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3 months, 1 week ago

Russell Wilson’s calf injury figures to make his return to Denver with the Steelers just a footnote

DENVER — The Denver Broncos expect to see Russell Wilson on the sideline in full pads and eye black this weekend, just as he was in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ opener at Atlanta despite being inactive with a strained calf. “But certainly it starts with Fields.” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin began the week saying, “We’re preparing as if Justin is going …

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4 months ago

Rookie Bo Nix wins Broncos’ starting QB job over Jarrett Stidham and Zach Wilson

Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver’s unconventional quarterback competition concluded Wednesday with one final plot twist when Broncos coach Sean Payton walked up to his QBs during warmups and informed them rookie Bo Nix had won the starting job. “Because I’m not going to spend meetings with the rest of the team on every one of these other positions.” Besides, he said, …

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4 months ago

Bo Nix named Broncos starter, Denver’s first rookie QB to start in Week 1 since John Elway

New York Times

The 2024 edition of The Athletic’s NFL Quarterback Tiers is here. “‘What else can I get better at?’ ‘What else can we get better at?’ ‘We like this route, we like this, but let’s try and do it like this next time and we might be able to get more yards and take it to another level.’ To have a …

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4 months ago

Rookie Bo Nix strengthens his bid for the Broncos’ starting QB job in a 27-2 win over the Packers

Associated Press

DENVER — Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton isn’t ready to name rookie quarterback Bo Nix his starter just yet. I’m not announcing any starting quarterback tonight,” Payton said after Nix made another strong case for the gig when he led Denver to scores on both of his drives in his first NFL start, a 27-2 win over the Green Bay …

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7 months ago

Sean Payton praises all 3 quarterbacks competing for Broncos starting job

Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos closed out their first week of OTAs Thursday with coach Sean Payton praising all three quarterbacks competing for the starting job and cautioning that nothing should be read into the order in which they take snaps. “There’s going to be a time when you read into the reps, I don’t think it’s early in …

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7 months ago

Can Zach Wilson begin a fruitful second act with Broncos? It starts in the huddle

New York Times

Few quarterbacks have faced more scrutiny during their first three years in the NFL than Zach Wilson encountered under the glaring lights in New York. “We’ll figure it out,” said Payton, who has given no indication of the quarterback pecking order since Wilson and Nix joined Stidham on the roster. “… But we’ll have a rotation, and we’ll go from …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Steelers’ Mike Tomlin says Russell Wilson has ‘pole position’ for starting QB job

Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — — Russell Wilson’s resume and experience give him the edge over Justin Fields. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Monday that Wilson is considered Pittsburgh’s starting quarterback but Fields will get a chance to compete. “We’re not resistant to competition, but as I’ve mentioned several times of late, I just think it’s appropriate to establish positioning.. and the …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Broncos’ brass indicates a divorce with QB Russell Wilson isn’t inevitable following his benching

Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Maybe Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos aren’t headed for a costly divorce, after all. But it hasn’t been decided relative to what our plans are and that as soon as we know something that certainly he would be the first to know.” Payton said there was indeed a scenario in which Wilson returns as his starting …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Even under Sean Payton, the Denver Broncos were a drama-filled team that missed out on the playoffs

Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Sean Payton was hired to clean up the mess Nathaniel Hackett left behind, put the Denver Broncos back on the path to the playoffs and salvage the $242.6 million investment the team made in Russell Wilson just five months earlier. Wilson, who went 11-19 in orange and navy, revealed after he was benched that management had approached …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Broncos predictions at NFL midseason: There’s no replacing Russell Wilson in 2023

New York Times

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos are emerging from their bye with a two-game winning streak, but they face a massive test on the road against the Buffalo Bills on Monday night. The Broncos’ win over the Chiefs broke a 16-game losing streak to the division rivals and gave hope Denver could turn its season around after a 1-5 start. …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Randy Gregory latest in string of free-agency misses that have hampered Broncos

New York Times

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Days after George Paton was hired as the general manager of the Denver Broncos in January of 2021, he laid out his roster philosophy for a team trying to find its way. “To draft and develop talent, you bring high-character players into your organization, you develop them and hopefully get them second contracts, and that’s how you …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Russell Wilson starting to look like his old self under tutelage of Sean Payton

Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Russell Wilson is starting to look like his old self again. It’s exactly what coach Sean Payton wanted to see when he sent Wilson and the rest of the starters out for a fourth drive in Denver’s preseason opener at Arizona last week. Following three fruitless drives — a three-and-out and two missed field goals — in …

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1 year, 9 months ago

C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Aaron Glenn are back together, ready to take the Lions to the next level

New York Times

It was 2015 at Nike’s World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., home of “The Opening,” a high school football showcase highlighting the future of the sport. “He was thinking I was gonna sit him out for a play,” Glenn said, recalling the story a day later in a conference room at the Lions’ practice facility. Glenn coined Gardner-Johnson’s nickname, “Deucey,” in …

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2 years, 10 months ago

NBA 75: And they’re revealed … The Athletic’s panel’s ballots for best all-time players

New York Times

We’re here at the conclusion of The Athletic’s four-month-long countdown of the 75 best players in NBA history. 75 to Michael Jordan at No. 1, the project came to about 300,000 words written by 45 writers for 75 player features, 24 complementary pieces and one introduction to the series back on Nov. 1, 2021. So, to avoid adding more words …

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3 years ago

‘It’s really wild’: Saints set to start rookie QB Ian Book after COVID-19 outbreak

New York Times

New Orleans Saints tight end Nick Vannett tried to look at the positive side of the Saints’ COVID-19 outbreak Thursday. “When I was with the Broncos and we were playing the Saints, we didn’t have a quarterback on the roster,” Vannett said. “Fortunately we don’t have exactly that issue, right now, but at least we have some time to kind …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Saints positional previews: Can Adam Trautman be a No. 1 tight end in an offense that relies on them?

New York Times

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of position-by-position articles breaking down every player on the Saints roster as we build up to the start of training camp later this month. The Saints didn’t make a huge splash in free agency like they have before, but they did add former Broncos tight end Nick Vannett. The interesting thing regarding …

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Russell Wilson’s calf injury figures to make his return to Denver with the Steelers just a footnote

Rookie Bo Nix wins Broncos’ starting QB job over Jarrett Stidham and Zach Wilson

Bo Nix named Broncos starter, Denver’s first rookie QB to start in Week 1 since John Elway

Rookie Bo Nix strengthens his bid for the Broncos’ starting QB job in a 27-2 win over the Packers

Sean Payton praises all 3 quarterbacks competing for Broncos starting job

Can Zach Wilson begin a fruitful second act with Broncos? It starts in the huddle

Steelers’ Mike Tomlin says Russell Wilson has ‘pole position’ for starting QB job

Broncos’ brass indicates a divorce with QB Russell Wilson isn’t inevitable following his benching

Even under Sean Payton, the Denver Broncos were a drama-filled team that missed out on the playoffs

Broncos predictions at NFL midseason: There’s no replacing Russell Wilson in 2023

Randy Gregory latest in string of free-agency misses that have hampered Broncos

Russell Wilson starting to look like his old self under tutelage of Sean Payton

C.J. Gardner-Johnson and Aaron Glenn are back together, ready to take the Lions to the next level

NBA 75: And they’re revealed … The Athletic’s panel’s ballots for best all-time players

‘It’s really wild’: Saints set to start rookie QB Ian Book after COVID-19 outbreak

Saints positional previews: Can Adam Trautman be a No. 1 tight end in an offense that relies on them?