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Ever since Peyton Manning first started flirting with being a Denver Bronco, fans and analysts alike have assumed that Peyton would have the same kind of offense that he ran in Indianapolis. That assumption was dashed yesterday when news emerged that the Broncos had created a new offense that will be different from what Manning ran in Indianapolis. While he will still be counted on to recognize defenses, he will be asked to do other things like playing in front of a two-back running system. …

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Peyton Manning Needs to Let the Denver Broncos Change His Game: Fan’s Take (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – The Denver Broncos still plan on running an option offense. Only, this version centers on giving Peyton Manning the option of calling anything he wants. For the second time in six months, offensive coordinator Mike McCoy has to overhaul his playbook to fit the QB under center. McCoy restructured the offense on the fly last October to better suit Tim Tebow’s unique skill set, switching over to the unconventional read-option. Tebow proficiently ran the system, too, leading the Broncos into the playoffs for the first time in six seasons. But with Tebow a member of the New York Jets and Manning taking over, McCoy has gone back to the drawing board. Naturally, he’s leaning heavily on the opinion of the league’s only four-time MVP for this revamped scheme. Any play that Manning feels comfortable running, it goes into the playbook. Any play he doesn’t, well, it’s gone, ripped from the pages. “This is going to be a work in progress for everybody,” McCoy said Saturday after the second day of a rookie minicamp. “With Peyton coming in, he’s got plenty of ideas and things he’s done a great job with over his career. Our job as coaches is to adjust to the talent we have and the players we have. We’ll make the necessary adjustments as we go along. PHOTO GALLERY: Broncos Rookie Camp “Build the best system we can.” With Tebow running the show last season, McCoy was limited in what he could dial up on game day. That’s not a knock on Tebow – he was just green at the position and so McCoy relied on a steady diet of running plays to take the pressure off him and also kept the tight ends close by to help with pass protection. Obviously, that won’t be the case with Manning, who was brought in to throw, not hand off. Tight ends Joel Dreessen and Jacob Tamme were added to catch passes, not simply pass block. “Tight ends will be more involved,” McCoy said. “They’ll be the main part of progressions.” McCoy is hoping Manning will be receptive to some of the Broncos’ staples, maybe even come to enjoy working out of a two-back system. “We’ve had a lot of success with that here, in the past couple of years,” McCoy said. “We’ll pick and choose what we want to do, come the opening game.” In other words, nothing is set in stone. Nor will a play when it’s called in the huddle. After all, Manning is a maestro at surveying a defensive alignment and making the appropriate adjustments at the line. It’s one of his greatest strengths – along with his wealth of knowledge. “When a guy has played as long as he has, it’s not going to take him a long time to figure it out,” McCoy said. “I’ll tell you what: The way Peyton works and the way he wants to work is unbelievable. He doesn’t want to leave any detail out. He’s going to be very meticulous in everything he does. “It’s going to be different. You’re going to see a different type of football, a different way we approach the game during practice. Peyton, he’s one of the great leaders of the game.” It’s incumbent for those around Manning to pick up their game, too. That’s why receivers Eric Decker and Demaryius Thomas have been diligently working out, because they very well could be the biggest benefactors in Manning’s arrival. “They’re like two little kids in a candy shop right now,” McCoy said. “They’ve worked extremely hard this offseason so far. They know an opportunity like this doesn’t come around very often. To be able to play with a quarterback we have now, they’re doing everything possible to make sure they know every little detail of everything we’re doing, getting in the best shape of their lives.” When the Broncos floundered under Kyle Orton last season, the team went with Tebow, who rallied the squad straight into the postseason. For that to happen, though, McCoy implemented the read-option offense that turned the NFL on its ear and resulted in the Broncos soaring to the top of the league in rushing. Tebow ran for 660 yards, the most by a QB in Broncos history, in the regular season. The system was similar to the one he ran at Florida, where he won the Heisman and two national titles. McCoy received not only kudos for the job he did with Tebow, but consideration as a head coach. He was in the running for the Miami Dolphins job before it went to Joe Philbin. “I learned a lot from the experience,” McCoy said. “But the best thing about it is I’m back in Denver.” NOTES: New Broncos defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio said his son, Luke, has taken an unofficial visit to meet with Colorado coach Jon Embree. “I’ve known Jon a while,” said Del Rio, whose son is a highly touted high school QB. “I think a couple of strong recruiting classes and he’ll get that thing turned around.” Might his son be a part of it? “Maybe,” Del Rio said. … Del Rio said he hasn’t seen DT Ty Warren (triceps) around the complex lately. “When he was here, he was looking pretty good,” Del Rio said. – By Pat Graham, 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 Offensive Boss Revamps Playbook Yet Again

The Denver Broncos certainly know who their franchise quarterback is in the short term; they won the Peyton Manning Derby and gave the legendary signal-caller a five-year, $96 million contract for that sense of security. However, the opt-out portions of … Continue reading →

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Osweiler hits Broncos rookie minicamp with new mechanics under the Manning Plan (Shutdown Corner)

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — He’s a big, raw Denver Broncos quarterback with throwing issues who worked with UCLA offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone on his own time to fix flaws. Sound familiar? While Tim Tebow’s messy mechanics needed tons of work, Brock Osweiler needs more tweaks than anything, and he worked this offseason with Mazzone, who was his offensive coordinator at Arizona State and also served as Tebow’s throwing coach. The Broncos’ second-round draft pick took the field at Dove Valley for the first time Friday, participating in the team’s three-day rookie minicamp. Although his right elbow at times dropped below his shoulder and winged out a bit, the 6-foot-8 quarterback showed he’s making plenty of progress in capitalizing on his superior size. Some of his throws were so quick, it looked like he was flicking the ball to his receivers. “This is my first practice with this new throwing motion. I felt very comfortable with it,” Osweiler said. “I felt more consistent with my accuracy. Where I was trying to put the ball, for the most part the ball ended up there. So I was very happy with it; now I’ve just got to keep building upon that.” At times he reverted to his old habits, and quarterbacks coach Adam Gase let him know it. Coach John Fox said Osweiler’s work with Mazzone is paying off. “I think when we went there to Arizona State for a private workout, you could tell that he’d worked on his delivery,” Fox said. “It used to be a little bit lower. Guys tweak stuff, whether it’s golfers with golf swings or you know players with motions and whatnot. It’s not radical. He needs to use his height advantage a little bit better with that higher delivery. He was an accurate passer. I think he became more accurate.” Osweiler’s old throwing motion at times negated his height advantage over pass-rushers. “I would say the main thing would be getting my elbow raised up. A lot of times in college, my elbow would drop below my shoulder, and when you do that, you lose velocity, you lose accuracy, you’re less consistent with your throws,” Osweiler said. “So, we basically made a huge point to bring that elbow up to a more traditional throwing motion and get it above my shoulder.” The question facing Osweiler, who threw for 4,036 yards and 26 TDs last season, is whether he can iron things out enough over the next two months to push free agent Caleb Hanie for the No. 2 job behind Peyton Manning this summer. That, and why did he pick jersey No. 6, which was Jay Cutler’s old number before his messy divorce with the Broncos three years ago? “There’s absolutely no significance,” Osweiler insisted. “Basically, I was told that I couldn’t have 17,” which belongs to receiver Andre Caldwell, “So, I basically just … picked a number.” Only then did he realize it used to be Cutler’s. “But, whatever,” Osweiler shrugged. “It’s a number and hopefully I’ll do some good things with it.” Osweiler said it was nice to get this “freshmen orientation” at the rookie minicamp before having to mix it up with veterans. “It’s awesome. You think your head might be spinning, and then you look to the receiver next to you, and his head’s probably spinning even faster,” Osweiler said. “We’re all on one ship, we’re going down this river together.” Osweiler was joined by 29 other greenhorns at practice Friday, not counting Fox, who had never run a rookie minicamp as a head coach. “With the way the rules were, I had always combined our rookies and veterans together,” Fox said. “So, that not being permitted, this is actually the first rookie camp I’ve ever conducted as a head coach, and it was good effort and it went very well.” Although Fox prefers to work out rookies and veterans together, he’s just glad to have these opportunities after last year’s lockout wiped out the team-building workouts leading up to training camp. “I think it limited us as a staff — offense, defense and kicking game — on the number of things you install just because your time frame for that installation was less a year ago,” Fox said. “Shoot, when we reported last year, I had to have name tags on their helmets just so I knew who they were. “I think getting to know guys really helps because you know what buttons to push and you know their personalities. This will give us more time to get to know the players.” NOTES: Fox was among a Broncos contingent traveling to San Diego for Junior Seau’s memorial service at Qualcomm Stadium. “It’s a tragedy losing a guy of that magnitude both as a person and as a player,” said Fox, who coached the Chargers’ secondary from 1992-93. The tragedy also hit home for third-round draft pick Ronnie Hillman, who grew up in La Habra, Calif., and attended San Diego State. “I was driving through Oceanside when I heard” about Seau’s suicide last week, said Hillman, who went straight to Seau’s restaurant to pay his respects. (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Broncos Rookie QB Fixing Flaws In His Motion

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) He’s a big, raw Denver Broncos quarterback with throwing issues who worked with UCLA offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone on his own time to fix flaws.

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Broncos rookie QB fixing flaws in his motion (The Associated Press)