1. Broncos (0-0): The defending champion gets two things: A regular-season home opener on Thursday night (unless the local baseball team is in town) and the top spot in the initial PFT power rankings until they lose. Which could happen very, very soon. 2. Panthers (0-0): Three straight division titles, a 15-1 regular season in…
NFL coaches don’t relish playing Thursday night games after playing on a Sunday. Most don’t mind the idea of starting the season on a Thursday. Panthers coach Ron Rivera doesn’t share that viewpoint. “We only have a week [since the preseason finale to prepare] where other teams will have 10 days that you kind of…
via Ron Rivera doesn’t seem enthused about starting the season on a Thursday — ProFootballTalk
Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian will make the first regular season start of his NFL career on Thursday night and presumably will throw his first regular season passes in the process. Should enough of those passes land incomplete or in the arms of Panthers defenders, some will surely begin to wonder when the Broncos will deem…
via Elway: Trevor Siemian won’t be looking over his shoulder — ProFootballTalk
DENVER (AP) – Socrates Brito snapped a seventh-inning tie with a three-run homer, and the Arizona Diamondbacks held off a late rally to beat the Colorado Rockies 8-5 on Sunday. Archie Bradley scattered six hits over six innings and Jean Segura had three hits in his return to the lineup for Arizona. Bradley (6-8) struck…
via Jon Gray Roughed Up In 7th, Diamondbacks Beat Rockies, 8-5 — CBS Denver
Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera says his team’s Super Bowl loss — as well as previous losses by the Broncos and Seahawks — provide learning opportunities for his players moving forward.
via Rivera: Broncos’ loss to Seahawks teaching tool for Panthers — NFL.com
Here, kitty kitty. With Cam Newton & Company headed West, there’s only four words: Welcome back to football. “Every super hero is thought to be unstoppable, until he meets another.”
via Broncos Insider: Are you ready for some football? — The Denver Post
Peko never did hit waivers. When the Broncos officially announced their roster just before 3 p.m. Saturday, Peko wasn’t one of the 22 players waived or released. So what changed?
via Kyle Peko’s roller-coaster 28 hours: From getting cut to the Broncos 53-man roster — The Denver Post
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