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By Rich Kurtzman Joel Dreessen, TE #81 Height: 6’4” Weight: 260 Age: 30 Hometown: Ida Grove, Iowa College: Colorado State University Experience : 7 years (Credit, Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) Growing up in Fort Morgan, Colorado—a small town on the plains—offered Joel Dreessen much time to play football in the backyard with friends and watch the Denver Broncos play on Sundays. He played for Fort Morgan High School, winning a 3A State Championship his junior season while also making the Colorado all-state football team that same season. He stayed in-state, when then-Colorado State University head coach Sonny Lubick offered the big tight end with good hands a spot on the team, and Dreessen went from Fort Morgan to Fort Collins. As a CSU Ram, he thrived from 2000-2004. After redshirting his first year, Dreessen gradually grew as a tight end with Colorado State, catching 43 passes for 427 yards and three touchdowns in 2004, his senior season. He was heralded as an athletic player, able to out-run linebackers and safeties alike and quickly make moves around them. He could catch footballs that were not on-target, adjusting to them by jumping in the air over defenders or adjusting his body to make difficult grabs. All those skills translated in the NFL, where’s he’s only improved even more over his seven professional seasons. The 6’4” 240-pounder was taken by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft, and after a rather illustrious year there, he moved onto Houston for five seasons. With the Texans, he consistently found himself behind Owen Daniels as the team’s second string tight end, but he fought and developed steadily. He went from four receptions to career-highs of 36 for 518 yards in 2010, while his six touchdowns last year were the most Dreessen has ever scored. With 17 receptions and three TDs scored already this season in the Broncos’ orange and blue, he’s on a pace to shatter career-bests in those categories. He’s scored in three of the last four games, becoming Peyton Manning’s top tight end target over former and current teammate Jacob Tamme in the red zone. Now, Dreessen’s making Coloradans proud, from Fort Morgan to Fort Collins to Denver and everywhere in between, as he and the Broncos lead the AFC West and have done so by relying on an awesome offense. The team averages 28.3 points per game, while beating the Chargers, Raiders and Steelers all by at least 11 points. Manning has been utilizing his tight ends and attacking the field much more as of late, especially with Dreessen, and it’s something they’ll have to continue to do to compete with the top teams in the league. The high-flying offenses that can exploit the slower players in the middle of the gridiron win more often than those that cannot, Manning and Dreessen both understand that. It means the hometown star will be even more involved in the offense and who knows, he could even become a Broncos hero. 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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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – The Denver Broncos made it through their treacherous front-loaded schedule undeterred if not unscathed. Of Denver’s 10 remaining games, just one is against a winning team, and that’s the reeling Baltimore Ravens, who don’t look so imposing with Ray Lewis and Lardarius Webb on injured reserve. Still, the Broncos (3-3) bristle at the notion that things lighten up for them now that Houston, Atlanta and New England are in their rearview mirror. “Oh, it’s still tough,” safety David Bruton said. “We’ve got the Saints this week. We’ve still got another playoff team next week with the Bengals. I mean, it doesn’t seem to get any easier. We still play top competition each week.” The Saints have won two straight after losing their first four games by a combined 20 points. Assistant head coach Joe Vitt returns from his suspension this week and will lead the Saints in Sean Payton’s absence the rest of the season. “Kind of like Coach (John) Fox said, you don’t have to worry too much about their record when you look at the tape,” tight end Jacob Tamme said. “Very talented, really good football team.” One Broncos player who’s especially jazzed about the Saints game is cornerback Tracy Porter , but he insists it’s because he missed last week’s game with an illness and not because he played his first four seasons in New Orleans. “It doesn’t mean that much more, but it is going to be a weird feeling playing against my former team,” said Porter, who returned to practice Monday. Porter is still revered in New Orleans for his 74-yard interception return for a touchdown that sealed the Saints’ Super Bowl win over the Indianapolis Colts three seasons ago. After denying Peyton Manning his second title, Porter is now trying to help the star quarterback win another title and relishes the thought of a pick-six against his former Saints teammate, Drew Brees . “It’s kind of the same thing. I mean, both guys are first-ballot Hall of Famers. Both guys have a high-powered offense and we’ve just got to do our best to minimize the big plays and make plays when the ball’s in the air,” Porter said. The Broncos had a half dozen takeaways in their last game, and half of those were by Chris Harris and Tony Carter in relief of Porter, who stayed behind in Denver and watched the Broncos score five unanswered second-half touchdowns in their 35-24 win against the Chargers. “Oh man, that’s exactly what those guys are supposed to do,” Porter said. “I mean, they come in, they step up, they take up my slack. I was jumping up off the couch when those guys intercepted the ball. I wanted to be a part of it, but those guys are my teammates so I’m not mad that they did it and I didn’t.” The Broncos returned from their bye Monday to discover the NFL was investigating whether the Chargers used a banned sticky substance during their game last week. “I’m sure the league has their ways of dealing with it and they’ll let us know the outcome,” Fox said. Chargers coach Norv Turner said Monday that nobody from the Chargers used Stickum, which was banned by the league in 1981, in the loss to the Broncos on Oct. 15 or in any other game. He said the league is looking into a towel that the team uses to dry the ball, the gloves worn by players and their arms. Either way, “we still beat them, so it doesn’t matter,” said Bruton, who said the Broncos players weren’t aware of anything being amiss during the game. “I didn’t even hear about it until it was just brought to my attention like five minutes ago,” Bruton said. The Broncos were careful not to make any comments on the Chargers’ sticky situation that could be used as bulletin board fodder for their rematch Nov. 18 in Denver. “I’m not worried about what the Chargers do – especially this week,” linebacker Keith Brooking said. “We have a great opponent coming to town in the New Orleans Saints, so that’s what we’re focusing on.” Notes : Porter was cleared only for non-contact work Monday and said he hopes to be back without restrictions Wednesday. … LB D.J. Williams is hanging around the team during his 3-game suspension for an alcohol-related driving conviction, unlike during his 6-game ban for performance-enhancing substances to start the season, when he wasn’t allowed at team headquarters. He seems to have been welcomed back. “He’s a great teammate,” DE Elvis Dumervil said. “Sometimes people make mistakes, but he’s definitely a great guy to have in the locker room.” – By Arnie Stapleton, AP Sports Writer (© Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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Broncos Insist Things Don’t Lighten Up Now

The Denver Broncos’ record obscures their overall potency. But Football Outsiders believes that the Broncos, not the 6-1 Texans, are the AFC’s top team.

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NFL – Despite record, Denver Broncos may be AFC’s best

ENGLEWOOD — The Broncos returned to work Monday after their bye, but had one remaining item to address from the team’s victory over San Diego last week.

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