Broncos News - Boots N' All

Ok guys, I thought I would put up a post with all the latest news and do a few updates to the website. And has become the case there is a lot of news to report from 'Drama' Valley. There just isn't going to be a quite day in Denver, not for a while with Tebow round. Well there are a lot of things to cover so lets get into it.

First up the news from today about the signing of ILB Nick Greisen, who if you remember was with the team last year but got injured before the season started. He did disappear off the team at some point, but he has been resigned. At 30 it is unlikely he will get a starting job, but you never know, but he is an excellent special teamer. Maybe he can take some reps on ST so Larsen can start at ILB?

Next up is the issue of Ryan Clady, dude what were you thinking! Clady could be out for at least three months after partially tearing his patellar tendon over the weekend while playing basketball. But this sort of thing is a freak accident so not much can be done to prevent it, just hope he can recover quickly and get back onto the field. Hopefully before the season starts, because we don't have much depth behind him. Tyler Polumbus? I hope not, we could see the Broncos go after Flozell Adams formerly of the Cowboys, or could possibly trade for Jammal Brown of the Saints to help fill the void.

Check out the video "Its unfortunate" on NFL.com, McD talks about Clady and Tebow, also note at the end the little joke that McD throws it. Brought a smile to my face.

Another addition to the Broncos team was Akin Ayodele who we added during the end of the draft. Akin is a ILB for the Miami dolphins, he had 70 tackles last year and rotates in with the starters. Expect him to share time with Haggan at the other ILB spot next to DJ. Something cool to note "Akin" is a short name for "Akinola", which in Yoruba language means 'undefeated warrior'.

The next bit of news of course is the draft it's self. Now for those of you who missed it, it was a very busy few days for the Broncos. Trading picks a number of times and moving around to make 9 selections in the draft. They did give up a 5th and 6th round pick in next years draft to get it done. But these are the players that they ended up with:

Demaryius Thomas WR
Tim Tebow QB
Zane Beadles T-G
J.D Walton C
Eric Decker WR
Perrish Cox CB
Eric Oslen C
Syd'quan Thompson CB
Jammie Kirlew OLB/DE

Check out Draft Pick analysis to get a bit more information on each pick.

The Broncos also signed a number of undrafted rookies, 19 in total. They are:

Kevin Alexander ... OLB/DE ... 6-4 ... 265 ... Clemson
Alric Arnett ... WR ... 6-2 ... 189 ... West Virginia
Toney Baker ... RB ... 5-10 ... 225 ... North Carolina State
Jaron Baston ... DL ... 6-1 ... 305 ... Missouri
Devin Bishop ... ILB ... 6-1 ... 239 ... California
Korey Bosworth ... OLB/DE ... 6-1 ... 242 ... UCLA
Marcellus Bowman ... S ... 6-2 ... 225 ... Boston College
Chris Brown ... RB ... 5-10 ... 200 ... Oklahoma
Paul Duncan ... T ... 6-7 ... 315 ... Notre Dame
Ben Garland ... DL ... 6-5 ... 275 ... Air Force
Riar Geer ... TE ... 6-4 ... 250 ... Colorado
Patrick Honeycutt ... WR ... 5-9 ... 172 ... Middle Tennessee State
Chris Marinelli ... T ... 6-7 ... 300 ... Stanford
Kyle McCarthy ... S ... 6-1 ... 210 ... Notre Dame
Nathan Overbay ... TE ... 6-5 ... 270 ... Eastern Washington
Michael Shumard ... G ... 6-5 ... 301 ... Texas A&M
Jeff Stehle ... DL ... 6-6 ... 310 ... Wisconsin
Cassius Vaughn ... CB ... 5-11 ... 195 ... Mississippi
Landis Williams ... WR ... 5-10 ... 174 ... Maine

Because of these new players there will be a number of changes to players numbers and new ones will be assigned to the rookies. The new numbers are below:

2010 NFL Draft Picks:
Demaryius Thomas: 88
Tim Tebow: 15
Zane Beadles: 68
J.D. Walton: 50
Eric Decker: 87
Perrish Cox: 32
Eric Olsen: 69
Syd’Quan Thompson: 43
Jammie Kirlew: 53

New Numbers:
J.J. Arrington: 26
Akin Ayodele: 51
Justin Bannan: 99
D’Anthony Batiste: 67
Bruce Hall: 29
Tyler Polumbus: 77
A.J. Trapasso: 2
Jamal Williams: 76

Notes about the numbers: Tim Tebow's jersey has been the hottest jersey at the moment, it has broken all previous jersey sale records for a rookie. Also Eric Decker picked 87 the same number as Eddie McCaffrey, some believe Decker could be the second coming of McCaffrey, only time will tell. Check out the Q&A Decker did for Bronocs Zone.

And finally onto the news for today and going ahead. All the rookies are in or heading to Dove Valley for rookie training camp. All 28 rookies will be in attendance to start their NFL careers. Check out this video about Training Tebow on NFL.com. The training dates are as follows:

Today-Sunday: Mandatory, rookies-only minicamp

Voluntary full-squad minicamps: May 17-19; May 24-27; June 2-4; June 7-9

Mandatory full-squad minicamp: June 11-13

Well that is it from me ~ Aussie Out!

Help our Rookies be the BEST!

For me, I am a massive madden fan, but hate it when our good players get ripped off on stats and our players are, well crap. If you didn't know Madden 11 is already in the works. And it has some really cool stuff on it and the improvements look good. But what I am saying is I came across this:

http://maddennfl.easports.com/draft.action

This is were fans can come and vote for the ratings for this years rookies. Now I don't think the game stats will just be based on this but they will be used in the final ratings. That being said you need to pass this on to every broncos madden fan who is sick of having crap ratings for our players. We need to get out there and vote to give our rookies the best chance of getting good ratings. So pass this on and vote!

Competition Results and Winner

Well as you can see in the picture it was a close run race this year. With Doc and 80# tying for the lead and the victory. So for 2010 the Broncos Blog Draft Guru (BBDG) will be Doc and 80#. It was a fun comp and was an interesting draft process. I was happy with what we did but was very disappointed that we passed up so much young defensive talent. Would I have preferred defense talent with the extra 2nd, 3rd and 4th we used on Tebow, yes I would have. But if Tebow pans out and I bloody hope he does then I will be OK with this chose, but at the moment I worry, because we have to go against some of the most explosive players in the AFC West with Dad's army.

Oh well on to the table of results and showing what we know about the draft, we did, well terrible, but it was fun. Here is to the Broncos in 2010.

Doc	6
80#	6
Gouldinator1	4
Digger	3 1/2
Florio's_mom	3 1/2
TRB	4

If you don't like your marks or want to contest, post it in the comments, your marks will also be down there. ~ Aussie Out!

Comp Leader Board after the 1st Round

Ok guys below is the table with peoples name(handle) and their score so far. So out of a possible 32 points these are the scores that we got. I have only marked the first part, the part about the 1st round. After the weekend I will go over the second part, the broncos draft. I haven't started marking for that so no points have been given for part 2. Check the comments below for your marks if you think you were ripped off.

Doc	5
80#	5
Gouldinator1	4
Digger	3 1/2
Florio's_mom	3
TRB	4

I gave TRB 4 points, he didn't submit the first part but he did a 2nd part. So I gave him the average from our 5 results so he could be involved.

Tebow, Thomas Make For Wild First Round For Broncos in 2010 NFL Draft

Well my fellow crazy Broncomaniacs, it is official... QB Tim Tebow and WR Demaryius Thomas are now apart of the Denver Broncos. Honestly, I am THRILLED with these picks. At first I couldn't figure why in the world McDaniels kept trading down but now, the wait was totally worth it. I hate to say it like this but I think we have as close of replacement as we're gonna get for Brandon Marshall. Thomas is similar in style, height, and build like Marshall, and I think he can do a world of good with Denver. Our offense is gonna be rockin' and a rollin' this season. I can hardly stand the excitement. As for Tebow... McD is a genius. I think he's going to prove himself to a lot of people and overcome his "underdog" status.

I proudly welcome both players to Denver and now hopefully I can muster up the patience to wait 4 months for at least some pre-season action. I'm not so sure I can make it. This may sound like an overreaction but I am really content with our QB's... Orton, Quinn and Tebow (I think we all know Brandstater is gonna go).

For just the first round, man, we were all over the place but I think we played it really smart. We are the talk of the draft so far for a couple of reasons: first we trade all over the place, then not to outshine the pick of Thomas but by us picking Tebow, we already made the major news on the Yahoo homepage. haha No one thought he'd get picked in the first round... we made some major news tonight, and for good reason. I hope I'm not the only one really excited about these picks. Boys, I think we are in for a surprise this season. This was an absolutely wild and unpredictable first round... and to think there are 2 more days of this! Brace yourselves.

Keep the faith Bronco Country....
GO BRONCOS in 2010!!!!

Oh and Tebow is smokin' hot!! He's gonna look fabulous in Bronco Orange & Blue! Yep, this was a fun time... fun time indeed!

Comments For the Mock Draft Competition

This is just so we can start a new post to comment and talk on. I saw TheRoyalBeast had commented on the Competition Submission post. I would like to keep that Post to mock draft submissions only just to make it a little easier on Aussie. I thought I'd make this post for us to talk on and stuff. So talk away!

Also just wanted to say good luck to everyone because your going to need it!