficiency 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 50.0% 67.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 58.8% 0.0% 0.0%

Total OffenseNet Yards 408 380 384 215 204 310 306 398 222 337 313 151 415 288 353 199 4883 364 364Plays 70 75 75 56 62 70 58 79 62 65 58 44 77 61 63 57 1032 71 71Avg./play 5.8 5.1 5.1 3.8 3.3 4.4 5.3 5.0 3.6 5.2 5.4 3.4 5.4 4.7 5.6 3.5 4.7 5.1 5.1

RushingNet Yards 54 133 129 37 31 62 61 66 30 131 97 41 74 56 207 67 1276 99 99Attempts 14 31 37 19 15 18 15 25 15 33 21 15 16 20 37 18 349 28 28Avg./rush 3.9 4.3 3.5 1.9 2.1 3.4 4.1 2.6 2.0 4.0 4.6 2.7 4.6 2.8 5.6 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.5TFL - yds. 2-2 2-6 3-4 4-8 2-2 2-5 3-8 4-6 2-5 3-5 2-6 1-4 1-2 2-6 5-11 1-2 39-82 2-6 2-6

PassingNet Yards 354 247 255 178 173 248 245 332 192 206 216 110 341 232 146 132 3607 265 265Sacks 3 2 2 3 4 6 2 1 0 3 1 6 4 0 0 3 40 0 0Yds. Lost 16 8 20 21 17 53 7 1 0 14 12 43 14 0 0 26 252 0 0Gross Yds. 370 255 275 199 190 301 252 333 192 220 228 153 355 232 146 158 3859 265 265Attempts 53 42 35 34 43 46 41 53 47 29 36 23 57 41 26 36 642 43 43Compl. 35 26 25 12 23 27 30 33 30 20 26 15 38 24 17 18 399 27 27Pct. 66.0% 61.9% 71.4% 35.3% 53.5% 58.7% 73.2% 62.3% 63.8% 69.0% 72.2% 65.2% 66.7% 58.5% 65.4% 50.0% 62.1% 62.8% 62.8%Int. 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 18 2 2Avg./play 6.3 5.6 6.7 4.8 3.7 4.8 5.7 6.1 4.1 6.4 5.8 3.8 5.6 5.7 5.6 3.4 5.3 6.2 6.2

KickoffsNo. 5 4 6 5 4 4 4 9 4 7 6 4 4 3 8 3 80 5 5In End Zone-TB 4-4 4-3 5-5 5-5 4-2 3-3 3-2 3-3 3-2 5-5 5-2 2-0 1-1 0-0 6-5 3-2 56-44 5-5 5-5

PuntsNo. 4 2 6 11 7 5 4 5 9 6 3 5 3 4 5 9 88 4 4Yards 199 80 301 487 319 272 197 223 389 260 160 218 102 199 211 418 4035 169 169Avg. 49.8 40.0 50.2 44.3 45.6 54.4 49.3 44.6 43.2 43.3 53.3 43.6 34.0 49.8 42.2 46.4 45.9 42.3 42.3Net Avg. 43.8 40.0 47.7 39.0 42.7 50.0 44.8 34.8 37.4 43.3 49.3 35.4 31.7 43.0 31.4 42.3 41.0 37.5 37.5Had Blocked 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kicks, Had BlockedField Goals-PATs 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0

Punt ReturnsNo. 5 2 5 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 3 2 33 3 3Yards 24 2 36 7 18 4 6 84 4 13 17 0 0 61 72 23 371 7 7Avg. 4.8 1.0 7.2 3.5 4.5 4.0 6.0 84.0 4.0 6.5 17.0 0.0 0.0 30.5 24.0 11.5 11.2 2.3 2.3

Kickoff ReturnsNo. 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 1 2 2 2 8 1 2 3 5 34 2 2Yards 0 0 13 0 153 33 0 22 48 49 40 199 27 47 134 103 868 32 32Avg. 0.0 0.0 13.0 0.0 25.5 33.0 0.0 22.0 24.0 24.5 20.0 24.9 27.0 23.5 44.7 20.6 25.5 16.0 16

Interception ReturnsNo. 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 15 0 0Yards 0 0 52 24 0 0 0 41 6 4 0 0 57 0 44 0 228 0 0Avg. 0.0 0.0 52.0 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.5 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 28.5 0.0 11.0 0.0 15.2 0.0 0

PenaltiesNumber 9 7 7 3 2 6 7 9 4 3 6 5 11 8 7 9 103 10 10Yds. Lost 45 62 34 15 9 62 77 71 37 25 50 35 98 65 45 86 816 67 67

FumblesNo. 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 2 2 20 0 0Lost 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 7 0 0

TouchdownsTotal TDs 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 5 2 1 5 2 2 1 4 2 41 3 3Rush 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 1 1Pass 2 0 2 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 29 2 2Returns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0

Extra PointsMade-Attempts 3-3 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-2 3-3 4-5 2-2 1-1 5-5 1-2 2-2 1-1 4-4 2-2 38-40 3-3 3-3Kicking Md.-Att. 3-3 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-2 3-3 4-4 2-2 1-1 4-4 1-1 2-2 1-1 4-4 2-2 27-27 3-3 3-3Rushing Md.-Att. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Passing Md.-Att. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0

Field GoalsMade-Attempts 1-1 1-2 2-3 2-2 1-1 1-2 0-0 3-3 1-1 5-5 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-3 3-3 0-0 23-28 1-2 1-2

Red Zone EfficiencyScored-Attempts 2-4 2-4 2-4 1-2 2-3 1-3 3-3 4-5 2-2 0-3 5-5 1-1 2-3 1-5 1-4 1-1 30-52 3-4 3-4Efficiency 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% 67.0% 33.0% 100.0% 80.0% 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% 67.0% 20.0% 25.0% 100.0% 57.7% 75.0% 75.0%

Goal-to-Go EfficiencyScored-Attempts 2-4 2-4 2-3 1-2 2-2 1-3 3-3 4-4 0-0 0-0 5-5 0-0 2-2 1-2 1-2 1-1 27-37 2-2 2-2Efficiency 50.0% 50.0% 67.0% 50.0% 100.0% 33.0% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 50.0% 50.0% 100.0% 73.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Safeties 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total Points 24 17 26 20 17 17 21 43 17 22 36 16 17 10 37 14 354 24 24Time of Poss. Avg. 27:36 36:14 38:04 24:43 26:26 32:01 29:14 29:27 27:38 35:50 25:43 21:13 33:29 27:16 31:38 26:59 29:25 34:01 34:01

OPPONENTS 2014 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

Pts. Yds. Rush Pass 1st Dwn. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. TOP No. Yds. Pts. Yds. Rush Pass 1st Dwn. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. TOP No. Yds.Denver 3 121 35 86 7 3 4 75.0% 0 0 0.0% 9:49 1 5 Denver 21 153 40 113 10 3 5 60.0% 0 0 0.0% 9:42 2 15vs. Ind.(9/7) 0 68 12 56 3 1 2 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:11 2 10 vs. Ind.(9/7) 7 69 22 47 6 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:18 2 15

Denver 7 92 7 85 4 0 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:01 2 10 Denver 14 158 52 106 11 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:39 2 10vs. K.C. (9/14) 3 93 44 49 6 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 7:59 2 15 vs. K.C. (9/14) 7 83 57 26 6 3 4 75.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:21 2 10

Denver 3 80 19 61 6 2 3 66.7% 0 0 0.0% 8:28 0 0 Denver 0 22 -4 26 2 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:30 1 5at Sea. (9/21) 3 31 10 21 1 0 3 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 6:32 3 15 at Sea. (9/21) 14 175 47 138 10 3 4 75.0% 0 0 0.0% 9:30 1 10

Denver 7 88 5 83 5 3 4 75.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:42 2 21 Denver 14 198 -1 199 4 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 7:48 3 30vs. Ari. (10/5) 6 100 11 89 6 3 5 60.0% 0 0 0.0% 9:18 1 5 vs. Ari. (10/5) 7 39 22 17 2 0 5 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:12 0 0

Denver 3 86 21 65 3 1 2 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 6:32 2 25 Denver 14 131 39 92 9 3 5 60.0% 0 0 0.0% 10:50 3 35at N.Y.J. (10/12) 7 51 -1 52 5 0 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 8:28 0 0 at N.Y.J. (10/12) 0 31 9 22 2 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 4:10 0 0

Denver 14 130 21 109 7 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 8:18 3 19 Denver 7 63 9 54 6 2 3 66.7% 0 0 0.0% 5:32 2 24vs. S.F. (10/19) 0 44 13 31 3 0 3 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 6:42 0 0 vs. S.F. (10/19) 10 144 10 134 9 2 3 66.7% 0 0 0.0% 9:28 3 36

Denver 0 136 33 103 6 2 4 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 9:25 2 15 Denver 14 79 8 71 5 3 4 75.0% 0 0 0.0% 4:45 1 11vs. S.D. (10/23) 0 19 -1 20 1 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 5:35 0 0 vs. S.D. (10/23) 7 105 14 91 7 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 10:15 3 25

Denver 7 75 6 69 5 0 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:19 2 20 Denver 0 115 15 100 7 0 3 0.0% 0 1 0.0% 9:50 4 25at N.E. (11/2) 3 87 13 74 5 2 4 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:41 1 12 at N.E. (11/2) 24 108 5 103 9 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 5:10 1 11

Denver 3 122 37 85 8 2 3 66.7% 0 0 0.0% 8:35 2 10 Denver 17 161 37 124 7 3 6 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 6:39 3 35at Oak. (11/9) 3 34 6 28 2 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 6:25 1 21 at Oak. (11/9) 7 51 8 43 2 2 7 28.6% 0 0 0.0% 8:21 0 0

Denver 0 95 12 83 4 2 4 50.0% 0 1 0.0% 6:52 3 17 Denver 7 109 0 109 4 2 4 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 4:22 0 0at STL. (11/16) 10 138 39 99 5 2 4 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 8:08 0 0 at STL. (11/16) 3 90 26 64 5 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 10:38 0 0

Denver 3 44 33 11 4 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 6:13 1 12 Denver 14 168 32 136 9 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:33 2 20vs. Mia. (11/23) 7 104 62 42 5 1 2 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 8:47 1 15 vs. Mia. (11/23) 14 108 28 80 8 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:27 1 90 0Denver 14 130 58 72 7 5 5 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 9:52 0 0 Denver 6 108 44 64 7 2 6 33.3% 2 2 100.0% 10:32 1 5at K.C. (11/30) 0 -10 4 -14 0 0 3 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:08 1 5 at K.C. (11/30) 7 69 20 49 4 0 1 0.0% 1 1 100.0% 4:28 2 20

Denver 7 67 23 44 3 0 1 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 4:52 2 15 Denver 7 91 33 58 6 1 2 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:10 0 0vs. Buf. (12/7) 0 104 52 52 6 2 3 66.7% 0 1 0.0% 10:08 2 10 vs. Buf. (12/7) 3 26 10 16 2 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:50 3 30

Denver 3 126 48 78 7 2 4 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 12:38 0 0 Denver 6 73 21 52 3 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 6:34 1 10at S.D. (12/14) 0 10 6 10 0 0 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2:22 3 16 at S.D. (12/14) 3 82 26 56 4 2 5 40.0% 0 0 0.0% 8:26 2 25

Denver 7 45 15 30 2 0 3 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:21 1 10 Denver 0 80 22 58 4 2 3 66.7% 0 0 0.0% 5:02 1 10at Cin. (12/22) 7 119 85 34 3 1 3 33.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:39 0 0 at Cin. (12/22) 13 105 81 24 8 0 3 0.0% 1 1 100.0% 9:58 1 5

Denver 10 138 35 103 7 2 3 66.7% 0 0 0.0% 9:40 1 16 Denver 10 108 15 93 7 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:56 0 0vs. Oak. (12/28) 7 4 9 -5 0 0 3 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:20 3 15 vs. Oak. (12/28) 0 41 17 24 1 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:04 2 10

Denver 7 72 36 36 6 0 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:05 0 0 Denver 3 64 38 26 5 1 5 20.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:42 2 8vs. Ind. (1/11) 0 107 11 96 5 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 9:55 2 16 vs. Ind. (1/11) 14 94 53 41 8 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 7:18 5 27

DEN. REG. SEASON TOT. 91 1575 408 1167 85 27 49 55.1% 0 1 0.0% 128:37 24 195 DEN. TOTALS 151 1817 362 1455 101 33 64 51.6% 2 3 0.0% 117:24 26 235OPP. REG. SEASON TOT. 56 996 364 638 51 15 48 31.3% 0 1 0.0% 111:23 20 139 OPP. TOTALS 126 1326 402 934 85 21 59 35.6% 2 2 0.0% 122:36 23 206

DEN. POSTSEASON TOT. 7 72 36 36 6 0 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:05 0 0 DEN. POSTSEASON TOT. 3 64 38 26 5 1 5 20.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:42 2 8OPP. POSTSEASON TOT. 0 107 11 96 5 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 9:55 2 16 OPP. POSTSEASON TOT. 14 94 53 41 8 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 7:18 5 27



Denver 0 62 8 54 2 0 4 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:24 1 5 Denver 17 168 13 155 10 3 5 60.0% 0 0 0.0% 8:20 1 12at Sea. (9/21) 0 62 20 42 3 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 9:36 0 0 at Sea. (9/21) 3 41 12 29 4 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 6:40 3 9

Denver 3 123 50 73 6 0 4 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 10:27 1 6 Denver 17 159 38 121 9 3 5 60.0% 0 0 0.0% 11:20 1 10vs. Ari. (10/5) 7 74 2 72 1 0 3 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 4:33 2 10 vs. Ari. (10/5) 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 3:40 0 0

Denver 7 97 65 32 6 1 2 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:18 5 38 Denver 7 45 13 32 3 3 6 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 8:54 1 3at N.Y.J. (10/12) 3 52 1 51 4 2 5 40.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:42 1 4 at N.Y.J. (10/12) 7 70 22 48 4 2 4 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 6:06 1 5


Denver 14 120 61 59 9 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 7:02 4 35 Denver 7 90 37 53 7 2 4 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 9:34 2 10vs. S.D. (10/23) 7 72 1 71 6 1 4 25.0% 1 1 100.0% 7:58 3 51 vs. S.D. (10/23) 7 110 47 63 8 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:26 1 1




Denver 0 99 95 4 6 2 4 50.0% 1 1 100.0% 9:05 1 5 Denver 22 139 41 98 10 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 8:58 5 61vs. Mia. (11/23) 7 20 3 17 4 1 2 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:55 1 5 vs. Mia. (11/23) 8 81 4 77 8 0 2 0.0% 1 1 100.0% 6:02 3 21

Denver 3 72 62 10 4 1 5 20.0% 0 0 0.0% 11:25 1 5 Denver 6 78 50 28 3 1 5 20.0% 0 0 0.0% 6:58 3 22at K.C. (11/30) 3 7 7 0 0 0 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 3:35 0 0 at K.C. (11/30) 6 85 10 75 7 1 3 33.3% 0 1 0.0% 8:02 2 10




Denver 10 65 55 10 4 1 2 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:26 0 0 Denver 17 140 37 103 7 3 6 50.0% 1 1 100.0% 9:59 0 0vs. Oak. (12/28) 7 125 25 100 7 3 4 75.0% 0 0 0.0% 9:34 2 41 vs. Oak. (12/28) 0 29 16 13 2 1 4 25.0% 0 1 0.0% 5:01 2 20

Denver 0 53 13 40 4 1 4 25.0% 1 1 100.0% 7:53 0 0 Denver 3 99 1 98 4 2 5 40.0% 0 1 0.0% 5:19 0 0vs. Ind. (1/11) 7 101 2 99 6 2 3 66.7% 0 0 0.0% 7:07 3 24 vs. Ind. (1/11) 3 62 33 29 4 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 9:41 0 05DEN. TOTALS 131 1671 667 1004 96 15 42 35.7% 3 3 100.0% 123:18 35 302 DEN. TOTALS 109 1383 348 1035 78 20 59 33.9% 1 6 16.7% 125:28 34 308OPP. TOTALS 57 1086 189 897 74 21 54 38.9% 2 3 66.7% 116:42 32 271 OPP. TOTALS 109 1400 277 1113 93 22 61 36.1% 6 10 60.0% 114:32 28 205

DEN. POSTSEASON TOT. 0 53 13 40 4 1 4 25.0% 1 1 100.0% 7:53 0 0 DEN. POSTSEASON TOT. 3 99 1 98 4 2 5 40.0% 0 1 0.0% 5:19 0 0OPP. POSTSEASON TOT. 7 101 2 99 6 2 3 66.7% 0 0 0.0% 7:07 3 24 OPP. POSTSEASON TOT. 3 62 33 29 4 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 9:41 0 0

Pts. Yds. Rush Pass 1st Dwn. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. TOP No. Yds.Denver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0:00 0 0at Seattle (9/21) 6 75 35 40 6 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:46 1 5

-5DEN. TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0:00 0 0OPP. TOTALS 6 75 35 40 6 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 5:46 1 5

OVERTIME3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn. Penalties

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 QUARTER-BY-QUARTER STATISTICS

Penalties3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn.

3rd Dwn.

Penalties

4th Dwn. 4th Dwn.

3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn.

FIRST QUARTER SECOND QUARTER

THIRD QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER

Penalties Penalties3rd Dwn.



Denver 3 102 15 87 8 3 7 42.9% 0 0 0.0% 13:58 1 5 Denver 17 230 21 209 12 3 9 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 13:44 2 17at Sea. (9/21) 17 206 57 149 11 3 7 42.9% 0 0 0.0% 16:02 4 25 at Sea. (9/21) 9 178 67 111 13 4 10 40.0% 0 0 0.0% 22:02 4 14

Denver 21 286 4 282 9 4 7 57.1% 0 0 0.0% 13:30 5 51 Denver 20 282 88 194 15 3 9 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 21:47 2 16vs. Ari. (10/5) 13 139 33 196 8 3 10 30.0% 0 0 0.0% 16:30 1 5 vs. Ari. (10/5) 7 76 4 72 1 0 6 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 8:13 2 10

Denver 17 217 60 157 12 3 8 37.5% 0 0 0.0% 17:22 5 60 Denver 14 142 78 64 9 4 8 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 16:12 6 41at N.Y.J. (10/12) 7 82 8 74 7 1 5 20.0% 0 0 0.0% 12:38 0 0 at N.Y.J. (10/12) 10 122 23 99 8 4 9 44.4% 0 0 0.0% 13:48 2 9


Denver 14 215 41 174 11 5 8 62.5% 0 0 0.0% 14:10 3 26 Denver 21 210 98 112 16 3 5 60.0% 0 0 0.0% 16:36 6 45vs. S.D. (10/23) 7 124 13 111 8 3 6 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 15:50 3 25 vs. S.D. (10/23) 14 182 48 134 14 1 4 25.0% 1 1 100.0% 13:24 4 52




Denver 17 212 65 147 13 6 8 75.0% 0 0 0.0% 16:14 3 32 Denver 22 238 136 102 16 3 5 60.0% 1 1 100.0% 18:03 6 66vs. Mia. (11/23) 21 212 90 122 13 3 4 75.0% 0 0 0.0% 13:46 2 24 vs. Mia. (11/23) 15 101 7 94 12 1 4 25.0% 1 1 100.0% 11:57 3 21

Denver 20 238 102 136 14 7 11 63.6% 2 2 100.0% 20:24 1 5 Denver 9 150 112 38 7 2 10 20.0% 0 0 0.0% 18:23 4 27at K.C. (11/30) 7 59 24 35 4 0 4 0.0% 1 1 100.0% 9:36 3 25 at K.C. (11/30) 9 92 17 75 7 1 5 20.0% 0 1 0.0% 11:37 2 10




Denver 20 246 50 196 14 3 7 42.9% 0 0 0.0% 17:36 1 16 Denver 27 205 92 113 11 4 8 50.0% 1 1 100.0% 15:25 0 0vs. Oak. (12/28) 7 45 26 19 1 1 7 14.3% 0 0 0.0% 12:24 5 25 vs. Oak. (12/28) 7 154 41 113 9 4 8 50.0% 0 1 0.0% 14:35 4 6150Denver 10 136 74 62 11 1 7 14.3% 0 0 0.0% 12:47 2 8 Denver 3 152 14 138 8 3 9 33.3% 1 2 50.0% 13:12 0 0vs. Ind. (1/11) 14 201 64 137 13 2 6 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 17:13 7 43 vs. Ind. (1/11) 10 163 35 128 10 3 7 42.9% 0 0 0.0% 16:48 3 24

DEN. REG. SEASON TOT. 242 3392 770 2622 186 59 112 52.7% 2 4 50.0% 248:29 50 430 DEN. REG. SEASON TOT. 240 3054 1015 2039 174 35 101 34.7% 4 9 44.4% 243:46 69 610OPP. REG. SEASON TOT. 182 2322 770 1642 136 35 101 34.7% 2 3 66.7% 231:31 43 340 OPP. REG. SEASON TOT. 172 2561 501 2060 173 45 117 38.5% 8 13 61.5% 242:00 60 476

DEN. POSTSEASON TOT. 10 136 72 62 11 1 7 14.3% 0 0 0.0% 12:47 2 8 DEN. POSTSEASON TOT. 3 152 14 138 8 3 9 33.3% 1 2 50.0% 13:!2 0 0OPP. POSTSEASON TOT. 14 201 64 137 13 2 6 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 17:13 7 43 OPP. POSTSEASON TOT. 10 163 35 128 10 3 7 42.9% 0 0 0.0% 16:48 3 24

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 HALF-BY-HALF STATISTICSFIRST HALF SECOND HALF

3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn. Penalties 3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn. Penalties

GAME W/L TIME PCT TIME PCT TIME PCT

vs. Ind. (9/7) W, 31-24 50:14:00 83.7% 9:46:00 16.3% 0:00:00 0.0%

vs. K.C. (9/14) W, 24-17 53:06:00 88.5% 3:41:00 6.1% 3:13:00 5.4%

at Sea. (9/21) L, 26-20 (OT) 0:00:00 0.0% 25:53:00 39.4% 39:53:00 60.6%

vs. Ari. (10/5) W, 41-20 49:43:00 82.9% 5:51:00 9.8% 4:26:00 7.4%

at NYJ (10/12) W, 31-17 44:27:00 74.1% 2:07:00 3.5% 13:26:00 22.4%

vs. S.F. (10/19) W, 42-17 53:29:00 89.1% 6:31:00 10.9% 0:00:00 0.0%

vs. S.D. (10/23) W, 35-21 41:00:00 68.3% 19:00:00 31.7% 0:00:00 0.0%

at N.E. (11/2) L, 43-21 7:13:00 12.0% 7:51:00 13.1% 44:56:00 74.9%

at Oak. (11/9) W, 41-17 35:47:00 59.6% 10:09:00 16.9% 14:04:00 23.4%

at Stl. (11/16) L, 22-7 0:00:00 0.0% 5:46:00 9.6% 54:14:00 90.4%

vs. Mia. (11/23) W, 39-33 5:01:00 8.4% 3:38:00 6.1% 51:21:00 85.6%

at K.C. (11/30) W, 29-16 53:57:00 89.9% 6:03:00 10.1% 0:00:00 0.0%

vs. Buf. (12/7) W, 24-17 47:43:00 79.5% 12:17:00 20.5% 0:00:00 0.0%

at S.D. (12/14) W, 22-10 51:55:00 86.5% 8:05:00 13.5% 0:00:00 0.0%

at Cin. (12/22) L, 37-28 9:03:00 15.1% 19:14:00 32.1% 31:43:00 52.9%

vs. Oak. (12/28) W, 47-14 54:40:00 91.1% 5:20:00 8.9% 0:00:00 0.0%

557:18:00 151:12:00 257:16:00

34:49:53 9:27:00 16:04:45

GAME W/L TIME PCT TIME PCT TIME PCT

vs. S.D. (1/12) L, 24-13 10:46:00 17.9% 11:51:00 19.8% 37:23:00 62.3%

10:46:00 11:51:00 37:23:00

10:46:00 11:51:00 37:23:00

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 TIME SPENT IN LEAD CHART

15.7%57.7% 26.6%

BEHINDLED TIED

TOTAL

AVERAGE

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 POSTSEASON TIME SPENT IN LEAD CHART

LED TIED BEHIND

TOTAL 17.9% 19.8% 62.3%AVERAGE

Category Player AFC Rank AFC Leader NFL Rank NFL LeaderScoring J. Thomas - 72 T-19th Gostkowski, N.E. - 156 T-40th Gostkowski, N.E. - 156Rushing Yards Anderson - 849 7th Bell, Pit. - 1,361 T-16th Murray, Dal. - 1,845Passing Yards P. Manning - 4,727 3rd Roethlisberger, Pit. - 4,952 4th Two Players - 4,952

Passer Rating P. Manning - 101.5 2nd Roethlisberger, Pit. - 103.3 4th Romo, Dal. - 113.2Receiving Yards D. Thomas - 1,619 2nd Brown, Pit. - 1,698 2nd Brown, Pit. - 1,698Receptions D. Thomas - 111 2nd Brown, Pit. - 129 2nd Brown, Pit. - 129Gross Punting Avg B. Colquitt - 44.2 14th Anger, Jac. - 47.5 T-23rd Anger, Jac., Way, Was. - 47.5Net Punting Avg B. Colquitt - 37.6 16th Koch, Bal. - 43.3 28th Koch, Bal. - 43.3Interceptions R. Moore, A. Talib - 4 T-4th Gipson, Cle. - 6 T-8th Quin, Det. - 7Sacks V. Miller - 14.0 5th Houston, K.C. - 22.0 6th Houston, K.C. - 22.0Kickoff Ret. Avg O. Bolden - 33.0 3rd Owusu, NYJ - 51.0 5th Saunders, N.O. - 60.0Punt Ret. Avg I. Burse* - 7.3 10th Edelman, N.E. - 12.0 20th Sproles, Phi. - 13.0

Offense Total AFC Rank AFC Leader NFL Rank NFL LeaderPoints Per Game 30.1 1st Denver - 30.1 2nd Green Bay - 30.4Total Yards Per Game 402.9 3rd Pittsburgh - 411.1 4th New Orleans - 411.4Yards Per Play 6.04 2nd Pittsburgh - 6.16 3rd Green Bay - 6.17Rushing Yards Per Game 111.6 7th New York Jets - 142.5 15th Seattle - 172.6Net Passing Yds. Per Game 291.3 3rd Indianapolis - 305.9 4th Indianapolis - 305.9Interceptions (fewest) 15 T-8th Kansas City - 6 T-16th Green Bay, Kansas City - 6Sacks (fewest) 17 1st Denver - 17 1st Denver - 17First Downs Per Game 22.5 5th Pittsburgh - 23.7 6th New Orleans - 24.7Third-Down Efficiency 44.1% 4th San Diego - 45.1% 8th New Orleans - 48.3%Fourth-Down Efficiency 46.2% 8th Oakland - 60.0% 18th Arizona - 75.0%Red-Zone Efficiency 62.9% 2nd Oakland - 72.4% 4th Oakland - 72.4%Kickoff Ret. Avg. 25.1 6th Baltimore - 28.3 8th Baltimore - 28.3Punt Ret. Avg. 7.2 9th Kansas City - 12.1 20th Atlanta -13.3

Defense Total AFC Rank AFC Leader NFL Rank NFL LeaderPoints Per Game 22.1 9th Kansas City - 17.6 T-16th Seattle - 15.9Total Yards Per Game 305.2 1st Denver - 305.2 3rd Seattle - 267.1Yards Per Play 4.73 1st Denver - 4.73 2nd Seattle - 4.63Rushing Yards Per Game 79.8 1st Denver - 79.8 2nd Detroit - 69.3Net Passing Yds. Per Game 225.4 6th Kansas City - 203.3 9th Seattle - 185.6Interceptions Thrown (most) 18 5th Cleveland - 21 T-7th San Francisco - 23Sacks (most) 41 T-6th Buffalo - 54 T-9th Buffalo - 54First Downs Per Game 19.4 T-7th New York Jets - 18.8 T-14th Seattle - 17.3Third-Down Efficiency 36.5% 4th Buffalo - 33.2% 5th Buffalo - 33.2%Fourth-Down Efficiency 58.8% 13th New York Jets - 0.0% 27th NYJ, Stl. - 0.0%Red-Zone Efficiency 57.7% 13th Kansas City - 38.9% 22nd Kansas City - 38.9%Kickoff Ret. Avg. 25.9 12th Buffalo - 20.0 24th Chicago - 17.5Punt Ret. Avg. 11.2 15th Indianapolis - 5.9 29th New Orleans - 4.1

* - not on active roster

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 REGULAR SEASON LEADERS BY CATEGORY

HOW THE BRONCOS RANK IN THE AFC AND NFL — 2014 REGULAR SEASON

Game Total Rush Pass Total Rush Pass17 18t 11 25 4 1714t 24 11 25 4 1717 28 8 30 12 3117 28 8 27 12 316 92 3 14 7 239 26 4 4 4 165 25 3 6 3 186 21 3 4 1 175 27 2 7 1 203 26 2 5 1 193 27 2 5 2 183 21 2 6 2 155 18 2 3 2 104 17 4 4 2 134 16 4 4 2 164 16 4 3 2 12

vs. Indianapolis (9/7)vs. Kansas City (9/14)at Seattle (9/21)BYE (9/29)vs. Arizona (10/5)at N.Y. Jets (10/12)vs. San Francisco (10/19)vs. San Diego (10/23)at New England (11/2)at Oakland (11/9)at St. Louis (11/16)vs. Miami (11/23)at Kansas City (11/30)vs. Buffalo (12/7)at San Diego (12/14)at Cincinnati (12/22)vs. Oakland (12/28) 4 15 4 3 2 9

OFFENSE DEFENSE

2014 DENVER BRONCOS WEEK-BY-WEEK NFL RANKINGS

Category Player AFC Rank AFC Leader NFL Rank NFL LeaderScoring C. Barth - 7 6th Vinatieri, Ind. - 20 13th Vinatieri, Ind. - 20Rushing Yards Anderson - 80 3rd Forsett, Bal. - 169 6th Murray, Dal. - 198Passing Yards P. Manning - 211 5th Luck, Ind. - 641 10th Luck, Ind. - 641

Passer Rating P. Manning - 75.5 5th Flacco, Bal. - 100.7 10th Wilson, Sea. - 149.2Receiving Yards D. Thomas - 59 18th Hilton, Ind. - 175 31st Hilton, Ind. - 175Receptions E. Sanders - 7 T-8th Herron, Ind. - 18 T-11th Herron, Ind. - 18Gross Punting Avg B. Colquitt - 40.7 3rd Koch, Bal. - 50.0 5th Koch, Bal. - 50.0Net Punting Avg B. Colquitt - 39.5 2nd Huber, Cin. - 43.1 3rd Jones, Dal. - 44.5Interceptions R. Moore, B. Roby - 1 T-1st Seven Players - 1 T-1st 13 Players - 1Sacks N/A -- Dumervil, Bal. - 2 -- Four Players - 2Kickoff Ret. Avg N/A -- Cribbs, Ind. - 33.0 -- Cribbs, Ind. - 33.0Punt Ret. Avg N/A -- Edelman, N.E. - 15.0 -- Edelman, N.E. - 15.0

Offense Total AFC Rank AFC Leader NFL Rank NFL LeaderPoints Per Game 13.0 5th New England - 35.0 11th New England - 35.0Total Yards Per Game 288.0 5th Indianapolis - 423.0 10th Green Bay - 425.0Yards Per Play 4.24 6th New England - 6.39 11th Seattle - 6.69Rushing Yards Per Game 88.0 4th Cincinnati - 110.0 9th Carolina - 160.0Net Passing Yds. Per Game 200.0 5th New England - 408.0 10th New England - 408.0Interceptions (fewest) 0 T-1st Cin, Den. - 0 T-1st Five Teams - 0Sacks (fewest) 2 T-3rd Bal., Ind. - 1 T-4th Three Teams - 1First Downs Per Game 19.0 5th New England - 29.0 T-8th New England - 29.0Third-Down Efficiency 25.0% T-5th New Engalnd - 54.6% T-10th Green Bay - 64.3%Fourth-Down Efficiency 50.0% 3rd Baltimore - 100.0% 4th Baltimore - 100.0%Red-Zone Efficiency 100.0% T-1st Three Teams - 100.0% T-1st Three Teams - 100.0%Kickoff Ret. Avg. 0.0 6th Cincinnati - 26.7 12th Arizona - 29.5Punt Ret. Avg. -1.0 6th New England - 15.0 12th New England - 15.0

Defense Total AFC Rank AFC Leader NFL Rank NFL LeaderPoints Per Game 24.0 2nd Indianapolis - 11.5 T-6th Indianapolis - 11.5Total Yards Per Game 364.0 3rd Indianapolis - 271.0 7th Carolina - 213.0Yards Per Play 5.13 2nd Indianapolis - 4.27 3rd Indianapolis - 4.27Rushing Yards Per Game 99.0 T-3rd Baltimore - 41..0 T-5th Baltimore - 41.0Net Passing Yds. Per Game 265.0 3rd Indianapolis - 172.0 3rd Carolina - 149.5Interceptions Thrown (most) 2 T-2nd Baltimore - 3 T-2nd Baltimore - 3Sacks (most) 0 T-5th Baltimore - 7 T-11th Baltimore - 7First Downs Per Game 23.0 4th Indianapolis - 16.5 9th Carolina - 12.0Third-Down Efficiency 38.5% 4th New England - 11.1% 5th New England - 11.1%Fourth-Down Efficiency 0.0% T-1st Cin., Den. - 0.0% T-1st Six Teams - 0.0%Red-Zone Efficiency 75.0% 4th Cincinnati - 25.0% 9th Cincinnati - 25.0%Kickoff Ret. Avg. 16.0 1st Denver - 16.0 2nd Dallas - 14.0Punt Ret. Avg. 2.3 2nd Pittsburgh - 0.0 6th Four Teams - 0.0

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 POSTSEASON LEADERS BY CATEGORY

HOW THE BRONCOS RANK IN THE AFC AND NFL — 2014 POSTSEASON

TD TD Drive

Yards Length Length Posession Time TDs Plays TDs YARDS TD FG TD FG

1‐9 yards 29 1 00:00‐00:59 8 1 2 (MINUS) ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

10‐19 yards 10 2 01:00‐01:59 9 2 2 0‐9 1 2 1 5

20‐29 yards 5 1 02:00‐02:59 9 3 5 10‐19 2 ‐ 3 1

30‐39 yards 7 2 03:00‐03:59 10 4 3 20‐29 1 3 2 4

40‐49 yards 2 6 04:00‐04:59 12 5 6 30‐39 2 ‐ 1 1

50‐59 yards 1 7 05:00‐05:59 5 6 6 40‐49 6 2 4 2

60‐69 yards ‐ 7 06:00‐06:59 1 7 6 50‐59 7 6 1 4

70‐79 yards ‐ 10 07:00‐07:59 1 8 8 60‐69 7 7 6 5

80‐89 yards 1 18 08:00‐08:59 ‐ 9 6 70‐79 10 3 1 ‐

90‐99 yards ‐ 1 09:00‐09:59 ‐ 10 5 80‐89 18 1 16 1

10:00‐10:59 ‐ 11 4 90‐99 1 ‐ 3 ‐

11:00‐11:59 ‐ 12 2 TOTAL 55 24 38 23

12:00‐12:59 ‐ 13 ‐

13:00‐13:59 ‐ 14 ‐

14:00‐14:59 ‐ 15 ‐

15:00 + ‐ 16 ‐

TOTAL 55 55 55 55

MOST PLAYS Pts. FD Yds. Pts. FD Yds.

Broncos: 16 (vs. Ind., Sept. 7, FG, 77 yds., 6:35) vs. Ind. (9/7) 3 5 77 0 2 39

Opponent: 17 (vs. Buf., Dec. 7, TD, 90 yds., 3:25) vs. K.C. (9/14) 7 4 80 0 3 37

FEWEST PLAYS at Sea. (9/21) 0 0 9 0 0 5

Broncos: 1 (twice, last vs. S.F., Oct. 19, TD, 40 yds., 0:07) vs. Ari. (10/5) 7 5 80 3 4 65

Opponent: 1 four times, last at Cin., Dec. 22, TD, 85 yds., 0:23) at NYJ (10/12) 3 1 62 0 1 19

MOSY YARDS vs. S.F. (10/19) 7 4 57 0 0 ‐3

Broncos: 91 (at Cin., Dec. 22, TD, 8 plays, 3:31) vs. S.D. (10/23) 0 1 23 0 1 18

Opponent: 97 (at Oak., Nov. 9, TD, 8 plays, 3:42) at N.E. (11/2) 0 0 3 0 1 19

FEWEST YARDS at Oak. (11/9) 0 1 10 3 2 26

Broncos: 2 (at K.C., Nov. 30, FG, 4 plays, 0:58) at Stl. (11/16) 0 1 24 3 3 61

Opponent: 2 (at K.C., Nov. 30, FG, 4 plays, 1:17) vs. Mia. (11/23) 3 4 53 7 4 80

MOST TIME at K.C. (11/30) 7 3 74 0 0 5

Broncos: 7:12 (vs. Mia., Nov. 23, FG, 12 plays, 53 yds.) vs. Buf. (12/7) 0 0 ‐4 0 1 23

Opponent: 7:42 (vs. K.C., Sept. 14, TD, 14 plays, 90 yds.) at S.D. (12/14) 0 1 9 0 0 0

LEAST TIME at Cin. (12/22) 0 1 26 0 0 9

Broncos: 0:07 (vs. S.F., Oct. 19, TD, 1 play, 40 yds.) vs. Oak. (12/28) 3 2 23 0 0 ‐6

Opponent: 0:04 (at N.E., Nov. 2, TD, 1 play, 10 yds.) TOTAL 40 33 606 16 22 397

Pts. FD Yds. Pts. FD Yds.

vs. Ind. (9/7) 0 0 ‐14 0 2 44

vs. K.C. (9/14) 0 2 29 0 7 61

at Sea. (9/21) 0 0 8 0 1 21

vs. Ari. (10/5) 0 0 3 0 0 2

at NYJ (10/12) 7 6 87 0 0 9

vs. S.F. (10/19) 0 0 7 0 0 7

vs. S.D. (10/23) 7 4 51 0 0 ‐1

at N.E. (11/2) 7 2 57 0 2 26

at Oak. (11/9) 7 1 18 0 0 3

at Stl. (11/16) 0 3 37 0 2 27

vs. Mia. (11/23) 0 5 65 0 2 13

at K.C. (11/30) 0 0 2 3 0 2

vs. Buf. (12/7) 7 3 80 0 1 9

at S.D. (12/14) 0 0 7 0 1 16

at Cin. (12/22) 7 3 21 7 1 27

vs. Oak. (12/28) 7 1 30 7 4 80

TOTAL 49 30 488 17 23 346

BRONCOS 2014 TD DRIVE ANALYSIS

2014 LONGEST/SHORTEST SCORING DRIVES 2014 GAME-OPENING DRIVES

BRONCOS 2014 SCORING DRIVE LENGTHOPPONENTBRONCOS

OPPONENTBRONCOS

2014 2ND HALF-OPENING DRIVES

BRONCOS OPPONENT

Opponent Plays Yards Time Res. Qtr Scoring Play Quarterback

vs. Ind. (9/7) 16 77 6:35 FG 1 McManus 21 yd. Field Goal Manning

8 54 4:00 TD 2 J. Thomas 3 yd. pass from Manning Manning



6 48 3:31 TD 4 Ball 3 yd. run Manning

vs. K.C. (9/14) 7 80 3:41 TD 1 J. Thomas 4 yd. pass from Manning Manning

7 75 3:13 TD 2 Tamme 4 yd. pass from Manning Manning

11 88 4:26 TD 2 D. Thomas 12 yd. pass from Manning Manning

7 44 3:44 FG 4 McManus 20 yd. Field Goal Manning

at Sea. (9/21) 15 75 7:06 FG 1 McManus 24 yd. Field Goal Manning


6 80 0:41 TD 4 Tamme 26 yd. pass from Manning Manning

vs. Ari. (10/5) 12 80 4:26 TD 1 J. Thomas 7 yd. pass from Manning Manning






5 46 2:07 TD 4 Thompson 8 yd. run Manning

at NYJ (10/12) 5 62 2:07 FG 1 McManus 37 yd. Field Goal Manning




vs. S.F. (10/19) 9 57 5:00 TD 1 Sanders 3 yd. pass from Manning Manning

3 59 1:22 TD 1 Welker 39 yd. pass from Manning Manning



3 86 0:41 TD 3 Hillman 37 yd. run Manning

12 73 7:08 TD 3 Hillman 1 yd. run Manning

vs. S.D. (10/23) 7 69 3:18 TD 2 Sanders 2 yd. pass from Manning Manning

8 74 2:35 TD 2 Sanders 31 yd. pass from Manning Manning




at N.E. (11/2) 9 80 3:15 TD 1 Hillman 1 yd. run Manning


4 72 1:37 TD 3 Hillman 15 yd. pass from Manning Manning

at Oak. (11/9) 12 73 5:29 FG 1 McManus 20 yd. Field Goal Manning


3 53 0:46 TD 2 Anderson 51 yd. pass from Manning Manning





at Stl. (11/16) 5 80 1:35 TD 2 Sanders 42 yd. pass from Manning Manning

vs. Mai. (11/23) 12 53 7:12 FG 1 McManus 38 yd. Field Goal Manning




11 70 6:16 TD 4 Anderson 10 yd. run Manning

2 8 0:17 TD 4 Welker 2 yd. pass from Manning Manning

at K.C. (11/30) 8 74 4:54 TD 1 D. Thomas 23 yd. pass from Manning Manning

10 48 4:46 TD 1 Anderson 15 yd. pass form Manning Manning

15 63 7:58 FG 2 Barth 22 yd. Field Goal Manning





vs. Buf. (12/7) 5 61 2:52 TD 1 Anderson 6 yd. run Manning




at S.D. (12/14) 9 68 3:51 FG 1 Barth 19 yd. Field Goal Manning






at Cin. (12/22) 3 21 0:48 TD 3 Anderson 1 yd. run Manning



vs. Oak. (12/28) 8 23 3:40 FG 1 Barth 49 yd. Field Goal Manning







6 44 2:24 TD 4 Green 1 yd. pass from Osweiler Osweiler

AVERAGE 7.7 60.5 3:27

TD AVG. 6.9 64.0 3:04

FG AVG. 9.6 52.5 4:20

Opponent Plays Yards Time Res. Qtr Scoring Play Quarterback

vs. Ind. (1/11) 7 68 3:37 TD 1 D. Thomas 1 yd. pass from Manning Manning



AVERAGE 9.3 48.7 3:48

TD AVG. 7.0 68.0 3:37

FG AVG. 10.5 39.0 3:54

BRONCOS 2014 GAME-BY-GAME SCORING DRIVES

BRONCOS 2014 POSTSEASON GAME-BY-GAME SCORING DRIVES

TOTAL 3RD DOWNSGame Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. Yds. Needed Yds. Gained Run Pass Yds. Needed Yds. Gained

Denver 7 14 50.0% 3 4 75.0% 4 10 40.0% 0 82 57 7 50 5.9 4.1vs. Ind.(9/7) 4 13 30.8% 0 1 0.0% 4 12 33.3% 0 91 83 5 78 7.0 6.4

Denver 3 8 37.5% 1 2 50.0% 2 6 33.3% 0 64 77 35 42 8.0 9.6vs. K.C. (9/14) 11 16 68.8% 1 4 25.0% 10 12 83.3% 3 125 162 30 132 7.8 10.1

Denver 6 16 37.5% 1 4 25.0% 5 12 41.7% 0 98 50 2 48 6.1 3.1at Sea. (9/21) 7 17 41.2% 5 8 62.5% 2 9 22.2% 0 108 71 25 46 6.4 4.2

Denver 7 16 43.8% 1 2 50.0% 6 14 42.9% 0 109 126 2 124 6.8 7.9vs. Ari. (10/5) 3 16 18.8% 0 1 0.0% 3 15 20.0% 0 133 59 0 59 8.3 3.7

Denver 7 16 43.8% 2 4 50.0% 5 12 41.7% 0 119 53 15 38 7.4 3.3at N.Y.J. (10/12) 5 14 35.7% 0 0 0.0% 5 14 35.7% 0 123 73 0 73 8.8 5.2

Denver 5 9 55.6% 1 2 50.0% 4 7 57.1% 0 75 76 11 65 8.3 8.4vs. S.F. (10/19) 3 13 23.1% 1 1 100.0% 2 12 16.7% 2 114 38 2 36 8.8 2.9

Denver 8 13 61.5% 2 4 50.0% 6 9 66.7% 0 58 97 9 88 4.5 7.5vs. S.D. (10/23) 4 10 40.0% 0 0 0.0% 4 10 40.0% 2 82 53 0 53 8.2 5.3

Denver 3 11 27.3% 0 0 0.0% 3 11 27.3% 1 101 75 0 75 9.2 6.8at N.E. (11/2) 6 16 37.5% 0 2 0.0% 6 14 42.9% 1 105 76 -1 77 6.6 4.8

Denver 7 15 46.7% 1 2 50.0% 6 13 46.2% 0 122 130 5 125 8.1 8.7at Oak. (11/9) 5 18 27.8% 0 0 0.0% 5 18 27.8% 1 94 66 0 66 5.2 3.7

Denver 4 12 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 4 12 33.3% 0 77 103 0 103 6.4 8.6at STL. (11/16) 6 17 35.3% 0 4 0.0% 6 13 46.2% 0 108 83 13 70 6.4 4.9

Denver 9 13 69.2% 1 1 100.0% 8 12 66.7% 1 60 112 21 91 4.6 8.6vs. Mia. (11/23) 4 8 50.0% 1 1 100.0% 3 7 42.9% 0 68 50 10 40 8.5 6.3

Denver 9 21 42.9% 1 4 25.0% 8 17 47.1% 0 140 151 20 131 6.7 7.2at K.C. (11/30) 1 9 11.1% 0 2 0.0% 1 7 14.3% 0 63 -29 -4 -25 7.0 -3.2

Denver 4 10 40.0% 4 5 80.0% 0 5 0.0% 2 72 74 60 14 7.2 7.4vs. Buf. (12/7) 9 16 56.3% 1 1 100.0% 8 15 53.3% 0 126 156 2 154 7.9 9.8

Denver 3 12 25.0% 0 6 0.0% 3 6 50.0% 2 99 70 8 62 8.3 5.8at S.D. (12/14) 6 13 46.2% 1 2 50.0% 5 11 45.5% 1 93 67 9 58 7.2 5.2

Denver 5 12 41.7% 3 4 75.0% 2 8 25.0% 0 85 95 44 51 7.1 7.9at Cin. (12/22) 2 11 18.2% 0 1 0.0% 2 10 20.0% 0 83 53 0 53 7.5 4.8

Denver 7 15 46.7% 1 1 100.0% 6 14 42.9% 1 83 154 2 152 5.5 10.3vs. Oak. (12/28) 5 15 33.3% 0 2 0.0% 5 13 38.5% 0 109 88 5 83 7.3 5.9

DENVER TOTAL 94 213 44.1% 22 45 48.9% 72 168 42.9% 7 1444 1500 241 1259 6.8 7.0OPPONENT TOTAL 81 222 36.5% 10 30 33.3% 71 192 37.0% 10 1625 1149 96 1053 7.3 5.2

POSTSEASON TOTAL THIRD DOWNSGame Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. Yds. Needed Yds. Gained Run Pass Yds. Needed Yds. GainedDenver 4 16 25.0% 1 1 100.0% 3 15 20.0% 1 117 60 2 58 7.3 3.8vs. Ind. (1/11) 5 13 38.5% 2 5 40.0% 3 8 37.5% 1 88 66 6 60 6.8 5.1

DENVER TOTAL 4 16 25.0% 1 1 100.0% 3 15 20.0% 1 117 60 2 58 7.3 3.8OPPONENT TOTAL 5 13 38.5% 2 5 40.0% 3 8 37.5% 1 88 66 6 60 6.8 5.1

3RD DOWN AVERAGES

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 THIRD DOWN DISTANCE CHART

3RD DOWN TOTALS YARDS GAINEDRUSHING PASSINGPenalty

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 POSTSEASON THIRD DOWN DISTANCE CHART

RUSHING PASSINGPenalty

3RD DOWN TOTALS YARDS GAINED 3RD DOWN AVERAGES

CUMULATIVE AVG. INSIDE AT INSIDE AT PAST INSIDEGame OFF. DRIVES STARTING LINE START OWN 20 OWN 20 50 50 50 OPP. 20Denver 12 298 DEN 24 3 5 11 0 1 0vs. Ind.(9/7) 12 351 IND 29 1 6 10 0 2 0

Denver 8 163 DEN 20 3 2 7 0 1 0vs. K.C. (9/14) 8 198 KC 25 1 4 8 0 0 03Denver 14 333 DEN 24 5 5 13 0 1 1at Sea. (9/21) 15 427 SEA 28 4 4 13 0 2 0

Denver 16 455 DEN 28 1 7 15 0 1 0vs. Ari. (10/5) 15 435 ARI 29 2 8 14 0 1 1

Denver 12 277 DEN 23 5 4 10 0 2 0at N.Y.J. (10/12) 13 375 NJY 29 3 1 12 0 1 0

Denver 12 335 DEN 28 3 3 11 0 1 0vs. S.F. (10/19) 11 248 S.F. 23 3 6 11 0 1 0

Denver 10 267 DEN 27 2 2 10 0 0 0vs. S.D. (10/23) 11 252 S.D. 23 2 6 11 0 0 0

Denver 15 345 DEN 23 2 7 15 0 0 0at N.E. (11/2) 13 486 N.E. 37 1 3 10 0 3 1

Denver 15 581 DEN 39 2 2 11 0 4 1at Oak. (11/9) 15 368 OAK 25 5 5 13 0 2 1

Denver 13 231 DEN 18 6 5 13 0 0 0at STL. (11/16) 12 392 STL 33 2 1 11 0 1 0

Denver 9 321 DEN 36 1 2 7 0 2 1vs. Mia. (11/23) 10 293 MIA 29 2 5 8 0 2 1

Denver 13 568 DEN 44 1 0 8 0 5 2at K.C. (11/30) 12 384 KC 32 3 0 11 0 1 0

Denver 11 461 DEN 42 0 1 8 0 3 0vs. Buf. (12/7) 11 213 BUF 19 4 5 11 0 0 0

Denver 11 335 DEN 30 2 0 10 0 1 0at S.D. (12/14) 10 281 SD 28 1 5 9 0 1 1

Denver 14 320 DEN 23 3 7 13 0 1 0at Cin. (12/22) 14 541 CIN 39 4 3 9 0 5 1

Denver 13 436 DEN 34 4 2 11 0 2 0vs. Oak. (12/28) 13 271 OAK 21 2 6 13 0 0 0

DENVER TOTAL 198 5726 DEN 29 43 54 173 0 25 5OPP. TOTAL 195 5515 OPP 28 40 68 174 0 22 6

POSTSEASON CUMULATIVE AVG. INSIDE AT INSIDE AT PAST INSIDEGame OFF. DRIVES STARTING LINE START OWN 20 OWN 20 50 50 50 OPP. 20Denver 12 296 DEN 25 1 6 12 0 0 0vs. Ind. (1/11) 12 340 IND 31 1 2 11 0 1 0

DENVER TOTAL 12 296 DEN 25 1 6 12 0 0 0OPPONENT TOTAL 12 340 OPP 31 1 2 11 0 1 0

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 FIELD POSITION CHART

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 POSTSEASON FIELD POSITION CHART

Game Pos. TDs Run Pass TD% FGs Score% MFG DWN TO EOHDenver 4 3 1 2 75.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. Ind.(9/7) 4 2 1 1 50.0% 1 75.0% 0 1 0 0

Denver 4 3 0 3 75.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. K.C. (9/14) 4 2 2 0 50.0% 0 50.0% 1 1 0 0

Denver 2 1 0 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0at Seattle (9/21) 4 2 1 1 50.0% 2 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 3 3 1 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. Arizona (10/5) 2 1 1 0 50.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 3 2 0 2 66.7% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0at N.Y.J. (10/12) 3 2 0 2 66.7% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 3 3 1 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. S.F. (10/19) 3 1 0 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 0 1 0 0

Denver 4 4 2 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. S.D. (10/23) 3 3 0 3 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 4 3 1 2 75.0% 0 75.0% 0 1 0 0at N.E. (11/2) 5 4 0 4 80.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 4 2 0 2 50.0% 2 100.0% 0 0 0 0at Oak. (11/9) 2 2 0 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0at STL. (11/16) 3 0 0 0 0.0% 3 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 8 5 1 4 62.5% 1 75.0% 1 0 0 1vs. Mia. (11/23) 5 5 2 3 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 7 1 0 1 14.3% 5 85.7% 0 0 0 1at K.C. (11/30) 1 1 0 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 3 3 3 0 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. Buf. (12/7) 3 2 1 1 66.7% 0 66.7% 0 0 1 0

Denver 3 0 0 0 0.0% 3 100.0% 0 0 0 0at S.D. (12/14) 5 1 0 1 20.0% 1 40.0% 2 0 1 0

Denver 4 3 1 2 75.0% 0 75.0% 0 0 1 0at Cin. (12/22) 4 1 0 1 25.0% 2 75.0% 0 0 1 0

Denver 6 3 2 1 50.0% 3 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. Oak. (12/28) 1 1 0 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

DENVER TOTAL 62 39 13 26 62.9% 18 91.9% 1 1 1 2OPPONENT TOTAL 52 30 8 22 57.7% 13 82.7% 3 3 3 0

Game Pos. TDs Run Pass TD% FGs Score% MFG DWN TO EOHDenver 1 1 0 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. Ind. (1/11) 4 3 1 2 75.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0

DENVER TOTAL 1 1 0 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0OPPONENT TOTAL 4 3 1 2 75.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0

FAILEDDENVER BRONCOS 2014 RED ZONE CHART

SCORING EFFICIENCYTD BREAKDOWN

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 POSTSEASON RED ZONE CHARTTD BREAKDOWN SCORING EFFICIENCY FAILED

Game Pos. TDs Run Pass TD% FGs Score% MFG DWN TO EOHDenver 4 3 1 2 75.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. Ind. (9/7) 4 2 1 1 50.0% 1 75.0% 0 1 0 0

Denver 3 2 0 2 66.7% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. K.C. (9/14) 4 2 2 0 50.0% 0 50.0% 1 1 0 0

Denver 2 1 0 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0at Sea. (9/21) 3 2 1 1 66.7% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 3 3 1 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. Ari. (10/5) 2 1 1 0 50.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 2 2 0 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0at N.Y.J. (10/12) 2 2 0 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 3 3 1 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. S.F. (10/19) 3 1 0 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 0 1 0 00Denver 4 4 2 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. S.D. (10/23) 3 3 3 0 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 2 1 1 0 50.0% 0 50.0% 0 1 0 0at N.E. (11/2) 4 4 0 4 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 1 0 0 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0at Oak. (11/9) 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0at STL. (11/16) 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 3 3 1 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. Mia. (11/23) 5 5 2 3 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 2 0 0 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 0 0 0 1at K.C. (11/30) 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 2 2 2 0 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. Buf. (12/7) 2 2 1 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

Denver 2 0 0 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 0 0 0 0at S.D. (12/14) 2 1 0 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 0 0 1 0

Denver 3 3 1 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0at Cin. (12/22) 2 1 0 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 0 0 1 0

Denver 3 2 1 1 66.7% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 0vs. Oak. (12/28) 1 1 0 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

DENVER TOTAL 39 29 11 18 74.4% 8 94.9% 0 1 0 1OPPONENT TOT. 37 27 11 16 73.0% 4 83.8% 1 3 2 0

Game Pos. TDs Run Pass TD% FGs Score% MFG DWN TO EOHDenver 1 1 0 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

vs. Ind. (1/11) 2 2 0 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

DENVER TOTAL 1 1 0 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0OPPONENT TOT. 2 2 0 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 GOAL-TO-GO CHARTFAILEDSCORING EFFICIENCY

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 POSTSEASON GOAL-TO-GO CHARTSCORING EFFICIENCY FAILED

TD BREAKDOWN

TD BREAKDOWN

GAME Player Att. Yds. Avg. LG TDs GAME Player Att. Yds. Avg. LG TDs

vs. Indianapolis (9/7) vs. Indianapolis (9/7)

vs. Kansas City (9/14) vs. Kansas City (9/14)

at Seattle (9/21) at Seattle (9/21)

vs. Arizona (10/5) vs. Arizona (10/5)

at N.Y.J (10/12) Hillman 24 100 4.2 26 0 at N.Y.J (10/12)

vs. San Francisco (10/19) vs. San Francisco (10/19)

vs. San Diego (10/23) HIllman 20 109 5.5 37 0 vs. San Diego (10/23)

at New England (11/2) at New England (11/2)

at Oakland (11/9) at Oakland (11/9)

at St. Louis (11/17) at St. Louis (11/17) Mason 29 113 3.9 27 0

vs. Miami (11/23) Anderson 27 167 6.2 26 1 vs. Miami (11/23)

at Kansas City (11/30) Anderson 32 168 5.3 20 0 at Kansas City (11/30)

vs. Buffalo (12/7) vs. Buffalo (12/7)

at San Diego (12/14) at San Diego (12/14)

at Cincinnati (12/22) at Cincinnati (12/22) Hill 22 147 6.7 85t 1

vs. Oakland (12/28) vs. Oakland (12/28)

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GAME Player Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TDs GAME Player Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TDs

vs. Indianapolis (9/7) J. Thomas 7 104 14.9 35 3 vs. Indianapolis (9/7)

vs. Kansas City (9/14) Sanders 8 108 13.5 48 0 vs. Kansas City (9/14)

at Seattle (9/21) Sanders 11 149 13.5 42 0 at Seattle (9/21)

vs. Arizona (10/5) D. Thomas 8 226 28.3 86t 2 vs. Arizona (10/5) Ellington 4 128 28 81t 1

Sanders 7 101 14.4 30 0

at N.Y.J (10/12) D. Thomas 10 124 12.4 54 1 at N.Y.J (10/12)

vs. San Francisco (10/19) D. Thomas 8 171 21.4 49 2 vs. San Francisco (10/19)

vs. San Diego (10/23) Sanders 9 120 13.3 38 3 vs. San Diego (10/23)

D. Thomas 8 105 13.1 23 0

at New England (11/2) Sanders 10 151 15.1 28 0 at New England (11/2) Gronkowski 9 105 11.7 20 1

D. Thomas 7 127 18.1 41 0

at Oakland (11/9) D. Thomas 11 108 9.8 21 0 at Oakland (11/9)

at St. Louis (11/17) D. Thomas 7 103 14.7 23 0 at St. Louis (11/17) Britt 4 128 32 63t 1

Sanders 5 102 20.4 42t 1

vs. Miami (11/23) Sanders 13 125 13.9 35 0 vs. Miami (11/23)

at Kansas City (11/30) at Kansas City (11/30)

vs. Buffalo (12/7) vs. Buffalo (12/7) Watkins 7 127 18.1 35 0

at San Diego (12/14) D. Thomas 6 123 20.5 36 1 at San Diego (12/14)

at Cincinnati (12/22) D. Thomas 7 115 16.4 46 0 at Cincinnati (12/22)

vs. Oakland (12/28) D. Thomas 8 115 14.4 27 0 vs. Oakland (12/28)



GAME Player Cmp.-Att. Yds. TDs INTs Rtg. GAME Player Cmp.-Att. Yds. TDs INTs Rtg.

vs. Indianapolis (9/7) vs. Indianapolis (9/7) Luck 35-53 370 2 2 83.1

vs. Kansas City (9/14) vs. Kansas City (9/14)

at Seattle (9/21) Manning 31-49 303 2 1 85.7 at Seattle (9/21)

vs. Arizona (10/5) Manning 31-47 479 4 2 110.2 vs. Arizona (10/5)

at N.Y.J (10/12) at N.Y.J (10/12)

vs. San Francisco (10/19) Manning 22-26 318 4 0 157.2 vs. San Francisco (10/19)

vs. San Diego (10/23) vs. San Diego (10/23)

at New England (11/2) Manning 34-57 438 2 2 80.9 at New England (11/2) Brady 33-53 333 4 1 97.4

at Oakland (11/9) Manning 31-44 340 5 2 111.9 at Oakland (11/9)

at St. Louis (11/17) Manning 34-54 389 1 2 75.3 at St. Louis (11/17)

vs. Miami (11/23) vs. Miami (11/23)

at Kansas City (11/30) at Kansas City (11/30)

vs. Buffalo (12/7) vs. Buffalo (12/7) Orton 38-57 355 1 2 74.8

at San Diego (12/14) at San Diego (12/14)

at Cincinnati (12/22) Manning 28-44 311 2 4 61.8 at Cincinnati (12/22)

vs. Oakland (12/28) vs. Oakland (12/28)



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Game Qtr. Time Yards Player Game Qtr. Time Yards Player (QB)vs. Ind. (9/7) 1 10:27 15 Ball vs. Ind. (9/7) 1 2:12 34 J. Thomas (Manning)

1 7:23 13 Anderson 2 6:50 35 J. Thomas (Manning)*2 7:29 11 Sanders 2 2:51 40 Sanders (Manning)

4 10:26 26 D. Thomas (Manning)vs. K.C. (9/14) 2 4:34 13 Anderson vs. K.C. (9/14) 1 14:57 48 Sanders (Manning)

2 2:00 12 Anderson 1 2:02 55 D. Thomas (Manning)3 2:36 23 Ball 2 3:08 21 D. Thomas (Manning)

at Sea. (9/21) 4 4:56 10 Ball at Sea. (9/21) 4 0:52 42 Sanders (Manning)4 0:24 26 Tamme (Manning)*

vs. Ari. (10/5) 3 11:04 12 Hillman vs. Ari. (10/5) 1 6:06 24 D. Thomas (Manning)3 7:16 16 Hillman 2 9:52 30 Sanders (Manning)

2 7:36 31 D. Thomas (Manning)*2 1:48 86 D. Thomas (Manning)*3 11:33 20 Sanders (Manning)3 2:33 25 J. Thomas (Manning)4 11:11 28 D. Thomas (Manning)4 9:15 20 Welker (Manning)4 6:40 20 D. Thomas (Manning)

at N.Y.J. (10/12) 1 4:16 12 Hillman at N.Y.J. (10/12) 1 15:00 54 D. Thomas (Manning)2 13:51 10 Hillman 2 1:30 20 Sanders (Manning)2 8:44 11 Hillman 2 0:27 22 J. Thomas (Manning)*3 11:43 16 Thompson3 11:03 26 Hillman

vs. S.F. (10/19) 1 1:29 11 Hillman vs. S.F. (10/19) 1 12:31 32 D. Thomas (Manning)3 9:33 37 Hillman* 1 3:05 39 Welker (Manning)*

2 6:57 20 Sanders (Manning)3 11:55 40 D. Thomas (Manning)*3 10:05 49 D. Thomas (Manning)

vs. S.D. (10/23) 3 12:30 11 Hillman vs. S.D. (10/23) 1 1:53 38 Sanders (Manning)3 2:26 37 Hillman 2 0:39 31 Sanders (Manning)*

3 9:15 23 D. Thomas (Manning)at N.E. (11/2) at N.E. (11/2) 1 5:43 21 Sanders (Manning)

2 10:25 24 D. Thomas (Manning)2 6:32 25 Sanders (Manning)3 12:52 27 D. Thomas (Manning)3 6:40 25 Sanders (Manning)4 13:51 41 D. Thomas (Manning)4 12:40 28 Sanders (Manning)4 10:23 24 Anderson (Manning)

at Oak. (11/9) 1 8:24 16 Anderson at Oak. (11/9) 1 6:48 21 D. Thomas (Manning)2 1:40 17 Anderson 2 3:00 51 Anderson (Manning)*2 1:15 12 Anderson 2 0:35 32 Sanders (Manning)*3 9:32 16 Anderson 3 6:59 32 J. Thomas (Manning)*

at S.T.L. (11/16) at S.T.L. (11/16) 1 9:04 22 Sanders (Manning)2 11:44 21 Anderson (Manning)2 3:57 23 D. Thomas (Manning)2 2:28 42 Sanders (Manning)*

vs. Mia. (11/23) 2 10:47 25 Anderrson vs. Mia. (11/23) 2 1:54 21 D. Thomas (Manning)3 13:42 12 Anderson 2 0:51 35 Sanders (Manning)3 12:02 21 Thompson3 0:17 20 Anderson4 5:05 10 Anderson*4 1:30 26 Anderson

at K.C. (11/30) 1 13:!1 16 Anderson at K.C. (11/30) 1 11:07 20 Sanders (Manning)1 4:59 11 Anderson 1 9:02 23 D. Thomas (Manning)*2 13:32 13 Bruton Jr. 4 10:20 23 Sanders (Manning)2 8:38 13 Anderson3 2:25 10 Anderrson3 1:02 17 Thompson4 11:41 16 Anderson4 9:51 20 Anderson

vs. Buf. (12/7) 2 7:27 13 Sanders vs. Buf. (12/7) 1 5:35 38 Welker (Manning)3 13:12 47 Thompson 2 1:49 37 Sanders (Manning)3 3:08 14 Thompson 3 12:23 21 Welker (Manning)4 8:09 10 Anderson

at S.D. (12/14) 3 1:51 16 Stewart at S.D. (12/14) 1 9:29 36 D.Thomas (Manning)1 0:41 30 J. Thomas (Manning)2 4:59 29 D. Thomas (Manning)3 0:38 28 D. Thomas (Manning)*

at Cin. (12/22) 2 6:33 13 Anderson at Cin. (12/22) 1 13:04 21 Sanders (Manning)4 1:24 27 Anderson 2 0:37 26 J. Thomas (Manning)

3 10:45 33 Sanders (Manning)3 3:53 46 D. Thomas (Manning)4 2:13 20 Anderson (Manning)

vs. Oak. (12/28) 1 5:42 11 Anderson* vs. Oak. (12/28) 1 6:26 27 D.Thomas (Manning)3 14:!5 25 Anderson* 1 0:30 31 Sanders (Manning)3 8:48 13 Hillman 2 13:43 23 D.Thomas (Manning)4 12:50 22 Anderson 4 15:00 35 Welker (Manning)

4 3:59 38 Green (Osweiler)vs. Ind (1/11) 1 5:47 22 Anderson vs. Ind. (1/11) 1 10:40 32 J. Thomas (Manning)

2 12:40 10 Hillman 4 4:02 20 Welker (Manning)2 4:33 14 Anderson 4 0:09 24 D. Thomas (Manning)

SEASON TOTALS SEASON TOTALSNo. Yds. Avg. TDs No. Yds. Avg. TDs

TOTALS 47 798 17.0 4 TOTALS 67 2079 31.0 16

POST SEASON TOTALS POST SEASON TOTALSNo. Yds. Avg. TDs No. Yds. Avg. TDs

TOTALS 3 46 15.3 0 TOTALS 3 76 25.3 0

*Play resulted in a touchdown

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 BIG-PLAY LOG

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BRONCOS RUSHING (10+Yards)

Game Qtr. Time Yards Player Game Qtr. Time Yards Player (QB)vs. Ind. (9/7) vs. Ind. (9/7) 2 0:34 20 Wayne (Luck)

4 9:10 22 Bradshaw (Luck)4 7:57 41 Allen (Luck)*

vs. K.C. (9/14) 1 11:19 10 Smith vs. K.C. (9/14) 3 14:21 39 Avery (Smith)1 8:46 25 Davis 3 13:51 20 Kelce (Smith)1 7:30 15 Davis 4 9:43 22 Fasano (Smith)2 14:26 25 Smith 4 7:52 24 Kelce (Smith)2 7:19 19 Davis 4 2:09 20 Kelce (Smith)

4 1:51 21 Bowe (Smith)at Sea. (9/21) at Sea. (9/21) 2 4:39 21 Lynch (Wilson)

2 3:12 39 Lockette (Wilson)*vs. Ari. (10/5) vs. Ari. (10/5) 1 4:03 33 Fitzgerald (Stanton)

3 3:16 81 Ellington (Thomas)*at N.Y.J. (10/12) 4 11:20 11 Smith at N.Y.J. (10/12) 4 9:32 27 Salas (Smith)vs. S.F. (10/19) 3 1:31 10 Hyde vs. S.F. (10/19) 2 1:54 37 Lloyd (Kaepernick)

2 0:49 25 Johnson (Kaepernick)4 1:04 20 Ellington (Gabbert)*

vs. S.D. (10/23) 4 12:15 17 Rivers vs. S.D. (10/23) 2 3:57 31 Gates (Rivers)4 0:18 23 Oliver 3 6:21 22 Oliver (Rivers)

3 5:06 26 Floyd (Rivers)at N.E. (11/2) 4 3:04 13 Gray at N.E. (11/2) 1 3:49 20 Gronkowski (Brady)

2 1:11 26 Edelman (Brady)3 9:52 21 Amendola (Brady)4 14:38 20 Gronkowski (Brady)

at Oak. (11/9) at Oak. (11/9) 4 3:10 28 Moore (Carr)4 2:46 25 Rivera (Carr)

at S.T.L. (11/16) 1 11:47 19 Mason at S.T.L. (11/16) 1 13:50 33 Britt (Hill)1 7:16 15 Mason 1 1:18 63 Britt (Hill)*3 5:11 27 Mason 2 8:51 21 Britt (Hill)4 1:16 10 Mason

vs. Mia. (11/23) 1 13:54 22 Miller vs. Mia. (11/23) 1 12:41 20 Landry (Tannehill)2 15:00 11 Miller 4 3:08 21 Hartline (Tannehill)2 4:33 10 Thomas

at K.C. (11/30) 2 4:30 11 Charles at K.C. (11/30) 2 3:08 20 Fasano (Smith)*vs. Buf. (12/7) 1 8:57 12 Jackson vs. Buf. (12/7) 3 5:33 35 Watkins (Orton)

1 2:37 11 Dixon 4 11:56 21 Watkins (Orton)1 1:17 12 Goodwin 4 1:55 23 Chandler (Orton)3 10:42 23 Jackson

at S.D. (12/14) 4 14:19 11 Oliver at S.D. (12/14) 3 6:39 20 Royal (Rivers)at Cin. (12/22) 1 10:25 85 Hill* at Cin. (12/22) 3 12:43 22 Bernard (Dalton)*

2 9:50 10 Dalton 3 1:29 20 Gresham (Dalton)2 3:55 23 Bernard3 5:41 10 Hill4 1:07 14 Hill

vs. Oak. (12/28) 4 1:23 11 Reece vs. Oak. (12/28) 3 12:11 46 Murray (Carr)vs. Ind. (1/11) 2 6:18 20 Luck vs. Ind. (1/11) 1 3:42 20 Hilton (Luck)

1 1:22 23 Hilton (Luck)2 8:57 22 Moncrief (Luck)3 10:05 32 Fleener (Luck)

SEASON TOTALS SEASON TOTALSNo. Yds. Avg. TDs No. Yds. Avg. TDs

TOTALS 29 515 17.8 1 TOTALS 39 1096 28.1 7

POST SEASON TOTALS POST SEASON TOTALSNo. Yds. Avg. TDs No. Yds. Avg. TDs

TOTALS 1 20 20.0 0 TOTALS 4 97 24.3 0

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 OPPONENTS BIG-PLAY LOG

OPPONENT RUSHING (10+Yards) OPPONENT PASSING (20+Yards)

None

None

None

None

*Play resulted in a touchdown

GAME W/L +/- INT FUM Total Pts. INT FUM Total Pts.

vs. Ind. (9/7) W +2 2 0 2 7 0 0 0 0

vs. K.C. (9/14) W EVEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

at Sea. (9/21) L -1 1 0 1 7 1 1 2 6

vs. Ari. (10/5) W -2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7

at NYJ (10/12) W +2 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 0

vs. S.F. (10/19) W +1 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0

vs. S.D. (10/23) W +2 2 0 2 7 0 0 0 0

at N.E. (11/2) L -1 1 0 1 7 2 0 2 14

at Oak. (11/9) W +1 2 1 3 21 2 0 2 10

at Stl. (11/16) L -2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6

vs. Mia. (11/23) W EVEN 1 0 1 7 0 1 1 7

at K.C. (11/30) W +2 1 2 3 6 0 1 1 3

vs. Buf. (12/7) W EVEN 2 1 3 3 2 1 3 0

at S.D. (12/14) W +2 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0

at Cin. (12/22) L -2 1 1 2 14 4 0 4 14

vs. Oak. (12/28) W +1 1 1 2 7 0 1 1 7

TOTALS 12-4 +5 18 7 25 103 15 5 20 74

GAME W/L +/- INT FUM Total Pts. INT FUM Total Pts.

vs. Ind. (1/11) L +1 2 0 2 6 0 1 1 7

TOTALS 0-1 +1 2 0 2 6 0 1 1 7

OPPONENTS

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 TAKEAWAY CHARTBRONCOS

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 POSTSEASON TAKEAWAY CHARTBRONCOS OPPONENTS

Game Qtr. Time Player Field Pos. Pts. Game Qtr. Time Player Field Pos. Pts.vs. Ind. (9/7) 1 3:25 Moore DEN 46 7 vs. Ind. (9/7)

4 5:32 Interception Moore DEN 13 0vs. K.C. (9/14) vs. K.C. (9/14)at Sea. (9/21) 4 11:12 Interception Harris Jr. SEA 19 7 at Sea. (9/21) 1 13:33 Fumble Ball DEN 23 3

4 2:25 Interception Manning DEN 35 3vs. Ari. (10/5) vs. Ari. (10/5) 2 13:32 Interception Manning ARI 45 0

2 0:00 Interception Manning DEN 5 7at NYJ (10/12) 2 12:57 Fumble Johnson NYJ 43 0 at NYJ (10/12)

4 0:23 Interception Talib TD 7vs. S.F. (10/19) 3 12:03 Interception Talib SF 40 7 vs. S.F. (10/19)vs. S.D. (10/23) 3 13:42 Interception Harris Jr. SD 36 7 vs. S.D. (10/23)

4 4:59 Interception Moore DEN 4 0at N.E. (11/2) 3 13:35 Interception Roby DEN 43 7 at N.E. (11/2) 2 13:42 Interception Manning DEN 34 7

3 7:46 Interception Manning DEN 10 7at Oak. (11/9) 2 3:37 Interception Roby DEN 47 7 at Oak. (11/9) 1 14:30 Interception Manning DEN 49 3

3 14:22 Fumble Harris Jr. OAK 18 7 2 12:49 Interception Manning DEN 12 73 3:56 Interception Ward OAK 34 7

at Stl. (11/16) at Stl. (11/16) 4 15:00 Interception Manning STL 47 34 5:30 Interception Manning DEN 41 3

vs. Mia. (11/23) 4 3:45 Interception Ward MIA 8 7 vs. Mia. (11/23) 3 3:35 Fumble Burse DEN 12 7at K.C. (11/30) 3 7:23 Interception Ware KC 13 3 at K.C. (11/30) 3 14:10 Fumble Manning DEN 23 3

3 3:01 Fumble Bolden KC 37 34 3:55 Fumble Roby DEN 31 0

vs. Buf. (12/7) 1 12:26 Fumble Moore BUF 46 0 vs. Buf. (12/7) 2 11:44 Interception Manning BUF 40 03 10:15 Interception Marshall BUF 33 0 2 0:39 Fumble Tamme BUF 10 03 5:07 Interception Harris Jr. DEN 40 3 3 9:05 Interception Manning BUF 26 0

at S.D. (12/14) 4 4:27 Interception Talib SD 34 3 at S.D. (12/14)4 2:04 Interception Moore DEN 14 0

at Cin. (12/22) 1 10:43 Interception Talib TD 7 at Cin. (12/22) 2 9:57 Interception Manning DEN 22 73 5:07 Fumble Miller DEN 9 7 4 13:20 Interception Manning DEN 23 0

4 2:50 Interception Manning TD 74 1:14 Interception Manning CIN 5 0

vs. Oak. (12/28) 4 4:59 Fumble T. Carter TD 7 vs. Oak. (12/28) 1 3:51 Fumble Manning TD 74 0:39 Interception Bush DEN 41 0

BRONCOS TAKEAWAY LEADERS BRONCOS GIVEAWAY LEADERSPlayer INT FUM Totals Pts. Player INT FUM Totals Pts.Moore 4 1 5 7 Manning 15 2 17 64Harris Jr. 3 1 4 24 Ball 0 1 1 3Talib 4 0 4 24 Burse 0 1 1 7Roby 2 1 3 14 Tamme 0 1 1 0Ward 2 0 2 14 TOTALS 15 5 20 74Bolden 0 1 1 3Bush 1 0 1 0Johnson 0 1 1 0Marshall 1 0 1 0Miller 0 1 1 7T. Carter 0 1 1 7Ware 1 0 1 3TOTALS 18 7 25 103

Game Qtr. Time Player Field Pos. Pts. Game Qtr. Time Player Field Pos. Pts.vs. Ind. (1/11) 2 1:37 Interception Roby DEN 49 3 vs. Ind. (1/11) 2 11:12 Fumble Manning DEN 41 7

3 5:23 Interception Moore DEN 24 3

BRONCOS TAKEAWAY LEADERS BRONCOS GIVEAWAY LEADERSPlayer INT FUM Totals Pts. Player INT FUM Totals Pts.Moore 1 0 1 3 Manning 0 1 1 7Roby 1 0 1 3

TOTALS 2 0 2 6 TOTALS 0 1 1 7

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 TURNOVER LOG (+5)TAKEAWAYS (25 TOT., 18 INT, 7 FUM, 103 pts.) GIVEAWAYS (20 TOT., 15 INT, 5 FUM, 74 pts.)

Takeaway Giveaway

None

Interception None

None

GIVEAWAYS (1 TOT., 0 INT, 1 FUM, 7 pts.)Takeaway Giveaway

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 POSTSEASON TURNOVER LOG (+1)

None

None None

TAKEAWAYS (2 TOT., 2 INT, 0 FUM, 6 pts.)

None

None

None

Game

vs. Indianapolis (9/7) J. Thomas 18 Ball 23 Ball 67 J. Thomas 7 J. Thomas 104

vs. Kansas City (9/14) Three Players 6 Ball 12 Ball 60 Sanders 8 Sanders 108

at Seattle (9/21) J. Thomas, Tamme 6 Ball 14 Ball 38 Sanders 11 Sanders 149

vs. Arizona (10/5) D. Thomas, J. Thomas 12 Hillman 15 Hillman 64 D. Thomas 8 D. Thomas 226

at N.Y.J (10/12) J. Thomas 12 Hillman 24 Hillman 100 D. Thomas 10 D. Thomas 124

vs. San Francisco (10/19) Hillman, D. Thomas 12 Hillman 14 Hillman 74 D. Thomas 8 D. Thomas 171

vs. San Diego (10/23) Sanders 18 Hillman 20 Hillman 109 Sanders 9 Sanders 120

at New England (11/2) Hillman 12 Hillman 10 Anderson 18 Sanders 10 Sanders 151

at Oakland (11/9) J. Thomas, Sanders 12 Anderson 13 Anderson 90 D. Thomas 11 D. Thomas 108

at St. Louis (11/16) Sanders 6 Anderson 9 Anderson 29 Anderson 8 D. Thomas 103

vs. Miami (11/23) D. Thomas 18 Anderson 27 Anderson 167 Sanders, D. Thomas 13 Sanders 125

at Kansas City (11/30) Barth 17 Anderson 32 Anderson 168 Sanders, D. Thomas 6 Sanders 73

vs. Buffalo (12/7) Anderson 18 Anderson 21 Thompson 63 Welker 6 Welker 82

at San Diego (12/14) Barth 16 Anderson 29 Anderson 85 D. Thomas 6 D. Thomas 123

at Cincinnati (12/22) Sanders 12 Anderson 18 Anderson 83 Anderson 8 D. Thomas 115

vs. Oakland (12/28) Anderson 18 Anderson 13 Anderson 87 D. Thomas 8 D. Thomas 115

AVERAGE 13.3 18.4 81.4 8.6 124.8

POSTSEASON

vs. Indianapolis (1/11) Barth 7.0 Anderson 18.0 Anderson 80.0 Sanders 7.0 D. Thomas 59.0

AVERAGE 7.0 18.0 80.0 7.0 59.0

Game

vs. Indianapolis (9/7) Marshall 9 Ware 1.5 Moore 2 Roby, Talib 3 Carter 2

vs. Kansas City (9/14) Irving 11 Marshall, Miller 1.0 None N/A Knighton 2 Three Players 1

at Seattle (9/21) Irving 13 Three Players 1.0 Harris Jr. 1 Harris, Jr., Talib 1 Three Players 1

vs. Arizona (10/5) Trevathan 7 Miller 2.0 None N/A Harris, Jr. 4 Tamme 2

at N.Y.J (10/12) Nelson 7 Miller 2.0 Talib 1 Roby, Talib 2 Johnson 2

vs. San Francisco (10/19) Marshall 8 Ware 3.0 Talib 1 Harris, Jr. 2 Bolden, Webster 1

vs. San Diego (10/23) Marshall 10 Miller 1.0 Harris Jr., Moore 1 Moore, Talib 2 None N/A

at New England (11/2) Moore, Ward 8 Ware 1.0 Roby 1 Roby 2 Bolden 1

at Oakland (11/9) Marshall 13 None N/A Roby, Ward 1 Roby 2 Three Players 1

at St. Louis (11/16) Marshall 15 Three Players 1.0 None N/A None N/A Four Players 1

vs. Miami (11/23) Moore 6 Knighton 1.0 Ward 1 Ward 2 Four Players 1

at Kansas City (11/30) Marshall, Ward 6 Miller 1.5 Ware 1 Four Players 1 Bolden, Johnson 2

vs. Buffalo (12/7) Three Players 9 Three Players 1.0 Harris Jr., Marshall 1 Marshall 3 Nelson 1

at San Diego (12/14) Talib 7 None N/A Moore, Talib 1 Talib 3 Johnson 2

at Cincinnati (12/22) Wards 9 None N/A Talib 1 Talib 3 Caldwell 2

vs. Oakland (12/28) Davis 6 Three Players 1.0 Bush 1 Four Players 2 Barrow, Caldwell 2

AVERAGE 9.0 1.4 1.1 2.3 1.5

POSTSEASON

vs. Indianapolis (1/11) Four Players 6.0 None N/A Moore, Roby 1.0 Ward 2.0 Bolden 2.0

AVERAGE 6.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0

Game

vs. Indianapolis (9/7) Burse 3 Burse 4 None N/A None N/A Colquitt 5

vs. Kansas City (9/14) None N/A None N/A Caldwell 1 Caldwell 54 Colquitt 3

at Seattle (9/21) Burse 2 Burse 15 Sanders 1 Sanders 22 Colquitt 8

vs. Arizona (10/5) Burse 6 Burse 38 None N/A None N/A Colquitt 4

at N.Y.J (10/12) None N/A None N/A Caldwell 2 Caldwell 32 Colquitt 8

vs. San Francisco (10/19) Burse 3 Burse 22 Burse 1 Burse 7 Colquitt 4

vs. San Diego (10/23) Burse 2 Burse 18 Caldwell 2 Caldwell 64 Colquitt 4

at New England (11/2) Burse 1 Burse 9 Caldwell 3 Caldwell 48 Colquitt 3

at Oakland (11/9) Burse 4 Burse 52 Caldwell 1 Caldwell 30 Colquitt 5

at St. Louis (11/16) Burse 1 Burse 0 Caldwell 2 Caldwell 24 Colquitt 5

vs. Miami (11/23) Burse 3 Burse 12 Bolden 3 Bolden 100 Colquitt 1

at Kansas City (11/30) Burse 4 Burse 41 Bolden 3 Bolden 62 Colquitt 4

vs. Buffalo (12/7) Welker 1 Welker 7 Bolden, Caldwell 1 Caldwell 26 Colquitt 3

at San Diego (12/14) Welker 2 Welker 16 Bolden 2 Bolden 53 Colquitt 3

at Cincinnati (12/22) Welker 3 Welker 14 Bolden 2 Bolden 102 Colquitt 6

vs. Oakland (12/28) Welker 5 Welker 37 Bolden 1 Bolden 76 Colquitt 3

AVERAGE 2.9 20.4 1.8 50.0 4.3

POSTSEASON

vs. Indianapolis (1/11) Welker 1 Welker -1 None N/A None N/A Colquitt 6

AVERAGE 1.0 -1.0 0.0 0.0 6

PUNT RET. PR YDS KICKOFF RET. KOR YDS PUNTS

2014 INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS — BRONCOS LEADERS

PASSES DEF.INTSSACKSTACKLES ST. TACKLES

REC. YDSRECEPTIONSRUSH YDSRUSHESSCORING

Game

vs. Indianapolis (9/7) Three Players 6 Richardson 6 Richardson 20 Wayne 9 Wayne 98

vs. Kansas City (9/14) Davis 12 Davis 22 Davis 79 Davis 6 Kelce 81

at Seattle (9/21) Three Players 6 Lynch 26 Lynch 88 Harvin 7 Baldwin 56

vs. Arizona (10/5) Ellington 12 Ellington 16 Ellington 32 Ellington 4 Ellington 112

at N.Y.J (10/12) Amaro, Decker 6 Ivory 8 Smith 11 Amaro 10 Amaro 68

vs. San Francisco (10/19) Ellington, Johnson 6 Gore 9 Gore 20 Boldin 7 Johnson 79

vs. San Diego (10/23) Gates 12 Oliver 13 Oliver 36 Allen 9 Allen 73

at New England (11/2) Edelman 12 Gray 12 Gray 33 Gronkowski, Edelman 9 Gronkowski 105

at Oakland (11/9) Butler, Rivera 6 McFadden 7 McFadden 14 Jones 8 Rivera 68

at St. Louis (11/16) Zuerlein 16 Mason 29 Mason 113 Britt, Cunningham 4 Britt 128

vs. Miami (11/23) Landry 12 Miller 12 Miller 59 Landry 7 Landry 50

at Kansas City (11/30) Charles, Fasano 6 Charles 10 Charles 35 Charles 4 Kelce 36

vs. Buffalo (12/7) Hogan, Orton 6 Jackson 8 Jackson 35 Jackson 10 Watkins 127

at San Diego (12/14) Gates 6 Oliver 12 Oliver 26 Gates 6 Gates 54

at Cincinnati (12/22) Nugent 13 Hill 22 Hill 147 Gresham 11 Gresham 62

vs. Oakland (12/28) Olawale 6 Murray 10 Murray 37 Murray 4 Murray 60

AVERAGE 8.9 13.9 49.1 7.2 78.6

POSTSEASON

vs. Indianapolis (1/11) Three Players 6.0 Herron 23.0 Herron 63.0 Herron 8.0 Hilton 72.0

AVERAGE 6.0 23.0 63.0 8.0 72.0

Game

vs. Indianapolis (9/7) Landry 7 Walden 1.0 None N/A Toler 3 Three Players 1

vs. Kansas City (9/14) Parker 7 Hali 1.0 None N/A Cooper 2 Martin 1

at Seattle (9/21) Maxwell, Wagner 11 Schofield 1.0 Chancellor 1 Burley, Chancellor 2 Two Players 1

vs. Arizona (10/5) Powers 7 Rucker 1.0 Campbell, Powers 1 Cromartie 3 Six Players 1

at N.Y.J (10/12) Landry 13 Douzable,Wilkerson 1.0 None N/A Adams, Walls 2 Pryor 1

vs. San Francisco (10/19) Borland 8 Borland, Lynch 1.0 None N/A None N/A Three Players 1

vs. San Diego (10/23) Weddle 11 None N/A None N/A Wright 2 Four Players 1

at New England (11/2) Collins 11 Ayers 1.0 Browner, Ninkovich 1 Chung 3 Casillas 3

at Oakland (11/9) Asante, Woodson 10 None N/A Hayden, Tuck 1 Hayden 3 Olawale 2

at St. Louis (11/16) Ogletree 13 Donald, Laurinaitis 1.0 Johnson, Ogletree 1 McDonald 3 Alexander 2

vs. Miami (11/23) Jenkins 11 Jenkins 1.0 None N/A Grimes 1 Trusnik 3

at Kansas City (11/30) Houston 8 Houston 1.0 None N/A Houston 2 Martin 2

vs. Buffalo (12/7) Bradham, Brown 6 None N/A Gilmore, Graham 1 Gilmore, Graham 1 Three Players 1

at San Diego (12/14) Addae, Weddle 7 Ingram 1.0 None N/A None N/A Phillips 2

at Cincinnati (12/22) Rey 11 Dunlap, Mays 1.0 Kirkpatrick 2 Kirkpatrick 2 Kirkpatrick 2

vs. Oakland (12/28) Armstrong, Ross 8 Tuck 1.0 None N/A Hayden 3 Six Players 1

AVERAGE 9.3 1.0 1.1 2.3 1.6

POSTSEASON

vs. Indianapolis (1/11) Jackson 11.0 Walden 1.0 None N/A Davis 5.0 McDonald 1.0

AVERAGE 11.0 1.0 0.0 5.0 1.0

Game

vs. Indianapolis (9/7) Whalen 5 Whalen 24 None N/A None N/A McAfee 4

vs. Kansas City (9/14) Hammond 2 Hammond 2 Hammond 1 Hammond 37 Colquitt 2

at Seattle (9/21) Walters 5 Walters 36 Harvin 1 Harvin 13 Ryan 6

vs. Arizona (10/5) Ginn 2 Ginn 7 None N/A None N/A Zastudil 11

at N.Y.J (10/12) Powell 4 Powell 18 Powell 6 Powell 153 Quigley 7

vs. San Francisco (10/19) Ellington 1 Ellington 4 Ellington 1 Ellington 33 Lee 5

vs. San Diego (10/23) Allen 1 Ellington 6 None N/A None N/A Scifres 4

at New England (11/2) Edelman 1 Edelman 84 Amendola 1 Amendola 22 Allen 5

at Oakland (11/9) Moore 1 Moore 4 Murray 2 Murray 48 King 9

at St. Louis (11/16) Austin 2 Austin 13 Cunningham 2 Cunningham 49 Hekker 6

vs. Miami (11/23) Landry 1 Landry 17 Landry, Williams 1 Landry, Williams 20 Fields 3

at Kansas City (11/30) Cooper 1 Cooper 0 Thomas 4 Davis, Thomas 89 Colquitt 5

vs. Buffalo (12/7) None N/A None N/A Thigpen 1 Thigpen 27 Schmidt 3

at San Diego (12/14) Allen, Royal 1 Royal 58 Davis 2 Davis, Thomas 47 McBriar 4

at Cincinnati (12/22) Jones 2 Tate 49 Jones 3 Jones 134 Huber 5

vs. Oakland (12/28) Woodson 2 Woodson 23 Atkinson 3 Atkinson 66 King 9

AVERAGE 2.1 23.0 2.2 56.8 5.5

POSTSEASON

vs. Indianapolis (1/11) Cribbs 3 Cribbs 7 Cribbs, Tipton 1 Cribbs 32 McAfee 4

AVERAGE 3.0 7.0 1.0 32.0 4.0

TACKLES SACKS INTS PASSES DEF. ST. TACKLES

PUNTSPUNT RET. PR YDS KICKOFF RET. KOR YDS

2014 INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS — OPPONENT LEADERSSCORING RUSHES RUSH YDS RECEPTIONS REC. YDS

GAME W/L KICKOFF LENGTH ATTN. TEMP. TV OFFICIALSvs. Indianapolis (9/7) W, 31-24 6:30 MDT 3:13 76,939 75°F NBC

vs. Kansas City (9/14) W, 24-17 2:25 MDT 3:08 76,900 85°F CBS

at Seattle (9/21) L, 20-26 OT 1:25 PDT 3:33 68,447 70°F CBS

vs. Arizona (10/5) W, 41-20 2:05 MDT 3:16 76,895 71°F FOX

at NYJ (10/12) W, 31-17 1:02 EDT 3:16 78,160 61°F CBS

vs. San Francisco (10/19) W, 42-17 6:30 MDT 3:08 77,047 67°F NBC

vs. San Diego (10/23) W, 35-21 6:26 MDT 3:05 76,907 68°F CBS

at New England (11/2) L, 21-43 4:25 EST 3:32 68,756 35°F CBS

at Oakland (11/9) W, 41-17 1:05 PST 3:08 54,803 68°F CBS

at St. Louis (11/16) L, 7-22 12:00 CST 3:02 59,401 Indoors CBS

vs. Miami (11/23) W, 39-36 2:25 MST 3:10 76,987 39°F CBS

at Kansas City (11/30) W, 29-16 7:32 CST 3:05 76,894 27°F NBC

vs. Buffalo (12/7) W, 24-17 2:05 MST 3:07 76,913 63°F CBS

at San Diego (12/14) W, 22-10 1:05 PST 3:06 68,682 64°F CBS

at Cincinnati (12/22) L, 28-37 8:30 EST 3:20 66,107 47°F ESPN

vs. Oakland (12/28) W, 47-14 2:25 MST 3:18 76,929 40°F CBS

vs. Indianapolis (1/11) L, 13-24 2:40 MST 3:08 76,867 40°F CBS REF: Leavy (127); UMP: Fowler (71); HL: Mello (48); LJ: Mapp (10); SJ: Coleman (95); FJ: Zimmer (33); BJ: Freeman (133); RO: Nemmers

REF: Blakeman (34); UMP: Fowler (71); HL: Veteri (36); LJ: Marinucci (107); SJ: Patterson (15); FJ: Meslow (118); BJ: Patrick (17); RO: Reels

REF: Wrolstad (4); UMP: Ellison (81); HL: Hittner (28); LJ: Podraza (47); SJ: Lamberth (21); FJ: Rosenbaum (67); BJ: Dyer (27); RO: Hynes

Phil Simms

Jon Gruden

REF: Coleman (65); UMP: Schuster (129); HL: Bergman (32); LJ: Spanier (90); SJ: Banks (72); FJ:Gautreaux (80); BJ: Martinez (39); RO: Nazzaro

Phil Simms

Cris Collinsworth

REF: Torbert (62); UMP: Paganelli (124); HL: Howey (37); LJ: Hussey (35); SJ: Edwards (3); FJ: Anderson (20); BJ: Yette (38); RO: Spyksma

Jim NantzPhil Simms

Jim Nantz

Rich Gannon

Greg GumbelTrent Green

Troy Aikman

Ian EagleDan Fouts

Greg Gumbel

Phil SimmsREF: Vinovich (52); UMP: King (121); HL: McKinnely (10); LJ: Baynes (59); SJ: DeBell (58); FJ: Jenkins (117); BJ: Quirk (63); RO: Hamer

Joe Buck REF: Leavy (127); UMP: Fowler (71); HL: Mackle (106); LJ: Perlman (9); SJ: Novak (1); FJ: Buchanan (86); BJ: Ferguson (61); RO: Nemmers

DENVER BRONCOS 2014 REGULAR SEASON MISCELLANEOUS GAME INFORMATIONBROADCAST CREW

Al MichaelsCris Collinsworth

REF: Corrente (99); UMP: Ferrell (64); HL: Hayward (54); LJ: Lewis (130); SJ: Hochull (83); FJ: Cavaletto (60); BJ: Wilson (119); RO: Howard

Jim Nantz REF: Steratore (114); UMP: Stritesky (102); HL: Mackie (106); LJ: Arthur (108); SJ: Weatherford (116); FJ: Waggoner (25); BJ: Paganelli (105); RO: Weidner

Al MichaelsCris Collinsworth

REF: Parry (132); UMP: Pellis (131); HL: Bowers (74); LJ: Mapp (10); SJ: Larrew (73); FJ: Lucivansky (89); BJ: Paganelli (46); RO: McGrath

Phil Simms

Jim Nantz

REF: Allen (122); UMP: Bryan (11); HL: Mello (48); LJ: Symonette (100); SJ: Hill (97); FJ: Rosenbaum (67); BJ: Steed (12); RO: Lapetina

Jim NantzPhil Simms

Kevin Harlan

REF: McAulay (77); UMP: Neale (92); HL: Bradley (98); LJ: Stephan (68); SJ: Coleman (95); FJ: Prioleau (109); BJ: Steed (12); RO: Frantz

Phil SimmsJim Nantz

Trent Green

REF: Anderson (66); UMP: Rice (44); HL: Stelljes (22); LJ: Boston (18); SJ: Meyer (78); FJ: Hall (103); BJ: Miles (111); RO: Smith

REF: Cheffers (51); UMP: Wash (96); HL: Payne (79); LJ: Seeman (45); SJ: Meyer (78); FJ: Freeman (88); BJ: Prukop (30); RO: Stewart

Ian EagleDan Fouts

Al Michaels

REF: Corrente (99); UMP: Ferrell (64); HL: Hayward (54); LJ: Marinucci (107); SJ: Hochull (83); FJ: Cavalette (60); BJ: Wilson (119); RO: Slavin

REF: Vinovich (52); UMP: King (121); HL: McKinnely (10); LJ: Baynes (59); SJ: DeBell (58); FJ: Jenkins (117); BJ: Quirk (63); RO: Hamer

REF: Triplette (42); UMP: Hannah (40); HL: McGrath (5); LJ: Bergman (32); SJ: Cheek (41); FJ: Kemp (55); BJ: Freeman (133); RO: Wimmer

Jim Nantz

Mike Tirico

2014 DENVER BRONCO FINAL MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS (Won 12, Lost 4) © DRIVE ENGINEERING Drives Drives Ended By--------------------------------------------------- Points Pts./ Quarterback Directing Offense** Quarterback Started TD FG FGA PNT DWN TRN SAF CLK RPL Yielded Drive Drive Efficiency* Plays Yards Avg. 3 & Out P. MANNING ......................... 188 54 25 4 63 7 19 0 15 1 452 2.40 42.0% 48.0% 1010 6366 6.3 41 #B. OSWEILER ..................... 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 7 0.70 10.0% 16.7% 28 104 3.7 5 DENVER ................................ 198 55 25 4 69 7 19 0 19 (1) 459 2.32 40.4% 46.9% 1038 6470 6.2 46 Opponents ............................. 195 38 23 5 88 6 23 1 11 (0) 333 1.71 31.3% 33.8% 1027 4887 4.8 71 #—Osweiler replaced Manning on the 12th drive of the Oakland game (11/09; punt); thus his “ended by” adds to one more than drive started. (*—the second number is the percentage the quarterback has put his team in position to score, allowing for missed field goals and subtracting those drives ended by the clock and replaced due to injury. Quarterbacks who leave the game during a drive only get a replacement credit if team goes on to earn at least one first down. Blocked punts for safeties counted as drive ended by punt; **—does not include plays when not at helm or not truly setting a play in motion, i.e., muffed punts/kneel downs/spiked balls: Manning 23-for-[-18], Osweiler 6-for-[-6]; Opponents 5-for-[-4]. (3 & outs includes all drives without first downs, minus FGs and clock.)

KICKOFF ANALYSIS No. Opp OSY------- ASY--------- Kicker Total Ret. FC MF NA TB EZ+ In20/25 TD OB OnS SQB FK All Ret. All Ret. B. McMANUS ..................... 91 27 0 0 0 64 51 10 / 81 0 0 (0) (0) (0) 1835 655 O21 O24 (In Denver: 55 KO / 44 TB / 38 EZ+) C. BARTH .......................... 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 / 1 0 0 (0) (0) (0) 263 263 O33 O33 (In Denver: 0 KO / 0 TB / 0 EZ+) Opponents ......................... 75 31 0 0 0 44 32 6 / 57 0 0 (4) (0) (1) 1754 874 D23 O28 (In Denver: 35 KO / 22 TB / 18 EZ+) (KEY: MF—muffed; EZ+—through or over end zone; OSY—Opponent Cumulative Starting Yardlines; ASY—Average Starting Yardline; Ret—averages using returned kicks only. Onsides (OnS), short squibs (SQB) and free kicks (FK) omitted in figuring the above (return counts could be off); out-of-bounds (OB) are not. Yardlines determined from spot of penalties. Returns on onside kicks/squibs are omitted from the above.)

FIRST DOWN TENDENCIES Rushing--------------- Passing-------------- Overall------------ Times Gained---------------------------- Miscellany------ Team Plays Yards Avg. Plays Yards Avg. Plays Yards Avg. 20+ 10+ 5+ 2- 0 Neg. TD QBS TO DENVER ....................................... 252 941 3.7 235 1915 8.1 487 2856 5.86 29 95 205 218 102 43 19 8 8 Opponents .................................... 203 708 3.5 255 1423 5.6 458 2131 4.65 17 84 165 232 110 47 23 10 10

YARDS GAINED ANALYSIS 1st Down----------- 2nd Down---------- 3rd Down----------- 4th Down---------- Season--------------- By Quarter----------------------------------- Plus Territory (50-in)---- Team Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att. Yards Avg. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Att. Yards Avg. Pts DENVER ....... 487 2856 5.9 354 2000 5.6 213 1526 7.1 13 64 4.9 1067 6446 6.04 1575 1817 1671 1383 - 491 2750 5.6 445 Opponents .... 458 2131 4.7 335 1521 4.5 222 1113 5.0 17 118 6.9 1032 4883 4.73 996 1326 1086 1400 75 406 1966 4.8 312 Drives In Opponent Territory (minus drives with 50+ scores or no plays): Denver 109/196 (55.6%, 25.2 ypd); Opponents 84/193 (43.5%, 23.4 ypd).

THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS Second Team 3rd Down &: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-14 15-19 20+ Rush Pass Half/OT Total Pct. DENVER ............ 21-30 18-22 6-17 7-12 9-19 10-17 7-13 3-12 1-12 9-23 2-18 0-11 1- 7 22-45 72-168 35-101 94-213 44.1 Opponents ......... 14-25 8-14 15-24 7-16 6-22 5-16 2-10 5-15 2-10 7-20 6-28 3-16 1- 6 10-30 71-192 45-117 81-222 36.5 OVERTIME: Denver 0-0, Opponents 2-2. AVERAGE YARDS TO GO: Denver 6.8 (213/1439); Opponents 7.3 (222/1624). DENVER DEFENSE: 15 QB sacks (100 yards), 1 safety, 6 INT (1 TD), 1 fumble recovery. OPPONENT DEFENSE: 5 QB sacks (39 yards), 3 INT (1 TD), 2 fumble recoveries.

SECOND DOWN EFFICIENCY: Denver 119-354 (33.6; 1-4 yds: 40-72); Opponent 94-335 (28.1; 1-4 yds: 26-60)

TURNOVER ANALYSIS DENVER’s 20 turnovers led to 74 Opponent points: 8 TD, 6 FG; 20.9% of Opponents’ total points (354). BY QTR (20): 3 / 7 / 4 / 6 (0 OT) OPPONENTS’ 25 turnovers led to 103 Denver points: 13 TD, 2 FG; 21.4% of Denver’s total points (482). BY QTR (25): 3 / 2 / 9 / 11 (0 OT)

AVERAGE STARTING FIELD POSITION Denver Opponent Drives Started ............................................. 198 195 Cumulative Starting Yardlines ..................... 5726 5515 Average Field Position ................................ D29 O28 Drives Started In Plus Territory ................... 25 22 Scores/TD, FG ........................................ 16/12,4 20/11,9 FGA/Punts/Downs .................................. 0/4/0 0/1/1 Turnovers/Clock/Ran Out Clock ............. 1/0/4 0/0/0 Drives Started Inside Own 20/At Own 20 .... 95 (42/53) 110 (40/70) Points Scored (TD/FG) ........................... 147 (18/7) 157 (19/8) *Drives Started Inside Opponent 20 (Pts) ... 2 (14) 6 (34)

SCORING PERCENTAGE INSIDE-THE-20 (RED ZONE) Denver Opponent Times Penetrated Opponent 20 ................ 60 52 Total Scores ............................................. 57 43 Touchdowns (Rush/Pass) ...................... 39 (13/26) 30 (8/22) Field Goals-Attempts ............................. 18-19 13-16 Turnovers/Downs/Punts/Clock .................. 1/1/0/0 3/3/0/0 Scores From The 20 & Outside/TD,FG ..... 22/16,6 18/8,10 Total Red Zone Plays-Yards ..................... 168-613/3.6 134-380/2.8 Third Down Efficiency ............................... 18-37/48.6 8-25/32.0 Fourth Down Efficiency ............................. 1-2/50.0 1-4/25.0 Overall Scoring Percentage ...................... 95.0 82.7 TD Percentage ....................................... 65.0 57.7 #—Ran Out Clock Not Trying To Score ...... 2 0 (#—not included in total count or any stats above once choice is made.)

FIRST DOWNS EARNED Player Rush Pass Rec. — Total (3/4) P. MANNING ........................ 0 225 0 — 225 (71) E. SANDERS ....................... 3 0 69 — 72 (24) D. THOMAS ......................... 0 0 70 — 70 (19) C. ANDERSON .................... 46 0 13 — 59 (16) J. THOMAS .......................... 0 0 30 — 30 (14) R. HILLMAN ......................... 21 0 6 — 27 (4) W. WELKER ......................... 0 0 23 — 23 (9) J. THOMPSON ..................... 17 0 0 — 17 (5) M. BALL ............................... 9 0 2 — 11 (5) V. GREEN ............................ 0 0 5 — 5 (2) A. CALDWELL...................... 0 0 4 — 4 (0) J. TAMME ............................ 0 0 4 — 4 (0) B. OSWEILER ...................... 0 2 0 — 2 (2) D. BRUTON ......................... 1 0 0 — 1 (1) C. LATIMER ......................... 0 0 1 — 1 (0) J. STEWART ........................ 1 0 0 — 1 (1) (3/4—first downs earned on third and fourth down plays.)

TRUE QUARTERBACK RUSHING

Player Att. Yds Avg. K-downs Abort Adjusted------- Spiked Ps P. MANNING ... 24 -24 -1.0 19-(-18) 2-(0) 3 -6 -2.0 2 B. OSWEILER . 8 0 -0.0 6-(-6) 0 2 6 3.0 0

YARDS LOST DUE TO PENALTIES Denver Opponent GOAL-TO-GO SITUATIONS Times Penalized After Offensive Gain/Score .. 27 11 Summary--------------------------------- GTG Plays-------- Yards Lost Due To Penalties .......................... 384 170 Team Total* TD FG FGA DWN TO CLK Plays TDs Pct. Touchdowns Called Back ............................... 3 2 DENVER……………… 36 27 8 0 1 0 0 82 27 32.9 Field Goals Called Back ................................. 0 0 OPPONENTS…… 37 27 4 1 3 2 0 76 27 35.5 First Downs Lost ............................................. 13 8 (*—does not include purposely running out the clock: Denver 1, Opponent 0.)

TIME SPENT IN THE LEAD Denver Tied Opponent 16 Games (965:46 total time).................... 557:18 151:12 257:16 Denver led in 14 games. Percentage ............................................ 58.9 16.0 25.1 Opponent led in 9 games.

EXPANDED PUNTING No. Return Avg. Long Pct. Not Net Own 25 & Inside Plus Terr. Adjusted 50 & Out Player Punts Yards Avg. Ret. Yards Return Return Returned Avg. In 20/15/10/5 TB FC 60+ 50+ No. Yds. Avg. No.-Yds (In20) No. Yds. Avg. B. COLQUITT ........... 69 3048 44.17 33 371 11.2 84t 52.2 37.64 25 / 15 / 6 / 2 4 19 2 17 22 1024 46.5 13-469 (10) 56 2579 46.1

2014 DENVER BRONCO MISCELLANEOUS PLAYOFF STATISTICS (Won 0, Lost 1) © DRIVE ENGINEERING Drives Drives Ended By--------------------------------------------------- Points Pts./ Quarterback Directing Offense** Quarterback Started TD FG FGA PNT DWN TRN SAF CLK RPL Yielded Drive Drive Efficiency* Plays Yards Avg. 3 & Out P. MANNING ......................... 12 1 2 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 13 1.08 25.0% 27.3% 67 288 4.3 4 DENVER ................................ 12 1 2 0 6 1 1 0 1 (1) 13 1.08 25.0% 27.3% 67 288 4.3 4 Opponents ............................. 11 3 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 (0) 24 2.18 36.4% 45.5% 71 364 5.1 3 (*—the second number is the percentage the quarterback has put his team in position to score, allowing for missed field goals and subtracting those drives ended by the clock and replaced due to injury. Quarterbacks who leave the game during a drive only get a replacement credit if team goes on to earn at least one first down. Blocked punts for safeties counted as drive ended by punt; **—does not include plays when not at helm or not truly setting a play in motion, i.e., muffed punts/kneel downs/spiked balls: Manning 1-for-[0]; Opponents 0-for-[0]. (3 & outs includes all drives without first downs, minus FGs and clock.)

KICKOFF ANALYSIS No. Opp OSY------- ASY--------- Kicker Total Ret. FC MF NA TB EZ+ In20/25 TD OB OnS SQB FK All Ret. All Ret. B. McMANUS ..................... 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 / 2 0 0 (0) (1) (0) 64 24 O21 O24 (In Denver: 3 KO / 2 TB / 2 EZ+) Opponents ......................... 5 5 0 0 0 5 4 0 / 5 0 0 (0) (0) (0) 100 100 D20 O20 (In Denver: 5 KO / 5 TB / 4 EZ+) (KEY: MF—muffed; EZ+—through or over end zone; OSY—Opponent Cumulative Starting Yardlines; ASY—Average Starting Yardline; Ret—averages using returned kicks only. Onsides (OnS), short squibs (SQB) and free kicks (FK) omitted in figuring the above (return counts could be off); out-of-bounds (OB) are not. Yardlines determined from spot of penalties. Returns on onside kicks/squibs are omitted from the above.)

FIRST DOWN TENDENCIES Rushing--------------- Passing-------------- Overall------------ Times Gained---------------------------- Miscellany------ Team Plays Yards Avg. Plays Yards Avg. Plays Yards Avg. 20+ 10+ 5+ 2- 0 Neg. TD QBS TO DENVER ....................................... 11 55 5.0 17 80 4.7 28 135 4.8 2 5 9 17 5 2 1 0 0 Opponents .................................... 15 64 4.3 15 44 2.9 30 108 3.6 1 2 8 13 5 2 0 0 0

YARDS GAINED ANALYSIS 1st Down----------- 2nd Down---------- 3rd Down----------- 4th Down---------- Season--------------- By Quarter----------------------------------- Plus Territory (50-in)---- Team Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att Yards Avg. Att. Yards Avg. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Att. Yards Avg. Pts DENVER ....... 28 135 4.8 22 79 3.6 16 60 3.8 2 14 7.0 68 288 4.24 72 64 53 99 - 24 111 4.6 14 Opponents .... 30 108 3.6 28 190 6.8 13 66 5.1 0 0 0.0 71 364 5.13 107 94 101 62 - 40 203 5.1 24 Drives In Opponent Territory (minus drives with 50+ scores or no plays): Denver 6/12 (50.0%, 18.5 ypd); Opponents 7/11 (63.6%, 29.0 ypd).

THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS Second Team 3rd Down &: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11-14 15-19 20+ Rush Pass Half/OT Total Pct. DENVER ............ 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 0- 3 1- 1 0- 1 0- 2 0- 2 0- 1 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 1- 1 3-15 3- 9 4-16 25.0 Opponents ......... 2- 2 0- 2 1- 1 0- 1 0- 0 1- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 0- 1 0- 3 1- 1 0- 0 2- 5 3- 8 3- 7 5-13 38.5 AVERAGE YARDS TO GO: Denver 7.3 (16/117); Opponents 7.0 (13/91). DENVER DEFENSE: 0 QB sacks (0 yards), 2 interceptions. OPPONENT DEFENSE: 1 QB sack (9 yards), 1 fumble recovery.

SECOND DOWN EFFICIENCY: Denver 5-22 (22.7; 1-4 yds: 3-3); Opponent 14-28 (50.0; 1-4 yds: 2-6)

TURNOVER ANALYSIS DENVER’s 1 turnover led to 7 Opponent points: 1 TD, 0 FG; 20.8% of Opponents’ total points (24). BY QTR (1): 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 (0 OT) OPPONENTS’ 2 turnovers led to 10 Denver points: 1 TD, 1 FG; 76.9% of Denver’s total points (13). BY QTR (2): 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 (0 OT)

AVERAGE STARTING FIELD POSITION Denver Opponent Drives Started ............................................. 12 11 Cumulative Starting Yardlines ..................... 296 340 Average Field Position ................................ D25 O31 Drives Started In Plus Territory ................... 0 1 Scores/TD, FG ........................................ 0/0,0 1/1,0 FGA/Punts/Downs .................................. 0/0/0 0/0/0 Turnovers/Clock/Ran Out Clock ............. 0/0/0 0/0/0 Drives Started Inside Own 20/At Own 20 .... 7 (1/6) 3 (1/2) Points Scored (TD/FG) ........................... 0 (0/0) 0 (0/0) *Drives Started Inside Opponent 20 (Pts) ... 0 (0) 0 (0)

SCORING PERCENTAGE INSIDE-THE-20 (RED ZONE) Denver Opponent Times Penetrated Opponent 20 ................ 1 4 Total Scores ............................................. 1 4 Touchdowns (Rush/Pass) ...................... 1 (0/1) 3 (1/2) Field Goals-Attempts ............................. 0-0 1-1 Turnovers/Downs/Punts/Clock .................. 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/0 Scores From The 20 & Outside/TD,FG ..... 2/0,2 0/0,0 Total Red Zone Plays-Yards ..................... 1-1/1.0 14-42/3.0 Third Down Efficiency ............................... 0-0/0.0 2-3/66.7 Fourth Down Efficiency ............................. 0-0/0.0 0-0/0.0 Overall Scoring Percentage ...................... 100.0 100.0 TD Percentage ....................................... 100.0 75.0 #—Ran Out Clock Not Trying To Score ...... 0 0 (#—not included in total count or any stats above once choice is made.)

FIRST DOWNS EARNED Player Rush Pass Rec. — Total (3/4) P. MANNING ........................ 0 10 0 — 10 (3) C. ANDERSON .................... 5 0 1 — 6 (2) D. THOMAS ......................... 0 0 4 — 4 (1) E. SANDERS ....................... 0 0 2 — 2 (1) J. THOMAS .......................... 0 0 2 — 2 (0) R. HILLMAN ......................... 1 0 0 — 1 (0) W. WELKER ......................... 0 0 1 — 1 (0) (3/4—first downs earned on third and fourth down plays.)

TRUE QUARTERBACK RUSHING

Player Att. Yds Avg. K-downs Abort Adjusted------- Spiked Ps P. MANNING ... 0 0 0.0 0-(-0) 0-(0) 0 0 0.0 1

YARDS LOST DUE TO PENALTIES Denver Opponent GOAL-TO-GO SITUATIONS Times Penalized After Offensive Gain/Score .. 0 2 Summary--------------------------------- GTG Plays-------- Yards Lost Due To Penalties .......................... 0 10 Team Total* TD FG FGA DWN TO CLK Plays TDs Pct. Touchdowns Called Back ............................... 0 1 DENVER……………… 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0 Field Goals Called Back ................................. 0 0 OPPONENTS…… 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3 First Downs Lost ............................................. 0 1 (*—does not include purposely running out the clock: Denver 0, Opponent 0.)

TIME SPENT IN THE LEAD Denver Tied Opponent 1 Game (60:00 total time) ......................... 10:46 11:51 37:23 Denver led in 1 game. Percentage ............................................ 17.9 19.8 62.3 Opponent led in 1 game.

EXPANDED PUNTING No. Return Avg. Long Pct. Not Net Own 25 & Inside Plus Terr. Adjusted 50 & Out Player Punts Yards Avg. Ret. Yards Return Return Returned Avg. In 20/15/10/5 TB FC 60+ 50+ No. Yds. Avg. No.-Yds (In20) No. Yds. Avg. B. COLQUITT ........... 6 244 40.67 3 7 2.3 9 5.0 39.17 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 0 0 0 0 4 178 44.5 1-36 (1) 5 208 41.6

Broncos and Gary Kubiak emphasize family, and this hire is for the patriarch By Paul Klee Colorado Springs Gazette July 21, 2015 The preparation was over, the hype in full buzz. But first things come first, you know. Here, two days before the Broncos would host the Colts in an AFC playoff game, three of the men at the core of the Broncos operation had one more stop to make. John Elway, Peyton Manning and longtime athletic trainer Steve "Greek" Antonopulos convened at Dove Valley.

Together, they paid a visit to Pat Bowlen, the team owner for three decades.

Mr. B is why this is possible. I suggest Mr. B is why all of this is happening.

Bowlen isn't the only reason why John Elway left a charmed life with 10 a.m. tee times to risk his football legacy as general manager of the Broncos, or the only reason Gary Kubiak returned to Colorado and was introduced as their coach Tuesday.

But after a riveting press conference at Dove Valley, one that felt more like a family reunion than a business exchange, I approached Kubiak with this question: How much of your decision to return to the Broncos was based on winning one for Mr. Bowlen?

Kubiak stopped me before I could even finish, his heartfelt response proof enough.

"I know where you're going," Kubiak said. "It's tremendous motivation for me to come here and work for their family. It would be a dream come true to come here and let them hold that trophy again.

"You're right. He's been a very special man in my life. It means a great deal to me."

On the first day of training camp, the 2014 season began with an emotional press conference in which the Broncos announced Mr. Bowlen would relinquish control of the team. He had, and has, Alzheimer's disease.

The 2015 season, and beyond, began Tuesday with a reunion of the greatest era in Broncos history. Mr. Bowlen would, and does, approve of the Broncos hiring Kubiak.

Retired public relations chief Jim Saccamano confirmed Kubiak is one of Bowlen's favorite people to ever walk the hallways at Dove Valley. Everybody there, it seems, has a soft spot for Kubes.

Kubiak arrived in Denver in the same 1983 NFL draft that brought Elway to the Broncos - Elway with the first pick, Kubiak with the 197th. Kubiak was a rookie quarterback out of Texas A&M. He recalled his first day of working alongside Elway, during a minicamp practice at the Air Force Academy.

"I had to throw next to him for a day. After that day I called home and said, 'I have no chance,'" Kubiak said.

With Elway, the Broncos have always had a chance. Once he learns the difference between a championship roster and one that simply looks like a fantasy team, they will have a chance to win another Super Bowl. Chemistry remains an irreplaceable ingredient.

This front-office arrangement is founded in chemistry. Kubiak and Elway were Broncos quarterbacks together for nine seasons, coach/quarterback for four more. After their second Super Bowl win, in 1999, Mike Shanahan sent a player to convince Elway to return for a run at three straight titles. That player was Kubiak.

Elway's response, according to Kubiak: "We're going to sit here and visit. But I'm not playing anymore."

Elway's pitch to Kubiak, on Sunday in Houston, proved more effective.

It should be slightly concerning the Broncos weren't sure if Kubiak wanted to be a head coach again. But this search was over the minute Elway got that confirmation.

"He was at the top of the list," Elway said. "There's no question."

You hear athletes talk about their locker rooms as family. That's hogwash, mostly. In a game of cutthroat free agency, another cliché is far more apt: It's a business.

But it was clear from the moment Rhonda Kubiak, the coach's wife, hugged Elway like a long-lost brother that the Broncos now are operating with family as their base.

Families are fun. Families usually share inherent trust.

"We did the contract in about five minutes," Kubiak said.

There's also no fight like a family fight. Behind closed doors, those are coming, too.

"John's the most competitive human being I've ever been around - whether you're playing cards or pingpong or whatever," Kubiak said. "I think I'm very competitive, too. But that's probably why we're still standing in this league."

The patriarch of this Broncos family couldn't be in attendance for its reunion Tuesday. His health wouldn't allow it.

I think Elway and Kubiak are driven to win another Super Bowl here because an athlete never loses his competitive drive. I think they loathe watching the Patriots and Seahawks in the Super Bowl because they remember a time when Elway quarterbacked the Broncos to a 31-10 record against those teams.

But I think there is another motivating factor, one that doesn't get publicized because it's not in plain sight. I think they are motivated to win a Super Bowl for the man who made all of this possible, who watched Kubiak's return to Colorado on television.

"Thank you, Pat," Kubiak said into the cameras. "Thank you so much for bringing me home."

As Joe Ellis knows, new year for Peyton Manning brings new questions for Broncos By Mike Klis Denver Post March 23, 2015 Happy birthday, Peyton Manning. The Broncos' star quarterback turns 39 on Tuesday. The stinging truth is the birthday brings as much concern as celebration to the Broncos' fan base. Especially when his 38th year, after a promising start, didn't finish so well. Manning's age is one reason it's fair to wonder which way the Broncos' arrow is pointing. It's not the only reason. For the first time in the Joe Ellis-John Elway management era, the Broncos lost more headliners (Julius Thomas, Terrance Knighton, Orlando Franklin and Rahim Moore) to free agency than they signed from the market (tight end Owen Daniels is the team's most significant addition). The Broncos posted 13-3, 13-3 and 12-4 records the past three regular seasons, yet in part because those years did not culminate with the hoisting of the Lombardi Trophy, the team turned over the top end of its coaching staff with John Fox, Jack Del Rio, Adam Gase and Jeff Rodgers exiting and Gary Kubiak, Wade Phillips, Rick Dennison and Joe DeCamillis stepping in. And has it been mentioned that Manning is 39? But this is the half-empty approach. Sit across the table from Ellis during a break from the NFL owners meetings Monday at the Arizona Biltmore resort, and the Broncos' president and chief executive officer provides a far more optimistic outlook between sips of his iced tea. And, yes, there were long stretches when the glass was half full. "We're excited for 2015," Ellis said. "It's true 2014 didn't end the way we wanted to, but we're assembling a team that should be competitive again. We believe we will be competitive again in 2015. We've had a nice run of success since John Elway took over football operations. "I think there's some anxiety out there that we didn't make a splash in free agency. Two things on that: You don't win a Super Bowl in March. And two, John made some significant investments in players in recent years in free agency." "Spend to the cap" Still, any team with Manning on its roster is going to be a team heavily dependent on its quarterback. And for the first time since coming back from his surgically repaired neck that forced him to miss the entire 2011 season, Manning will enter a new season with questions.

"There's been a lot of speculation regarding how he's going to perform when he comes back," Ellis said. "I think a lot of that speculation is questioning his ability and doubting his ability. And I can only imagine how hard he is champing at the bit to prove everybody wrong." Manning will play while living on a tighter budget; the Broncos slashed his 2015 pay from $19 million to $15 million. Some American families have tighter budgets than others. But the Broncos had to get their books in order this year after they spent heavily in free agency the previous three seasons. And within the next 12 months, the team hopes to sign the likes of Demaryius Thomas, Von Miller and Malik Jackson to contract extensions. And so asking Manning for financial relief was deemed necessary. "It's sticking to a discipline," Ellis said. "You step outside the discipline, it comes back to bite you. And John's not going to do that. He's a smart businessman as well as a good football person." By discipline, Ellis means maintaining a budget that spends one dollar of cash for every dollar of the Broncos' $150 million salary cap payroll in 2015. "We'll spend to the cap," Ellis said. "We've spent a lot of money. We've always done that. We better do that. Because if you're not doing everything you can to win, why would anybody support you? Why would people purchase their tickets?' "Sometimes I think it's easy to forget you can't spend like that every year because you end up mortgaging your future. The system doesn't allow for that to happen." The Broncos' ownership structure is unusual, if not unprecedented, because Alzheimer's disease caused owner Pat Bowlen to place the team in a trust last July. The trust states Bowlen's desire is to have one of his seven children run the club when one proves to have earned the position. Bowlen "a battler"The trust is controlled by Ellis, Broncos general counsel Rich Slivka and Denver attorney Mary Kelly. The New Orleans Saints are going through an embarrassing family feud with owner Tom Benson's revised secession plan. Could the Broncos be similarly vulnerable? "Pat Bowlen put in a plan over a decade ago to deal with the secession planning for his team in the event of death or incapacity," Ellis said. "We're executing that plan, we're keeping the family informed and any further details on that are private to the family and out of respect to Mr. B and his wife and his children." Bowlen's absence from these annual meetings remains palpable; for years he was one of the NFL's most influential owners, serving as a longtime co-chairman of the broadcast and labor committees. So how is Bowlen doing? "He's a battler," Ellis said. "He's doing the best he can with a disease that's just unfair. It's tough on him, it's tough on Annabel, it's tough on his seven children. But he's fighting it as best he can."

John Elway: Run game was my best friend, will be Peyton Manning’s too By Nicki Jhabvala DenverPost.com July 30, 2015 John Elway has heard all the questions. Can Gary Kubiak’s system work with Peyton Manning at quarterback? Can their styles mesh? Can Manning, at 39, play under center and roll out more? If anyone can give an answer, it’s the Broncos quarterback who won two Super Bowl titles in his late 30s in a West Coast offense with Kubiak as his offensive coordinator. In speaking to local media Thursday on the eve of training camp, the Broncos’ general manager said Manning will have to make adjustments to the new system. But it may only help him. “Late in my career, that was my best friend, the running game. And I think that running game will be Peyton’s best friend, also,” Elway said. “It’s obviously going to be a little bit of an adjustment, but you got two smart, bright offensive football minds that are competitive and want to win. There was never, ever a thought in my mind that this wasn’t going to work.” The Broncos made an early exit last season with a divisional playoff loss to the Colts in Denver. A heated Elway said shortly after the loss that “it didn’t feel like we went out kicking and screaming.” On Thursday, he said, not surprisingly, that Manning felt the same. “It was pretty close to a tie,” he said when asked who was more upset by the loss. “We were both extremely disappointed.” So while Manning mulled if he would return for his 18th season, Elway went out and hired Kubiak, returning him to the city where he was first Elway’s backup, from 1983-1991, and later his offensive coordinator for 11 seasons, including the two Super Bowl-winning years in 1997 and 1998. “With Gary’s reputation as an offensive mind, I think Peyton respects that, and with my experience with Gary, what we were able to do late in my career and help us get world championships,” Elway said. “Peyton is about winning. He wants to win games and wants to win championships.”

GM Elway says Broncos are better today than end of 2014 By Mike Klis 9 News Sport July 30, 2015 John Elway was talking about his job description as general manager of the Denver Broncos.

"Where the bulk of my job falls is from the end of the season until we get to this day," Elway said Thursday at the Broncos' training camp-opening press conference. "My goal, as well as our personnel department, is when we step on the field for the first day of training camp we can say we're a better football team from where we ended up the year before. I believe we can say that now."

It wasn't until Elway was walking along a quiet upstairs hallway leading to his roomy, well-decorated office that he was asked why he thinks the Broncos are better.

The 2014 Broncos tied for the NFL's best regular-season record at 12-4. They did lose their only playoff game in listless, embarrassing fashion, falling 24-13 at home to the underdog Indianapolis Colts.

Still, it can be argued the Broncos on paper do not appear as imposing as they did at this time last year. Julius Thomas and Orlando Franklin are gone, Ryan Clady is out and Peyton Manning is a year older.

How are the 2015 Broncos better?

"With Julius, I think we'll be fine with him gone as far as the fit with what we're doing offensively," Elway said.

Thomas may be one of the league's top three tight end receiver mismatches but he also might be one of the worst blocking tight ends. Owen Daniels, who the Broncos signed with a three-year, $12.25 million contract to replace Thomas, is a two-way tight end who is also in his 10th season playing in the offensive system of head coach Gary Kubiak.

Tight ends have to block in Kubiak's system, which is why Daniels is considered better than Thomas for the 2015 Broncos whereas Thomas was better for the 2014 Broncos, at least the first-half, pass-happy version.

"Losing Orlando was tough. He got a big contract and I'm happy for him," Elway said of Franklin's five-year, $35.5-million contract with San Diego. "But I think we have guys who will be able to replace him."

And then Elway pointed to the side of the ball that often wins championships yet rarely receives notice this time of year.

"Defensively, I think we're going to be a lot better," he said. "The 3-4, the pass rush with [Shane] Ray coming in and Von [Miller] being 100 percent healthy and playing in the right spot."

And then there's a physical intangible that Elway sees with this team.

"I think scheme what we're going to do offensively and defensively, I think is a perfect fit for these guys," Elway said. "Which makes us better. I think these players will play better within this system. It's a good fit for them. And we can do it with young guys."

Specifically, the zone-blocking system will help the 14-member offensive line group where only Louis Vasquez was a full-time NFL starter last season. It's a system that helps a team run the ball. And running the ball, Elway believes, will help Manning.

"What I can say is late in my career that was my best friend: The running game," Elway, who as a quarterback led the Broncos to their only two Super Bowl titles when he was 37 and 38 years old, said. "The running game will be Peyton's best friend, also. Obviously, it's going to be a little bit of an adjustment but you've got two smart, bright, offensive football minds (in Manning and Kubiak) that are competitive and want to win. I never, ever, would have thought in my mind that this is not going to work."

Gary Kubiak: Broncos would be 'stupid' not to build offense to fit Peyton Manning By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com August 5, 2015 Gary Kubiak has certainly heard all the words. Including the ones -- and there have been plenty since he was hired in January to be the Denver Broncos' 15th head coach -- devoted to the idea that quarterback Peyton Manning doesn't fit the offense Kubiak and the other Broncos coaches have put together. And at that, Kubiak simply shakes his head. "Look, it's not my offense, it's our offense, the Denver Broncos' offense, and we wouldn't be very smart -- we'd be stupid -- not to do the things we do best," Kubiak said. "Peyton has been one of the greatest there's ever been for a long time; we're going to do things that fit him and get done the things we want to get done. That's coaching, that's our job." In training camp's early going, it's clear the Broncos have meshed Kubiak's version of the West Coast offense with what Manning has done at a Hall-of-Fame level during his career. Together, they'll do a little of this, a little of that. Since Manning arrived in 2012, the Broncos have begun to huddle up more, and Manning will be under center and throw on the move more than he has in the past. For his part, Manning has consistently said he's ready to run whatever plays Kubiak and offensive coordinator Rick Dennison devise, including the bread-and-butter, play-action rollouts Kubiak's offense has traditionally used. "I feel that I throw pretty well on the run, to tell you the truth," Manning said as camp opened. "I never had as many designed rollouts or scrambles, but I've sprinted out through the years. ... I actually think I throw pretty well on the run for a guy that doesn't really run well. I actually throw well on the run, maybe even better than some guys that actually run well." Kubiak has pointed out that he has had players finish as the league's leading rusher (Terrell Davis), leading receiver (Andre Johnson) and leading passer (Matt Schaub) during his time as a playcaller. His point is he has adjusted to his personnel, successfully, while still staying true to the things he likes to do on offense. Schaub didn't play in the offense the same way the more mobile Jake Plummer did, and neither Schaub nor Plummer played the same way John Elway did during the Broncos' back-to-back Super Bowl seasons. "That's the thing about Kubes, he will make it whatever it needs to be," Plummer said. "He'll look at Peyton, study Peyton and create something that is true to what he wants to do and is true to what Peyton does. That is Kubes' strength, he's just one of the smartest dudes out there and he is great with people, he understands people. I know when he left the Broncos [in 2006 to coach the Houston Texans], I wanted to cry."

"Obviously I don't get into the comparisons between this year and last year, but yeah, I think you learn," Manning said. Kubiak, Elway's former backup as a player, is known among his peers as a grinder, a coach who "is all about ball." Many think that aspect of his personality will make him a kindred spirit for Manning, much the same way Manning bonded with former Broncos offensive coordinator Adam Gase. Kubiak worked with Hall of Famers in Elway and Steve Young early in his coaching career, and now, just over two decades later, he gets his chance to work with Manning. Gase was once asked what Manning wants most from a coach, and his response was "answers" -- Manning has filled piles of spiral notebooks over the years with notes on topics that interest him -- and Kubiak has come to enjoy that pathological inquisitiveness. "For me as a coach, man, you love that," Kubiak said. "It's interesting because early in my career, my first round as a coach, I was a young coach trying to coach a Hall of Fame player [Elway]. ... It's great to work with those guys. It's so challenging. They're so smart. They want all the answers. They deserve all the answers. To watch a guy as long as he's been doing it, the way he takes care of himself and how important it is to him, I'll be honest with you, it's a blast right now. We're trying to fit everything together, and we'll do that. But he's a joy to work with every day because he loves ball. It's what he loves to do."

Gary Kubiak trying something new in Broncos' camp schedule By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com August 1, 2015

New coaches and new playbooks for the Denver Broncos mean a new meeting as well.

When the team opened training camp this week, Gary Kubiak said he consciously made a change from his long-standing training camp schedule to give the players more time to learn the team's new schemes.

Kubiak added a meeting for the players into the daily schedule to give the team's position coaches some additional time to review the work that had been done in practice as well as assist the installation process.

"One of the ways that I've set up camp this year that I've never done before, we've actually got three meeting times in a day instead of two," Kubiak said. "We're meeting in the morning, we're meeting at lunch and we're meeting at night. I think this team needs refreshers on our schemes and those type of things on a consistent basis. That is a big importance right now."

Kubiak has also made a change in his practice schedule. As the Broncos' offensive coordinator under Mike Shanahan and as the Houston Texans' head coach, Kubiak participated in 8 a.m. training camp practices. In Kubiak’s last season as Texans coach in 2013, the team had all of its morning practices at 8 a.m.

But with the Broncos' new meeting schedule as well as some work the team has done regarding sleep patterns and productivity, the Broncos will have their morning practices at 9:30 a.m. instead.

"They keep us moving," cornerback Chris Harris Jr. said. "It's a little different, but [Kubiak] knows what he wants and he keeps it moving. I think everybody will have a good handle on things pretty soon."

"It's a plan we like and (I) think will help everybody get settled in with what we’re doing a little quicker," Kubiak said.

Gary Kubiak enters first year of the job he was made to do By Troy Renck DenverPost.com July 26, 2015

On Aug. 2, 1976, Gary Kubiak walked off a plane and into the rest of his life. Just 14 years old, he absorbed the enormousness of the Kansas City Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium, the exhilaration, the screaming fans, the red and yellow seats, the white scoreboard staring from above the top deck as if it were a robot raising its hand.

Kubiak caught his breath as he jogged onto the field for the preseason game. He knew how lucky he was to be a ballboy for the Houston Oilers, throwing training camp passes to Earl Campbell and Mike Barber at Sam Houston State. The players treated him like one of their own, knowing he was a rising high school football star. But this — well, this was different.

The experience resonated in a way that makes Kubiak smile 39 years later.

"That was the first pro football game I ever went to. (Coach) Bum Phillips took me to Kansas City that day," Kubiak said. "I still remember as a kid going into the stadium, chasing the balls. That was my first day. I was part of pro football."

On Friday, Kubiak enters training camp in his 22nd season as an NFL coach but his first as the boss of the Broncos. He inherits a team with Super Bowl aspirations. He landed the job in part because a pair of numbing playoff exits overshadowed four consecutive AFC West titles by the John Fox-coached Broncos.

General manager John Elway sought a head coach who could inspire the Broncos to "never stop kicking and screaming," especially in big games, which haunted Fox's tenure.

"Hopefully you have that mindset every day, every week, not just one week. There's no substitution for playing hard," Kubiak said. "You have to compete all the time, not just when you think it's appropriate."

He relishes the pressure that comes with high expectations.

"I was part of this organization for many years. I know where they expect to go, that they expect to win Super Bowls," Kubiak said. "It's something you want to be part of. Does it make it tougher? I don't know. People can say what they want to say, but this is why I do what I do. That's why I love to go to work every day."

The job found Kubiak in January when Fox and the Broncos mutually parted one day after a stunning home playoff loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Kubiak, 53, was content to stay with the Baltimore Ravens as their offensive coordinator, after eight seasons as coach of the Houston Texans. He told the Chicago Bears and New York Jets — and anyone else who would listen — that he wasn't interested.

Then Elway, his roommate when they were players, called.

"He's always had strong feelings for Denver. He spent so much time there, time he enjoyed," longtime NFL coach and mentor Mike Sherman said of Kubiak. "Going to Houston was home. But when you think of his career, really Denver is going home. This is kind of a unique opportunity to end it where it started." Kubiak will stand in the middle of the field Friday at Broncos headquarters at Dove Valley, surveying the buzz of activity from his familiar spot with hardly anyone noticing him. He coaches football because he enjoys the grind, embraces the challenge. It's difficult, uncomfortable and liberating. Like the truth. What he thinks Kubiak doesn't have a problem telling people what he thinks. Consistency and honesty are staples in his life. They remain the central themes when talking to people who watched him grow from a record-setting quarterback at Houston's St. Pius X High School to a Texas A&M star to a reliable backup with the Broncos, and a reason they predict he will succeed with Denver. "As a coach, when you get kids, you spend a lot of time trying to smooth out problems," said former Texas A&M coach R.C. Slocum. "With Gary, he didn't have any rough spots. He's always been mature with a great value system from Day One. "I first met him when he was 17, and he hasn't changed a bit. What you see is what you get. Try to find someone who has a bad word to say about him. You can't. He could have ridden off into the sunset, but there's nothing that would mean more to him than to come back to the Broncos and have a great run." Had Kubiak embarked on his second head coaching job elsewhere, shrugged shoulders would have greeted the announcement. He went 63-66 in eight seasons with the Texans (including 2-2 in the playoffs), turning a 2-14 team into a two-time division champion. He didn't fail as much as he didn't finish the job, undermined by awful quarterback play in 2013, which led to his firing. In other cities, he's Kubiak. In Denver, he's "Kubes," well-known for saving the Broncos in a Monday night game at Washington when Elway had the flu from, as legend has it, chipped beef on toast from President George H.W. Bush's table at the White House. And again in 1992 when Elway rallied the Broncos past the Oilers in the playoffs, a breathtaking comeback that required Kubiak to handle a low snap setting up David Treadwell's 28-yard field goal with 16 seconds left. Few would argue Kubiak's merits as a brilliant offensive mind, a man who learned from Mike Shanahan, Bill Walsh and Alex Gibbs. Kubiak has been creating mismatches for three decades, camouflaging repetitive zone-blocking schemes with multiple personnel groups and formations. He owns three Super Bowl title rings as an assistant with the San Francisco 49ers and Denver, where he helped Elway transform seamlessly from electric to acoustic in his final two seasons as a player. Kubiak will be heavily involved in the Broncos' offense. He looks to establish the run to open the field for play-action passing. The idea is to ease the pressure and reliance on quarterback Peyton Manning the way Kubiak did when he ran the Broncos' offense in Elway's final two championship seasons.

"It should only help a quarterback when you run the ball," Kubiak said. "It's what you have to be doing if you want to be a physical football team." During his 20 seasons as an offensive coordinator or head coach, Kubiak's running game averaged a ninth-place NFL finish, including eighth last year with Baltimore. The Broncos ranked 15th in rushing last season. As for play-calling, Kubiak says: "That's something I've been doing my whole career. I love it. That's where my competitive juices flow, calling the game." And yet, there is that record with the Texans — under .500. It raises questions about whether Kubiak is running from a cliché about nice guys and where they finish. "He treats you the way you wanted to be treated. It creates the false narrative that he's strictly a player's coach, that he's too easy on guys. That couldn't be further from the truth," said veteran offensive tackle Eric Winston, who played for Kubiak in Houston. "He shoots straight. It's not about him. That's the thing. Some coaches yell just so they can be seen yelling. It's never about him. He's not coaching for attention. He's coaching to win. "In our meetings, they were some of the most uncomfortable I have ever been in. He holds players to a high standard. Sometimes you want to be as small as you can in that chair. If you don't hear your name, it's a great day." Slocum gave Kubiak his first coaching job, at Texas A&M in 1992, after his playing career ended in Denver. He knew he couldn't keep his former quarterback long because he was too talented, something he showed while coaching running backs such as All-American Greg Hill. "Players loved him. And he didn't think he had all the answers," Slocum said. "As a head coach, you have every right to be demanding, but you don't have the right to be demeaning. Gary leads with class." Kubiak brings a reputation for rolling up his sleeves. On a typical morning, he shows up at Dove Valley at 5 a.m. Even after he suffered a mini-stroke in 2013 during a nationally televised game, Kubiak never considered leaving coaching. He changed his diet, and when he was supposed to be taking it easy, he would leave Texans headquarters, then sneak back in to do more work. "He gets things done. If you are there, you are there to work," said Sherman, who helped Kubiak understand how to watch game film at Texas A&M and later joined his staff in Houston. "You aren't there to tell stories and play games. There's no wasted time. That's Gary. You always know where you stand. There's no hidden agendas, which is why his assistants are so loyal to him." "Be accountable" When a new head coach arrives, the franchise gives him the opportunity to redecorate. The Broncos' team meeting room featured multiple slogans the past few years. Kubiak replaced them with a single saying in huge, bold letters across the back wall: "Be accountable." "People ask if he can be stern enough," said Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe. "I was in meetings with him for seven years. He knows what to say and when to say it. He lets you know when you don't

make a play you should have. But he will also be the first to admit his mistake. He will say, 'I have to do a better job. That's on me.' As a player, you can't help but respect that." Six months into Kubiak's tenure here, Broncos president Joe Ellis referenced the meeting room when asked for an anecdote. To him, it captures Kubiak. "Simple, straightforward, honest, that's Gary," Ellis said. "That's who he is as a leader in his dealings with everyone in the building." Elway formed a strong bond with Kubiak, first as a roommate. Kubiak joked that his most important job was to take calls and tell people, "John's not here." They competed at everything, from cards to pingpong. Kubiak learned early how to lead. He began his freshman season at St. Pius X High School in Houston standing 5-foot-9 and weighing 135 pounds. He wore size-11 cleats, foreshadowing a growth spurt. But opportunity couldn't wait for his body to sprout. With the Panthers struggling through a clumsy season, coach Rene Hancock had Kubiak start the second half in a game against Beaumont Kelly. Kubiak completed 14-of-17 passes for 179 yards. Four years later, Kubiak left St. Pius as Texas' all-time prep passing leader with 6,190 yards, winning three consecutive titles at a time when high school running backs Eric Dickerson and Craig James were stealing the headlines. "When he broke the record, one of the officials stopped the game," Hancock told reporters a few years ago. "I sent the managers out to get the football. The officials said no — they wanted me to come get the football. I congratulated Gary, and Gary looked up into the stands and said, 'Can I go tell my parents, "Hi"?' That touched me. It was equally important that he go tell his parents. That's what Gary is like. That's the kind of person he is and the kind of leader he is." Kubiak and his wife, Rhonda, have three sons — Klint, Klay and Klein — and all three played college football. Klein now is an intern with the Broncos, Klay is a teacher, and Klint is the wide receivers coach at Kansas. It brings Kubiak back to his days as a ballboy. Oilers owner Bud Adams was a Kansas graduate, and Kubiak's presence at practice sure wouldn't hurt the Jayhawks' recruiting efforts. "I guess that is kind of how I got the job. I don't know if that was legal or not," Kubiak said. "I don't think they were too mad I went to A&M. Klint's at KU, so they got a Kubiak eventually." The Broncos did too. With Kubiak pegged at one point as Shanahan's successor, the Texans prevented a move. Kubiak's team was on the rise when the Broncos fired Shanahan after the 2008 season. Houston is Kubiak's hometown. But Denver, in many ways, is home. When he steps onto the practice field this week, Kubiak will be in full view, eyes staring at drills, looking for ways to improve. He is a coach. In a complicated world, it's that simple. "There's a ton of things that people should know about him," Winston said. "I think there was an unfair characterization of how it ended in Houston. I really thought if we had a healthy quarterback in 2011, we could have won it all. With (Kubiak), no one has anything negative to say. It's not because they are scared. It's because he's as genuine a guy you will find in this league. You respect it, especially when you

are away from it. He will make the Broncos better. He teaches guys how to be professionals, how to be men. He will win games and have a profound impact on lives."

DeCamillis’ career returns to Denver Ben Swanson DenverBroncos.com February 10, 2015 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. —Denver isn't how new Broncos Special Teams Coordinator Joe DeCamillis remembers. There are more houses than when he was here last, more than two decades ago, and many more than when he grew up in Arvada, Colo. And then there's the entire practice facility, which is completely new and probably feels a bit alien considering the jump in technology from 1992 to 2015. "It’s surreal at times, you look around and I’m thinking, ‘Man, I’m back in this building.’ So it’s just a privilege and I’m excited. I mean, like I said, I want to help Mr. Bowlen and help this organization win championships." DeCamillis, now entering his 27th season in the NFL, got his start in the league in Denver as an assistant to the GM and head coach, a position he described as being "basically a secretary." And though he left the Broncos in taking the next step in career in special teams, he would eventually be involved in one of the Broncos' Super Bowl victories. However, that would be on the other side of the field with the Falcons in Denver's 34-19 win in Super Bowl XXXIII. Now back with the Broncos about 23 years after leaving, his job involves a lot more responsibility and difficulty as he takes charge of the special teams as the coordinator. But at this point, it's nothing he hasn't proved his proficiency in. He spent his previous two years in Chicago coaching their special teams and as an assistant head coach, helped the Bears earn two consecutive seasons as the best kickoff coverage team. From coverage to excellence in kicking, punting and return specialists, DeCamillis has coached it all everywhere he's been and wants to bring that standard to the Broncos. "We want to play faster than our opponents. When they look at it on tape I want them to know that we’re going to be a fast team and a physical team," he said in his introductory press conference Tuesday. "The other thing about it is you want to be very fundamentally sound. Any time a coach turns on the film I want them to say, 'Wow, that guy—technique-wise—they’re excellent at what they do.' "And that’s really, kind of fits in to what [Head Coach Gary Kubiak] ‘Kub’ is asking for, too," he added. "We came in and talked and that was something that was important to him and we want to carry that on and get better." In these initial days, the coaching staff has begun looking at and evaluating personnel and DeCamillis says he's seen some standouts already, but they're still in that process. "We've just got to identify all of them and try to put them in the best possible positions to succeed." And one of the things he tries to instill with his coaching is a toughness, a willingness to take on difficult challenges that aren't what they're used to. DeCamillis knows that challenge of taking on unfamiliar challenges, having recovered from serious neck and back fractures after the Cowboys' indoor practice bubble collapsed in 2009.

"That was a situation that occurred that was adverse, but I think it helped me to be honest with you," DeCamillis said. "I think it helped me to figure out a way to come back from something tough. You always tell your players to do something that’s unnatural—well you had a chance to show them that you could come back from something like that. Still to be coaching and walking to be honest with you, is a blessing. So, I’m jacked up, man. I’m excited to be here, no question." DeCamillis has come a long way to reach this point, not only in his recovery, but in his career as well, in a circle that's returned him to his hometown with the goal of helping return his hometown team to the Super Bowl.

Dennison’s experience will help as offensive line faces uncertainty By Jim Saccomano DenverBroncos.com June 1, 2015 The injury to starting left tackle Ryan Clady is an obvious blow to the Denver Broncos. However, as Offensive Coordinator Rick Dennison said after practice Thursday, "The biggest disappointment is for Ryan himself." It is very disappointing for a fine young man and excellent player. Nevertheless, the reality is that the football season moves forward no matter what. “I love being coached,” said Quarterback Peyton Manning about Dennison. Of course, it goes without saying that Manning loves being coached. Especially when the coaching is at a high, intelligent and stimulating level. And therein lies the solution. Let John Elway and the Broncos' personnel bring in talented players—which they've been doing since Elway’s return to football operations—and let the coaches coach. A significant part of everything the team does on offense will fall under the wing of Dennison. Rick has been a favorite of mine ever since he arrived as an unheralded free agent linebacker from Colorado State University. He made the team and played for the Broncos from 1982 to 1990, a nine-year span in which he played both defense and special teams. Before returning to Dove Valley this year, he previously coached the Broncos from 1995 to 2009. During that time he worked as an offensive assistant and special teams coach, before coaching the offensive line and finally becoming offensive coordinator. If you weren’t counting, those above cited years make him the longest tenured Bronco player and coach combination of all-time. 2015 is Rico's 25th overall season in Denver. He also has a master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from CSU. So, while it is quite true that coaching football is not rocket science, Dennison is in fact a rocket scientist. Manning's comment is a hint at the preparation and intellect that Dennison brings to his work coordinating the offense. As he said after Thursday’s practice, "All good players—great players—love to be coached." Coaching does not so much involve the yelling and screaming that gets air time in short video clips. Instead it involves meetings, planning, questions, answers, challenges and feedback—things that belong

in a classroom setting, which is where they spend a great deal of time. They spend more time in the classroom than they do on the field. So, the loss of Ryan Clady is a tough pill to swallow. But, as Dennison said, "We're going to do what we do best. We are the 2015 Denver Broncos." Not any other version. Not any other year. We would all do well to remember that it is only late May. It’s a long way from the start of the new season. When asked how concerned he was about not knowing who would be at left tackle Dennison said, "I’d like to go into the first game [knowing who will be on the line]. Preseason, I could care less what we are thinking.” He says the team will go into the first regular season game "knowing what we are going to do." I really enjoyed watching Dennison's career evolve during his previous time in Denver. There never seemed to be a job he was given that he could not do. And, of course, he was a member of five Super Bowl teams in Denver: three as a player in the 1980's, then consecutive world championships of Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII in 1997 and 1998. The development of young players is a key part of coaching and we have coaches here with a proven track record. Elway has said that in addition to free agent talent the young guys we have should get a chance to grow and develop. Head Coach Gary Kubiak, Dennison and offensive line coach Clancy Barone are veterans of the professional football offenses. They understand the diversity of offenses that each new season brings. There is a lot of offseason left and plenty of time for roles to be filled. Sometimes that can happen in a way that no one ever considered. Young guys can take the field and make it happen. I have a world of confidence in this coaching staff and so, too, should Broncos fans. It is never just about one player. That is why football is the ultimate team game. We all feel terrible for Ryan Clady and wish him a quick recovery. But in the meantime, there is big-time coaching talent evaluating players and positions. I have every bit of confidence in the final product.

Defense's intelligence, depth create options for Wade Phillips By Ben Swanson DenverBroncos.com August 4, 2015 With three out of four players in the Broncos secondary returning from Pro Bowl seasons, Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips has a lot of talent to work with, but it's those players' intelligence, savvy and competitive fire that make them great fits for what Phillips wants to do. Phillips' intention to unleash the defense's natural aggression is widely known following his initial press conference in February, but exactly how he's going to do it is an unknown, especially because he has the options to do it in many ways. "We play a lot of man in places where we have man corners," Phillips said. "We're going to be a pressure defense. Now if it's pressure out of the zone and zone blitzes or pressure out of man and man blitzes, that's what you try to decide. Now it looks like we can have a combination." What separates them from other teams in their ability to utilize a combination, Phillips says, is the players' intellect. "These guys are, I think, pretty sharp and so some teams can't go from a lot of man to zone, or zone to man, because they [lose] the concepts... and it takes a lot of work and ability, but I’m hoping and it looks like we’ll be able to do both." With the Pro Bowl talent in the secondary, the intelligence, experience and communication is key from sideline to sideline. "They're real smart, they're very competitive," Phillips added. "I think those two things, besides the ability they have, has made them as good as they are. You can have 10 Pro Bowlers coming back, you've still got to all know what you're doing [and] communicate well." As inside linebackers Brandon Marshall and Danny Trevathan work their way back from injuries, they bring with them heaps of talent and a level of communication that adds to it. "We communicate well together," Marshall said on Saturday. "We know each other well. So, it's actually pretty easy to have him in there. I don't really have to sit there and tell him what to do. He knows what to do and we just feed off each other." That communication is something Phillips appreciates, but so is their talent. He also mentioned how Trevathan and Marshall each led the team in tackles in the past two years. As Marshall and Trevathan are cautiously eased back into action, Phillips is getting a long look at the depth behind them, and they've made quite the impression upon the 38-year NFL coaching veteran.

"Our backup group is probably the best I’ve ever had," Phillips said, "and I think a lot of those guys can play and have played well in practice."

Between the defense's depth and the talent of its top players, Phillips has plenty of confidence that it will be able to give opposing offenses a multitude of challenging looks that few others can.

Clancy Barone feels right at home coaching Broncos' offensive line By Terry Frei DenverPost.com August 2, 2015 Broncos assistant Clancy Barone has returned to the coaching assignment he loves the most. A holdover from the Josh McDaniels and John Fox regimes, Barone coached the Denver tight ends the past four seasons under Fox. Under Gary Kubiak, Barone is back to coaching the offensive line. It can almost seem a "careful what you wish for" scenario, considering that Barone in 2015 will be trying to get the most out of a shaky-on-paper group with one proven, no-doubt, entrenched NFL starter — right guard Louis Vasquez. "I've been coaching for 30 years and darned near all of them were coaching the offensive line," Barone, 52, said after Sunday's practice at Dove Valley. "It's my nature. It's what I've always done and what I've always wanted to get back to." After seven collegiate stops, including Texas A&M, Wyoming and Houston, Barone broke into the NFL as an assistant line coach under zone-blocking guru Alex Gibbs with Atlanta in 2004. From 2005-09, Barone coached tight ends for the Falcons and Chargers and, ultimately, for the Broncos in the first year of McDaniels' tenure. In McDaniels' bizarre second season, which included his early December firing, Barone had his first chance as an NFL head offensive line coach, getting the most out of rookies J.D. Walton and Zane Beadles as starters. But Barone was back to handling the tight ends during the Fox regime. "I still got to work a lot in the run game," Barone said. "I got to work a lot in protections. The coordinator I worked with always trusted me to do that, along with coaching the tight ends and work with the passing game stuff. It was a challenge to learn a new part of the offense. I enjoyed it and I got to work with some great players. But it was always kind of my career goal to get back home." "Home" means, among other places, the offensive line meeting room. In the NFL, it's typically a workplace of dry and barbed humor and perhaps even more "in it together" camaraderie than anywhere else in the building. Barone and Eric Studesville are the only Denver assistants to remain through the past two head coaching changes. "There's always that anxious time where you're thinking, 'Do we have to move?' " Barone said. "But I've known Gary for a long time, and we worked together at Texas A&M (in 1993), and I think that was Gary's

first coaching job. I knew I would love to stay and I'm fortunate that it all worked out for me and Rosie, my wife."

Barone also is centrally involved in the return to the zone-blocking scheme.

"There is that learning curve about how you adjust it, why you adjust it, when do you adjust it — all those types of things," Barone said. "That's probably part of the fun of it, to teach them the overall big picture."

Although the Broncos have shuffled their No. 1 offensive line during the first three days of camp, most noticeably giving veteran Ryan Harris looks at right tackle, one of the constants has been rookie Ty Sambrailo, the second-round draft choice from Colorado State, at left tackle. That has reinforced the impression the job of succeeding the injured Ryan Clady is Sambrailo's to lose.

"Ty got a ton of reps during the spring," Barone said. "I don't see Ty as a rookie mentally anymore. Now, he hasn't seen any live game reps in this system, but as far as the mental reps and the time-on task and meetings, he is not a rookie in my mind."

Even when he was coaching tight ends, Barone never was accused of lacking enthusiasm. So it would be unfair to say he has been re-energized. So let's just say that he's kicked it up a notch.

"I wake up and just sprint to work every day," Barone said. "It's a blast."

Bill Kollar, Broncos d-line coach, wears passion on sleeve, bears any challenge By Troy Renck DenverPost.com May 30, 2015 A little past 10 a.m. on Thursday, a few beads of sweat trickling off his forehead, Bill Kollar walks into the lobby at Broncos headquarters. He is there for an interview. He has been in front of the recorder before. He has a funny story about that. "So this guy called me up in 1975 or so. He says, 'Go downtown (in Cincinnati) and take a picture with a bear for 50 bucks.' So I show up at this hall, and there's 50 people or so talking about how some guy is going to wrestle a bear," Kollar said. "I said, 'Wrestle a bear? What?' And then I realize he's talking about me." What happened next explains why Broncos boss Gary Kubiak desperately wanted Kollar to coach his defensive line. Kollar demands effort, doesn't put up with any, well, you know what, and coaches like his hair is on fire (if he had any). Back to Cincinnati. Standing on a 4X4 loose rug, Kollar faced off with the bear. At 6-foot-3 and 255 pounds, Kollar was already a Tiger (technically a Cincinnati Bengal), so he figured he could trade a few headlocks with the beast. "The bear is wearing a muzzle. They take it off. And he grabs a bottle of Coke and drinks the whole thing," Kollar said with a straight face. On a sugar high, the bear charged Kollar, shoving him to the ground. Kollar, now peeved with cameras rolling, bull rushed the bear. The bear toppled over, leading to cheers and a proposition. "They asked if I could take on a 9-foot Kodiak the next weekend in Columbus," Kollar said. Kollar wisely moved on, finishing his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In Abe Gibron, his line coach, he found a kindred spirit and a blueprint. Gibron coached with passion, losing his voice at practice. Kollar appears to be losing his mind at times. He screams words of encouragement, blending teaching technique with veins-popping noise. "I always start out by telling them, I am going to be on your (backside). I am doing it for one reason: to get you to be as good a player you can be. I have guys say all the time that 'I hear you yelling at me in my sleep.' That's just the way it is. It's an automatic deal," said Kollar, 62, who is credited for speeding up reigning NFL defensive player of the year J.J. Watt's learning curve. "They either get it and do it the right way, or they are gone. That's just the way it is, dude." Pull into the Broncos' parking lot, and you can hear Kollar before you see him. Talk to NFL insiders, and they wonder if Kollar could become the Broncos' most important offseason addition. He is challenged to wring out the potential in Sylvester Williams and Marvin Austin, while continuing Malik Jackson's ascension toward stardom.

"He's a serious guy, but he likes to have fun," Jackson said. "He's going to make you get your work in and make sure that we're the best defensive line in the league. That's what I'm learning. You have to have a great work ethic with him. If you don't and you're not willing to learn and go out there and produce, you're not going to play for him."

Williams received advice from Kollar months ago. It helped convince Williams to spend the bulk of the offseason in Denver training. The Broncos are counting on him to start at nose tackle, filling the enormous void left by the departure of Terrance Knighton.

"I'm excited to play for him," Williams said. "I think he can be a great guy. Like I said, he's got a lot of history in the NFL. What we noticed right away is that he is going to get us a lot better, and that's exciting."

Talk to Kollar and it becomes a trip into grainy black-and-white film. He is no-nonsense; as sympathetic as a parking ticket and as blunt as a hammer. He represents a stark contrast from last year's Denver coaching staff. Success can be reached through different paths. Kubiak has compiled a group whose passion manifests in volume — and sometimes requires earmuffs for those easily offended.

"Bill is loud," said defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, "but he's got a great knack for getting on people, getting them to go harder, but for them to like him. Normally a guy that's as loud as he is, that hollers at you, you think 'Wow.' They know it's in their best interest when he gets on them. Everybody coaches different ways, and I think his style is really good. It fits well with those guys."

Kollar left the Houston Texans on good terms. Texans coach Bill O'Brien granted the parallel move, which placed Kollar near family. One of his sons, Chad, a former SMU player, lives in Denver with his wife and two young children.

Kollar loves to play with the grandkids. He is in his 60s, but he doesn't lack energy. And, yes, he has a funny story about that.

"I have never had a cup of coffee in my life," Kollar said. "I have a soda now and then, but not that Red Bull stuff. All that caffeine with the way I am, my head might explode."

Tyke Tolbert honored with father's induction to Texas high school hall of fame By Ben SwansonDenverBroncos.com July 22, 2015

Wide Receiver Coach Tyke Tolbert hates to lose in anything. When his oldest daughter was 4 years old, he bought an air hockey table. Though he was happy to concede a goal here and there, his competitive spirit wouldn't let him lose the game.

But that's just how he's wired. It's how his father Leon Tolbert was, how he is and now how his youngest daughter is.

"I got that from my dad and now my youngest daughter has that same competitive fire in her," Tyke said on Monday. "She’s 9 and doesn’t like to lose in anything. That’s the biggest thing I got from my dad, being ultra-competitive."

That fire has been a driving factor in Tyke's career, first as a football player and now as a coach, and it was also what propelled Leon's athletic accomplishments that recently earned him a posthumous induction into the Prarie View Interscholastic League (PVIL) Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

The PVIL was a pre-desegregation league that existed from 1920 to 1970, governing academics, athletics and music for black high schools in Texas. Among the esteemed PVIL athletes are six Pro Football Hall of Fame members: Joe Greene, Gene Upshaw, Dick "Night Train" Lane, Charley Taylor, Emmitt Thomas and Ken Houston.

At a difficult time in American history with segregation, the schools existed with meager resources but produced distinguished students who would become some of the country's finest citizens, athletes, entertainers and more. Though the era marked a dark period before the Civil Rights Movement, PVIL is proud to remember the outstanding people who came out of the climate in spite of segregation. "Remembering the past with pride" is the slogan that adorns the top of their website.

Leon Tolbert was one of those stellar athletes for Booker T. Washington High School in Conroe, Texas, where he won two state championships in the 1960's, including a season in which the Bulldogs went 13-0.

Tyke's mother designated him to speak on his father's behalf, which was a great honor for him.

"We were very humbled by his induction and we had some family and friends there," Tolbert said. "There was over 1,000 people in attendance because there were several inductees but my dad got inducted for football so it meant a lot. I know he would have been proud to be there if he could have been there but for my mom to designate me to give the acceptance speech on his behalf was a very proud moment for me."

Leon's athletic legacy lives on for Tyke and his family in his mother's collection of newspaper clippings from the era. Tyke knows some of the stories his father told may have had a bit of exaggeration, but those clips are able to document Leon's some of his proudest moments in his football career.

"He used to tell us a lot of things about what he used to do. But the funny thing about it is my mom kept newspaper articles and all that stuff so I can actually read it and see his name in print the things he actually did, which is pretty impressive," Tolbert said. "So he had the evidence, I guess, to back it up about how good of a player he was and things he did of that nature. But I’m sure that would have been very good for him, very proud for him to be able to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. And he would have been really, really happy with that."

Broncos' C.J. Anderson is built and plays like a wrecking ball By Woody Paige DenverPost.com August 1, 2015 "Dreams don't die until you decide to give up on them." Aristotle, Plato, Socrates? No, it's the driving philosophical motivation for Broncos running back C.J. Anderson. "I believe in all of that." C.J. suddenly approached me at a charity golf tournament Monday and proclaimed proudly: "Check out my stomach, Mr. Paige. Do I look like I'm a little chubby?" My gut reaction was that C.J., at 5-foot-8, 218 pounds, was as strong and solid as a wrecking ball. Throughout his 24 years, Cortrelle Javon Anderson has been deemed too short, too slow, too well-upholstered, and not talented enough, not brainy enough, not sinewy enough. "Because I've always been undersized since Pop Warner, I had to keep proving myself," he says. Despite being a record-setting high school option quarterback, tailback and cornerback in Vallejo, Calif., his skill package and academic average didn't attract one scholarship offer from a Division I program. He was a walk-on at a community college in Oakland. Although he was named an All-American at Laney College (with 8.0 yards per attempt), C.J. barely drew interest from major schools. Only nearby California gave him a chance. Even when he ran impressively for the Bears — and scored his first touchdown on a 20-yard run in Boulder against CU — Anderson started only two games in two seasons. In the aftermath of the NFL combine in 2012, it was expected that C.J. would be selected in the middle rounds. Twenty-three running backs were drafted; C.J. was not. The Broncos gave a minimum, nonguaranteed contract and a $12,500 bonus to the free agent. Anderson was sixth on the depth chart behind three players who had been chosen in the top three rounds of Broncos drafts, an NFL veteran and a returning practice-squad player. In his first exhibition, in San Francisco (30 miles from Anderson's hometown), he rushed for 65 yards before exploding his MCL. The badly wounded rookie, whose mantra is "Ballin' for Dawg" (in honor of a high school teammate who died during one of their games), called his single mom, Neva Craig, and his grandmother Barbara Gaddies and started bawling. "I hadn't let the obstacles stop me. I always said when something bad happened, 'Blame yourself, nobody else.' But when I injured my knee, I was afraid it was over."

Anderson is a compact 5-foot-8, 224 pounds. His running back frame is more asset than unique. "Everything he does is about this high off the ground," Kubiak said while holding his hand out to his waist. "He has that low center of gravity. He's tough to tackle. It's not something you teach." After sitting through the first half of last season, Anderson finished with 849 yards rushing and 324 yards receiving and wound up playing in the Pro Bowl. Two practices through training camp, he seems determined to prove he's not a half-year wonder. "Felt good today," Anderson said. "Had a better day than yesterday. Once we put the pads on then a lot of things will separate." The Broncos will practice in shells Sunday and put on full pads for the first time Monday. Anderson is one of those running backs who performs better in pads than he does in those short-and T-shirt exercises at the combine. Pads mean contact. And breaking contact is where Anderson excels. "He's got great hands, too," Kubiak said of Anderson. "I like him a lot. Got to keep him going."

C.J. Anderson finds his own lane By Allie Raymond DenverBroncos.com June 12, 2015 When C.J. Anderson isn’t on a football field or working out, the running back can be found playing another sport you might not expect: bowling. But while it might be surprising to some, bowling isn’t just an occasional hobby for Anderson. Bowling is a connection to his family and has been an aspect of his life for as long as he remembers. “It goes back to my grandma,” said Anderson. “She was in a lot of big tournaments in the ‘70s, ‘80s and early ‘90s. The early ‘90s were when I really got to watch her. When I was 15, I bowled but I probably didn’t take it too serious until I was about 21 or 22, so I’ve been bowling serious for the last two or three years. It’s just fun. It’s a sport that I can’t get hurt in and you can potentially get better every day.” And Anderson doesn’t just bowl once a week. When the offseason rolls around, he can be found in an alley between two and three times a week after he’s finished with his football obligations. “I’m actually in a league on Mondays,” said Anderson. “I got a team and they’re pretty fun to be around. You learn a lot from them too.” Anderson sees bowling as his version of golf. It’s something that gets him out of the house and is mentally stimulating and challenging. He also takes it so seriously that not only does Anderson own 12 of his own bowling balls, but he has also started competing in Amateur Bowling Tournaments (ABT). “I bowled in my first tournament last week and I was 45 pins from making the first cut,” Anderson said. “There were 25 bowlers and they took 14. I came in 16th. There were a lot of good bowlers and that was my first-ever tournament and I wasn’t upset about my first ABT tournament.” While he enjoys the competition he gets in his league, he hasn’t forgotten where that competitive fire came from. Whenever he gets the chance to go home, Anderson picks his three best bowling balls and gets prepared for a showdown within his own family. “Oh, we’re real competitive,” said Anderson. “Grandma still lets us know she’s the queen of bowling. She doesn’t mess around. My uncle Roman is phenomenal, every time he comes out here he takes his ball and we go at it back and forth, so it’s really competitive.” When asked if he’s able to pull-off wins against his family, he shrugs, laughs and says: “Here and there.” Right now bowling is just a way to let off some steam and get away, but Anderson sees this as something he would be interested in pursuing competitively after his professional football career is over. “I could see it being something that I do after football, but we’ll see. You never know,” said Anderson. “Right now I’m just loving what I do everyday out on this football field, but bowling has been a great outlet.”

Kenny "Night Train" Anunike on right NFL track By Nicki Jhabvala DenverPost.com August 9, 2015 The call came Oct. 26, 2013, in Blacksburg, Va. On a third down in the red zone against 14th-ranked Virginia Tech, Duke's defensive coordinator, Jim Knowles, requested "The Train," a play he designed for his speedy 6-foot-5, 260-pound defensive end. "He kept telling me, 'Coach, you call that and I'll get it done. I'll get a sack or I'll make something happen,' " Knowles said. On cue "The Night Train" delivered, roaring through the line, beating one, two blocks before hitting Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas. The ball came out of Thomas' hands and was ruled incomplete, setting up a field-goal try on fourth down. No good. The Night Train helped Duke post a 13-10 victory, its first over a ranked team in 19 years. It was a historic moment for a program that coach David Cutcliffe was in the process of restoring. It also was a moment of validation in the six-year career — yes, six — of Kenny "Night Train" Anunike, a member of Cutcliffe's first recruiting class. Anunike (pronounced AN-NU-NICKY) wears a new number now, and the blue on his jersey is a darker hue. But the Night Train is still running and he's making a strong impression in his second season with the Broncos through the first week of training camp. Dig a little deeper and you will find there's much more to the lineman than a box score shows. Higher education helpful In 1979, Kenny's father, Emmanuel Anunike, left his village and all that he knew in Onitsha, Nigeria, and hopped on a plane bound for Boise, Idaho, in search of a better life and a better education. "That concept 'Only in America,' where you can come here with almost nothing and become something spectacular, something great — that appealed to me," Emmanuel said. "It was something I wanted to be a part of." Emmanuel had been raised by a father who had lived much of his life with only a second grade-level education because his mother couldn't afford school fees. It was a hardship Emmanuel didn't want to endure. He now has three degrees — a bachelor's in architecture, a master's in urban studies and a Ph.D. in educational leadership — and works as an energy specialist for the Ohio Development Services Agency in Columbus.

From an early age, Kenny, the oldest of four siblings, was taught the value of higher education. "That's my Nigerian culture," he said. "That's what we do. We get our education because without education, you have nothing." There's a joke in the Anunike family that Emmanuel buys grades. But he's a picky shopper. "I don't buy B's," he said. "I buy A's. If you get A's, you get something for that. But no B's." To play football, as he loved, Kenny had to balance the A's with the X's and O's. And with the X-rays that all too often came along with football. Kenny arrived at Duke in 2008 as a tight end and a biological anthropology and anatomy major. He redshirted his first season to recover from his first knee surgery. After two more surgeries on his left knee and a switch to the defensive line, he finally was on track to have his best season yet in 2011, recording his first two career sacks on Stanford star Andrew Luck. In the first three games, he made a conference-leading four sacks. Then he suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Again. Nearly every high was met with a low throughout Anunike's college career. Five, actually — four surgeries on his left knee, one on his right ankle. "He was on a first-name basis with just about every doctor at Duke," said Dave Harding, a former Duke captain and offensive lineman. "Just when you thought Kenny was done for his career, he would fight back, and each time he came back, he'd have a better season than he had before." Despite making regular appearances in the operating room, he wasn't about to quit football. Kenny had a routine and an education that made him better suited than most to handle recovery. It helps when your anatomy professor also is your surgeon. After being granted a sixth year of eligibility, Anunike left Duke in 2014 with 15 career sacks, 148 tackles, two bowl game appearances, numerous scars, one bachelor of arts degree and almost a master's degree. Next stop on The Night Train: the NFL. Textbooks and playbooks It's hard to imagine how a power forward-sized player could be overlooked, but Anunike was. No NFL team was willing to draft a guy with more surgeries than full seasons in his college career. The Broncos took a flier, signing him as an undrafted free agent a year ago. But Anunike couldn't escape his history. In the third quarter of the final preseason game, at Dallas, Anunike went down with an elbow injury. He was placed on injured reserve and sent back to rehab. Back to waiting. Back to hoping his health would hold out for more than a few games.

He also went back to what he knew best — balancing textbooks and playbooks. He was one course shy of completing his master's degree in liberal studies and had made a promise to his father that he would do so. "I'm trying to be like him," Anunike said. "That's where I get my ambition. That's where I get my drive." Anunike reached out to Dr. Deborah T. Gold, a professor of medical sociology at Duke, about setting up a long-distance system so he could finish his degree while rehabbing in Colorado. "I know he's a great kid and has the best of intentions, but man, how is he going to find time?" Gold thought. "And yet, he was able to compartmentalize and to focus on this, which was important to his family, but also, in a very realistic way, was important to him." His 50-plus-page thesis: "Coping with Injury: How High-Performance Athletes Mitigate the Biopsychosocial Consequences of Sports Injury." Kenny graduated this past May, but has yet to see his degree. "I gave them the address of my house in Ohio, put my dad's name on it and had them send it straight to him," he said. "This was for him. I had work to do here." The work already has started to pay off, but it's far from finished. Anunike has packed on about 13 pounds this summer to get to 273. But the Broncos' defensive line coach, Bill Kollar, would like to see him add a few more. If he can, there might be an opportunity for Anunike to play on a line whose depth has dwindled in recent weeks. A spot on Denver's 53-man roster is where The Night Train is headed next. And his father, whose wish was granted with the master's degree, is on board. "The reason I came to America, to fulfill my dreams — I can tell you this football thing is his dream," Emmanuel said. "I'm not bugging him for any education again. He's done it. It's all about football now." Anunike files A closer look at Broncos defensive end Kenny Anunike: Height: 6-foot-5 Weight: 273 pounds NFL: Second year; 2014 undrafted free agent; injured in 2014 preseason game at Dallas; placed on injured reserve College: Duke, 2008-13; tight end turned defensive lineman 148 tackles (50 solo), 15 sacks, four forced fumbles Four knee surgeries (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), one ankle surgery (2013) Bachelor's degree in biological anthropology and anatomy Master's in liberal studies

8 Things Overheard In Montee Ball’s Golf Cart By Staff Writer CBS 4 Denver August 5, 2015 This weekend’s episode of The 19th Hole features a Denver Broncos player who is really hoping that he can improve his golf game. Running back Montee Ball tells CBS4’s Vic Lombardi on the CBS4 Sports show that instead of being one of the lesser players out on the links when he attends charity golf tournaments with teammates, he’d like to be up there with the best. During the show Ball takes some extra steps to up his game, including visiting Golf TEC. And Vic Lombardi plays a little prank on Ball as they take swings together at Cherry Creek Golf Course. Watch the show on Saturday after the CBS PGA Tour broadcast of the third round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, and read some of the conversations between Ball and Lombardi that took place in the golf cart during the taping of the show: What’s the most tired you’ve ever been in a game, at any level? The most carries Montee Ball ever had in a game was 36. “In college, once you get up to 34 carries before fourth quarter you can start to feel it on your body,” Ball said. “That’s Wisconsin football!” Lombardi said. Ball say you think at that point “Man, we’ve got a whole ‘nother quarter and I’m pretty beat right now. I’m pretty spent.” But Ball said that feeling is part of the reason why he loves football. He almost went to Stanford. Ball wound up having a great college career at Wisconsin, but choosing which school to go to wasn’t an easy decision for him. All of the colleges in the Big 10 conference recruited Ball, and so did Stanford. He said Stanford “kind of has a similar ground-and-pound type of game. At least, in my years (they did.)” He says Jim Harbaugh, who was the Stanford coach at the time, called him while he was a junior in high school. But Wisconsin won out after Ball took his official visit to Madison. “I talked to the coaches and saw the environment and loved it.” He wasn’t surprised by the attention he got as a member of the Broncos once he arrived in Colorado. Montee Ball got used to being in the spotlight in Wisconsin as a star on the Badgers football team. “All they have up there is Brewers, Badgers and Packers. So I was kind of used to this. Everywhere you go they know who you are, what your position is, your stats — all that stuff.” The new offensive system for the Broncos is exciting for all the backs. “It’s weird seeing Peyton (Manning) in the I formation or under center,” Ball said. “I’ve seen him under center a few times. But we’re still going to be putting the ball in the air, that’s for sure.” He’s doesn’t hold any dislike for C.J. Anderson. “We’re definitely friends. We understand you can’t have any bad blood against someone who’s producing. That’s what they’re here for. It’s healthy competition. We understand that if, say, C.J. is the hot hand in the game he’s going to get the majority of the carries. And vica versa. If it’s me, he

understands that I’m going to get the majority of the carries. So it’s a great competition. Which is going to make the offense better, I believe.” He’s among those who think the Seahawks made a bad call in the Super Bowl. 2nd and goal. The Super Bowl on the line. The Seahawks had a chance to score a touchdown but they threw an interception and lost the game. “You’ve got Marshawn Lynch,” Ball said. “This guy breaks tackles like it’s nothing. He could have walked it in.” Every running back oozes confidence, but Ball has a really lofty goal. “I want one of those breakout years. The 1,800-1,700 yard years where they put you in the stat books as one of the best in the game that year. Definitely I’m working full hard to be one of the best in the game. My goal is to win a Super Bowl. I want to be the running back on the 2015 team that wins the Super Bowl.” It doesn’t take long for Ball to recount his proudest moment as a Bronco so far. Any running back loves it when an opponent knows your team is going to run and there’s nothing they can do to stop you. “The Patriots knew we were going to run it against (them) in the game before the Super Bowl on 4th and 2 and they gave me the handoff and I got the first down. And I’ll never forget it.” Ball said he certainly was a bit nervous, it being his rookie season and all. “I just told myself, ‘Just don’t drop the ball.’ “

Kapri Bibbs: Zone-blocking scheme 'made for me' By Allie Raymond DenverBroncos.com August 4, 2015 Of all the changes the Broncos have implemented this offseason, the zone-blocking scheme has been one of the main focuses. But amid all the conversation discussing it, running back Kapri Bibbs can summarize it with one simple analogy to something you might have in your front yard. “[Running backs] Coach [Eric Studesville] explained it like a picket fence,” Bibbs said. “You’ve got to find that one board that’s missing.” Luckily for Bibbs, he’s got experience looking for the missing board. After working with a zone-blocking scheme during his time at Colorado State, Bibbs enters this training camp with something of an advantage over other running backs. In his one season as a Ram after two years at junior colleges, Bibbs broke CSU’s single-season records for rushing yards (1,741), rushing touchdowns (31), total touchdowns (31) and points (186). He finished his 2013 collegiate campaign ranked sixth in the nation in rushing yards and tied for No. 1 in touchdowns. “I think this offense is definitely made for me,” Bibbs said. “It’s the second day in pads; we’ve got a long training camp to go. I’m looking to keep improving every day.” Last season Bibbs split his time between the practice squad and the active roster, where he spent four weeks of his rookie campaign. This year he enters training camp not only with knowledge of Offensive Coordinator Rick Dennison’s offensive scheme, but also with specific goals in mind. “I just want to be more decisive on my cuts and when I make those cuts, just get up into the hole and get my pads low and be able to break through those tackles,” Bibbs said. “Bounce off some of those linebackers that come through the hole. I think all the other stuff will just automatically come to me because I’m used to doing all that other stuff.” Five days into training camp, Dennison is impressed by what the running back corps has done. “I think they’ve done a great job,” Dennison said. “Three days ago, I really felt the urgency of their foot in the ground and going downhill. I thought their suddenness on the cuts, that’s when they made the turn the corner and they’re going to keep getting better at that. They’re feeling the soft spots, they’re understanding what we want done and I feel the surge into the line of scrimmage.” But the running backs certainly can’t do it alone. They depend upon the offensive line to give them a lane. During this offseason, one of the biggest question marks for the Broncos was at offensive line. But so far into the preseason, Bibbs is happy with what he’s seen from Denver’s big men. “I think the offensive line does a good job,” Bibbs said. “Somebody is winning every single time to give us that board that’s missing in that fence.”

Omar Bolden looks to get his kicks on returns for Broncos By Troy Renck DenverPost.com May 31, 2015 There he is, in open field, the place he envisions when he closes his eyes at night. Everyone in the stadium watches him, eyes following, excitement increasing, danger lurking. Twice, Omar Bolden found himself loose on kickoff returns last season, racing toward the end zone. Twice, a kicker helped prevent a score. Though the stops mitigated his satisfaction, it didn't change a salient truth as the Broncos continue their offseason workouts this week: Bolden is a weapon for a team committed to improving on special teams. He didn't qualify among the league leaders because of too few attempts, but Bolden's 33.3-yard average last season led all players with at least 10 returns. He plans to continue ripping off big chunks of yards, not interested in losing his spot. "I'm going to go on and say that is my job. I want it and I want it bad," Bolden said. "I want to lead the league in kick-return yards." Looking to caffeinate a lethargic return game, former coach John Fox provided Bolden an opportunity Nov. 23 against Miami. He responded with 100 yards on three returns. Bolden's path up field resembled a dart, not an S, helping explain his success. "I have no fear," said Bolden, quick to credit the 10 blockers in front of him. Dating to his college days at Arizona State, Bolden has embraced the return game. Entering his fourth pro season, he seeks to provide more impact for the Broncos. The key remains doing more with less, explained new special teams boss Joe DeCamillis. Bolden returned only five kicks at home last season, where touchbacks are the norm. On, the road, Bolden delivered a team-best 77-yard return at Cincinnati, helping the Broncos counter the explosive performance of the Bengals' Adam Jones. Bolden finished with a 31-yard average his last seven returns on the road. He missed only in one regard, failing to provide a touchdown. "I'm trying to score a lot of touchdowns for the team and have exciting plays for us on special teams," Bolden said. While kickoff chances are few — the Broncos' 32 returns ranked 25th in the NFL — punts are not. Denver proved pedestrian in that area, only receiving a lift when Wes Welker took over late in the season. He's gone, but Bolden, Jordan Norwood, Kyle Williams, Solomon Patton, Emmanuel Sanders and Isaiah Burse are in the mix. Burse held the job for much of last season, but requires better to earn a roster spot. Norwood appeared to secure the role before tearing an ACL in his knee late in training

camp. Williams (San Francisco) and Patton (Tampa Bay) held the role at various times with their previous teams.

"If we've got a guy that's a speed guy, we need to get him outside more, and we are going to do that," explained DeCamillis on his plans to boost the returns. "If we have a guy that's more middle of the field, take one cut and go, we're going to do that, too. We've got to find what our guys do best. ... We've got to be a great punt return team."

Broncos’ David Bruton Jr. launches foundation, childhood reading program By Nicki Jhabvala DenverPost.com April 15, 2015 Broncos safety David Bruton Jr. announced on Wednesday the launch of The David Bruton Foundation and Bruton’s Books to help improve the reading proficiency of students in lower-income communities in the Denver-metro area. In partnership with the Colorado Reading Corps and School Partners, both programs of Mile High United Way’s School Readiness Initiative, Bruton’s Books will pay regular visits to schools to encourage students to read, and will also grant funds and organize book donations for selected schools. The funds will give students the opportunity to select books to own and read over the summer. Bruton, who graduated from Notre Dame in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology, worked as a substitute teacher in his hometown of Miamisburg, Ohio, during the 2011 NFL lockout. In speaking to local media at the Broncos’ Dove Valley headquarters on Wednesday, Bruton said he taught everything, from basic geography in first grade, to calculus for high school seniors. “I feel like me being a substitute teacher and through my tenure here — I’ve done a lot of volunteer work at schools, whether it’s reading or playing with children — I have seen first-hand the disadvantages some of these schools have as far as reading and accessibility to books,” Bruton said Wednesday. “I feel like with that background, it tied in to me and it touched deep because I love kids. I love reading and love giving back in some shape and I feel like this organization was the best route to make a huge difference.”

Broncos OT Chris Clark will be happy to prove detractors wrong By Troy Renck and Nicki Jhabvala DenverPost.com June 16, 2015 The Denver Post’s Troy Renck joined Woody Woody Paige and Les Shapiro on The Sports Show to give an update on Broncos’ quarterback Peyton Manning. The Broncos' rearranged offensive line lacks experience but not confidence. Denver's bookends represent the dueling optimism and uncertainty. Rookie left tackle Ty Sambrailo continues "waking up and improving every day," said edge rusher DeMarcus Ware, who pushes him in practice. And Chris Clark has rebounded from last season's benching to secure the right tackle spot entering next month's training camp. "It doesn't matter that Ty's young. I had to play left tackle when Ryan (Clady) went down, and we made it to the Super Bowl (two seasons ago). They counted us out then, and they are counting us out now," Clark said at the Taste of the Broncos event Tuesday night. "I actually prefer it that way. I prefer people be down on us so we can shock the world again." Clark, 29, embraces the zone-blocking scheme. It represents a fresh start after he lost his job to Paul Cornick, who then ceded the position to Louis Vasquez during a tumultuous season up front. "I just felt last year the way everything went down that I didn't get the time to adjust to the right side," Clark said. "I had never played right side. I didn't feel I was doing a bad job. I wasn't doing as well as I did on the left side, but I wasn't doing a bad job. Peyton (Manning) wasn't getting sacked. I kept battling. I am now getting the proper reps over there, and I am loving it."

Veteran Colquitt chooses to lead by example By Allie Raymond DenverBroncos.com May 30, 2015 Entering the 2015 offseason as the longest-tenured specialist isn’t something that punter Britton Colquitt expected or thought about. “It’s not something you think about all the time,” said Colquitt of his veteran status. “I guess I don’t feel that old.” Colquitt might not be ‘that old’, but with 80 regular-season and seven postseason game appearances under his belt after seven years with the Broncos, the punter has more than enough experience to help lead the group of young specialists. “I try to lead by example,” said Colquitt. “I’ve got to really work hard, show what it means to be a pro. I’m still learning that. I still look for more ways that I can do things to make me a better player and just try to lead by example.” With the addition of first-year Special Teams Coordinator Joe DeCamillis, Colquitt’s experience is invaluable to the specialists. His professionalism and attitude hasn’t gone unnoticed by DeCamillis. “The biggest thing is… you want to see to a pro... and I think he is,” said DeCamillis of his first impressions of Colquitt. “He’s done a great job so far. It’s a different system for him, it’s a little bit different – what we’re asking him to do - and he’s bought in completely so far. So we’ve got to keep him on that path and so far he’s been hitting the ball excellent.” The franchise career leader in gross (45.5) and net (39.0) punting average, Colquitt is already feeling comfortable under the direction of DeCamillis. “It’s going really good, he’s a great guy, a great coach obviously, he’s been around a lot of years, so he knows what he’s doing,” said Colquitt. “With us, the specialists in particular, he’s big on working and looking at film and stuff like that and that’s something that at our position you could easily get away from. “He’s a coach who’s there pushing you, but also is cool off the field and just a fun guy to be around. So I think he’s definitely going to make an impact and guys are already starting to buy into his ideas.” Each year as a Bronco, Colquitt not only gains more experience, but also becomes more comfortable. When asked what differences he’s noticed this offseason in comparison to 2014, Colquitt says it hit him this year that Denver feels like home. “I feel like now that I’ve been in Denver going on seven years, its feels more like home,” said Colquitt. “Like I’m a real part of this organization, whereas before, you’re kind of just hoping. It’s not that I’m complacent, I just feel like I have more pride in this team and more of a reason to want to help us to do well and win.”

Owen Daniels came for Kubiak, Manning, finds paradise By Arnie Stapleton Associated Press June 15, 2015 For Owen Daniels, this is heaven. His quarterback is Peyton Manning. His coach is Gary Kubiak. And he's living in Colorado. Daniels smiled at the mention of each of these benefits as the Broncos began their final week of offseason workouts Monday. The big tight end from the University of Wisconsin reunited with Kubiak, who's been at his side for his entire NFL career, and he brings pedigree to a position where Manning lost Pro Bowler Julius Thomas in free agency. In what he calls "a big bonus," Daniels gets to watch the ferocious spring storms roll over the snowcapped Rocky Mountains and swirl across the sky before re-gathering in a fury over the Great Plains. Perfect for a weather geek like him. Daniels majored in meteorology in Madison and has made occasional appearances on TV talking about forecasts and football, like the time he worked alongside Al Roker two years ago. Daniels' interest in the climate dates to his childhood in the southwestern suburbs of Chicago. Like many kids, he was scared of storms, terrified of thunder, phobias he tackled before ever picking up a football. "I remember seeing funnel clouds by my house growing up," Daniels said. "If there was some strong winds blowing through, I kind of freaked out." So, he set out to learn all he could about watches and warnings, troughs and twisters. A hobby took shape as his curiosity conquered his anxiety. "The fear turned into an excitement and an adrenaline rush," said Daniels. "As I got older, I became less of a wimp about it. I started to think it was really, really cool." When friends dropped by his house they were just as likely to see Daniels absorbed in The Weather Channel as MTV or ESPN. When he went to Wisconsin, he dived into atmospheric and oceanic studies.

"That was kind of a rude awakening because the classwork and the workload are just ridiculous," Daniels said. "I remember I had three semesters of calculus, three semesters of calculus-based physics, aerodynamics, differential equations, all stuff that really weeds people out. Your casual weather geek might not want to stick around and do all that work." Daniels did. "I still love it. Right now I'm paying attention to this tropical storm that's going to run through Houston," where Daniels maintains his offseason home. When he's not catching passes from Manning or blocking for him, Daniels is often sky-gazing. "It's amazing. I have never had this kind of perspective on the weather," Daniels said. "You have peaks and valleys in the Denver area, so it seems like you can see forever." One day last week, Daniels was so enthralled by "this ridiculous thunderstorm complex" that he pulled over to snap photos from his car on his way home from minicamp. "It's crazy. Every picture was different," Daniels said. "Being in Houston, you don't get that perspective. It's so flat down there you can't see too far. It's obstructed views. Here, it's unbelievable to see that type of stuff." After watching spring snowstorms in April and May, Daniels is eager to see what the summer, fall and winter brings. "For a weather person, it's exciting because you get to see everything. From day to day can be totally different. From morning to night," Daniels said. "It's just more volatile because you get the hot air and then if you get a tropical flow from the south, you get those air masses combining with each other. "It's a recipe for some awesome stuff happening," he said, smiling at the thought. Then, looking around, he leaned in closer, whispering, "If you're into that weather stuff." He doesn't broadcast his weatherman ambitions, but some of his teammates know this and they'll ask him what kind of cloud that is or will it rain this afternoon? Daniels figures he'll be putting his meteorology degree to work one of these days, saying, "You can't play football forever and I'm going to want to do something when I'm done." First, he wants to experience a rain of confetti that's eluded him. "I'm just trying to win a championship — or help a team win a championship," Daniels said. "So, to me this is the best place to be doing this. You know how much Peyton wants to win. You know how much Kubiak wants to win. And Colorado's beautiful."

Part of his progression is seeing the game through a wider lens. Davis believes knowing what the defensive line and safeties are doing every play will "just allow me to know exactly where I fit in." Davis stuck out in his hometown of Palmdale, Calif. this spring. From his high school mentors to people on the street, Davis received recognition. It motivated Davis to provide more starry-eyed kids — just like he was — an opportunity. He will hold the Todd Davis Football Camp on July 11 at Highland High School in Palmdale. "I remember (former Bronco) Marlon McCree had a camp that I went to, and I just know how much it meant to me to meet some players and learn some things I wasn't getting before," Davis said. "I want to give back." The story figures to resonate because of Davis' resume. He was an afterthought, considered too slow, too small for the NFL. Now, he is candidate to start, to see meaningful snaps, better equipped after his first experience on that Monday night. "That game, it was like 'aaahhh... man.' But after the first half, I realized I can do this," Davis said. "I realized I am made for this and that I just have to trust that and go out there and play." Troy E. Renck: [email protected] or twitter.com/troyrenck Inside look at inside linebacker Todd Davis took a strange path up the Broncos' depth chart, claimed off waivers from the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 13and thrust into a starting role after Brandon Marshall's foot injury. NFL reporter Troy E. Renck analyzes his highlights: — Made career-high seven tackles vs. Cincinnati after difficult first half. — Played 61 snaps in regular-season finale victory over Oakland. — Graded out strong in run defense on 37 plays during Broncos' playoff loss to the Colts. — Appeared in 45 games for Sacramento State, finishing second in school history with 351 tackles.

How He Fits: Fifth-round CB Lorenzo Doss Andrew Mason DenverBroncos.com May 2, 2015

With 15 interceptions and two fumble recoveries in three seasons as a cornerback at Tulane, Lorenzo Doss showed a knack for being around the football, which resulted from above-average anticipation and the ability to read the quarterback's intent before the throw. "He has tremendous ball skills and cover skills. So we're excited about getting him," Executive Vice President/General Manager John Elway said. Given the Broncos' cornerback depth, he will have to transfer those skills to the practice field this summer if he is to see any substantial playing time beyond special teams, where he could project as a gunner. At 5-foot-10 and 182 pounds, Doss' frame would project to being a nickel cornerback, working against small, quick receivers and using his anticipation to jump routes. But the Broncos are so stacked at cornerback that opportunities might be scarce if the team has good health at the position. Chris Harris Jr. built his reputation as a slot cornerback before moving to a dual role that put him in the Pro Bowl; Bradley Roby also has the ability to work inside. Aqib Talib is a Pro Bowler on the outside. Kayvon Webster returns as a No. 4 cornerback, with Omar Bolden getting more looks at safety. Doss would appear to be in a scrum for playing time with Webster, veteran Tony Carter and former Green Wave teammate Taurean Nixon, one of three Broncos seventh-round selections. If Doss shows the same takeaway touch he demonstrated at Tulane, he could have an edge and might earn repetitions in dime packages this year.

Joe Don Duncan features story as cool as his name By Troy Renck DenverPost.com August 2, 2015 His given name is Joseph Donald Duncan. “I am not a Joseph,” the Broncos fullback said with a smile on Sunday. No. No, he’s not. Joe Don Duncan is a 6-foot-4, 270-pound brick house of a fullback, a position he’s playing for the first time. Joseph Donald is a family name. It changed with his father. And a movie. “My dad told me he was quite the bad (dude) back in the day,” Duncan said. “So people started calling him Joe Don for the actor (Joe Don Baker) who played the main character (Buford Pusser) in ‘Walking Tall.’ ” It wasn’t long before his son began answering to Joe Don. He grew up a star catcher and outfielder, but his path changed when he played tackle football for the fist time as a high school freshman at Notre Dame in Riverside, Calif. “I loved it,” Duncan said. The name captures attention. The story is worth following. Duncan began an unlikely journey to the Broncos after his prep career. Though he was recruited by junior colleges and small schools for baseball as an outfielder, Duncan chose football. He began at Sacramento State in 2008, tried defensive line at El Camino Community College in 2009-2010 and finished as a tight end at Dixie State University in Utah. He started 20 games at Dixie, catching 135 passes for 1,994 yards. Though he had invites to postseason all-star games, he injured his foot on Nov. 14, 2013. “Why do I remember the exact date? Because it’s the last time I played in a game,” Duncan said. He earned an invite to a Colts rookie camp last year but nothing came of it. He elected to coach as a graduate assistant at Dixie, working with receivers. It allowed him to learn the game from a new perspective and work out regularly. “I said I would give it a year and see if a team called or I would just keep coaching,” Duncan said. “I was sitting on my couch when the Broncos called.” Duncan dominated in his tryout, landing a free agent contract. He’s faces long odds to make the team, but he is taking advantage of this opportunity. “Joe Don, we were all waiting to see. And he hit somebody in the mouth today so we were happy about that,” running back C.J. Anderson said.

Zac Dysert finishes with second-team offense By Mike Klis 9 News Sports June 15, 2015 Get in there, Zac Dysert. Nothing personal, Brock Osweiler. The Denver Broncos' organized team activity (OTA) practice Monday was almost exclusively used for 11-on-11 team drills. Peyton Manning ran the first-team offense against Todd Davis, Steven Johnson and the first-team defense. Osweiler ran the second-team offense against Shane Ray and the second-team defense. Dysert was the third-team quarterback against the third-team defense. With two periods remaining, the Broncos made one noticeable change. Dysert replaced Osweiler with the second team. "I don't know if it means anything or they're just giving me a shot,'' Dysert said. "Hopefully try to take advantage." The move may have been temporary. Osweiler's skill set remains a tantalizing match with Kubiak's offense. Perhaps, Kubiak was merely sending a message to Osweiler, who had an up-and-down practice. But whenever Bronco fans have seen Dysert perform the past two years on scrimmage night at the stadium or preseason games, he has always moved the team. For points. Apparently, practice is a different matter because Dysert hasn't received many chances to perform when the lights go on. Dysert knows he has to continue to bring it in practice if he is to get more chances to show what he can do under game pressure. "You're probably not too far off," Dysert said. "When the lights turn on something just goes on for me. I just play better. In college I was under pressure my whole career. I feel like I can handle pressure pretty well. Hopefully I'll be able to show that this year." Each night this offseason, Dysert said he spends time at home studying Kubiak's playbook. Kubiak's offensive system features stretch, zone-blocking run plays, play-action passes and rolling the quarterback pocket. The pocket will roll less with Manning at quarterback, but the good coaches adjust their system to their players. By itself, the system suits Dysert. A four-year starter at Miami of Ohio, Dysert not only passed for 12,013 yards and 73 touchdowns, he rushed for another 665 yards and 12 scores. "I do think it's going to help me out," he said. "Moving the pocket a little bit with play-action stuff -- I think that helps me a lot. With the run game, too, it just helps the pass game."

From Denver to the Bay: Bennie Fowler's friendship with Draymond Green By Ben Swanson DenverBroncos.com June 17, 2015 Bennie Fowler didn't plan on playing football. His first love was basketball, but one of his close friends from AAU basketball—Jonas Gray, now a running back for the Patriots—convinced him to try his hand at a new sport. Fowler proved to be a quick study, compiling about 1,500 all-purpose yards and 15 touchdowns in his senior season as Detroit Country Day marched to the state championship game. But he'll always be connected to his basketball roots, which have extended from Michigan and now stretch across the country with his friendships to teammates continuing to this day. Via group chat, Fowler stays connected with a handful of friends on a daily basis. Those friends include a number of notable basketball standouts: Utah Jazz guard Trey Burke, Boston Celtics forward Jared Sullinger, Gray and Jordan Dumars, son of NBA legend Joe Dumars. And it includes one close friend who now has an NBA championship to his name — Draymond Green. Fowler and Green have maintained a friendship for nearly a decade now after meeting through AAU basketball in high school. They were on the same team, though in separated groups with Green a year up from Fowler. Green would head to Michigan State for college, and a year later Fowler joined him but to play football. The two would live in the same apartment building on the same floor. Fowler also had the experience of playing against Green and his team in high school. Fowler's Detroit Country Day team would be the second-best team in the state but Green was hard to stop. "Because he could dribble the ball, he’s so versatile," Fowler said. "He was almost playing point guard in high school. They beat us by 20 when we played and we were the second-best team in the state." Green worked his way up the Spartans' depth chart and hit his stride during his senior season. Michigan State would win the Big Ten championship and go on to the Sweet Sixteen. But when preparing for the draft, Green faced criticism that he wouldn't make it in the NBA because with his size. "In the college program, he used to say he was 6-8," Fowler said with a laugh. "Nah, he's about 6-6." With power forward strength but shooting guard or small forward height, Green's draft stock fell and the consensus first-team All-American found a new source of motivation, just like he had in college and in high school. "When he’s around us, he’s a very laid-back guy, but he’s always got a chip on his shoulder," Fowler says. "A lot of people was saying he wasn’t going to play in the NBA or he wasn’t going to be in the NBA and he still had criticism this year but he continues to prove people wrong. He did that at Michigan State as well coming from Saginaw. That’s like a blue-collar town, that’s what type of person he is, the type of heart he has. He’s a hard worker."

You can see that in Green's post-victory celebration on the court, and now he'll move on to a new challenge whether again with the Warriors or with a new team. Green's contract is up and as a free agent he'll decide on a new one when free agency opens on July 1. And whenever that gets done, Fowler said he and the rest of their group will be there to celebrate right there with him.

How He Fits: Seventh-round safety Josh Furman Andrew Mason DenverBroncos.com May 2, 2015 At 202 pounds, Josh Furman flourished as a hybrid linebacker sat year, racking up seven sacks and 64 tackles for Oklahoma State. Now listed at 210 pounds, he projects to a strongsafety with the Broncos, where they will hope that his aggression will translate to playmaking ability at safety. "He is a box safety. That's what he played at Oklahoma State," Executive Vice President/General Manager John Elway said. "He played a lot of nickel but really played in the box. But he's a physical guy, really a height-weight-speed guy that we thought could continue to grow." Furman transferred to OSU from Michigan in 2014 and was abie to play immediately, since he already earned his bachelor's degree at Michigan, where he worked as a safety. But he jumped onto radars after a strong Pro Day workout. According to NewsOK.com, Furman ran the 40-yard dash in 4.47 seconds, clocked a 38-inch vertical leap and covered 10 feet, four inches in the broad jump. His 40 time would have placed him 13th among 47 Combine defensive backs, and fifth among the 18 DBs who weighed at least 200 pounds and ran in Indianapolis. Furman's vertical jump would have been eighth of 47 Combine defensive backs. The seventh round is a good juncture to gamble on high-upside athletes that do not have multiple years of extensive starting experience, and Furman fits that bill.

How He Fits: Fourth-round C/G Max Garcia Andrew Mason DenverBroncos.com May 2, 2015 In a stormy two years for the Florida Gators, Max Garcia was a steadying influence -- first on the left side of the offensive line at guard and tackle, and finally in 2014 as the starting center for the entire season. Considering that Garcia didn't arrive in Gainesville until 2012 after transferring from Maryland, the fact that he emerged as a full-time starter by 2013 and a team captain as a senior spoke volumes about the impression he was able to make on teammates and coaches. "I feel like I had the right mentality," Garcia said. "I came in and had to sit out (2012, per NCAA transfer rules) … I went out with the right mentality that I was going to practice hard, even though I wasn't going to play on Saturday. I think I earned the respect of my teammates that way." Garcia's leadership potential is only one of multiple reasons why the Broncos used their compensatory fourth-round pick on him. His positional versatility enhances his value; he could find a home at left guard if he doesn't settle in at center. "I think I'm a great fit for the Broncos for what they do as far as zone blocking," Garcia said. "I feel like I can get up to that second level in combinations with the center and guard." Which part of that combination he is, he doesn't know. "I'm listed as a center/guard, so I can be anywhere between the two," Garcia said. "That's where I'm going to play at: wherever they want me, it doesn't matter." Head Coach Gary Kubiak said that Garcia would begin his on-field work at right guard, behind Louis Vasquez. But Garcia can expect to move around. "It's a competitive situation, but Max will be involved in all of it," Kubiak said. "I think he's got to come in here and prove he can handle a bunch. That's one of the reasons we drafted him. We think he can handle a lot at those spots." As a senior, and again at the Senior Bowl, he worked at center. During that week, he faced off with defensive tackles such as Iowa's Carl Davis and Washington's Danny Shelton. Garcia held his own, doing a good job getting his position set after the snap and quickly gaining his balance. But he felt the experience was a bit humbling, and he left knowing he had to change how he worked. "It made me realize that sometimes that you're not as good as you think you are, or that there are players out there that are extremely talented," Garcia said. "I kind of got that realization when I was out there.

"It increased my work ethic and gave me things I needed to work on after the Senior Bowl. I did do a good job out there; I left as the best center out there at the Senior Bowl. It was just a great opportunity to go against that type of competition." And it gave him a taste of the challenge yet to come.

Ben Garland logs long hours to prove Broncos made right decision at left guard By Troy Renck DenverPost.com July 12, 2015 Ben Garland despises excuses. He embodies dedication, his rolled-up sleeves creating a story that strains the imagination. Five years after the Broncos signed Garland as an undrafted defensive tackle, three years after he served his Air Force Academy military commitment and one season after a position switch, Garland will open training camp at Dove Valley this month as a starting left guard in the NFL. "I have to fight for it, and earn it," Garland said. "You work so hard in the offseason, when I get back to training camp that first day I want (first-year Broncos coach Gary Kubiak) to know he made the right decision." Garland, 27, faces a challenge from Shelley Smith to keep his position on a revamped offensive line that creates consternation because of its inexperience. Right tackle Chris Clark insists the group will "shock the world," proving cynics wrong. Garland, who has only 47 snaps in his NFL career, symbolizes both the challenge and the optimism. By all accounts, he shouldn't be in this position. NFL players don't often move to the other side of the ball. It's the baseball equivalent of turning a struggling pitcher into a side-armer before deciding whether to cut ties. Garland's military background has helped his transition. Kubiak said he's never been in the office at 5:15 a.m. without seeing Garland at team headquarters. "He works harder than anybody. He's the first one here, last one to leave," Kubiak said. But this goes beyond rigid discipline. A lot of people get up early. Rising before the sun and raising performance requires a special set of skills. Which brings us back to the darkness of the meeting room before the rooster even thinks of clearing its throat. What does Garland do at 5 a.m.? "A lot of times I am watching film, studying. If I can get just one last second in about the thought process of the plays before I go out to the practice field, it helps a lot. And I do the same thing after practice," Garland said. "I love left guard. It is intellectually and physically challenging, but when all 11 guys are in sync and you run a good play, it's an awesome feeling." Considered raw in his technique last season, Garland has benefited from the schematic change to Kubiak's zone-blocking offense. It calls for mobile linemen who are skilled at reaching the second level of the defense and executing combo blocks. Garland moves like a small man in a big man's body — because he is. His natural weight is 240 pounds, 70 lighter than he is now.

"I have to eat 10,000 calories a day to keep it on," Garland said. "I have to force myself to eat. I know a lot of people would love to have that problem." Garland's appetite for information has accelerated his development. Even he was surprised at the startling differences between defensive and offensive lines when he crossed over. "The defense doesn't stay still. Often times you memorize an (opponent's) technique, then he shifts over into a shade. You can't be like, 'Oh, wait. What do I do?' It has to be instantaneous," Garland said. "You have to know the nuances. When I was on the D-line, it looked easy. Those big guys were just waddling around. Now I have a huge respect for them." The Broncos appreciate Garland. He provides model preparation. He aced the quizzes April through June. Now the test arrives in training camp. "Once you put the pads on and you get beat down a little bit and the wear and tear takes over," Kubiak said, "how do you continue to play? How consistent are you? Everybody is very impressed with Ben. It's time for Ben to become a player, but we've got to find out when the lights come on." Ben and journey Ben Garland has made a remarkable transfor- mation from Air Force Academy defensive tackle to starting left guard on the Broncos' offensive line. NFL reporter Troy E. Renck highlights Garland's journey: Graduated from Air Force in 2010, and signed with the Broncos as an undrafted rookie Spent two years serving his military commitment Returned to the Broncos, spending 2012 at defensive tackle and 2013 at left guard on the practice squad Made his NFL debut last year as a backup guard; played a total of 47 snaps, including 36 in the regular-season finale At age 27, will enter training camp this month as Denver's starter at left guard.

Gino Gradkowski's experience key in second year with Kubiak By Ben Swanson DenverBroncos.com July 13, 2015 For all the questions about the cohesion of the offensive line on the field, they're putting in the ground work off it during a time when they could be anywhere else but Dove Valley. They've been sticking around Denver, working out at the practice facility and even going golfing together, as Ben Garland said on the podcast. They've been working to ensure that the cohesion they'd been driving toward during OTAs and the offseason program solidifies through the gap before training camp. Gino Gradkowski, the center/guard the Broncos traded for in April, has been at the middle of the process, bringing key experience in the new offensive system to help his teammates both new to the Broncos or those just new to Head Coach Gary Kubiak and Offensive Coordinator Rick Dennison's offense. The transition on just an organizational level has been easy for Gradkowski, and he's excited to compete to fulfill new expectations in competing for the starting center spot. "As a competitor, you want that feeling of people counting on you to come in and compete and be the guy, so that's exciting for me," he said. "When it comes to changing teams, I’ve been fortunate to be on two great organizations who are winning organizations," Gradkowski added. "There are a lot of similarities with how we do things here in Denver and how we did things in Baltimore just because of the type the organization we are. That part has been kind of an easy transition for me." Following last season in Baltimore, where Gradkowski first got to know Kubiak as the Ravens' offensive coordinator, the fourth-year offensive lineman is entering his second training camp in the offense and feels a bit more comfortable. "Really this year what’s different is we’re trying to get used to the guys next to me, just getting in sync with those guys," Gradkowski said during an interview on Wednesday. "Also, being a year into the offense, I feel more comfortable with it, so that helps a lot too." He added that the weeks of OTAs and minicamp was a formative foundation for what's to come, getting that base for the chemistry they'll need and knowing the playbook. But the offense obviously brings two major developments for Gradkowski, one being the man he'll snap the ball to and the other being incorporating young guys like offensive tackle Ty Sambrailo and guard Garland on his left side seamlessly.

Peyton Manning's talent and wealth of knowledge as a field general is well-known, and that precision and attention to detail can help a lot when it comes to bringing players who are moving into bigger roles up to speed. "Knowing Peyton and knowing how he commands his offense, it kind of pushes everyone to know their stuff a little bit extra," Gradkowski said. Sambrailo will be expected to make the jump as a rookie in a starting role and Gradkowski's been impressed by the young tackle's ability to soak up experience in repetitions during the offseason program. "[It's been] just experience, getting reps and kind of getting comfortable out there," Gradkowski said of what the emphasis has been this offseason. "We haven’t really made it an emphasis in the meetings but having that understanding that ‘next guy up’ and Ty’s been doing a good job with it." The progress the offensive line has made to this point has been key, especially after the loss of offensive tackle Ryan Clady to a torn ACL. Although Kubiak said during minicamp "if right now we went to camp, we would have a pretty good idea how we're going to line up," they'll really know how far they've come when camp begins at the end of July. "You can only learn so much when you don’t have the pads on. I think when we get the pads on, it’ll be a good indicator of where we are as an offensive line, because up front it’s so hard to kind of get a good feeling when you’re just in helmets," Gradkowski said. "I think we’ve come a long way. We’ve worked hard; I’m really anxious to get the pads on."

Gradkowski finds inspiration in Special Olympics By Allie Raymond DenverBroncos.com July 10, 2015 For someone so intense and physical as 6-foot-3, 300-pound center Gino Gradkowski on the football field, it may be surprising to see him smiling and cheering along the athletes at the 2015 Special Olympics of Colorado last month. Even his mother, Debbie, who describes her son as a soft-hearted kid growing up, says it still to this day makes her laugh when she sees his two personalities. “He has a big heart,” Debbie said. “It’s just so weird because then he gets on a football field and he’s a totally different person. It’s just really weird to me.” The lighthearted side of Gradkowski comes out in full force when he’s around Special Olympics athletes. He’s been involved with the organization since his college days at the University of Delaware. “It’s just fun to get to get to know the athletes, to interact with them, and just to watch them compete and help,” Gradkowski said. “It’s very inspiring for me.” Not only does working with the athletes inspire him, but they also keep him grounded. “It puts things into perspective,” Gradkowski said. “Our problems are peanuts compared what they have to deal with day in and day out. And for them to have the passion that they do and the work ethic – it makes you think that there’s nothing that you need to complain about, there’s no reason you shouldn’t give 100 percent.” At the conclusion of his collegiate career, Gradkowski was drafted to the Baltimore Ravens. In Maryland, Gradkowski continued his involvement with the Special Olympics, where his love for working with those with special needs continued to grow. One particular experience he had assisting at the Special Olympics in Maryland has stuck with him and inspired him to continue his work with the program. “In Maryland, I held the rope for an athlete who was running the forty-meter dash and he was blind,” Gradkowski said. “So the way he ran it was he held onto the rope and I was at the end of the rope, holding it and actually had to stop him after he crossed the finish line. Just to see how hard he ran, without being able to see – it was unbelievable. And it was a great experience for me.” This offseason Gradkowski arrived in Denver and immediately got involved with the Special Olympics of Colorado. He was on hand for the 2015 event in June to assist the athletes. “… I helped spot at the power lifting events – which was awesome,” Gradkowski said. “[I] helped out with gymnastics a little bit, but I don’t know much about that. Then I got to watch some athletes play soccer and gave out some medals for swimming.”

Gradkowski says his favorite part of the day was helping the athletes at the power-lifting event. “The energy in the gym was unbelievable and it was a lot of fun to get in there and actually be involved,” Gradkowski said. One athlete in particular reached out to him asking him to spot him specifically. Debbie says that of all the stories that Gradkowski has told her this might be her favorite. “He texts Gino and asks him if he would spot him,” Debbie said. “So Gino went and spotted him. He must have really made an impression on this kid - for him to ask Gino to do that…” In addition to helping out with the festivities, Gradkowski was also asked to give a speech to all the athletes participating in the Colorado event, something that for someone as passionate about the organization was a great honor. “It was pretty cool,” Gradkowski said. “There were a lot of people there. I’m not much of a speech-giver but it was good to get to talk to all of the athletes, to let them know why I’m doing it: to let them know that they’re an inspiration for me and I’m just a fan of theirs.”

Virgil Green builds toward impactful season By Allie Raymond DenverBroncos.com August 6, 2015

Despite spending his offseason participating in training sessions and Broncos minicamp, fifth-year tight end Virgil Green says his mind still plays tricks on him before the start of training camp. Specifically, whether or not he can still play.

“Every year you go into a season having that time off and your mind plays games with you, wondering if you can actually still play,” Green said following Thursday’s training camp practice. “But once you put the pads on, that adrenaline gets a rushing and it’s like you’ve never left.”

After starting a career-high nine games last season while blocking for the NFL’s sixth-ranked rushing offense (147.7 yards per game), it may be safe to say that Green knows what he’s doing.

But with the introduction of a new head coach and offensive coordinator in Gary Kubiak and Rick Dennison, respectively, things have changed. Kubiak’s balanced offense will look to lean on Green and the tight end corps even more this season.

“The tight end position is going to be rebuilt a little bit,” Kubiak said. “When I say ‘rebuilt’ it’s with experience with Owen [Daniels] heading up the group and obviously Virgil is there. We have a couple of different concepts going on the there.”

So far through training camp and OTAs, Green thinks the tight end group has found their stride.

“I think it’s been an easy transition,” Green said. “In the offseason you always wonder, like what it’s going to be like hearing Peyton call the plays in the huddle, if you’ll be able to pick it up fast enough, and I think everybody for the most part has done a good job of limiting assignment errors and things like that.”

One resource that Green finds invaluable is his fellow tight end, veteran Owen Daniels. After In 10 NFL seasons in the NFL, Daniels has only played for teams coached by Kubiak.

“Every time we’re in those meetings, we’re all asking him questions and if he doesn’t know the answer, he’ll find it out for us,” Green said. “He’s just a great guy… having a guy that’s been a pro bowler in this system a couple of times and he knows exactly what’s happening, exactly what’s going on, it’s great for guys like myself, [Dominique Jones], Marcel [Jensen] and all those other guys.”

Green may be comfortable with the offense, but he still has things he’s working on.

“Me, I’m a strong guy so a lot of times I think I can just over power people and that’s not the case,” said Green, who’s 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds. “I got to keep my pads low, have good footwork and use my hands.”

Training camp is far from over and there are still mistakes to be made, and fixed – but Green has the right mindset: “I’m the kind of guy to go out there and get the job done. Do my job.”

Chris Harris has motivation covered for '15 season By Nicki JhabvalaDenverPost.com June 5, 2015

The pressure always will be there.

At this point last year, Broncos cornerback Chris Harris still was rehabilitating from a partially torn anterior cruciate ligament he suffered in a playoff game five months earlier. He was on a one-year contract after signing a $2.19 million tender and was a ways from opening negotiations on a long-term deal with the Broncos.

He was a good cornerback, hoping to prove he was much more.

Now the 25-year-old who went undrafted in 2011 is, arguably, one of the top corners in the NFL. He didn't give up a touchdown pass in 2014 and allowed 7.7 yards per completion in coverage, the fewest among cornerbacks. He made the Pro Bowl and was named second-team all-pro. And in December, he signed a five-year, $42.5 million contract extension with the Broncos.

People know Harris now. Opposing teams know Harris now. But that chip might always be on his shoulder.

"There is always pressure playing cornerback," Harris said. "It's just a position where you're always in the spotlight. I remember last year after I got my deal, I was able to just play more freely and just really play my game. This year I feel the same way."

What isn't the same is the Broncos' defense and the man leading the attack. Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips has brought the heat, as Harris would say, molding his 3-4 alignment around his players' strengths, attempting to unleash an unrelenting attack on offenses.

"To be left on an island, everybody is gone. Everybody is blitzing," Harris said. "It's something that we'll be looking forward to in the season."

Looking forward came after some looking back.

A devastating 24-13 loss to the Indianapolis Colts stayed with Harris and still is in the front of his mind as he prepares for the start of a new season. Not only did the Broncos go out quickly and poorly, he wasn't matched with the Colts' leading receiver, T.Y. Hilton, who had a team-high 72 yards on four receptions in Indianapolis' playoff victory.

The frustration has turned to motivation. And in his second season with former Kansas teammate Aqib Talib and safety T.J. Ward, Harris is aiming to be the best.

"In my opinion, and I may always have a biased opinion, but we may probably have one of the best secondaries in the league," Broncos linebacker Von Miller said. "Chris Harris and Aqib Talib — they're just as good as anyone else."

Taking advantage of an offseason when he's fully healthy, Harris has gone in attack mode with his training. He said he weighs about 193 pounds, but plans to get down to the 180s by the season opener.

"I think overall I'm just stronger period," he said. "My legs are stronger, upper body, everything. During the season, I would be sore as heck after games, and really felt it in my knee. Now, I can go practice and I can feel 100 percent after practice."

Harris is now a staple on a team. He played 1,004 snaps last season and welcomes the days off mandated by first-year Denver coach Gary Kubiak.

He welcomes it because he sees the goal.

"The main goal is winning the Super Bowl," he said. "I've been to the playoffs every year. I've had major experiences, and now all my focus is on doing whatever I can to lead this defense and this team to winning a Super Bowl."

Chris Harris file

Age: 25

Experience: Four seasons

2014 statistics: 16 starts, 1,004 snaps, three interceptions, one forced fumble, 54 tackles, zero touchdowns allowed, 7.7 yards allowed per completion

2014 accolades:

Pro Bowl, second-team all-pro, Broncos' Ed Block Courage Award winner, Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award winner

Harris feeling right at home in second stint with Broncos By Arnie Stapleton Associated Press August 7, 2015 Ryan Harris feels right at home, enjoying the orange-clad crowds and orange sunsets at training camp once again. The eighth-year offensive tackle from Notre Dame kept his house in suburban Denver when the Broncos gave up on him back in 2010. He retreated there after the Eagles cut him in 2011 and he decided against relocating when he made a comeback in Houston, where he played two years before going to Kansas City in 2014. "I love the Denver area, especially the food scene," said Harris, who refuses to fuel up at fast-food joints. "As athletes, you're always trying to look for fresh ingredients, and Denver's got a great food scene, whether you're getting sandwiches or dinners, you've got fresh farm-to-table." Harris signed with the Broncos on May 28 after Ryan Clady blew out his left knee. The Broncos wanted to add depth and experience to a young offensive line, but they've gotten much more than that. Harris, who didn't have to hire any movers when he signed, saved his big move for the first week of training camp when he leapfrogged Chris Clark and Michael Schofield and wedged himself into the starting lineup at right tackle. "Tackles are hard to find," coach Gary Kubiak said. "When we had the unfortunate thing happen to (Clady), for us to get right on top of getting Ryan Harris in here, boy, it looks bigger each and every day." Harris didn't have to search out any new restaurants. In fact, one of the biggest changes since he last played for the Broncos was the gourmet chef the team hired last year. "It's been an easy transition," he said, smiling. Also protecting 39-year-old quarterback Peyton Manning — who worked out of the pistol Friday — is veteran right guard Louis Vasquez and three players whose next NFL snap will be their first: Ty Sambrailo, Max Garcia and Matt Paradis. Harris said all this angst over the young offensive line is nothing new to him. "My first year I started here, 2008, Ryan Clady was a rookie and I had never played and people had concerns there and I think we gave up 12 sacks on the whole season," Harris said. "And that goes back to the whole thing 'you're not until you are.' And that happens very quickly. You're not experienced until you play and then all of a sudden you're an experienced group." Harris said he's constantly peppered with questions from the young O-linemen, and not just about football.

"There's so much they're dealing with," Harris said, like where to get groceries and gas, whether to buy or rent. "There's a lot coming at them outside of football and then you add the fastest, strongest players they've ever played against and there's a lot happening," Harris said. "So, I try to really engage the young guys and say, 'Hey, I saw that happen. Think about doing it this way or do it that way.' Because there are a lot of questions." That mentorship must be paying off. Pro Bowl linebackers DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller said they see daily improvement from the young, revamped O-line. "They're all in sync and they're all working together," Miller said. "That's what you want in an offensive line. If you have five guys, five tough guys, working together, it's going to be pretty tough on the other team. That's what we see out here with those guys. You can't even tell they're rookies." NOTES: WR Emmanuel Sanders (hamstring) sat out Friday. Kubiak called his injury "very minor." ... Solomon Patton, claimed off waivers from Tampa Bay in May, caught two deep balls, one from Manning and the other from Trevor Siemian. "Obviously, we know his returning is a specialty of his. But if he can go out there and make plays as a wide out, it's going to make him even more valuable to making this football team," Kubiak said.

Ronnie Hillman may need to play more special teams to carve out roster spot By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com August 8, 2015 Since the Denver Broncos made running back Ronnie Hillman their third-round pick in the 2012 draft, he has been a curious mix of potential, talent and question marks. And with the Broncos having installed a far more run-friendly offense for what is a youthful, crowded backfield, Hillman may also now be facing an stern climb to claim a roster spot. Because those final running back spots may be chosen, not by how a player runs with the ball, but by what else he can do when he doesn't have it, including special teams. Consider what coach Gary Kubiak said this past week when asked how many running backs the team might keep. "I tell you what, it's a really good group and they're all young -- all of them," Kubiak said. "It'll be interesting. I don't know. I've had three. I've had four. One thing about it, if they're special teams players and stuff, you can always find room for them. You can't keep too many if they're playing on all these special teams and doing other things. We'll see. It'll be a good battle. Special teams will probably separate them when it's all said and done." At the moment Hillman doesn't appear on special teams nearly as often as many of his peers in the running back meeting room and he hasn't had a significant role on the units in much of his time with the team. He has spent much of the offseason program and training camp as the No. 3 back, behind C.J. Anderson and Montee Ball. "The depth chart really doesn't matter right now," Hillman said. "Right now, it's just about getting your reps and just taking the reps that you do get. The ones that I do get, you just have to do your best and just play." During last year's offseason program Hillman had been named the starting back, but did not hold on to the job, and by the time the Broncos went through training camp Ball was No. 1. He was briefly the No. 1 again in the regular season, after Ball suffered what became a season-ending groin injury, including his only career 100-yard game against the New York Jets. But Hillman suffered a foot injury Nov. 9 against the Oakland Raiders and missed six of the last seven games of the regular season. Anderson powered to 648 rushing yards over the last six regular-season games and when Kubiak was hired as coach in January he was quick to say Anderson had earned the first look as the starter for the new staff. The order has largely stayed the same thus far so Hillman, like many on the roster, may need to find a way to shake things loose in the preseason games. Juwan Thompson can play both running back and fullback in the offseason to go with a full slate of special teams.

Jeremy Stewart has played in 23 career NFL games, is bigger (at 215 pounds) than Hillman and plays special teams as well. Hillman's big-play speed is a potential difference maker for him, but he has to be reliable as well, especially if he isn't a presence on the team's special teams units. Hillman arrived, as a 20-year-old, as likely the youngest player on the 2012 draft board and many with the Broncos say he has battled maturity issues along the way. Even now at just 23 he has been with the Broncos, starting his fourth season, longer than any other running back with the team. "I think Ronnie's playing really good," Kubiak said. "The other day, I talked to him and I told him I thought he could practice a little better, finish a little better. He's responded. … I think the thing I'm most impressed with Ronnie on is I know that when people blitz us, I can leave him on the field. He'll pick up a blitz. He'll stand in there. For his size, (he) reminds me of (Ravens running back) Justin (Forsett) a little bit, who I had in Baltimore and I had in Houston. A little bit the same type of player." "It's been good competition," Hillman said. "We push each other to be better and that's how we're going to make a great backfield. I feel like I'm doing well. It's definitely a change, but it's definitely going good right now."

Malik Jackson starting football camp to benefit military families By Ben Swanson DenverBroncos.com June 22, 2015

As Malik Jackson nears his first NFL season as a starter, he's looking to not just become more of a leader on the field, but also off it in the community.

Jackson will host his first football camp in Colorado Springs for children ages 8-14 from July 9-11, offering support for children in their athletic goals and also in their lives in other facets.

"What I want to show the kids is that if you just have the right skills, you go out and do it right and put your mind to it, you can really go as far in life as you want to in anything you do, whether it be football or school or something culinary or hospitality; whatever you want to do, you can do it," Jackson said.

With the help of Rodney Smith, the co-founder and president of Helping Hands for Freedom, Jackson offers complimentary entry to the camp. Smith's organization focuses on helping military children and their families and has partnered with Jackson with the goal of helping kids in military families who are thrust into tough situations of deployment, injury or loss.

"I just want to let them know that football is an option. You can come out here and just have fun for a day," Jackson continued. "I know it’s hard, parents are struggling, the economy’s tough, so for parents to be able to see their kids smiling for however long we’re out there—an hour or two hours—just having fun and forgetting about the outside world, or what’s going on at home, is wonderful."

Ultimately, Jackson knows the reality of the fickleness of celebrity and knows how this is a prime time to make an impact on lives and he wants to take advantage of it.

"I think that’s my main goal is just to be out in the community and let them know who I am behind the mask and just get that going," Jackson said. "Because football only lasts so long and I should touch a few lives while I’m still doing it and still relevant."

And while that's the case, he wants to give kids and their families the feeling he gets from playing football.

The feeling of escape is something that Jackson particularly enjoys about going to play the game, even as an adult, and it's something he'd like to share with children in Colorado Springs and the surrounding area, which is home to many military families.

Steven Johnson a "Mike" fit in Broncos' 3-4 defense By Mike Klis 9 News Sports May 30, 2015 Steven Johnson wasn't necessarily raised to be a Denver Bronco, even if he is pleased life worked out that way. Johnson's roots as an inside linebacker were with the 3-4 defensive alignment. There is the "Mike" linebacker in the 4-3 and "Mike" linebacker in the 3-4. There's enough difference for Johnson to prefer one over the other. Now that the Broncos are switching to the 3-4 for the first time in Johnson's four-year term with the team, he believes his fit has cinched. "I played 3-4 in college, 3-4 in high school and now, playing it in the league, I'm like 'Oh, shoot, I feel like I'm in high school again,''' Johnson said Friday following the Broncos' third organized team activity (OTA) practice session. "It's cool. I haven't played it in a while but I think just me realizing that I'm better in a 3-4; when I go out there I'm just able to make plays and understand what my coaches are telling me to do and doing it to the best of my ability." Johnson is playing in the NFL – making it to the all-important second contract – despite ability that has always been questioned. He didn't play much football until his senior year in high school in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. When no college scholarships were offered, he spent a year at a Pennsylvania prep school, where he was playing well until he tore up two knee ligaments. The best offer he could get then was an invitation to walk on at Kansas. He eventually became a starter for two awful Turner Gill-coached teams that went 3-9 and 2-10 in Johnson's junior and senior seasons. Playing inside linebacker on last-place Big 12 teams will keep you busy -- Johnson led the Jayhawks each season in tackles – 215 combined. A tad undersized as NFL middle linebackers go at 6-1, 237 pounds, and not the fleetest afoot, Johnson went undrafted in 2012, signing with the Broncos as a college free agent. Overachievers like Johnson, though, are why football invented special teams. After 2 ½ seasons as one of the Broncos' top three special teams players, Johnson got his first chance to start at middle linebacker halfway through last season, when Nate Irving went down with a season-ending knee injury. Johnson did OK, starting eight games including the Broncos' playoff loss to Indianapolis. But by his own admission, he needs to play better if he wants to seriously challenge Brandon Marshall for the inside "Mike" linebacker position in 2015. (Marshall is currently healing from right foot surgery but is expected to return by training camp). "To tell you the truth, going against Cincinnati last year on Monday night, I learned a lot," Johnson said. "I got beat one-on-one. I missed a couple tackles versus some really good tight ends like Jermaine

Gresham and stuff like that. And I was just like, 'You know, this is a time where certain people can hold their head and really go into the gutter or they can bounce back and become better individuals.' And for me, I believe I've done that. I was battling through a high ankle sprain and I finished off the season strong even though we lost. I wish we could have had that game back but when we played the Colts I really tried to put it out there for my teammates and try to get us to the Super Bowl. But this year, we focus on getting better each and every day and I think this coaching staff has done a great job of pushing us on the practice field because it's certainly different from what it used to be."

Longshot rookie now legitimate candidate for playing time By Mike Klis 9 News Sport July 27, 2015 A criminal investigation here, a suspension there, and suddenly Darius Kilgo has gone from longshot, sixth-round rookie to a legitimate candidate for playing time along the Denver Broncos' defensive line. When the Broncos selected the 6-foot-3, 319-pound Kilgo out of Maryland late in the 2015 draft, the most logical plan was to give him the NFL equivalent of a redshirt year. While that still may be the case, Kilgo was given an unexpected opportunity to hurry his development. Last week, the NFL slapped Broncos' defensive end Derek Wolfe with a four-game suspension for violating its performance enhancement policy. Wolfe stated his positive test was caused by medication. In May, it became known Antonio Smith, a 12-year NFL veteran with 133 career starts along the defensive line, was under investigation in Texas on a complaint of sexual child abuse. Not exactly oozing with defensive line depth in the first place, the Broncos may now be giving longer looks in training camp to backups like Kilgo. "All I can do is worry about myself and just put myself in the best position possible to make the team," Kilgo said. "We're also here to always support those guys and have their back no matter what happens." The investigation involving Smith currently sits with the Fort Bend County, Texas District Attorney's office, as it has been since February. "The complaint is still under investigation and no determination has been made to formally charge Mr. Smith at this time," a spokesperson from the Fort Bend County District Attorney's office said by e-mail Monday. Absent an indictment, the Broncos may allow Smith to rejoin the team by Thursday, when veterans report for the start of training camp. Even if Smith does return, though, it make take a while before he's ready to take many reps as he was held out of the Broncos' offseason program because of the complaint. Wolfe will participate in the Broncos' training camp and preseason games, but given his absence from the first month of the regular season, some of his reps may go to his replacement candidates. Veterans Vance Walker, who is with his fourth team in four years, and Kenny Anunike, who spent his rookie season of 2014 on injured reserve, will get the first chance at Wolfe's job. Kilgo is primarily a defensive tackle who will work in with veterans Sylvester Williams, Marvin Austin Jr. and possibly Smith. But in the 3-4 system coached by Broncos defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, it's difficult to differentiate a tackle from an end.

"It's best for me just to learn the whole defensive line," Kilgo said. "The more versatile you can be, the more valuable you are. I'm just trying to broaden my horizons and learn the five technique and the three technique, also."

Cody Latimer said he had to 'regroup myself' to get ready for 2015 By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com August 10, 2015 It would be easy for Cody Latimer to say he remembers every snap of his rookie season with the Denver Broncos like it was yesterday. And it wouldn't be because the receiver has Peyton Manning-like recall to recite football drives from two decades ago. It's because when it comes to snaps in Latimer's 2014 season, there just weren't very many of them. Latimer had played just 37 snaps on offense in 2014 -- totaling two receptions in eight games. Not exactly what he, or the Broncos, expected when this time last summer he was reeling in pass after pass over one frustrated defensive back after another in training camp. "But this time is different," Latimer said. " ... Way different." When Gary Kubiak was hired as Broncos' coach this past January, one of the first players Kubiak said he wanted to see play more in the coming season was Latimer. And with Julius Thomas having moved on in free agency (to Jacksonville) and the Broncos having not re-signed Wes Welker, the Broncos put Latimer in a position to fix what went wrong and put themselves in a position to help him do it. Latimer said the first step was to simply own up to what happened. Asked if he got frustrated last season, Latimer said: "A little bit, of course, it was a down time. I'm like 'man I can go out there and make these plays and help the team,' but I wasn't on path, I wasn't focused. It's why I had to regroup myself and come back this year stronger." And when he said "regroup," Latimer said it was simply about finding a way to calm himself, to get past a rookie season when he looked to be going one way on plays when the Broncos wanted him to go another. For all of the athleticism and play-making potential Latimer showed in camp last summer, the regular season brought indecision and frustration. Perhaps no play exemplified the situation more than an incompletion in the regular-season finale against the Oakland Raiders. Latimer was lined up against man coverage on the left sideline and, as result, was Manning's first read. Manning quickly threw to Latimer's back shoulder, but Latimer was running up the sideline without looking for the ball. "I just needed to have confidence in myself," Latimer said. "Last year I was down, I was always nervous of getting in the huddle with Peyton and not wanting to mess up. This year it's just like go out there and play fast, if you mess up you mess up, as long as you're playing fast and keep playing fast."

The expectations for Latimer were clear early in the offseason when Manning invited him to the workouts at Duke University that included wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders and tight end Owen Daniels. There Latimer got an introduction to the new playbook. Daniels has played in an offense with Kubiak as a play-caller in all nine of his previous NFL seasons.

Latimer arrived to training camp with some confidence in tow. And through the first 10 days, Latimer also got plenty of work as Demaryius Thomas was being eased into things after missing the offseason program while Sanders missed some practice time with a hamstring injury.

"We kind of monitor how much our players run, [strength coach] Luke [Richesson] has got a little program and that kid has run more than anybody on this football team -- he runs a lot," Kubiak said Friday. "So, he's wore down. ... When he's fresh in practice, you can watch him, things are good, things are sharp."

Latimer figures to get plenty of work in the coming preseason games as well -- the Broncos' preseason opener is Friday in Seattle -- as part of a group of the team's younger players Kubiak wants to see function in a game setting.

"Cody is like some of the younger guys, we know what they can do on the practice field, we've seen them out here," Kubiak said. "I want to see those guys in games now, see what they can do. Cody is one of those guys."

"I feel like I'm in a great place right now," Latimer said. " ... There are still a lot of things that I do need to work on, but as of right now, in my position this year, compared to last, I'm way ahead."

Peyton Manning says he can fit any offense Gary Kubiak wants to run By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com July 31, 2015 At 39 years old, in his 18th NFL training camp, the thought of Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning throwing on the move might not be something many folks have considered. But in the Broncos' new offense under head coach Gary Kubiak, Manning will throw on the run more this season than he might have in any of his previous 17 seasons -- and he said Friday that suits him just fine. "I feel that I throw pretty well on the run, to tell you the truth," Manning said following the Broncos' opening training camp practice Friday. "I never had as many designed rollouts or scrambles, but I've sprinted out through the years. I do that in the red zone a lot -- throwing on the run and sprinting out. I actually think I throw pretty well on the run for a guy that doesn't really run well. I actually throw well on the run, maybe even better than some guys that actually run well." It has been part of the offseason narrative -- how Manning, almost exclusively a stand-tall pocket passer, would fit into Kubiak's version of the West Coast offense, which has featured a steady diet of quarterbacks rolling out and tossing the ball on the run. Manning said he has always practiced throwing on the run, even still using tips his father, Archie Manning, gave him over the years. Archie Manning was an accomplished scrambler in his career, often forced to throw on the run behind offensive lines that struggled to protect him. "I will say, my dad did throw real well on the run and could run well at the same time," Peyton Manning said. "He did at a young age kind of teach me about throwing on the run. There is a couple of little things that he taught me that I still carry through. I've always felt I've been a pretty accurate thrower on the run. A lot of times you see quarterbacks sprinting out, you see a guy wide open, you see the pass is inaccurate, goes into their feet or over their head because the quarterback is not as accurate throwing on the run ... so I feel like I can get out there when a guy's open, I can be able to get him.'' Asked how he coaches the technique at the annual Manning Passing Academy, Manning smiled and said, "You've got to maybe sign up for the camp, I don't want to give away all the secrets, then nobody would come back next year." Even with some late-season struggles to close out 2014, Manning's 4,727 passing yards were fourth in the league, and his 39 touchdowns were second. Manning has said he believes he can fit any offense Kubiak wants to run.

Peyton Manning establishes Chattanooga Heroes Fund to honor shooting victims By Ben Swanson DenverBroncos.com July 23, 2015 Peyton Manning has a long-standing love for and connection to the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and to help them in their time of need he has established the Chattanooga Heroes Fund. Wherever Peyton Manning has gone, he's tried to make as lasting an impact off the football field as he does on it. He has established a charity foundation that gives grants to organizations in each state he's put down roots: Louisiana, Tennessee, Indiana and Colorado. And now with the impact of a sudden tragedy in a place that he loves, he wanted to find a way he could help. On Thursday it was announced that Manning has started the Chattanooga Heroes Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga in honor of those who lost their lives and those who were wounded in the recent shootings in Tennessee, and to help support their families at this difficult time. Manning has made an initial contribution to the fund, and additional donations can be made online at CFGC.org, by phone at (423) 266-0586 or by mail (more information below). The fund will provide financial support to help the families and individuals directly affected by the shooting to receive longer-term financial to alleviate their need. The Chattanooga Heroes Fund intends to bridge a gap between the short-term financial needs and what challenges they may face in years to come. "Our family has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the great city of Chattanooga, and it has a very special place in our hearts," Manning said. "But on July 16th, this strong, welcoming community was forever changed by the tragedy that unfolded. "The five servicemen who gave their lives, the police officer who risked his life in order to protect others, and the actions of many other first responders were truly heroic. We are proud to team up with the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga to establish the Chattanooga Heroes Fund honoring these heroes and helping to provide for the future of their families." Former Chattanooga mayor Bob Corker has also made an initial donation to the fund, joining Manning. “We deeply appreciate Senator Corker’s support in establishing the Chattanooga Heroes Fund and hope that others can do what they can to recognize the noble actions of the servicemen who sacrificed and risked their own lives last week,” Manning said. The Chattanooga Heroes Fund will be administered by the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, the city's oldest community-owned foundation. With over 50 years of managing funds to address areas of need in Chattanooga and the greater community, the CFGC has shown an outstanding

track record as it's managed 350 funds that total more than $100 million in assets and more than $14 million in grants in 2014. “We are proud to support Peyton by serving as home for the Chattanooga Heroes Fund, and we will work closely with him to ensure proper protocols for funds disbursement are in place,” said Foundation President Pete Cooper. “We will also work closely with the appropriate military personnel to ensure support from the funds reaches those families.” How to support the Chattanooga Heroes Fund Donations to the Chattanooga Heroes Fund from individuals, companies and organizations are welcome in any amount. Give By Check Checks should be made payable to the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga with "Chattanooga Heroes Fund" in the memo. Mail checks to: Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Attn: Chattanooga Heroes Fund 1270 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402 Give By Phone You can make a donation over the phone by calling (423) 266-0586 Give Online You can support the fund at CFGC.org, where there will be an option available on the homepage. About Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga: Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga is a community-owned foundation dedicated to supporting programs and initiatives seeking to provide solutions for areas of critical need throughout the greater Chattanooga area. Through grant-making to local non-profits, fund management and resource support for community programs and college scholarships for area students, Community Foundation helps individuals, businesses, organizations and private trusts leverage the power of their own philanthropic contributions to help make Chattanooga greater. For more information, visit CFGC.org.

Marshall back on field but with a heavy heart By Arnie Stapleton Associated Press August 1, 2015 Brandon Marshall is back on the football field, trying to replicate last year's breakout season despite two screws in his right foot and a heavy heart. Marshall led the Broncos with 111 tackles last year despite being hobbled down the stretch by a right foot injury that required offseason surgery. Because he didn't have the operation until March, he'll have to play the whole season before surgeons can remove hardware in his right foot, meaning he'll have to manage some pain along the way. He said his foot feels fine so far, but the pain he's dealing with now is the grief over his grandfather's death. Little Roy Williams, 88, died on July 7 after contracting pneumonia following surgery, Marshall said. "He had an uncle named Big," Marshall said, "so they named him Little." Marshall's mother, Barbara, is the youngest of a dozen children: "My mom, she's a daddy's girl, so we were always at his house," Marshall said. "He was just like a father to me." After attending the funeral, Marshall retreated to Miami, where he got a tattoo on his left pectoral in honor of his grandfather, who was a carpenter. It depicts a hammer and nails, one of them "piercing" his chest and drawing a trickle of "blood." "He's on my chest," Marshall said. Marshall's offseason was cut short because the Broncos wanted him and fellow inside linebacker Danny Trevathan (left kneecap) to report with the rookies Monday instead of with the veterans on Thursday. "At first I didn't want to come in early but it honestly helped me," said Marshall, who missed all of the team's offseason field work. Trevathan, the Broncos' top tackler in 2013, worked his way onto the field in June but spent most of the offseason practices with Marshall on the sideline. The middle linebackers are the fulcrum of Wade Philips' 3-4 defensive scheme, and there's major questions surrounding Marshall and Trevathan as they return from their injuries. Not in their minds, though. "Danny and I are very confident. We believe in each other. We believe in ourselves," Marshall said.

Trevathan said he and Marshall worked diligently all offseason in the classroom, weight room and training room. "A lot of people had doubts about us and what we could do because of our injuries. It was just positive stuff with me and him," Trevathan said. "Brandon came in with the right attitude. I came in with the right attitude, and we've been attacking these practices day by day. "We've been smart and taking care of each other. That's going to help us be one of the best duos in the league." Safety T.J. Ward said he's glad to see Marshall and Trevathan back on the field, even if it's just cameos. "Man, a tremendous boost just seeing them out there," Trevathan said. "They're not going full-speed, doing everything we're doing right now. But walkthroughs and 7-on-7s, just having them two down there has been great. Just seeing them down there is kind of another level of comfort." Anguish or not, Marshall plans to approach this summer's camp with the same dogged determination that helped him have a breakout season last year after bouncing around the practice squads in Jacksonville and Denver. "I can't let myself get comfortable and say, 'You know what, I've got a body of work, I'm good.' No, I can't do that," Marshall said. "I've got to treat it just like every other year because this is the most competitive sport in the world, man. Everybody's out for your job. And I want to be the best, so why would I let myself get comfortable?"

Von Miller embraces mentorship role By Allie Raymond DenverBroncos.com August 2, 2015 Outside linebacker Von Miller isn’t just making strides on the practice field, but also as a leader. During training camp and the offseason, Miller has taken rookie outside linebacker Shane Ray under his wing. Ray says that Miller and outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware are in his ear every day with tips and pointers. “With the young guys—especially with Shane—he's going to be such a great part of this defense,” Miller said. “We spend so much time with him because he's going to have his way. He's going to be here with us. The more that he can do for us, the more our defense can do. We're just trying to get him to come along and trying to get him to be the best Shane Ray that he can be.” Miller says he thinks he’s able to connect with the younger players because he too is young at heart. “The young guys—it's always exciting to get with them,” Miller said. “They're fresh and their eyes and the lights and everything—to get with them and tell them some of the good stuff, tell them some of the bad stuff, keep it real and joke around with them and just be me.” But Miller can’t say whether his work with the rookies means he’s maturing. “I don't know. I can't just sit here and say I'm mature,” Miller said. “I'm just trying to be the best version of Von that I can be. If maturity is coming with that, then it is. That just hasn't been my focus. It's not where my mind has been at. I guess that's come along with it, but my mind's just been on the team trying to be great, trying to be do something that's never been done before.”

Von Miller devours lineman, makes Broncos camp look easy By Troy Renck DenverPost.com August 7, 2015 Von Miller makes football look too easy. It's not, of course. The sport features offenses with play calls longer than a Shakespearean sonnet. Defenses boast endless disguises, creating mental sandtraps for quarterbacks. Then Miller stands across the line, and it becomes a simple game. He's faster, stronger and more talented than those looking back at him. Miller vs. an offensive lineman. It's the greatest mismatch since Little Red Riding Hood vs. the Wolf. "I will be a better tackle because of practicing against him," said Broncos starting right tackle Ryan Harris. "To his credit, he practices hard. A guy like that could take a day off, a week off, heck, he could take the whole camp off, but he brings it everyday. Man, '58' what can't you say about that guy." Training camp quickly becomes a grind. With Miller, you can practically hear the Beach Boys' "Kokomo" playing everywhere he goes. Work is his vacation. Twenty months removed from anterior cruciate ligament surgery on his right knee, he is dominating in practice with a butcher's smile. "I am just having fun. Playing football is what I do best, so when I am out here, I should be happy. I should love coming to practice," Miller said. "People shouldn't have to drag me out to practice just to do something I do better than anything I do in life." Watching Miller over the past week was akin to watching Ken Griffey Jr. show up for a backyard Wiffle Ball game. He demonstrated burst and strength uncommon in a league decorated with athletic freaks. It requires no leap of faith to see Miller becoming the league's highest-paid defensive player after this season. He will cash in either through the franchise tag or a longterm deal. From healing and maturing, Miller boasts freedom and confidence. He shed the brace, follows a strict diet and features a larger repertoire of moves, not counting his smooth dance steps to Silento's "Watch Me" before Friday's practice. "Most guys have like two that might work," Harris said. "He has like eight. You don't know what he's going to do next." A 20-sack season, defensive player of the year candidate, the possibilities seem endless for Miller. At 26, he enters his prime with a clear head and open path to superstardom. Two years of clean tests and a revamped NFL policy discharged Miller from the league's drug program. He is no longer subject to multiple tests per week. And a year suspension for a mistake no longer hangs over his head.

A new defense predicated on pressure also plays into Miller's strengths. Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips will use Miller like Randy Johnson used his slider — as the ultimate wipeout weapon. Last year, health was the focus with Miller. This summer, it's havoc. At a recent practice, he blistered a lineman in one-on-ones then jogged straight into an 11-on11 drill and reached the quarterback. On another occasion, he raced by a lineman and celebrated by running into the locker room entrance like Bo Jackson disappearing into the tunnel at the Kingdome in 1987. Von is Von again. Hide the linemen and children. "Von just makes the game look easy. You can see that from running tackles over, running around the corner, acting like the old Von," Pro Bowler DeMarcus Ware said. "After his surgery, he really sort of reinvented himself. You can see it. It has carried over. He's rolling."

How He Fits: Seventh-round CB Taurean Nixon Andrew Mason DenverBroncos.com May 2, 2015 It's all about speed for Taurean Nixon. Speed that allowed him to sprint through his Pro Day 40-yard dash at between 4.25 and 4.37 seconds, depending on which stopwatch you consulted. Speed that allows him to close on an opposing receiver if he gets beat off the snap -- or to chase down a running back or receiver from across the field. And speed that allows him to get downfield on kickoff and punt coverage -- and could earn him a look on kickoff returns. If Nixon earns a spot on the 53-man roster, it could be on special teams, given the Broncos' revived emphasis on that area. The former Louisiana high-school state champion in the 60-yard dash knows that's his best chance to make a first impression. "Yes, and I'm really good at the gunner spot," Nixon said. "I played there a lot when I first got to Tulane and I've got a love for it, so I think that, gunner, anywhere where my feet can be used when I first get there, I think that'll be my spot." Nixon worked as a nickelback last year in Tulane's defense, with Green Wave -- and now Broncos -- teammate Lorenzo Doss playing more extensively as one of the two starting cornerbacks. Doss has preternatural instincts to read passes as they soar in his direction, and Nixon has straight-line speed that could be the best of any cornerback in the draft. "We're different," Nixon said. "I would say Doss is more one of those guys that can really—he knows more situations, he's a situation corner and I'm more of a corner that you can just put me on a man and just say, 'Lock him up; wherever he goes, you go." The Broncos could have picked someone else with their final selection, and rolled the dice that they could have signed Nixon as an undrafted free agent. But they didn't want to take that chance, because Nixon's speed would have been coveted.

Peyton Manning rests, so backup QB Brock Osweiler gets chance with starters By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com August 3, 2015 Until now folks never told Brock Osweiler there would be days like these. No, until Monday the life of the Denver Broncos backup quarterback was to pretty much watch Peyton Manning do his thing at a Hall of Fame level every day while picking up a smattering of snaps along the way. But Broncos coach Gary Kubiak is intent on getting Manning, as well as some of the team's other veteran players, some occasional rest. Kubiak is also intent on seeing if Osweiler can function at a starter's level on days when Kubiak wants him to run the offense. "It's something that I've thought about ever since I've been drafted," Osweiler said after Monday’s practice. "You grow up dreaming of playing in the National Football League. Just to have the opportunity to be here -- obviously, you want to be out on the field playing -- but as you all know, I came into a very special situation. The one thing I've done on a daily basis is made sure that I've made the most of that situation, soaking in what I can get from Peyton while he's here. I'm sure my time will come at some point in time and I'll be ready for that." Kubiak said Monday would be "Brock’s day," and indeed it was. Osweiler, with Manning in a visor standing off to the side, was behind center with the starting offense. While starting guard Louis Vasquez and tight end Owen Daniels were also given the day off, Osweiler still had wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders and running back C.J. Anderson in the formation. Osweiler had his requisite ups and downs in the workout as the team continues to work on the new offense, but Kubiak said he liked how Osweiler moved the team in some team drills near the end of practice. The Broncos were working through various scenarios, including some long-yardage situations, when the team needed a first down. "I thought he did good," Kubiak said. "You know we had our longest practice, probably, so far and we had a lot of competitive situations, especially late in practice. He pushed his group and made some plays at the end ... I just think you want to see him run the team." Osweiler was the Broncos' second-round pick in the 2012 draft, the same year they signed Manning to a five-year deal in free agency. At the time the Broncos wanted some insurance as Manning returned from a missed season after neck surgery. At the time Osweiler was just 21 years old and the youngest quarterback in the draft. The Broncos initially thought that Osweiler's delivery was a little too side-armed at times, but Osweiler threw more over the top at his pro day and has continued to do that since.

When his accuracy does waver in practice, it's because he'll drop his release point slightly. Kubiak has said he wants Osweiler to improve his footwork in the team's offense, which does require the quarterback to often throw on the move. "You read with your feet, you make decisions off what your feet are doing," Kubiak said. "That's a little different than what he's been doing, I think when his feet are good he plays good, his decisions are good, he throws the ball more accurately." "We had similar things last year," Osweiler said. "I think what coach is saying is he coaches us as far as, OK, five (steps then) plant, ball should be going here. If you take one hitch, ball should be going here. If you take two hitches, ball should be going here. That's kind of how he builds his offense." Osweiler, whose contract is up at the end of the season, figures to get more days like Monday in the preseason, and Kubiak has said the Broncos will consider resting Manning at times in the regular season as well. "I'm approaching everything the same exact way," Osweiler said. "To be honest with you, I haven't put too much thought into (a contract). I'm just out here, once again, trying to learn the new scheme and be the best player that I can possibly be this year for the Broncos and we'll see what happens next year when that comes up." "(It was) a good step, lot of reps for him and that’s what he needs," Kubiak said.

Solomon Patton eyes path from waiver claim to roster spot By Jeff Legowold ESPN.com August 7, 2015

There are moments when wide receiver Solomon Patton is busy going about the business of trying to carve out a roster spot for the Denver Broncos -- a team that has won four consecutive AFC West titles -- that it can be difficult to remember just a few months ago the Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn't have room for him.

In May. When the roster can be at 90 players. Patton, who continues to flash in the Broncos' passing game and be one of the most reliable candidates to be the team's punt returner, was cut loose this past May, waived by a team that finished 2-14 last season and had just begun its offseason program.

"I've said everything happens for a reason and I believe that," Patton said. "... Maybe we don't always know the reason. I'm just thankful this team wanted to put an opportunity out there."

The Broncos quickly claimed Patton off waivers, in large part because of his return potential. In seven games last season Patton averaged 11.2 yards per punt return for the Buccaneers and 23.1 yards per kickoff return.

The Broncos were one of the least productive teams in the league last season in the punt return game. In games in which the Broncos had at least one punt return (not including touchbacks, fair catches or punts that went out of bounds) they had fewer than 10 yards' worth of returns six times.

And they were one of four teams in the league that didn't have a punt return longer than 22 yards.

"We know that's a spot where we want somebody to step forward," Broncos special teams coach Joe DeCamillis said.

As a returner Patton has been the most reliable fielding punts. DeCamillis has noted Patton's decisiveness once he has the ball and an ability to run with power in traffic despite the fact he's listed at 5-foot-9-inches, 177 pounds.

"Solomon's the same thing we saw in the film," DeCamillis said. "He's extremely quick and extremely fast. He's a smaller guy, but he's very decisive. For a guy that's that size, he runs strong, which means he's going to break some tackles when he gets there, which for most of those guys, doesn't happen. We're impressed with him so far."

However, DeCamillis and Broncos coach Gary Kubiak want as few pure specialists on the roster as possible. They don't want to keep an extra kicker to use on kickoffs and they would prefer not to keep a returner who can't contribute on offense or defense. Ultimately Patton's work as a receiver could tip the scales in his favor, but beyond their top three at the position -- Demaryius Thomas, Emmanuel Sanders and Cody Latimer -- the additional spots will be decided on the combination of work the players can do on offense and on special teams. Patton, working with the reserves, has still made impact plays in team drills, including two Friday when he caught long scoring passes from Zac Dysert and rookie Trevor Siemian. Like all of the Broncos' hopefuls, Patton will get his first chance at game action in Friday's preseason opener in Seattle. "You know what, he's done that a couple days," Kubiak said. "I think I've mentioned that obviously we know returning is a specialty of his, but if he can go out there and make plays as a wideout, it's going to make him even more valuable to making this football team." "It makes me feel awesome," Patton said. "[Kubiak] came into the huddle right before I made one of those catches and said, 'Receivers, it's either you catch the ball or nobody catch the ball.' I ended up catching that ... ball so it definitely made me feel way better about offense and trying to make this team."

Shane Ray taking steps in 'right direction' for Broncos By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com August 3, 2015 Though rookie outside linebacker Shane Ray was held out of most of the on-field work in the Denver Broncos' offseason program because of a toe injury Ray suffered in his final game at Missouri, Ray has not been limited in the opening week of training camp. Ray might even have had his best day of the early going on Monday, when he worked with the starting defense because both Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware were among the veteran players who were held out of the practice to rest. Ray worked at outside linebacker with the starters and consistently showed the kind of explosiveness that made him the team's first-round selection in this year's draft. "I'll tell you what, Shane had a good practice," Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said following Monday's practice. "He started slow early in practice. We got him going and he made some plays late in practice. We need him to show up and quick, and (Monday) was his day to be a starter. Obviously, we've got two great ones right there, but he was brought here to be a big part of that. He took a step in the right direction today." In the early days of camp both Miller and Ware have worked extensively with Ray in between drills as well as before and after practices, giving advice, showing techniques and discussing different situations that could come up in games. "We're getting him ready," Miller said. "He's not a rookie to me and DeMarcus, not at all, he needs to be ready to play because he's going to help us." Ray had suffered what he called a "variation of turf toe," in Missouri's bowl game to close out the 2014 season. From their perspective, the Broncos felt Ray did too much in the pre-draft build-up to fully let the injury heal. Ray did not participate in workouts at the scouting combine, but he continued to prepare for his pro day and was limited some in his on-campus workout to the point where some scouts in the league wondered before the draft if the injury was going to be an issue for Ray. The Broncos rested him for much of the offseason work, giving him limited snaps, and also gave him some orthotics to wear in his shoes. The fruits of that strategy have been easy to see in camp's early going. "It felt great," Ray said. "You have to come out and be a little bit more physical, work different techniques, especially in the running game, and I felt really good. Now it's football. You have the pads on, guys are hitting, getting really intense, attitudes are rising a little bit, but that’s what football is all about. With these kinds of practices, we have the opportunity to show how good of a football player you really are."

Ray is certainly not going to displace either Miller or Ware in the lineup, but the Broncos do want to manage Ware's snaps differently than last season, when he led the defensive linemen in snaps played and had just two sacks over the last eight games -- none in the final four games of the regular season. Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips has also said he looks forward to putting Miller, Ware and Ray in the formation at the same time. But in the end, Ray said he's glad just to feel healthy and back in the mix. "It's very frustrating when you're injured and as much as you want to go out and compete, you can't," Ray said. "To be out here, to be with your teammates and be able to actually sweat and feel pain -- as crazy as that sounds -- but to do that with your brothers is a great feeling. I'm glad that I'm out here with my guys every day."

Shane Ray's big move and big steps forward By Ben Swanson DenverBroncos.com July 22, 2015 Growing up, Shane Ray didn't envision himself owning a house, and especially not at 22 years old. His home neighborhood, located in a Kansas City, Mo. zip code infamously known as "The Murder Factory," has received notoriety, and Ray knows his life could have gone in an entirely different direction where he didn't—or couldn't—leave. Years later, the contrast is stunning. Having signed his contract with the Broncos, Ray bought a house and began shopping for furniture. He can recall the times when he and his mother slept on the floor and lived off food stamps, and that kind of poverty must seem so incredibly far away for them now. "It's kind of surreal, like Wow, I'm 22 years old but I'm an actual homeowner. I have a real job," Ray said earlier in July. "It's huge. There's kids my age in my city that still don't have anything, that are experiencing a lot of just negative things in their lives and for me to make it out of that environment..." Ray trailed off momentarily as he reflected on his journey, one that's probably tough to put into words. "I was home last week," Ray began again, "and I had family members who were like 'Wow, dude, you've made it.'" Ray was taken a little aback by the observation. With a busy schedule jumping from the draft to rookie minicamp to OTAs, he hadn't yet taken that step back to look at where he is, what he's accomplished and where he came from. It was eye-opening for the rookie outside linebacker. "When you hear somebody say that to you, you know, for me I’m just playing football, trying to do what I’ve always wanted to do with my life," he said. "But when you hear your people say that to you, you kind of sit back and think about where you came from and everything you had to go through to get here. It kind of hit me a little bit. I got back to reality but it’s a big deal for me and I take a lot of pride in what I’ve been able to do with my life and to get where I’m at now." The transition to the NFL hasn’t been without adversity, however. A marijuana citation the week before the draft invited criticism questioning Ray's character from analysts and countless NFL fans making judgment from afar. Ray took immediate ownership of his mistake, speaking openly about it on live television during the NFL Draft and showing accountability, but he knows he won't be able to prove to everyone that one mistake doesn't define who he is. "What I realize is everyone is going to have an opinion about you and you can’t make everybody like you," Ray said. "I know the kind of person I am and everybody who knows me understands the kind of person that I am and what I’ve done positively."

With that in mind, Ray refuses to let the incident drag down his character but he also won't spend his energy going out of his way to try to convince people that he's the person who he knows himself to be. "For me, I’ve moved past it and if people want to continue to think that, that’s fine," Ray concedes. "It’s not affecting me, they’re just wasting time and energy while I’m continuing to get better, continuing to be a better person and growing every day." That's exactly what he's been doing this offseason. During OTAs Ray worked to rehab his foot, eventually getting repetitions in 7-on-7 drills. He learned as much as he could from DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller, trying to understand the finer points of technique and how to get the most out of their offseason program practices. Then once OTAs concluded, Ray stuck around and worked out with the Broncos' training staff during a strictly voluntary period. That's just the way he is and the way he has always been. It's the way he's always had to be to get this far. "Everything I’ve ever wanted in life I’ve had to work hard to go get it," Ray said. "I’m here in Denver grinding every day, preparing for the season, trying to be the best that I can be. I can do whatever my coach asks me to do. If people didn’t get that while I was in high school, people didn’t understand that when I was at the University of Missouri then they still probably won’t get it now looking at me as a pro but I’m going to continue to do what’s made me successful and this is the steps that I’ll take."

Roby given a C-minus despite A-list accomplishment By Mike Klis 9 News Sports June 2, 2015 Bradley Roby doesn't know this, and his teammate Chris Harris Jr. really doesn't know this, but there is one statistic that suggests Roby was a straight-A student as the Denver Broncos rookie cornerback last year. Roby was asked earlier this offseason what grade he would give his rookie season as the Broncos' No. 3 cornerback. The humble Roby said a C-minus. Harris, who had an A++ plus season as graded by Pro Football Focus and a Broncos management that gave him a five-year, $42.5 million contract extension, was asked Tuesday what he thought about Roby giving himself a C-minus. "I'd say C- is pretty good for him," Harris said. "He was really up and down a lot. He went through a streak like five or six touchdowns where he gave up that in a row. Whenever you have that, that's definitely C-minus. He knows that. He knows what he has to get better at. It's that consistency all through the year at cornerback, and that's tough to do. It's tough to be good great every game." That's one tough curve Harris grades on. It may also be wrong. Here's another way to grade at Roby's work last year: He was one of just six players in NFL history – and one of only two cornerbacks – who had multiple interceptions, multiple fumble recoveries, multiple forced fumbles and a sack in his rookie season. To specify, Roby had two interceptions, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a sack in 2014. That's making an uncommon impact on a defense. The other five rookies who pulled the trick: San Diego defensive end Leslie O'Neal (1986), Detroit strong safety Bennie Blades (1988), Miami middle linebacker Zach Thomas (1996), Dallas safety Roy Williams (2002) and Carolina cornerback Richard Marshall (2006). OK, so it's an esoteric list sculpted for Roby's sake. But any list that includes O'Neal, Thomas and Williams, who combined for 19 Pro Bowls, is an A list. For his part, Roby didn't disagree with Harris. There were times when quarterbacks understandably threw to receivers who were working against Roby rather than those covered by Harris and the Broncos' other starting cornerback, Aqib Talib. Roby has set goals for his second season. "To give up fewer touchdowns than I did last year and make a few more interceptions, a high number, but I'm not going to say it just yet," he said. (Pro Football Focus said he surrendered six TD passes, a

number Roby disputes by one or two.) "I don't want it to be like I'm selfish, but I have something in mind that I want to do. I have personal goals about that. I just to make enough plays for us to win. "I want to make the best plays when it all counts. When it's the fourth quarter and everything is on the line, Talib's got his guy covered, Chris has got his guy covered, and when they come to me, I want them to lose." What Roby learned during his rookie season is that playing cornerback is about more than just covering his guy. He did that well enough at Ohio State to become the Broncos' first-round draft pick. But to take that next step, Roby says you must understand everything about the opposing offense, not just the man in front of him. "The difference between college and the NFL is the quarterback," Roby said. "The quarterback is going to put the ball where you can't get it. He's throwing it to a spot and to a receiver, and it's about timing. We're working on understanding all of those types of things to throw off their timing and disrupt their routes. That's really when you become productive. That's really what I'm focusing on. "I'm just learning the whole concept of offense in general. I feel like in college, a lot of guys just go out there and just try to play and not really understand the game. In the NFL, it's a mental game. Once you start understanding the game mentally and paying attention to the splits, route concepts and offensive coordinators favorite things to do in certain situations, that's really when you become a great player." Sounds much smarter than a C-minus student of the game.

Sambrailo, O-line have been at work for weeks By Andrew Mason DenverBroncos.com July 27, 2015 No position group on the Denver Broncos’ roster will be under more scrutiny this summer than the offensive line. No group needs the repetitions of training camp more in order to create the necessary cohesion.

And that's why the offensive line was at Dove Valley throughout the last few weeks.

"Summer vacation -- it wasn't really a vacation for me," said rookie tackle Ty Sambrailo on Monday as the team’s rookies officially reported to training camp.

Although the work cannot be organized by the team or supervised by coaches, players are welcome to organize their own work whenever they see fit. Sambrailo said a group of offensive linemen that included himself, left guard Ben Garland, center Gino Gradkowski, right guard Louis Vasquez and right tackle Ryan Harris were among the regulars at the team facility.

"There's been a lot of offensive linemen here with me, guys working together," Sambrailo said.

The collective development of the unit will be a focal point of training camp. At least three starters up front will be players who did not start for the Broncos last year, and the first-team group at the start of training camp will include two players who have never started in the NFL: Sambrailo and Garland.

But the spotlight will be on Sambrailo as he gets accustomed to his role at left tackle, where he will protect Peyton Manning's blind side.

Sambrailo's task is clear in wording but complex in execution: keep Manning upright against a series of elite pass rushers that begins with Elvis Dumervil and Justin Houston in a 100-hour span of September. It's possible that the Broncos' entire season could ride on Sambrailo's development.

Ty Sambrailo and the OL

"I don't think I can look ahead right now and say, 'This is going to be the best season anyone's ever seen,' or anything like that," Sambrailo said. "I'm just going to take it one step at a time, and I'm always going to try to be the greatest I can be."

Sambrailo's transition is helped by the similarities between the Broncos' zone-blocking based scheme and the one used at Colorado State in recent years. This is the one scheme at which he would be best prepared to become the immediate, effective starter the Broncos need him to be.

"It's a lot of the same scheme; it's just different verbiage," Sambrailo said. "It's been an easy, quick transition ... it's just making sure that when I hear something, I think of it in Denver Broncos terms instead of CSU Rams terms."

There is also the adjustment to Manning.

"He's been good. He's a good guy to talk to. You obviously don't want to upset him at all," Sambrailo said. "You just try to do everything right all the time."

Manning's perfectionism and attention to detail are well-documented. But Sambrailo said the quarterback has not yelled at him so far.

"He's been good at kind of helping me, asking me on protections what I was doing and what I was looking at," Sambrailo said.

Emmanuel Sanders takes on leadership role with Broncos By Nicki Jhabvala DenverPost.com August 6, 2015 Watch Emmanuel Sanders closely throughout a Broncos practice and one thing is immediately clear: He cannot stop. One minute he's hauling in an over-the-shoulder catch in the far corner of the end zone. The next he's roaming the sideline, tossing a football to himself, discussing a play with a coach or advising a younger receiver. "He's always about football," Broncos receivers coach Tyke Tolbert said. "If everybody who comes on the practice field works like Emmanuel, we'll have a great team, because he really loves the work." That part didn't change after a career year when he made 101 catches for 1,404 yards and nine touchdowns, and earned his first Pro Bowl selection. And it didn't change when Broncos top wide receiver Demaryius Thomas held out of offseason workouts because of contract negotiations. But something is different about Sanders this season. He has taken on a new role. Or a few. At practices and in meetings, Sanders has taken on more of a leadership role to younger receivers, working with them on the little things, like training their eyes to pull in the big-play catches Sanders has become known for. Or helping them with their routes and footwork. "I remember when I was coming in as a young guy, I had Hines Ward as a leader," said Sanders, who signed with Denver in March 2014 after four seasons with Pittsburgh. "He took me and Antonio Brown under his wing and just taught us everything he knew. It ended up paying off for me, so why wouldn't I give back?" Sanders left Thursday's practice early after tweaking his hamstring during an 11-of-11 drill. Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said Sanders would be evaluated, but coaches plan to be cautious with his return. The Broncos' loss of slot receiver Wes Welker to free agency means more work, but more opportunity for Sanders. He has to be more than just 1-A to Thomas; he has to be 1-A-plus. When the Broncos employ three-wideout sets, Sanders has said he will move to the slot, and Cody Latimer will move to the outside. During offseason workouts, Sanders also was in the mix for a third job, on punt returns, but that's been limited in training camp. "Whereas most guys have to know one position, here I am having to know two or three different positions," he said. "It's kind of tough, but I take pride in it because it's how I get open." Kubiak's offense emphasizes the run game, which would logically bring down a receiver's numbers. But perhaps the obvious is being overlooked.

"There are a lot of big plays in this offense to be made," Tolbert said. "Because of the run, you get the safeties to come up more, and you have more single coverage outside. If you're single with Emmanuel, I'm taking Emmanuel every time." Thomas announced last month, after signing his new five-year contract, that he wanted to set NFL single-season receiving records. Some were skeptical. Others applauded the ambition. Sanders shares the mindset. He, too, wants to shatter records, but not as a competitor to Thomas. "When I got here, I looked him in his eyes and I said, 'Hey, listen, you're a bad man. And I'm going to be the best Robin you ever had,' " he said. "I know my role and I'm going to play it to the best of my ability." This is the 2015 Sanders — a little more comfortable, a little more vocal. Same mindset. "He's not satisfied with having an 100-yard, two-touchdown game," Tolbert said. "He wants to have a 200-yard, four-touchdown game. He's hungry every week to get better." The year of sanders A look at Emmanuel Sanders' career season in 2014, his first as a Bronco: Catches: 101 (No. 5 in NFL) Receiving yards: 1,404 (5) Receiving TDs: 9 (T-16) Had 16 catches of 25-plus yards (2) First career Pro Bowl Selection Ranked No. 95 on NFL Top 100 Combined with Thomas as a duo for most receiving yards with 3,023 and tied for most receptions with 212

Kubiak likes potential of 7th round quarterback Trevor Siemian By Mike Klis Channel 9 Sports May 2, 2015 It was the tape, not the stat page, where Northwestern quarterback Trevor Siemian impressed Broncos coach Gary Kubiak. On the stat page, Siemian threw 18 touchdowns against 20 interceptions in his junior and senior seasons at Northwestern. On tape, Kubiak saw a 6-foot-3, 215-pound quarterback with potential. "I think I saw something I want to work with," Kubiak said. The Broncos drafted Siemian with the first of their three consecutive compensatory picks in the seventh round Saturday. "When you look at the film you see pro characteristics," Kubiak said. "He can make the throws, he's very bright. He went to a school where they had a running quarterback (former Cherry Creek star Kane Colter) and him. They played two guys. When he was playing I really liked what I saw. He played in a tough environment – played in Chicago where the wind is blowing everywhere. "I loved his feet. He's way ahead of the curve." The first phase of Siemian's pro development will be in the meeting room. He suffered a torn ACL in the Wildcats' late-November win against Purdue, the second-to-last game of his senior season. He underwent surgery and the Broncos expect him to start practicing some time in June and be ready to take live reps in training camp. With the Broncos, Siemian will be a project who will compete with Zac Dysert, a Broncos' seventh-round draft pick in 2013, for the No. 3 quarterback spot. Peyton Manning and Brock Osweiler are the Broncos' top two quarterbacks. Seimian was a highly regarded quarterback prospect coming out of Olympia High School in Central Florida and started getting some playing time ahead of Colter in his redshirt freshman season. But after an encouraging start with Northwestern, Siemian's upperclassmen years fell short of expectations. "I think the name of the game at quarterback is consistency," he said in a conference call with the Denver media Saturday. "I would say I've done a better job at that at certain points of my career. I would definitely not contribute that to a lack of preparation or anything like that. I think I would put myself in the position to go into games and get the job done. One thing I would say I want to improve on is doing better when I have to move around and make decisions in crunch time, and by crunch time I mean when the pocket is collapsing. I could do a better job in that regard, I would say."

Shelley Smith's journey to the Denver Broncos filled with connections By Cameron Wolfe DenverPost.com June 12, 2015 When you mention the name Shelley Smith to Ty Sambrailo, you see his face light up. The Broncos offensive linemen hadn't played a down together before this offseason, but share the pride of being former Colorado State Rams. "When I was coming out of high school, it was Shelley's senior year," said Sambrailo, a second-round draft pick by the Broncos this year. "When I was getting recruited by (CSU) I was watching film, and he was one of the best players. I would always watch him from afar, and he's been a great Ram." Smith didn't have the direct Rams- to-Broncos pipeline Sambrailo did. The five-year veteran was drafted in the sixth round by Houston where he spent the first two years of his career with Gary Kubiak and Rick Dennison. He didn't play a snap for the former Texans coaches, but he must have done enough to impress them to take another shot on him in Denver. Smith signed a 2-year contract worth $5.65 million in March with hopes he would compete for a starting job on the offensive line. "I feel like my chances are very good. There's a lot of competition in the room," Smith said. "I believe it'll be the best five guys, and I hope I'm one of them." His biggest competition might come from former Air Force and Broncos practice squad player Ben Garland, who ran a lot of snaps with the first team offensive line in minicamp. "We are very competitive right now. Shelley is pushing Garland," Kubiak said. "But how it's going to end up, I don't know." Because of injuries, free agency and trades, the Broncos will have at least four new starters on the offensive line when the season begins in September. One advantage Smith might have on his competition is the experience he has working in Kubiak and Dennison's zone blocking schemes. "We've had Shelley before; we had him in Houston, and then we lost him," Dennison said. "We know what he is because he's a CSU guy. He's athletic, he knows what to do and he's developed." Smith spent two years in St. Louis and last season in Miami, but returning to play under the coaching staff that gave him his first chance played a huge role in his decision to return to Colorado. "It's like a second home. It's awesome to come home and see familar faces and play for Coach Kubiak and his staff again," Smith said.

Regardless of the Kubiak-Smith connection, the starting left guard job will be won in training camp. Garland and Smith both hope to fill the role vacated when Orlando Franklin signed a five-year, $36.5 million deal with the San Diego Chargers in March. The Broncos return only one player with a positive Pro Football Focus individual blocking grade that started at least one game in 2014, right guard Louis Vasquez. Smith was listed as the 64th best guard in the league by PFF last season. There are only 64 starting guards in the league when each season begins. Smith and the entire offensive line will have to play a lot better to protect quarterback Peyton Manning and provide holes for the Broncos' running backs. The connection between Kubiak and former Houston players has been well-documented, but Kubiak also has shown an affinity for Colorado State. Both of his sons, Klint and Klay, played for CSU. With running back Kapri Bibbs and linebacker Shaquil Barrett returning, the Broncos have four Rams on their training camp roster. There are four former CSU players currently on the other 31 NFL rosters. Smith and Sambrailo said they plan to take a trip to Fort Collins this summer when they're off. But their first goal is to win football games. Whether they'll be starting next to each other, that's for training camp to decide. Broncos' Left Guard Position At-a-Glance Shelley Smith and Ben Garland will compete for the Broncos' left guard position during training camp: Shelley Smith — A former sixth-round pick who has a reputation of an agile, zone run blocker. — He started three of 11 games at guard for the Dolphins last season. — The former Ram battled a knee injury that held him out for a month and he never gained his starting job back last season. — Released in March. Ben Garland — A former Air Force nose tackle who earns his keep as a gritty, tenacious player. — The 27-year-old Grand Junction native originally was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2010. — After spending two years honoring his military commitment and two years on the Broncos practice squad, Garland made his NFL debut last November against the Oakland Raiders.

At the moment, Darian Stewart leads Broncos' crowded race at free safety By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com June 12, 2015 On a team that has won four consecutive AFC West titles, made one Super Bowl and has a defensive depth chart littered with players who were named to the Pro Bowl last season, there are not a lot of places where the Help Wanted sign is out. However, with the departure of Rahim Moore via free agency this past March -- he played more than 1,000 snaps for the team in '14 -- free safety is one of those positions. And it’s clear at least two of the players who are possible fits believe they can win the job. There’s Darian Stewart, who played for the Baltimore Ravens last season when Broncos coach Gary Kubiak was the Ravens’ offensive coordinator. “It’s my position,’’ Stewart said earlier this offseason. “It’s my position to lose. When I line up, I feel like at this level you’ve got to have confidence. When I signed here, I knew it was my job.’’ And there’s David Bruton Jr., who is the only player remaining from the Broncos’ 2009 draft class, who believes increased playing time on defense in the 2014 season should lead to more. As he has put it: “I envision myself playing a lot more. I envision myself starting. I’m dreaming big this season.’’ Stewart has worked much of the time with the starters in the offseason workouts thus far, including this past week’s mandatory minicamp, at least in the base defense. When the Broncos took a more limited approach in free agency this time around, Stewart was one of their first targets. He has dealt with some nagging injuries in the past and has started more than six games in just two of his five previous seasons. “I'm loving Stewart right now,’’ cornerback Chris Harris Jr. said. “He's very vocal and a smart guy. I can tell that he's going to have a physical presence. When running backs come through the hole, I feel like he's going to land the hammer on them … so I'm loving what Stewart's bringing, how fast he's picking up the defense and the chemistry that we've already built together out there on the field. I love that pickup right now.’’ But Bruton figures to get some looks in training camp as well while coach Gary Kubiak and defensive coordinator Wade Phillips have said cornerback Bradley Roby could see some time at safety as well in some situations. The feeling is Roby, who played 75 percent of the defense’s snaps last season in the specialty packages, is too good in coverage not to be in the lineup more. But with two Pro Bowl cornerbacks in Aqib Talib

and Harris, the only place for Roby to play in the base defense would be at free safety, alongside strong safety T.J. Ward. But the Broncos haven’t done much with that idea yet, which means that should also be on the training camp docket. “We have a package,’’ Phillips said. “He’s pretty proficient at cornerback, so I’m pleased with that. And that’s what we wanted, to make sure he could play that position and be really good at that, and then if we play three corners coming in where he’ll play some safety. “We’ve got three corners that can play, and if we need to move him into a certain package, we will, and we’ll do that later on.’’ Omar Bolden is another player the Broncos have taken a look at in one of the safety spots as well. Bolden figures to get the first extended look as the team’s kickoff returner and his experience at both safety and cornerback in his time with the Broncos only enhances his value. “We’ll look at all of them and see how it shakes out,’’ Phillips said. “I think Darian probably said it, but it’s probably his job to lose. He’s there right now as the first-team guy, so he’s got to prove he can play.’’ “It’s good, competition is what I need,’’ Stewart said. “It makes all of us better. I’m up for the challenge and as long as we stay healthy it’s going to be a heck of a battle.’’

Aqib Talib says Broncos secondary 'definitely' best in the league By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com August 9, 2015 It's the relentless optimism that fuels the annual fresh start that is training camp, but let's just say the Denver Broncos are excited about the potential of their defense. And that might be an understatement. Because, oh, how the Broncos are pumped about the new scheme and the personnel they have to play it. The reality will unfold in the coming months in how, or if, the Broncos can close the deal on the field to be in the Super Bowl conversation. But in the sun-baked days of training camp, the players have consistently lauded the get-after-it simplicity of Wade Phillips’ scheme and how it fits the team’s personnel. So much so that when cornerback Aqib Talib was asked if the Broncos have the best secondary in the NFL, he said “definitely.’’ “I don't feel like we were too far from the top last year,’’ Talib continued. “I think we graded out at the end of the year, we graded out pretty good. We want to grade out as the top secondary in the league this year as far as interceptions, yards, all that. With this defense, we definitely have a chance to do that.’’ The Broncos have five players on the depth chart this year that played in the Pro Bowl this past January. And four of those players play positions (edge rushers and cover corners) that many in the league say lay the foundation for the best defenses. Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware give the Broncos plenty of potential on the edge. Toss in rookie linebacker Shane Ray and defensive end Malik Jackson, who was second on the team in sacks in 2013 with six, and the Broncos have the ability to create pressure. Behind that pressure is the secondary Talib has pushed to the front of the line. Talib, cornerback Chris Harris Jr. and safety T.J. Ward all went to the Pro Bowl in 2014. But the Broncos haven’t met their Super Bowl potential over the past three seasons, and that includes a defense that had one sack and no interceptions in the playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens in 2012, no sacks and no interceptions in the Super Bowl loss to the Seattle Seahawks in 2013 and no sacks in the playoff loss to the Indianapolis Colts last January. The Broncos were No. 3 in total defense last season, at 305.2 yards allowed per game, but they were tied for 16th in scoring defense (22.1 points allowed per game). The Broncos defenders say they’ve been good, but they want to be better, more impactful, more game-changing. They recovered just five fumbles all last season, for example, and only three teams recovered fewer. “It's been wonderful,’’ Talib said of Phillips’ defense. “His defense is straight to the point. Not a lot of thinking, but a lot of playing. It helps out our whole defense. It allows us to play fast.’’

Talib and Harris have been, unquestionably, the team’s top two cornerbacks thus far (Bradley Roby is No. 3). Talib returned an interception for a touchdown in Saturday’s practice. The Broncos have plenty of speed at the position after those three as well with Kayvon Webster, Tony Carter and rookie Lorenzo Doss. “From first to third group, I think we have a good depth at cornerback -- maybe the best in the league, actually,’’ said safety Darian Stewart. “Well, we can play man [and] boy, that's a great sign,’’ coach Gary Kubiak said. “When we're pressuring people being in zone-type blitzes or man blitzes, we can lock up on the back end. That's just very encouraging … I think we're going to have a lot of flexibility on the back end. We're a man-under football team. If you're going to beat us, you're going to have to beat man coverage. They're not going to let you dink and dunk the ball around.’’

Jordan Taylor stands out for Broncos as undrafted wideout By Troy Renck DenverPost.com August 4, 2015 Jordan Taylor runs down the sideline, long strides creating slight separation from the defender. The ball arcs into his hands as the largest crowd of training camp (4,787) erupts into cheers. This is the intriguing twist of two-a-days, a reason for diehard fans to soak up 90-degree sun: The mystery player. An undrafted college free agent has made the Broncos' 53-man roster in 11 consecutive seasons. Taylor represents a candidate to turn it into a dozen. The receiver continues to catch passes thrown his way, standing out as much as anyone can after five days of practice. "You see him running past everybody. ... Jordan has such great length," offensive coordinator Rick Dennison said. "If you throw it in his zip code he seems to be able to come down with it." Taylor remains hard to miss. He stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 210 pounds. He sports long blond hair, which earned him the nickname "Sunshine." Scouts love catch radius. In simple terms, Taylor possesses the wingspan of a pterodactyl. "If he's covered, sometimes, he's not really covered," receivers coach Tyke Tolbert said. Taylor exists as a longshot, but didn't land in Denver by accident. Like many on this team, he owns Houston ties. Taylor played collegiately at Rice, teaming with Broncos coach Gary Kubiak's son Klein for four seasons. When the Broncos failed to draft a receiver, Taylor received their recruiting call with interest. "Klein (a player personnel assistant with the Broncos) made a few calls. I knew him well and built a friendship with him in college. So yeah, he might have had a little input," Taylor said. "I thought it was a good fit. I am blessed to be in this position." The Broncos landed Taylor with a $7,500 signing bonus, second to lineman Dillon Day among undrafted free agents. The amount hinted of Taylor's opportunity, but guaranteed nothing. He began turning heads with his hands. He made a one-handed catch on a slant route Sunday, and consistently has used his height to his advantage. Tolbert said Taylor's smarts don't hurt either, admitting "he knows pretty much all of the offense right now." "I am not as fast or quick as some of those smaller guys, so I have to use my size," Taylor said. "When you are undrafted, you want to prove you belong. It starts by getting in the playbook. In order to catch the coaches' eyes you have to know what you are doing so you can make plays."

Taylor defined consistency at Rice, catching 54, 55 and 57 passes his last three seasons. Part of the charm of the underdog is the path to the pros. Taylor signed with the Owls as a quarterback after setting every record at Denison High School in Texas. He earned 4A Region II player of the year honors, topping McKinney High's Zach Lee, who made his pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers last month. Taylor chose Rice hoping to play two sports. But he had to think outside of the batter's box once there, abandoning his career as a center fielder to focus on football. His experience as a quarterback has helped him as a receiver, having viewed plays though each side of the lens. "I've always thought that could help an offensive player," Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning said. Taylor, who has fielded punts before practice to increase his versatility, faces a tall order. The Broncos feature an experienced fourth receiver in Andre Caldwell, and a talented crew in Jordan Norwood, Solomon Patton, Nathan Palmer, Isaiah Burse and Bennie Fowler vying potentially for one spot. All Taylor can control is his performance, while not forgetting to soak up this experience. He's a long way from Denison High. "It was surreal that first time I was on the field with Manning," Taylor said. "You line up and see Peyton is about to throw you the ball, and I am thinking, 'I better not drop this pass.' Now he's a teammate and I am trying to learn anything I can from him."

Demaryius Thomas endorses Peyton Manning's arm strength By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com August 6, 2015 Because he is the most accomplished wide receiver on the Denver Broncos roster and has been running routes for Peyton Manning since 2012, Demaryius Thomas is usually a gauge for Manning's game at any given time. Thomas said Thursday that Manning's passes are stronger and faster in this training camp compared to last year's. "He's smiling. I feel like he's good," Thomas said after practice. "I don't know if you all are going to believe what I say, but I think it's a little more zip on it. I don't know how he can do that. He's an older guy -- one of the oldest guys on the team -- but I feel like every year around this time, there's almost more zip on his ball. You can notice it. He threw a couple posts, probably 50, 60 yards, and I'm like, 'Whoa.'" Manning, 39, joined the Broncos in 2012 and is entering his 18th season in the league. Thomas, a sixth-year pro, is playing catch-up on offense since he skipped the Broncos' offseason program as his representatives and the team negotiated what became a five-year, $70 million deal. A three-time Pro Bowl selection, he has steadily been given more playing time in practice. On Thursday, Thomas took part in the some team drills as well. "I feel good to be back out there and to be able to run more than two or three routes at a time," he said. "I feel good. I look forward to getting in better shape and being able to go longer." Last year, Manning was slowed by a thigh injury he suffered in December, and his second half of the season did not match his first. He threw 24 touchdowns and five interceptions in the season's first eight games compared with 15 and 10 in the season's second half. Manning said earlier this offseason that one of the biggest aspects of his decision to return for 2015 was making sure he was physically ready to close the season strong. He called it asking "the tough questions." Broncos coach Gary Kubiak has said he plans to rest Manning from time to time in training camp. Manning had the first of those days off on Monday. Kubiak said it is something the team will look at in the regular season as well "to make sure Peyton feels good down the stretch and [is] playing well."

With deal signed, Demaryius Thomas says he wants to 'retire a Bronco'

By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com July 17, 2015 Saying he "wanted to finish a Bronco, retire a Bronco," Denver wide receiver Demaryius Thomas said Friday he's glad that negotiations worked out on a new long-term deal and that he looks forward to helping the team win the Super Bowl. Thomas, 27, who had been designated as the team's franchise player, signed a five-year, $70 million deal Wednesday that includes $43.5 million in guarantees. And though the negotiations came down to the final hours before the deadline for teams to agree with players with the franchise tag, Thomas said he never doubted an agreement would be made. "No, I didn't [worry a deal would not get done]," Thomas said. "I kind of knew for a little while I was going to be a Bronco. ... Kind of a week before they were going back and forth, I kind of knew." Thomas, a team captain this past season and one of the team's cornerstone players since he was a first-round pick in the 2010 draft, is now the longest-tenured player with the team on the current roster. Left tackle Ryan Clady was a first-round pick in 2008, but he has already been moved to injured reserve after tearing an ACL in an offseason workout. Earlier in the week, Broncos executive vice president of football operations and general manager John Elway said: "[Thomas] has developed into one of the top wide receivers in the NFL, and making sure he remained a Denver Bronco was a significant priority for our team. Demaryius is a special talent and an elite player who has also become a team leader during his five NFL seasons." Thomas, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, also said Friday even if he had not agreed to a long-term deal that he would have played the 2015 season under the franchise player tender (one-year, $12.82 million) and that "I wasn't going to sit out any games." But the negotiations were never acrimonious, and the Broncos had made enough progress on the deal that they had already shipped Thomas a playbook and practice video to see the new offense under first-year coordinator Gary Kubiak. Thomas was also regularly in touch with wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert and quarterback Peyton Manning. Thomas said Friday he intended to play this season at about 222 pounds after playing at about 229 pounds last season and has made setting an NFL single-season record for receiving yardage one of his goals for the season. Calvin Johnson holds the record, which he set in 2012 with 1,964 yards. Thomas finished with a franchise-record 1,619 yards this past season, despite having 48, 62 and 31 yards in the team's first three games in 2014.

"I had three bad games last year or I would have hit it then, don't forget," Thomas said with a smile. It has been a huge week for Thomas both personally and professionally. Monday he received the news his mother, Katina Smith, was one of 46 nonviolent drug offenders to have her sentence commuted by President Barack Obama. Smith and Thomas' maternal grandmother, Minnie Pearl, were arrested in 1999 for narcotics trafficking. Both had been in prison since Thomas was 11 years old. Smith was scheduled to be released in 2017. Thomas said Friday his mother will now go to a halfway house in Macon, Georgia, in two weeks and is scheduled for a release from the halfway house, he hoped, by November. "I look forward for her coming to her first game," Thomas said. "It's [all] kind of breathtaking." Minnie Thomas received a life sentence for that crime and remains in prison. On the field, since starting the 2011 season, Thomas ranks second in the NFL with 28 100-yard-receiving games in the regular season and postseason. Last season he posted 10 100-yard games, including seven in consecutive weeks. His 226 yards in the Broncos' Oct. 5 win over the Arizona Cardinals is a single-game franchise record. With Manning at quarterback, Thomas has had three consecutive seasons with at least 92 receptions, 1,430 yards receiving and 10 touchdowns. He is only the third player in league history to have three consecutive seasons of at least 1,400 yards receiving and at least 10 touchdowns; Jerry Rice and Marvin Harrison are the others. The Broncos have now signed their past three players to carry the franchise player tag to long-term deals just before the deadline -- Clady and kicker Matt Prater were the others. Thomas' deal gives the Broncos the franchise player tag back, so it is available to use on linebacker Von Miller, whose contract is set to expire after the 2015 season. Thomas is scheduled to have a football camp in Denver on Saturday and Sunday.

Demaryius Thomas' pursuit of 2K will benefit team more than him By Troy E. Renck DenverPost.com July 17, 2015 Humility suffered a setback Friday. Demaryius Thomas stood before the press and admitted he wanted to break the NFL's single-season receiving yards record. 2K. That's roughly what it would take to supplant Detroit's Calvin Johnson, who holds the mark with 1,964 yards in 2012. Why2K? Why does it matter? Thomas seeks greatness, wants to be measured among the all-time best. What appears as self-serving serves the exact opposite goal. His relentless desire for excellence makes his team better. Sift through his words, and clarity emerges. Of course, he wants to reach new heights. No superstar signs a monstrous contract and declares mediocrity as his obsession. In admitting his goal publicly, Thomas turned the mirror back on himself, a move that will ultimately benefit the Broncos. "I watched some games that I played, and there were some where I took a play or two off and missed a couple of blocks," Thomas said. "I think that if I do those little things, it will make everybody around me better and make me a better player. That's my main focus right now." Fear ripples through secondaries with those words. Or should. Thomas turns into a running back after the catch, races past and through undersized defenders. With a new contract and a louder voice in leadership, he brings more confidence into confrontation this season. It takes little imagination to believe Thomas will be better. But will he produce bigger numbers? Thomas' assertion — the mental edge needed from stars — got me to thinking. What is realistic for Thomas in a Gary Kubiak offense? First, Thomas has to grow comfortable with the route tree, the adjusted audible language. He will be playing catch-up after missing offseason workouts, though summer practices with Baltimore Ravens receiver Marlon Brown should accelerate his learning curve. Thomas has shown he can thrive in any offense with any quarterback. And Kubiak, with a trait learned from Mike Shanahan, excels at creating mismatches. Examining history, it appears unlikely Thomas will reach 2,000 yards. But it doesn't mean he won't have a similar or greater impact. In Kubiak's 20 seasons as an offensive coordinator or head coach, seven receivers have led the team in receptions and six in receiving yards. Houston's Andre Johnson established bests in both categories with 115 receptions in 2008 and 1,598 yards in 2012. The average season for Kubiak's leading receiver over two decades: 87 catches, 1,186 yards. Shorten it to the last nine years — eight as the boss in Houston and last season as Baltimore's offensive coordinator — it looks like this: 92 catches, 1,233 yards.

Thomas will get his numbers. Even if they don't break records. He has a good problem: someone to share the spotlight. Emmanuel Sanders experienced a starbust season last year. He and Thomas combined for the most receiving yards (3,023) and tied for the most receptions (212) by an offensive tandem in 2014. The only reason Thomas won't break Johnson's mark is because Sanders also will be open. It provides Kubiak his best one-two receiver punch since Ed McCaffrey (101 catches) and Rod Smith (100). Put Thomas through the shredder, computing Kubiak's scheme with Thomas and Johnson's best seasons, and I predict Thomas' 2015 season: 105 catches, 1,537 yards and 11 touchdowns. It would match him with Marvin Harrison as the only receiver in NFL history with four consecutive seasons of at least 1,400 yards and 10 scores. 2K is an admirable goal. If his production results in a third Super Bowl, it will have longer staying power, reflecting his importance to the team and a franchise's legacy.

Trevathan and Marshall helping each other in recovery By Christine Williamson DenverBroncos.com June 17, 2015 Danny Trevathan and Brandon Marshall are not quite the same players they were going into last season, or parts of them are not the same, at least. Trevathan has a reconstructed kneecap after enduring a few blows to his knee last October and Marshall’s foot surgery in March left him with a few temporary screws to hold things together. As they currently go through rehab every day, both players are shooting to be back on the field for training camp. Although the rest of the team will most likely spend time away during the summer break, Trevathan expects to be at the training facility everyday. “I have no days off,” said Trevathan. “Ever since I had my surgery, I came here. I told them I just want to work. Even if I’m not doing movement I want to be icing or doing something to get this knee better.” While the rest of the Broncos defense has been utilizing this offseason to adjust to new Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillip’s 3-4 system, Trevathan and Marshall have been taking it all in on the sidelines. Though they haven’t been able to get out on the field just yet, the two linebackers have gotten a chance to work alongside one another in the training room. “I wish he wasn’t in there [but] it helps us,” said Trevathan about Marshall’s injury. “It’s always reassuring and it’s positive. [OLB] Von [Miller] and [CB] Chris [Harris Jr.] were together [rehabbing] and you saw how they came back." A year ago, Miller and Harris were both recovering from ACL tears around the same time and said that being together pushed one another to get better. Both would end up returning like they didn’t miss a step, having outstanding seasons that ended in trips to the Pro Bowl. “That’s what me and Brandon are taking out there. We want to be the best —the best fielding linebackers, the best-looking linebackers—everything.” Since both players haven’t been able to put in physical reps on the field, they’ve been getting all of their position work on the mental side in the classroom. “Me and Danny try to do the same thing,” said Marshall. “There’s a lot of responsibility so I think mental reps are just as important. Obviously you need to be in there, but mental reps can help you a lot.” The goal for Marshall and Trevathan is to return in time for training camp, but timetable aside, both players are looking forward to stepping on the field with one another when the time comes. “It’s an exciting thing,” said Trevathan. “[We’re] two capable players and we’re two of the best linebackers in the league. It’s time for people to start noticing that. We came in with kind of a chip on our shoulders. Us lining up next to each other is just extra motivation. I look into his eyes and he looks

into my eyes and we both know that we both have the ability to play and be the best out there. It’s time for us to make a name for ourselves.”

Louis Vasquez welcomes new leadership role with Broncos By Cameron Wolfe DenverPost.com August 7, 2015 At first glance, Louis Vasquez would appear more likely to start, or better yet, end a fight than offer a helping hand. The Broncos' 6-foot-5, 335-pound right guard is the biggest and most physically imposing man on the team. But you wouldn't know it from hearing him speak. "He's not a rah-rah guy. Probably no one else can hear him except the guys in our (meeting) room," offensive line coach Clancy Barone said. "But he's certainly the leader in the room and has been so from Day One this offseason." With the departure of left guard Orlando Franklin in free agency and left tackle Ryan Clady lost to a season-ending knee injury, Vasquez became the main source of guidance for a young, unstable offensive line. Vasquez is exactly what he looks like on the field — a mauler and grinder, a guy you don't want face as a defensive player. Off the field, he prefers to lead by action. He believes you can show a lineman technique critique a lot better than you can tell him. "My mentality is by the end of the fourth quarter, we want to feel your soul wilt in our hands. So I'm trying to instill that in the offensive line because it's dirty work. You might as well get nasty with it," said Vasquez, who was an all-pro and Pro Bowl selection in the 2013 season. Last year Franklin operated as a vocal leader, and stood before the media on multiple occasions as the offensive line received criticism and dealt with desperate position shifts midway through the season. Now Vasquez, 28, has been passed the torch with a less experienced group. Vasquez represents the one known commodity. The Broncos could have four new starters on their offensive line, including rookie left tackle Ty Sambrailo and center Gino Gradkowski. Among the candidates at left guard — Ben Garland, Shelley Smith and Max Garcia — only Smith has made a start in an NFL game. "They're all just big eyed and bushy tailed, trying to take in any information they can," Vasquez said. Relationships are built in the offseason, so after witnessing Garcia's potential, Vasquez decided to take him under his wing. He made guiding Garcia's development into becoming an elite guard one of his primary missions. They work on pass protection after practices.

"As a rookie you don't take anything for granted, especially when you have an elite guard like himself just taking the time to give me some critiques. I'm always looking for someone to emulate," said Garcia, a fourth-round pick in this year's draft. Barone said Vasquez has turned the film room into his personal classroom, often pulling Garcia and others aside not only to point out their mistakes, but to show them how to correct them. Vasquez, a 2009 third-round draft pick from Texas Tech, was a similar player coming into the NFL. Like Garcia, he was a natural power run blocker who had to work hard on pass protection to become one of the best and well-rounded guards in the league. In 2013, his first year with the Broncos after spending his first four with San Diego, Vasquez didn't give up a sack and was ranked 97th on NFL.com's 2014 list of the league's top-100 players. "Louis is a stalwart. He's down there grinding every day. We have to tell him to take a day off," said offensive coordinator Rick Dennison. He was well on his way to repeat his success in the 2014 season, but when the Broncos struggled to find consistency at right tackle from Chris Clark and Paul Cornick they kicked Vasquez outside. He struggled, posting a negative Pro Football Focus blocking grade for the season. He said he never was comfortable with the finesse position. Now he's back at what he calls his home at right guard. His roommates will be different, and Vasquez admitted it will be a tough transition. "Obviously, I miss my brother Manny (Ramirez). It's the nature of the beast; this business doesn't really care about your relationship with other players," Vasquez said. "Whoever is playing next to me, I have to elevate our level of play." If the other four guys on the line turn in the work ethic and focus on technique that Vasquez does, the Broncos offensive line won't be much of a worry at all.

Vaughn, former CSU-Pueblo star, believes he can play for Denver Broncos By David Ramsey Colorado Springs Gazette August 6, 2015 Chase Vaughn roamed North America for three seasons, playing in obscure football leagues. How obscure? I didn't realize the Indoor Football League and the United Football League existed. Vaughn is a young man from the suburbs of Denver who played linebacker for CSU-Pueblo (2007-2009) while the program developed into a national Division II power. He's saved his final push for the football league that captivates a huge chunk of America. He wants to play linebacker for the Broncos. This veteran of the Spokane Shock (Arena Football League), Las Vegas Locomotives (United Football League), Calgary Stampeders (Canadian Football League) and Colorado Ice (Indoor Football League) hopes to wear an orange No. 49 in the fall. "I'm very optimistic," Vaughn says, minutes after finishing practice. "Obviously, I've come a long way. I've been through it all. I've come too far, basically, to give myself the option to fail." Vaughn is the longest of long shots. Anybody can see this truth. Except, maybe, No. 49. "I try not to think about Plan B," he says. "I'm one of those people who live in the moment, so I try not to even give myself that option. I know I'm going to be OK no matter what happens. God will take care of me." When Vaughn was 10, he traveled to his grandmother's house in suburban Denver to watch a football game. It was Jan. 25, 1998, the day of the Broncos-Packers Super Bowl. He had a vague idea the Broncos were a big deal. When John Elway took a helicopter-like ride to a vital first down in the third quarter, the living room erupted in joy. Vaughn could fully see the power of the Broncos. "I know how crazy the fan base is," he says. He knows because his own family is part of that massive base. Like many of us, he's listened to aunts and uncles and cousins and grandmothers shouting at the TV as they sought to push the Broncos to victory. Vaughn wants, after years of wandering through the football wilderness, to be one of those players on the TV screen. He boasts the look of an NFL linebacker with a 6-foot-2, 249-pound frame.

But he's struggling against severe odds as he seeks to make the Broncos 53-player roster, or even the Broncos practice squad. He's a free agent, and he must make a big splash. Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. took the free-agent route to NFL stardom. He knows it's a rugged journey. "I root for all undrafted guys, man," Harris said. "I know the fight they have to take. They have to make plays above and beyond to get noticed. A guy like Chase has been doing a good job. He's been working, but when you're undrafted, you have to make plays that stand out to separate yourself from everybody else." John Wristen, coach at CSU-Pueblo, believes Vaughn can make those plays. He watched Vaughn terrorize running backs and quarterbacks. He knows Vaughn's potential. Vaughn and Wristen talk at least once a month. Wristen offers encouragement, tells Vaughn to keep striving, to keep believing. These are not mere words. Wristen is convinced Vaughn can play in the NFL. Why? "Because he's Chase," Wristen said from his Pueblo office. "Nobody has worked harder. Nobody has been better about doing all the right things. Plus, he's a pretty damn good football player." Wristen laughs. He's followed Vaughn's football odyssey, with all its quirky detours. "This is a great story," Wristen says. "It just needs a happy ending."

Vance Walker brings value, versatility in attempt to rebound with Broncos By Troy RenckDenverPost.com May 22, 2015

Vance Walker found obscurity in Kansas City.

It wasn't supposed to happen this way. The Chiefs chased Walker in free agency last March, turning him into their prized offseason acquisition, and almost immediately he became lost on their depth chart.

Walker played well. If he played. He started twice and logged more than 20 snaps in only three games. Seen as a catalyst to an evolving defensive line mix, he turned into a casualty, released after one year.

"I dealt with that when it happened. It's an unfortunate situation. I can complain about it, but I've let it go months ago," Walker said last week.

For the Broncos, Walker's inability to crack the Chiefs' rotation might be the best thing to happen for them. He remained a productive, if sparingly-used player, last season. The Chiefs guaranteed Walker $3.75 million on a three-year, $13.75-million contract. The Broncos kept him from signing with the Seattle Seahawks when he agreed to a two-year, $4-million contract with a $1.5-million signing bonus.

Value and versatility make Walker an intriguing offseason addition in the highly anticipated switch to a 3-4 defense that, nonetheless, features uncertainty along the defensive line.

"It's obviously a priority as we move forward, and we'll play a lot of people," coach Gary Kubiak said.

Walker, 28, didn't produce as expected in Kansas City, unable to supplant Allen Bailey or Jaye Howard. The Chiefs saved $1.7 million in salary cap space by cutting ties. Their desire to move on doesn't mean Walker can't move blockers. Insert a DVD from last season, and you will see the 6-foot-2, 305-pound Walker line up from end to nose and everywhere in between on multiple series.

He has consistently done one thing well, making him a potential fit for defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, who looks "to put players in position to succeed."

Pressure Point

Vance Walker signed a two-year deal for $4-million with the Broncos, choosing Denver over Seattle. He will be counted on to provide versatility along the defensive line. A look at how he stacks up against the Broncos' two remaining defensive tackles from last season, according to Pro Football Focus:

Defensive Lineman QB Sacks QB Hits QB hurries Snaps Vance Walker 2 1 8 238 Sylvester Williams 0 3 13 468 Marvin Austin 0 1 5 299

Walker boasts pass-rushing skills. He posted 32 quarterback hurries in 2013 with Oakland, fifth best among 3-4 defensive tackles, and eight last season in 238 snaps, nearly half of which came in just two games. "The nose has a lot of versatility in this system," Walker said. "The biggest thing is really getting after the quarterback. That's something that I like to do. I'm just looking forward to it." Pressure up the middle defines strong defenses. In NFL parlance, it means moving the quarterback off his spot. A hand in the face or a push of the center, preventing the quarterback from planting to throw, can lead to turnovers. The Broncos delivered in many ways last season — their defense ranked first in franchise history in rushing yards allowed per game — but they were not consistently disruptive. Denver ranked 13th in turnovers produced at 25. Phillips' defense features interchangeable parts, aggressive schemes, and a focus on reaching the pocket with purpose. DeMarcus Ware spent four seasons with Phillips in Dallas, earning three first-team All-Pro berths, while averaging 15 sacks. "The new guys, the guys already here, everybody's going to be able to thrive to a new level in this type of defense," Ware said. "The offenses really have to be keen on who's bringing the pressure because this is a pressure defense." Walker, a teammate at Georgia Tech with Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas and WWE star Roman Reigns, can help by providing impact and depth. The Broncos' want to use a rotation of players, but effectiveness is required to share snaps. It didn't happen in Kansas City. That, Walker said, is over. Denver presents an unrivaled opportunity. "We have super high expectations. Just to be the best. We've got a really good group of guys between the D-Line, the linebackers, the ends obviously, the cornerbacks and safeties. I don't think I've ever been on a team more talented," Walker said. "We have high expectations. We've just got to go out there and work every day to live up to those."

T.J. Ward envisions defense leading NFL in takeaways By Ben Swanson DenverBroncos.com August 1, 2015 In certain regards, the Broncos defense will have a tough time improving from its impressive marks in 2014. The secondary allowed a franchise-record low in average yardage per completion and the rushing defense allowed 79.8 yards per game, second-best in the NFL last year. However, where the defense wants to make its mark in 2015 is in takeaways. Last year the Broncos forced 25 turnovers, 13th in the league and tied with six other teams. This year, they want more. "I want [us] to lead the league in interceptions," safety T.J. Ward began. "I want to lead the league in sacks from the secondary. I want to lead the league in turnovers. And if we do that, we'll be pretty good." Where that can stem from is Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips' defensive philosophy to unleash defensive players' natural aggression. "Sacks, interceptions, getting to the quarterback, pressuring the offense, making them play your style of football instead of playing theirs," Ward said of how the turnover goals reconcile with the new defensive mindset. "I'd like us to take advantage of the interception opportunities we had," Ward said. "I think we dropped some interceptions last year. I'd like to see us have more forced fumbles. I don't think we had many forced fumbles last year. I just want to see us score on defense. Big plays, turnovers. That's what we want and that's what we can improve on from last year." Getting to the quarterback or flushing him out of the pocket to force mistakes are imperative ways to get those takeaways, as are using disguises or simply employing "flat out good coverage." "As good as we were last year, we can be, I feel, a lot better," Ward said. "I feel we can be a lot better this year, and that’s the plan and that’s the goal."

Ware, veterans detail vital teaching process By Ben Swanson DenverBroncos.com August 4, 2015 In his 21 years of coaching in the NFL and his 11 years as a NFL player, Offensive Coordinator Rick Dennison has certainly seen a lot in this league. But the predilection of defensive players for teaching offensive players is something that demonstrates not only a first for Dennison but a helpful mindset and beneficial culture. "The [defensive backs] have all been helping our guys saying, 'This is what we're seeing from you guys,' and 'This is why we're doing this.' They have been really good," Dennison said. "The defense has been great trying to help us out. [...] [We'll take] anything that they can add to us to help us for September, because we're not playing the Broncos, we're just practicing right and getting ready. I've overheard DBs tell us, 'This is how you're running this route. That's why I know that’s coming.' It's been awesome." DeMarcus Ware has also been a major help as he lines up opposite of tackle Ty Sambrailo on the left side. Ware's 11 years of NFL experience -- including eight Pro Bowls and four first-team All-Pro selections -- are a boon for the Broncos when he's on the field. Part of that benefit during training camp and offseason workouts has been his guidance to the rookie offensive lineman who is expected to protect Peyton Manning's blind side. "Ty is a young guy," Dennison added, "and [Ware] can tell him how he is going to attack him, what he sees and what he feels." Ware, as can be expected of a player of his distinction going against a rookie, has been able to get the best of Sambrailo, but it's about more than simply the outcome of a single rep or a single day's reps. "It’s about teaching him a lesson of 'Why not do this? If you do this and I see it, the next person is going to do the same thing.' And it's like that tough love," Ware said. "Sometimes you win, sometimes you don't and sometimes you don't win at all. But eventually, if you're in that dark you'll find that light and you better crawl out of there. So, I think you just keep that thumb down on him all the time. And if you're hard on him, it'll be easier during the football game." In the end, the goal is that after facing edge rushers like Ware and Von Miller, the young linemen will go into games better prepared and with more confidence and more experience. "I think when you're in practice it's actually harder than in the game because they know how you're going to attack them they know what you want to do," Ware said. "And I will do certain things to them to say, 'Hey, look at your stance. I know you're in a pass rush [protection] stance, I know you're in a blocking stance.'" The effect is that the linemen learn to disguise their stances from defenders who can read them. "And they change these things during the minicamps and the training camps to become a better player," Ware continued. "Or 'Why did you overset me and I went inside?' Or I do things to set him up so then when he goes against somebody else, he looks at me or they'll come to the sideline and say, 'Man, that

was easy!' They say that, and I'm like, 'Yeah, because you went against me, you went against Von, you went against Shane Ray every single day and we're trying to kick your butt, knowing that when you go into the game, everything else is going to be a piece of cake.' "He's the athlete, but it's all about building that confidence." How they teach their own Ware doesn't just offer advice to players on the other side of the line of scrimmage, obviously. It's not difficult to spot him (or Miller for that matter) off to the side speaking with rookie Shane Ray or going over technique. Following the conclusion of practice on Sunday, Ware and Ray walked off the field together, still ostensibly discussing the day's practice. The expectation is that although Ware and Miller should start ahead of him, Ray will make an impact when he's on the field. So Ware and Miller offer whatever tips come to mind and Ray absorbs them, whether it's in pass rush or run defense. "He's one of those guys where he's a great listener," Ware said. "He learns very fast and I talked to him and I said, 'You have the title of a rookie, but you're going to have to play this year. You're going to have to go out there and be effective, no matter if you’re out there for me, or Von. You're going to have to learn our positions.' So, he's taking that with much respect and getting out there and getting ready to play and do what he needs to do. And I'm going to groom him up the best way that I can." The type of tutelage that Ware is giving the rookies is something cornerback Chris Harris Jr. has not only received, but that he can now give as well. When Harris finished his collegiate career, he went undrafted and signed as a college free agent with the Broncos but had to work hard to impress coaches and stick on the active roster, mostly making an impact on special teams. But legendary Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey was there to take him under his wing, teaching him about being a pro and pointers on his technique. Now a veteran starter and one of the NFL's best at his position, Harris is in Bailey's role, including as a mentor. However, with enough practice reps and years under their belts, the question for veterans like Harris becomes how do you impart experience that has become second nature? Like his own mentor, Harris finds the film room is the best place to teach. "Just in the film room, [that's] where you can really watch film with the guys and really help them see what I see," Harris said. "Champ, we really just relied, like I said, on the film room. We were just sitting there, talking about different techniques, the best way to play this coverage, learn how teams attack you. That's what I learned from Champ. I learned how teams like to attack you in different coverages and that’s something that kind of stuck to me." For 10-year veteran tight end Owen Daniels, he uses certain keys to help teach young players some of the finer points of his position, which often comes back to blocking. "There are always keys out there that you can kind of pay attention to," Daniels said, "whether you're running a route and keying on a coverage or you're in a pass protection and keying a stance or keying a

rotation with the safety and kind of knowing where guys are going so that you kind of have a head start on what's going on. "It's easy to play when you know where your defender is going and you'll be able to block them. So [there are] just little things like that, little nuance things that you can kind of pick up. When you're seeing the same guy every day you can kind of pick up on some things and make it a little bit easier on yourself." Ultimately, Ware knows his teaching can only go so far. No two people are exactly alike and how his pupils use his advice will in part be a reflection of their own style. "You tell them the fundamentals of the technique and how to do it," Ware says. "And you let them mold it to their own character, how they do it themselves. Because how I do it is not going to be the same how Shane Ray or Von do it, but the thing is: The fundamentals and the steps of how to do it are going to be the same, but how you get to it, it might be different. And at the end, the final execution is going to look the same." Few active players have the breadth of knowledge that Ware does. He has an array of moves with outstanding technique that has made him one of the best pass rushers to ever play in the NFL, and ultimately as a teacher all he can do is show the young players what he knows and let them utilize it to become the best player they can be. "When you come in as a rookie, you know you have the college moves but then you figure out that there's a wide array of things that you can do and change," Ware says. "So you just try to throw the kitchen sink at them and you just let them figure out their own toolbox and just let them get comfortable first at playing ball and the change of speed and different guys. And it's all about hustle. All you tell them is just hustle as much as you can."

Sylvester Williams draws Broncos coaches' praise By Troy Renck DenverPost.com August 3, 2015 Sylvester Williams recalled the moment that explains how significantly his career has shifted over the past year. At the end of Saturday's practice, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak singled him out in front of the team for his relentless effort. Williams' progress remains central to the defensive line. If the nose tackle reaches his potential it would echo across the front seven. "To hear that (praise) meant a lot. They preach, 'Finish plays, be disruptive.' They want 100 percent," Williams said after Monday's practice. "I would say there were opportunities for me to get noticed (last season) if I played better, but obviously I wasn't meeting their expectations. It's a different year for me. Hopefully I can play up to their expectations and keep it going." Entering his third season, Williams relishes change, embraces the pressure. He weighs 318 pounds after, on orders, adding weight over the past month. He remains in the middle, but the switch to the 3-4 defense revised his job description. He no longer is asked to hold the line. He is asked to move it. "Penetrate. Get up the field and make plays, that is what coach (Bill Kollar) talks about all the time," Williams said. "I think it's helping me out a lot. I love to get off the ball." Williams' ability to reach the backfield stood out at North Carolina, convincing the Broncos to select him with the 28th pick in 2013. He barely played as a rookie, but started 13 games last season. Terrance Knighton, who remains a close friend, predicted Williams' would "break out" last season, and helped him learn to dissect film and recognize blocking nuances. Williams grew mentally, but physically the 4-3 failed to bring out Williams' talent, leaving him a first-down player with 18 tackles. In the 3-4, Williams provides versatility, a bear of a man capable of moving up and down the line. Williams remained active Monday as the defensive line produced its first tipped passes in padded 11-on-11 drills. Williams has no desire to leave the field, and continues to push toward that goal by leaving everything on the field. "At the end of his practice he was at his best," Kubiak said. "He has responded to Kollar's way of coaching and what Bill is trying to get him to do. He has been an impressive player. Not only through what little bit we've seen in camp, but he did it through the offseason, too." Williams will be counted on to slow the run. But he won't be typecast. He is looking to do damage after playing tentatively last season, afraid any mistake would land him on the bench. "I am able to do some of the things again that I was good at in college," Williams said. "I will get some double teams. If I get a one-on-one matchup, I feel like I can make a play."

The Broncos defense boasts five returning Pro Bowlers, and added Shane Ray, a top-10 rookie talent, to help rush the passer. The only question lingers up front. Great teams build from the inside out, and Williams appears determined to reverse the perception of him and the unit he's been trusted to anchor. "This is the hardest working group I have been around since I've been here," Williams said. "We have guys who can play all positions. It gives a chance to stay fresh. We are not focused on numbers. We are focused on getting better. And I am doing everything I can to show the coaches they can believe in me." Tackling the competition The Broncos continue to praise the progress of nose tackle Sylvester Williams, an early star in camp. NFL reporter Troy E. Renck examines how he ranks in production among the first 10 tackles drafted in 2013:

Player, pick TeamCareer tackles

Career sacks

Sheldon Richardson (13) Jets 84 11.5

Bennie Logan (67) Eagles 69 2

Star Lotulelei (14) Panthers 55 5

Kawann Short (44) Panthers 41 5

Johnathan Hankins (49) Giants 39 7

Sharrif Floyd (23) Vikings 38 7

John Jenkins (82) Saints 38 1

Sylvester Williams (28) Broncos 32 2

Brandon Williams (94) Ravens 32 1.5

Jordan Hill (87) Seahawks 19 7

Derek Wolfe hopes new season brings back old form By Jeff Legwold ESPN.com May 24, 2015 When the Denver Broncos watched the list of players on injured reserve grow and grow in 2013, it included defensive regulars like linebacker Von Miller, cornerback Chris Harris Jr. and defensive end Derek Wolfe. Miller bounced back during the 2014 season with 14 sacks and was named to the Pro Bowl. Harris Jr. completed one of the most remarkable recoveries in league history going from ACL surgery to his first game in seven months on his way to his first Pro Bowl appearance. For Wolfe, his recovery from a frightening seizure on the team bus, things have taken a little longer. For his part Wolfe said he felt "healthy" last season, but that he still didn't feel like the player he had been on the field before his incident; that there was just something missing from his game. "I'm very impatient with things like that, when it comes to my body, my recovery and stuff like that, I'm very impatient," Wolfe said following a recent workout at the team's complex. "I thought I was going to bounce back quicker than I did. I bounced back heath-wise, but the way I moved … you still subconsciously you hesitate." After his rookie season in 2012 -- he finished with 40 tackles and six sacks -- Wolfe looked like a high-motor player who just may get himself into a Pro Bowl discussion in the seasons to come. But then he was sidelined for 10 days in the preseason in 2013 after his arms and legs went numb following a collision in an August game in Seattle. Then on Nov. 29, 2013, on the team's bus ride to the airport for a game in Kansas City, Wolfe suffered a seizure and underwent a variety of tests in the days that followed. He practiced just twice after that as doctors searched for the source of his troubles. Since, Wolfe has said he had his bruise on his spinal cord from the preseason collision and he believes he came back too soon in the weeks that followed before the seizure. He lost 30 pounds at that time and by the time Broncos began their offseason program last year he said he had gained 20 of those pounds back and was entering the season with hopes of "playing just like I did before.'' And at times last season Wolfe showed the high-impact work they wanted in their lineup, but at other times he still looked to be re-gaining his football balance. He finished with 35 tackles, 1.5 sacks as he played 67 percent of the defensive snaps. As the Broncos work through this year's offseason program Wolfe said he feels more like the player he was as a rookie, both physically and mentally. "Definitely my footwork, my movement, quickness is starting to come back," Wolfe said. "[I'm] getting used to carrying that weight again. Going a whole year and not carrying that weight will get you."

Wolfe projects as a quality fit as a defensive end in the team's new 3-4 defense. Wolfe and Malik Jackson -- the pair have split plenty of snaps with each other in the Broncos personnel groupings over the last three seasons -- will both play at end.

Now in the final year of his original four-year deal, Wolfe sees the coming season as an opportunity to reset his game as well.

"Whatever they need me to do I'll do it," Wolfe said. "[I] thought I was going to end up [as a rookie], was with a 3-4 team … and I can get back to playing the way I like to play.

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