Denver Broncos News

The Denver Broncos must pay US$220,000 to former receiver Ashley Lelie in connection with the dispute over his departure to Atlanta. Lelie's agent, Peter Schaffer, confirmed the news Friday. ``We derive no enjoyment having to go down this road in the first place,'' Schaffer said. ``We never relish having to contest anything with the Broncos.'' The ruling was reported Friday by The Denver Post, which said an arbitrator has ruled in favour of Lelie in his grievance against ...

Raiders coach Art Shell has been hesitant to criticize officials this season because his experience in the NFL office gave him a deeper understanding why certain calls are made. On a few occasions, Shell has even taken the officials' side after one of his Oakland players criticized a call. It's a big change from the days when the Raiders seemed to think every close call that didn't go their way ...

Kenard Lang knotted his striped tie, buttoned his jacket and fastened the latch on his suitcase. Moments earlier, Denver's defensive lineman zipped his mouth shut and warned his Broncos teammates to do the same. The scoreboard said it all for them. Denver's stingy defence held its fifth straight opponent to single digits and quarterback Jake Plummer did just enough to keep the Broncos' offence moving in a 17-7 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. The Broncos (5-1), who ...

The Denver Broncos apparently don't know much about math or history. They only know their defence is very, very good. The Broncos once again kept an opponent out of the end zone in a 13-3 win over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday night, when they found barely enough offence to go with their suffocating defence. The Broncos (4-1) are the first team since the 1934 Lions to start off a ...

Broncos defensive end Courtney Brown, whose career has been plagued by injuries, will miss the rest of the season and undergo another operation on his troublesome left knee. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2000 NFL draft by Cleveland, Brown had knee surgery in August and hoped to return for the season opener. But he's been inactive for Denver's first four games and on Wednesday was placed on injured ...

Denver cut punter Todd Sauerbrun on Tuesday, the day he was supposed to come back from a four-game suspension for using a banned dietary supplement, his agent said. David Canter told The Associated Press the Broncos informed him they were keeping Paul Ernster, who has kicked well in Sauerbrun's absence. Sauerbrun, a 12-year veteran, said he knowingly took an over-the-counter weight loss product this summer that he strongly suspected contained ...

A cold rain and two stingy defences turned the Baltimore-Denver showdown into a kicking competition, and Jason Elam bested Matt Stover in the Broncos' 13-3 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night. The Broncos (3-1) handed the Ravens their first loss after Baltimore started a franchise-best 4-0. Deep in Ravens territory with a 6-3 lead and 1:55 remaining, Denver took a chance at the end zone, icing the game ...

Not since the 1970s and the days of the ``Orange Crush'' has Denver been defined by its defence, so safety John Lynch delivered a simple message to Broncos defenders this week: If you want to be the best, beat the best. Or at least outshine the best. The unbeaten Baltimore Ravens (4-0) visit Invesco Field on Monday night sporting a rejuvenated offence and their customary dominant defence, which the Denver ...

Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer formally agreed to a plea deal Friday after being accused of damaging the license plate holder of another driver during a road rage incident. Plummer accepted deferred prosecution, which means he won't be charged with wrongdoing if he stays out of trouble for the next nine months. ``I'm borrowing a line from Shakespeare: It's much ado about nothing,'' said Plummer's attorney, Harvey Steinberg, who paid the ...

Denver's biggest concern heading into the bye week isn't the revamped offence, which is finally starting to click thanks to Javon Walker and Tatum Bell. Nor is it the dominant defence, which held opponents out of the end zone for 11 quarters, the longest streak to start a season in the NFL in 64 years. It's the dismal special teams. ``Pretty average, pretty average,'' is how coach Mike Shanahan assessed ...