Matt Cassel has reportedly been traded to the Kansas City Chiefs. This, coming after last night one of our own here at MHR reported a trade of Cassel to (one of my favorite cities, and hopefully future home) Tampa Bay. Personally, I want to see him in Bucs garb, and not in red and yellow. The Chiefs report ceoms from the mouth of a god by the name of Adam Schefter, who reports he was apart of the Vrabel trade.

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Brian Dawkins is a Denver Bronco. "The San Francisco Chronicle cites 'a league source' reporting that Brian Dawkins has agreed to a two-year contract with the Broncos." --Rotoworld.com A perennial ProBowler at safety, Dawkins should greatly upgrade our secondary, while providing a mentor to young players like Barrett. He's expected to play a Rodney Harrison-type role in a Patriotic (if you will) defense. If Denver could get another two or three recognizable names on defense I'll be content. Especially players who are fit specifically for a 3-4 D. (Speaking of, Anthony Montgomery got a fifth-round tender... would he be a good fit as an NT or w/e in a 3-4?)

According to Rotoworld.com:

Seahawks released DE Jason Babin.

They had to do this because Seattle is now carrying eight receivers. A former first-round pick, Babin would be an upgrade over several teams' nickel rushers, particularly in St. Louis and Houston. He can also play linebacker.

Would Houston really bring this guy back? He had a nice game vs Minnesota in the preseason... I don't know about you guys, but I don't really see him going back to Houston. However, I'm not the expert here, that's why I'll ask you guys... Does Babin return to your beloved Texans?

Jay Cutler was the best quarterback in that draft. Period. Vince Young has once again indicated he may be done with pro football, and Matt Leinart isn't being given the shot at what is supposed to be his future job... now take into account Jay's just-under-Godly performance last night, and I—and probably many others—have no problem saying that Jay Cutler is the best quarterback from that draft in any round (is anyone going to even try to compare Kellen Clemens or Tarvaris Jackson?)

Also, Did anyone else see EE last night? I got a good laugh when he stood behind the ref and repeated his signals for false start just for the raider fans.

Joe Flacco will be the Ravens' starting quarterback in Week 1.

Matt Flynn has passed Brian Brohm on the depth chart as Green Bay's No. 2 quarterback. (I found this quite funny)

Free agent OT Willie Anderson has fielded calls from Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome and Chargers GM A.J. Smith. (The Chargers also recently signed ex-Falcon G Kynan Forney)

Packers released LB Abdul Hodge and P Jon Ryan. (The note goes on to say Ryan may wind up in Denver)

      I wish Denver would have taken Reggie Nelson over college teammate Jarvis Moss as much as the next guy, but at least we haven't completely messed up in recent years. A look at this week's preseason games shows that some QBs just aren't ready for the NFL the way our boy Jay is.
      Jay is without a doubt the best QB to join the league in the past 3-4 years. At TE, Scheffler is better than guys taken before him such as Joe Klopfenstein and Marcedes Lewis (IMHO). At wide receiver we have this Brandon Marshall guy... widely considered a top-20 WR, but look who we could've had: Cory Rodgers, Brandon Williams, Chad Jackson... the only guy taken before Marshall that I might be envious of is Greg Jennings. Elvis Dumervil, what a steal. Guys taken before him include Jason Hatcher and Frostee Rucker.
      In 2005, our draft may have not been amazing, but we nabbed three corners (R.I.P. D-Will), of which Foxworth and Paymah create depth the rest of the league envies to hell. And though Maurice Clarret was an all-around bad choice, I'd still say we had a pretty good draft.
      Over the past few years, I'd say Denver has redeemed themselves after a streak of poor drafts, mainly in the '06 draft. Cutler, Scheffler, Marshall, Dumervil... How many better drafts have there been in recent history for ANY team?

Okay, these two subjects have no relation, but I wanted to get both out there, and I didn't feel like posting two FanPosts.

1. I recently inherited my high school's sports column in the school newspaper. For my first article, I've decided I'm either going to write about Michael Phelps or The Redeemed Team. Does anyone have another good article idea for my next one, or a good title for my column? Any and all thoughts are appreciated.

2. Brandon Marshall = "Baby T.O.," and I've heard comparisons of Eddie Royal to Steve Smith (CAR). Does this mean, potentially, Denver could have a WR corps held down by two guys who compare to T.O. and Steve Smith in their primes?? If that's true, and we have Cutler at QB and Sheffler at TE... the next decade looks to be a time period where I'll need to buy many pairs of fresh pants.

Brett Favre has been traded to the New York Jets. What the Packers acquired is currently unknown. It is believed it will be a single draft pick based on NYJ's season. Anyone else thinking Favre will be mentoring Kellen Clemens and Erik Ainge? Maybe Pennington will be released and be looking for a back up job. Pennington in Denver blue and Orange, anyone? He's better than Ramsey, right? PS I got him in the Denver Gentlemen FFL :-p

That's right, last Thursday javon walker planned on walking out the door in oakland. I don't have much to say about this other than that I wish he would've retired, I've lost all respect for the man now that he refuses to call the Denver Broncos by their name, calling them "that team," pulling a Bill Parcells on Denver. He's supposed to be an adult, I'd expect better maturity from him, but maybe that just shows my ignorance. Full Story from ESPN here.

Of these starting AFC West wide receivers, which would you say is or will be the best (in his prime)?  Please try not to be too much of a homer here, I'm very curious to know everyone's honest opinion.  Of these receivers, I'd have to say Curry is the slowest and I believe Bowe is the quickest.  They all have good size and Curry, having played QB in college, may have a special feeling for getting open in comparison to the others.  Marshall played some safety for a year in college, perhaps giving him a better feeling for reading coverages.

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Who will be/is the best in his prime?

10%

Dwayne Bowe

9 votes

86%

Brandon Marshall

75 votes

1%

Vincent Jackson

1 votes

2%

Ronald Curry

2 votes

87 votes | Poll has closed

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Waived linebacker Brandon Archer, punter Danny Baugher, quarterback Cullen Finnerty, wide receiver Taylor Jacobs, defensive end Julian Jenkins and safety Vickiel Vaughn; acquired linebacker Manuel Padilla from the International Practice Squad Program.

I have never heard of this International Practice Squad thing, but I can pretty much assume what it is.  It's hard for me to understand why a guy like Taylor Jacobs (a proven vet) gets cut before some of our low-quality depth WRs.  (Not Colbert, Jason or Parker, but the guys further down the chart.)  Anyone care to explain that?  Also, does this mean we're down to just two punters (including the guy who tried to kill his dad or w/e.)?

With defensive backfield teammates like Lewis Sanders, Chris Crocker, and the old, slow Lawyer Milloy, Deangelo Hall's inability to play all over the field is no surprise.  However, in the article you're about to read, they seem to blame the entire Falcons's defensive woes on Hall, which is wrong.

     Deangelo Hall IS pathetic though.  One of the most over-rated CBs in the NFL.  Anyone who is considered a "speed" corner, but can be torched by an old, slow Hines Ward with only one shoe is highly overrated.  Champ got burned a few times last season, but if I remember correctly, he was in pain in the GB game.  To me, Hall is not a top-20 CB.

     I am glad, however, to have oakland with ANOTHER first-round, overpaid bust/overrated corner.  He should go along nicely with Fabian Washington and Stanford Routt.  I feel bad for Nnamdi Asomugah, who worked out well for them, but will most likeley be blamed for their poor defense this season.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=paolantonio_sal&id=3342009

agree/disagree?  thoughts/comments?

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Which of these is the more overrated corner?

14%

Dre Bly

4 votes

22%

All of the above

6 votes

22%

Other

6 votes

25%

Deangelo Hall

7 votes

14%

Nate Clements

4 votes

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"No team is going to travel as much as the San Diego Chargers, who play in London, Miami, Buffalo, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and Tampa Bay. All together, the Chargers are scheduled to travel a preposterous 33,516 miles. Fortunately, the schedule places them in Buffalo the week before their game in London. Now the Chargers can fly east, play in Buffalo and proceed straight to London."  --Adam Schefter (<3), NFL Network.

Any chance all of this flying makes them more vulneralbe to losses to our beloved Broncos?

Scout.com released their 2009 mock draft (Yeah, they're a year ahead of schedule there, apparently.)  The only thing about it that I am interested in is the positions of the teams in the AFC West.

http://profootballexperts.scout.com/2/743015.html

They seem to believe Denver will take a safety, which sounds good by me, but chances are that very few of these players will be on the top of any draft board this time next year.

I also liked reading the comments, how they seem to think many coaches will be cut loose, and how they see Bills's QB J.P. Losman as a large FA before next year's draft.

Thoughts/comments?

I have pleanty of time to make a mock draft, but I'm not happy with where denver picks, so I'm just going to say basically what I'd like and when.  Don't be upset with my lack of specifics, please.

In round 1, wait for Ellis, and get him if he manages to SOMEHOW slip to us.  If another team gets him, instantly call around to trade out of round 1 for more round 2 and 3 picks.  In round 2, grab one of the DTs who should be there (Laws, Sims, Moore)  and one of the WRs (Doucet, Hardy), OR look for Kenny Philips of my Miami Hurricanes.  In rd3, take either an OL or WR, depending on whether we chose WR or S in rd2.  Look for a kicker in rds 4 or later, and continue to add depth to the positions of DL, OL, and CB for the rest of the draft, while making sure to pick up Hussain Abdullah as late as possible, and possibly "Mike Belling"* him.

I really want Hussain Abdullah just so we can have two pairs of brothers on one side of the ball all at once... just think it'll be cool.

*Mike Belling-  Asking a player to not be drafted by another team, and in return, giving the player a nice contract as a college free-agent.

A random Scout.com member posted this:  http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=127&f=2877&t=2017149

It's a top 10+ list of players at each position... I like seeing Marshall, D.J., and Doom on these lists, but they guy must have forgotten Champ, I mean, he even has Bly on there.

Cutler and Scheffler each fell into the "Just Missed" sections for their respective positions.  Scheffler's position is surprising to me, I expected him to be completely unmentioned.

Anyone feel up to posting something simmilar here on MHR?  I'd love to see what a few of you think.

Jeb Putzier, the man who could take a hit from a 747 and live to tell about it, has a new job.  After being drafted out of Boise State in the 6th round by Denver a fair number of years back, he was released after the '05 season.  He then signed a 4-year deal with Houston, to play with coach Koobs, but only made it through two years there.  Now he's a Seattle Seahawk.

If they don't want him, I would actually love to see him coma back to Denver and finish out his career here.

Zach Thomas signed with the Dallas Cowboys for a one-year $3mil deal (sounds like too much to me) either last night or this morning, meaning he's likely to start alongside Bradie James at MLB for the Cowboys and their 3-4 D.  With the Cowboys having strong backups already, it could mean they'll dispose of Akin Ayodele, Kevin Burnet, or even former 1st round pick Bobby Carpenter... Who do you hope gets moved?  I hear Carpenter fits better in a 4-3 scheme like Denver's...

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Who would bet better in Denver?

66%

Bobby Carpenter

4 votes

0%

none of the above

0 votes

33%

Akin Ayodele

2 votes

0%

Kevin Burnet

0 votes

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The Bears released Muhsin Muhammad today... and there are a lot more veteran WRs out there now... Who would you say is the best of these, and who would you most like the Denver Broncos to pursue?

Muhsin Muhammad
Peerless Price
Marty Booker
etc.

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