Archives for August 2004

Broncos ‘O’ still no-show (Denver Rocky Mountain News)

Plummer’s play uneven again (Denver Rocky Mountain News)

For starters, defense showed promise

Limping linebacker list grows (Denver Rocky Mountain News)

Wait’s over for McGahee (Denver Rocky Mountain News)

Rookie corner Shoate on radar (Denver Rocky Mountain News)

Plummer off to punchless start (Denver Post)

Plummer claims 13.8 rating not unlucky number (Denver Post)

More trouble for LBs (Denver Post)

Lelie cannot catch break or pass (Denver Post)

Playoff doesn’t make TV cut

(Denver Post)

Broncos’ offensive woes continue in loss to Bills (Boulder Daily Camera)

Plummer’s preseason preview not looking good (Boulder Daily Camera)

Same story for Broncos in exhibition (Colorado Springs Gazette)

Griffin Revives Broncos’ Offense Against Bills (DenverBroncos.com)

Rough Going for Plummer (DenverBroncos.com)

First-Rate for the First-Team Defense (DenverBroncos.com)

Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills (DenverBroncos.com)

Photo Gallery (DenverBroncos.com)

‘McGahee still had very little burst, but ran hard and carried defenders with him.’

‘Quarterback J.P. Losman, the second of Buffalo’s two first round draft picks, showed why the Bills feel he’s their quarterback of the future. Losman completed all five of his pass attempts for a team best 55 yards. He also carried the ball three times for 37 yards and was Buffalo’s second leading rusher.’

‘There are now 84 players on the Bills current roster.’

‘The injury isn’t expected to keep him out of action for an extended period of time.’

‘The players miked from each team include…’.

‘"That’s the whole design of the fire zones we run," Denney said. "We hope we put some pressure on quick, have London Fletcher cover momentarily is what it is. When someone got to him, he wasn’t able to get a good pass off and it floated right by me. I was able to spin on it and pick it off."’

‘On what the team still has to work on:

There are some times defensively our objective was to keep them in third-and-long situations, then when you do what you set out to do, you have to stop them on those third-and-long’s. We gave up a couple there that kept drives going. It’s going to happen and we talked about it. Offensively, a couple penalties put us back, but other than that I thought we were pretty efficient. It’s hard to overcome some of the penalties we had. Some of the things we talked about with the alignment of the receivers was addressed and we still have problems with that, so obviously I have to do a better job getting that across to these guys.’

‘"Wiring 13 players in one game is a feat that has never been attempted in NFL history," said Bill Graff, executive of studio and remote production at NFL Films.’

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‘On what Mike Pucillo has done to separate himself from the other guards in earning the starting left guard position at this point in time:

He’s done a lot of things, not just what took place on the field, but some things that happened in the weight room and classroom. Like I’ve told you guys, every second they’re out here they’re evaluated. We felt, overall, he had an edge over (Ross) Tucker. We just felt, at the time, we could not keep rotating them, we weren’t giving them a fair shot with the rotation we were putting them through, so we just felt we had to put somebody in there and see what he could do when he’s with the same guys every snap. He’s done well.’

‘Backup DT Justin Bannan, who broke a bone in his left hand during a practice against Cleveland on Friday, returned to practice Monday wearing a cast. Bannan was held out of Buffalo’s scrimmage against the Browns on Saturday.’

‘"I’m sure they’re going to emphasize it more in the preseason, probably really go hard and make an extra effort to make a point," said Bills coach Mike Mularkey. "I handed out a memo (to the players) that I got from the NFL to prove again that they’re serious."’

‘Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, NFL.com’s Vic Carucci and Clark Judge of CBS.Sportsline. com agree that a second-place finish in the AFC East Division is well within reach.’

‘”It’s a horrible rule for them to put in place for the defense,” said Bills’ backup safety Pierson Prioleau. “It’s almost putting handcuffs on the defense. It makes it almost impossible to get up on a guy. How close can you get without touching him?”‘