Author: Chris Tomasson
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A decade after ‘No Fly Zone,’ Broncos have another deep, talented secondary | 2025 Broncos Preview
Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain II would like to offer a challenge to opposing NFL quarterbacks. “Pick your poison,’’ he said. Surtain is the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year and now he has the best supporting cast of his five-year pro career. Quite simply, the Broncos are loaded in the secondary. Former Broncos tackle…
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A year after shaky NFL debut, Broncos QB Bo Nix has had a ‘tremendous amount of growth’
ENGLEWOOD – Bo Nix has had a lot of games to remember since he became a starting high school quarterback as an eighth grader in Alabama in 2014. The game on Sept. 8, 2024, hardly was one of them. Making his NFL debut in the season opener for the Broncos, Nix in a 26-20 loss…
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Broncos’ Sean Payton mum on LB Dre Greenlaw sitting out practice due to quad injury
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ENGLEWOOD – Broncos linebacker Dre Greenlaw sat out practice Wednesday due to his ongoing quad issue. Greenlaw suffered a quad injury in practice July 31 and did not play in any of Denver’s three preseason games. He only did work Wednesday at Broncos Park on…
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Broncos Super Bowl-winning coaches Shanahan, Kubiak impressed with QB Bo Nix | 2025 Broncos Preview
When the Broncos faced San Francisco in a joint practice last month, there were a trio of Super Bowl-winning coaches who watched. There, of course, was Denver coach Sean Payton, who won a ring with New Orleans in the 2009 season. Standing between the two fields on that Aug. 7 morning in Santa Clara, Calif.,…
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Broncos to sign WR Thayer Thomas to practice squad after releasing CB Quinton Newsome
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Broncos will sign wide receiver Thayer Thomas to the practice squad after releasing cornerback Quinton Newsome on Tuesday, a source told The Denver Gazette. Thomas, who worked out Tuesday with Denver, spent the past two seasons on the Minnesota Vikings’ practice squad after being…
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Entering opener against Titans, Broncos look to start season fast for a change
When Sean Payton arrived in Denver in 2023, he had won his final three openers as a head coach. He is determined to return to those days. Payton, who previously coached the New Orleans Saints for 15 seasons through 2021, watched in 2023 as his Broncos began 0-3 and 1-5 and then last year it…
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From barback to Broncos: Mitchell Fraboni takes incredible journey to achieve NFL success
Mitchell Fraboni’s salary-cap number for the Broncos went up from $985,000 in 2024 to $1.3 million this year, but that’s not his biggest percentage raise in recent years. In 2018, Fraboni was working as a barback at the Blind Dragon, then a bar in Scottsdale, Ariz., and initially making $7 an hour. Then he had…
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Hall of Famer Kurt Warner a ‘big fan’ of Bo Nix but says defenses will now make ‘game harder’ for Broncos QB | NFL Insider
Broncos coach Sean Payton earlier this month scoffed about talk of a sophomore jinx for a quarterback, calling it a legend “like Bigfoot.” Well, Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner said it is real, and he wasn’t talking about Sasquatch. To start with, Warner is a “big fan” of Broncos quarterback Bo Nix, and he…
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Sam Ehlinger, Adam Prentice, Levelle Bailey headline Broncos’ 16-man practice squad
ENGLEWOOD – Quarterback Sam Ehlinger recently talked about much he loves being with the Broncos and that became even more apparent Wednesday. Ehlinger, released Tuesday by the Broncos, signed to their practice squad to be the No. 3 quarterback behind starter Bo Nix and backup Jarrett Stidham. A source said Ehlinger turned down two teams…
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Broncos make some difficult cuts from a deep roster, including letting go of LB Levelle Bailey, QB Sam Ehlinger
ENGLEWOOD – The lights were on late Monday night at Broncos Park and presumably the coffee maker was working overtime. With Sean Payton entering his third season as head coach, the Broncos’ roster has become much deeper. That was reflected in the meeting Denver decision makers held the night before teams had to cut down…