When you engineer a colossal comeback, you tend to get noticed. Thus, it is no surprise that the accolades are flowing in for Peyton Manning. The Br…
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Honors flow in for Peyton Manning
Look how happy Noah “Wuv” Bernardo, the drummer of San Diego band P.O.D., is standing with a fellow Chargers fan at halftime of Monday night’s game ag…
When the Broncos signed Peyton Manning, they didn’t get a quarterback, they got an offense.
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Renck: Broncos’ Peyton Manning shows Rockies how it’s supposed to work
By Rich Kurtzman Tony Carter, CB, #32 Height: 5’9” Weight: 180 pounds Age: 26 Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida College: Florida State University Experience: 4 seasons Credit, Harry How/Getty Images Before Monday night, Tony Carter was just another backup for the Broncos. Now he should be known as a household name in Denver, after his gargantuan game against the Chargers. Carter, a fourth-year cornerback, saw significant time in the team’s biggest game of the year due to starter Tracy Porter being held out with an illness. Early in the second half, Carter made the play of the game—possibly the year—when he recovered a Philip Rivers’ fumble and returned it 67 yards for a touchdown. After Elvis Dumervil smacked the ball out of Rivers’ hand, the ball bounced around and a teammate batted it to Carter, who took it to the house and ignited Denver’s defense. That score brought the Broncos to within 10 points, as San Diego led 24-14, and it was the turning point of the game. That play set the tone for the second half and the Chargers turned it over a total of five times after the break, one of which was an interception by Carter on a deep pass play. The Denver defense completely shut down San Diego’s offense in the second half, blanking them, while the Broncos’ O put up 21 points after turnovers. Carter was a key player in the big game that gave Denver the early AFC West lead, but who was he before he landed in the Mile High City? A Jacksonville, Florida native, he attended Mandarin High School in his home town, where she not only played football but ran track as well. He graduated and moved up to play for Florida State around 150 miles away from where he grew up, Carter was spectacular for the Seminoles, recording at least two interceptions in each of his final three years there. His sophomore season, he returned two picks a blocked field goal all for touchdowns, while he also took back a blocked point after attempt for two points. That same season, he was named the Most Valuable Defensive Player after FSU’s Emerald Bowl win. In his senior year, Carter earned All-ACC honors, but it wasn’t enough to be drafted by an NFL team. The Broncos signed the undrafted corner days after the 2009 Draft, but he was a casualty of final cuts and was signed to the team’s practice squad. He played in Weeks 15 and 16 that year, but was waived by the Broncos in early 2010. The Patriots picked him up and he would enjoy very similar success in New England before he was waived again. In 2011, he spend most of the season on Minnesota’s practice squad before being re-signed in Denver where he’s made his home since. This season, Carter’s accomplished more than his three previous years combined. His seven tackles, three passes defended, one interception and fumble recovery for a touchdown are all career-highs—maybe he’s finally hitting his stride. Carter is certainly maturing on the football field, and when he was immature on twitter—saying disparaging remarks about seeing a movie in Denver at night—he was quick to correct those remarks. With Champ Bailey aging and Porter playing so-so, the Broncos need youthful, talented cornerbacks, and it looks like Carter could be a future starter in Denver, if not a star. For more Local Football Bloggers and the latest Broncos news, see CBS Sports Denver . Rich Kurtzman is a Denver native, Colorado State University alumnus, sports nerd, athletics enthusiast, and competition junkie. Currently writing for a multitude of websites while working on books, one on the history of the Denver Broncos and Mile High Stadium. Find more of Rich’s Denver Broncos pieces on Examiner.com .
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Top AFC seeds : Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens Other AFC division champs : New England Patriots, Denver Broncos AFC Wild Cards : Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins Top NFC seeds : Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants Other NFC division champs : San Francisco 49ers, Green Bay Packers NFC Wild Cards : Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles • Your eyes do not deceive you, and no one mixed LSD into your cereal this morning. That is indeed the Miami Dolphins in the Absurdly Premature Playoff Picture. I’ll do my best to explain. • It pretty much boils down to the AFC being an indistinguishable jumble of teams that will finish between 7-9 and 9-7. There are precisely two teams with winning records, and they occupy the top two spots ‒ the Ravens and Texans. After that, if you eliminate the Browns, Titans, Jaguars, Raiders and Chiefs on the ground of being two games under .600 already, you’re left with the Chargers, Steelers, Bengals, and the scrap heap that is the AFC East. It’s not an attractive list of options. I’ll take you through how I landed on Miami. • Of the eligible teams listed above, the Chargers have the best point differential on the season at +11 (only Pittsburgh at +1 and Miami at +3 are also on the positive side of the ledger). That works in their favor, as does the number of “should win” games left on their schedule: @Cleveland, KC, @Tampa Bay, Cincy, Carolina, @NYJ and Oakland. • But with a great big Stephen A. Smith However … the unspeakable evens of Monday night happened. That was real. It was not some devastating football night terror. The Chargers are about as emotionally healthy right now as Ellen Burstyn character in “Requiem for a Dream.” Losses like that are how people end up with the demeanor and mannerisms for Norv Turner. I don’t know if they can recover emotionally, and even if they do, I don’t know if Philip Rivers can right that thing. I’m going to need to see the Chargers come back after the bye week and do something against Cleveland other than ball themselves up in the fetal position and suck their thumbs. It’ll be two weeks before I will even consider considering them again.
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Elvis Dumervil found himself in the middle of a swarm of reporters inside the cramped visitors locker room at Qualcomm Stadium late Monday night.
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DENVER — With one suspension finished, Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams is back at the team’s headquarters as he begins serving a second suspension under a new set of rules.
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Linebacker Williams back at Dove Valley
SAN DIEGO — Elvis Dumervil found himself in the middle of a swarm of reporters inside the cramped visitors locker room at Qualcomm Stadium late Monday night.
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Comeback a matter of attitude for Broncos