This Saturday the Denver Broncos take the field at Empower Field at Mile High with a new pep-in-their-step.
For six years the Denver Broncos searched for a quarterback to take them back to the promised land, and for six years they came up short, really short. Since Denver’s Super Bowl win in 2015 under Peyton Manning, the Broncos have had just as many quarterbacks under center. Count them, Brock Osweiler, Trevor Siemian, Paxton Lynch, Case Keenum, Joe Flacco, Drew Lock, Brandon Allen, and Teddy Bridgewater.
Not all were the same but in the end, the results were the same, no postseason appearances. In the past six seasons, Denver has had a combined record of 39-58 with one season at number 2 in the AFC West, two seasons at number 3 in the AFC West, and three seasons last in the division including last season.
With the acquisition of Russell Wilson, things have certainly changed the attitude of Broncos fans, especially since the start of training camp. The offense has recently begun to mesh and Denver’s offensive coach Justin Outten has echoed that by his take on whether Wilson will be throwing the deep ball this season, “I would say yes, and we invite that,” said Outten.
The deep ball has been amiss since Peyton and although Lock attempted a few deep passes none were as accurate as Wilson attempts during training camp.
On Saturday the Denver Broncos will be hosting the Dallas Cowboys this Saturday at 7 p.m. however, some fans will get a preview of Saturday’s game with the Broncos announcing they will have joint practices with the Cowboys leading up to Saturday’s game.
In other news, the Colorado Rockies lost four of five to the San Diego Padres last week and two of three to the Arizona Diamondbacks over the weekend sending them back to the basement of the National League (NL) West.
The Rockies kick off a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals this week (results of game one not available at the time of this writing) before hosting the Diamondbacks in a three-game series that kicks off this Friday at 6:40 p.m. MST. The Rockies are now 28.5 games behind the L.A. Dodgers and 12 games behind the second-place Padres.
The Denver Nuggets are just two months away from the start of the preseason with both Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray expected to return. It’s still unclear in what capacity both will return but fans are excited to see a healthy Denver Nuggets lineup heading into the upcoming season.
The Colorado Rapids have won three of their last four games with their most recent win over the Minnesota United FC 4-3. The Rapids were coming off a win over the New York Red Bulls four nights prior where they beat the Red Bulls 5-4. This Saturday the Rapids are in Columbus Ohio to face the Columbus Crew.
