Archives for August 2011

‘As I’ve said every time we talk about the offensive line, my job is to get the five best on the field. And maybe that our five best is playing Chad Rinehart at guard and Andy Levitre at tackle. We’re going to take a look at it. That’s our responsibility to take a look at it. Levitre is doing an excellent job. He’s a versatile player and he’s played it before. We’ll see how it goes.’

‘On how long he will look at the offensive line positions: I think it depends on them. It depends on both Levitre and Demetrius (Bell). How long we go with it or whether it becomes permanent or whether it becomes just something we tried for a little while.’

‘”My job is to get the five best on the field,” said Gailey. “Maybe that’s our five best is playing Chad (Rinehart) at guard and Andy (Levitre) at left tackle. We’re going to take a look at it. That’s our responsibility to take a look at it and Andy is doing an excellent job. He’s a very versatile player. He’s played it before so we’ll see how it goes.”‘

‘Adjacent to the Buffalo Bills Healthy Zone Training Facility, the team’s outdoor natural grass practice field was installed earlier this summer and is being used for the first time by the team today.’

‘"There were some good things we can take from this game and build upon," said linebacker Nick Barnett. "The mistakes, all we have to do is clean it up. I wouldn’t throw away your season tickets today. It’s going to be a great season, don’t worry."’

‘It’s not OK when you haven’t played a playoff game since the eighth day of this century, the first string looks this bad and the depth is barely much better.’

‘”By the end we kind of ran out of receivers those last few minutes,” quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said. “That’s just part of it. You hope that none of those guys are going to be hurt more than a few days. … The biggest thing for me is we’ve got to go practice with a greater focus knowing that we have a lot of work in front of us.”‘

‘”At the end of the day, I mean no harm to nobody. I don’t want to hurt anybody,” Moore said. “I prayed for the dude afterward. Because I really didn’t know what was going on. People were tapping my head. People were hitting me. I wasn’t sure what was going on.”‘

‘Denver outgained the Bills, 208-90, in the first half.’

‘"He’s probably the only coach that knows me," McGahee said upon signing with the Broncos. "He knows what I can do and what I can’t do. He knows my attitude and he knows I’m going to prepare for the game. It’s like, ‘Welcome home.’"’

‘How can a team that has a history of drafting Hall of Famers like Billy Shaw, O.J. Simpson, Bruce Smith, Joe DeLamielleure, Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas also select such a collection of first-round flops as Maybin, Jim Davidson, Walt Patulski, Reuben Gant, Phil Dokes, Tony Hunter, Erik Flowers and Mike Williams?’

‘The key is finding great players who can produce for your team for 10 years. The last Bills first round pick to do that was receiver Eric Moulds. The Bills are hoping Dareus, Spiller and McKelvin can have at least a similar impact.’

‘One could argue that draft night was a win-win for Denver and Buffalo, two of the NFL’s most-offensive defenses a year ago. Sure, some TV draft gurus said Denver should draft Dareus, but the Broncos’ brass got the guy they wanted in Miller, who showcased his surreal athleticism Saturday.’

Kyle Orton impressive in Broncos’ preseason win over Bills (Denver Post)

Bills’ Dareus and Broncos’ Miller look to transform defenses (Denver Post)

Broncos’ Quinn deserves current status as No. 2 quarterback (Denver Post)

Moore’s hit is exactly what Broncos’ defense needs (Denver Post)

Bills’ ground game grinds up Tebow’s time (Denver Post)

Broncos get aggressive in calling plays on offense, defense (Denver Post)

Photo gallery (Denver Post)

Photo gallery (AP)

Opening Statement (DenverBroncos.com)

Tone Setters (DenverBroncos.com)

Photo gallery 1 (DenverBroncos.com)

Photo gallery 2 (DenverBroncos.com)

Photo gallery 3 (DenverBroncos.com)

‘The game was marred by several injuries, including a scary one to Bills running back Johnny White, who was strapped to a body board and carted off the field after his head was driven into the grass on a clean tackle by linebacker Mario Haggan in the third quarter.’