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1 Issue Date: Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 BRONCOS TRAVEL TO INDIANAPOLIS; FACE UNBEATEN COLTS The Denver Broncos (8-4) travel to Indianapolis this week to face a Colts squad that is 12-0 this year and has won its last 21 regular-season games to tie for the longest such streak in NFL history. Kickoff at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday is set for 1 p.m. EST, and the game will be televised on CBS with Dick Enberg and Dan Fouts calling the action. QUICKLY: * - Denver has won its last two games, including a win at Kansas City last week, and has not trailed in either of those contests to mark the first time the club has accomplished that feat in three seasons. * - This week s game features the most combined wins (20) by two rookie head coaches in NFL history with Josh McDaniels guiding Denver to eight victories and Jim Caldwell leading Indianapolis to 12 wins. OFFENSE: * - The Broncos have averaged rushing yards per game in the last two weeks for the second-best mark in the league during that time. Last week against the Chiefs, Denver totaled its best rushing output in a game in four years (245 yds.) while posting only one negative rush on 45 attempts. * - Rookie RB Knowshon Moreno, who leads NFL rookies in rushing yards (774) and yards from scrimmage (870), owns six 80-yard rushing games this year that tie for the 10th most in the NFL since 1960 by a rookie through his team s first 12 contests. * - QB Kyle Orton, who attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., is 11-4 (.733) in his last 15 starts dating back to last year. DEFENSE: * - OLB/DE Elvis Dumervil leads the NFL with 15 sacks and is one sack away from tying Denver s single-season sack record (16, Simon Fletcher, 1992). His league-leading 10 sacks on third downs tie for the second most in NFL history for a season since sacks were tracked starting in * - Led by long-time NFL defensive coordinator Mike Nolan, the Broncos are the only team to rank among the league s top five clubs defensively in yards per play (2nd, 4.6), passing yards per game (2nd, 180.3), yards per game (3rd, 288.9), points per game (3rd, 16.8) and sacks (5th, 34). SPECIAL TEAMS: * - ILB/FB Spencer Larsen registered four solo tackles on special teams last week against Kansas City. His 10 special-teams stops since making his season debut six weeks ago rank second in the NFL. * - K Matt Prater has made his last 11 field goal attempts and has accounted for an NFL-high 28 points during the last two weeks. TELEVISION AND RADIO INFORMATION TELEVISION: KCNC-TV (CBS 4): Dick Enberg (play-by-play) and Dan Fouts (color commentary) will call the game. LOCAL RADIO: KOA Radio (850 AM): Dave Logan (play-by-play) and David Treadwell (color commentary) will call the game with Alan Roach reporting from the sidelines. NATIONAL RADIO: Sports USA Radio: Larry Kahn (play-by-play) and Ross Tucker (color commentary) will call the game with Troy West reporting from the sidelines. LOCAL SPANISH RADIO: KBNO Radio (1280 AM): Fernando Sergio (play-by-play) and Yuri Vasquez (color commentary) will call the game. denver broncos 2009 weekly press release Regular Season Game #13 Denver (8-4) at Indianapolis (12-0) Sunday, Dec. 13, p.m. EST Lucas Oil Stadium (63,000) Indianapolis, Indiana 2 World Championships 6 Super Bowls 8 AFC Title Games 10 AFC West Titles 17 Playoff Berths 24 Winning Seasons MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT INFORMATION Jim Saccomano (303) jim.saccomano@broncos.nfl.net Patrick Smyth (303) patrick.smyth@broncos.nfl.net Dave Gaylinn (303) dave.gaylinn@broncos.nfl.net Rebecca Villanueva (303) rebecca.villanueva@broncos.nfl.net Erich Schubert (303) erich.schubert@broncos.nfl.net The Denver Broncos have a media-only Web site, which was created to assist accredited media in their coverage of the Broncos. By going to members of the press will find the complete Broncos 2009 media guide, all-time gamebooks and flip cards, weekly releases, press releases, rosters, depth charts, updated bios, transcripts, injury reports, game recaps, news clippings, photos and much more. BRONCOS 2009 SCHEDULE PRESEASON Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Result Rec. 1 Fri. Aug. 14 at San Francisco Candlestick Park L, Sat. Aug. 22 at Seattle Qwest Field L, Sun. Aug. 30 CHICAGO INVESCO Field at Mile High L, Thu. Sept. 3 ARIZONA INVESCO Field at Mile High W, REGULAR SEASON Wk. Day Date Opponent Site Time/Result TV/Rec. 1 Sun. Sept. 13 at Cincinnati Paul Brown Stadium W, Sun. Sept. 20 CLEVELAND INVESCO Field at Mile High W, Sun. Sept. 27 at Oakland Oak.-Alameda County Coliseum W, Sun. Oct. 4 DALLAS INVESCO Field at Mile High W, Sun. Oct. 11 NEW ENGLAND INVESCO Field at Mile High W, OT Mon. Oct. 19 at San Diego Qualcomm Stadium W, Bye 8 Sun. Nov. 1 at Baltimore M&T Bank Stadium L, Mon. Nov. 9 PITTSBURGH INVESCO Field at Mile High L, Sun. Nov. 15 at Washington FedEx Field L, Sun. Nov. 22 SAN DIEGO INVESCO Field at Mile High L, Thu. Nov. 26 N.Y. GIANTS INVESCO Field at Mile High W, Sun. Dec. 6 at Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium W, Sun. Dec. 13 at Indianapolis Lucas Oil Stadium 1 p.m. EST CBS 15 Sun. Dec. 20 OAKLAND INVESCO Field at Mile High 2:05 p.m. MST CBS 16 Sun. Dec. 27 at Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field 1 p.m. EST CBS 17 Sun. Jan. 3 KANSAS CITY INVESCO Field at Mile High 2:15 p.m. MST CBS 2009 AFC WEST REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS Team W L T PF PA Home Road AFC NFC DIV Streak San Diego Won 7 Denver Won 2 Oakland Won 1 Kansas City Lost 2 denver at INDIANAPOLIS 1 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

2 denver broncos 2009 weekly release BRONCOS AT COLTS POINTS OF INTEREST The Broncos are one of eight original American Football League teams celebrating their 50th season in Denver s 411 overall wins are second among all original AFL teams and rank seventh among all clubs since During the Pat Bowlen era (1984-Pres.), the Broncos have won the most regular-season games (251) in the NFL... Denver owns an 11-6 (.647) all-time record against the Colts in the regular season, including a 5-4 mark on the road... Sunday marks the fourth time in club history the Broncos have faced a club with a 6-0 or better record (1-2 in such contests) and the first time facing a 12-0 team... The Broncos need one more victory to ensure the franchise s 25th winning season since the 1970 NFL merger... Head Coach Josh McDaniels (8-4) and Indianapolis Head Coach Jim Caldwell (12-0) own the most combined wins (20) between two NFL rookie head coaches to face each other in a game... Including players on reserve lists, the Broncos current roster features 31 new players (56.4% of roster / 31-of-55)... Offensively, the Broncos have posted 11 touchdown drives of at least 70 yards... QB Kyle Orton is 11-4 in his last 15 starts dating back to 2008 for a.733 winning percentage that ranks fifth in the NFL... His (.659) career record as a starter ranks sixth among active passers... WR Brandon Marshall ranks third in the NFL in receptions (271) and sixth in the league in receiving yards (3,398) since Marshall is tied for the most 10-catch games (7) through a player s first four seasons in NFL history and is looking to become the third player in league history to post three consecutive 100-catch seasons... Marshall has tied a career high with seven TD receptions in RB Knowshon Moreno has rushed for at least 80 yards in each of the last four weeks His six 80-yard rushing efforts this year tie for the 10th most in the NFL by a rookie since 1960 through his team s first 12 games... Moreno leads NFL rookies in rushing yards (774) and yards from scrimmage (870) while placing second in total touchdowns (6)... RB Correll Buckhalter, who last week against the Chiefs posted his sixth career 100-yard rushing game (12-113, 9.4 avg.), ranks third in the NFL in yards per rush (5.4 / , 1 TD)... C Casey Wiegmann, a 2008 Pro Bowl selection, has started 139 consecutive games for the second-longest active start streak in the NFL among OLs (longest among centers)... Wiegmann has a consecutive snaps played streak of 8,797 (longest in NFL)... LT Ryan Clady, named to several midseason All-Pro teams and a second-team AP All-Pro as a rookie last year, is looking to become just the fifth tackle since the 1970 merger to be named first-team AP All-Pro by his second pro season... Mike Nolan was hired by Denver as its defensive coordinator in the offseason after spending the last four years as San Francisco s head coach... In his 11 years as an NFL defensive coordinator, Nolan s defenses have averaged 32.3 takeaways a season and posted seven top-10 NFL rankings in turnovers... The Broncos are third in the NFL in yards per game allowed (288.9) and second in the league in yards per play allowed (4.6)... OLB/DE Elvis Dumervil leads the NFL with a career-high 15 sacks one off the Broncos single-season record set by LB/DE Simon Fletcher in 1992 and is looking to become Denver s first sack champion in club history... Ten of Dumervil s 15 sacks in 2009 have come on third down, and that total ties for the second most in a single season since sacks were tracked starting in ILB D.J. Williams leads Denver with 89 tackles (71 solo) He is fifth in the NFL in tackles per game (8.3) since Five Broncos have posted at least 50 defensive tackles... CB Champ Bailey has posted the most interceptions in the NFL (44) among cornerbacks since entering the league in Bailey is tied for the second-most Pro Bowls (8) at cornerback in NFL history while S Brian Dawkins ranks fourth in league annals in Pro Bowls (7) at safety... CB Ty Law, who was signed by Denver on Nov. 7, is a five-time Pro Bowl choice whose 58 overall interceptions (52 regular season, 6 postseason) tie for 16th in NFL history... Special Teams Coordinator Mike Priefer has coached units in the NFL that have totaled 15 blocked kicks and nine return touchdowns in eight seasons as a special teams coach Denver blocked an extra point vs. San Diego on Nov. 22 and had two return scores (PR, KR) at San Diego on Oct WR Eddie Royal became only the 11th player in NFL history (second Bronco) to score a touchdown on a kickoff and punt return in the same game at San Diego on Oct. 19 He was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts... Royal is the ninth player in team history to post at least 1,000 combined yards in each of his first two pro seasons (team-high 1,213 yds. this year)... Since signing P Mitch Berger on Oct. 26, the Broncos net punting average has shown the fourth-most improvement (+4.5 yds. / 34.5 to 39.0) in the NFL... K Matt Prater has connected on a career-high 11 consecutive field goal attempts dating back to Week 6 and has accounted for the most points (28) in the NFL during the last two weeks... ILB/FB Spencer Larsen has totaled the second-most special-teams tackles in the NFL (10) during the last six weeks (after missing the first six contests with a shoulder injury), with that total tying for the team lead with rookie S Darcel McBath. GAME INFORMATION BRONCOS/COLTS 2009 TEAM COMPARISON BRONCOS denver at INDIANAPOLIS 2 sunday, dec. 13, 2009 COLTS Record Division Standing nd (AFCW)....1st (AFCS) Turnover Ratio (NFL Rank) (9t) (4t) OFFENSE Net Yards Per Game (NFL Rank) (17) (4) Yards Per Play (NFL Rank) (16) (3) Points Per Game (NFL Rank) (21) (4) Possession Average : :21 Net Rushing YPG (NFL Rank) (9) (32) Net Passing YPG (NFL Rank) (19) (1) Had Intercepted/Yards / /180 Sacks Allowed/Yards / /74 Fumbles/Lost / /4 Third Down Pct. (NFL Rank) % (21) % (1) Red Zone TD Pct. (NFL Rank) % (26t) % (3) Giveaways DEFENSE Net Yards Per Game (NFL Rank) (3) (17) Yards Per Play (NFL Rank) (2) (7) Points Per Game (NFL Rank) (3) (2) Net Rushing YPG (NFL Rank) (16) (18) Net Passing YPG (NFL Rank) (2) (19) Intercepted by/yards / /146 Sacks For/Yards / /181 Opponent Fumbles/Lost / /10 Third Down Pct. (NFL Rank) % (13t) % (30) Red Zone TD Pct. (NFL Rank) % (13) % (12) Takeaways SPECIAL TEAMS Punts-Average Yards (Gross) Punts-Average Yards (Net) Punt Returns-Average Per Punt Returns-Average Per Allowed Kickoff Returns-Average Per Kickoff Returns-Average Per Allowed Field Goals Made/Attempted / /19 PENALTIES Penalties Against/Yards / /456 Opponent Penalties Against/Yards / /710

3 denver broncos 2009 weekly release GAME INFORMATION BRONCOS/COLTS SERIES BREAKDOWN (REGULAR SEASON) Series Meetings: 17 Broncos Record: (Home: / Away: 5-4-0) First Game: Den. 17, at Bal. 6 (11/10/74) Last Game: at Ind. 38, Den. 20 (9/30/07) Current Streak: Lost 2 Longest Den. Win Streak: 4 (9/20/81-10/13/85) Longest Ind. Win Streak: 2, 2x, (10/29/06 - present) Last Den. Home Win: at Den. 33, Ind. 14 (1/2/04) Last Den. Home Loss: Ind. 34, at Den. 31 (10/29/06) Last Den. Road Win: Den. 31, at Ind. 17 (12/21/03) Last Den. Road Loss: at Ind. 38, Den. 20 (9/30/07) Den. Shutouts: None Ind. Shutouts: None Most Den. Points: 35 (10/3/93): at Den. 35, Ind. 13 Most Ind. Points: 55 (10/31/88): at Ind. 55, Den. 23 Total Den. Points: 375 Total Ind. Points: 318 Average Den. Points: 22.1 Average Ind. Points: 18.7 Largest Den. Win: 22 (10/3/93): at Den. 35, Ind. 13 Largest Ind. Win: 32 (10/31/88): at Ind. 55, Den. 23 Most Pts., Both Teams: 78 (10/31/88): at Ind. 55, Den. 23 Fewest Pts., Both Teams: 13 (10/22/78): at Bal. 7, Den. 6 BRONCOS/COLTS 2009 INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON BRONCOS COLTS PASSING YARDS Orton ,627 Manning ,685 Simms RUSHING YARDS Moreno Addai Buckhalter Brown Jordan Simpson RECEIVING YARDS Marshall Wayne ,035 Gaffney Clark Scheffler Garcon POINTS SCORED Prater Addai Marshall Wayne Moreno Stover INTERCEPTIONS Goodman Bethea Hill Lacey Four Players Session SACKS Dumervil Freeney Reid Mathis Davis, Williams Brock NFL SCHEDULE - REGULAR SEASON WEEK 14 Thursday, December 10 Pittsburgh at Cleveland (NFLN) 8:20p (ET) Sunday, December 13 New Orleans at Atlanta :00p (ET) Detroit at Baltimore :00p (ET) Green Bay at Chicago :00p (CT) Seattle at Houston :00p (CT) Denver at Indianapolis :00p (ET) Miami at Jacksonville :00p (ET) Buffalo at Kansas City :00p (CT) Cincinnati at Minnesota :00p (CT) Carolina at New England :00p (ET) N.Y. Jets at Tampa Bay :00p (ET) Washington at Oakland :05p (PT) St. Louis at Tennessee :05p (CT) San Diego at Dallas :15p (CT) Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants (NBC) 8:20p (ET) Monday, December 14 Arizona at San Francisco (ESPN) 5:30p (PT) DEFENSIVE TACKLES (PRESS BOX TOTALS) Williams Session Dawkins Bethea Davis Brackett KICKOFF RETURNS (AVG.) Royal (24.1) Simpson (21.8) McKinley (22.6) Rushing (17.8) Buckhalter (25.3) Brown (21.0) PUNT RETURNS (AVG.) Royal (11.8) Rushing (5.7) A. Smith (1.6) Silva (4.6) Jennings (0.0) FIELD GOALS Prater /26 (.846) Stover /11 (.818) Vinatieri /8 (.750) PUNTS (GROSS/NET AVG.) Berger (42.8/39.0) McAfee (44.3/37.6) Kern* (46.1/34.5) * - Not on team denver at INDIANAPOLIS 3 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

4 denver broncos 2009 weekly release GAME INFORMATION BRONCOS/COLTS ALL-TIME RESULTS (REG., POST) Season (Date) W/L Result Site 1974 (11/10) W Denver 6 Memorial Stadium 1977 (11/27) 27, Baltimore 13 Mile High Stadium 1978 (10/22) 7, Denver 6 Memorial Stadium 1981 (9/20) 28, Baltimore 10 Mile High Stadium 1983 (9/11) W Denver 10 Memorial Stadium 1983 (12/11) 21, Baltimore 19 Mile High Stadium 1985 (10/13) W Denver 10 Hoosier Dome 1988 (10/31) 55, Denver 23 Hoosier Dome 1989 (10/15) 14, Indianapolis 3 Mile High Stadium 1990 (10/21) W Denver 17 Hoosier Dome 1993 (10/3) 35, Indianapolis 13 Mile High Stadium 2001 (1/6) 29, Denver 10 RCA Dome 2002 (11/24) L Indianapolis 20 (OT) INVESCO Field at Mile High 2003 (12/21) W Denver 17 RCA Dome 2003 (1/4) 41, Denver 10* RCA Dome 2004 (1/2) 33, Indianapolis 14 INVESCO Field at Mile High 2004 (1/9) 49, Denver 24* RCA Dome 2006 (10/29) L Indianapolis 31 INVESCO Field at Mile High 2007 (9/30) 38, Denver 20 RCA Dome * - AFC Championship Game BRONCOS CELEBRATE 50TH SEASON IN 2009 One of eight American Football League charter franchises, the Denver Broncos are celebrating their 50th season of professional football in As part of the celebration, the Broncos wore their original 1960 uniforms against New England on Oct. 11 and at San Diego on Oct. 19. Below is a look at the Broncos record by the decade. In their 50 seasons of football, Denver has totaled the eighth-most wins (411 / ) in the NFL and advanced to the postseason 17 times. Among original AFL clubs, the Broncos rank second in overall wins (411) while placing third in Super Bowl wins (2) and tying for third in playoff appearances (17). BRONCOS OVERALL RECORD BY DECADE Decade W L T Pct. Playoff Berths Win Rk. 1960s nd 1970s T-8th 1980s th 1990s T-5th 2000s T-6th TOTALS th MOST OVERALL WINS, ORIGINAL AFL FRANCHISES Team W L T Pct. Playoff Berths Super Bowls 1. Oakland Raiders Denver Broncos New England Patriots Kansas City Chiefs San Diego Chargers Tennessee Titans Buffalo Bills New York Jets START TO BEGIN THE YEAR Denver began the 2009 season winning its first six games, marking the club s first 6-0 start in 11 seasons. It also tied for the franchise s secondbest start in club annals. The Broncos joined the Colts and Saints as NFL teams to begin the 2009 season 6-0. The six-game winning streak, which came to an end with a 30-7 loss at Baltimore on Nov. 1, was Denver s longest winning streak since 2000 and tied for its sixth longest in club annals. MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS TO START A SEASON, BRONCOS HISTORY Year Started Final Record Postseason Super Bowl XXXIII (W) TBD TBD Super Bowl XXXII (W) Super Bowl XXI Super Bowl XII LONGEST REGULAR-SEASON WINNING STREAKS, BRONCOS HISTORY Year Games Total finale; first 13 of Games Games last two of 85; first six of last two of 76; first six of Games Games Games last four of 91; first two of Games NEW ADDITIONS TO DENVER ROSTER The Broncos opening game active roster featured 28 new players, which tied for the sixth-highest total in the NFL since Of the 491 possible Week 1 rosters in the league during this time, only nine (1.8 percent) had as many new players as Denver s 2009 roster. Just three of those 491 clubs (0.6%) qualified for the postseason. MOST NEW PLAYERS ON OPENING GAME ROSTER, NFL, SINCE 1994 Team No. Record Playoffs 1. Philadelphia, (Divisional) 2. Detroit, New Orleans, (Divisional) Washington, Atlanta, Denver, New Orleans, (NFC Champ.) Miami, Cleveland, denver at INDIANAPOLIS 4 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

5 denver broncos 2009 weekly release GAME INFORMATION BRONCOS VS. COLTS NOTABLE PERFORMANCES ILB ANDRA DAVIS 13 tackles (10 solo) (Cle. vs. Ind., 9/7/03) tackles (7 solo) (Cle. at Ind., 9/25/03). S BRIAN DAWKINS 8 tackles (5 solo), 1 FR (Phi. vs. Ind., 11/10/02) tackles (8 solo) (Phi. at Ind., 11/26/06). OLB/DE ELVIS DUMERVIL 4 tackles (3 solo), 3 PBU (Den. at Ind., 9/30/07). TE DANIEL GRAHAM 7 receptions for 57 yds. (8.1 avg.) and 1 TD (N.E. vs. Ind., 9/9/04)... 5 receptions for 41 yds. (8.2 avg.) and 1 TD (N.E. vs. Ind., 11/7/05). RB LaMONT JORDAN 20 carries for 102 yds. (5.1 avg.) and 2 TD (NYJ vs. Ind., 1/4/03). CB TY LAW 12 tackles (10 solo), 2 PBU (N.E. at Ind., 10/26/96)... 2 solo tackles, 2 INT (59 yds., 1 TD), 3 PBU (N.E. vs. Ind., 9/13/98)... 3 tackles (2 solo), 1 INT (23 yds., 1 TD), 1 PBU (N.E. vs. Ind., 9/30/01)... 3 tackles (2 solo), 3 INT (26 yds.), 3 PBU (AFC Champ., N.E. vs. Ind., 1/18/04)... 1 solo tackle, 2 INT, 2 PBU (AFC Wild Card Game, K.C. at Ind., 1/6/07). QB KYLE ORTON Completed 13-of-21 (61.9%) passes for 150 yds., 83.4 rating (Chi. at Ind., 9/7/08). ILB D.J. WILLIAMS 7 tackles (5 solo), 1 PBU (Den. at Ind., 1/9/05) tackles (13 solo) (Den. at Ind., 9/30/07). FIRST-YEAR BRONCOS The Broncos current roster (including reserve lists) features 31 players in their first season with the club. That total accounts for 56.4 percent of their total roster including players on reserve lists (31-of-55). Nine players selected in the 2009 NFL Draft, one rookie college free agent, three players acquired via trade and 18 free agents comprise Denver s 31 new players. PLAYERS IN THEIR FIRST SEASON WITH THE BRONCOS How Acquired No NFL Draft 9 Rookie College Free Agent 1 Trade 3 Free Agency 18 TOTALS 31 BRONCOS ALL-TIME YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS YEAR PRESEASON REG. SEASON PLAYOFFS (S.B. loss) (S.B. loss) (S.B. loss) (S.B. loss) (S.B. win) (S.B. win) TOTAL (.533) (.531) (.531) denver at INDIANAPOLIS 5 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

6 denver broncos 2009 weekly release GAME INFORMATION AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO BUILDING 2009 BRONCOS The Broncos added 12 unrestricted free agents during the first week of the 2009 free agency period, and that total was the most in the NFL during that period over the last 15 years. Denver s 12 unrestricted free agents signed accounted for 25 percent of the 48 unrestricted free agents who changed teams in the NFL during the opening week of free agency. MOST UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS ADDED, NFL, FIRST WEEK OF 2009 FREE AGENCY Team No. Record 1. Denver Detroit Tampa Bay Seven Teams 4 MOST UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS ADDED, NFL, FIRST WEEK OF FREE AGENCY, SINCE 1994 Team No. Record 1. Denver, Miami, Detroit, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Miami, Tampa Bay, MIDSEASON AWARDS WATCH Several Broncos along with Head Coach Josh McDaniels were recognized by national media outlets for their performances through the first half of the year. Pro Football Weekly Midseason All-Pro Team: Head Coach Josh McDaniels, T Ryan Clady, OLB/DE Elvis Dumervil Sports Illustrated (Peter King) Midseason All-Pro Team: Head Coach Josh McDaniels, T Ryan Clady, OLB/DE Elvis Dumervil The Sporting News (Clifton Brown) Midseason All-Pro Team: T Ryan Clady, OLB/DE Elvis Dumervil ESPN.com (Len Pasquerelli) Midseason All-Pro Team: T Ryan Clady USA Today (Jim Corbett) Midseason All-Pro Team: Head Coach Josh McDaniels CBSSports.com (Pete Prisco) Midseason All-Pro Team: Head Coach Josh McDaniels 2009 NFL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS AFC East Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Road Div AFC NFC N.E Mia NYJ Buf AFC North Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Road Div AFC NFC Cin Bal Pit Cle AFC South Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Road Div AFC NFC z - Ind Jac Ten Hou AFC West Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Road Div AFC NFC S.D Den Oak K.C NFC East Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Road Div AFC NFC Dal Phi NYG Was NFC North Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Road Div AFC NFC Min G.B Chi Det NFC South Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Road Div AFC NFC z- N.O Atl Car T.B NFC West Team W L T Pct PF PA Home Road Div AFC NFC Ari S.F Sea Stl z - Clinched division denver at INDIANAPOLIS 6 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

7 denver broncos 2009 weekly release OFFENSIVE NOTES QUICKLY: BRONCOS OFFENSIVE NOTES * - Mike McCoy is Denver s offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach and joined the club after spending the previous nine seasons in Carolina, where he most recently was its passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach from * - TE Daniel Graham, QB Kyle Orton and C Casey Wiegmann are Denver s offensive captains. * - The Broncos have posted 11 touchdown drives of 70 yards or longer, including two 10-play, 90-yard drives vs. New England on Oct. 11. * - Denver has turned the ball over once or fewer in seven of 12 games. * - The Broncos 245 rushing yards (45 att., 5.4 avg., 2 TDs) at Kansas City on Dec. 6 marked their highest single-game rushing total in four years (255, vs. Phi., 10/30/05). The club had one negative rush in 45 attempts (2.2%). * - Orton s (.659) career record as a starter is the sixth best in the NFL among active players (min. 40 starts). He is 11-4 dating back to last December for a.733 winning percentage that is the fifth best in the league. * - Orton is on pace to set career single-season highs for every major passing category. His 2,627 passing yards are the second most by a player in his first year with the Broncos in team history and ranks sixth in the league this season in INT percentage (1.9 / 7-369). * - For his career, Orton owns a 32-to-3 TD-to-INT ratio in the red zone that ranks eighth among active passers. He has thrown 10 touchdowns and one interception in the red zone this season. * - WR Brandon Marshall, a 2008 Pro Bowl selection, is third in the NFL in receptions (271) and sixth in receiving yards (3,398) since He has posted at least 86 receiving yards in four of the last five games. * - Marshall owns seven games with at least 10 catches since entering the league in That total ties for the most in NFL history through a player s first four NFL seasons. * - The Broncos have eight players with at least 10 receptions and are led in receptions by Marshall (65-808, 12.4 avg., 7 TDs), WR Eddie Royal (33-314, 9.5 avg.) and WR Jabar Gaffney (29-394, 13.6 avg.). * - Royal, who last year posted the second-most catches (91) by a rookie in NFL history, also handles return duties on special teams. He leads Denver in combined yards (1,213) this year and ranks seventh in the league in combined yards (3,042) since entering the league in * - TE Tony Scheffler, who recorded his second career 100-yard receiving game (6-101, 1 TD) at San Diego on Oct. 19, leads NFL TEs in yards per reception average (13.5) since entering the league in * - RB Knowshon Moreno leads NFL rookies in rushing yards (744), yards from scrimmage (870) and rushing touchdowns (5) while tying for the league lead with three Pepsi Rookie of the Week accolades. * - Moreno has rushed for at least 80 yards in each of the last four weeks, and his six 80-yard games this year tie for fourth in the NFL. He also is tied for 10th in the NFL since 1960 in 80-yard rushing games (6) by a rookie through his team s first 12 games. * - RB Correll Buckhalter, who posted his sixth career 100-yard rushing game (2nd this year) at Kansas City on Dec. 6, is third in the NFL in yards per rush (5.4 / 105-of-563). The veteran owns 21 rushes of at least 20 yards for his NFL career, including four this season. * - LT Ryan Clady, a second-year player who was named to several midseason All-Pro teams, is looking to become only the fifth player in the NFL since 1970 to earn first-team AP All-Pro honors by his second professional season. He was a second-team AP All-Pro as a rookie last year. * - C Casey Wiegmann, a 2008 Pro Bowl selection, has started his last 139 games for the second-longest active streak among NFL offensive linemen. He has the league s longest consecutive snaps streak (8,797), which dates back to * - T Tyler Polumbus, a second-year player from the University of Colorado, has started four of Denver s last five games at right tackle in place of T Ryan Harris (injured). He became only the 11th player to start a game at the high school (Cherry Creek H.S. / Denver), college (CU) and NFL (Broncos) level for a team in the state of Colorado. * - OL Russ Hochstein, a ninth-year player, has started at left guard during each of the last four weeks after G Ben Hamilton opened seven of Denver s first eight games at that position. Hochstein also has started at right guard and tight end this year (7 total starts). BRONCOS AWARDS UPDATE AFC SPEC. TMS. PLAYER OF THE MONTH (SEPT.) - K MATT PRATER Prater converted 7-of-9 field-goal attempts, including all three tries from beyond 40 yards, while posting AFC bests in touchbacks (7), touchback percentage (46.7) and kickoffs reaching the end zone (13) in September. AFC DEF. PLAYER OF THE WEEK (WK. 4) - CB CHAMP BAILEY Bailey posted eight tackles (all solo), one interception (3 yds.) and a gamehigh four pass breakups in Denver s win against Dallas on Oct. 4. PEPSI NFL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK (WK. 4) - RB KNOWSHON MORENO Moreno rushed 14 times for 65 yards and had two receptions for 11 yards, including one touchdown, to total 76 yards from scrimmage in Denver s win against Dallas on Oct. 4. AFC OFF. PLAYER OF THE WEEK (WK. 5) - QB KYLE ORTON Orton completed 35-of-48 (72.9%) passes for 330 yards with two touchdowns and one interception (Hail Mary pass attempt) for a 96.7 rating in Denver's overtime win against New England on Oct. 11. PEPSI NFL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK (WK. 5) - RB KNOWSHON MORENO Making his first NFL start, Moreno totaled 124 yards from scrimmage, including 88 yards on 21 carries (4.2 avg.), in Denver s overtime win against New England on Oct. 11. AFC SPEC. TMS. PLAYER OF THE WEEK (WK. 6) - WR EDDIE ROYAL Royal became only the 11th player in NFL history to score a touchdown on both a kickoff (93 yds.) and punt (71 yds.) return in Denver s win on Monday Night Football at San Diego on Oct. 19. AFC SPEC. TMS. PLAYER OF THE MONTH (OCT.) - WR EDDIE ROYAL Royal returned eight punts for 134 yards (16.8 avg.) with one touchdown (71 yds.) and five kickoffs for 158 yards (31.6 avg.) with one score (93 yds.) to total 292 return yards and two return touchdowns in October. BRONCOS WALTER PAYTON NFL MAN OF THE YEAR - CB CHAMP BAILEY Bailey was selected as the Broncos nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award in recognition of his work in the community with the Denver Rescue Mission, it was announced on Oct. 29. AFC SPEC. TMS. PLAYER OF THE WEEK (WK. 12) - K MATT PRATER Prater converted all four field-goal attempts (26, 32, 47 and 24 yds.) and both extra-point tries while posting five touchbacks on kickoffs in Denver s Thanksgiving win vs. the New York Giants on Nov. 26. PEPSI NFL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK (WK. 12) - RB KNOWSHON MORENO Moreno rushed 19 times for 88 yards (4.6 avg.) with one touchdown and had two catches for 19 yards to total 107 yards from scrimmage in Denver s Thanksgiving win vs. the New York Giants on Nov. 26. denver at INDIANAPOLIS 7 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

8 denver broncos 2009 weekly release OFFENSIVE NOTES BRONCOS/COLTS CONNECTIONS Former Broncos: IND DC Larry Coyer ( )... IND DL Coach John Teerlinck ( )... Former Colts: OLB/DE Darrell Reid ( )... DEN WR Brandon Stokley ( )... DEN C Casey Wiegmann (1996)... From Denver Area: IND Head Coach Jim Caldwell: Colorado ( )... IND LBs Coach Mike Murphy: Mapleton High School in Denver (1968); Fairview High School in Boulder (1969)... IND Special Asst. to the Defense Rod Perry played at Colorado ( )... IND TE Gijon Robinson was born in Denver... From Indianapolis Area: DEN DL Coach Wayne Nunnely: born in East Chicago, Ind.; Haworth High School ( ); Indiana State ( )... DEN LBs Coach Don Martindale: Notre Dame ( )... DEN QB Kyle Orton: Purdue ( )... DEN T Ryan Harris: Notre Dame ( )... DEN S David Bruton: Notre Dame ( )... DEN T Brandon Gorin (Muncie, Ind.): Purdue ( ); Southside High School... College Connections: DEN RBs Coach Bobby Turner/IND RBs Coach Gene Huey: Ohio State ( )... DEN RB Peyton Hillis/IND OT Tony Ugoh: Arkansas ( )... Orton/IND QB Curtis Painter: Purdue (2004)... DEN WR Kenny McKinley/IND Special Teams Coordinator Ray Rychleski: South Carolina (2008)... NFL Connections: DEN HC Josh McDaniels: IND K Adam Vinatieri (NE )... DEN OC Mike McCoy: Perry (CAR )... Nunnely: Perry (SD )... DEN Secondary Coach Ed Donatell: Coyer (NYJ 1994)... DEN LS Lonie Paxton: Vinatieri (NE ). OFFENSE GOES DISTANCE The Broncos have 11 touchdown drives of at least 70 yards this year, including a 12-play, 98-yard drive that forced overtime in the Broncos win against New England on Oct. 11. Denver s 43 scoring drives (21 TDs, 22 FGs) average 7.7 plays, 55.6 yards and 3:30 in duration. TOUCHDOWN DRIVES OF AT LEAST 70 YARDS, BRONCOS, 2009 (sorted by length) Game Plays Yds. Time 1. vs. N.E. (10/11) :38 2. vs. N.E. (10/11) :03 3. at Cin. (9/13) :27 4. at Bal. (11/1) :00 5. vs. Cle. (9/20) :45 6. at K.C. (12/6) :52 at K.C. (12/6) :33 at Oak. (9/27) :03 9. vs. S.D. (10/19) : at Was. (11/15) : vs. Dal. (10/3) :01 ORTON HAS HISTORY OF WINNING Kyle Orton, who joined the Broncos on April 2 in a trade from Chicago, ranks sixth among active NFL quarterbacks in career winning percentage (.659 / ) as a starter among those with at least 40 starts. In four seasons with the Bears, Orton was (.636) as a starter. He is 8-3 as a starter with Denver this year and also saw action in the final three quarters vs. San Diego on Nov. 22. Orton is on pace to set personal bests in every major passing category. BEST OVERALL WINNING PERCENTAGE BY A QB, NFL, ACTIVE PLAYERS (min. 40 starts) Player W L T Pct. 1. Tom Brady, N.E Philip Rivers, S.D Ben Roethlisberger, Pit Peyton Manning, Ind Tony Romo, Dal Kyle Orton, Den Donovan McNabb, Phi KYLE ORTON, CAREER YEAR-BY-YEAR Year Team GP/GS Att. Comp. Pct. Yds TD INT Rtg Chicago 15/ , Chicago 0/ Chicago 3/ Chicago 15/ , Denver 12/ , TOTALS 45/44 1, , Proj. 16/ , ORTON: 11-4 IN LAST 15 STARTS Dating back to last December as a member of the Bears, Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton is 11-4 in his previous 15 starts. That ranks as the fifthbest winning percentage (.733) among starting quarterbacks in the NFL during that period. BEST OVERALL WINNING PERCENTAGE BY A QB, NFL, SINCE DECEMBER 2008 (min. 7 starts) Player W L T Pct. 1. Peyton Manning, Ind Drew Brees, N.O.* Philip Rivers, S.D Carson Palmer, Cin Kyle Orton, Den./Chi denver at INDIANAPOLIS 8 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

9 denver broncos 2009 weekly release OFFENSIVE NOTES NOTES FROM DENVER S LAST FIVE GAMES VS. INDIANAPOLIS at INDIANAPOLIS 38, DENVER 20 (Sept. 30, 2007) Denver s loss snaps its four-game winning streak against defending Super Bowl champions The Broncos 223 rushing yards mark their highest single-game total since gaining 227 rushing yards against Indianapolis on Oct. 29, INDIANAPOLIS 34, at DENVER 31 (Oct. 29, 2006) Colts K Adam Vinatieri s converts a 37-yard field goal with two seconds remaining to preserve Indianapolis unbeaten record (9-0) and end Denver s NFL-best 13-game regular-season home winning streak The Broncos score touchdowns on all four red zone opportunities. at INDIANAPOLIS 49, DENVER 24 (Jan. 9, WILD CARD) The Colts establish a 21-0 lead in the second quarter and take a 35-3 lead into halftime Denver WR Rod Smith (7-99, 1 TD) moves into first place in Broncos playoff annals for all-time receiving touchdowns (5) with a 9- yard scoring grab. at DENVER 33, INDIANAPOLIS 14 (Jan. 2, 2005) Denver scores 13 unanswered points in the second half to clinch an AFC Wild Card spot for the second consecutive year... Denver gains 453 yards of total offense while holding Indianapolis to just 200 offensive yards. at INDIANAPOLIS 41, DENVER 10 (Jan. 4, WILD CARD) Indianapolis scores 34 consecutive points to break open what had once been a 7-3 game in the first quarter Denver TE Shannon Sharpe hauls in five passes for 31 yards in his final game as a Bronco. ORTON BEGINS BRONCOS CAREER ON HISTORIC NOTE Kyle Orton this year became only the second player in the NFL since 1960 to throw at least one touchdown pass and no interceptions in each of his first four starts with a team. His streak ended when a Hail Mary pass attempt to end the first half against New England on Oct. 11 was intercepted. Orton s six consecutive wins to start the year tied for the second-longest streak by an NFL quarterback in his first year with a new team since the 1970 league merger. LONGEST STREAKS OF AT LEAST 1 TD PASS AND NO INTS IN FIRST STARTS WITH A TEAM, NFL, SINCE 1960 Player Year Games 1. Kyle Orton, Den John Hadl, L.A. Rams Steve Beuerlein, Dallas Jim Plunkett, L.A. Raiders MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS TO START A SEASON BY A QB IN FIRST YEAR WITH NEW TEAM, NFL, SINCE 1970 Player Year Games 1. Dieter Brock, LAN Kyle Orton, Den John Hadl, LAN Craig Morton, Den Brett Favre, Min ORTON: BEST HOME QB SINCE 1970 MERGER Kyle Orton s.864 career winning percentage (19-3) at home as a starter is the best by a quarterback since the 1970 NFL merger (min. 15 starts). BEST HOME WINNING PCT. BY A QB, NFL, SINCE 1970 MERGER (min. 15 starts) Player Years W L T Pct. 1. Kyle Orton, Den./Chi Pres Steve Bono, Car./Stl./G.B./K.C./S.F./Pit./Min Terry Bradshaw, Pit Tom Brady, N.E Pres Roger Staubach, Dal ORTON IN THE RED ZONE Kyle Orton has proven to be one of the league s most productive quarterbacks in the red zone. Among active quarterbacks, he is eighth in the NFL in touchdown-to-interception ratio (10.67 / 32-3) in the red zone. This year, Orton has thrown 10 touchdowns and one interception in the red zone. BEST TD-TO-INT RATIO IN THE RED ZONE, NFL, ACTIVE PLAYERS (min. 150 att.) Player Att. TDs INTs Ratio 1. Byron Leftwich, T.B./Pit./Atl./Jac Philip Rivers, S.D Tom Brady, N.E Chad Pennington, Mia./NYJ Donovan McNabb, Phi Jake Delhomme, Car./N.O Matt Hasselbeck, Sea./G.B Kyle Orton, Den./Chi ORTON S IMPRESSIVE BRONCOS DEBUT With 2,627 passing yards this year, quarterback Kyle Orton has totaled the second-most passing yards by a player in his first year with the Broncos in club history. His 88.2 passer rating also ranks second to Jake Plummer (91.2, 2003) among players in their first year with the Broncos. MOST PASSING YARDS BY A PLAYER IN HIS FIRST YEAR WITH THE BRONCOS, TEAM HISTORY Player Att. Comp. Pct. Yds. TD INT Rtg. 1. Frank Tripucka, , Kyle Orton, , Jake Plummer, , Craig Morton, , Steve Tensi, , denver at INDIANAPOLIS 9 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

10 denver broncos 2009 weekly release OFFENSIVE NOTES ORTON PROTECTING THE BALL Kyle Orton, whose only interception through Denver s first seven games of the year was on a Hail Mary attempt, is sixth in the NFL in interception percentage among players with at least 300 attempts. The veteran has thrown seven interceptions in 369 pass attempts for a 1.9 percent mark. He is on pace to finish the year with the fourth-lowest interception percentage by a Bronco in team history. That mark is held by Brian Griese (1.2%, 4-in-336, 2000). LOWEST INTERCEPTION PERCENTAGE, NFL, 2009 (min. 300 attempts) Player Att. INTs Pct. 1. Brett Favre, Min Aaron Rodgers, G.B David Garrard, Jac Philip Rivers, S.D Tony Romo, Dal Kyle Orton, Den LOWEST INTERCEPTION PERCENTAGE IN A SEASON, BRONCOS HISTORY (min. 200 attempts) Player Att. INTs Pct. 1. Brian Griese, Jake Plummer, John Elway, Kyle Orton, John Elway, ORTON SITUATIONAL RECORD AS A STARTER Below is a look at Kyle Orton s career situational record as a starting quarterback. He owns a (.659) record as a starter for his five-year NFL career. KYLE ORTON CAREER SITUATIONAL RECORD AS A STARTING QB Throws 0 TD passes on Sunday Throws 1+TD passes on Monday Throws 2+TD passes on Thursday Throws 3+TD passes on Saturday Throws 4+TD passes in September Throws for <200 yds in October Throws for 200+yds in November Throws for 300+yds in Dec./Jan Was not intercepted at home Was intercepted on road Was not sacked in division Was sacked in conference Posts 100+rating out of conference ORTON, STOKLEY COMBINE FOR HISTORIC PLAY Trailing 7-6 with 28 seconds left to play in their season opener at Cincinnati on Sept. 13, Kyle Orton s pass intended for wide receiver Brandon Marshall was tipped by Bengals cornerback Leon Hall into the hands of Denver wide receiver Brandon Stokley. Stokley raced 62 yards down the left sideline for the game-winning score. In all, the 87-yard touchdown marked the longest game-winning touchdown from scrimmage in the final minute of the fourth quarter of a game in NFL history. The play also tied for the eighth-longest touchdown pass in Broncos history and is the third-longest touchdown pass in the league this year. LONGEST TOUCHDOWN PASSES, BRONCOS HISTORY Players Yards Game 1. George Shaw to Jerry Tarr 97 at Bos., 9/21/62 2. Frank Tripucka to Al Frazier 96 at Buf., 9/15/62 3. Craig Morton to Steve Watson 95 vs. Det., 10/11/81 4. Jay Cutler to Eddie Royal 93 at Cle., 11/6/08 Craig Morton to Steve Watson 93 vs. S.D., 9/27/81 6. Charley Johnson to Rick Upchurch 90 vs. K.C., 9/21/75 John McCormick to Bob Scarpitto 90 vs. Hou., 10/17/65 8. Kyle Orton to Brandon Stokley 87 at Cin., 9/13/09 Frank Tripucka to Al Frazier 87 vs. S.D., 11/12/61 LONGEST TOUCHDOWN PASSES, NFL, 2009 Players Yards Game 1. R. Fitzpatrick to T. Owens, Buf. 98t at Jac., 11/22/09 2. M. Ryan to R. White, Atl. 90t at S.F., 10/11/09 3. K. Orton to B. Stokley, Den. 87t at Cin., 9/13/09 4. J. Russell to Z. Miller, Oak. 86t vs. Phi., 10/18/09 5. T. Brady to S. Aiken, N.E. 81t at Mia., 12/6/09 P. Rivers to D. Sproles, S.D. 81t vs. Bal., 9/20/09 SIMMS BEGINS FIRST YEAR IN DENVER Quarterback Chris Simms, who led the Buccaneers to an NFC South title in 2005, is in his first year in Denver after he was signed by the team as an unrestricted free agent on March 5. He saw his first regular-season action as a Bronco in relief of an injured Kyle Orton at Washington on Nov. 15, playing the entire second half in that contest. It marked his most extensive action since his last pro start vs. Carolina on Sept. 24, 2006, a game in which he suffered a spleen injury that limited him during the last three years. Simms became the sixth quarterback in the NFL since 2006 to go at least three years between starts when he opened Denver s game vs. San Diego on Nov. 22 in place of an injured Orton and played the first three series. He joined Ken Dorsey (2008, Cle.), Todd Collins (2007, Was.), Chris Redman (2007, Atl.), Chris Weinke (2006, Car.) and Damon Huard (2006, K.C.) with that distinction. He has played 23 games (16 starts / 7-9 record) for his NFL career, completing 297-of-511 (58.1%) passes for 3,117 yards with 12 touchdowns and 18 interceptions. Simms also is the son of former Giants quarterback ( ) and current CBS lead commentator Phil Simms. He and his father make up one of six father-son quarterback combinations to play in the NFL Manning (2), Griese, Whitehurst, Kemp and Nix are the others. denver at INDIANAPOLIS 10 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

11 denver broncos 2009 weekly release OFFENSIVE NOTES CHRIS SIMMS, CAREER YEAR-BY-YEAR Year Team GP/GS Att. Comp. Pct. Yds TD INT Rtg Tampa Bay 5/ Tampa Bay 11/ , Tampa Bay 3/ Tennessee 1/ Denver 3/ TOTALS 23/ , OFFENSIVE LINE AMONG LEAGUE S BEST SINCE 2008 The Broncos offensive line combines youth and experience to form one of the NFL s most effective units. It includes two second-year starters at tackle (LT Ryan Clady and RT Ryan Harris), a third-year starter at right guard (Chris Kuper) and a 14-year veteran at center (Casey Wiegmann). Ninth-year player Russ Hochstein has started the last four games at left guard after Ben Hamilton opened seven of Denver s first eight games at that position. Denver last season tied for the NFL low in sacks allowed (franchise record 12) and led the league in sack percentage per pass play (franchise record 1.9 / ). Several members of the unit earned individual awards for their efforts in 2008, including Wiegmann (first Pro Bowl), Clady (2ndteam AP All-Pro, 3rd in AP Offensive Rookie of the Year voting) and Harris (Sports Illustrated All-Pro). Since 2008, the Broncos are fourth in the NFL in sack percentage per pass play (3.4) and fourth in the league in sacks allowed (35). The unit has given up 23 sacks in 409 pass plays (5.6%) this year. LOWEST SACK PERCENTAGE PER PASS PLAY, NFL, 2008-PRES. Team Plays Sacks Pct. 1. Indianapolis 1, New Orleans 1, Tennessee Denver 1, Arizona 1, FEWEST SACKS ALLOWED, NFL, 2008-PRES. Team Sacks Yards 1. Indianapolis Tennessee New Orleans Denver Atlanta OFFENSIVE LINE PROVIDES PASS PROTECTION Renowned for its ability to clear the way for a dominant rushing attack, the Broncos offensive line also has been one of the NFL s best at pass protection recently. Since 2003, Denver is second in the NFL in fewest sacks allowed with 161. Offensive Line Coach Rick Dennison has instructed that unit since FEWEST SACKS ALLOWED, NFL, SINCE 2003 Team Sacks Yards 1. Indianapolis Denver San Diego 179 1, Green Bay 181 1,206 5 Tennessee 183 1,176 CLADY POSTS 20-GAME STREAK WITHOUT ALLOWING SACK TO BEGIN CAREER Second-year left tackle Ryan Clady, a second-team All-Pro (Associated Press) as a rookie in 2008, did not allow a sack through his first 20 career games, according to Stats Inc. That streak tied for the ninth longest among starting tackles since Stats Inc. began tracking sacks in 1994 and was the longest active streak in the league. Clady s streak of not allowing a full sack also represented the longest such streak to start a career. It began in Denver s 2008 season opener and ended in the club s contest vs. New England on Oct. 11. MOST CONSECUTIVE STARTS AT TACKLE WITHOUT ALLOWING A FULL SACK, NFL, 1994 THROUGH WEEK 4, 2009 Player Starts Dates 1. Jason Fabini, NYJ 32 11/22/98-9/9/01 2. Walter Jones, Sea /30/03-11/20/05 3. Matt Lepsis, Den /31/04-10/9/06 4. Mark Tauscher, G.B /3/05-9/16/07 5. Adam Meadows, Ind. 24 9/13/98-11/28/99 6. Wayne Gandy, Pit /10/99-11/19/00 7. Andy Heck, Chi /27/94-9/2/96 8. Ryan Diem, Ind /8/06-11/18/07 9. Ryan Clady, Den. 20 9/8/08-10/4/09 Michael Roos, Ten /20/05-12/10/06 Victor Riley, K.C. 20 1/2/00-9/30/01 James Brown, Mia. 20 9/6/98-10/10/99 Jeff Criswell, K.C./NYJ 20 9/4/94-11/10/96 CLADY SEEKS RARE HONOR Named a second-team Associated Press All-Pro as a rookie in 2008 and honored by several media outlets as a 2009 midseason All-Pro, left tackle Ryan Clady is looking to become only the fifth tackle since the 1970 merger to receive first-team AP All-Pro honors by his second professional season. Below is a look at the tackles Clady is looking to join as a first-team AP All- Pro choice in his second season No player has ever received first-team AP All-Pro honors as a rookie. Clady finished third in the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year voting in 2008 and was credited with allowing the fewest sacks (0.5) among 16-game starting tackles according to Stats Inc. TACKLES TO RECEIVE FIRST-TEAM AP ALL-PRO HONORS BY SECOND PRO SEASON, NFL, SINCE 1970 MERGER Player Year Exp. Pos. Jammal Brown, N.O nd LT Jonathan Ogden, Bal nd LT Willie Roaf, N.O nd LT Anthony Muñoz, Cin nd LT denver at INDIANAPOLIS 11 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

12 denver broncos 2009 weekly release OFFENSIVE NOTES WIEGMANN OWNS IMPRESSIVE START STREAK Coming off his first Pro Bowl appearance in 2008, Broncos center Casey Wiegmann owns the longest start/games played streak (139 games) of any center in the NFL. That streak also represents the second-longest in the NFL among all offensive linemen. Wiegmann s streak began in 2001 with the Chiefs. Most impressively, the center has taken every possible regular season and postseason offensive snap (8,797) since 2001 for the longest streak in the NFL. LONGEST ACTIVE CONSECUTIVE GAMES STARTED STREAKS, NFL OFFENSIVE LINEMEN Player Pos. Starts Years 1. Jeff Backus, Det. T Pres. 2. Casey Wiegmann, Den./K.C. C Pres. 3. Alan Faneca, NYJ/Pit. G Pres. Todd McClure, Atl. C Pres. LONGEST ACTIVE CONSECUTIVE GAMES STARTED STREAKS, NFL CENTERS Player Starts Years 1. Casey Wiegmann, Den./K.C Pres. 2. Todd McClure, Atl Pres. 3. Olin Kreutz, Chi Pres. ROYAL OFF TO GREAT START Broncos wide receiver Eddie Royal has posted the most receptions (124) by a player in his first two pro seasons with the Broncos and is just 341 receiving yards from totaling the most receiving yards by a player in his first two years with Denver. Royal s 91 catches in 2008 marked the second-highest total by a rookie in NFL history. He also set club rookie records for receiving yards (980) and receiving touchdowns (5). MOST RECEPTIONS BY A PLAYER THROUGH HIS FIRST TWO PRO SEASONS WITH BRONCOS, TEAM HISTORY Player Years Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Total 1. Eddie Royal, WR Brandon Marshall, WR Glyn Milburn, RB MOST RECEIVING YARDS BY A PLAYER THROUGH HIS FIRST TWO PRO SEASONS WITH BRONCOS, TEAM HISTORY Player Years Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Total 1. Brandon Marshall, WR ,325 1, Eddie Royal, WR , Ricky Nattiel, WR ,204 ROYAL REACHES 100 CATCHES With his 8-yard reception in the first quarter against New England on Oct. 11, Eddie Royal reached 100 catches for his career in 20 games to tie for the third fastest in league annals to that mark. He has 124 receptions for 1,294 yards in his NFL career. FASTEST TO 100 CAREER RECEPTIONS, NFL HISTORY Player Pos. Games 1. Anquan Boldin, Ari. WR Reggie Bush, N.O. RB Eddie Royal, Den. WR 20 Terry Glenn, N.E. WR 20 Keith Jackson, Phi. TE 20 Jeremy Shockey, NYG TE 20 Kellen Winslow II, Cle. TE 20 ROYAL DOES IT ALL Broncos wide receiver Eddie Royal, who led all rookies and ranked sixth in the NFL with 1,829 combined yards in 2008, is seventh in the league with 3,042 combined yards during the last two years. He has posted 1,404 yards from scrimmage along with 1,638 return yards. This year, he leads Denver with 1,213 combined yards (315 yards from scrimmage, 898 return yards). He is only the ninth Bronco in team history to post at least 1,000 combined yards in each of his first two NFL seasons. MOST COMBINED YARDS, NFL, 2008-PRES. Player Scrim. Yds. Ret. Yds. Tot. Yds. 1. Darren Sproles, S.D. 1,375 2,853 4, Josh Cribbs, Cle ,817 3, Chris Johnson, Ten. 3, , Adrian Peterson, Min. 3, , Leon Washington, NYJ 1,265 1,935 3, Maurice Jones-Drew, Jac. 2, , Eddie Royal, Den. 1,404 1,638 3,042 BRONCOS TO POST AT LEAST 1,000 COMBINED YARDS IN EACH OF FIRST TWO NFL SEASONS, TEAM HISTORY Player Years Yr. 1 Yr Charley Mitchell ,207 1, Floyd Little ,604 1, Bobby Anderson ,028 1, Rick Upchurch ,929 1, Bobby Humphrey ,393 1, Glyn Milburn ,144 1, Terrell Davis ,484 1, Clinton Portis ,872 1, Eddie Royal ,829 1,213 denver at INDIANAPOLIS 12 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

13 denver broncos 2009 weekly release OFFENSIVE NOTES MARSHALL AMONG LEAGUE S BEST SINCE 07 Since 2007, Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall is third in the league in receptions (271) and ranks sixth in receiving yards (3,398). He is the only player in the NFL to post at least 100 receptions and 1,200 receiving yards in each of the last two years. Marshall is looking to become the first player in club history and only the third player in NFL annals (Herman Moore-3, Marvin Harrison-4) to post three consecutive 100-catch seasons. He joined Rod Smith ( ) as one of two players in Denver annals to have 100 receptions for two years in a row after posting 104 catches for 1,265 yards with six touchdowns in 2008 as a Pro Bowl starter. Marshall s 104 catches last season ranked third in the league, and he was seventh in the NFL with 1,265 receiving yards. His reception total also was the second-best in club history, behind Rod Smith s 113 catches in 2001, while his receiving yardage output ranked fifth in team annals. His 1,281 yards after the catch since 2007 rank second in the league among wide receivers according to Stats Inc. (updated on Wednesdays). MOST RECEPTIONS, NFL, 2007-PRES. Player Rec. Yds. Avg. TDs 1. Wes Welker, N.E , Larry Fitzgerald, Ari , Brandon Marshall, Den , Reggie Wayne, Ind , T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Sea./Cin , MOST RECEIVING YARDS, NFL, 2007-PRES. Player Rec. Yds. Avg. TDs 1. Larry Fitzgerald, Ari , Reggie Wayne, Ind , Randy Moss, N.E , Andre Johnson, Hou , Roddy White, Atl , Brandon Marshall, Den , MOST YARDS AFTER THE CATCH AMONG WRS, NFL, 2007-PRES. (Updated Wednesdays) Player Rec. Yds. YAC Pct. 1. Wes Welker, N.E. 3,393 1, % 2. Brandon Marshall, Den. 3,398 1, % 3. Anquan Boldin, Ari. 2,654 1, % 4. Roddy White, Atl. 3,458 1, % 5. Steve Smith, Car. 3,105 1, % MARSHALL ADDS ANOTHER 10-CATCH GAME Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall matched the second-best single-game reception total of his career when he made 11 catches for 112 yards against Pittsburgh on Monday Night Football on Nov. 9. It marked the seventh time he posted at least 10 catches in a game for his NFL career. His seven games of at least 10 catches tie for the most in NFL history through a players first four seasons. BRANDON MARSHALL S 10-CATCH GAMES, CAREER (sorted by receptions) Game Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TDs 1. vs. S.D., 9/14/08* vs. Pit., 11/9/ at Hou., 12/13/ vs. K.C., 12/7/ vs. K.C., 12/9/ vs. Min., 12/30/ vs. Buf., 12/21/ * - Reception total tied for the second most in NFL history MOST 10-CATCH GAMES THROUGH A PLAYER S FIRST FOUR SEASONS, NFL HISTORY Player Years 10-Catch Games 1. Brandon Marshall, Den Pres. 7 Anquan Boldin, Ari Lionel Taylor, Den./Chi LaDainian Tomlinson, S.D Al Toon, NYJ SCHEFFLER STRETCHES FIELD Since entering the league in 2006, Broncos tight end Tony Scheffler leads all NFL players at his position group with a 13.5 yards per reception average that ranks third in club history among tight ends. This year, he has caught 28 passes for 342 yards (12.3 avg.) with two touchdowns. During Denver s game at San Diego on Oct. 19, he hauled in a 52-yard reception en route to posting his second career 100-yard receiving effort with a personal-best 101 yards on six catches with one touchdown. In 2008, Scheffler led the NFL and set a Denver single-season record for reception average (16.1) by a tight end. He also set career highs for receptions (40) and receiving yards (645) last year. MOST YARDS PER RECEPTION BY A TE, NFL, 2006-PRES. Player Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TDs 1. Tony Scheffler, Den , Antonio Gates, S.D , t Kevin Boss, NYG Zach Miller, Oak , t 6 5. Marcedes Lewis, Jac , MOST YARDS PER RECEPTION BY A TE, CAREER, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TDs 1. Riley Odoms, , Gene Prebola, , Tony Scheffler, 2006-Pres , Shannon Sharpe, , ' , t Clarence Kay, , denver at INDIANAPOLIS 13 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

14 denver broncos 2009 weekly release OFFENSIVE NOTES BUCKHALTER DELIVERS In his first season with the Broncos after signing with the club as an unrestricted free agent following eight years with the Eagles, Correll Buckhalter ranks third in the NFL in yards per rush (5.4) among league qualifiers. Since 2007, he has averaged 5.1 yards per carry for the sixth-best mark in the league among active players with at least 200 rushes. Buckhalter, who did not play in 2002, 04 and 05 due to injuries, owns four 20-yard runs this year and 21 for his NFL career. MOST YARDS PER RUSH, NFL, 2009 Player Att. Yds. Avg. LG TDs 1. Chris Johnson, Ten , t 9 2. Pierre Thomas, N.O t 5 3. Correll Buckhalter, Den t 1 4. DeAngelo Williams, Car Ricky Williams, Mia t 9 MOST YARDS PER RUSH, NFL, 2007-PRES. (active players with at least 200 carries) Player Att. Yds. Avg. LG TDs 1. Chris Johnson, Ten , t Ahmad Bradshaw, NYG 212 1, t 6 3. DeAngelo Williams, Car , Jerious Norwood, Atl , t 5 5. Leon Washington, NYJ 219 1, t 9 6. Correll Buckhalter, Den , t 7 CORRELL BUCKHALTER 20-YARD RUNS, CAREER Year 20-Yd. Runs TOTALS 21 MORENO LEADS NFL ROOKIE RUSHERS AFTER OUTSTANDING COLLEGE CAREER Selected by the Broncos with the 12th overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft from the University of Georgia, Knowshon Moreno is making a strong case for Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. He leads all NFL rookies in rushing yards (774), 10-yard runs (23), rushing touchdowns (5) and yards from scrimmage (870) while ranking second in total touchdowns (6). MOST RUSHING YARDS, NFL ROOKIES, 2009 Player Att. Yds. Avg. LG TDs 1. Knowshon Moreno, Den LeSean McCoy, Phi t 3 3. Chris Wells, Ari Shonn Greene, NYJ t 2 5. Bernard Scott, Cin MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE, NFL ROOKIES, 2009 Player Rush Rec. Tot. 1. Knowshon Moreno, Den Percy Harvin, Min LeSean McCoy, Phi Jeremy Maclin, Phi Chris Wells, Ari MORENO S 80-YARD GAMES Knowshon Moreno owns six games with at least 80 rushing yards, and that total ties for fourth in the NFL this year. It also ties for the 10th most in the NFL since 1960 by a rookie through his team s first 12 games. He has posted at least 80 rushing yards in each of his last four games, joining Tennessee s Chris Johnson and St. Louis Steven Jackson with that distinction. MOST 80-YARD RUSHING GAMES, NFL, 2009 Player 80-Yard Games 1. Chris Johnson, Ten Steven Jackson, Stl Adrian Peterson, Min Knowshon Moreno, Den. 6 Thomas Jones, NYJ 6 Maurice Jones-Drew, Jac. 6 DeAngelo Williams, Car. 6 MOST 80-YARD RUSHING GAMES BY A ROOKIE THROUGH HIS TEAM S FIRST 12 GAMES, NFL, SINCE 1960 Player Year 80-Yard Games 1. Eric Dickerson, LAN Edgerrin James, Ind George Rogers, N.O Mike Anderson, Den Ottis Anderson, Stl Earl Campbell, Hou Franco Harris, Pit Billy Sims, Det Curt Warner, Sea Knowshon Moreno, Den Twenty Other Players 6 MORENO GETTING BETTER LATE IN SEASON During the last four weeks, Broncos rookie running back Knowshon Moreno ranks fifth in the league with 351 rushing yards. His 5.2-yard rushing average also represents the fifth-best mark in the league. MOST RUSHING YARDS, NFL, LAST FOUR WEEKS Player Att. Yds. Avg. LG TDs 1. Chris Johnson, Ten t 3 2. Steven Jackson, Stl Ricky Williams, Mia t 3 4. Thomas Jones, NYJ Knowshon Moreno, Den denver at INDIANAPOLIS 14 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

15 denver broncos 2009 weekly release OFFENSIVE NOTES MORENO LOOKS TO BECOME DENVER S FIFTH ROOKIE RUSHING CHAMPION Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno, who has rushed for a teamhigh 774 yards on 182 carries (4.3 avg.) with five touchdowns, is on pace to become the fifth player in club history to lead NFL rookies in rushing. The last Denver player to lead NFL rookies in rushing was Clinton Portis, who totaled 1,508 rushing yards in Should Moreno finish the year as the NFL s rookie rushing champ, Denver would join New England ( ) as one of two teams in league history to have three rookie rushing champions in a 10-year period. Moreno already has posted the sixth-most rushing yards by a rookie in Denver history and is on pace to finish the year as the sixth 1,000-yard rookie back in club annals. His 774 rushing yards are the eighth most by a rookie through his team s first 12 games in the NFL since BRONCOS TO LEAD NFL IN ROOKIE RUSHING, TEAM HISTORY Player Att. Yds. Avg. LG TDs Clinton Portis, , Mike Anderson, , t 15 Billy Joe, Donnie Stone, Knowshon Moreno, 2009* * - Currently leads NFL rookies in rushing MOST RUSHING YARDS BY A BRONCOS ROOKIE, TEAM HISTORY Player Year Att. Yds. Avg. TDs 1. Clinton Portis , Mike Anderson , Olandis Gary , Bobby Humphrey , Terrell Davis , Knowshon Moreno MOST RUSHING YARDS, NFL ROOKIES, THROUGH TEAM S FIRST 12 GAMES, SINCE 2005 Player Year Att. Yds. Avg. TDs 1. Adrian Peterson, Min , Matt Forte, Chi , Chris Johnson, Ten Steve Slaton, Hou Joseph Addai, Ind Cadillac Williams, T.B Ronnie Brown, Mia Knowshon Moreno, Den DENVER RUN GAME HAS TRADITION OF SUCCESS The Broncos have gained a reputation for consistently being able to produce an effective rushing game. Since 1995, the club leads the NFL in total rushing yards (32,500 / ypg.) while tying for third in the league in individual 1,000-yard rushing seasons (11). MOST RUSHING YARDS, NFL, 1995-PRES. Team Att. Yds. Avg. TDs YPG 1. Denver 7,194 32, Pittsburgh 7,576 31, Minnesota 6,533 29, Tennessee 7,136 29, Jacksonville 6,833 29, MOST IND. 1,000-YARD RUSHING SEASONS, NFL, 1995-PRES. Team 1,000-Yard Seasons 1. N.Y. Jets 12 Tennessee Denver 11 Indianapolis 11 N.Y. Giants 11 MOST 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES SINCE 1995 The Broncos have totaled an NFL-best 97 individual 100-yard rushing games by a league-high 15 different players since MOST INDIVIDUAL 100-YARD GAMES, NFL, 1995-PRES. 100-yd. Team Games 1. Denver Pittsburgh Minnesota Indianapolis 73 N.Y. Jets Jacksonville 72 Seattle Kansas City 69 Washington Dallas 67 MOST DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL 100-YARD RUSHERS, NFL, 1995-PRES. 100-yd. Team Rushers 1. Denver Carolina Baltimore 12 Green Bay 12 Oakland 12 denver at INDIANAPOLIS 15 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

16 denver broncos 2009 weekly release DEFENSIVE NOTES QUICKLY: BRONCOS DEFENSIVE NOTES * - Mike Nolan is Denver s defensive coordinator and joined the club after serving as San Francisco s head coach during the last four seasons. He has 11 years experience as an NFL defensive coordinator with his units posting seven top-10 league rankings in takeaways. * - CB Champ Bailey, S Brian Dawkins, OLB/DE Mario Haggan and ILB Wesley Woodyard are the Broncos defensive players named team captain. * - The Broncos defense is the only one in the NFL to rank among the league s top five in sacks (5th, 34), yards per play (2nd, 4.6), yards per game (3rd, 288.9), passing yards per game (2nd, 180.3), points per game (3rd, 16.8) and first downs per game (5th, 16.9). * - Denver gave up 26 points through its first four games (6.5 ppg.) to tie for the fifth-lowest such total in the league since * - The Broncos did not allow a second-half third-down conversion for four consecutive games (3-6) for the longest streak in the NFL since at least * - OLB/DE Elvis Dumervil, named a midseason All-Pro by several media outlets, leads the league with 15 sacks. He is looking to become the first Bronco to win the league s sack title and is one sack away from tying the club s single-season sack record (Simon Fletcher, 16, 1992). * - Dumervil, who tied Denver s single-game sack record with four vs. Cleveland on Sept. 20, reached 10 sacks in six games this year, tying for the second-fastest player to 10 sacks since they became an official statistic in * - Dumervil s 13 career multiple-sack games tie for the sixth most in NFL history through a player s first four seasons. His 41 sacks since entering the league in 2006 rank third. * - Bailey s 26 interceptions since joining the Broncos in 2004 tie for fifth in the NFL. His 44 career interceptions lead all NFL cornerbacks since entering the league in * - Bailey was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his Wk. 4 effort against Dallas and was selected by the Broncos as their 2009 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee in recognition of his work in the community. * - Dawkins, who joined the Broncos as an unrestricted free agent on Feb. 28 after playing his first 13 seasons with Philadelphia, is one of four players in NFL history with at least 33 career interceptions (34) and 20 career sacks (21). He is tied for the NFL lead with three fumble recoveries this year. * - Bailey is tied for the second-most Pro Bowl selections (8) by a cornerback in NFL history and Dawkins has posted the fourth-most Pro Bowl selections (7) by a safety in league annals. Along with five-time Pro Bowl CB Ty Law, who was signed on Nov. 7, Denver s secondary features three players with 20 combined Pro Bowl selections. * - Law s 58 overall interceptions (52 regular season, 6 postseason) tie for the 16th-highest total in NFL history and represent the most by a current cornerback in the league. He played in his 200th regular-season game vs. the Giants on Nov. 26 (most among active cornerbacks). * - ILB D.J. Williams leads the Broncos with 89 tackles (71 solo). He is second in the AFC and ranks fifth in the NFL in tackles per game (8.3) since the start of the 2007 season according to press box totals. * - Five Broncos have posted at least 60 tackles this year with Williams (89), Dawkins (82), ILB Andra Davis (73) and Bailey (60) reaching that mark. * - CB André Goodman posted two takeaways (INT, FUM-TD) at Kansas City on Dec. 7 and leads the team with four interceptions. His nine interceptions since 2008 tie for seventh in the NFL. NOLAN S DEFENSES FORCE TURNOVERS Mike Nolan, who was hired by Denver as its defensive coordinator on Jan. 21, owns 12 years of experience as an NFL defensive coordinator with five different teams: Denver (2009), Baltimore ( ), the New York Jets (2000), Washington ( ) and the New York Giants ( ). His defenses consistently have ranked among the league s best at forcing turnovers with an average of 32.3 takeaways a season and a total of seven top-10 NFL rankings. A former special teams/linebackers coach for the Broncos from , Nolan is in his 23rd season coaching in the NFL and has instructed 14 players who have earned a total of 21 Pro Bowl selections. In addition, two players have earned Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors with Nolan as their defensive coordinator (Ravens LB Ray Lewis in 2003 and S Ed Reed in 2004). Nolan also has instructed three AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year winners (49ers LB Patrick Willis in 2007, Ravens LB Terrell Suggs in 2003 and Broncos LB Mike Croel in 1991). TAKEAWAY TOTALS DURING MIKE NOLAN S TIME AS AN NFL DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR Year Team INTs FUM Tot. Take NFL Rank 1993 N.Y. Giants t 1994 N.Y. Giants t 1995 N.Y. Giants N.Y. Giants t 1997 Washington t 1998 Washington t 1999 Washington N.Y. Jets t 2002 Baltimore t 2003 Baltimore t 2004 Baltimore Denver t TOTALS AVERAGES (not inc. 09) NEW ADDITIONS MAKE IMPACT ON DEFENSE The Broncos opening game roster featured eight new defensive starters, a total that tied for the eighth most in the NFL since Of the 491 possible Week 1 rosters in the league during this time, only 15 (3.0%) had at least as many new defensive starters as the 2009 Broncos. Just six of those 491 teams (1.2%) made the playoffs. Denver is looking to become the second team with eight or more new defensive starters since 1994 to rank among the league s top 10 in both yards and points per game allowed. MOST NEW DEFENSIVE STARTERS ON OPENING GAME ROSTER, NFL, SINCE 1994 Team No. Record Yds./Pts. Playoffs 1. Oakland, /6 Super Bowl (L) 2. Washington, /5 N.Y. Giants, /17 Seattle, /7 Super Bowl (L) Baltimore, /19 Detroit, /32 Carolina, /27 8. Denver, /3 Seven Other Teams 8 Four Teams denver at INDIANAPOLIS 16 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

17 denver broncos 2009 weekly release DEFENSIVE NOTES STINGY DEFENSE The Broncos defense is the only one in the NFL to rank among the league s top five in sacks (5th, 34), yards per play (2nd, 4.6), yards per game (3rd, 288.9), passing yards per game (2nd, 180.3), points per game (3rd, 16.8) and first downs per game (5th, 16.9). Denver gave up 26 points through its initial four games to tie for the fifthlowest total given up by a team through that stretch since the 1970 NFL merger. Denver did not allowed a third-down conversion in the final two quarters of its games from Weeks 3-6 for a four-game streak that was the longest in the NFL since at least FEWEST YARDS PER PLAY ALLOWED, NFL, 2009 Team Plays Yds. Avg. 1. N.Y. Jets 738 3, Denver 746 3, Philadelphia 777 3, Green Bay 648 3, Pittsburgh 724 3, FEWEST YARDS PER GAME ALLOWED, NFL, 2009 Team Yards YPG 1. N.Y. Jets 3, Green Bay 3, Denver 3, Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 3, FEWEST POINTS PER GAME ALLOWED, NFL, 2009 Team Points PPG 1. Cincinnati Indianapolis Denver Baltimore N.Y. Jets FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED, FIRST FOUR GAMES, NFL, SINCE 1970 Team Year Points 1. Baltimore Atlanta Miami Minnesota Denver Indianapolis Denver FEWEST PASSING YARDS PER GAME ALLOWED, NFL, 2009 Team Yards YPG 1. N.Y. Jets 2, Denver 2, Buffalo 2, Washington 2, Carolina 2, MOST SACKS, NFL, 2009 Team Sacks Yards 1. Minnesota Pittsburgh Miami Arizona Denver DUMERVIL AMONG LEADING SACKERS Named a midseason All-Pro by several media outlets, Broncos outside linebackers/defensive end Elvis Dumervil leads the league with 15 sacks and is looking to become the first player in club history to win a sack title. Dumervil, who owns a league-high 10 sacks on third downs, surpassed his previous career high of 12.5 sacks on Thanksgiving Day against the N.Y. Giants. He reached the 10-sack plateau in Denver s sixth game of the 2009 season, matching the second-fastest pace since 1982 (when sacks became an official stat). Dumervil s rate matched the rate of New York Giants DE Michael Strahan in 2001 when he set the NFL record with 22.5 sacks. Dumervil also is third in the league with 41 sacks since he entered the league in His mark of 10 sacks on third down in 2009 is one sack shy of the league s all-time record set by Tim Harris in MOST SACKS, NFL, 2009 Player Sacks Yds. 1. Elvis Dumervil, Den Jared Allen, Min Dwight Freeney, Ind James Harrison, Pit Will Smith, N.O MOST SACKS, NFL, 2006-PRES. Player Sacks Yds. 1. DeMarcus Ware, Dal Jared Allen, Min./K.C Elvis Dumervil, Den Aaron Kampman, G.B Trent Cole, Phi Julius Peppers, Car Robert Mathis, Ind FEWEST GAMES TO REACH 10 SACKS IN A SEASON, NFL HISTORY (SINCE 1982) Player, Tm. Season Gms. End of Yr. Total 1. Kevin Greene, Car Elvis Dumervil, Den TBD Michael Strahan, NYG * Trace Armstrong, Mia Anthony Smith, LAA Keith Millard, Min Kevin Greene, LAN Leonard Marshall, NYG Mark Gastineau, NYJ * - NFL record MOST SACKS ON THIRD DOWN, SINGLE SEASON, NFL HISTORY Player Year 3rd Sks Tot. Sks 3rd Down % 1. Tim Harris, S.F % 2. Elvis Dumervil, Den % John Abraham, Atl % Jason Taylor, Mia % Reggie White, G.B % denver at INDIANAPOLIS 17 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

18 denver broncos 2009 weekly release DEFENSIVE NOTES DUMERVIL IN BRONCOS RECORD BOOK With 15 sacks this year, outside linebackers/defensive end Elvis Dumervil is one sack away from tying Denver s single-season record for sacks (16) in a season. That mark was set by Simon Fletcher in With his four-sack performance against Cleveland on Sept. 20, Dumervil tied the Broncos single-game record for sacks. It was the most sacks by a Bronco in a game in 19 seasons (Simon Fletcher, 4, at S.D., 11/11/90). MOST SACKS IN A SEASON, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Year Sacks 1. Simon Fletcher Elvis Dumervil Simon Fletcher Simon Fletcher Rulon Jones MOST SACKS IN A GAME, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Opponent, Date Sacks 1. Elvis Dumervil vs. Cle., 9/20/09 4 Simon Fletcher at S.D., 11/11/90 4 Karl Mecklenburg at Pit., 12/1/85 4 Karl Mecklenburg vs. N.O., 9/15/85 4 Barney Chavous at Sea., 12/21/80 4 Dave Costa at Buf., 9/7/70 4 Rich Jackson at Cin., 10/19/69 4 DUMERVIL MULTIPLE-SACK GAMES, THIRD DOWN SACKS The Broncos Elvis Dumervil has posted 13 games with multiple sacks (1.5 or more) for his career, including six this year, and that total ties for the sixth most in NFL history through a player s first four seasons. His 12 games with at least two sacks rank second in the league since his rookie year in He also leads the league with 26.5 sacks on third down since MOST MULTIPLE-SACK GAMES (1.5 OR MORE) THROUGH A PLAYER S FIRST FOUR SEASONS, NFL HISTORY (SINCE 1982) Player Years 1.5-Sack Games 1. Reggie White, Phi Richard Dent, Chi Andre Tippett, N.E Tim Harris, G.B Simeon Rice, Ari Elvis Dumervil, Den Pres. 13 Jared Allen, K.C Peter Boulware, Bal Dwight Freeney, Ind Shawne Merriman, S.D MOST 2-SACK GAMES, NFL, 2006-PRES. Player Pos. 2+Sack Gms. 1. Jared Allen, Min./K.C. DE Elvis Dumervil, Den. OLB/DE Robert Mathis, Ind. DE 11 Shawne Merriman, S.D. LB Joey Porter, Mia./Pit. OLB 10 MOST SACKS ON THIRD DOWN, 2006-PRES. Player 3d Sks Yds Tot. Sks 3rd Down % 1. Elvis Dumervil, Den Trent Cole, Phi DeMarcus Ware, Dal Aaron Kampman, G.B Jared Allen, Min./K.C Greg Ellis, Oak./Dal John Abraham, Atl Leonard Little, Stl DUMERVIL S MULTI-SACK GAMES Below is a look at Broncos outside linebacker/defensive end Elvis Dumervil s 13 career multiple-sack games. ELVIS DUMERVIL MULTIPLE-SACK GAMES, CAREER (sorted in chronological order) Game Sacks Yds. 1. vs. Oak., 10/15/ at Cle., 10/22/ vs. Oak., 9/16/ vs. Jac., 9/23/ vs. Pit., 10/21/ vs. K.C., 12/9/ at N.E., 10/20/ vs. Cle., 9/20/ at Oak., 9/27/ vs. Dal., 10/4/ at S.D., 10/19/ at Was., 11/15/ vs. NYG, 11/26/ BAILEY AN EIGHT-TIME PRO BOWLER Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey s eight Pro Bowl selections for his career tie for the second most in NFL history at the cornerback position. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Haynes (9) has more Pro Bowl selections at cornerback than Bailey. Bailey was a four-time Pro Bowl selection ( ) with Washington before earning four Pro Bowls with the Broncos ( ). He also is a four-time Associated Press All-Pro, earning first-team honors three times from and adding second-team accolades in MOST PRO BOWL SELECTIONS AT CORNERBACK, NFL HISTORY Player Pro Bowls Years 1. Mike Haynes, LAA/N.E.* , 1982, Champ Bailey, Den./Was Lemar Parrish, Buf./Was./Cin , 1971, , Deion Sanders, Bal./Was./Dal./S.F./Atl , * - Pro Football Hall of Fame member denver at INDIANAPOLIS 18 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

19 denver broncos 2009 weekly release DEFENSIVE NOTES BAILEY PRODUCES AS A BRONCO Cornerback Champ Bailey, who enters his sixth season with the Broncos in 2009, is tied for the fifth-most interceptions (26) in the NFL since he was traded to Denver from Washington in He had 18 interceptions with the Broncos from with that total marking the most by an NFL player in a two-year stretch since Everson Walls had 18 interceptions for Dallas from MOST INTERCEPTIONS, NFL, 2004-PRES. Player INTs Yds. 1. Ed Reed, Bal Asante Samuel, Phi./N.E Darren Sharper, N.O./Min Charles Woodson, G.B./Oak Champ Bailey, Den DeAngelo Hall, Was./Atl./Oak Rashean Mathis, Jac BAILEY INTERCEPTION TOTAL RISING Since entering the NFL with the Redskins as the seventh overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft, Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey is third in the NFL (first among cornerbacks) with 44 interceptions. He also leads the league with 165 pass breakups since MOST INTERCEPTIONS, NFL, 1999-PRES. Player INTs Yds. 1. Darren Sharper, N.O./Min./G.B. 60 1, Ed Reed, Bal. 46 1, Champ Bailey, Den./Was Dré Bly, S.F./Den./Det./Stl Charles Woodson, G.B./Oak MOST PASSES DEFENSED, NFL,1999-PRES. Player G Int. PD PD/Gm 1. Champ Bailey, Den./Was Ronde Barber, T.B Dre' Bly, S.F./Den./Det./Stl Brian Dawkins, Den./Phi Chris McAlister, N.O./Bal BAILEY IN DENVER S RECORD BOOK In his sixth season with the Broncos, cornerback Champ Bailey is tied for seventh in club history with 26 career interceptions. He also recorded the second-most interceptions (10) for a season in club annals in 2006, and his eight interceptions in 2005 ranked sixth for a year in franchise history. Bailey s 10 interceptions in 2006 helped him finish second in voting for Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year with 16 votes. Miami defensive end Jason Taylor won the award that year with 22 votes. MOST INTERCEPTIONS BY A BRONCO, CAREER Player INTs Yds. Avg. TDs 1. Steve Foley, Goose Gonsoulin, Billy Thompson, Tyrone Braxton, , ' Mike Harden, Dennis Smith, Champ Bailey, 2004-Pres Louis Wright, MOST INTERCEPTIONS BY A BRONCO, SEASON Player INTs Yds. Avg. TDs 1. Goose Gonsoulin, Champ Bailey, Deltha O Neal, Tyrone Braxton, Willie Brown, Champ Bailey, Five Occurances 7 IT STARTS WITH BAILEY Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey ranks second in the NFL in starts among cornerbacks since he entered the league in He has started 162 games for his 11-year NFL career. MOST STARTS BY A CORNERBACK, NFL, 1999-PRES. Player Starts 1. Ronde Barber, T.B Champ Bailey, Den Sam Madison, NYG Chris McAlister, N.O./Bal. 126 DAWKINS A SEVEN-TIME PRO BOWLER Safety Brian Dawkins, whom Denver acquired as an unrestricted free agent from Philadelphia on Feb. 28 after he spent his first 13 NFL seasons with the Eagles, ranks fourth in league history in Pro Bowl selections (7) at the safety position. Dawkins was named to the Pro Bowl as an Eagle in 1999, , and 08. He also is a five-time Associated Press All-Pro, earning firstteam honors four times ( , 04, 06) and adding second-team accolades once (1999). MOST PRO BOWL SELECTIONS AT SAFETY, NFL HISTORY Player Pro Bowls Years 1. Ken Houston, Was./Hou John Lynch, Den./T.B , 99-02, Steve Atwater, NYJ/Den , Brian Dawkins, Den./Phi , , 04-06, 08 DAWKINS PART OF EXCLUSIVE NFL DEFENSIVE CLUB Broncos safety Brian Dawkins is one of four players in NFL history to post at least 33 career interceptions and 20 career sacks. He owns 34 interceptions and 21 sacks in his 14 professional seasons. PLAYERS WITH AT LEAST 33 CAREER INTS AND 20 CAREER SACKS, NFL HISTORY Player Pos. INTs Sacks Years LeRoy Butler, G.B. S Ronde Barber, T.B. CB Pres. Brian Dawkins, Den./Phi. S Pres. Rodney Harrison, N.E./S.D. S denver at INDIANAPOLIS 19 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

20 denver broncos 2009 weekly release DEFENSIVE NOTES / SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES DAWKINS AS A PASS RUSHER Regarded as one of the most talented safeties in NFL history, Brian Dawkins has the ability to contribute in pass rush situations in addition to his coverage skills. Dawkins 21 career sacks rank fourth in NFL history among defensive backs. He has posted at least three sacks in four of the last seven seasons. MOST CAREER SACKS BY A DEFENSIVE BACK, NFL HISTORY Player Pos. Sacks Years 1. Rodney Harrison, N.E./S.D. S Carnell Lake, Bal./Jac./Pit. S Ronde Barber, T.B. CB Pres. 4. Brian Dawkins, Den./Phi. S Pres. 5. LeRoy Butler, G.B. S DAWKINS, LAW AMONG NFL S LEADING TACKLERS The Denver secondary features two of the top-five leading active tacklers among NFL defensive backs in safety Brian Dawkins (2nd, 995) and cornerback Ty Law (5th, 844). MOST TACKLES, ACTIVE NFL DEFENSIVE BACKS Player Pos. TT UT AT 1. Lawyer Milloy, Sea./Atl./Buf./N.E. S 1, Brian Dawkins, Den./Phi. S Ronde Barber, T.B. CB Darren Sharper, N.O./Min./G.B. S Ty Law, Den./NYJ/K.C./N.E. CB OFFENSES MUST OBEY THE LAW Cornerback Ty Law, who was signed by Denver on Nov. 7, is a five-time Pro Bowl choice who is tied for 16th in NFL history in overall interceptions with 58. The 15th-year veteran has posted 52 interceptions in the regular season and six in the postseason. Law, who has played for New England ( ), the N.Y. Jets (2005, 08) and Kansas City ( ), leads all cornerbacks and is second among active players in overall interceptions (regular season and playoffs). MOST INTS, ACTIVE NFL PLAYERS (REG. SEASON AND PLAYOFFS) Player INTs Yds. Avg. TDs 1. Darren Sharper, N.O./Min./G.B. 64 1, Ty Law, Den./NYJ/K.C./N.E Ed Reed, Bal. 51 1, Champ Bailey, Den./Was Charles Woodson, G.B./Oak WILLIAMS SHOWS VERSATILITY Broncos inside linebacker D.J. Williams has started at least 11 games in each of his first six professional seasons with Denver while seeing time at the weakside, middle, strong side and inside positions. He owns tackle games and three 100-tackle seasons for his NFL career. BRONCOS LB D.J. WILLIAMS, YEAR-BY-YEAR POSITIONS Year Position GP GS Tackles 2004 Weakside Strongside Strongside Middle Weakside Inside TOTALS WILLIAMS TACKLE AVERAGE AMONG TOPS IN NFL Broncos inside linebacker D.J. Williams is second in the AFC and ranks fifth in the NFL in tackles per game (8.3) during the last three seasons according to press box statistics. According to press box totals, Williams ranks sixth in the NFL in tackles per game (8.5 / 93 total) in 12 starts for Denver last year. This season, he leads Denver with 89 tackles (71 solo). MOST TACKLES PER GAME, NFL, 2007-PRES. Player, Tm. G TT UT AT T/G 1. Patrick Willis, S.F D'Qwell Jackson, Cle Jon Beason, Car London Fletcher, Was D.J. Williams, Den BRONCOS SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES QUICKLY: * - Mike Priefer is Denver s special teams coordinator and joined the club after working as Kansas City s special teams coach during the last three seasons. * - Priefer s special teams units have accounted for 15 blocked kicks and nine return touchdowns during his eight seasons as an NFL special teams coach. Those totals include a blocked extra point attempt (Nov. 22 vs. San Diego) and two return touchdowns (PR, KR Oct. 26 at San Diego) this season. * - Broncos players have earned the NFL s first two AFC Special Teams Player of the Month awards of the 2009 season (K Matt Prater in September and WR/KR Eddie Royal in October). It marks the first time in club history Denver has multiple AFC Special Teams Players of the Month in the same year. Denver also has posted two AFC Special Teams Player of the Week winners (Royal, Wk. 6, and Prater, Wk. 12). * - Royal became the 11th player in NFL history and only the second Bronco (Al Frazier, 1961) to post a kickoff (93 yds.) and punt (71 yds.) return touchdown in the same game with his effort at San Diego on Oct. 19. * - Royal s 11.8-yard punt return average this year ranks ninth in the NFL, and he is seventh in the league in punt return average (11.2 yds.) since * - Prater has made his last 11 field goals for the longest such streak of his three-year NFL career. He is one of six kickers in the NFL to not miss a field goal attempt since November. * - Prater leads the NFL with 28 points in the last two weeks. denver at INDIANAPOLIS 20 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

21 denver broncos 2009 weekly release SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES * - Prater s six career 50-yard field goals (6-of-8) tie for the fourth most in the NFL since He also is fifth in the league in touchback percentage on kickoffs (25.4% / 35-of-138) since * - Prater converted the first game-winning field goal of his three-year career with his 41-yard make in overtime against New England on Oct. 11. * - P Mitch Berger, a 16-year NFL veteran and two-time Pro Bowl choice, was signed by Denver on Oct. 26. Since that time, the Broncos own the NFL s fourth-best improvement in net punting average (4.5 yds. / 34.5 to 39.0). * - Berger s 824 career punts are the fifth-highest total among active players. * - Rookie S Darcel McBath, a second-round pick from Texas Tech University, and second-year ILB/FB Spencer Larsen are tied for the team lead with 10 special-teams tackles. They are two of eight Broncos with at least five special-teams stops this year. * - Larsen has totaled all 10 of his special-teams stops in the last six weeks after missing the first six games due to an injury. He is second in the NFL with 10 special-teams tackles since returning to the lineup. * - OLB/DE Mario Haggan leads all current Broncos with 70 career tackles on special teams (press box statistics). * - LS Lonie Paxton joined the Broncos in the offseason as an unrestricted free agent from New England, where he helped the Patriots to three Super Bowl titles during his nine years with the club ( ). He has played 103 consecutive games (regular season and playoffs) and has participated in more overall wins (118) than any current Bronco. BLOCKED KICKS UNDER PRIEFER In his eighth year coaching special teams in the NFL, Broncos Special Teams Coordinator Mike Priefer has coached units that have accounted for 15 blocked kicks (7 punts, 6 field goals, 2 extra points). Priefer joined the Broncos after serving as Kansas City s special teams coach from He assisted with the instruction of the Giants ( ) and Jaguars (2002) special teams. This year, his units have posted one blocked kick with defensive tackle Marcus Thomas blocked extra-point attempt vs. San Diego on Nov. 22. BLOCKED KICKS BY SPECIAL TEAMS UNITS COACHED BY MIKE PRIEFER Year Team Punt FG PAT Total 2002 Jacksonville N.Y. Giants N.Y. Giants N.Y. Giants Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City Denver TOTALS RETURN SCORES UNDER PRIEFER Broncos Special Teams Coordinator Mike Priefer has coached special teams units in the NFL that have accounted for nine return touchdowns, a total that includes a punt and kickoff return score at San Diego on Oct. 19. His units have scored four times on kickoff returns, four times on punt returns and once on a blocked punt recovered for a touchdown. SPECIAL TEAMS RETURN TOUCHDOWNS BY MIKE PRIEFER-COACHED SPECIAL TEAMS UNITS Year Team KR PR Misc. Total 2002 Jacksonville N.Y. Giants N.Y. Giants N.Y. Giants Kansas City 0 1 1* Kansas City Kansas City Denver TOTALS * - Blocked punt was recovered in the end zone for a touchdown BLOCKED KICKS BY THE BRONCOS Below is a look at the blocked kicks by the Broncos since Denver has blocked a total of 16 kicks (4 FGs, 5 PATs and 7 punts) during the last 15 seasons. During Denver s game vs. San Diego on Nov. 22, defensive tackle Marcus Thomas blocked a fourth quarter extra-point attempt. It was the Broncos first blocked extra point since Nov. 28, 2004, against Oakland (defensive tackle Monsanto Pope). BLOCKED KICKS BY DENVER SINCE 1995 Year FG PAT Punt Total TOTALS denver at INDIANAPOLIS 21 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

22 denver broncos 2009 weekly release SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES ROYAL POSTS KICKOFF, PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWN IN SAME GAME Broncos wide receiver Eddie Royal returned a kickoff (93 yds.) and punt (71 yds.) for a touchdown at San Diego on Oct. 19, marking only the 11th time in NFL history (6th since the 1970 merger) that a player accomplished that feat in a game. The returns helped him set a club record for most special teams return yardage (235 / 3-77 PR, KR) in a game and earned him AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors. His 93-yard kickoff return score was the fifth longest in team history and first by a Bronco since Oct. 1, 2000 (Deltha O Neal, 87 yds., vs. New England). Last season, Royal ranked seventh in the NFL in kickoff return average (26.1 yds.) as Denver s primary special teams returner. He accounted for 740 total return yards ( on punts, on kickoffs). PLAYERS TO RETURN A KICKOFF AND PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN IN THE SAME GAME, NFL HISTORY Player Game KR PR 1. Jimmy Patton, NYG vs. Was., 10/30/55 98 yds. 69 yds. 2. Bobby Mitchell, Cle. vs. Phi., 11/23/58 98 yds. 68 yds. 3. Al Frazier, Den. vs. Bos., 12/3/61 90 yds. 55 yds. 4. Gale Sayers, Chi. at S.F., 12/3/67 97 yds. 58 yds. 5. Travis Williams, G.B. at Pit., 11/2/69 96 yds. 83 yds. 6. Eddie Payton, Det. vs. Min., 12/17/77 98 yds. 87 yds. 7. Michael Lewis, N.O. at Was., 10/13/02 90 yds. 83 yds. 8. Dante Hall, K.C. vs. Stl., 12/8/02 88 yds. 86 yds. 9. Darren Sproles, S.D. vs. Ind., 11/11/07 89 yds. 45 yds. 10. Devin Hester, Chi. vs. Den., 11/25/07 88 yds. 75 yds. 11. Eddie Royal, Den. at S.D., 10/19/09 93 yds. 71 yds. LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN TOUCHDOWNS, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Game Yds. 1. Nemiah Wilson at K.C., 10/8/ Goldie Sellers vs. Hou., 10/2/ Vaughn Hebron at Mia., 12/21/ Randy Montgomery at S.D., 9/24/ Eddie Royal at S.D., 10/19/09 93 ROYAL AMONG PUNT RETURN LEADERS Helped by his 71-yard punt return at San Diego on Oct. 19, Broncos wide receiver Eddie Royal ranks ninth in the NFL in punt return average (11.8 yds., , 1 TD). Since he entered the NFL in 2008, Royal s 11.2-yard punt return average is the seventh best in the league. BEST PUNT RETURN AVERAGE, NFL, 2009 Player Ret. Yds. Avg. LG TDs 1. Domenik Hixon, NYG t 1 2. DeSean Jackson, Phi t 1 3. Wes Welker, N.E Patrick Crayton, Dal t 2 5. Alvin Pearman, Ten Joshua Cribbs, Cle t 1 7. Earl Bennett, Chi Derek Stanley, Stl Eddie Royal, Den t 1 BEST PUNT RETURN AVERAGE, NFL, 2008-PRES. (minimum 30 returns) Player Ret. Yds. Avg. LG TDs 1. Domenik Hixon, NYG t 1 2. Patrick Crayton, Dal t 2 3. Clifton Smith, T.B t 1 4. Quan Cosby, Cin Wes Welker, N.E Jacoby Jones, Hou t 2 7. Eddie Royal, Den t 1 McBATH, LARSEN TIED FOR TEAM LEAD IN SPECIAL-TEAMS TACKLES Rookie safety Darcel McBath, a second-round pick from Texas Tech University, and second-year inside linebacker/fullback Spencer Larsen are tied for the team lead with 10 special-teams tackles. McBath has registered multiple special-teams stops three times this year, including a career-best three tackles vs. New England on Oct. 11. Larsen has posted all 10 of his special-teams stops in Denver s last six games after missing the first six games of the year due to an injury. That total ranks second in the NFL during that stretch. MOST SPECIAL-TEAMS TACKLES, BRONCOS, 2009 Player Tot. Solo Asst. 1. Spencer Larsen, ILB/FB Darcel McBath, S Mario Haggan, OLB/DE David Bruton, S Darrell Reid, OLB/DE Wesley Woodyard, ILB Josh Barrett, S Peyton Hillis, RB MOST SOLO SPECIAL-TEAMS TACKLES, NFL, LAST SIX WEEKS, 2009 Player Tot. Solo Asst. 1. Nathan Jones, Mia Spencer Larsen, Den Keyaron Fox, Pit James Ihedigbo, NYJ LaRod Stephens-Howling, Ari Mike Tolbert, S.D BRONCOS WITH SPECIAL TEAMS EXPERIENCE Below is a look at the current Broncos with the most career tackles on special teams. Outside linebacker/defensive end Mario Haggan leads all current Broncos with 70 career stops on special teams. MOST CAREER SPECIAL-TEAMS TACKLES, CURRENT BRONCOS (Press Box Statistics) Player Years GP Tot. Solo Asst. 1. Mario Haggan, Den./Buf Pres Darrell Reid, Den./Ind Pres Champ Bailey, Den./Was Pres Brian Dawkins, Den./Phi Pres Andra Davis, Den./Cle Pres André Goodman, Den./Mia./Det Pres denver at INDIANAPOLIS 22 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

23 denver broncos 2009 weekly release SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES ROYAL, PRATER EARN AFC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE MONTH HONORS Kicker Matt Prater (September) and wide receiver/returner Eddie Royal (October) were named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month in 2009, marking the first time multiple Broncos won the award in the same year. Denver has now had five AFC Special Teams Player of the Month winners since the award began in Prater converted 7-of-9 field-goal attempts, including all three tries from beyond 40 yards, while posting AFC bests in touchbacks (7), touchback percentage (46.7) and kickoffs reaching the end zone (13) for September. Royal returned eight punts for 134 yards (16.8 avg.) with one touchdown (71 yds.) and five kickoffs for 158 yards (31.6 avg.) with one score (93 yds.) to total 292 return yards and two return touchdowns in October. He became the 11th player in NFL history to score on both a punt and kickoff return in the same game at San Diego on Oct. 19. Both Royal (Wk. 6, at S.D., 10/19/09) and Prater (Wk. 12, vs. NYG, 11/26/09) also were named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week this season. BRONCOS AFC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, TEAM HISTORY (award began in 1993) Player Year Month Jason Elam, K 2001 November Reuben Droughns, RB/KR 2004 September Todd Sauerbrun, P 2005 October Matt Prater, K 2009 September Eddie Royal, WR/Ret October PRATER S FIELD GOAL STREAK Broncos kicker Matt Prater has made his last 11 field goal attempts dating back to his final attempt at San Diego on Oct. 19. That streak is the longest of his three-year NFL career. He is one of six kickers in the NFL to not miss a field goal attempt since November (10 makes). BEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE, NFL, SINCE NOVEMBER, 2009 Player Md. Att. Pct. 1. Matt Prater, Den Dan Carpenter, Mia Nate Kaeding, S.D Ryan Longwell, Min Olindo Mare, Sea Neil Rackers, Ari PRATER SHOWS LEG STRENGTH Broncos kicker Matt Prater was 5-of-6 on field-goal attempts of 50 yards or more in 2008 and is 1-of-2 on such attempts in His six 50-yard makes since 2008 tie for fifth in the league. Prater s five 50-yard field goals in 2008 tied a Broncos single-season record and ranked fourth in the NFL for the year. MOST 50-YD. FIELD GOALS, NFL, 2008-Pres. Player Md. Att. Pct. 1. Josh Brown, Stl Jason Hanson, Det Ryan Longwell, Min Josh Scobee, Jac Matt Prater, Den Sebastian Janikowski, Oak MOST 50-YD. FIELD GOALS IN A SEASON, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Year Md. Att. Pct. 1. Matt Prater Jason Elam Jason Elam Fred Steinfort PRATER IN DENVER S RECORD BOOK Matt Prater s six 50-yard field goals since joining the Broncos in 2007 tie for the second most in Broncos history. He is 6-of-8 (.750) on 50-yard attempts for his career. MOST 50-YD. FIELD GOALS, CAREER, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Md. Att. Pct. 1. Jason Elam, Matt Prater, 2007-Pres Rich Karlis, Fred Steinfort, Bobby Howfield, Jim Turner, PRATER S 50-YARD FIELD GOALS Below is a look at Matt Prater s six 50-yard field goals for his NFL career. His longest field goal was 56 yards, which he made at Kansas City on Sept. 28, That kick tied for the third longest by a Bronco in club history. MATT PRATER 50-YARD FIELD GOALS, CAREER (BY LENGTH) Opponent Length 1. at Kansas City, 9/28/ vs. Tampa Bay, 10/5/ vs. San Diego, 9/14/ at Kansas City, 9/28/ vs. Miami, 11/2/08 50 at Cincinnati, 9/13/09 50 LONGEST FIELD GOALS, BRONCOS HISTORY Player Opponent Length 1. Jason Elam vs. Jac., 10/25/98 *63 2. Fred Steinfort vs. Was., 10/13/ Matt Prater at K.C., 9/28/08 56 Jason Elam at Hou., 11/26/95 56 * - tied NFL record denver at INDIANAPOLIS 23 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

24 denver broncos 2009 weekly release SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES PRATER STRONG ON KICKOFFS Broncos kicker Matt Prater, who ranked fifth in the NFL with 19 touchbacks on kickoffs in 2008, is fifth in the NFL in touchback percentage on kickoffs (25.4) during the last two years among players with at least 100 kickoffs. This season, Prater owns 16 touchbacks on 56 kickoffs for a 28.6 percentage that ties for fifth in the league. He registered touchbacks on five of his seven kickoffs against the Giants on Nov. 26 for the second-most touch backs in a game by a Bronco since HIGHEST TOUCHBACK PERCENTAGE ON KICKOFFS, NFL, 2008-PRES. (minimum 100 kickoffs) Player KOs TBs Pct. 1. Rhys Lloyd, Car Olindo Mare, Sea Sebastian Janikowski, Oak Michael Koenen, Atl Matt Prater, Den HIGHEST TOUCHBACK PERCENTAGE ON KICKOFFS, NFL, 2009 Player KOs TBs Pct. 1. Michael Koenen, Atl Olindo Mare, Sea Rhys Lloyd, Car David Buehler, Dal Matt Prater, Den Sebastian Janikowski, Oak MOST TOUCHBACKS BY A BRONCO IN A GAME, SINCE 1994 Player Game KOs TBs Pct. 1 Micah Knorr vs. K.C., 9/12/ Matt Prater vs. NYG, 11/26/ Nine Occurances 4 MOST PUNTS, NFL, ACTIVE PLAYERS Player Years Punts 1. Jeff Feagles, NYG/Sea./Ari./Phi./N.E Pres. 1, Brad Maynard, Chi./NYG 1997-Pres. 1, Craig Hentrich, Ten./G.B Pres. 1, Matt Turk, Hou./Stl./Mia./NYJ/Was Pres. 1, Mitch Berger, Den./Pit./Ari./N.O./Stl./Min./Phi Pres. 824 PAXTON BRINGS EXPERIENCE AT LONG SNAPPER Long snapper Lonie Paxton was one of the first unrestricted free agents signed by the Broncos in the offseason, joining the club after playing his first nine seasons with New England. As a Patriot, Paxton played in 155 of a possible 161 games (regular season and postseason) and helped the club to three Super Bowl titles (XXXVI in 2001, XXXVIII in 03 and XXXIX in 04). Below are some additional key notes on Paxton s career: * - Helped the Patriots to four AFC Championship Game wins, six division titles and eight winning seasons. * - Has not missed a game in the last six seasons, handling long-snapping duties in 92 consecutive regular-season games and 103 overall contests dating back to * - Has participated in more wins (118) than any current Bronco. * - Snapped for three Pro Bowl seasons by Patriots kickers (Adam Vinatieri in 2002 and 04; Stephen Gostkowski in 08). * - Owns 17 career special-teams tackles (14 reg. season, 3 playoffs). * - Started for all four seasons along the offensive line and competed as a long snapper at Sacramento State University. BERGER RANKS WITH NFL S BEST PUNTERS Mitch Berger, a 16-year NFL veteran and two-time Pro Bowl choice from the University of Colorado, was signed by the Broncos on Oct. 26 after helping the Steelers to a Super Bowl victory last season. In six games with the Broncos, he has punted 28 times for 1,198 yards (42.8 gross / 39.0 net) with seven punts placed inside the 20-yard line. Denver s net punting average has been improved by 4.5 yards (34.5 to 39.0 yds.) for the fourth-best improvement in the NFL. Berger also has played for Pittsburgh (2008), Arizona (2007), New Orleans ( ), St. Louis (2002), Minnesota ( ) and Philadelphia (1994). He was named to the Pro Bowl in 1999 with Minnesota and in 2004 with New Orleans. His 824 career punts mark the fifth-highest total in the league among current players. BEST NET PUNTING AVERAGE IMPROVEMENT, NFL, SINCE WEEK 8, 2009 (WHEN BERGER JOINED DENVER) Team Weeks 1-7 Weeks 8-Pres. Dif. 1. Carolina Tennessee Detroit Denver Houston denver at INDIANAPOLIS 24 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

25 denver broncos 2009 weekly release Josh McDaniels was named the 12th head coach in Denver Broncos history on Jan. 12, The 33-year-old joined the Broncos after spending the previous eight seasons ( ) with the New England Patriots, including the last three years ( ) as the club s offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. McDaniels was part of a New England franchise that won three Super Bowls, four AFC championships and six division titles while posting the NFL s best overall record ( /.766) during his eight years with the club. The Patriots had seven 10-win seasons with him on staff, including the 2007 campaign when New England became the first team in NFL history to post a 16-0 regular-season record, as well as a league-high 14 playoff victories (14-3 postseason record). Born on April 22, 1976, McDaniels is the sixth-youngest head coach in NFL history (32 years, 8 months) at the time of his hire and was the fifth youngest when he was named the Broncos head coach. Raheem Morris, who was hired by Tampa Bay on Jan. 17, 2009, is four months younger than McDaniels and makes Denver s head coach the second-youngest active head coach in the league. While he is the youngest head coach in the 50-year history of the Broncos, McDaniels dynamic personality and organizational skills have already re-energized the entire franchise in just a short time in Denver. His previous experience came at the highest level while with the Patriots, whose standard of operation and success prepared him for the challenges of an NFL head coaching position. Led by Head Coach Bill Belichick and personnel director Scott Pioli, New England evolved into one of the most successful organizations in the NFL over that eight-year stretch with McDaniels on staff. He was a part of that transition at both the coaching and personnel levels, beginning his career with the franchise as a personnel assistant/coaching assistant in 2001 before moving into a coaching capacity on a full-time basis in After working as a coaching assistant for two years, McDaniels was named New England s quarterbacks coach in The club promoted him to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach on Jan. 20, During three years ( ) as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach, McDaniels directed a New England offense that led the NFL in points per game (28.8) while ranking second in the league in yards per game (370.8). The Patriots also committed the third-fewest turnovers (63) and ranked fourth in the league in third-down success (44.4%) under McDaniels during that three-year period. In his five seasons ( ) with the Patriots handling positional coaching responsibilities, McDaniels guided six different players to a total of nine Pro Bowl selections. Quarterback Tom Brady was named to the Pro Bowl three times ( , 07) under McDaniels, including the 2007 campaign when he earned league MVP honors, and ranked fourth in the league in passing yards per game (249.4) during those five years. Despite a season-ending injury to Brady in Week 1, New England s 2008 offense finished the year with an NFL-best 356 first downs and ranked fifth in the league in yards per game (365.4) under McDaniels. His coaching helped backup quarterback Matt Cassel, who became a starter for the first time since high school, post the eighth-most passing yards (3,693) in the league. McDaniels passing offense in 2008 also featured wide receiver Wes Welker, who was named to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career after finishing the year with the second-most catches (111) in the league. During the 2007 season, McDaniels helped the Patriots set numerous league offensive records en route to becoming the first team in NFL history to win its first 18 games and advancing to Super Bowl XLII. New England s 589 points (36.8 ppg.) and 75 touchdowns were the most in league history for a season while its 6,580 yards (411.3 ypg.) ranked seventh in NFL annals for a single campaign. HEAD COACH JOSH McDANIELS McDANIELS COACHING EXPERIENCE 9th NFL Season (1st with Broncos) Denver Broncos Head Coach New England Patriots Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Quarterbacks Coaching Assistant Personnel Assistant/Coaching Assistant Michigan State University Graduate Assistant Individually, five Patriots earned Pro Bowl honors under McDaniels coaching in 2007 Brady, wide receiver Randy Moss and three offensive linemen (center Dan Koppen, tackle Matt Light and guard Logan Mankins). Brady, the league MVP, set an NFL record for touchdown passes (50) in a season and registered the third-most passing yards (4,806) for a year in league history in Moss set a league record for touchdown catches (23) and totaled a franchise best for receiving yards (1,439). Welker s 112 catches tied for the league lead, set a New England record and marked the most receptions by a player in his first year with a new team in NFL history. As quarterbacks coach with New England from , McDaniels worked closely with Brady, helping him earn consecutive Pro Bowl honors. In that two-year period under McDaniels instruction, Brady ranked second in the NFL in touchdown passes (54) and fourth in both passing yards (7,802) and completions (622). McDaniels earned the third Super Bowl ring of his career at the end of the 2004 campaign with New England s win against Philadelphia in Super Bowl XXXIX. He was named a coaching assistant by the Patriots in February 2002 with his responsibilities including film breakdown and scouting chart preparations for the defensive staff. McDaniels acquired additional responsibility in 2003 working with the defensive backs on a New England squad that had a 14-2 record and won Super Bowl XXXVIII with its win against Carolina. The Patriots Super Bowl win against the Panthers was part of their NFLrecord 21-game winning streak in which they went more than a calendar year without a loss (Oct. 5, Oct. 24, 2004). McDaniels joined the Patriots as a personnel assistant/coaching assistant in 2001, and helped the club to a win in Super Bowl XXXVI with its upset win over St. Louis. In 1999, McDaniels began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Michigan State University. Working under Head Coach Nick Saban, he was part of a staff that helped the Spartans to a 10-2 record and a Citrus Bowl victory. Initially recruited by John Carroll University (University Heights, Ohio) as a quarterback, McDaniels spent the majority of his collegiate playing career as a wide receiver from for the Blue Streaks. He graduated from the school in 1999 with a bachelor s degree in mathematics, joining Pro Football Hall of Fame Head Coach Don Shula (Class of 1951) as John Carroll alumni. Born in Barberton, Ohio, McDaniels grew up in Northeast Ohio and was a quarterback and kicker at Canton McKinley Senior High School in Canton, Ohio, His father, Thom McDaniels, coached him at McKinley during his 16- year stint as its head coach from Josh and his wife, Laura, have one son, Jack Thomas (5), and one daughter, Maddie (3). denver at INDIANAPOLIS 25 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

26 denver broncos 2009 weekly release HEAD COACH JOSH McDANIELS McDANIELS BEGINS FIRST YEAR COACHING BRONCOS IN 2009 Josh McDaniels was named the 12th head coach in Denver Broncos history on Jan. 12, He joined Denver after spending the previous eight seasons with New England, including serving as the Patriots offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach from Below is a look at the overall records (regular season and playoffs) for all of Denver s head coaches in the club s 50-year history. BRONCOS ALL-TIME HEAD COACHES OVERALL RECORDS Head Coach Years W L T Pct. Frank Filchock Jack Faulkner Mac Speedie* Ray Malavasi* Lou Saban Jerry Smith* John Ralston Red Miller Dan Reeves Wade Phillips Mike Shanahan Josh McDaniels 2009-Pres * - Interim head coach McDaniels is the sixth individual in Broncos history who will have begun his NFL head coaching career in Denver at the start of a season. Below is a look at how head coaches have fared in their first full season with the Broncos (excludes Mac Speedie, Ray Malavasi and Jerry Smith, who served as interim head coaches). The last two rookie head coaches with the Broncos, Dan Reeves (1981) and Red Miller (1977), combined to post a.727 overall winning percentage (24-9 record). FIRST FULL SEASON RESULTS OF BRONCOS HEAD COACHES, ALL-TIME Head Coach Year NFL Exp. W L T Pct. Frank Filchock st Jack Faulkner st Lou Saban th John Ralston st Red Miller* st Playoffs Dan Reeves st Wade Phillips nd Mike Shanahan rd Josh McDaniels st * - Miller led Denver to its first-ever Super Bowl (XII) and was named AP NFL Coach of the Year. McDANIELS STARTS 6-0 Josh McDaniels guided Denver to a 6-0 record to begin the year, a start that tied for the third best by a rookie NFL head coach since He joined Red Miller (1977) as only the second head coach in Denver history to win his first six games with the club. BEST STARTS TO A SEASON BY A ROOKIE HEAD COACH, NFL, SINCE 1930 Head Coach Year Start Finish 1. Jim Caldwell, Ind TBD 2. Potsy Clark, Portsmouth ^ 3. Josh McDaniels, Den TBD Mike Martz, Stl * Red Miller, Den * Chuck Knox, LAN * Blanton Collier, Cle BEST STARTS BY A COACH IN HIS FIRST YEAR WITH THE BRONCOS, ALL-TIME Head Coach Year NFL Exp. Start Finish 1. Josh McDaniels st 6-0 TBD Red Miller st * 3. Wade Phillips nd * Jack Faulkner st Frank Filchock st * - Teams qualified for the playoffs ^ - There was no postseason McDANIELS ONE OF SEVEN ROOKIE HEAD COACHES IN 2009 Josh McDaniels joins six other rookie head coaches in the NFL in Last season, the four rookie head coaches in the NFL who began the year combined to post a (.623) overall record with each posting at least a.500 or better record. Three first-year head coaches from a year ago (Baltimore s John Harbaugh, Atlanta s Mike Smith and Miami s Tony Sparano) led their clubs to the postseason. Below is a look at how rookie head coaches have fared in their first NFL season during the last five years (since 2004). ROOKIE HEAD COACHES, NFL, SINCE 2004 Head Coach Year W L T Pct. Jim Caldwell, Ind Playoffs TBD Todd Haley, K.C Josh McDaniels, Den Raheem Morris, T.B Rex Ryan, NYJ Jim Schwartz, Det Steve Spagnuolo, Stl John Harbaugh, Bal Playoffs Tom Cable, Oak.^ Mike Singletary, S.F.^ Mike Smith, Atl Playoffs Tony Sparano, Mia Playoffs Jim Zorn, Was denver at INDIANAPOLIS 26 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

27 denver broncos 2009 weekly release HEAD COACH JOSH McDANIELS Cam Cameron, Mia Lane Kiffin, Oak Bobby Petrino, Atl Emmitt Thomas, Atl.^ Mike Tomlin, Pit.* Playoffs Ken Whisenhunt, Ari Brad Childress, Min Gary Kubiak, Hou Scott Linehan, Stl Eric Mangini, NYJ Playoffs Rod Marinelli, Det Mike McCarthy, G.B Sean Payton, N.O.* Playoffs Romeo Crennel, Cle Mike Nolan, S.F Nick Saban, Mia Joe Vitt, Stl.^ Jim Bates, Mia.^ Jim Mora, Atl.* Playoffs Mike Mularkey, Buf Lovie Smith, Chi * - Won division ^ - Took over as interim head coach McDANIELS: SIXTH-YOUNGEST HEAD COACH IN NFL HISTORY AT TIME OF HIRE Josh McDaniels, who was hired by the Broncos at 32 years, 8 months old, is the sixth-youngest head coach in NFL history at the time of his hire. When Denver announced the hire on Jan. 12, 2009, McDaniels was the fifth-youngest head coach in league annals. However, Tampa Bay named Raheem Morris (32 years, 4 months) its head coach five days later. YOUNGEST HEAD COACHES IN NFL HISTORY AT THE TIME OF THEIR HIRE Head Coach Birth Date First Yr. Age at Hire 1. Lane Kiffin, Oak. May 9, yrs., 8 mths. 2. Harland Svare, LAN Nov. 25, yrs., 11 mths. 3. John Michelosen, Pit. Feb. 13, yrs., 2 mths. 4. Raheem Morris, T.B. Sept. 3, yrs., 4 mths. 5. David Shula, Cin. May 28, yrs., 7 mths. 6. Josh McDaniels, Den. April 22, yrs., 8 mths. 7. John Madden, Oak. April 10, yrs., 10 mths. 8. Don Shula, Bal. Jan. 4, yrs., 4 days 9. Al Davis, Oak. July 4, yrs., 6 mths. 10. Joe Collier, Buf. June 7, yrs., 7 mths. McDANIELS HISTORY OF WINNING Over the course of his nine-year coaching career (1999, 2001-Pres.), Josh McDaniels has been on the coaching staffs of teams that have won more than 75 percent of their games. In eight years with the Patriots, one season at Michigan State University and during his first year as Denver s head coach, McDaniels has worked with teams that have a combined (.763) record. With the Patriots, he was part of Patriots teams that won three Super Bowls, four AFC Championships and six division titles while compiling seven 10-win seasons. At Michigan State, McDaniels helped the Spartans to a 10-2 record, including a victory in the Citrus Bowl. As a player at John Carroll University ( ), his teams went a combined During his prep career at Canton McKinley High School ( ), his teams owned a combined record. Thus, McDaniels teams as a player (high school / college) and coach own a combined record of (.772). JOSH McDANIELS YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING CAREER Year Position Team/School Reg. Season Postseason 1999 Graduate Assistant Michigan State 9-2 Citrus Bowl (1-0) 2001 Personnel Asst./ Coaching Asst. New England 11-5 S.B. XXXVI (3-0) 2002 Coaching Assistant New England Coaching Assistant New England 14-2 S.B. XXXVIII (3-0) 2004 QBs Coach New England 14-2 S.B. XXXIX (3-0) 2005 QBs Coach New England 10-6 Playoffs (1-1) 2006 Off. Coord./ Quarterbacks New England 12-4 AFC Champ. (2-1) 2007 Off. Coord./ Quarterbacks New England 16-0 S.B. XLII (2-1) 2008 Off. Coord./ Quarterbacks New England Head Coach Denver 8-4 BREAKDOWN OF JOSH McDANIELS RECORD COACHING FOOTBALL Category W L T Pct. Regular season record as an NFL head coach Postseason record as an NFL head coach Overall record as an NFL head coach Regular season record as an NFL assistant coach Postseason record as an NFL assistant coach Overall record as an NFL assistant coach Overall record as an NFL coach Regular season record as a collegiate assistant coach Postseason record as a collegiate assistant coach Overall record as a collegiate assistant coach Overall record coaching football denver at INDIANAPOLIS 27 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

28 denver broncos 2009 weekly release HEAD COACH JOSH McDANIELS McDANIELS EARNS WIN IN HEAD COACHING DEBUT With Denver s 12-7 comeback win at Cincinnati on Sept. 13, Josh McDaniels improved the record of Broncos head coaches in their regularseason coaching debuts at the start of a season to 9-0. Including individuals named head coach during a season, Broncos head coaches are now 10-2 in their first regular-season game with the club. Below is a look at how Denver s head coaches have fared in their first regular-season game. BRONCOS HEAD COACHES IN THEIR FIRST REGULAR-SEASON GAME, ALL-TIME Head Coach NFL Exp. Game Result Frank Filchock 1st at Boston, 9/9/60 W, Jack Faulkner 1st vs. San Diego, 9/7/62 W, Mac Speedie* 1st vs. Kansas City, 10/11/64 W, Ray Malavasi* 1st vs. N.Y. Jets, 9/25/66 L, 16-7 Lou Saban 7th vs. Boston, 9/3/67 W, Jerry Smith* 1st at Kansas City, 11/21/71 L, John Ralston 1st vs. Houston, 9/17/72 W, Red Miller 1st vs. St. Louis, 9/18/77 W, 7-0 Dan Reeves 1st vs. Oakland, 9/6/81 W, 9-7 Wade Phillips 2nd at N.Y. Jets, 9/5/93 W, Mike Shanahan 3rd vs. Buffalo, 9/3/95 W, 22-7 Josh McDaniels 1st at Cincinnati, 9/13/09 W, 12-7 * - Named head coach during the season McDANIELS LEADS ONE OF NFL S BEST OFFENSES IN NEW ENGLAND During three seasons as the Patriots offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach from , Josh McDaniels directed a New England offense that was among the league s best. New England led the NFL in total points (1,384 / 28.8 ppg.), offensive touchdowns (154 / 3.2 tpg.) and first downs (1,079 / 22.5 fpg.) while placing second in the league in total yards (17,796 / ypg.). His offenses ranked among the league s top 10 in yards, points, giveaways and third downs during each of the last two years. PATRIOTS NFL/AFC OFFENSIVE RANKINGS, (WHEN McDANIELS WAS NEW ENGLAND S OFF. COORD./QBS COACH) Category Total Average AFC NFL Total Yards 17, st 2nd Total Points 1, st 1st Offensive Touchdowns st 1st Net Passing Yards 11, nd 7th Rushing Yards 6, th 8th Third Down Percentage 284/ % 2nd 4th Fourth Down Percentage 48/ % 1st 1st Giveaways rd 3rd First Downs 1, st 1st PATRIOTS YEAR-BY-YEAR NFL OFFENSIVE RANKINGS, (WHEN McDANIELS WAS N.E. S OFF. COORD./QBS COACH) Year Team Yards Points Give. 3rd Dwns New England (11) 24.1 (7) 27 (16t) 42.5 (7) 2007 New England (1) 36.8 (1) 15 (1) 48.2 (2) 2008 New England (5) 25.6 (8) 21 (8t) 43.2 (7) McDANIELS 2007 OFFENSE AMONG THE MOST PRODUCTIVE IN NFL HISTORY Josh McDaniels offense with the Patriots in 2007 ranked with the most prolific in NFL history and helped the club become the first in league annals to post a 16-0 regular-season record. McDaniels offense set an NFL single-season record for total points (589) while tying for the league single-year record with 67 offensive touchdowns. His unit also turned in top-10 all-time league rankings for yards, net passing yards, turnovers and first downs. WHERE NEW ENGLAND S 2007 OFFENSE RANKS IN NFL HISTORY (WHEN McDANIELS WAS N.E. S OFF. COORD./QBS COACH) Category No. (Avg.) All-Time NFL Rank Total Yards 6,580 (411.3) 7 Total Points 589 (36.8) 1 Offensive Touchdowns 67 (4.2) 1t Net Passing Yards 4,731 (295.7) 8 Third Down Pct Turnovers 15 (0.9) 5t* First Downs 393 (24.6) 2 * - In the 16-game era (since 1978) PRO BOWL PLAYERS COACHED BY McDANIELS Broncos Head Coach Josh McDaniels coached six players who earned a total of nine Pro Bowl selections at five different positions with New England during his time as a position coach or coordinator from PRO BOWL PLAYERS COACHED BY McDANIELS AS A POSITION COACH OR COORDINATOR W/NEW ENGLAND, Player Position Pro Bowls Years Tom Brady Quarterback , 07 Dan Koppen Center Matt Light Tackle Logan Mankins Guard Randy Moss Wide Receiver Wes Welker Wide Receiver Totals 9 denver at INDIANAPOLIS 28 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

29 denver broncos 2009 weekly release ASSISTANT COACHES / FOOTBALL OPERATIONS BRONCOS ASSISTANT COACHING STAFF BREAKDOWN OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT COACHES Mike McCoy (Off. Coord./QBs) - 10th NFL season (1st w/broncos) Spent the last nine years on the offensive staff with Carolina, helping Jake Delhomme to one Pro Bowl selection and four 3,000-yard passing seasons. Clancy Barone (Tight Ends) - 6th NFL season (1st w/broncos) Instructed Antonio Gates in San Diego ( ) and Alge Crumpler in Atlanta ( ), guiding those tight ends to Pro Bowl appearances in each of those campaigns. Rick Dennison (Offensive Line) - 15th NFL season (15th w/broncos) Former Broncos LB who appeared on three Super Bowl teams with the club ( ) and has coached its offensive line since 2001, helping Denver rank second in the NFL in rushing (137.6 ypg.) from Adam Gase (Wide Receivers) - 5th NFL season (1st w/broncos) Worked under a Mike Martz-led offense with the 49ers (2008) and Lions ( ), including the 2007 campaign when he coached Jon Kitna to a 4,000-yard passing season as his position coach. Bobby Turner (Running Backs) - 15th NFL season (15th w/broncos) Coached running backs for the Broncos since 1995, helping the club lead the NFL in rushing yards (30,993) and individual 100-yard rushing games (103) while tying for league lead in individual 1,000-yard rushing seasons (11) from Ben McDaniels (Coaching Assistant) - 1st NFL season (1st w/broncos) Coached at the high school level in Ohio for four years and also at the University of Minnesota, where he was a graduate assistant from DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT COACHES Mike Nolan (Defensive Coordinator) - 23rd NFL season (7th w/broncos) Most recently served as the 49ers head coach from and owns 11 years of experience as a defensive coordinator in the NFL in addition to helping 14 players earn a total of 21 Pro Bowl selections, including several during a stint with Denver as its special teams/linebackers coach from Ed Donatell (Secondary) - 19th NFL season (6th w/broncos) Worked with several of the best safeties in NFL history, including LeRoy Butler, Darren Sharper, Ronnie Lott, Lawyer Milloy, Brian Dawkins and Steve Atwater, whom he coached during a stint as Denver s defensive backs coach from Don Martindale (Linebackers) - 6th NFL season (1st w/broncos) Spent the last five years coaching the Raiders linebackers for an Oakland defense that ranked sixth in the NFL against the pass (199.2 ypg.) during that period ( ). Wayne Nunnely (Defensive Line) - 15th NFL season (1st w/broncos) Coached the Chargers defensive line for the last 12 years, helping San Diego rank second in the NFL in yards per carry allowed (3.7) and third in rushing yards per game allowed (97.2) during that period. Roman Phifer (Assistant Linebackers) - 1st NFL season (1st w/broncos) Begins his first season coaching after playing linebacker for 15 seasons in the NFL, including four years with the Patriots ( ) when he was part of three Super Bowl-winning teams. Jay Rodgers (Coaching Assistant) - 1st NFL season (1st w/broncos) Coached on the offensive side of the ball at the college level for the last six years and most recently instructed wide receivers at Iowa State. SPECIAL TEAMS ASSISTANT COACHES Mike Priefer (Spec. Tms. Coordinator) - 8th NFL season (1st w/broncos) Coordinated Kansas City s special teams during each of the last three years and was an assistant special teams coach with the Giants ( ) 2009 BRONCOS ASSISTANT COACHING STAFF OFFENSE Mike McCoy Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Clancy Barone Tight Ends Rick Dennison Offensive Line Adam Gase Wide Receivers Bobby Turner Running Backs Ben McDaniels Coaching Assistant DEFENSE Mike Nolan Defensive Coordinator Ed Donatell Secondary Don Martindale Linebackers Wayne Nunnely Defensive Line Roman Phifer Assistant Linebackers Jay Rodgers Coaching Assistant SPECIAL TEAMS Mike Priefer Special Teams Coordinator Keith Burns Coaching Assistant STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING Rich Tuten Strength and Conditioning Greg Saporta Assistant Strength and Conditioning and Jaguars (2002), instructing units that accounted for 14 blocked kicks and seven return touchdowns during his seven NFL seasons ( ). Keith Burns (Coaching Assistant) - 3rd NFL season (3rd w/broncos) Worked as a special teams assistant during the last two seasons with the Broncos after becoming one of the most accomplished special teamers in the NFL during his 13-year playing career ( ) as a linebacker that included 11 years with the Broncos. STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACHES Rich Tuten (Strength and Conditioning) - 15th NFL season (15th w/broncos) Developed one of the NFL s most highly attended and successful offseason conditioning programs since joining the Broncos in 1995 after leading strength and conditioning efforts at Florida and North Carolina. Greg Saporta (Asst. Strength/Conditioning) - 15th NFL season (15th w/broncos) Coached in a strength and conditioning capacity as Rich Tuten s assistant during the last 14 years with the Broncos as well as at Florida and North Carolina. FOOTBALL OPERATIONS Brian Xanders (General Manager) - 16th NFL season (2nd w/broncos) Enters 2009 as the youngest general manager (38) in the NFL and is in his first year in that capacity after working as assistant general manager for Denver in 2008 and spending 14 years ( ) with the Falcons. Keith Kidd (Director of Pro Personnel) - 15th NFL season (1st w/broncos) Worked with Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli during three years as the Patriots assistant director of pro personnel from , helping to build a New England team that won consecutive Super Bowls. Matt Russell (Director of College Scouting) - 8th NFL season (1st w/broncos) Former Butkus Award winner (nation s best LB) at Colorado who scouted for Philadelphia ( ) and New England (2001, 03-05). Mike Bluem (Director of Football Admin.) - 15th NFL season (15th w/broncos) Managed the Broncos salary cap since 2001 and sits on the NFL Management Council Club Services Committee. denver at INDIANAPOLIS 29 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

30 denver broncos 2009 weekly release MISCELLANEOUS NOTES QUICKLY: BRONCOS MISCELLANEOUS NOTES * - The Broncos are one of eight original American Football League franchises celebrating their 50th season in * - Denver wore its original 1960 uniforms (yellow and brown) against New England on Oct. 11 and at San Diego on Oct. 19. * - Among original AFL teams, Denver ranks second with 411 overall wins that mark the seventh most among all AFL/NFL clubs since the franchise s first year in * - President/CEO Pat Bowlen is in his 26th season as owner of the Broncos, and his club has posted the second-most wins (266) along with the second-most Super Bowl appearances (5) in the NFL since he purchased the team in * - The Broncos 251 regular-season wins under Bowlen (since 1984) are the most in the league. * - Since the 1970 NFL merger, the Broncos are tied for third in the league in Super Bowl appearances (6) and have recorded the fifth-most winning seasons (24). * - The Broncos 273-game scoring streak is the longest active streak in the NFL (dates back to 1992) and ranks third all time in league annals. * - The Broncos own the NFL s best overall home record ( /.742) since 1975 and have posted a league-best five undefeated home schedules in the 16-game regular-season era (since 1978). * - Denver is in its ninth season playing at INVESCO Field at Mile High. Since the facility opened in 2001, the Broncos own the NFL s fifth-best home record (48-22 /.686) in the NFL. * - Since the free agency era began in 1993, the Broncos are tied for the NFL s fourth-best record ( /.604). * - In interconference play, the Broncos have the NFL s fifth-best record (.567) since the 1970 league merger. BOWLEN ERA MARKED BY ACHIEVEMENT Introduced as the majority owner of the Denver Broncos on March 23, 1984, Pat Bowlen has positioned the Broncos among the league s top franchises over that 26-year period. OVERALL WINS, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. San Francisco Denver Pittsburgh New England New York Giants 246 REGULAR-SEASON WINS, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. Denver San Francisco Pittsburgh New York Giants New England 230 WINNING SEASONS, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. Miami 17 New England 17 Pittsburgh 17 San Francisco Denver 16 DIVISION TITLES, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. San Francisco Pittsburgh Chicago 9 New England 9 5. Denver 8 Dallas 8 PLAYOFF APPEARANCES, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1, San Francisco Pittsburgh Denver 13 Min., NYG, Phi. Ind., Ten. 13 CONFERENCE CHAMP. GAMES, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. Pittsburgh 8 San Francisco 8 3. Denver 7 New England 7 SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. New England 6 2. Denver 5 3. Buf., NYG, S.F. 4 SUPER BOWL WINS, NFL, 1984-PRES. Team No. 1. San Francisco 4 2. Dallas 3 New England 3 New York Giants 3 5. Den., Pit., Was. 2 denver at INDIANAPOLIS 30 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

31 denver broncos 2009 weekly release MISCELLANEOUS NOTES BRONCOS CELEBRATE 50TH SEASON IN 2009 One of eight American Football League charter franchises, the Denver Broncos are celebrating their 50th season of professional football in As part of the celebration, the Broncos wore their original 1960 uniforms against New England on Oct. 11 and at San Diego on Oct. 19. Below is a look at the Broncos record by the decade. In their 50 seasons of football, Denver has totaled the eighth-most wins (411 / ) in the NFL and advanced to the postseason 17 times. Among original AFL clubs, the Broncos rank second in overall wins (411) while placing third in Super Bowl wins (2) and tying for third in playoff appearances (17). BRONCOS OVERALL RECORD BY DECADE Decade W L T Pct. Playoff Berths Win Rk. 1960s nd 1970s T-8th 1980s th 1990s T-5th 2000s T-6th TOTALS th MOST OVERALL WINS, ORIGINAL AFL FRANCHISES Team W L T Pct. Playoff Berths Super Bowls 1. Oakland Raiders Denver Broncos New England Patriots Kansas City Chiefs San Diego Chargers Tennessee Titans Buffalo Bills New York Jets BRONCOS ONE OF NFL S BEST SINCE MERGER After a less than auspicious beginning, the Broncos have become one of the most consistent winners in the NFL. Denver ranks in the top five in the NFL in several categories since the 1970 merger, including Super Bowl berths (6), overall wins (372) and winning seasons (24). SUPER BOWL BERTHS, NFL, SINCE 1970 MERGER Team No. 1. Dallas 8 2. Pittsburgh 7 3. Denver 6 New England 6 OVERALL WINS, NFL, SINCE 1970 MERGER Team No. 1. Pittsburgh Dallas Miami Denver Minnesota 369 REGULAR-SEASON WINS, NFL, SINCE 1970 MERGER Team No. 1. Miami Pittsburgh Dallas Denver Minnesota 353 WINNING SEASONS, NFL, SINCE 1970 MERGER Team No. 1. Miami Dallas 28 Pittsburgh Minnesota Denver 24 HOME WINS, NFL, SINCE 1970 MERGER Team No. 1. Pittsburgh Denver Miami Dallas Minnesota 208 CONFERENCE CHAMP. GAMES, NFL, SINCE 1970 MERGER Team No. 1. Dallas 14 Pittsburgh San Francisco Oakland St. Louis 9 6. Denver 8 BRONCOS OWN NFL S LONGEST SCORING STREAK The Broncos 273-game scoring streak is the longest active streak in the league. The streak, which began on Monday Night Football with a overtime loss at Seattle on Nov. 30, 1992, also ranks as the third-longest such streak in NFL history. MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITHOUT BEING SHUT OUT, NFL HISTORY Team Games Years 1. San Francisco Cleveland Denver Pres. 4. Minnesota Green Bay Dallas Oakland New Orleans Washington denver at INDIANAPOLIS 31 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

32 denver broncos 2009 weekly release MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ANATOMY OF DENVER S SCORING STREAK Denver has more often than not extended its current 273-game scoring streak rather quickly. In the impressive run, the Broncos have scored on their first possession 105 times, including one time they scored on their first touch (a punt return). Denver has scored in the first quarter 181 times during the streak and has had it extended by halftime 258 times. The club has had to wait until the fourth quarter to extend the streak just three times (Sept. 20, 1993, at K.C., Nov. 4, 2007, at Det. and Oct. 20, 2008, at N.E.). BREAKDOWN OF THE BRONCOS SCORING STREAK SCORED ON/IN: Year Games 1st Pos. 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q * TOTALS * - Includes one punt return INVESCO FIELD PROVIDES HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE Since moving into INVESCO Field at Mile High before the start of the 2001 season, the Broncos have compiled a (.686) record at the stadium in regular-season action. Denver s.686 winning percentage at INVESCO Field at Mile High ranks fifth in the NFL since The Broncos also have the fourth-best record (20-6 /.769) in divisional play at home during that stretch. BEST HOME RECORDS, NFL, 2001-PRES. (REG. SEASON) Team Record Pct. 1. New England Indianapolis Pittsburgh Baltimore Denver BEST HOME RECORDS IN DIVISIONAL PLAY, NFL, 2001-PRES. Team Record Pct. 1. New England Minnesota Pittsburgh Denver Indianapolis HOME, SWEET HOME The Broncos have posted the NFL s best home record since 1975 in the regular season and postseason with a (.742) mark. TOP HOME RECORDS, NFL, 1975-PRES. Team Regular Season Postseason Total Pct. 1. Denver (.739) 12-3 (.800) Pittsburgh (.713) 16-7 (.696) Dallas (.668) 14-5 (.737) Miami (.669) 11-7 (.611) Minnesota (.670) 7-5 (.583) FIVE UNDEFEATED HOME SCHEDULES Denver has provided one of the NFL s best homefield advantages as evidenced by the club s five undefeated home schedules in team annals. Four of Denver s five unbeaten home records have come since Denver went undefeated at home in three consecutive seasons from and was 8-0 at home in 1981 and UNDEFEATED HOME SCHEDULES, BRONCOS HISTORY Year Home Record Overall Record Denver s five unbeaten home records are the most in the NFL since the league adopted a 16-game schedule in MOST UNDEFEATED HOME RECORDS, NFL, SINCE 1978 (16-GAME SCHEDULE) Team Undefeated Home Records 1. Denver 5 2. Green Bay 3 Kansas City 3 New England 3 FREE-AGENCY ERA SUCCESS Since the league s current free-agent system began in 1993, the Broncos have been extremely successful. In fact, the team is tied for the NFL s fourth-best record, (.604), during this time. Below are the NFL s top teams since free agency began: NFL S WINNINGEST TEAMS SINCE FREE AGENCY BEGAN (1993) Playoff Super Bowl Team Record Berths Wins 1. New England (.629) Pittsburgh (.621) Green Bay (.618) Denver (.604) 8 2 Indianapolis (.604) 12 1 denver at INDIANAPOLIS 32 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

33 denver broncos 2009 weekly release MISCELLANEOUS NOTES BRONCOS IN DIVISIONAL PLAY The Broncos have posted at least a.500 record in AFC West play for the last 14 seasons (since 1996) and 30 times in club history since the division was formed in BRONCOS 13-YEAR STREAK OF AT LEAST A.500 DIVISIONAL RECORD Year Home Away Overall HOLD IT RIGHT THERE Since 1995, the Broncos are (.864) in games in which they led after three quarters, including 12-1 in 2005, 6-3 in 2006, 6-1 in 2007, 6-1 in 2008 and 6-1 in BRONCOS RECORD WHEN LEADING AFTER THREE QUARTERS Year Record Pct TOTALS SHARPE INDUCTED INTO RING OF FAME In recognition of his 12 seasons as a Bronco from and , former tight end Shannon Sharpe was inducted as the 22nd member of the Denver Broncos Ring of Fame at halftime of Denver s game against Cleveland on Sept. 20. Sharpe is the first tight end to be inducted into the club s Ring of Fame and is the first Bronco induced since running back Terrell Davis in The Broncos Ring of Fame was created in 1984 by team owner Pat Bowlen to honor former players and administrators who played significant roles in the franchise s history. The Ring of Fame is displayed on the Level 5 façade of INVESCO Field at Mile High. Among Sharpe s accomplishments: * - Named to the Pro Bowl seven times as a Bronco and helped the club to back-to-back Super Bowl victories ( seasons). * - Tied a franchise record with seven consecutive Pro Bowl selections ( ) and was a four-time first-team All-Pro (Associated Press) with Denver while becoming the NFL s all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns by a tight end. * - Registered the second-most receptions (675), receiving yards (8,439) and receiving touchdowns (55) by a player in club annals in 172 career regular-season games (139 starts). * - Totaled yard receiving games (17 regular season, 1 postseason) as a Bronco that tie for the third most by a player in franchise history. * - Ranks second in NFL history (behind Atlanta TE Tony Gonzalez) in career receptions (815), receiving yards (10,060) and receiving touchdowns (62) among tight ends (totals include two years with Baltimore from in which he won his third Super Bowl ring and earned his eighth Pro Bowl selection). * - Named a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2009 and a semifinalist for the Class of 2008 (announced on Nov. 28). He was the first-team tight end on the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team as chosen by the Hall of Fame Selection Committee members. * - Owns more receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, Pro Bowl/All-Star selections and Super Bowl/Championship wins than any of the seven tight ends in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. INTERCONFERENCE RECORD The Broncos.567 winning percentage off an record in interconference play since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger ranks as the fifth-best mark in the NFL. INTERCONFERENCE RECORDS SINCE 1970 MERGER Team Record Pct. 1. Miami Pittsburgh Oakland Dallas Denver denver at INDIANAPOLIS 33 sunday, dec. 13, 2009

34 2009 REGULAR SEASON BRONCOS SITUATIONAL RECORDS SITUATION Record when leading after 1st quarter wins: vs. Cle. (9/20), at Oak. (9/27), vs. NYG (11/26), at K.C. (12/6). losses: vs. Pit. (11/9), at Was. (11/15). when leading after 2nd quarter wins: at Cin. (9/13), vs. Cle. (9/20), at Oak. (9/27), vs. NYG (11/26), at K.C. (12/6). losses: at Was. (11/15). when leading after 3rd quarter wins: at Cin. (9/13), vs. Cle. (9/20), at Oak. (9/27), at S.D. (10/19), vs. NYG (11/26), at K.C. (12/6). losses: at Was. (11/15). when trailing after 1st quarter wins: vs. Dal. (10/4), vs. N.E. (10/11), at S.D. (10/19). losses: at Bal. (11/1), vs. S.D. (11/22). when trailing after 2nd quarter wins: vs. Dal. (10/4), vs. N.E. (10/11), at S.D. (10/19). losses: at Bal. (11/1), vs. Pit. (11/9), vs. S.D. (11/22). when trailing after 3rd quarter wins: vs. Dal. (10/4), vs. N.E. (10/11). losses: at Bal. (11/1), vs. Pit. (11/9), vs. S.D. (11/22). when Denver scores first wins: at Cin. (9/13), at Oak. (9/27), vs. NYG (11/26), at K.C. (12/6). losses: vs. Pit. (11/9), at Was. (11/15). when opponent scores first wins: vs. Cle. (9/20), vs. Dal. (10/4), vs. N.E. (10/11), at S.D. (10/19). losses: at Bal. (11/1), vs. S.D. (11/22). when tied at the half wins: None. losses: None. when Denver rushes for 100 yards wins: vs. Cle. (9/20), at Oak. (9/27), vs. Dal. (10/4), vs. N.E. (10/11), at S.D. (10/19), vs. NYG (11/26), at K.C. (12/6). losses: at Was. (11/15), vs. S.D. (11/22). when opponent rushes for 100 yards wins: None. losses: at Bal. (11/1), vs. Pit. (11/9), at Was. (11/15), vs. S.D. (11/22). when winning turnover margin wins: at Cin. (9/13), vs. Cle. (9/20), at Oak. (9/27), vs. Dal. (10/4), at S.D. (10/19), vs. NYG (11/26). losses: None. when losing turnover margin wins: vs. N.E. (10/11). losses: at Bal. (11/1), vs. Pit. (11/9), at Was. (11/15), vs. S.D. (11/22). when Denver passes for 300 yards wins: vs. N.E. (10/11). losses: None. when opponent passes for 300 yards wins: None. losses: None. when playing indoors wins: None. losses: None. when playing outdoors wins: at Cin. (9/13), vs. Cle. (9/20), at Oak. (9/27), vs. Dal. (10/4), vs. N.E. (10/11), at S.D. (10/19), vs. NYG (11/26), at K.C. (12/6). losses: at Bal. (11/1), vs. Pit. (11/9), at Was. (11/15), vs. S.D. (11/22). when playing on an artificial surface wins: at Cin. (9/13). losses: at Bal. (11/1). when playing on natural grass wins: vs. Cle. (9/20), at Oak. (9/27), vs. Dal. (10/4), vs. N.E. (10/11), at S.D. (10/19), vs. NYG (11/26), at K.C. (12/6). losses: vs. Pit. (11/9), at Was. (11/15), vs. S.D. (11/22). when winning the coin toss wins: vs. Cle. (9/20), at Oak. (9/27). losses: at Bal. (11/1), at Was. (11/15), vs. S.D. (11/22). when losing the coin toss wins: at Cin. (9/13), vs. Dal. (10/4), vs. N.E. (10/11), at S.D. (10/19), vs. NYG (11/26), at K.C. (12/6). losses: vs. Pit. (11/9). when scoring 20 or more points wins: vs. Cle. (9/20), at Oak. (9/27), vs. N.E. (10/11), at S.D. (10/19), vs. NYG (11/26), at K.C. (12/6). losses: None. when yielding 20 or more points wins: at S.D. (10/19). losses: at Bal. (11/1), vs. Pit. (11/9), at Was. (11/15), vs. S.D. (11/22). in overtime games wins: vs. N.E. (10/11). losses: None.

35 THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED (REFLECTS THE LAST TIME EACH INDIVIDUAL STATISTIC OCCURRED IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND PLAYOFFS) PERFORMANCES BOLDED; SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCES IN ITALICS 100 YARDS RUSHING: Broncos: Correll Buckhalter, , at Kansas City, 12/6/09 Playoffs: Terrell Davis, , vs. Atlanta, 1/31/99 Opponents: Ladell Betts, , 1 TD, at Washington, 11/15/09 Playoffs: Jamal Lewis, , 2 TD, at Baltimore, 12/31/ YARDS RUSHING: Broncos: Clinton Portis, , 5 TD, vs. Kansas City, 12/7/03 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Ahman Green, , 2 TD, at Green Bay, 12/28/03 Playoffs: Tim Smith, , 2TD, vs. Washington, 1/31/88 TWO 100-YARD RUSHERS: Broncos: Mike Anderson (126) and Tatum Bell (107), vs. Philadelphia, 10/30/05 Playoffs: Terrell Davis (184) and Derek Loville (103), vs. Jacksonville, 12/27/97 Opponents: Curt Warner (126) and John L. Williams (109), at Seattle, 12/11/88 Playoffs: Has never happened 100-YARD RUSHER AND 100-YARD RECEIVER: Broncos: Selvin Young (156) and Brandon Marshall (115), vs. Kansas City, 12/9/07 Playoffs: Terrell Davis (102) and Rod Smith (152), vs. Atlanta, 1/31/99 Opponents: R. Grant (104 rush), G. Jennings (141 rec.) and J. Jones (107 rec.), vs. G.B., 10/29/07 - OT Playoffs: Tim Smith (204) and Ricky Sanders (193), vs. Washington, 1/31/ YARD RUSHER AND TWO 100-YARD RECEIVERS: Broncos: Mike Anderson (103), Rod Smith (111) and Ed McCaffrey (129), vs. Cleveland, 10/15/00 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Ryan Grant (104), Greg Jennings (141) and James Jones (107) vs. Green Bay, 10/29/07 - OT Playoffs: Has never happened 100-YARD RUSHER, 300-YARD PASSER, 100-YARD RECEIVER: Broncos: Travis Henry (139), Jay Cutler (304), Javon Walker (119), at Buffalo, 9/9/07 Playoffs: Terrell Davis (102), John Elway (336), Rod Smith (152), vs. Atlanta, 1/31/99 Opponents: R. Grant (104 rush), B. Favre (331 pass), G. Jennings (141 rec.), J. Jones (107 rec.) vs. G.B., 10/29/07 - OT Playoffs: Tim Smith (204), Doug Williams (340), Ricky Sanders (193), vs. Washington, 1/31/ YARD RUSHER, 300-YARD PASSER AND TWO 100-YARD RECEIVERS: Broncos: M. Anderson (103), B. Griese (336), R. Smith (111) and E. McCaffrey (129), vs. Cle., 10/15/00 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: R. Grant (104 rush), B. Favre (331 pass), G. Jennings (141 rec.), J. Jones (107 rec.) vs. G.B., 10/29/07 - OT Playoffs: Has never happened 100-YARD RUSHER AND 300-YARD PASSER: Broncos: Peyton Hillis (129) and Jay Cutler (357), at N.Y. Jets, 11/30/08 Playoffs: Terrell Davis (102) and John Elway (336), vs. Atlanta, 1/31/99 Opponents: Ryan Grant (104) and Brett Favre (331), vs. Green Bay, 10/29/07 - OT Playoffs: Tim Smith (204) and Doug Williams (340), vs. Washington, 1/31/ YARD RECEIVER AND 300-YARD PASSER: Broncos: Brandon Marshall (129) and Jay Cutler (359), vs. Buffalo, 12/21/08 Playoffs: Rod Smith (152) and John Elway (336), vs. Atlanta, 1/31/99 Opponents: Greg Jennings (141), James Jones (107) and Brett Favre (331), vs. Green Bay, 10/29/07 - OT Playoffs: Deion Branch (153) and Tom Brady (341), vs. New England, 1/14/06 TWO 100-YARD RECEIVERS AND 300-YARD PASSER: Broncos: Rod Smith (187), Ed McCaffrey (148) and Gus Frerotte (462), vs. San Diego, 11/19/00 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Greg Jennings (141), James Jones (107) and Brett Favre (331), vs. Green Bay, 10/29/07 - OT Playoffs: Reggie Wayne (221), Dallas Clark (112) and Peyton Manning (458), at Indianapolis, 1/9/05 THREE 100-YARD RECEIVERS AND 300-YARD PASSER: Broncos: Has never happened Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: M. Faulk (100), T. Holt (103), A. Hakim (116) and K. Warner (441), vs. St. Louis, 9/4/00 Playoffs: Has never happened TWO RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS: Broncos: Knowshon Moreno, 21-86, 2 TD, at Kansas City, 12/6/09 Playoffs: Mike Anderson, 19-69, 2 TD, vs. New England, 1/14/06 Opponents: LaDainian Tomlinson, 14-96, 3 TD, at San Diego, 12/28/08 Playoffs: Jamal Lewis, , 2 TD, at Baltimore, 12/31/00 THREE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS: Broncos: Tatum Bell, 17-52, 3 TD, at San Diego, 12/31/05 Playoffs: Terrell Davis, , 3 TD, vs. Green Bay, 1/25/98 Opponents: LaDainian Tomlinson, 14-96, 3 TD, at San Diego, 12/28/08 Playoffs: Napoleon McCallum, 13-81, 3 TD, at L.A. Raiders, 1/9/94 FOUR RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS: Broncos: Clinton Portis, , 5 TD, vs. Kansas City, 12/7/03 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Curt Warner, , 4 TD, at Seattle, 12/11/88 Playoffs: Has never happened FIVE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS: Broncos: Clinton Portis, , 5 TD, vs. Kansas City, 12/7/03 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Has never happened Playoffs: Has never happened 300 YARDS PASSING: Broncos: Kyle Orton, 35-48, 330 yds., 2 TD, 1 INT, vs. New England 10/11/09 Playoffs: John Elway, 18-29, 336 yds., 1 TD, 1 INT, vs. Atlanta, 1/31/99 Opponents: Drew Brees, 39-48, 421 yds., 1 TD, 0 INT, vs. New Orleans, 9/21/08 Playoffs: Tom Brady, 20-36, 341 yds., 1 TD, 2 INT, vs. New England, 1/14/ YARDS PASSING: Broncos: Jay Cutler, 24-42, 447 yds., 3 TD, 1 INT, at Cleveland, 11/6/08 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Drew Brees, 39-48, 421 yds., 1 TD, 0 INT, vs. New Orleans, 9/21/08 Playoffs: Peyton Manning, 27-33, 458 yds., 4 TD, 1 INT, at Indianapolis, 1/9/05 THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES: Broncos: Jay Cutler, 24-42, 447 yds., 3 TD, 1 INT, at Cleveland, 11/6/08 Playoffs: John Elway, 29-47, 302 yds., 3 TD, 1 INT, at L.A. Raiders, 1/9/94 Opponents: Matt Cassel, 18-24, 185 yds., 3 TD, 0 INT, at New England, 10/20/08 Playoffs: Peyton Manning, 27-33, 458 yds., 4 TD, 1 INT, at Indianapolis, 1/9/05 FOUR TOUCHDOWN PASSES: Broncos: Jay Cutler, 36-50, 350 yds., 4 TD, 1 INT, vs. San Diego, 9/14/08 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Ben Roethlisberger, 24-35, 290 yds., 4 TD, 2 INT, vs. Pittsburgh, 10/21/07 Playoffs: Peyton Manning, 27-33, 458 yds., 4 TD, 1 INT, at Indianapolis, 1/9/05 FIVE TOUCHDOWN PASSES: Broncos: Gus Frerotte, 36-58, 462 yds., 5 TD, 4 INT, vs. San Diego, 11/19/00 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: John Hadl, 21-35, 325 yds., 5 TD, vs. San Diego, 12/1/68 Playoffs: Peyton Manning, 22-26, 377 yds., 5 TD, 0 INT, at Indianapolis, 1/4/04 SIX TOUCHDOWN PASSES: Broncos: Has never happened Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Len Dawson, 23-38, 435 yds., 6 TD, 0 INT, at Kansas City, 11/1/64 Playoffs: Has never happened 100 YARDS RECEIVING: Broncos: Brandon Marshall, 5-134, 2 TD, at Washington, 11/15/09 Playoffs: Rod Smith, 5-152, 1 TD, vs. Atlanta, 1/31/99 Opponents: Steve Smith, 9-165, at Carolina, 12/14/08 Playoffs: Deion Branch, 8-153, vs. New England, 1/14/ YARDS RECEIVING: Broncos: Rod Smith, 9-208, 1 TD, vs. Atlanta, 10/31/04 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Torrance Small, 6-200, 2 TD, vs. New Orleans, 12/24/94 Playoffs: Reggie Wayne, , 2 TD, at Indianapolis, 1/9/05 TWO 100-YARD RECEIVERS: Broncos: Brandon Marshall (107) and Tony Scheffler (100), at Houston, 12/13/07 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Greg Jennings (141) and James Jones (107), vs. Green Bay, 10/29/07 - OT Playoffs: Reggie Wayne (221) and Dallas Clark (112), at Indianapolis, 1/9/05 TWO RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS: Broncos: Brandon Marshall, 5-134, 2 TD, at Washington, 11/15/09 Playoffs: Clarence Kay, 3-57, 2 TD, vs. Houston, 1/10/88 Opponents: Hines Ward, 7-44, 2 TD, vs. Pittsburgh, 11/9/09 Playoffs: Reggie Wayne, , 2 TD, at Indianapolis, 1/9/05 THREE RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS: Broncos: Shannon Sharpe, 7-101, 3 TD, vs. San Diego, 11/16/03 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Reggie Wayne, , 3 TD, vs. Indianapolis, 10/29/06 Playoffs: Jerry Rice, 7-148, 3 TD, vs. San Francisco, 1/28/90 FOUR RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS: Broncos: Has never happened Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Lance Alworth, 9-171, 4 TD, vs. San Diego, 12/1/68 Playoffs: Has never happened TWO INTERCEPTIONS: Broncos: Champ Bailey, 2, at Arizona, 12/17/06 Playoffs: Darrien Gordon, 2, vs. Atlanta, 1/31/99 Opponents: Tyrone Carter, 2, vs. Pittsburgh, 11/9/09 Playoffs: David Macklin, 2, at Indianapolis, 1/4/04

36 THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED THREE INTERCEPTIONS: Broncos: Deltha O'Neal, 4, vs. Kansas City, 10/7/01 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Mark Kelso, 3, at Buffalo, 12/12/92 Playoffs: Has never happened FOUR INTERCEPTIONS: Broncos: Deltha O Neal, 4, vs. Kansas City, 10/7/01 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Has never happened Playoffs: Has never happened TWO SACKS: Broncos: Elvis Dumervil, 2, vs. N.Y. Giants, 11/26/09 Playoffs: Neil Smith (2) and Alfred Williams (2), at Kansas City, 1/4/98 Opponents: Kevin Burnett, 2, vs. San Diego, 11/22/09 Playoffs: Brett Keisel, 2, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/22/06 THREE SACKS: Broncos: Elvis Dumervil, 4, vs. Cleveland, 9/20/09 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Tamba Hali, 3, at Kansas City, 12/6/09 Playoffs: Michael McCrary, 3, at Baltimore, 12/31/00 FOUR SACKS: Broncos: Elvis Dumervil, 4, vs. Cleveland, 9/20/09 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Michael Sinclair, 4, at Seattle, 9/8/96 Playoffs: Has never happened TWO OPPONENT FUMBLE RECOVERIES: Broncos: Elvis Dumervil, 2, vs. Minnesota, 12/30/07 - OT Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Glenn Dorsey, 2, at Kansas City, 12/6/09 Playoffs: Randy Hughes, 2, vs. Dallas, 1/15/78 SHUTOUT ON ROAD: by Broncos: Denver 12, at Cleveland 0, 9/27/92 Playoffs: Has never happened by Opponents: at L.A. Raiders 24, Denver 0, 11/22/92 Playoffs: Has never happened SHUTOUT AT HOME: by Broncos: at Denver 27, N.Y. Jets 0, 11/20/05 Playoffs: Has never happened by Opponents: Has never happened Playoffs: Has never happened OVERTIME WIN AWAY FROM DENVER: Broncos: Denver 24, at Dallas 21, 11/24/05 Playoffs: Denver 23, at Cleveland 20, 1/11/87 Opponents: at Chicago 37, Denver 34, 11/25/07 Playoffs: Has never happened TIE: Denver 17, at Green Bay 17, 9/20/87 OVERTIME WIN IN DENVER: Broncos: at Denver 20, New England 17, 10/11/09 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Green Bay 19, at Denver 13, 10/29/07 Playoffs: Has never happened TIE: at Denver 35, Pittsburgh 35, 9/22/74 40 POINTS: Broncos: Denver 44, at Kansas City 13, 12/6/09 Playoffs: at Denver 42, Jacksonville 17, 12/27/97 Opponents: at San Diego 52, Denver 21, 12/28/08 Playoffs: at Indianapolis 49, Denver 24, 1/9/05 50 POINTS: Broncos: at Denver 50, San Diego 34, 10/6/63 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: at San Diego 52, Denver 21, 12/28/08 Playoffs: San Francisco 55, Denver 10, 1/28/90 TWO-POINT CONVERSION: Broncos: Jay Cutler run, at San Diego, 12/28/08 Playoffs: Terrell Davis run, vs. Jacksonville, 1/4/97 Opponents: Philip Rivers pass to Legedu Naanee, vs. San Diego, 9/14/08 Playoffs: Has never happened THREE FIELD GOALS: Broncos: Matt Prater, 3, at Kansas City, 12/6/09 Playoffs: Jason Elam, 3, vs. N.Y. Jets, 1/17/99 Opponents: Nate Kaeding, 4, vs. San Diego, 11/22/09 Playoffs: Mike Hollis, vs. Jacksonville, 1/4/97 FOUR FIELD GOALS: Broncos: Matt Prater, 4, vs. N.Y. Giants, 11/26/09 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Nate Kaeding, 4, vs. San Diego, 11/22/09 Playoffs: Has never happened FIVE FIELD GOALS: Broncos: Jason Elam, 5, vs. Miami, 10/13/02 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Jeff Wilkins, 6, at St. Louis, 9/10/06 Playoffs: Has never happened SIX FIELD GOALS: Broncos: Has never happened Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Jeff Wilkins, 6, at St. Louis, 9/10/06 Playoffs: Has never happened PUNT RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN: Broncos: Eddie Royal, 71 yds., at San Diego, 10/19/09 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Darren Sproles, 77 yds., at San Diego, 10/19/09 Playoffs: Has never happened KICKOFF RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN: Broncos: Eddie Royal, 93 yds., at San Diego, 10/19/09 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Lardarius Webb, 95 yards, at Baltimore, 11/1/09 Playoffs: Tim Dwight, 94 yds., vs. Atlanta, 1/31/99 INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN: Broncos: Champ Bailey, 70 yds., vs. San Francisco, 12/31/06 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Tyrone Carter, 48 yds., vs. Pittsburgh, 11/9/09 Playoffs: Carlton Bailey, 11 yds., at Buffalo, 1/12/92 FUMBLE RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN: Broncos: André Goodman, 30 yds., at Kansas City, 12/6/09 Playoffs: Neil Smith, 79 yds., vs. Miami, 1/9/99 Opponents: Dewayne White, 3 yds., at Detroit, 11/4/07 Playoffs: Has never happened MISSED FIELD GOAL RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN: Broncos: Has never happened Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Chris McAlister, 107 yds., at Baltimore, 9/30/02 Playoffs: Has never happened BLOCKED PUNT: Broncos: Tony Scheffler, vs. San Diego, 10/7/07 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Charles Tillman, at Chicago, 11/25/07 Playoffs: Blake Spence, vs. N.Y. Jets, 1/17/99 BLOCKED PUNT RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN: Broncos: Ian Gold, 12 yds., vs. Oakland, 11/13/00 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Alex Bannister, 9 yds., at Seattle, 10/14/01 Playoffs: Travis Davis, 29 yds., vs. Jacksonville, 12/27/97 BLOCKED FIELD GOAL: Broncos: Domonique Foxworth, at New England, 9/24/06 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Rashean Mathis, at Jacksonville, 10/2/05 Playoffs: Has never happened BLOCKED FIELD GOAL RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN: Broncos: Louis Wright, 60 yds., vs. San Diego, 11/17/85 Playoffs: Has never happened Opponents: Cornelius Bennett, 80 yds., at Buffalo, 9/30/90 Playoffs: Has never happened MISSED POINT-AFTER-TOUCHDOWN ATTEMPT: Broncos: Matt Prater (Kick Failed, HLU), at San Diego, 12/28/08 Playoffs: Jason Elam (Blocked by Clyde Simmons), vs. Jacksonville, 1/4/97 Opponents: Nate Kaeding (Blocked by Marcus Thomas), at San Diego, 11/22/09 Playoffs: Has never happened SAFETY: Broncos: Face mask penalty enforced in the end zone, vs. Minnesota, 12/30/07 Playoffs: Tony Eason sacked in the end zone by Rulon Jones, vs. New England, 1/4/87 Opponents: Andre Hall tackled in end zone by Charles Grant, vs. New Orleans, 9/21/08 Playoffs: Mike Horan runs out of end zone, vs. Cleveland, 1/17/88

37 BRONCOS BIG GAMES VS. INDIANAPOLIS BRONCOS ALL-TIME 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES (4 / 4 reg., 0 post) vs. INDIANAPOLIS PLAYER PERFORMANCE GAME Otis Armstrong , 1 TD Nov. 10, 1974, at Baltimore Quentin Griffin , 0 TD Dec. 21, 2003, at Indianapolis Mike Bell , 2 TD Oct. 29, 2006, vs. Indianapolis Travis Henry , 0 TD Sept. 30, 2007 at Indianapolis BRONCOS ALL-TIME 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES (4 / 4 reg., 0 post) vs. INDIANAPOLIS PLAYER PERFORMANCE GAME Steve Watson , 3 TD Sept. 20, 1981, vs. Baltimore Steve Watson , 1 TD Sept. 11, 1983, at Baltimore Mark Jackson , 1 TD Oct. 21, 1990, at Indianapolis Ashley Lelie , 0 TD Dec. 21, 2003, at Indianapolis BRONCOS ALL-TIME 300-YARD PASSING GAMES (2 / 2 reg.,0 post) vs. INDIANAPOLIS PLAYER PERFORMANCE GAME John Elway , 345 yds., 3 TD......Dec. 11, 1983, vs. Baltimore John Elway , 317 yds., 2 TD.....Oct. 21, 1990, at Indianapolis

38 BRONCOS PLAYER CAREER STATS VS. INDIANAPOLIS CORNERBACK CHAMP BAILEY vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 12/19/99 at Ind.* 1/1 L /27/02 vs. Ind.* 1/1 W /2/05 vs. Ind. 1/1 W /29/06 vs. Ind. 1/1 L /30/07 at Ind. 1/1 L TOTALS 5/ PUNT RETURNS KICK RETURNS G/S W/L PR FC Yds. Avg. LG TD KR Yds. Avg. LG TD 10/27/02 vs. Ind.* 1/1 W TOTALS 1/ POSTSEASON G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 1/9/05 at Ind. 1/1 L TOTALS 1/ * - w/washington PUNTER MITCH BERGER vs. INDIANAPOLIS G W-L No. Yds. Avg. Net Yds. Net Avg. TB I20 12/21/97 vs. Ind.* P W /24/00 at Ind.* P L /28/03 vs. Ind.^ P L TOTALS * - w/minnesota; ^ - w/ New Orleans RUNNING BACK CORRELL BUCKHALTER vs. INDIANAPOLIS RUSHING RECEIVING G/S W/L Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD 11/26/06 at Ind.* 1/0 L TOTALS 1/ * - w/philadelphia INSIDE LINEBACKER ANDRA DAVIS vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 12/15/02 vs. Ind.* 1/0 L /7/03 vs. Ind.* 1/1 L /25/05 at Ind.* 1/1 L /30/08 vs. Ind.* 1/1 L TOTALS 4/ * - w/cleveland SAFETY BRIAN DAWKINS vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 12/5/96 at Ind.* 1/1 L /21/99 vs. Ind.* 1/1 L /10/02 vs. Ind.* 1/1 L /26/06 at Ind.* 1/1 L TOTALS 4/ * - w/philadelphia OUTSIDE LINEBACKER/DEFENSIVE END ELVIS DUMERVIL vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 10/29/06 vs. Ind. 1/0 L /30/07 at Ind. 1/1 L TOTALS 2/

39 BRONCOS PLAYER CAREER STATS VS. INDIANAPOLIS WIDE RECEIVER JABAR GAFFNEY vs. INDIANAPOLIS RECEIVING RUSHING G/S W-L Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD 9/22/02 vs. Ind.* 1/1 L /1/02 at Ind.* 1/0 L /26/03 at Ind.* 1/0 L /28/03 vs. Ind.* 1/0 L /14/04 at Ind.* 1/1 L /12/04 vs. Ind.* 1/1 L /23/05 vs. Ind.* 1/1 L t /13/05 at Ind.* 1/0 L /5/06 vs. Ind.^ 1/0 L /4/07 at Ind.^ 1/1 W /2/08 at Ind.^ 1/1 L TOTALS 12/ POSTSEASON G/S W-L Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD 1/21/07 at Ind.* 1/1 L TOTALS 1/ * - w/houston; ^ - w/new England CORNERBACK ANDRÉ GOODMAN vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 11/25/04 vs. Ind.* 1/0 L TOTALS 1/ * - w/detroit TIGHT END DANIEL GRAHAM vs. INDIANAPOLIS RECEIVING RUSHING G/S W-L Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD 11/30/03 at Ind.* 1/1 W /9/04 vs. Ind.* 1/1 W /7/05 vs. Ind.* 1/1 L t /30/07 at Ind. 1/1 L TOTALS 4/ t POSTSEASON G/S W-L Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD 1/18/04 vs. Ind.* 1/0 W /16/05 vs. Ind.* 1/0 W /21/07 at Ind.* 1/1 L TOTALS 3/ * - w/new England OUTSIDE LINEBACKER/DEFENSIVE END MARIO HAGGAN vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 11/23/03 vs. Ind.* 1/0 L /12/06 at Ind.* 1/0 L TOTALS 2/ * - w/buffalo SAFETY RENALDO HILL vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 12/31/06 at Ind.* 1/1 L TOTALS 1/ * - w/miami

40 BRONCOS PLAYER CAREER STATS VS. INDIANAPOLIS DEFENSIVE LINEMAN VONNIE HOLLIDAY vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 11/19/00 vs. Ind.* 1/0 W /31/04 vs. Ind.^ 1/0 W /31/06 at Ind.+ 1/1 L TOTALS 3/ POSTSEASON G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 1/11/04 vs. Ind.^ 1/1 L TOTALS 1/ * - w/green Bay; ^w/kansas City; + - w/miami RUNNING BACK LAMONT JORDAN vs. INDIANAPOLIS RUSHING RECEIVING G/S W/L Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD 9/9/01 vs. Ind.* 1/0 L /23/01 at Ind.* 1/0 W t 1 11/16/03 at Ind.* 1/0 L TOTALS 3/ t 1 POSTSEASON G/S W/L Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD 1/4/03 vs. Ind.* 1/0 W TOTALS 1/ * - w/n.y. Jets CORNERBACK TY LAW vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 11/19/95 vs. Ind* 1/0 L /23/95 at Ind.* 1/1 L /20/96 at Ind.* 1/1 W /7/97 at Ind.* 1/1 W /30/97 vs. Ind.* 1/1 W /13/98 vs. Ind.* 1/1 W /1/98 at Ind.* 1/1 W /19/99 vs. Ind.* 1/1 W /12/99 at Ind.* 1/1 L /8/00 vs. Ind.* 1/1 W /22/00 at Ind.* 1/1 L /30/01 vs. Ind.* 1/1 W /21/01 at Ind.* 1/1 W /30/03 at Ind.* 1/1 W /9/04 vs. Ind.* 1/1 W /18/07 at Ind.^ 1/1 L TOTALS 16/ POSTSEASON G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 1/18/04 vs. Ind.* 1/1 W /6/07 at Ind.^ 1/1 L TOTALS 2/ * - w/new England; ^ - w/kansas City

41 BRONCOS PLAYER CAREER STATS VS. INDIANAPOLIS WIDE RECEIVER BRANDON LLOYD vs. INDIANAPOLIS RECEIVING RUSHING G/S W-L Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD 10/9/05 vs. Ind.* 1/1 L /22/06 at Ind.^ 1/1 L /7/08 at Ind.+ 1/1 W TOTALS 3/ * - w/san Francisco; ^ - w/washington; + - w/chicago WIDE RECEIVER BRANDON MARSHALL vs. INDIANAPOLIS RECEIVING RUSHING G/S W-L Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD 10/29/06 vs. Ind. 1/0 L /30/07 at Ind. 1/1 L TOTALS 2/ OUTSIDE LINEBACKER/DEFENSIVE END JARVIS MOSS vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 9/30/07 at Ind. 1/1 L TOTALS 1/ QUARTERBACK KYLE ORTON vs. INDIANAPOLIS PASSING RUSHING G/S W/L Att. Cmp. Pct. Yds. TD INT LG S-Yds. Rtg. Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD 9/7/08 at Ind.* 1/1 W TOTALS 1/ * - w/chicago DEFENSIVE LINEMAN KENNY PETERSON vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 9/26/04 at Ind.* 1/0 L /29/06 vs. Ind. 1/0 L TOTALS 2/ * - w/green Bay TIGHT END TONY SCHEFFLER vs. INDIANAPOLIS RECEIVING RUSHING G/S W-L Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD 10/29/06 vs. Ind. 1/0 L /30/07 at Ind. 1/0 L TOTALS 2/ QUARTERBACK CHRIS SIMMS vs. INDIANAPOLIS PASSING RUSHING G/S W/L Att. Cmp. Pct. Yds. TD INT LG S-Yds. Rtg. Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD 12/28/08 at Ind.* 1/0 L TOTALS 1/ * - w/tennessee WIDE RECEIVER BRANDON STOKLEY vs. INDIANAPOLIS RECEIVING RUSHING G/S W-L Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD 12/2/01 vs. Ind.* 1/0 W /30/07 at Ind. 1/1 L TOTALS 2/ * - w/baltimore DEFENSIVE LINEMAN MARCUS THOMAS vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 9/30/07 at Ind. 1/0 L TOTALS 1/

42 BRONCOS PLAYER CAREER STATS VS. INDIANAPOLIS LINEBACKER D.J. WILLIAMS vs. INDIANAPOLIS G/S W-L UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR SpTK 1/2/05 vs. Ind. 1/1 W /29/06 vs. Ind. 1/1 L /30/07 at Ind. 1/1 L TOTALS 3/ POSTSEASON 1/9/05 at Ind. 1/1 L TOTALS 1/

43 BRONCOS ALL-TIME STATS VS. INDIANAPOLIS, REGULAR SEASON Score Net Yards Rushing Passing DATE SITE W/L Den. Opp. Total Rush Pass Att. Yds. Avg. TDs Att. Comp. Pct. Yds. TDs INTs Sacks Yds. Rtg. Giveaways Pen Yds. TOP W /27/1977 Bal W L /20/1981 Bal W :04 W :38 12/11/1983 Bal W :16 W :36 L :32 10/15/1989 Ind W :48 W :20 10/03/1993 Ind W :22 L :22 11/24/2002 Ind L :53 W :58 01/02/2005 Ind W :44 10/29/2006 Ind L :03 L :12 Totals :12 BRONCOS ALL-TIME OPPONENT STATS VS. INDIANAPOLIS, REGULAR SEASON Score Net Yards Rushing Passing DATE SITE W/L Den. Opp. Total Rush Pass Att. Yds. Avg. TDs Att. Comp. Pct. Yds. TDs INTs Sacks Yds. Rtg. Takeaways Pen Yds. TOP W /27/1977 Bal W L /20/1981 Bal W :56 W :22 12/11/1983 Bal W :44 W :24 L :28 10/15/1989 Ind W :11 W :40 10/03/1993 Ind W :38 L :38 11/24/2002 Ind L :45 W :02 01/02/2005 Ind W :16 10/29/2006 Ind L :57 L :48 Totals :48

44 Denver Broncos / Week 13 / Through Sunday, December 06, 2009 / Regular Season Won 8, Lost 4 9/13/2009 W 12-7 at Cincinnati Bengals 9/20/2009 W 27-6 Cleveland Browns 9/27/2009 W 23-3 at Oakland Raiders 10/4/2009 W Dallas Cowboys 10/11/2009 W New England Patriots 10/19/2009 W at San Diego Chargers 11/1/2009 L 7-30 at Baltimore Ravens 11/9/2009 L Pittsburgh Steelers 11/15/2009 L at Washington Redskins 11/22/2009 L 3-32 San Diego Chargers 11/26/2009 W 26-6 New York Giants 12/6/2009 W at Kansas City Chiefs Denver Opponent Total First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty rd Down: Made/Att 56/153 61/166 3rd Down Pct. 36.6% 36.7% 4th Down: Made/Att 4/12 6/13 4th Down Pct. 33.3% 46.2% Possession Avg. 29:52 30:08 Total Net Yards Avg. Per Game Total Plays Avg. Per Play Net Yards Rushing Avg. Per Game Total Rushes Net Yards Passing Avg. Per Game Sacked/Yards Lost 23/141 34/195 Gross Yards Attempts/Completions 386/ /231 Completion Pct. 60.6% 60.9% Had Intercepted 8 10 Punts/Average 55/ /46.1 Net Punting Avg Penalties/Yards 66/519 51/509 Fumbles/Ball Lost 14/10 22/10 Touchdowns Rushing 7 7 Passing Returns 4 3 Score By Periods Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts Team Opponents Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2Pt Pts M.Prater /24 22/ B.Marshall /0 0/ K.Moreno /0 0/ B.Stokley /0 0/ E.Royal /0 0/ T.Scheffler /0 0/ P.Hillis /0 0/0 0 6 C.Buckhalter /0 0/0 0 6 D.Graham /0 0/0 0 6 A.Goodman /0 0/0 0 6 R.Ayers /0 0/0 0 6 Team /24 22/ Opponents /20 21/ Pt. Conversions: Team 0/ 1, Opponents: 0/ 0 Sacks: E.Dumervil 15.0, D.Reid 4.0, A.Davis 3.5, D.Williams 3.5, V.Holliday 3.0, K.Peterson 1.0, M.Haggan 1.0, A.Goodman 1.0, R.Hill 1.0, L.Smith 1.0 Team: 34.0, Opponents: 23.0 Rushing No. Yds Avg Long TD K.Moreno C.Buckhalter t 1 L.Jordan P.Hillis B.Marshall K.Orton E.Royal C.Simms Team t 7 Opponents Receiving No. Yds Avg Long TD B.Marshall t 7 E.Royal J.Gaffney T.Scheffler C.Buckhalter D.Graham K.Moreno B.Stokley t 3 P.Hillis L.Jordan Team t 14 Opponents Interceptions No. Yds Avg Long TD A.Goodman R.Hill T.Scheffler C.Bailey D.McBath W.Woodyard Team Opponents t 1 Punting No Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B M.Berger B.Kern Team Opponents Punt Returns Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD E.Royal t 1 A.Smith Team t 1 Opponents t 1 Kickoff Returns No. Yds Avg Long TD E.Royal t 1 K.McKinley C.Buckhalter P.Hillis A.Smith S.Larsen R.Hochstein L.Jordan T.Polumbus Team t 1 Opponents t 1 Field Goals M.Prater 0/ 0 10/ 10 5/ 7 6/ 7 1/ 2 Team 0/ 0 10/ 10 5/ 7 6/ 7 1/ 2 Opponents 1/ 1 5/ 5 5/ 5 7/ 8 3/ 4 Fumbles Lost: K.Moreno 4, C.Buckhalter 2, K.Orton 2, P.Hillis 1, C.Simms 1 Total: 10 Opponent Fumble Recoveries: B.Dawkins 3, D.Williams 2, D.Reid 1, E.Dumervil 1, R.Ayers 1, V.Holliday 1, A.Goodman 1 Total: 10 Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack Lost Rating K.Orton % % 7 1.9% 87t 18/ C.Simms % % 1 5.9% 7 5/ Team % % 8 2.1% 87t 23/ Opponents % % % 53 34/

45 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (8-4) (based on press box statistics) PLAYER TT UT A S Yds. TFL QB Hits I Yds. PD FF FR 1 Williams, D Dawkins Davis Bailey Hill Dumervil Haggan Peterson Goodman Fields Woodyard Holliday McBean McBath Ayers Thomas Williams, J Reid Smith, A Law Smith, L Team Barrett Jordan Moss Scheffler TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS (based on press box statistics) PLAYER TT UT A FF FR BK BP TD 1 Larsen McBath Haggan Bruton Reid Woodyard Barrett Hillis Williams, J Ayers Bailey Goodman Graham Jordan McKinley Quinn Scheffler Smith, A Buckhalter Thomas TEAM MIS. TACKLES: Hochstein 2, Marshall 2, Gaffney 1, DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS: Ayers (54-yd. FUM ret. vs. Pit., 11/9/09), Hamilton 1, Kuper 1, Polumbus 1, Royal 1, Stokley 1, Team 1. Goodman (30-yd. FUM ret. at K.C., 12/6/09). MIS. FUMBLE RECOVERIES: Orton 1. TWO-POINT CONVERSION STOPS: None. MIS. FORCED FUMBLES: None. BLOCKED PUNTS: None. BLOCKED KICKS: Thomas (PAT vs. S.D., 11/22/09).

46 Indianapolis Colts / Week 13 / Through Sunday, December 06, 2009 / Regular Season Won 12, Lost 0 9/13/2009 W Jacksonville Jaguars 9/21/2009 W at Miami Dolphins 9/27/2009 W at Arizona Cardinals 10/4/2009 W Seattle Seahawks 10/11/2009 W 31-9 at Tennessee Titans 10/25/2009 W 42-6 at St. Louis Rams 11/1/2009 W San Francisco 49ers 11/8/2009 W Houston Texans 11/15/2009 W New England Patriots 11/22/2009 W at Baltimore Ravens 11/29/2009 W at Houston Texans 12/6/2009 W Tennessee Titans Indianapolis Opponent Total First Downs Rushing Passing Penalty rd Down: Made/Att 73/143 76/168 3rd Down Pct. 51.0% 45.2% 4th Down: Made/Att 4/8 5/14 4th Down Pct. 50.0% 35.7% Possession Avg. 28:21 31:39 Total Net Yards Avg. Per Game Total Plays Avg. Per Play Net Yards Rushing Avg. Per Game Total Rushes Net Yards Passing Avg. Per Game Sacked/Yards Lost 10/74 27/181 Gross Yards Attempts/Completions 462/ /292 Completion Pct. 69.9% 63.8% Had Intercepted Punts/Average 44/ /44.7 Net Punting Avg Penalties/Yards 59/456 72/710 Fumbles/Ball Lost 9/3 18/10 Touchdowns Rushing 13 8 Passing Returns 2 0 Score By Periods Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts Team Opponents Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2Pt Pts J.Addai /0 0/ R.Wayne /0 0/ M.Stover /23 9/ A.Vinatieri /17 6/ D.Clark /0 0/ A.Collie /0 0/ P.Garcon /0 0/ C.Simpson /0 0/ D.Brown /0 0/ J.Lacey /0 0/0 0 6 C.Session /0 0/0 0 6 Team /40 15/ Opponents /18 23/ Pt. Conversions: Team 0/ 1, Opponents: 0/ 1 Sacks: D.Freeney 10.5, R.Mathis 9.5, R.Brock 2.5, F.Keiaho 1.0, A.Johnson 1.0, P.Wheeler 1.0, D.Muir 0.5, C.Session 0.5, E.Foster 0.5 Team: 27.0, Opponents: 10.0 Rushing No. Yds Avg Long TD J.Addai D.Brown C.Simpson t 2 M.Hart D.Clark P.Garcon P.Manning Team Opponents t 8 Receiving No. Yds Avg Long TD R.Wayne D.Clark t 5 A.Collie t 5 P.Garcon J.Addai D.Brown T.Santi G.Robinson C.Simpson M.Hart J.Tamme H.Baskett Team t 26 Opponents t 11 Interceptions No. Yds Avg Long TD A.Bethea J.Lacey t 1 C.Session t 1 B.Sanders G.Brackett K.Hayden M.Jackson J.Powers T.Jennings Team t 2 Opponents Punting No Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B P.McAfee Team Opponents Punt Returns Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD T.Rushing J.Silva T.Jennings Team Opponents Kickoff Returns No. Yds Avg Long TD C.Simpson T.Rushing D.Brown K.Dawson G.Robinson A.Collie Team Opponents Field Goals M.Stover 0/ 0 2/ 2 5/ 6 2/ 2 0/ 1 A.Vinatieri 1/ 1 2/ 2 1/ 2 2/ 2 0/ 1 Team 1/ 1 4/ 4 6/ 8 4/ 4 0/ 2 Opponents 0/ 0 3/ 3 9/ 10 10/ 12 1/ 2 Fumbles Lost: J.Addai 1, T.Jennings 1, T.Santi 1 Total: 3 Opponent Fumble Recoveries: F.Keiaho 2, R.Brock 2, G.Brackett 1, A.Bethea 1, K.Dawson 1, E.Foster 1, J.Powers 1 Total: 10 Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack Lost Rating P.Manning % % % 80t 10/ J.Addai % % 0 0.0% 22t 0/ R.Wayne % % % 0 0/ Team % % % 80t 10/ Opponents % % % 63t 27/

47 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 DEPTH CHART (as of Monday, Dec. 7, 2009) Broncos Offense WR 19 Eddie Royal 84 Brandon Lloyd LT 78 Ryan Clady 76 Tyler Polumbus LG 71 Russ Hochstein 50 Ben Hamilton 70 Seth Olsen C 62 Casey Wiegmann 50 Ben Hamilton RG 73 Chris Kuper 71 Russ Hochstein RT 74 Ryan Harris 77 Brandon Gorin TE 89 Daniel Graham 88 Tony Scheffler 81 Richard Quinn WR 15 Brandon Marshall 14 Brandon Stokley WR 10 Jabar Gaffney 11 Kenny McKinley QB 8 Kyle Orton 2 Chris Simms 3 Tom Brandstater RB 28 Correll Buckhalter 27 Knowshon Moreno 32 LaMont Jordan 22 Peyton Hillis Broncos Defense DE 98 Ryan McBean 97 Le Kevin Smith NT 91 Ronald Fields 79 Marcus Thomas 75 Chris Baker DE 90 Kenny Peterson 99 Vonnie Holliday OLB 57 Mario Haggan 95 Darrell Reid ILB 54 Andra Davis 46 Spencer Larsen ILB 55 D.J. Williams 59 Wesley Woodyard OLB 92 Elvis Dumervil 56 Robert Ayers 94 Jarvis Moss LCB 24 Champ Bailey 33 Alphonso Smith RCB 21 André Goodman 26 Ty Law S 23 Renaldo Hill 30 David Bruton 36 Josh Barrett S 20 Brian Dawkins 31 Darcel McBath Broncos Specialists P 17 Mitch Berger K 5 Matt Prater 17 Mitch Berger KO 5 Matt Prater 17 Mitch Berger PR 19 Eddie Royal 33 Alphonso Smith KR 19 Eddie Royal 11 Kenny McKinley 22 Peyton Hillis 33 Alphonso Smith PC 66 Lonie Paxton 73 Chris Kuper 88 Tony Scheffler KC 66 Lonie Paxton 73 Chris Kuper 88 Tony Scheffler H 17 Mitch Berger 8 Kyle Orton Rookie and first-year players underlined BRONCOS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Tom Brandstater (BRAND-stay-ter) David Bruton (BRUTE-in) Correll Buckhalter (cor-ell) Ryan Clady (CLAY-dee) Andra Davis (ON-dray) Elvis Dumervil (DOO-mehr-vill) Mario Haggan (HAY-gen) Russ Hochstein (HOKE-stine) Chris Kuper (KOO-pehr) Knowshon Moreno (mo-ray-no) Lonie Paxton (LAH-nee) Matt Prater (PRAY-ter) Le Kevin Smith (lee-kee-vin) Casey Wiegmann (WIG-mann) Wesley Woodyard (WOOD-YARD)

48 2009 Denver Broncos Alphabetical Roster Updated: 12/7/09 NFL High School 2009 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College Hometown How Acq. P-S-DNP-INA 56 Ayers, Robert OLB/DE R Tennessee Bennettsville, S.C. D1b- ' Bailey, Champ CB Georgia Folkston, Ga. T(Was)- ' Baker, Chris DL R Hampton Windsor, Conn. CFA- ' Barrett, Josh S Arizona State Reno, Nev. D7- ' Berger, Mitch P Colorado Vancouver, B.C. FA- ' Brandstater, Tom QB R Fresno State Turlock, Calif. D6- ' Bruton, David S R Notre Dame Miamisburg, Ohio D4a- ' Buckhalter, Correll RB Nebraska Collins, Miss. UFA(Phi)- ' Clady, Ryan T Boise State Rialto, Calif. D1- ' Davis, Andra ILB Florida Live Oak, Fla. UFA(Cle)- ' Dawkins, Brian S Clemson Jacksonville, Fla. UFA(Phi)- ' Dumervil, Elvis OLB/DE Louisville Miami, Fla. D4b- ' Fields, Ronald DL Mississippi State Bogalusa, La. UFA(SF)- ' Gaffney, Jabar WR Florida Jacksonville, Fla. UFA(NE)- ' Goodman, André CB South Carolina Greenville, S.C. UFA(Mia)- ' Gorin, Brandon T Purdue Muncie, Ind. UFA(Stl)- ' Graham, Daniel TE Colorado Denver, Colo. UFA(NE)- ' Haggan, Mario OLB/DE Mississippi State Clarksdale, Miss. FA- ' Hamilton, Ben G/C Minnesota Plymouth, Minn. D4a- ' Harris, Ryan T Notre Dame St. Paul, Minn. D3- ' Hill, Renaldo S Michigan State Detroit, Mich. UFA(Mia)- ' Hillis, Peyton RB Arkansas Conway, Ark. D7b- ' Hochstein, Russ OL Nebraska Hartington, Neb. T(NE)- ' Holliday, Vonnie DL North Carolina Camden, S.C. FA- ' Jordan, LaMont RB Maryland Forestville, Md. UFA(N.E.)- ' Kuper, Chris G North Dakota Anchorage, Alaska D5- ' Larsen, Spencer ILB/FB Arizona Gilbert, Ariz. D6- ' Law, Ty CB Michigan Aliquippa, Pa. FA- ' Lloyd, Brandon WR Illinois Blue Springs, Mo. FA- ' Marshall, Brandon WR Central Florida Winter Park, Fla. D4a- ' McBath, Darcel S R Texas Tech Gainesville, Texas D2b- ' McBean, Ryan DL Oklahoma State Euless, Texas FA- ' McKinley, Kenny WR R South Carolina Austell, Ga. D5- ' Moreno, Knowshon RB R Georgia Middletown, N.J. D1a- ' Moss, Jarvis OLB/DE Florida Denton, Texas D1- ' Olsen, Seth G R Iowa Omaha, Neb. D4b- ' Orton, Kyle QB Purdue Runnels, Iowa T(Chi)- ' Paxton, Lonie LS Sacramento State Corona, Calif. UFA(NE)- ' Peterson, Kenny DL Ohio State Canton, Ohio FA- ' Polumbus, Tyler T Colorado Greenwood Village, Colo. CFA- ' Prater, Matt K Central Florida Estero, Fla. PS(Mia)- ' Quinn, Richard TE R North Carolina Maple Heights, Ohio D2c- ' Reid, Darrell OLB/DE Minnesota Freehold, N.J. UFA(Ind)- ' Royal, Eddie WR Virginia Tech Chantilly, Va. D2- ' Scheffler, Tony TE Western Michigan Chelsea, Mich. D2- ' Simms, Chris QB Texas Franklin Lakes, N.J. UFA(Ten)- ' Smith, Alphonso CB R Wake Forest Pahokee, Fla. D2a- ' Smith, Le Kevin DL Nebraska Macon, Ga. T(NE)- ' Stokley, Brandon WR Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette, La. FA- ' Thomas, Marcus DL Florida Jacksonville, Fla. D4- ' Wiegmann, Casey C Iowa Parkersburg, Iowa UFA(KC)- ' Williams, D.J. ILB Miami Concord, Calif. D1- ' Woodyard, Wesley ILB Kentucky LaGrange, Ga. CFA- ' PRACTICE SQUAD 35 Ball, Lance RB Maryland Teaneck, N.J. FA- ' Branson, Marquez TE R Central Arkansas Starkville, Miss. CFA- ' Carter, Tony CB R Florida State Jacksonville, Fla. CFA- ' Erickson, Mitch G South Dakota State Hutchinson, Minn. CFA- ' Kelley, Braxton ILB R Kentucky LaGrange, Ga. CFA- ' Moulton, Rashod CB Fort Valley State St. Petersburg, Fla. FA- ' Powell, Carlton DL Virginia Tech Chesapeake, Va. D5- ' Willis, Matthew WR UCLA Anaheim, Calif. FA- ' RESERVE/INJURED 58 Greisen, Nick ILB Wisconsin Sturgeon Bay, Wisc. FA- ' Parker, J'Vonne DL Rutgers Newark, N.J. FA- ' PRACTICE SQUAD/INJURED 93 Pedescleaux, Everette DL R Northern Iowa Plymouth, Minn. CFA- ' KEY: CFA-college free agent; D-drafted; FA-acquired as free agent; RFA-acquired as restricted free agent; UFA-acquired as unrestricted free agent; T-trade; W- waivers; PS-practice squad signee Head Coach: Josh McDaniels (1st year). Assistant Coaches: Mark Thewes (Assistant to Head Coach), Mike McCoy (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks), Mike Nolan (Defensive Coordinator), Mike Priefer (Special Teams Coordinator), Clancy Barone (Tight Ends), Rick Dennison (Offensive Line), Ed Donatell (Secondary), Adam Gase (Wide Receivers), Don Martindale (Linebackers), Wayne Nunnely (Defensive Line), Greg Saporta (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Bobby Turner (Running Backs), Rich Tuten (Strength and Conditioning), Roman Phifer (Assistant Linebackers), Keith Burns (Coaching Assistant), Ben McDaniels (Coaching Assistant), Jay Rodgers (Coaching Assistant), Kristi Nichols (Assistant Coaches Secretary).

49 2009 Denver Broncos Numeric Roster Updated 12/7/09 NFL High School 2009 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College Hometown How Acq. P-S-DNP-INA 2 Chris Simms QB Texas Franklin Lakes, N.J. UFA(Ten)- ' Tom Brandstater QB R Fresno State Turlock, Calif. D6- ' Matt Prater K Central Florida Estero, Fla. PS(Mia)- ' Kyle Orton QB Purdue Runnels, Iowa T(Chi)- ' Jabar Gaffney WR Florida Jacksonville, Fla. UFA(NE)- ' Kenny McKinley WR R South Carolina Austell, Ga. D5- ' Brandon Stokley WR Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette, La. FA- ' Brandon Marshall WR Central Florida Winter Park, Fla. D4a- ' Mitch Berger P Colorado Vancouver, B.C. FA- ' Eddie Royal WR Virginia Tech Chantilly, Va. D2- ' Brian Dawkins S Clemson Jacksonville, Fla. UFA(Phi)- ' André Goodman CB South Carolina Greenville, S.C. UFA(Mia)- ' Peyton Hillis RB Arkansas Conway, Ark. D7b- ' Renaldo Hill S Michigan State Detroit, Mich. UFA(Mia)- ' Champ Bailey CB Georgia Folkston, Ga. T(Was)- ' Ty Law CB Michigan Aliquippa, Pa. FA- ' Knowshon Moreno RB R Georgia Middletown, N.J. D1a- ' Correll Buckhalter RB Nebraska Collins, Miss. UFA(Phi)- ' David Bruton S R Notre Dame Miamisburg, Ohio D4a- ' Darcel McBath S R Texas Tech Gainesville, Texas D2b- ' LaMont Jordan RB Maryland Forestville, Md. UFA(NE)- ' Alphonso Smith CB R Wake Forest Pahokee, Fla. D2a- ' Josh Barrett S Arizona State Reno, Nev. D7- ' Spencer Larsen ILB/FB Arizona Gilbert, Ariz. D6- ' Ben Hamilton G/C Minnesota Plymouth, Minn. D4a- ' Andra Davis ILB Florida Live Oak, Fla. UFA(Cle)- ' D.J. Williams ILB Miami Concord, Calif. D1- ' Robert Ayers OLB/DE R Tennessee Bennettsville, S.C. D1b- ' Mario Haggan OLB/DE Mississippi State Clarksdale, Miss. FA- ' Wesley Woodyard ILB Kentucky LaGrange, Ga. CFA- ' Casey Wiegmann C Iowa Parkersburg, Iowa UFA(KC)- ' Lonie Paxton LS Sacramento State Corona, Calif. UFA(NE)- ' Seth Olsen G R Iowa Omaha, Neb. D4b- ' Russ Hochstein OL Nebraska Hartington, Neb. T(NE)- ' Chris Kuper G North Dakota Anchorage, Alaska D5- ' Ryan Harris T Notre Dame St. Paul, Minn. D3- ' Chris Baker DL R Hampton Windsor, Conn. CFA- ' Tyler Polumbus T Colorado Greenwood Village, Colo. CFA- ' Brandon Gorin T Purdue Muncie, Ind. UFA(Stl)- ' Ryan Clady T Boise State Rialto, Calif. D1- ' Marcus Thomas DL Florida Jacksonville, Fla. D4- ' Richard Quinn TE R North Carolina Maple Heights, Ohio D2c- ' Brandon Lloyd WR Illinois Blue Springs, Mo. FA- ' Tony Scheffler TE Western Michigan Chelsea, Mich. D2- ' Daniel Graham TE Colorado Denver, Colo. UFA(NE)- ' Kenny Peterson DL Ohio State Canton, Ohio FA- ' Ronald Fields DL Mississippi State Bogalusa, La. UFA(SF)- ' Elvis Dumervil OLB/DE Louisville Miami, Fla. D4b- ' Jarvis Moss OLB/DE Florida Denton, Texas D1- ' Darrell Reid OLB/DE Minnesota Freehold, N.J. UFA(Ind)- ' Le Kevin Smith DL Nebraska Macon, Ga. T(NE)- ' Ryan McBean DL Oklahoma State Euless, Texas FA- ' Vonnie Holliday DL North Carolina Camden, S.C. FA- ' PRACTICE SQUAD 12 Matthew Willis WR UCLA Anaheim, Calif. FA- ' Tony Carter CB R Florida State Jacksonville, Fla. CFA- ' Lance Ball RB Maryland Teaneck, N.J. FA- ' Rashod Moulton CB Fort Valley State St. Petersburg, Fla. FA- ' Braxton Kelley ILB R Kentucky LaGrange, Ga. CFA- ' Mitch Erickson G South Dakota State Hutchinson, Minn. CFA- ' Marquez Branson TE R Central Arkansas Starkville, Miss. CFA- ' Carlton Powell DL Virginia Tech Chesapeake, Va. D5- ' RESERVE/INJURED 58 Nick Greisen ILB Wisconsin Sturgeon Bay, Wisc. FA- ' J'Vonne Parker DL Rutgers Newark, N.J. FA- ' PRACTICE SQUAD/INJURED 93 Everette Pedescleaux DL R Northern Iowa Plymouth, Minn. CFA- ' KEY: CFA-college free agent; D-drafted; FA-acquired as free agent; RFA-acquired as restricted free agent; UFA-acquired as unrestricted free agent; T-trade; W-waivers; PS-practice squad signee Head Coach: Josh McDaniels (1st year). Assistant Coaches: Mark Thewes (Assistant to Head Coach), Mike McCoy (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks), Mike Nolan (Defensive Coordinator), Mike Priefer (Special Teams Coordinator), Clancy Barone (Tight Ends), Rick Dennison (Offensive Line), Ed Donatell (Secondary), Adam Gase (Wide Receivers), Don Martindale (Linebackers), Wayne Nunnely (Defensive Line), Greg Saporta (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Bobby Turner (Running Backs), Rich Tuten (Strength and Conditioning), Roman Phifer (Assistant Linebackers), Keith Burns (Coaching Assistant), Ben McDaniels (Coaching Assistant), Jay Rodgers (Coaching Assistant), Kristi Nichols (Assistant Coaches Secretary).

50 2009 Denver Broncos Position-by-Position Active Roster Updated: 12/7/09 OFFENSE Quarterback (3) Running Back (5) Wide Receiver (6) Tight End (3) Players Exp. Players Exp. Players Exp. Players Exp. Brandstater, Tom R Buckhalter, Correll 9 Gaffney, Jabar 8 Graham, Daniel 8 Orton, Kyle 5 Hillis, Peyton 2 Lloyd, Brandon 7 Quinn, Richard R Simms, Chris 7 Jordan, LaMont 9 Marshall, Brandon 4 Scheffler, Tony 4 Larsen, Spencer 2 McKinley, Kenny R Moreno, Knowshon R Royal, Eddie 2 Stokley, Brandon 11 Tackle (6) Guard (5) Center (2) Players Exp. Players Exp. Players Exp. Clady, Ryan 2 Hamilton, Ben 9 Hamilton, Ben 9 Gorin, Brandon 8 Hochstein, Russ 9 Wiegmann, Casey 14 Harris, Ryan 3 Kuper, Chris 4 Hochstein, Russ 9 Olsen, Seth R Kuper, Chris 4 Wiegmann, Casey 14 Polumbus, Tyler 2 DEFENSE Defensive Line (8) Outside LB/Def. End (5) Inside Linebacker (4) Players Exp. Players Exp. Players Exp. Baker, Chris R Ayers, Robert R Davis, Andra 8 Clemons, Nic 3 Dumervil, Elvis 4 Larsen, Spencer 2 Fields, Ronald 5 Haggan, Mario 7 Williams, D.J. 6 Holliday, Vonnie 12 Moss, Jarvis 3 Woodyard, Wesley 2 McBean, Ryan 2 Reid, Darrell 5 Peterson, Kenny 7 Smith, Le Kevin 4 Thomas, Marcus 3 Cornerback (4) Safety (5) Players Exp. Players Exp. Bailey, Champ 11 Barrett, Josh 2 Goodman, André 8 Bruton, David R Law, Ty 15 Dawkins, Brian 14 Smith, Alphonso R Hill, Renaldo 9 McBath, Darcel R SPECIALISTS Kicker (1) Punter (1) Long Snapper (1) Players Exp. Players Exp. Players Exp. Prater, Matt 3 Berger, Mitch 16 Paxton, Lonie 10

51 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 TRANSACTIONS by date/by player (Updated December 7, 2009) BY DATE 6/11/09 Waived T Marcus Gordon Waived LB Braxton Kelley Waived WR Travis Shelton 6/12/09 Signed C Blake Schlueter (draft choice) 6/15/09 Signed WR Brandon Lloyd 6/18/09 Released LB Boss Bailey (failed physical) Released LB Louis Green Released S Herana-Daze Jones Waived RB Kestahn Moore Waived CB Rashod Moulton 6/24/09 Awarded WR C.J. Jones off waivers (Kansas City) 7/23/09 Waived WR David Grimes Signed WR Kenny McKinley (draft choice) Signed G Seth Olsen (draft choice) Signed TE Richard Quinn (draft choice) 7/26/09 Signed CB Alphonso Smith (draft choice) 7/27/09 Signed QB Tom Brandstater (draft choice) Signed S David Bruton (draft choice) Signed S Darcel McBath (draft choice) 7/30/09 Signed CB Rashod Moulton Signed WR Travis Shelton 8/1/09 Waived WR Lucas Taylor (injury settlement) 8/3/09 Signed OLB/DE Robert Ayers (draft choice) 8/4/09 Placed ILB Nick Greisen on reserve/injured (knee) Signed ILB Braxton Kelley 8/8/09 Signed RB Knowshon Moreno (draft choice) Placed DL J Vonne Parker on reserve/injured (knee) 8/12/09 Signed RB Marcus Thomas Waived/injured RB Ryan Torain 8/17/09 Waived DL Rulon Davis Waived G Pat Murray Traded an undisclosed draft choice to New England in exchange for DL Le Kevin Smith and an undisclosed draft choice Signed RB Marcus Thigpen 8/24/09 Waived WR Travis Shelton Claimed DB Antwain Spann off waivers (Buffalo) 8/25/09 Waived T Stanley Bryant Acquired OL Russ Hochstein from New England in exchange for an undisclosed 2010 NFL Draft pick 8/26/09 Signed QB Ingle Martin Waived RB Marcus Thigpen 8/28/09 Played WR Brandon Marshall on reserve/suspended (team) 9/1/09 Waived P Britton Colquitt Waived WR C.J. Jones Released TE Jeb Putzier Waived C Blake Schlueter 9/4/09 Waived DL Matthias Askew Waived C Kory Lichtensteiger Waived QB Ingle Martin Placed G Matt McChesney on reserve/injured (ankle) Waived CB Rashod Moulton Waived T Clint Oldenburg Waived DL Carlton Powell Waived ILB Lee Robinson Waived WR Nate Swift Waived RB Marcus Thomas 9/5/09 Placed CB Joshua Bell on reserve/injured (knee) Waived TE Marquez Branson Waived CB Tony Carter Waived DL Nic Clemons Waived OLB/DE Tim Crowder Waived G Mitch Erickson Waived S Vernon Fox Signed DL Vonnie Holliday Waived CB D.J. Johnson Waived ILB Braxton Kelley Waived DL Everette Pedescleaux Waived DB Antwain Spann Waived RB Darius Walker Waived WR Matt Willis 9/6/09 Signed TE Marquez Branson to practice squad Signed CB Tony Carter to practice squad Signed CB D.J. Johnson to practice squad Signed G Mitch Erickson to practice squad Signed ILB Braxton Kelley to practice squad Lifted suspension on WR Brandon Marshall Signed DL Everette Pedescleaux to practice squad Signed RB Darius Walker to practice squad Signed WR Matthew Willis to practice squad 9/7/09 Released WR Chad Jackson 9/9/09 Waived/injured CB Joshua Bell Released/injured G Matt McChesney 10/26/09 Signed P Mitch Berger Waived P Brett Kern 11/3/09 Signed RB Lance Ball to practice squad Placed DL Everette Pedescleaux on Practice squad/injured list Signed DL Carlton Powell to practice squad Waived RB Darius Walker 11/7/09 Signed CB Ty Law Waived CB Jack Williams 11/11/09 CB D.J. Johnson signed to N.Y. Giants active roster Signed CB Rashod Moulton to practice squad BY PLAYER ASKEW, Matthias DL 9/4/09 Waived AYERS, Robert OLB/DE 8/3/09 Signed (draft choice) BAILEY, Boss ILB 6/18/09 Released (failed physical) BALL, Lance RB 11/3/09 Signed to practice squad BELL, Joshua CB 9/5/09 Placed on reserve/injured (knee) 9/9/09 Waived/injured BERGER, Mitch P 10/26/09 Signed BRANDSTATER, Tom QB 7/27/09 Signed (draft choice) BRANSON, Marquez TE 9/5/09 Waived 9/6/09 Signed to practice squad BRUTON, David S 7/27/09 Signed (draft choice) BRYANT, Stanley T 8/25/09 Waived CARTER, Tony CB 9/5/09 Waived 9/6/09 Signed to practice squad CLEMONS, Nic DL 9/5/09 Waived COLQUITT, Britton P 9/1/09 Waived CROWDER, Tim OLB/DE 9/5/09 Waived DAVIS, Rulon DL 8/17/09 Waived ERICKSON, Mitch G 9/5/09 Waived 9/6/09 Signed to practice squad FOX, Vernon S 9/5/09 Released GORDON, Marcus T 6/11/09 Waived GREEN, Louis ILB 6/18/09 Released GREISEN, Nick ILB 8/4/09 Placed on reserve/injured (knee) GRIMES, David WR 7/23/09 Waived HOCHSTEIN, Russ OL 8/25/09 Acquired from New England in exchange for an undisclosed 2010 NFL Draft pick HOLLIDAY, Vonnie DL 9/5/09 Signed JACKSON, Chad WR 9/7/09 Released JOHNSON, D.J. CB 9/5/09 Waived 9/6/09 Signed to practice squad 11/11/09 Signed to N.Y. Giants active roster JONES, C.J. WR 6/24/09 Awarded off waivers (Kansas City) 9/1/09 Waived JONES, Herana-Daze S 6/18/09 Released KELLEY, Braxton ILB 6/11/09 Waived 8/4/09 Signed 9/5/09 Waived 9/6/09 Signed to practice squad KERN, Brett P 10/26/09 Waived LAW, Ty CB 11/7/09 Signed LICHTENSTEIGER, Kory C 9/4/09 Waived LLOYD, Brandon WR 6/15/09 Signed MARSHALL, Brandon WR 8/28/09 Placed on reserve/suspended (team) MARTIN, Ingle RB 8/26/09 Signed 9/4/09 Waived McBATH, Darcel S 7/27/09 Signed (draft choice)

52 McCHESNEY, Matt G 9/4/09 Placed on reserve/injured (ankle) 9/9/09 Released/injured McKINLEY, Kenny WR 7/23/09 Signed (draft choice) MOORE, Kestahn RB 6/18/09 Waived MORENO, Knowshon RB 8/8/09 Signed (draft choice) MOULTON, Rashod CB 6/18/09 Waived 7/30/09 Signed 9/4/09 Waived 11/11/09 Signed to practice squad MURRAY, Pat G 8/17/09 Waived OLDENBURG, Clint T 9/4/09 Waived OLSEN, Seth G 7/23/09 Signed (draft choice) PARKER, J Vonne DL 8/8/09 Placed on reserve/injured (knee) PEDESCLEAUX, Everette DL 9/5/09 Waived 9/6/09 Signed to practice squad 11/3/09 Placed on Practice Squad/Injured list POWELL, Calton DL 9/4/09 Waived 11/3/09 Signed to practice squad PUTZIER, Jeb TE 9/1/09 Released QUINN, Richard TE 7/23/09 Signed (draft choice) ROBINSON, LEE ILB 9/4/09 Waived SCHLUETER, Blake C 6/12/09 Signed (draft choice) 9/1/09 Waived SHELTON, Travis WR 6/11/09 Waived 7/30/09 Signed 8/24/09 Waived SMITH, Alphonso CB 7/26/09 Signed (draft choice) SMITH, Le Kevin DL 8/17/09 Acquired from New England with an undisclosed draft choice in exchange for an undisclosed draft choice SPANN, Antwain DB 8/24/09 Claimed off waivers (Buffalo) 9/5/09 Waived SWIFT, Nate WR 9/4/09 Waived TAYLOR, Lucas WR 8/1/09 Waived (injury settlement) THIGPEN, Marcus RB 8/17/09 Signed 8/26/09 Waived THOMAS, Marcus RB 8/12/09 Signed 9/4/09 Waived TORAIN, Ryan RB 8/12/09 Waived/injured WALKER, Darius RB 9/5/09 Waived 9/6/09 Signed to practice squad 11/3/09 Waived WILLIAMS, Jack CB 11/7/09 Waived WILLIS, Matt WR 9/5/09 Waived 9/6/09 Signed to practice squad

53 HOW THE BRONCOS ARE BUILT Updated 12/7/09 Year Draft/College Free Agent Trades Free Agents/Waivers 2001 C Ben Hamilton (4a) 8-8 (3rd AFC West) (2nd AFC West) (2nd AFC West) 2004 ILB D.J. Williams (1) CB Champ Bailey** (Was) 10-6 (2nd AFC West) (1st AFC West) 2006 TE Tony Scheffler (2) 9-7 (3rd AFC West) WR Brandon Marshall (4a) OLB/DE Elvis Dumervil (4b) G Chris Kuper (5) 2007 OLB/DE Jarvis Moss (1) TE Daniel Graham*** (UFA-New England) 7-9 (2nd AFC West) T Ryan Harris (3) DL Kenny Peterson** DL Marcus Thomas (4) K Matt Prater** WR Brandon Stokley** 2008 T Ryan Clady (1) OLB/DE Mario Haggan** 8-8 (2nd AFC West) WR Eddie Royal (2) DL Ryan McBean** ILB/FB Spencer Larsen (6) C Casey Wiegmann*** (UFA-Kansas City) S Josh Barrett (7a) WR Matthew Willis** (PS) RB Peyton Hillis (7b) G Mitch Erickson (CFA) (PS) T Tyler Polumbus (CFA) ILB Wesley Woodyard (CFA) 2009 RB Knowshon Moreno (1a) OL Russ Hochstein** (NE) P Mitch Berger** 8-4 OLB/DE Robert Ayers (1b) QB Kyle Orton** (Chi) RB Lance Ball** (PS) CB Alphonso Smith (2a) DL Le Kevin Smith** (NE) RB Correll Buckhalter*** (UFA-Philadelphia) S Darcel McBath (2b) ILB Andra Davis*** (UFA-Cleveland) TE Richard Quinn (2c) S Brian Dawkins*** (UFA-Philadelphia) S David Bruton (4a) DL Ronald Fields*** (UFA-San Francisco) G Seth Olsen (4b) WR Jabar Gaffney*** (UFA-New England) WR Kenny McKinley (5) CB André Goodman*** (UFA-Miami) QB Tom Brandstater (6) T Brandon Gorin*** (UFA-St. Louis) DL Chris Baker (CFA) ILB Nick Greisen** (IR) TE Marquez Branson (CFA) (PS) S Renaldo Hill*** (UFA-Miami) CB Tony Carter (CFA) (PS) DE Vonnie Holliday** ILB Braxton Kelley (CFA) (PS) RB LaMont Jordan*** (UFA-New England) DL Everette Pedescleaux (CFA) (PSIR) CB Ty Law** WR Brandon Lloyd** CB Rashod Moulton** (PS) DL J'Vonne Parker** (IR) LS Lonie Paxton*** (UFA-New England) DL Carlton Powell** (PS) (D5-08) OLB/DE Darrell Reid*** (UFA-Indianapolis) QB Chris Simms*** (UFA-Tennessee) Number in parentheses after draft choice indicates the round in which the player was taken. CFA indicates player was a rookie free agent when he joined the Broncos. ** indicates player was an NFL veteran or had been in other camps before joining the Broncos. *** indicates player was an unrestricted free agent who had not been released by previous team. (year) indicates a player who had a previous tenure with the club, and the year it began. PS - indicates player is on Practice Squad for '09 season IR - indicates player is on Injured Reserve list for '09 season NFI - indicates player is on Reserve/Non-Football Injury list for '08 season PUP - indicates player is on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list PSIR - indicates player is on Practice Squad/Injured Reserve list

54 BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON GAME-BY-GAME PARTICIPATION at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) Ayers, Robert P P P P P P P P P INA P P Bailey, Champ LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB Baker, Chris INA INA INA INA INA INA INA P INA INA INA INA Ball, Lance NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS PS PS PS PS Barrett, Josh INA P P P P P P P INA P P P Berger, Mitch NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT P P P P P P Brandstater, Tom INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA Branson, Marquez PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Bruton, David P P P P P P P INA P P P P Buckhalter, Correll RB RB RB RB INA P P RB P P P P Carter, Tony PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Clady, Ryan LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Davis, Andra ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB P ILB Dawkins, Brian S S S S S S S S S S S S Dumervil, Elvis OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB P OLB Erickson, Mitch PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Fields, Ronald NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT Gaffney, Jabar WR WR WR P WR P WR P P WR P P Goodman, André RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB Gorin, Brandon INA INA INA INA INA INA INA P P P P INA Graham, Daniel TE TE TE TE TE TE P TE TE TE TE TE Greisen, Nick PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE (KNEE) 8/4/ Haggan, Mario OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB ILB OLB Hamilton, Ben LG LG LG INA LG LG LG LG P P P P Harris, Ryan RT RT RT RT RT RT RT INA INA INA INA RT Hill, Renaldo S S S S S S S S S S S S Hillis, Peyton FB P P P P P P INA INA P P P Hochstein, Russ RG P P LG P P P TE LG LG LG LG Holliday, Vonnie P P P P P P P P P P LE P Johnson, D.J. PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS NWT NWT NWT NWT Jordan, LaMont P P P P P P INA P P INA INA INA Kelley, Braxton PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Kern, Brett P P P P P P NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT Kuper, Chris INA RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG Larsen, Spencer DNP INA INA INA INA INA P P FB P P P Law, Ty NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT P P P CB P Lloyd, Brandon INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA Marshall, Brandon P WR P WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR McBath, Darcel P P P P P P P P P P P P McBean, Ryan LE LE LE LE LE LE LE INA INA LE DT LE McKinley, Kenny P INA INA P P INA INA P P INA INA INA Moreno, Knowshon P P P P RB RB RB P RB RB RB RB Moss, Jarvis INA P INA INA INA INA INA P P P INA INA Moulton, Rashod NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS PS PS PS Olsen, Seth P INA INA P INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA Orton, Kyle QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB P QB QB Parker, J'Vonne PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE (KNEE) 8/8/ Paxton, Lonie P P P P P P P P P P P P Pedescleaux, Everette PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PLACED ON PRACTICE SQUAD-IR 11/3/ Peterson, Kenny RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE Polumbus, Tyler P P P DNP P P P RT RT RT RT P Powell, Carlton NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS PS PS PS PS Prater, Matt P P P P P P P P P P P P Quinn, Richard P P P P P P P INA P P P P Reid, Darrell P P P P P P P P P P P P Royal, Eddie WR WR WR WR P WR WR WR P WR WR WR Scheffler, Tony P P TE TE TE TE P P TE P TE TE Simms, Chris DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP P QB DNP DNP Smith, Alphonso P P P INA P P P P P P P P Smith, Le Kevin INA INA P P P P P LE LE P P P Stokley, Brandon P P P P P P WR P P P P P Thomas, Marcus P P P P P P P P P P P P Walker, Darius PS PS PS PS PS PS PS NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT Wiegmann, Casey C C C C C C C C C C C C Williams, D.J. ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB Williams, Jack P P P P P P P NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT Willis, Matthew PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Woodyard, Wesley P P P P P P P P P P P P KEY: IR-injured reserve; DNP-did not play; RE-roster exemption; INA-inactive; PS-practice squad; NWT-not with team; SUS-suspended; 3QB-inactive-third quarterback; EXP-Exempt; NFI-Reserve/Non-Football Injury; SUS-Reserve/Suspended; PUP-physically unable to perform. vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) at Ind. (12/13) vs. Oak. (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) P - S - DNP - INA

55 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON STARTERS AND INACTIVES OFFENSE GAME WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB Other at Cin. (9/13) Royal Clady Hamilton Wiegmann Hochstein Harris Graham Gaffney Orton Buckhalter Hillis (FB) vs. Cle. (9/20) Royal Clady Hamilton Wiegmann Kuper Harris Graham Marshall Orton Buckhalter Gaffney (WR) at Oak. (9/27) Royal Clady Hamilton Wiegmann Kuper Harris Graham Gaffney Orton Buckhalter Scheffler (TE) vs. Dal. (10/4) Royal Clady Hochstein Wiegmann Kuper Harris Graham Marshall Orton Buckhalter Scheffler (TE) vs. N.E. (10/11) Gaffney Clady Hamilton Wiegmann Kuper Harris Graham Marshall Orton Moreno Scheffler (TE) at S.D. (10/19) Royal Clady Hamilton Wiegmann Kuper Harris Graham Marshall Orton Moreno Scheffler (TE) at Bal. (11/1) Royal Clady Hamilton Wiegmann Kuper Harris Stokley (WR) Marshall Orton Moreno Gaffney (WR) vs. Pit. (11/9) Royal Clady Hamilton Wiegmann Kuper Polumbus Graham Marshall Orton Buckhalter Hochstein (TE) at Was. (11/15) Scheffler (TE) Clady Hochstein Wiegmann Kuper Polumbus Graham Marshall Orton Moreno Larsen (FB) vs. S.D. (11/22) Royal Clady Hochstein Wiegmann Kuper Polumbus Graham Marshall Simms Moreno Gaffney (WR) vs. NYG (11/26) Royal Clady Hochstein Wiegmann Kuper Polumbus Graham Marshall Orton Moreno Scheffler (TE) at K.C. (12/6) Royal Clady Hochstein Wiegmann Kuper Harris Graham Marshall Orton Moreno Scheffler (TE) at Ind. (12/13) vs. Oak. (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) DEFENSE GAME LE NT RE OLB ILB ILB OLB LCB RCB S S at Cin. (9/13) McBean Fields Peterson Haggan Williams, D. Davis Dumervil Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins vs. Cle. (9/20) McBean Fields Peterson Haggan Williams, D. Davis Dumervil Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins at Oak. (9/27) McBean Fields Peterson Haggan Williams, D. Davis Dumervil Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins vs. Dal. (10/4) McBean Fields Peterson Haggan Williams, D. Davis Dumervil Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins vs. N.E. (10/11) McBean Fields Peterson Haggan Williams, D. Davis Dumervil Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins at S.D. (10/19) McBean Fields Peterson Haggan Williams, D. Davis Dumervil Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins at Bal. (11/1) McBean Fields Peterson Haggan Williams, D. Davis Dumervil Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins vs. Pit. (11/9) Smith, L. Fields Peterson Haggan Williams, D. Davis Dumervil Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins at Was. (11/15) Smith, L. Fields Peterson Haggan Williams, D. Davis Dumervil Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins vs. S.D. (11/22) McBean Fields Peterson Haggan Williams, D. Davis Dumervil Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins vs. NYG (11/26) Holliday Fields Peterson McBean (DT) Williams, D. Haggan Law (CB) Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins at K.C. (12/6) McBean Fields Peterson Haggan Williams, D. Davis Dumervil Bailey Goodman Hill Dawkins at Ind. (12/13) vs. Oak. (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) INACTIVES GAME No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 at Cin. (9/13) Brandstater (3QB) Barrett (S) Kuper (G) Baker (DL) Gorin (T) Lloyd (WR) Moss (OLB/DE) Smith, L. (DL) vs. Cle. (9/20) Brandstater (3QB) McKinley (WR) Larsen (ILB/FB) Olsen (G) Baker (DL) Gorin (T) Lloyd (WR) Smith, L. (DL) at Oak. (9/27) Brandstater (3QB) McKinley (WR) Larsen (ILB/FB) Olsen (G) Baker (DL) Gorin (T) Lloyd (WR) Moss (OLB/DE) vs. Dal. (10/4) Brandstater (3QB) Smith, A. (CB) Larsen (ILB/FB) Hamilton (G) Baker (DL) Gorin (T) Lloyd (WR) Moss (OLB/DE) vs. N.E. (10/11) Brandstater (3QB) Buckhalter (RB) Larsen (ILB/FB) Olsen (G) Baker (DL) Gorin (T) Lloyd (WR) Moss (OLB/DE) at S.D. (10/19) Brandstater (3QB) McKinley (WR) Larsen (ILB/FB) Olsen (G) Baker (DL) Gorin (T) Lloyd (WR) Moss (OLB/DE) at Bal. (11/1) Brandstater (3QB) McKinley (WR) Jordan (RB) Olsen (G) Baker (DL) Gorin (T) Lloyd (WR) Moss (OLB/DE) vs. Pit. (11/9) Brandstater (3QB) Hillis (RB) Bruton (S) Olsen (G) Harris (T) Quinn (TE) Lloyd (WR) McBean (DL) at Was. (11/15) Brandstater (3QB) Hillis (RB) Barrett (S) Olsen (G) Harris (T) Baker (DL) Lloyd (WR) McBean (DL) vs. S.D. (11/22) Brandstater (3QB) McKinley (WR) Jordan (RB) Ayers (OLB/DE) Olsen (G) Harris (T) Baker (DL) Lloyd (WR) vs. NYG (11/26) Brandstater (3QB) McKinley (WR) Jordan (RB) Olsen (G) Harris (T) Baker (DL) Lloyd (WR) Moss (OLB/DE) at K.C. (12/6) Brandstater (3QB) McKinley (WR) Jordan (RB) Olsen (G) Baker (DL) Gorin (T) Lloyd (WR) Moss (OLB/DE) at Ind. (12/13) vs. Oak. (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3)

56 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) First Downs Total Rushing Passing Penalty Third-Down Efficiency Converted Attempts Efficiency 25% 53% 42% 20% 43% 56% 23% 36% 42% 22% 31% 31% 37% Fourth-Down Efficiency Converted Attempts Efficiency 0% 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 25% Total Offense Net Yards Plays Avg./play Rushing Net Yards Attempts Avg./rush TFL - yds Passing Net Yards Sacks Yds. Lost Gross Yds Attempts Compl Pct. 61% 51% 57% 69% 73% 69% 62% 61% 45% 52% 64% 60% 61% Int Avg./play Kickoffs No In End Zone-TB Punts No Yards Avg Net Avg Had Blocked Kicks, Had Blocked Field Goals-PATs Punt Returns No Yards Avg Kickoff Returns No Yards Avg Interception Returns No Yards Avg Penalties Number ' Yds. Lost Fumbles No Lost Touchdowns Total TDs Rush Pass Returns Extra Points Made-Attempts Kicking Md.-Att Rushing Md.-Att Passing Md.-Att Field Goals Made-Attempts Red Zone Efficiency Scored-Attempts Efficiency 0% 50% 33% 50% 67% 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 40% 67% 44% Goal-to-Go Efficiency Scored-Attempts Efficiency 0% 67% 33% 100% 0% 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 25% 100% 50% Safeties Total Points Time of Poss. Avg. 26:33 32:44 36:15 26:53 36:29 30:43 26:23 26:57 24:17 22:08 35:30 35:55 29:52 vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) at Ind. (12/13) vs. Oak. (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) TOTAL

57 0PPONENTS 2009 REGULAR SEASON GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) First Downs Total Rushing Passing Penalty Third-Down Efficiency Converted Attempts Efficiency 33% 21% 30% 21% 36% 18% 61% 58% 50% 38% 25% 35% 37% Fourth-Down Efficiency Converted Attempts Efficiency 50% 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 50% 100% 100% 0% 46% Total Offense Net Yards Plays Avg./play Rushing Net Yards Attempts Avg./rush TFL - yds Passing Net Yards Sacks Yds. Lost Gross Yds Attempts Compl Pct. 64% 58% 57% 60% 58% 61% 80% 72% 67% 77% 60% 37% 61% Int Avg./play Kickoffs No In End Zone-TB Punts No Yards Avg Net Avg Had Blocked Kicks, Had Blocked Field Goals-PATs Punt Returns No Yards Avg Kickoff Returns No Yards Avg Interception Returns No Yards Avg , Penalties Number Yds. Lost Fumbles No Lost Touchdowns Total TDs Rush Pass Returns Extra Points Made-Attempts Kicking Md.-Att Rushing Md.-Att Passing Md.-Att Field Goals Made-Attempts Red Zone Efficiency Scored-Attempts Efficiency 50% 0% 0% 33% 100% 50% 33% 75% 50% 50% 0% 33% 47% Goal-to-Go Efficiency Scored-Attempts Efficiency 100% 0% 0% 50% 100% 50% 100% 100% 0% 67% 0% 100% 69% Safeties Total Points Time of Poss. Avg. 33:27 27:16 23:45 33:07 28:22 29:17 33:37 33:03 35:43 37:52 24:30 24:05 30:08 vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) at Ind. (12/13) vs. Oak. (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) TOTAL

58 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 QUARTER-BY-QUARTER STATISTICS FIRST QUARTER 3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn. Penalties 3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn. Penalties Pts. Yds. Rush Pass 1st Dwn. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. TOP No. Yds. Pts. Yds. Rush Pass 1st Dwn. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. TOP No. Yds. Denver % % 5: Denver % % 4: at Cin. (9/13) % % 9: at Cin. (9/13) % % 10: Denver % % 5: Denver % % 8: vs. Cle. (9/20) % % 9: vs. Cle. (9/20) % % 6: Denver % % 11: Denver % % 5: at Oak. (9/27) % % 3: at Oak. (9/27) % % 9: Denver % % 3: Denver % % 6: vs. Dal. (10/4) % % 11: vs. Dal. (10/4) % % 8: Denver % % 7: Denver % % 6: vs. N.E. (10/11) % % 7: vs. N.E. (10/11) % % 8: Denver % % 3: Denver % % 9: at S.D. (10/19) % % 11: at S.D. (10/19) % % 5: Denver % % 6: Denver % % 7: at Bal. (11/1) % % 8: at Bal. (11/1) % % 7: Denver % % 8: Denver % % 10: vs. Pit. (11/9) % % 6: vs. Pit. (11/9) % % 4: Denver % % 4: Denver % % 10: at Was. (11/15) % % 10: at Was. (11/15) % % 4: Denver % % 7: Denver % % 3: vs. S.D. (11/22) % % 7: vs. S.D. (11/22) % % 11: Denver % % 9: Denver % % 10: vs. NYG (11/26) % % 6: vs. NYG (11/26) % % 4: Denver % % 6: Denver % % 9: at K.C. (12/6) % % 8: at K.C. (12/6) % % 5: Denver Denver at Ind. (12/13) at Ind. (12/13) Denver Denver vs. Oak. (12/20) vs. Oak. (12/20) Denver Denver at Phi. (12/27) at Phi. (12/27) Denver Denver vs. K.C. (1/3) vs. K.C. (1/3) SECOND QUARTER DENVER TOT % % 79:26: DENVER TOT % % 93:40: OPP. TOT % % 100:34: OPP. TOT % % 86:20: THIRD QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER 3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn. Penalties 3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn. Penalties Pts. Yds. Rush Pass 1st Dwn. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. TOP No. Yds. Pts. Yds. Rush Pass 1st Dwn. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. TOP No. Yds. Denver % % 8: Denver % % 7: at Cin. (9/13) % % 6: at Cin. (9/13) % % 7: Denver % % 9: Denver % % 9: vs. Cle. (9/20) % % 5: vs. Cle. (9/20) % % 5: Denver % % 9: Denver % % 9: at Oak. (9/27) % % 5: at Oak. (9/27) % % 5: Denver % % 9: Denver % % 6: vs. Dal. (10/4) % % 5: vs. Dal. (10/4) % % 8: Denver % % 10: Denver % % 7: vs. N.E. (10/11) % % 4: vs. N.E. (10/11) % % 7: Denver % % 8: Denver % % 9: at S.D. (10/19) % % 6: at S.D. (10/19) % % 5: Denver % % 6: Denver % % 5: at Bal. (11/1) % % 8: at Bal. (11/1) % % 9: Denver % % 4: Denver % % 3: vs. Pit. (11/9) % % 10: vs. Pit. (11/9) % % 11: Denver % % 5: Denver % % 3: at Was. (11/15) % % 9: at Was. (11/15) % % 11: Denver % % 6: Denver % % 4: vs. S.D. (11/22) % % 8: vs. S.D. (11/22) % % 10: Denver % % 5: Denver % % 9: vs. NYG (11/26) % % 9: vs. NYG (11/26) % % 5: Denver % % 7: Denver % % 11: at K.C. (12/6) % % 7: at K.C. (12/6) % % 3: Denver Denver at Ind. (12/13) at Ind. (12/13) Denver Denver vs. Oak. (12/20) vs. Oak. (12/20) Denver Denver at Phi. (12/27) at Phi. (12/27) Denver Denver vs. K.C. (1/3) vs. K.C. (1/3)/ ) DENVER TOT % % 93:38: DENVER TOT % % 89:02: OPP. TOT % % 86:22: OPP. TOT % % 90:48: OVERTIME 3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn. Penalties Pts. Yds. Rush Pass 1st Dwn. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. TOP No. Yds. Denver % % 4: vs. N.E. (10/11) % % 0: Denver % % 0: vs. G.B. (10/29) % % 0: Denver % % 0: at Chi. (11/25) % % 3: Denver % % 0: vs. Min. (12/30) % % 0: DENVER TOT % % 4: OPP. TOT % % 4:45 1 5

59 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 HALF-BY-HALF STATISTICS FIRST HALF 3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn. Penalties 3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn. Penalties Pts. Yds. Rush. Pass 1st Dwn. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. TOP No. Yds. Pts. Yds. Rush. Pass 1st Dwn. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. TOP No. Yds. Denver % % 10: Denver % % 16: at Cin. (9/13) % % 19: at Cin. (9/13) % % 13: Denver % % 13: Denver % % 18: vs. Cle. (9/20) % % 16: vs. Cle. (9/20) % % 11: Denver % % 16: Denver % % 19: at Oak. (9/27) % % 13: at Oak. (9/27) % % 10: Denver % % 10: Denver % % 16: vs. Dal. (10/4) % % 19: vs. Dal. (10/4) % % 13: Denver % % 13: Denver % % 17: vs. N.E. (10/11) % % 16: vs. N.E. (10/11) % % 12: Denver % % 12: Denver % % 17: at S.D. (10/19) % % 17: at S.D. (10/19) % % 12: Denver % % 13: Denver % % 12: at Bal. (11/1) % % 16: at Bal. (11/1) % % 17: Denver % % 19: Denver % % 0: vs. Pit. (11/9) % % 10: vs. Pit. (11/9) % % 22: Denver % % 15: Denver % % 8: at Was. (11/15) % % 14: at Was. (11/15) % % 21: Denver % % 10: Denver % % 11: vs. S.D. (11/22) % % 19: vs. S.D. (11/22) % % 18: Denver % % 19: Denver % % 15: vs. NYG (11/26) % % 10: vs. NYG (11/26) % % 14: Denver % 0 0 #DIV/0! 16: Denver % % 19: at K.C. (12/6) % 0 0 #DIV/0! 13: at K.C. (12/6) % % 10: Denver Denver at Ind. (12/13) at Ind. (12/13) Denver Denver vs. Oak. (12/20) vs. Oak. (12/20) Denver Denver at Phi. (12/27) at Phi. (12/27) Denver Denver vs. K.C. (1/3) vs. K.C. (1/3) DENVER TOT % % 173:06: DENVER TOT % % 174:59: OPP. TOT % % 186:54: OPP. TOT % % 177:10: OVERTIME 3rd Dwn. 4th Dwn. Penalties Pts. Yds. Rush Pass 1st Dwn. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. TOP No. Yds. Denver % % 4: vs. N.E. (10/11) % % 0: SECOND HALF

60 2009 REGULAR SEASON BRONCOS INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME HIGHS BRONCOS YARDS RUSHING , Correll Buckhalter, at K.C. (12/6/09) RUSHING ATTEMPTS , three times, last: Knowshon Moreno, at K.C. (12/6/09) RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS , Knowshon Moreno, at K.C. (12/6/09) YARDS PASSING , Kyle Orton, vs. N.E. (10/11/09) PASS ATTEMPTS , Kyle Orton, vs. N.E. (10/11/09) PASS COMPLETIONS , Kyle Orton, vs. N.E. (10/11/09) TOUCHDOWN PASSES , five times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) PASSES HAD INTERCEPTED , Kyle Orton, vs. Pit. (11/9/09) RECEPTIONS , Brandon Marshall, vs. Pit. (11/9/09) RECEIVING YARDS , Brandon Marshall, at Was. (11/15/09) RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS , two times, last: Brandon Marshall, at Was. (11/15/09) TOTAL YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE , Brandon Marshall, at Was. (11/15/09) ALL-PURPOSE YARDS , Eddie Royal, at S.D. (10/19/09) FIELD GOALS , Matt Prater, vs. NYG (11/26/09) TACKLES , Brian Dawkins, at Was. (11/15/09) INTERCEPTIONS , 10 times, last: André Goodman/Renaldo Hill, at K.C. (12/6/09) SACKS , Elvis Dumervil, vs. Cle. (9/20/09) LONGEST RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE , Correll Buckhalter, vs. Cle. (9/20/09) LONGEST PASS COMPLETION , Kyle Orton, at Cin. (9/13/09) LONGEST PASS RECEPTION , Brandon Stokley, at Cin. (9/13/09) LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN , André Goodman, at Oak. (9/27/09) LONGEST PUNT RETURN , Eddie Royal, at S.D. (10/19/09) LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN , Eddie Royal, at S.D. (10/19/09) LONGEST PUNT , Brett Kern, vs. N.E. (10/11/09) LONGEST FIELD GOAL , Matt Prater, at Cin. (9/13/09) OPPONENTS YARDS RUSHING , Rashard Mendenhall, vs. Pit. (11/9/09) RUSHING ATTEMPTS , Ladell Betts, at Was. (11/15/09) RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS , seven times, last: Jamaal Charles, at K.C. (12/6/09) YARDS PASSING , Philip Rivers, at S.D. (10/19/09) PASS ATTEMPTS , Tony Romo, vs. Dal. (10/4/09) PASS COMPLETIONS , Tony Romo, vs. Dal. (10/4/09) TOUCHDOWN PASSES , Ben Roethlisberger, vs. Pit. (11/9/09) PASSES HAD INTERCEPTED , three times, last: Matt Cassel, at K.C. (12/6/09) RECEPTIONS , Wes Welker, vs. N.E. (10/11/09) RECEIVING YARDS , Santonio Holmes, vs. Pit. (11/9/09) RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS , Hines Ward, vs. Pit. (11/9/09) TOTAL YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE , Rashard Mendenhall, vs. Pit. (11/9/09) ALL-PURPOSE YARDS , Rashard Mendenhall, vs. Pit. (11/9/09) FIELD GOALS , Nate Kaeding, vs. S.D. (11/22/09) TACKLES , Lee Bodden, vs. N.E. (10/11/09) INTERCEPTIONS , Tyrone Carter, vs. Pit. (11/9/09) SACKS , Tamba Hali, at K.C. (12/6/09) LONGEST RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE , Rashard Mendenhall, vs. Pit. (11/9/09) LONGEST PASS COMPLETION , Tony Romo, vs. Dal. (10/4/09) LONGEST PASS RECEPTION , Sam Hurd, vs. Dal. (10/4/09) LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN , Tyrone Carter, vs. Pit. (11/9/09) LONGEST PUNT RETURN , Darren Sproles, at S.D. (10/19/09) LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN , Lardarius Webb, at Bal. (11/1/09) LONGEST PUNT , Dustin Colquitt, at K.C. (12/6/09) LONGEST FIELD GOAL , Stephen Gostkowski, vs. N.E. (10/11/09)

61 2009 REGULAR SEASON BRONCOS TEAM SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AND LOWS BRONCOS HIGHS LOWS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS , vs. N.E. (10/11/09) , at Cin. (9/13/09) TOTAL NET YARDS , vs. Cle. (9/20/09) , at Bal. (11/1/09) TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS , vs. N.E. (10/11/09) , at Cin. (9/13/09) NET YARDS RUSHING , at K.C. (12/6/09) , vs. Pit. (11/9/09) RUSHING ATTEMPTS , two times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) , vs. Pit. (11/9/09) NET YARDS PASSING , vs. N.E. (10/11/09) , at Bal. (11/1/09) PASS ATTEMPTS , vs. N.E. (10/11/09) , at K.C. (12/6/09) PASS COMPLETIONS , vs. N.E. (10/11/09) , at Oak. (9/27/09) PASSES HAD INTERCEPTED , vs. Pit. (11/9/09) , six times, last: at Bal. (11/1/09) TIMES SACKED , four times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) , two times, last: at Oak. (9/27/09) PUNTS , two times, last: at Bal. (11/1/09) , two times, last: at Oak. (9/27/09) GROSS PUNTING AVERAGE , vs. Cle. (9/20/09) , at Bal. (11/1/09) NET PUNTING AVERAGE , vs. S.D. (11/22/09) , at S.D. (10/19/09) PUNT RETURNS , at K.C. (12/6/09) , at Was. (11/15/09) PUNT RETURN YARDS , at K.C. (12/6/09) , two times, last: vs. S.D. (11/22/09) KICKOFF RETURNS , two times, at Bal. (11/1/09) , at Oak. (9/27/09) KICKOFF RETURN YARDS , at S.D. (10/19/09) , at Cin. (9/13/09) INTERCEPTION RETURNS , three times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) , four times, last: vs. S.D. (11/22/09) INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS , at Oak. (9/27/09) , four times, last: vs. S.D. (11/22/09) PENALTIES , vs. Dal. (10/4/09) , three times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) YARDS PENALIZED , vs. Dal. (10/4/09) , two times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) FUMBLES , four times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) , two times, last: vs. NYG (11/26/09) FUMBLES LOST , two times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) , four times, last: vs. NYG (11/26/09) SACKS MADE , two times, last: at S.D. (10/19/09) , vs. S.D. (11/22/09) FUMBLES FORCED , at S.D. (10/19/09) , at Was. (11/15/09) FUMBLES RECOVERED , two times, last: vs. NYG (11/26/09) , four times, vs. S.D. (11/22/09) TIME OF POSSESSION :29, vs. N.E. (10/11/09) :08, vs. S.D. (11/22/09) 2009 REGULAR SEASON OPPONENTS SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AND LOWS OPPONENTS HIGHS LOWS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS , at Was. (11/15/09) , at Oak. (9/27/09) TOTAL NET YARDS , at Was. (11/15/09) , at Oak. (9/27/09) TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS , vs. Dal. (10/4/09) , at Oak. (9/27/09) NET YARDS RUSHING , vs. S.D. (11/22/09) , vs. Cle. (9/20/09) RUSHING ATTEMPTS , vs. S.D. (11/22/09) , vs. NYG (11/26/09) NET YARDS PASSING , vs. Dal. (10/4/09) , at Oak. (9/27/09) PASS ATTEMPTS , at K.C. (12/6/09) , at Oak. (9/27/09) PASS COMPLETIONS , vs. Dal. (10/4/09) , at Oak. (9/27/09) PASSES HAD INTERCEPTED , three times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) , five times, last: vs. S.D. (11/22/09) TIMES SACKED , two times, last: at S.D. (10/19/09) , vs. S.D. (11/22/09) PUNTS , two times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) , two times, last: vs. S.D. (11/22/09) GROSS PUNTING AVERAGE , at K.C. (12/6/09) , at Was. (11/15/09) NET PUNTING AVERAGE , vs. NYG (11/26/09) , at S.D. (10/19/09) PUNT RETURNS , at Cin. (9/13/09) , two times, last: at S.D. (10/19/09) PUNT RETURN YARDS , at S.D. (10/19/09) , vs. S.D. (11/22/09) KICKOFF RETURNS , at K.C. (12/6/09) , vs. S.D. (11/22/09) KICKOFF RETURN YARDS , at K.C. (12/6/09) , vs. S.D. (11/22/09) INTERCEPTION RETURNS , vs. Pit. (11/9/09) , six times, last: at Bal. (11/1/09) INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS , vs. Pit. (11/9/09) , seven times, last: at Bal. (11/1/09) PENALTIES , at Bal. (11/1/09) , vs. S.D. (11/22/09) YARDS PENALIZED , at Bal. (11/1/09) , vs. S.D. (11/22/09) FUMBLES , at S.D. (10/19/09) , at Was. (11/15/09) FUMBLES LOST , two times, last: vs. NYG (11/26/09) , four times, last: vs. S.D. (11/22/09) SACKS MADE , five times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) , two times, last: at Oak. (9/27/09) FUMBLES FORCED , four times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) , two times, last: vs. NYG (11/26/09) FUMBLES RECOVERED , two times, last: at K.C. (12/6/09) , four times, last: vs. NYG (11/26/09) TIME OF POSSESSION :52, vs. S.D. (11/22/09) :45, at Oak. (9/27/09)

62 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON LEADERS BY CATEGORY Category Player AFC Rank AFC Leader NFL Rank NFL Leader Scoring Prater rd Kaeding, S.D th (t) Kaeding, S.D Rushing Yards Moreno th Johnson, Ten. - 1,509 13th Johnson, Ten. - 1,509 Passing Yards Orton - 2,627 8th Manning, Ind. - 3,685 16th Manning, Ind. - 3,685 Passer Rating Orton th Rivers, S.D th Brees, N.O Receiving Yards Marshall th Moss, N.E. - 1,058 18th Moss, N.E. - 1,058 Receptions Marshall th Welker, N.E th (t) Welker, N.E Gross Punting Avg Berger DNQ Lechler, Oak DNQ Lechler, Oak Net Punting Avg Berger DNQ Lechler, Oak DNQ Lechler, Oak Interceptions Goodman - 4 5th (t) Byrd, Buf th(t) Byrd, Buf./Sharper, N.O. - 8 Sacks Dumervil st Dumervil, Den st Dumervil, Den Kickoff Ret. Avg Royal th Ginn, Mia th (t) Knox, Chi Punt Ret. Avg Royal rd (t) Cribbs, Cle th (t) Jackson, Phi HOW THE BRONCOS RANK IN THE AFC AND NFL 2009 REGULAR SEASON Offense Total AFC Rank AFC Leader NFL Rank NFL Leader Points Per Game th San Diego st New Orleans Total Yards Per Game th New England th New Orleans Yards Per Play 5.4 9th Indianapolis th New Orleans Rushing Yards Per Game th N.Y. Jets th N.Y. Jets Net Passing Yds. Per Game th Indianapolis th Indianapolis INTs Per Pass Attempt 2.07% 3rd Jacksonville % 7th Minnesota % Sacked Per Pass Play 5.96% 6th Indianapolis % 10th Indianapolis % First Downs Per Game th New England th New England Third-Down Efficiency 36.6% (56/153) 11th Indianapolis % (73/143) 21st Indianapolis % (73/143) Fourth-Down Efficiency 33.3% (4/12) 15th N.Y. Jets % (11/14) 28th (t) N.Y. Jets % (11/14) Kickoff Ret. Avg th Baltimore th Tampa Bay Punt Ret. Avg th Cleveland th Philadelphia Defense Total AFC Rank AFC Leader NFL Rank NFL Leader Points Per Game rd Cincinnati rd Cincinnati Total Yards Per Game nd N.Y. Jets rd N.Y. Jets Yards Per Play 4.6 2nd N.Y. Jets nd N.Y. Jets Rushing Yards Per Game th Pittsburgh th Pittsburgh Net Passing Yds. Per Game nd N.Y. Jets nd N.Y. Jets INTs Per Pass Attempt 2.64% 10th Buffalo % 17th Buffalo % Sacked Per Pass Play 8.97% 2nd Miami % 3rd Minnesota % First Downs Per Game rd N.Y. Jets th N.Y. Jets Third-Down Efficiency 36.7% (61/166) 6th Cincinnati (72/174) 13th (t) Cincinnati (72/174) Fourth-Down Efficiency 46.2% (6/13) 3rd (t) N.Y. Jets % (4/13) 10th (t) Washington % (7/17) Kickoff Ret. Avg th Baltimore th Tampa Bay Punt Ret. Avg th Jacksonville th Jacksonville - 3.5

63 BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON TOUCHDOWN DRIVE ANALYSIS BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON SCORING DRIVE LENGTH TD TDDrive BRONCOS OPPONENT Yards Length Length PosessionTime TDs Plays TDs YARDS TD FG TD FG 19yards :0000: (MINUS) yards 5 01:0001: yards 2 02:0002: yards 1 03:0003: yards 2 04:0004: yards 1 05:0005: yards 5 06:0006: yards :0007: yards :0008: yards 2 09:0009: :0010: :0011: TOTAL :0012: :0013: :0014: : TOTAL BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON LONGEST/SHORTEST SCORING DRIVES BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON GAME-OPENING DRIVES MOSTPLAYS Broncos: 18 (atwas.,nov.15,fg,82yds.,6:25) Pts. BRONCOS FD Yds. Pts. OPPONENT FD Yds. Opponent: 20 (atk.c.,dec.6,fg,65yds.,7:58) atcin.(9/13) FEWESTPLAYS vs.cle.(9/20) Broncos: 1 (twice,lastatwas.,nov.15,td,75yds.,0:11) atoak.(9/27) Opponent: 2 (atk.c.,dec.6,td,3yds.,0:05) vs.dal.(10/4) MOSYYARDS vs.n.e.(10/11) Broncos: 98 (vs.n.e..,oct.11,td,12plays,4:38) ats.d.(10/19) Opponent: 92 (ats.d.,oct.19,fg,11plays,5:58) atbal.(11/1) FEWESTYARDS vs.pit.(11/9) Broncos: 1 (atk.c.,dec.6,fg,4plays,0:47) atwas.(11/15) Opponent: 2 (atbal.,nov.1,fg,4plays,1:48) vs.s.d.(11/22) MOSTTIME vs.nyg(11/26) Broncos: 8:08 (atoak.,sept.27,fg,16plays,88yds.) atk.c.(12/6) Opponent: 8:23 (atoak.,sept.27,fg,12plays,56yds.) TOTAL LEASTTIME Broncos: 0:11 (atwas.,nov.15,td,1play,75yds.) Opponent: 0:05 (atk.c.,dec.6,td,2plays,3yds.) BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON 2ND HALF-OPENING DRIVES BRONCOS OPPONENT Pts. FD Yds. Pts. FD Yds. atcin.(9/13) vs.cle.(9/20) atoak.(9/27) vs.dal.(10/4) vs.n.e.(10/11) ats.d.(10/19) atbal.(11/1) vs.pit.(11/9) atwas.(11/15) vs.s.d.(11/22) vs.nyg(11/26) atk.c.(12/6) TOTAL

64 Opponent Plays Yards Time Res. Qtr ScoringPlay Quarterback atcin.(9/13) :48 FG 2 Prater48yd.FieldGoal Orton atcin.(9/13) :15 FG 3 Prater50yd.FieldGoal Orton atcin.(9/13) :27 TD 4 Stokley87yd.passfromOrton Orton vs.cle.(9/20) 3 9 1:11 TD 1 Scheffler2yd.passfromOrton Orton vs.cle.(9/20) :07 FG 2 Prater23yd.FieldGoal Orton vs.cle.(9/20) :55 FG 3 Prater38yd.FieldGoal Orton vs.cle.(9/20) :45 TD 4 Hillis2yd.run Orton vs.cle.(9/20) :31 TD 4 Buckhalter45yd.run Orton atoak.(9/27) :46 TD 1 Marshall2yd.passfromOrton Orton atoak.(9/27) 4 4 0:48 FG 1 Prater48yd.FieldGoal Orton atoak.(9/27) :28 FG 2 Prater21yd.FieldGoal Orton atoak.(9/27) :03 TD 3 Moreno7yd.run Orton atoak.(9/27) :08 FG 4 Prater24yd.FieldGoal Orton vs.dal.(10/4) 1 9 0:06 TD 2 Moreno9yd.passfromOrton Orton vs.dal.(10/4) :37 FG 4 Prater28yd.FieldGoal Orton vs.dal.(10/4) :01 TD 4 Marshall51yd.passfromOrton Orton vs.n.e.(10/11) :03 TD 2 Marshall11yd.passfromOrton Orton vs.n.e.(10/11) :32 FG 3 Prater24yd.FieldGoal Orton vs.n.e.(10/11) :38 TD 4 Marshall11yd.passfromOrton Orton vs.n.e.(10/11) :51 FG OT Prater41yd.FieldGoal Orton ats.d.(10/19) :11 FG 2 Prater34yd.FieldGoal Orton ats.d.(10/19) :14 TD 3 Scheffler19yd.passfromOrton Orton ats.d.(10/19) :38 FG 4 Prater29yd.FieldGoal Orton ats.d.(10/19) :45 TD 4 Stokley5yd.passfromOrton Orton atbal.(11/1) :00 TD 3 Moreno1yd.run Orton vs.pit.(11/9) :36 FG 1 Prater40yd.FieldGoal Orton atwas.(11/15) :13 TD 1 Marshall40yd.passfromOrton Orton atwas.(11/15) :11 TD 1 Marshall75yd.passfromOrton Orton atwas.(11/15) :25 FG 2 Prater24yd.FieldGoal Orton vs.s.d.(11/22) :58 FG 3 Prater23yd.FieldGoal Orton vs.nyg(11/26) :19 FG 1 Prater26yd.FieldGoal Orton vs.nyg(11/26) :15 FG 2 Prater32yd.FieldGoal Orton vs.nyg(11/26) :00 TD 2 Moreno1yd.run Orton vs.nyg(11/26) :42 FG 2 Prater47yd.FieldGoal Orton vs.nyg(11/26) :16 TD 4 Stokley17yd.passfromOrton Orton vs.nyg(11/26) :59 FG 4 Prater24yd.FieldGoal Orton atk.c.(12/6) :28 TD 1 Graham7yd.passfromOrton Orton atk.c.(12/6) :33 TD 2 Moreno2yd.run Orton atk.c.(12/6) 4 1 0:47 FG 3 Prater44yd.FieldGoal Orton atk.c.(12/6) :50 TD 3 Marshall7yd.passfromOrton Orton atk.c.(12/6) :41 FG 3 Prater38yd.FieldGoal Orton atk.c.(12/6) :52 TD 4 Moreno18yd.run Orton atk.c.(12/6) :37 FG 4 Prater37yd.FieldGoal Orton AVERAGE :30 BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON GAME-BY-GAME SCORING DRIVES

65 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON THIRD DOWN DISTANCE CHART TOTAL THIRD DOWNS RUSHING PASSING 3RD DOWN TOTALS YARDS GAINED 3RD DOWN AVERAGES Game Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. Md. Att. Pct. Yds. Needed Yds. Gained Run Pass Yds. Needed Yds. Gained Denver % % % at Cin. (9/13) % % % Denver % % % vs. Cle. (9/20) % % % Denver % % % at Oak. (9/27) % % % Denver % % % vs. Dal. (10/4) % % % Denver % % % vs. N.E. (10/11) % % % Denver % % % at S.D. (10/19) % % % Denver % % % at Bal. (11/1) % % % Denver % % % vs. Pit. (11/9) % % % Denver % % % at Was. (11/15) % % % Denver % % % vs. S.D. (11/22) % % % Denver % % % vs. NYG (11/26) % % % Denver % % % at K.C. (12/6) % % % Denver at Ind. (12/13) Denver vs. Oak. (12/20) Denver at Phi. (12/27) Denver vs. K.C. (1/3) DENVER TOTAL % % % OPPONENT TOTAL % % %

66 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON FIELD POSITION CHART CUMULATIVE AVG. INSIDE AT INSIDE AT PAST INSIDE Game OFF. DRIVES STARTING LINE START OWN 20 OWN OPP. 20 Denver DEN at Cin. (9/13) CIN Denver DEN vs. Cle. (9/20) CLE Denver DEN at Oak. (9/27) OAK Denver DEN vs. Dal. (10/4) DAL Denver DEN vs. N.E. (10/11) NE Denver DEN at S.D. (10/19) SD Denver DEN at Bal. (11/1) BAL Denver DEN vs. Pit. (11/9) PIT Denver DEN at Was. (11/15) WAS Denver DEN vs. S.D. (11/22) SD Denver DEN vs. NYG (11/26) NYG Denver DEN at K.C. (12/6) KC Denver at Ind. (12/13) Denver vs. Oak. (12/20) Denver at Phi. (12/27) Denver vs. K.C. (1/3) DENVER TOTAL OPPONENT TOTAL

67 TOTAL GAME W/L TIME PCT TIME PCT TIME PCT TIME at Cin. (9/13) W, :33: % 30:00: % 0:27:00 0.8% 60:00:00 vs. Cle. (9/20) W, :03: % 2:38:00 4.4% 4:19:00 7.2% 60:00:00 at Oak. (9/27) W, :07: % 12:53: % 0:00:00 0.0% 60:00:00 vs. Dal. (10/4) W, :46:00 2.9% 13:16: % 44:58: % 60:00:00 vs. N.E. (10/11) W, (OT) 0:00:00 0.0% 18:28: % 46:23: % 64:51:00 at S.D. (10/19) W, :06: % 12:11: % 19:43: % 60:00:00 at Bal. (11/1) L, :00:00 0.0% 14:04: % 45:56: % 60:00:00 vs. Pit. (11/9) L, :41: % 4:36:00 7.7% 40:43: % 60:00:00 at Was. (11/15) L, :45: % 19:31: % 2:44:00 4.6% 60:00:00 vs. S.D. (11/22) L, :00:00 0.0% 9:02: % 50:58: % 60:00:00 vs. NYG (11/26) W, :28: % 12:32: % 0:00:00 0.0% 60:00:00 at K.C. (12/6) W, :20: % 7:40: % 0:00:00 0.0% 60:00:00 at Ind. (12/13) vs. Oak. (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON TIME SPENT IN LEAD CHART LED TIED BEHIND TOTAL 311:49:00 156:51:00 256:11:00 724:51: % 21.6% 35.3% AVERAGE 25:59:05 13:04:15 21:20:55 60:24:15

68 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON RED ZONE CHART TD BREAKDOWN SCORING EFFICIENCY FAILED Game Pos. TDs Run Pass TD% FGs Score% MFG DWN TO EOH Denver % 0 0.0% at Cin. (9/13) % % Denver % % vs. Cle. (9/20) % % Denver % % at Oak. (9/27) % 0 0.0% Denver % % vs. Dal. (10/4) % % Denver % % vs. N.E. (10/11) % % Denver % % at S.D. (10/19) % % Denver % % at Bal. (11/1) % % Denver % 0 0.0% vs. Pit. (11/9) % % Denver % % at Was. (11/15) % % Denver % % vs. S.D. (11/22) % % Denver % % vs. NYG (11/26) % 0 0.0% Denver % % at K.C. (12/6) % % Denver at Ind. (12/13) Denver vs. Oak. (12/20) Denver at Phi. (12/27) Denver vs. K.C. (1/3) DENVER TOTAL % % OPPONENT TOTAL % %

69 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON GOAL-TO-GO CHART TD BREAKDOWN SCORING EFFICIENCY FAILED Game Pos. TDs Run Pass TD% FGs Score% MFG DWN TO EOH Denver % 0 0.0% at Cin. (9/13) % % Denver % % vs. Cle. (9/20) % % Denver % % at Oak. (9/27) % 0 0.0% Denver % % vs. Dal. (10/4) % 0 0.0% Denver % 0 0.0% vs. N.E. (10/11) % % Denver % % at S.D. (10/19) % % Denver % % at Bal. (11/1) % % Denver % 0 0.0% vs. Pit. (11/9) % % Denver % % at Was. (11/15) % % Denver % % vs. S.D. (11/22) % % Denver % % vs. NYG (11/26) % 0 0.0% Denver % % at K.C. (12/6) % % Denver at Ind. (12/13) Denver vs. Oak. (12/20) Denver at Phi. (12/27) Denver vs. K.C. (1/3) DENVER TOTAL % % OPPONENT TOTAL % %

70 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON TURNOVER LOG (+2) TAKEAWAYS (20 TOT., 10 INT, 10 FUM, 67 pts.) GIVEAWAYS (18 TOT., 8 INTS, 10 FUM, 50 pts.) Game Qtr. Time Takeaway Player Field Pos. Pts. Game Qtr. Time Giveaway Player Field Pos. Pts. at Cin. (9/13) 2 6:39 Interception Woodyard DEN 20 0 at Cin. (9/13) NONE at Cin. (9/13) 4 0:05 Interception Scheffler DEN 15 0 vs. Cle. (9/20) 1 15:00 Fumble Hillis DEN 22 3 vs. Cle. (9/20) 1 9:19 Fumble Reid CLE 10 7 at Oak. (9/27) 3 6:07 Fumble Buckhalter DEN 16 0 vs. Cle. (9/20) 3 13:44 Fumbles Dawkins CLE 38 3 vs. Dal. (10/4) 3 14:55 Fumble Moreno DEN 27 0 vs. Cle. (9/20) 4 0:16 Interception McBath DEN 6 0 vs. N.E. (10/11) 1 5:33 Fumble Moreno DEN 43 3 at Oak. (9/27) 1 5:07 Interception Hill OAK 23 7 vs. N.E. (10/11) 2 0:02 Interception Orton NE 3 0 at Oak. (9/27) 1 1:02 Interception Goodman OAK 34 3 at S.D. (10/19) NONE at Oak. (9/27) 3 5:14 Fumble Dawkins DEN 6 3 at Bal. (11/1) 1 3:00 Fumble Moreno DEN 23 3 vs. Dal. (10/4) 2 10:18 Fumble D. Williams DAL 9 7 vs. Pit. (11/9) 2 13:01 Interception Orton TD 7 vs. Dal. (10/4) 3 12:45 Interception Bailey DEN 6 0 vs. Pit. (11/9) 4 8:39 Interception Orton DEN 25 7 vs. N.E. (10/11) 4 1:45 Fumble Dumervil NE 45 0 vs. Pit. (11/9) 4 0:24 Interception Orton DEN 40 0 at S.D. (10/19) 3 1:52 Fumble Holliday SD 47 3 at Was. (11/15) 1 4:46 Fumble Buckhalter WAS 31 0 at Bal. (11/1) NONE at Was. (11/15) 4 9:21 Interception Simms WAS 40 7 vs. Pit. (11/9) 3 11:30 Fumble Ayers TD 7 vs. S.D. (11/22) 1 10:44 Fumble Simms SD 28 7 vs. Pit. (11/9) 3 2:38 Interception Goodman DEN 20 0 vs. S.D. (11/22) 2 2:06 Fumble Moreno SD 0 0 at Was. (11/15) NONE vs. S.D. (11/22) 2 0:24 Interception Orton SD 42 0 vs. S.D. (11/22) NONE vs. NYG (11/26) 3 12:22 Interception Orton NYG 40 3 vs. NYG (11/26) 2 9:26 Fumble Dawkins NYG 38 7 at K.C. (12/6) 1 11:55 Interception Orton KC 0 0 vs. NYG (11/26) 4 10:20 Fumble D. Williams NYG 31 3 at K.C. (12/6) 2 1:07 Fumble Orton DEN 50 3 vs. NYG (11/26) 4 2:50 Interception Goodman NYG 48 0 at K.C. (12/6) 3 0:10 Fumble Orton DEN 3 7 at K.C. (12/6) 3 12:30 Interception Goodman KC 21 7 at K.C. (12/6) 3 8:40 Interception Hill KC 42 3 at K.C. (12/6) 3 2:49 Fumble Goodman KC 0 7 BRONCOS TAKEAWAY LEADERS BRONCOS GIVEAWAY LEADERS Player INT FUM Totals Pts. Player INT FUM Totals Pts. Goodman Orton Dawkins Moreno Hill Simms D.J. Williams Buckhalter Ayers Hillis Reid Holliday Bailey Dumervil McBath Scheffler Woodyard TOTALS TOTALS

71 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON TAKEAWAY CHART BRONCOS OPPONENTS GAME W/L +/- INT FUM Total Pts. INT FUM Total Pts. at Cin. (9/13) W, vs. Cle. (9/20) W, at Oak. (9/27) W, vs. Dal. (10/4) W, vs. N.E. (10/11) W, at S.D. (10/19) W, at Bal. (11/1) L, vs. Pit. (11/9) L, at Was. (11/15) L, vs. S.D. (11/22) L, vs. NYG (11/26) W, at K.C. (12/6) W, / at Ind. (12/13) vs. Oak. (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) TOTALS

72 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON BIG-PLAY LOG BRONCOS RUSHING (10+Yards) BRONCOS PASSING (20+Yards) Game Qtr. Time Yards Player Game Qtr. Time Yards Player (QB) at Cin. (9/13) 1 14:17 14 Buckhalter at Cin. (9/13) 2 0:26 21 Gaffney (Orton) at Cin. (9/13) 3 6:23 11 Buckhalter at Cin. (9/13) 3 2:29 29 Scheffler (Orton) vs. Cle. (9/20) 1 1:43 11 Buckhalter at Cin. (9/13) 4 10:01 20 Graham (Orton) vs. Cle. (9/20) 2 7:55 12 Moreno at Cin. (9/13) 4 0:28 87t Stokley (Orton) vs. Cle. (9/20) 3 12:54 14 Marshall vs. Cle. (9/20) 1 12:22 25 Gaffney (Orton) vs. Cle. (9/20) 4 9:19 17 Moreno vs. Cle. (9/20) 2 15:00 37 Stokley (Orton) vs. Cle. (9/20) 4 8:35 45t Buckhalter vs. Cle. (9/20) 3 5:12 25 Marshall (Orton) vs. Cle. (9/20) 4 6:10 14 Moreno vs. Cle. (9/20) 4 14:24 30 Buckhalter (Orton) at Oak. (9/27) 2 6:31 34 Buckhalter vs. Cle. (9/20) 4 13:12 49 Gaffney (Orton) at Oak. (9/27) 3 13:15 23 Buckhalter at Oak. (9/27) 3 :53 23 Marshall (Orton) vs. Dal. (10/4) 3 12:11 10 Buckhalter at Oak. (9/27) 4 14:43 24 Graham (Orton) vs. Dal. (10/4) 4 13:06 10 Moreno vs. Dal. (10/4) 2 5:45 23 Buckhalter (Orton) vs. Dal. (10/4) 4 7:55 11 Jordan vs. Dal. (10/4) 4 6:02 51t Marshall (Orton) vs. Dal. (10/4) 4 2:06 14 Moreno vs. N.E. (10/11) 4 7:59 27 Moreno (Orton) vs. N.E. (10/11) 1 15:00 12 Moreno at S.D. (10/19) 2 12:26 27 Gaffney (Orton) vs. N.E. (10/11) 1 6:07 13 Moreno at S.D. (10/19) 4 5:08 52 Scheffler (Orton) vs. N.E. (10/11) 2 7:05 11 Moreno at Bal. (11/1) 4 0:18 23 Graham (Orton) vs. N.E. (10/11) OT 11:38 11 Moreno vs. Pit. (11/9) 1 12:27 20 Royal (Orton) at S.D. (10/19) 3 6:40 11 Buckhalter at Was. (11/15) 1 12:56 40t Marshall (Orton) at S.D. (10/19) 4 11:36 15 Buckhalter at Was. (11/15) 1 3:46 75t Marshall (Orton) at Bal. (11/1) 1 0:50 11 Orton vs. S.D. (11/22) 2 3:36 22 Marshall (Orton) at Bal. (11/1) 2 12:49 12 Moreno vs. S.D. (11/22) 2 2:55 38 Gaffney (Orton) vs. Pit. (11/9) NONE vs. S.D. (11/22) 4 8:59 25 Buckhalter (Orton) at Was. (11/15) 1 14:53 28 Moreno vs. NYG (11/26) 1 8:13 28 Gaffney (Orton) at Was. (11/15) 2 4:32 10 Moreno vs. NYG (11/26) 2 13:05 22 Scheffler (Orton) at Was. (11/15) 3 11:00 18 Moreno vs. NYG (11/26) 2 9:17 28 Marshall (Orton) at Was. (11/15) 4 10:03 11 Moreno vs. NYG (11/26) 3 14:17 33 Marshall (Orton) vs. S.D. (11/22) 3 12:58 36 Moreno at K.C. (12/6) 4 14:08 49 Marshall (Orton) vs. S.D. (11/22) 3 5:52 13 Moreno vs. NYG (11/26) 2 14:54 11 Moreno vs. NYG (11/26) 3 14:54 10 Moreno vs. NYG (11/26) 4 15:00 11 Moreno vs. NYG (11/26) 4 14:24 12 Moreno vs. NYG (11/26) 4 8:23 10 Buckhalter at K.C. (12/6) 1 13:46 10 Moreno at K.C. (12/6) 2 11:36 26 Buckhalter at K.C. (12/6) 2 10:18 17 Buckhalter at K.C. (12/6) 2 8:28 13 Buckhalter at K.C. (12/6) 2 2:03 11 Buckhalter at K.C. (12/6) 3 8:34 13 Buckhalter at K.C. (12/6) 3 7:56 10 Buckhalter at K.C. (12/6) 4 12:11 18t Moreno at K.C. (12/6) 4 2:31 13 Hillis at K.C. (12/6) 4 2:00 12 Hills RUSHING BIG-PLAY LEADERS PASSING BIG-PLAY LEADERS PLAYER No. Yds. Avg. TDs PLAYER No. Yds. Avg. TDs Moreno Marshall Buckhalter Gaffney Hillis Buckhalter Marshall Graham Jordan Stokley Orton Scheffler Moreno Royal TOTALS TOTALS

73 DENVER BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON OPPONENTS BIG-PLAY LOG OPPONENT RUSHING (10+Yards) OPPONENT PASSING (20+Yards) Game Qtr. Time Yards Player Game Qtr. Time Yards Player (QB) at Cin. (9/13) 4 3:38 20 Benson at Cin. (9/13) 1 10:46 22 Ochocinco (C. Palmer) vs. Cle. (9/20) 1 7:28 12 Lewis at Cin. (9/13) 1 0:07 34 Ochocinco (C. Palmer) at Oak. (9/27) 1 1:37 15 McFadden vs. Cle. (9/20) 1 4:31 20 Edwards (Quinn) at Oak. (9/27) 3 10:51 10 McFadden vs. Cle. (9/20) 3 10:35 24 Edwards (Quinn) at Oak. (9/27) 4 5:28 15 Russell at Oak. (9/23) NONE vs. Dal. (10/4) 1 8:27 11 Choice vs. Dal. (10/4) 1 9:15 26 Barber (Romo) vs. N.E. (10/11) 1 5:18 10 Morris vs. Dal. (10/4) 1 4:24 28 Choice (Romo) vs. N.E. (10/11) 2 11:49 10 Maroney vs. Dal. (10/4) 4 1:16 53 Hurd (Romo) vs. N.E. (10/11) 4 2:27 19 Morris vs. N.E. (10/11) 1 9:04 35 Morris (Brady) at S.D. (10/19) 1 7:38 13 Tomlinson vs. N.E. (10/11) 3 6:36 36 Moss (Brady) at S.D. (10/19) 3 3:39 17 Tomlinson at S.D. (10/19) 1 9:39 20 Floyd (Rivers) at Bal. (11/1) 2 7:20 13 Rice at S.D. (10/19) 1 8:56 25 Tomlinson (Rivers) at Bal. (11/1) 3 8:55 17 Rice at S.D. (10/19) 1 2:12 22 Tolbert (Rivers) at Bal. (11/1) 4 5:39 20 McClain at S.D. (10/19) 1 1:40 21 Gates (Rivers) at Bal. (11/1) 4 3:36 10 McClain at Bal. (11/1) 4 15:00 21 Washington (Flacco) at Bal. (11/1) 4 2:48 13 Rice at Bal. (11/1) 4 13:13 20t Mason (Flacco) vs. Pit. (11/9) 3 10:29 24 Mendenhall vs. Pit. (11/9) 3 10:01 35 Holmes (Roethlisberger) vs. Pit. (11/9) 3 6:05 28 Mendenhall vs. Pit. (11/9) 4 7:12 25t Wallace (Roethlisberger) vs. Pit. (11/9) 4 5:18 36 Mendenhall at Was. (11/15) 1 8:11 24 Davis (Campbell) vs. Pit. (11/9) 4 4:04 12 Moore at Was. (11/15) 1 2:06 26 Randle El (Campbell) vs. Pit. (11/9) 4 2:22 18 Mendenhall at Was. (11/15) 2 6:39 35t Sellers (Smith) at Was. (11/15) 1 9:33 17 Cartwright at Was. (11/15) 4 4:37 27 Thomas (Campbell) at Was. (11/15) 2 8:51 13 Campbell vs. S.D. (11/22) 2 7:07 23 Jackson (Rivers) at Was. (11/15) 3 8:33 11 Betts vs. S.D. (11/22) 3 8:02 24 Gates (Rivers) at Was. (11/15) 4 14:24 18 Betts vs. NYG (11/26) 3 3:10 30 Smith (Manning) at Was. (11/15) 4 13:00 10 Cartwright vs. NYG (11/26) 4 1:27 36 Nicks (Manning) at Was. (11/15) 4 8:30 11 Betts at K.C. (12/6) NONE vs. S.D. (11/22) 1 9:18 21 Tomlinson vs. S.D. (11/22) 3 1:09 15 Hester vs. S.D. (11/22) 4 13:22 13 Tomlinson vs. S.D. (11/22) 4 12:45 32 Tolbert vs. S.D. (11/22) 4 6:15 14 Hester vs. NYG (11/26) 3 3:59 14 Ware at K.C. (12/6) 1 5:01 11 Charles at K.C. (12/6) 1 0:41 13 Cassel at K.C. (12/6) 4 8:11 16 Castille RUSHING BIG-PLAY TOTALS PASSING BIG-PLAY TOTALS No. Yds. Avg. TDs No. Yds. Avg. TDs TOTALS TOTALS

74 2009 BRONCOS REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS PASSING K.Orton Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% LG Sack/LosRating Cincinnati t 3/ /20 vs. Cleveland / Oakland / /4 vs. Dallas t 3/ /11 vs. New England / San Diego / Baltimore / /9 vs. Pittsburgh / Washington t 0/ /22 vs. San Diego / /26 vs. N.Y. Giants / Kansas City / TOTALS , t 18/ C.Simms Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% LG Sack/LosRating Cincinnati DID NOT PLAY 9/20 vs. Cleveland DID NOT PLAY Oakland DID NOT PLAY 10/4 vs. Dallas DID NOT PLAY 10/11 vs. New England DID NOT PLAY San Diego DID NOT PLAY Baltimore DID NOT PLAY 11/9 vs. Pittsburgh DID NOT PLAY Washington / /22 vs. San Diego / /26 vs. N.Y. Giants DID NOT PLAY Kansas City TOTALS / RUSHING K.Moreno C.Buckhalter L.Jordan Date Opponent No Yds Avg LG TD No Yds Avg LG TD No Yds Avg LG TD Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland t Oakland /4 vs. Dallas /11 vs. New England INACTIVE San Diego Baltimore INACTIVE 11/9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego INACTIVE 11/26 vs. N.Y. Giants INACTIVE Kansas City t INACTIVE TOTALS t P.Hillis B.Marshall K.Orton Date Opponent No Yds Avg LG TD No Yds Avg LG TD No Yds Avg LG TD Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland t Oakland /4 vs. Dallas /11 vs. New England San Diego Baltimore /9 vs. Pittsburgh INACTIVE Washington INACTIVE /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS E.Royal C.Simms Date Opponent No Yds Avg LG TD No Yds Avg LG TD Cincinnati DID NOT PLAY 9/20 vs. Cleveland DID NOT PLAY Oakland DID NOT PLAY 10/4 vs. Dallas DID NOT PLAY 10/11 vs. New England DID NOT PLAY San Diego DID NOT PLAY Baltimore DID NOT PLAY 11/9 vs. Pittsburgh DID NOT PLAY Washington /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants DID NOT PLAY Kansas City TOTALS

75 2009 BRONCOS REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS B.Marshall E.Royal J.Gaffney Date Opponent Rec Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec Yds. Avg. LG TD Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland Oakland /4 vs. Dallas t /11 vs. New England San Diego Baltimore /9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington t /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS t T.Scheffler C.Buckhalter D.Graham Date Opponent Rec Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec Yds. Avg. LG TD Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland t Oakland /4 vs. Dallas /11 vs. New England INACTIVE San Diego Baltimore /9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS K.Moreno B.Stokley P.Hillis Date Opponent Rec Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec Yds. Avg. LG TD Cincinnati t /20 vs. Cleveland Oakland /4 vs. Dallas t /11 vs. New England San Diego Baltimore /9 vs. Pittsburgh INACTIVE Washington INACTIVE 11/22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants t Kansas City TOTALS t L.Jordan Date Opponent Rec Yds. Avg. LG TD Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland Oakland /4 vs. Dallas /11 vs. New England San Diego Baltimore INACTIVE 11/9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego INACTIVE 11/26 vs. N.Y. Giants INACTIVE Kansas City INACTIVE TOTALS RECEIVING

76 2009 BRONCOS REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS PUNT RETURNS E.Royal A.Smith Date Opponent No. Yds. Avg. LG FC TD No. Yds. Avg. LG FC TD Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland Oakland /4 vs. Dallas INACTIVE 10/11 vs. New England San Diego t Baltimore /9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS t KICK RETURNS E.Royal K.McKinley Date Opponent No. Yds. Avg. LG FC TD No. Yds. Avg. LG FC TD Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland INACTIVE Oakland INACTIVE 10/4 vs. Dallas /11 vs. New England San Diego t 0 1 INACTIVE Baltimore INACTIVE 11/9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego INACTIVE 11/26 vs. N.Y. Giants INACTIVE Kansas City INACTIVE TOTALS t C.Buckhalter A.Smith Date Opponent No. Yds. Avg. LG FC TD No. Yds. Avg. LG FC TD Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland Oakland /4 vs. Dallas INACTIVE 10/11 vs. New England INACTIVE San Diego Baltimore /9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS L.Jordan P.Hillis Date Opponent No. Yds. Avg. LG FC TD No. Yds. Avg. LG FC TD Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland Oakland /4 vs. Dallas /11 vs. New England San Diego Baltimore INACTIVE /9 vs. Pittsburgh INACTIVE Washington INACTIVE 11/22 vs. San Diego INACTIVE /26 vs. N.Y. Giants INACTIVE Kansas City INACTIVE TOTALS R.Hochstein S.Larsen Date Opponent No. Yds. Avg. LG FC TD No. Yds. Avg. LG FC TD Cincinnati DID NOT PLAY 9/20 vs. Cleveland INACTIVE Oakland INACTIVE 10/4 vs. Dallas INACTIVE 10/11 vs. New England INACTIVE San Diego INACTIVE Baltimore /9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS T.Polumbus Date Opponent No. Yds. Avg. LG FC TD Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland Oakland /4 vs. Dallas DID NOT PLAY 10/11 vs. New England San Diego Baltimore /9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS

77 2009 BRONCOS REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS M.Berger B.Kern Date Opponent No. Yds. Avg. TB In20 LG Net No. Yds. Avg. TB In20 LG Net Cincinnati NOT WITH TEAM /20 vs. Cleveland NOT WITH TEAM Oakland NOT WITH TEAM /4 vs. Dallas NOT WITH TEAM /11 vs. New England NOT WITH TEAM San Diego NOT WITH TEAM Baltimore NOT WITH TEAM 11/9 vs. Pittsburgh NOT WITH TEAM Washington NOT WITH TEAM 11/22 vs. San Diego NOT WITH TEAM 11/26 vs. N.Y. Giants NOT WITH TEAM Kansas City NOT WITH TEAM TOTALS 28 1, , FIELD GOALS PUNTING M.Prater Date Opponent Total Pct. PATM PATA Pct. Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland Oakland /4 vs. Dallas /11 vs. New England San Diego Baltimore /9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS

78 2009 BRONCOS REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS COMBINED NET YARDS E. Royal C. Buckhalter K. Moreno Date Opponent Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland Oakland /4 vs. Dallas /11 vs. New England INACTIVE San Diego Baltimore /9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS , B. Marshall J. Gaffney T. Scheffler Date Opponent Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland Oakland /4 vs. Dallas /11 vs. New England San Diego Baltimore /9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS * - Scheffler had a 5-yd. int. ret. at Cincinnati D. Graham B. Stokley K. McKinley Date Opponent Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland INACTIVE Oakland INACTIVE 10/4 vs. Dallas /11 vs. New England San Diego INACTIVE Baltimore INACTIVE 11/9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego INACTIVE 11/26 vs. N.Y. Giants INACTIVE Kansas City INACTIVE TOTALS P. Hillis L. Jordan A. Smith Date Opponent Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Cincinnati /20 vs. Cleveland Oakland /4 vs. Dallas INACTIVE 10/11 vs. New England San Diego Baltimore INACTIVE /9 vs. Pittsburgh INACTIVE Washington INACTIVE /22 vs. San Diego INACTIVE /26 vs. N.Y. Giants INACTIVE Kansas City INACTIVE TOTALS K. Orton C. Simms Date Opponent Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Rush Rec. PR KR TOT Cincinnati DID NOT PLAY 9/20 vs. Cleveland DID NOT PLAY Oakland DID NOT PLAY 10/4 vs. Dallas DID NOT PLAY 10/11 vs. New England DID NOT PLAY San Diego DID NOT PLAY Baltimore DID NOT PLAY 11/9 vs. Pittsburgh Washington /22 vs. San Diego /26 vs. N.Y. Giants DID NOT PLAY Kansas City TOTALS OTHERS: Ayers 54 yds. (vs. Pit., 11/9), Bailey 3 yds. (vs. Dal., 10/4), Goodman 95 yds. (30 at Oak., 9/27, 21 vs. Pit., 11/9, 6 vs. NYG, 11/26, 38 at K.C., 12/6), Hill 18 yds. (at Oak., 9/27), Hochstein 6 yds. (vs. N.E., 10/11), McBath 3 yds. (vs. Cle., 9/20), D.J. Williams 8 yds. (vs. Dal., 10/4), J. Williams 8 yds. (vs. N.E., 10/11)

79 2009 BRONCOS REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS DEFENSE D. Williams B. Dawkins A. Davis Date Opponent TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. Cincinnati /20 Cleveland Oakland /4 Dallas /11 New England San Diego Baltimore /9 Pittsburgh Washington /22 San Diego /26 N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS C. Bailey R. Hill E. Dumervil Date Opponent TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. Cincinnati /20 Cleveland Oakland /4 Dallas /11 New England San Diego Baltimore /9 Pittsburgh Washington /22 San Diego /26 N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS M. Haggan K. Peterson A. Goodman Date Opponent TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. Cincinnati /20 Cleveland Oakland /4 Dallas /11 New England San Diego Baltimore /9 Pittsburgh Washington /22 San Diego /26 N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS R. Fields W. Woodyard V. Holliday Date Opponent TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. Cincinnati /20 Cleveland Oakland /4 Dallas /11 New England San Diego Baltimore /9 Pittsburgh Washington /22 San Diego /26 N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS R. McBean R. Ayers D. McBath Date Opponent TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. Cincinnati /20 Cleveland Oakland /4 Dallas /11 New England San Diego Baltimore /9 Pittsburgh INACTIVE Washington INACTIVE /22 San Diego INACTIVE /26 N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS M. Thomas J. Williams D. Reid Date Opponent TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. Cincinnati /20 Cleveland Oakland /4 Dallas /11 New England San Diego Baltimore /9 Pittsburgh NOT WITH TEAM Washington NOT WITH TEAM /22 San Diego NOT WITH TEAM /26 N.Y. Giants NOT WITH TEAM Kansas City NOT WITH TEAM TOTALS A. Smith T. Law L. Smith Date Opponent TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. TT UT AT S-Yds. I-Yds. Cincinnati NOT WITH TEAM INACTIVE 9/20 Cleveland NOT WITH TEAM INACTIVE Oakland NOT WITH TEAM /4 Dallas NOT WITH TEAM /11 New England NOT WITH TEAM San Diego NOT WITH TEAM Baltimore NOT WITH TEAM /9 Pittsburgh Washington /22 San Diego /26 N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS J. Barrett AT S-Yds. Date Opponent TT UT I-Yds. Cincinnati /20 Cleveland Oakland /4 Dallas /11 New England San Diego Baltimore /9 Pittsburgh Washington INACTIVE /22 San Diego /26 N.Y. Giants Kansas City TOTALS Miscellaneous * RB LaMont Jordan, solo tackle, at Cin. (9/13) * TE Tony Scheffler, INT (5 yds.), at Cin. (9/13)

80 2009 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS BRONCOS LEADERS SCORING RUSHES RUSH YDS RECEPTIONS REC. YDS Game at Cin. (9/13) Prater, Stokley 6 Buckhalter, Moreno 8 Buckhalter 46 Marshall 4 Stokley 87 vs. Cle. (9/20) Prater 9 Moreno 17 Buckhalter 76 Stokley 5 Gaffney 82 at Oak. (9/27) Prater 11 Moreno 21 Buckhalter 108 Marshall 5 Marshall 67 vs. Dal. (10/4) Marshall, Moreno 6 Moreno 14 Moreno 65 Buckhalter 5 Marshall 91 vs. N.E. (10/11) Marshall 12 Moreno 21 Moreno 88 Royal 10 Royal 90 at S.D. (10/19) Royal 12 Moreno 18 Buckhalter 46 Scheffler 6 Scheffler 101 at Bal. (11/1) Moreno 6 Moreno 10 Moreno 39 Buckhalter 6 Gaffney Gff 43 vs. Pit. (11/9) Ayers 6 Buckhalter 9 Buckhalter 24 Marshall 15 Marshall 112 at Was. (11/15) Marshall 12 Moreno 18 Moreno 97 Marshall 5 Marshall 134 vs. S.D. (11/22) Prater 3 Moreno 10 Moreno 80 Royal 4 Gaffney 55 vs. NYG (11/26) Prater 14 Buckhalter 20 Moreno 88 Marshall 6 Marshall 86 at K.C. (12/6) Moreno 12 Moreno 21 Buckhalter 113 Marshall 7 Marshall 94 at Ind. (12/13 vs. Oak (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) AVERAGE TACKLES SACKS INTS PASSES DEF. ST. TACKLES Game at Cin. (9/13) Dawkins 11 Three Players 1 Scheffler, Woodyard 1 Seven Players 1 Hillis 3 vs. Cle. (9/20) Davis 10 Dumervil 4 McBath 1 Dawkins 2 Reid 2 at Oak. (9/27) D. Williams 7 Dumervil 2 Goodman, Hill 1 Goodman, Hill 1 Four Players 1 vs. Dal. (10/4) Davis, D. Williams 9 Dumervil 2 Bailey 1 Bailey 4 Barrett 2 vs. N.E. (10/11) D. Williams 9 Holliday 1 None 0 Dawkins 3 McBath 3 at S.D. (10/19) Bailey 7 Dumervil 2 None 0 Four Players 1 Bruton, McBath 2 at Bal. (11/1) D. Williams 11 Davis, L. Smith 1 None 0 Dawkins, Goodman 1 Bruton, Larsen 2 vs. Pit. (11/9) Bailey 12 Peterson 1 Goodman 1 Goodman 3 Larsen 2 at Was. (11/15) Dawkins 14 Dumervil 1.5 None 0 Ayers, Dumervil 1 Five Players 1 vs. S.D. (11/22) Hill 9 None 0 None 0 Davis, Hill, Moss 1 Three Players 1 vs. NYG (11/26) Dawkins 8 Dumervil 2 Goodman 1 Goodman 3 Bruton 2 at K.C. (12/6) Williams 8 Dumervil, Holliday 1 Goodman, Hill 1 Hill 3 Larsen 4 at Ind. (12/13 vs. Oak (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) AVERAGE PUNT RET. PR YDS KICKOFF RET. KOR YDS PUNTS Game at Cin. (9/13) Royal 3 Royal 17 Royal 2 Royal 17 Kern 8 vs. Cle. (9/20) Smith 3 Smith 10 Hills, Royal 1 Hillis 24 Kern 2 at Oak. (9/27) Royal 2 Royal 21 Royal 1 Royal 25 Kern 2 vs. Dal. (10/4) Royal 4 Royal 46 McKinley 2 McKinley 49 Kern 6 vs. N.E. (10/11) Royal, Smith 1 Royal 11 Hochstein, McKinley 1 McKinley 25 Kern 5 at S.D. (10/19) Royal 3 Royal 77 Royal 5 Royal 158 Kern 4 at Bal. (11/1) Royal 2 Royal 5 Royal 6 Royal 112 Berger 8 vs. Pit. (11/9) Royal 2 Royal 21 McKinley 2 McKinley 39 Berger 7 at Was. (11/15) None 0 None 0 Royal 3 Royal 70 Berger 4 vs. S.D. (11/22) Royal 1 Royal 10 Royal 3 Royal 87 Berger 3 vs. NYG (11/26) Royal 3 Royal 28 Buckhalter 3 Buckhalter 87 Berger 3 at K.C. (12/6) Royal 6 Royal 83 Royal 3 Royal 66 Berger 3 at Ind. (12/13 vs. Oak (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) AVERAGE

81 2009 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS OPPONENT LEADERS SCORING RUSHES RUSH YDS RECEPTIONS REC. YDS Game at Cin. (9/13) Benson 6 Benson 21 Benson 76 Caldwell 6 Ochocinco 89 vs. Cle. (9/20) Dawson 6 Lewis 14 Lewis 38 Edwards 6 Edwards 92 at Oak. (9/27) Janikowski 3 McFadden 12 McFadden 45 Bush 4 Murphy 25 vs. Dal. (10/4) Barber 6 Choice 14 Barber 41 Choice 5 Hurd 62 vs. N.E. (10/11) Watson, Welker 6 Morris 17 Morris 68 Welker 8 Welker 86 at S.D. (10/19) Kaeding 11 Tomlinson 18 Tomlinson 70 Gates 5 Gates 70 at Bal. (11/1) Hauschka 12 Rice 23 Rice 84 Rice 5 Washington 58 vs. Pit. (11/9) Ward 12 Mendenhall 22 Mendenhall 155 Ward 7 Holmes 93 at Was. (11/15) Suisham 9 Betts 26 Betts 114 Davis 4 Davis 50 vs. S.D. (11/22) Kaeding 14 Tomlinson 20 Tomlinson 73 Floyd, Jackson 4 Jackson 56 vs. NYG (11/26) Tynes 6 Jacobs 11 Jacobs, Ware 27 Smith 7 Smith 71 at K.C. (12/6) Succop 7 Charles 18 Charles 56 Wade 4 Wade 36 at Ind. (12/13 vs. Oak (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) AVERAGE TACKLES SACKS INTS PASSES DEF. ST. TACKLES Game at Cin. (9/13) R. Williams 9 Odom 2 None 0 Hall 3 Maualuga 2 vs. Cle. (9/20) Barton 8 None 0 None 0 McDonald 1 Five Players 1 at Oak. (9/27) Branch 10 None 0 None 0 Four Players 1 Three Players 1 vs. Dal. (10/4) Brooking 9 Three Players 1 None 0 Three Players 1 Five Players 1 vs. N.E. (10/11) Bodden 11 Banta-Cain, Ninkovich 1 Moss 1 Three Players 2 Four Players 1 at S.D. (10/19) Ellison 7 English 1 None 0 Cromartie 2 Oliver 3 at Bal. (11/1) Washington 8 Carr, Johnson 1 None 0 Foxworth 2 Burgess 3 vs. Pit. (11/9) Fox, J. Harrison 7 Keisel 2 Carter 2 Gay, Carter, Polamal 2 Fox 2 at Was. (11/15) Doughty 9 Carter, Orakpo 1.5 Hall 1 Hall 2 Five Players 1 vs. S.D. (11/22) Burnett 7 Burnett 1.5 Cromartie 1 Gregory 3 Holt 2 vs. NYG (11/26) Rouse 8 Clark 1 Thomas 1 Four Players 1 Brown, Hixon 2 at K.C. (12/6) Hali 10 Hali 3 Brown 1 Carr 2 Three Players 2 at Ind. (12/13 vs. Oak (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) AVERAGE PUNT RET. PR YDS KICKOFF RET. KOR YDS PUNTS Game at Cin. (9/13) Cosby 5 Cosby 49 Caldwell 2 Caldwell 48 Huber 7 vs. Cle. (9/20) Cribbs 2 Cribbs 24 Cribbs 3 Cribbs 60 Zastudil 6 at Oak. (9/27) Higgins 1 Higgins 7 Holland 3 Holland 66 Lechler 4 vs. Dal. (10/4) Crayton 2 Crayton 15 Austin 2 Austin 52 McBriar 6 vs. N.E. (10/11) Edelman 2 Edelman 22 Edelman 4 Edelman 93 Hanson 5 at S.D. (10/19) Sproles 1 Sproles 77 Sproles 7 Sproles 149 Scifres 3 at Bal. (11/1) Carr 2 Carr 14 Webb 2 Webb 112 Koch 4 vs. Pit. (11/9) Logan, Moore 1 Logan 14 Logan 3 Logan 69 Sepulveda 5 at Was. (11/15) Moss 2 Moss 8 Cartwright 3 Cartwright 69 Smith 4 vs. S.D. (11/22) Sproles 3 Sproles 6 None 0 None 0 Scifres 3 vs. NYG (11/26) Hixon 2 Hixon 20 Hixon 2 Hixon 40 Feagles 5 at K.C. (12/6) Wade 2 Wade 18 Lawrence 6 Lawrence 126 Colquitt 7 at Ind. (12/13 vs. Oak (12/20) at Phi. (12/27) vs. K.C. (1/3) AVERAGE

82 BRONCOS 2009 REGULAR SEASON 100-YARD RUSHING AND RECEIVING / 300-YARD PASSING GAMES 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES BRONCOS (2) OPPONENTS (2) GAME Player Att. Yds. Avg. LG TDs GAME Player Att. Yds. Avg. LG TDs at Cin. (9/13) NONE at Cin. (9/13) NONE vs. Cle. (/20) NONE vs. Cle. (9/20) NONE at Oak. (9/27) Buckhalter at Oak. (9/27) NONE vs. Dal. (10/4) NONE vs. Dal. (10/4) NONE vs. N.E. (10/11) NONE vs. N.E. (10/11) NONE at S.D. (10/19) NONE at S.D. (10/19) NONE at Bal. (11/1) NONE at Bal. (11/1) NONE vs. Pit (11/9) NONE vs. Pit. (11/9) Mendenhall at Was. (11/15) NONE at Was. (11/15) Betts vs. S.D. (11/22) NONE vs. S.D. (11/22) NONE vs. NYG (11/26) NONE vs. NYG (11/26) NONE at K.C. (12/6) Buckhalter at K.C. (12/6 NONE Player No. Buckhalter 2 TOTALS YARD RECEIVING GAMES BRONCOS (3) OPPONENTS (0) GAME Player Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TDs GAME Player Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TDs at Cin. (9/13) NONE at Cin. (9/13) NONE vs. Cle. (9/20) NONE vs. Cle. (9/20) NONE at Oak. (9/27) NONE at Oak. (9/27) NONE vs. Dal. (10/4) NONE vs. Dal. (10/4) NONE vs. N.E. (10/11) NONE vs. N.E. (10/11) NONE at S.D. (10/19) Scheffler at S.D. (10/19) NONE at Bal. (11/1) NONE at Bal. (11/1) NONE vs. Pit. (11/9) Marshall vs. Pit. (11/9) NONE at Was. (11/15) Marshall t 2 vs. Pit. (11/9) NONE vs. S.D. (11/22) NONE vs. S.D. (11/22) NONE vs. NYG (11/26) NONE vs. NYG (11/26) NONE at K.C. (12/6) NONE at K.C. (12/6) NONE Player No. Marshall 2 Scheffler 1 TOTALS YARD PASSING GAMES BRONCOS (1) OPPONENTS (0) GAME Player Cmp.-Att. Yds. TDs INTs Rtg. GAME Player Cmp.-Att. Yds. TDs INTs Rtg. at Cin. (9/13) NONE at Cin. (9/13) NONE vs. Cle. (9/20) NONE vs. Cle. (9/20) NONE at Oak. (9/27) NONE at Oak. (9/27) NONE vs. Dal. (10/4) NONE vs. Dal. (10/4) NONE vs. N.E. (10/11) Orton vs. N.E. (10/11) NONE at S.D. (10/19) NONE at S.D. (10/19) NONE at Bal. (11/1) NONE at Bal. (11/1) NONE vs. Pit. (11/9) NONE vs. Pit. (11/9) NONE at Was. (11/15) NONE at Was. (11/15) NONE vs. S.D. (11/22) NONE vs. S.D. (11/22) NONE vs. NYG (11/26) NONE vs. NYG (11/26) NONE at K.C. (12/6) NONE at K.C. (12/6) NONE Player No. Orton 1 TOTALS 1

83 GAME W/L KICKOFF LENGTH ATTN. TEMP. TV BROADCAST CREW OFFICIALS at Cincinnati (9/13) W, :02 p.m. EDT 3:02 62, F CBS Gus Johnson Dan Fouts REF: Boger; UMP: Paganelli; HL: Schleyer; LJ: Arthur; SJ: Larrew; FJ: Rosenbaum; BJ: Steratore vs. Cleveland (9/20) W, :15 p.m. MDT 2:55 73, F CBS Bill Macatee Steve Beuerlein REF: Morelli; UMP: Hall; HL: Bowers; LJ: Lewis SJ: Hayes; FJ: Vernatchi; BJ: Schmitz at Oakland (9/27) W, :15 p.m. PDT 2:46 45, F CBS Ian Eagle Rich Gannon REF: Hochuli; UMP: Brown; HL: Hittner; LJ: Podraza; SJ: Anderson; FJ: Wrolstad; BJ: Dornan vs. Dallas (10/4) W, :15 p.m. MDT 3:05 76, F FOX Joe Buck Troy Aikman Pam Oliver REF: Anderson; UMP: Dawson; HL: McKinnely; LJ: Boston; SJ: Coleman; FJ: Vernatchi; BJ: Smith vs. New England (10/11) W, (OT) 2:15 p.m. MDT 3:19 76, F CBS Jim Nantz Phil Simms REF: Cheffers; UMP: Wash; HL: Payne; LJ: Stewart; SJ: Lamberth; FJ: Lucivansky; BJ: Paganelli at San Diego (10/19) W, :40 p.m. PDT 3:02 68, F ESPN Mike Tirico Ron Jaworksi Jon Gruden Suzy Kolber/Michelle Tafoya REF: Green; UMP: Hannah; HL: Stabile; LJ: Symonette; SJ: Rose; FJ: Prioleau; BJ: Helverson at Baltimore (11/1) L, :02 p.m. EST 2:59 71, F CBS Greg Gumbel Dan Dierdorf REF: Coleman; UMP: Rice; HL: Mapp; LJ: Bergman; SJ: Patterson; FJ: Steenson; BJ: Smith vs. Pittsburgh (11/9) L, :41 p.m. MST 2:58 76, F ESPN Mike Tirico Ron Jaworksi Jon Gruden Suzy Kolber/Michelle Tafoya REF: Carey; UMP: DeFelice; HL: McKenzie; LJ: Johnson; SJ: Meyer; FJ: Weir; BJ: Miles at Washington (11/15) L, :02 p.m. EST 2:56 85, F CBS Greg Gumbel Dan Dierdorf REF: Morelli; UMP: Hall; HL: Bowers; LJ: Lewis; SJ: Hayes; FJ: Vernatchi; BJ: Schmitz vs. San Diego (11/22) L, :15 p.m. MST 2:54 74, F CBS Dick Enberg Dan Fouts REF: Winter; UMP: Schuster; HL: Mello; LJ: Stephan; SJ: Hill; FJ: Howey; BJ: Reels vs. N.Y. Giants (11/26) W, :21 p.m. MST 3:00 74, F NFLN Bob Papa Matt Millen REF: Corrente; UMP: Bryan; HL: McGrath; LJ: Hussey; SJ: Baynes; FJ: Cavaletto; BJ: Wilson at Kansas City (12/6) W, :00 CST 3:09 68, F CBS Dick Enberg Dan Fouts REF: Triplette; UMP: Stritesky HL: Stelljes; LJ: Spanier; SJ: Wyantl FJ: Cheek; Freeman at Indianapolis (12/13) DENVER BRONCOS 2009 MISCELLANEOUS GAME INFORMATION vs. Oakland (12/20) at Philadelphia (12/27) vs. Kansas City (1/3)

84 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies Updated: Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 QUARTERBACKS 3 Tom Brandstater QB R Fresno State Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 0/0; Career: 0/0 Quickly: Brandstater was selected by the Broncos in the sixth round (174 th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft from Fresno State University where he was a three-year starter for the Bulldogs Regular Season: Designated as third quarterback in Denver s first 12 games. Brandstater s 2009 Totals Passing G S Att. Comp. Yds. Pct. Yd./Att. TD % Int. % LG S/Yd. Rtg. Games 1-12 INACTIVE (3rd QB) TOTALS 0/ / Kyle Orton QB Purdue Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/11; Career: 45/44 Quickly: Orton, who was acquired by Denver in a trade with the Chicago on April 2, is (.659) as a starter in his career, including a league-best 19-3 mark at home the best winning percentage (.864) of a starting quarterback at home since the 1970 NFL merger... He was named the Broncos starting quarterback on June 13, after the second day of Denver s final offseason mini-camp. He was named a team captain by his teammates Regular Season: Capped his Broncos debut with an 87-yard touchdown pass to WR Brandon Stokley with 11 seconds remaining at Cin. (9/13) while committing zero turnovers in the win. His quarterback rating was the best among AFC quarterbacks that won their Week 1 games... Was 8-of-10 for 143 yards in the second half vs. Cle. (9/20)... Improved to 17-2 at home as a starter vs. Dal. (10/4) after throwing the game-winning 51-yard touchdown pass to WR Brandon Marshall with 1:46 remaining and completing a run of 17 unanswered points to beat the Cowboys. Completed 18 of his last 22 pass attempts and finished with the second-best rating of his career (117.5). He joined John Hadl (L.A. Rams, 1973) as the only players in NFL history to throw for at least one touchdown with no interceptions in each of their first four games with a new team... Earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors as he finished with career highs in attempts (48) and completion percentage (72.9%) vs. N.E. (10/11) and led the club on touchdown drives of 90 and 98 yards in the second half to beat the Patriots. His first interception of the season came on a Hail Mary attempt on the last play of the first half, snapping his string of 173 pass attempts without an interception... Helped the Broncos come back from a halftime deficit at S.D. (10/19) by completing 11-of-15 (73.3%) passes for 146 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a passer rating in the second half...improved his league-leading interception percentage to (0.4% / 1 in 231 att.) at Bal. (11/1)... Tied a career high by completing 16 first-half passes vs. Pit. (11/9) as he finished 23-of-38 for 221 yards with three interceptions against the Steelers... Completed 11-of-18 passes for 193 yards and two interceptions (134.7 rating) all in the first two quarters at Was. (11/15), as he was injured (ankle) on the last play of the first half and did not return... With two touchdown passes to WR Brandon Marshall (40, 75 yds.) in the first quarter, he became the sixth player in the NFL since 2000 and the fourth Bronco in club history to record two passing scores of at least 75 yards in the same season... Did not start vs. S.D. (11/22) because of an ankle injury, but entered the game in the second quarter and finished the game completing 15-of-29 passes for 171 yards and an interception... Completed 18-of-28 passes for 245 yards with one touchdown and one interception (89.1 rating) vs. NYG (11/26)... Completed 15-of-25 passes for 180 yards with two touchdowns and one interception (92.1 rating) at K.C. (12/6). Orton s 2009 Totals Passing G S Att. Comp. Yds. Pct. Yd./Att. TD % Int. % LG S/Yd. Rtg. at Cin. (9/13)* t 3/ vs. Cle. (9/20)* / at Oak. (9/27)* / vs. Dal. (10/4)* t 3/ vs. N.E. (10/11)* / at S.D. (10/19)* / at Bal. (11/1)* / vs. Pit. (11/9)* / at Was. (11/15)* t 0/ vs. S.D. (11/22) / vs. NYG (11/26)* / at K.C. (12/6)* / TOTALS 12/ , t 18/ Rushing Opp. Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS Additional Statistics: Recovered a fumble vs. Dallas (10/4/09). Orton s Career Totals Passing G S Att. Comp. Yds. Pct. Yd./Att. TD % Int. % LG S/Yd. Rtg , , t 77/ Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD Additional Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2008 (3). Fumble recoveries 2005 (3), 2007 (2) (1), 2009 (1), TOTAL (7). Orton s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Pass attempts 48 vs. New England, 10/11/09 (none). Pass completions 28 vs. New England, 10/11/09 (none). Passing yards 334 at Detroit, 10/5/08 (none). Completion percentage 72.9% (35-48) vs. New England, 10/11/09 (none). Touchdown passes 3 vs. Philadelphia, 9/28/08 (none). Longest pass completion 87t at Cincinnati, 9/13/09 (none). Rushing attempts 6 vs. Tampa Bay, 9/21/08 (none). Rushing yards 21 vs. Tampa Bay, 9/21/08 (none). Longest rush 15 at Cleveland, 10/9/05 (none). Rushing touchdowns 1, three times, last at Houston, 12/28/08 (none). 2 Chris Simms QB Texas Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 3/1; Career: 23/16 Quickly: Simms was signed by Denver on March 5 after one season with Tennessee... He is fully recovered from the spleen injury that limited his playing time during the last three years... He has played in three games with one start for the Broncos in Regular Season: Played the entire second half at Was. (11/15) after QB Kyle Orton injured his ankle on the last play of the first half and did not return and completed 3-of-13 passes for 13 yards and one interception... Started vs. S.D. (11/22) and completed 2-of-4 passes for 10 yards. Simms 2009 Totals Passing G S Att. Comp. Yds. Pct. Yd./Att. TD % Int. % LG S/Yd. Rtg. Games 1-8 DID NOT PLAY at Was. (11/15) / vs. S.D. (11/22)* / vs. NYG (11/26) DID NOT PLAY At K.C. (12/6) /0 0.0 TOTALS 3/ / Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD Simms Career Totals Passing G S Att. Comp. Yds. Pct. Yd./Att. TD % Int. % LG S/Yd. Rtg , t 49/ Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD Additional Statistics: Receiving 2005 (1 rec., -3 yds., -3.0 avg.), TOTAL (1 rec., -3 yds., avg.). Miscellaneous tackles 2005 (2), TOTAL (2). Fumble recoveries 2004 (1), 2006 (1), TOTAL (2). Simms Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Pass attempts 53 at Atlanta, 9/17/06 (38 vs. Washington, 1/7/06). Pass completions 29 vs. Atlanta, 12/24/05 (25 vs. Washington, 1/7/06). Passing yards 313 at Atlanta, 9/17/06 (198 vs. Washington, 1/7/06). Completion percentage 74.1% (20-27) at Carolina, 12/11/05 (65.8% (25-38) vs. Washington, 1/7/06). Touchdown passes 3 vs. Washington, 11/13/05 (none). Passer rating vs. Washington, 11/13/05 (56.7 vs. Washington, 1/7/06). Longest pass completion 78t at San Francisco, 10/30/05 (24 vs. Washington, 1/7/06). Rushing attempts 4, twice, last at New Orleans, 12/4/05 (3 vs. Washington, 1/7/06). Rushing yards 18 at San Francisco, 10/30/05 (11 vs. Washington, 1/7/06). Longest rush 12 vs. Seattle, 9/19/04 (6 vs. Washington, 1/7/06). Rushing touchdowns 1 vs. Carolina, 9/24/06 (1 vs. Washington, 1/7/06).

85 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies RUNNING BACKS 28 Correll Buckhalter RB Nebraska Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 11/5; Career 85/21 Quickly: Buckhalter was signed by the Broncos on March 1 after spending his first eight NFL seasons with Philadelphia. He is second on the club with 563 rushing yards and third in the NFL with his 5.4-yards-per-carry average Regular Season: Started at Cin. (9/13), marking his first opening-day start since 2003 (vs. T.B., 9/8/03) when he was a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, and led the club with 46 rushing yards. He finished with a Week 1 AFC-best 5.8-yard per carry against the Bengals (min. 8 rushes)... Had a game-high 106 yards from scrimmage vs. Cle. (9/20), including a 45-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter (third-longest run of his career)... Recorded his fifth-career 100-yard rushing game and his third-best rushing effort (14-108) at Oak. (9/27)... Led the club with five receptions (55 yds.) vs. Dal. (10/4)... Listed as inactive (ankle) vs. N.E. (10/11)... Led the club with 46 yards on 10 carries at S.D. (10/19)... Led the club with six receptions for 30 yards at Bal. (11/1)... Rushed seven times for 35 yards (5.0 avg.) and added three catches for 46 yards vs. S.D. (11/22)... Had a team-high 20 rushes for 51 yards vs. NYG (11/16)... Rushed for 113 yards on 12 carries (9.4 avg.) at K.C. (12/6) for the thirdhighest single-game total of his career... Added three receptions (15 yds.) against the Chiefs to set a career high with 27 receptions on the season. Buckhalter s 2009 Totals Rushing Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* t at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11) INACTIVE at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 11/ t Additional Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2009 (1). Buckhalter s Career Totals Rushing Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD , t , Additional Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2008 (1), 2009 (1), TOTAL (2). Fumbles 2001 (2FR), 2006 (2FR), 2007 (1FR), 2009 (1FR), TOTAL (6FR). Buckhalter s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Rushes 23 at Atlanta, 11/2/03 (11 vs. Carolina, 1/18/04). Rushing yards 134 vs. Arizona, 10/7/01 (55 vs. Tampa Bay, 1/12/02). Longest rush 64t vs. Dallas, 12/7/03 (31 at St. Louis, 1/27/02). Rushing touchdowns 2 vs. N.Y. Jets, 10/26/03 (1 vs. Tampa Bay, 1/12/02). Receptions 7 at San Francisco, 10/12/08 (3 at N.Y. Giants, 1/11/09). Receiving yards 85 at San Francisco, 10/12/08 (26 vs. Carolina, 1/18/04). Longest reception 59 vs. Dallas, 12/28/08 (23 vs. Carolina, 1/18/04). Receiving touchdowns 1, four times, last vs. Dallas, 12/28/08 (none). Kick returns 7 vs. Dallas, 11/4/07 (1 at Arizona, 1/18/09). Kick return yards 147 vs. Dallas, 11/4/07 (20 at Arizona, 1/18/09). Longest kick return 35 vs. Seattle, 12/2/07 (20 at Arizona, 1/18/09). Kick return touchdowns None (none). 22 Peyton Hillis RB Arkansas Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 10/0; Career 22/6 Quickly: Hillis has six special-teams tackles in 10 games played in Regular Season: Led the team with three special-teams tackles at Cin. (9/13), which was one more than he had in all of his rookie season in Scored on a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter vs. Cle. (9/20) to put the Broncos ahead Inactive in Games Hillis 2009 Totals Rushing Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) t at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) INACTIVE at Was. (11/15) INACTIVE vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 10/ Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles (6). Recovered a fumble at Cin. (9/13). Hillis Career Totals Rushing Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2008 (2), 2009 (6), TOTAL (8). Miscellaneous tackles 2008 (1). Recovered a fumble at Cin. (9/13). Hillis Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Rushes 22 at New York Jets, 11/30/08 (none). Rushing yards 129 at New York Jets, 11/30/08 (none). Longest rush 19 at New York Jets, 11/30/08 (none). Rushing touchdowns 2 at Atlanta, 11/16/08 (none). Receptions 7 vs. Miami, 11/2/08 (none). Receiving yards 116 vs. Miami, 11/2/08 (none). Longest reception 47 vs. Miami, 11/2/08 (none). Receiving touchdowns 1 vs. Miami, 11/2/08 (none). Rushing yards in one quarter 58 (1st) at New York Jets, 11/30/08 (none). Rushing yards in one half 86 (1st) at New York Jets, 11/30/08 (none). Total yards 129 (129 rush) at New York Jets, 11/30/08 (none). Total touchdowns 2 at Atlanta, 11/16/08 (none). Kick returns 2, vs. New Orleans, 9/21/08 (none). Kick return yards 47 vs. New Orleans, 9/21/08 (none). Longest kick return 25 vs. New Orleans, 9/21/08 (none). 32 LaMont Jordan RB Maryland Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 8/0; Career 113/29 Quickly: Jordan, who was signed by Denver as an unrestricted free agent on March 4, is a ninth-year running back who owns a 4.2-yards per carry average and 31 total touchdowns for his NFL career Regular Season: Played at Cin. (9/13) and recorded a solo tackle on defense on a fake punt by the Bengals... Had a special-teams stop vs. Cle. (9/20). Jordan s 2009 Totals Rushing Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) INACTIVE vs. Pit. (11/9) vs. Pit. (11/9) vs. S.D. (11/22) INACTIVE vs. NYG (11/26) INACTIVE at K.C. (12/6) INACTIVE TOTALS 8/ Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles (1). Returned a kickoff six yards at Washington (11/15/09). Jordan s Career Totals Rushing Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD , t , Additional Statistics: Passing 2001 (0-for-1, 0 yds., 39.6 rtg.), 2004 (0-for-1, 0 yds., 1 INT, 0.0 rtg.), TOTAL (0-for-2, 0 yds., 1 INT, 0.0 rtg.). Fumbles 2007 (1 FR), 2008 (1 FR), TOTAL (2 FR). Miscellaneous tackles 2003 (1), 2005 (2), 2007 (1), TOTAL (4). Defensive tackles 2009 (1). Special teams tackles 2009 (1), TOTAL (1). Jordan s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Rushes 29 vs. Cleveland, 9/23/07 (20 vs. Indianapolis, 1/4/03). Rushing yards 159 at Denver, 9/16/07 (102 vs. Indianapolis, 1/4/03). Longest rush 61t at San Diego, 11/3/02 (20 at Pittsburgh, 1/15/05). Rushing touchdowns 3 vs. Buffalo, 10/23/05 (2 vs. Indianapolis, 1/4/03). Receptions 9 vs. Detroit, 9/9/07 (3 at San Diego, 1/8/05). Receiving yards 89 vs. Detroit, 9/9/07 (18 at San Diego, 1/8/05). Longest reception 28 at New England, 9/8/05 (13 at San Diego, 1/8/05). Receiving touchdowns 1, three times, last at Tennessee, 10/30/05 (none). Kick returns 4 at San Diego, 9/19/04 (3 at Oakland, 1/12/03). Kick return yards 71 at San Diego, 9/19/04 (41 at Oakland, 1/12/03). Longest kick return 40 vs. Baltimore, 11/14/04 (23 at Oakland, 1/12/03). Kick return touchdowns None (none). 46 Spencer Larsen FB/ILB Arizona *SEE INSIDE LINEBACKERS SECTION FOR FULL BIO* 27 Knowshon Moreno RB R Georgia Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/7; Career 12/7 Quickly: Moreno was selected by the Broncos in the first round (12 th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft from the University of Georgia... He leads the club as well as all NFL rookies in rushing attempts (182) and yards (774)... His six games with 80 rushing yards or more in Denver s first 12 games ties for second among NFL rookies since Moreno is on pace for 1,032 rushing yards in 2009.

86 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies 2009 Regular Season: Made his regular-season debut at Cin. (9/13) and tied for the club lead with eight carries... Accounted for six first downs (4 rushing, 2 receiving) and 97 yards from scrimmage vs. Cle. (9/20)... Posted a career-high 90 rushing yards and his first NFL touchdown at Oak. (9/27)... Led the team with 65 rushing yards on 14 attempts vs. Dal. (10/4) while recording his first career receiving touchdown a 9-yard score in the second quarter... Made his first NFL start vs. N.E. (10/11) and led all rookies in Week 5 with 88 yards on 21 carries to earn Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week honors... Scored his third touchdown of the season on a 1-yard run at Bal. (11/1)... Rushed for a career-high 97 yards on 18 carries (5.4 avg.) at Was. (11/15) and added two receptions for seven yards... Rushed for 80 yards on 10 carries vs. S.D. (11/22) with his 8.0 average the seventh-best single-game mark among rookies in club history... Led the club with 88 rushing yards on 19 carries (4.6 avg.) and scored his third rushing touchdown of the season vs. NYG (11/26)... Rushed for 86 yards on 21 carries (4.1 avg.) at K.C. (12/6) and recorded the first multi-touchdown game of his career (2, 18 yds.). Moreno s 2009 Totals Rushing Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD Rec. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) t 1 vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* t TOTALS 12/ Moreno s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Rushes 21, three times, last at Kansas City, 12/6/09 (none). Rushing yards 97 at Washington, 11/15/09 (none). Longest rush 36 vs. San Diego, 11/22/09 (none). Rushing touchdowns 2 at Kansas City, 12/6/09 (none). Receptions 4 vs. New England, 10/11/09 (none). Receiving yards 36 vs. New England, 10/11/09 (none). Longest reception 27 vs. New England, 10/11/09 (none). Receiving touchdowns 1 vs. Dallas, 10/4/09 (none). Rushing yards in one quarter 60 (3rd) at Oakland, 9/27/09 (none). Rushing yards in one half 61 (3rd) at Oakland, 9/27/09 (none). Total yards 124 (88 rush, 36 rec.) vs. New England, 10/11/09 (none). Total touchdowns 2 at Kansas City, 12/6/09 (none). WIDE RECEIVERS 10 Jabar Gaffney WR Florida Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/6; Career: 119/76 Quickly: Gaffney, who played his last three years with Head Coach Josh McDaniels in New England, is third on the club in receptions (29) and second in receiving yards (394) through 12 games Regular Season: Started his first game as a Bronco at Cin. (9/13)... Had a team-high 82 receiving yards, including a 49-yard reception in the fourth quarter that set up FB Peyton Hillis 2-yard touchdown run... Led the team with 55 receiving yards on three catches vs. S.D. (11/22). Gaffney s 2009 Totals Receiving Rushing G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 12/ Additional Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2009 (1). Gaffney s Career Totals Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD , Additional Statistics: Passing 2002 (1-for-1, 39 yds., 1 TD, rtg.), 2003 (0-for-1, 0 yds., 39.6 rtg.), 2003 (0-for-3, 0 yds., 39.6 rtg.), TOTAL (1-for-5, 39 yds., 1 TD, 99.2 rtg.). Punt returns 2002 (3 for -3 yds., -1.0 avg., 1 LG), 2003 (4 for 22 yds., 5.5 avg., 15 LG), TOTAL (7 for 19 yds., 2.7 avg., 15 LG). Kick returns 2004 (2 for 31 yds., 15.5 avg., 27 LG), TOTAL (2 for 31 yds., 15.5 avg., 27 LG). Miscellaneous tackles 2002 (3), 2003 (1), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2009 (1), TOTAL (7). Gaffney s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Receptions 10 at Seattle, 10/16/05 (10 at San Diego, 1/14/07). Receiving yards 122 vs. Pittsburgh, 12/9/07 (104 vs. N.Y. Jets, 1/7/07). Longest reception 69 at Chicago, 12/19/04 (31 vs. N.Y. Jets, 1/7/07). Receiving touchdowns 1, 15 times, last vs. N.Y. Jets, 11/13/08 (1, three times, last vs. San Diego, 1/20/08). 84 Brandon Lloyd WR Illinois Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 0/0; Career: 79/47 Quickly: Lloyd, who was signed by Denver on June 15, is in his seventh NFL season after spending his previous six years with Chicago (2008), Washington ( ) and San Francisco ( ) Regular Season: Listed as inactive in Denver s first 12 games. Lloyd s 2009 Totals Receiving Rushing G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD Games 1-12 INACTIVE TOTALS 0/ Lloyd s Career Totals Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD , t 15 Additional Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2004 (1), 2005 (3), 2008 (1), TOTAL (5). Kick Returns 2008 (2 for 32 yds., 16.0 avg., 21 LG), TOTAL (2 for 32 yds., 16.0 avg., 21 LG). Fumbles Recovered a fumble vs. Seattle, 12/27/03. Returned a blocked punt 9 yards for a touchdown at Carolina, 9/14/08. Lloyd s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Receptions 7, twice, last vs. Seattle, 11/20/05 (none). Receiving yards 142 vs. Dallas, 9/25/05 (none). Longest reception 89t vs. Dallas, 9/25/05 (none). Receiving touchdowns 2 vs. Dallas, 9/25/05 (none). 15 Brandon Marshall WR Central Florida Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/10; Career: 58/42 Quickly: Marshall is in his fourth season after earning a trip to the Pro Bowl in 2008 and posting 100-plus catches in each of the last two seasons. He leads the club in receptions (65, receiving yards (808) and receiving touchdowns (7) through 12 games Regular Season: Led the club with four receptions at Cin. (9/13). He was the intended target on the pass by QB Kyle Orton that was deflected and caught by WR Brandon Stokley for the game-winning 87-yard touchdown with 11 seconds remaining... Led the team in reception (5) and yards (67) at Oak. (9/27) while recording his first touchdown of the season... Made a 51-yard game-winning touchdown reception vs. Dal. (10/4) with 1:46 remaining to complete Denver s comeback win against the Cowboys... Tied a career high with two touchdown receptions vs. N.E. (10/11)... Tied for his second-highest career reception total with 11 catches for 112 yards vs. Pit. (11/9)... Posted five receptions for 134 yards (26.8 avg.) and two touchdowns at Was. (11/15)... Caught touchdowns covering 40 and 75 yards in the first quarter, becoming just the third Bronco in team history to record two 40-yard touchdown receptions in the same game... Led the team with six receptions for 86 yards, including two acrobatic, one-handed catches for 28 and 33 yards, respectively, vs. NYG (11/26)... Caught a game-high seven passes for 94 yards (13.4 avg.), including a 7-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter at K.C. (12/6), giving him six touchdowns in his last four games against the Chiefs. Marshall s 2009 Totals Receiving Rushing G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4)* t vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* t vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ t Additional Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2009 (2). Marshall s Career Totals Receiving Rushing G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD , t Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2006 (6), TOTAL (6). Miscellaneous tackles 2007 (7), 2008 (1), 2009 (1), TOTAL (9). Fumbles 1 FF (1 FF vs. S.F. (12/31/06), 1 FR (1 FR vs. Ten. (11/19/07))., Sacked for 3-yard loss vs. Green Bay, 10/29/07. Sacked for a 6-yard loss vs. Kansas City, 12/9/07. Miscellaneous tackles 2007 (7), TOTAL (7). Recovered a

87 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies fumble vs. Pittsburgh (10/21/07). Recovered a fumble vs. Minnesota (12/30/07). Sacked for 3-yard loss vs. Green Bay, 10/29/07. Sacked for a 6-yard loss vs. Kansas City, 12/9/07. Marshall s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Receptions 18 vs. San Diego, 9/14/08 (none). Receiving yards 166 vs. San Diego, 9/14/08 (none). Longest reception 75t at Washington, 11/15/09 (none). Receiving touchdowns 2, four times, last at Washington, 11/15/09 (none). Rushes 2 vs. Minnesota, 12/30/07 (none). Rushing yards 31 vs. Minnesota, 12/30/07 (none). Longest rush 24 vs. Minnesota, 12/30/07 (none). Rushing touchdowns None (none). 11 Kenny McKinley WR R South Carolina Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 5/0; Career: 5/0 Quickly: McKinley was selected by the Broncos in the fifth round (141 st overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft from the University of South Carolina where he was a set school records with 201 career receptions for 2,781 yards Regular Season: Played at Cin. (9/13) but did not record any statistics... Recorded the first touches of his career with two kickoff returns (49 yds., 24.5 avg.) vs. Dal. (10/4)... Recorded a special-teams tackle vs. Pit. (11/9). McKinley s 2009 Totals Receiving Rushing G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13) Games 2-3 vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) Games 6-7 vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) Games INACTIVE TOTALS 5/ Punt Returns Kickoff Returns No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13) Games 2-3 vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) Games 6-7 vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) Games INACTIVE TOTALS Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles (1). 19 Eddie Royal WR Virginia Tech Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/10; Career: 27/25 Quickly: Royal, whose 91 catches as a rookie in 2008 were the second most in a season by a rookie in NFL history, is in his second NFL season. He is one of just seven players in NFL history to reach 100 career receptions in 20 games or fewer... His 124 receptions through his first two seasons as a Bronco are the most in franchise history Regular Season: Started at Cin. (9/13) and was used in the passing game as well as the return game... Surpassed 1,000 career receiving yards vs. Cle. (9/20), becoming just the sixth player in franchise history to reach that mark in his first two pro seasons... Caught his 100th career reception vs. N.E. (10/11)... Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week after he returned five kickoffs for 158 yards, including a 93-yard touchdown, along with three punts for 77 yards, including a 71-yard score for 235 return yards at S.D. (10/19). He became just the second Bronco and the 11th player in NFL history to return a punt and a kickoff for a touchdown in the same game... Totaled 181 all-purpose yards at K.C. (12/6). Royal s 2009 Totals Receiving Rushing G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D.. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Punt Returns Kickoff Returns No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) t t 1 at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS t t 1 Additional Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2009 (1). Royal s Career Totals Receiving Rushing G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD , t Punt Returns Kickoff Returns No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD , Additional Statistics: Fumbles 2008 (1FR). Miscellaneous tackles 2008 (1), 2009 (1), TOTAL (2). Royal s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Receptions 11, at San Diego, 12/28/08 (none). Receiving yards 164 at Cleveland, 11/6/08 (none). Longest reception 93t at Cleveland, 11/6/08 (none). Receiving touchdowns 1, last at Cleveland, 11/6/08 (none). Rushes 3 at Atlanta, 11/16/08 (none). Rushing yards 71 vs. Buffalo, 12/21/08 (none). Longest rush 71 vs. Buffalo, 12/21/08 (none). Rushing touchdowns None (none). Punt returns 6 at Kansas City, 12/6/09 (none). Punt return yards 83 at Kansas City, 12/6/09 (none). Longest punt return 71t at San Diego, 10/19/09 (none). Punt return touchdowns 1 at San Diego, 10/19/09 (none). Kick returns 6 at Baltimore, 11/1/09 (none). Kick return yards 164 vs. Miami, 11/2/08 (none). Longest kick return 95 vs. Miami, 11/2/08 (none). Kick return touchdowns 1 at San Diego, 10/19/09 (none). 14 Brandon Stokley WR SW Louisiana Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/2; Career: 114/35 Quickly: Stokley is in his 11th NFL season and his third year with the Broncos having established himself as one of the most effective slot wide receivers in the NFL. He is seventh on the club with 217 receiving yards and second on the team with three receiving touchdowns through 12 games Regular Season: Had just one reception at Cin. (9/13), but made it count when he caught a tipped ball by a Bengals defender and went 87 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 11 seconds remaining. The reception was the longest of his career and it marked the longest game-winning play from scrimmage in the final minute of regulation in NFL history... Had a team-high five receptions at Cle. (9/20), four of which went for first downs... Caught a 5-yard touchdown at S.D. (10/19) on a third down in the fourth quarter to give Denver a lead... Caught a 17-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter vs. NYG (11/26). Stokley s 2009 Totals Receiving Rushing G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13)* t vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) t at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 12/ t Additional Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2009 (1). Stokley s Career Totals Receiving Rushing G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD , t Additional Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2001 (4), 2002 (1), 2004 (2), 2005 (2), 2007 (2), 2008 (3), 2009 (1), TOTAL (15). Fumbles 2001 (1FR), 2004 (2FR), TOTAL (3FR). Fumbles 2008 (1FF), TOTAL (1FF).

88 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies Stokley s Broncos Totals Receiving Rushing G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD , t Additional Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2007 (2), 2008 (3), 2009 (1), TOTAL (6). Fumbles 2008 (1FF), TOTAL (1FF). Stokley s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Receptions 9 at Houston, 12/28/03 (8 at New England, 1/16/05). Receiving yards 153 vs. Tennessee, 12/5/04 (144 vs. Denver, 1/4/04). Longest reception 87t at Cincinnati, 9/13/09 (87t vs. Denver, 1/4/04). Receiving touchdowns 3 at Detroit, 11/25/04 (2 vs. Denver, 1/4/04). Rushes 2 at Atlanta, 11/3/02 (none). Rushing yards 14 at Carolina, 9/8/02 (none). Longest rush 14 at Carolina, 9/8/02 (none). Rushing touchdowns None (none). TIGHT ENDS 89 Daniel Graham TE Colorado Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/11; Career: 106/91 Quickly: Graham, who is his eighth NFL season (third with Denver), has started 42 games for the Broncos. He is one of just three tight ends (Tony Gonzalez/Todd Heap) to post at least one touchdown reception in each of the last eight seasons Regular Season: Finished second on the club with 40 receiving yards at Cin. (9/13)... Recorded a special-teams tackle at Oak. (9/27)... Had two catches for 20 yards at K.C. (12/6), including a 7-yard scoring reception in the first quarter. Graham s 2009 Totals Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Additional Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2009 (1). Graham s Career Totals Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD , Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2002 (4), 2003 (3), 2005 (1), 2009 (1), TOTAL (9). Miscellaneous tackles 2004 (3), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2007 (1), 2008 (1), 2009 (1), TOTAL (8). Graham s Broncos Totals Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD t 7 Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2009 (1), TOTAL (1). Miscellaneous tackles 2007 (1), 2008 (1), TOTAL (2). Graham s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Receptions 7, twice, last vs. Indianapolis, 9/9/04 (4 vs. Carolina, 2/1/04). Receiving yards 119 at Atlanta, 10/9/05 (46 vs. Carolina, 2/1/04). Receiving touchdowns 2 at Arizona, 9/19/04 (1 vs. N.Y. Jets, 1/7/07). Longest reception 48 at Kansas City, 11/22/04 (33 vs. Carolina, 2/1/04). 81 Richard Quinn TE R North Carolina Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 11/0; Career: 11/0 Quickly: Quinn was selected by the Broncos in the second round (64 th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft from the University of North Carolina where he developed into one of the nation s best blockers at his position Regular Season: made his regular-season NFL debut at Cin. (9/13)... Recorded a special-teams tackle vs. N.E. (10/11)... Inactive vs. Pit. (11/9)... Deflected a pass to break up a fake punt attempt at K.C. (12/6). Quinn s 2009 Totals Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) INACTIVE at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 10/ Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2009 (1). 88 Tony Scheffler TE Western Michigan Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/7; Career: 54/26 Quickly: Scheffler, who led all NFL tight ends in yards per reception in 2008, averaging a club record (TEs) 16.1 yards, is in his fourth NFL season Regular Season: Recorded an interception at Cin. (9/13) on the game s last play playing deep free safety on Cincinnati s Hail Mary attempt... Had a 2-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter vs. Cle. (9/20)... Led the club with six receptions for 101 yards (16.8 avg.) and a touchdown at S.D. (10/19), including a 52-yard catch in the fourth quarter that set up Denver s last touchdown... Finished second on the club with four receptions for 29 yards (7.3 avg.) at Was. (11/15)... Posted four receptions for 53 yards vs. NYG (11/26). Scheffler s 2009 Totals Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) t 1 at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Additional Statistics: Recorded an interception at Cin. (9/13/09). Special teams tackles 2009 (1). Scheffler s Career Totals Receiving G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD , Additional Statistics: Recorded an interception at Cin. (9/13/09). Rushing yards: 1 carry for three yds. vs. Ind. (10/29/06). Miscellaneous tackles 2006 (2), 2007 (2), TOTAL (4). Blocked Mike Scifres punt vs. San Diego, 10/7/07. Special teams tackles 2008 (1), 2009 (1), TOTAL (2). Fumble recoveries 2008 (1). Scheffler s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Receptions 7, three times, last at N.Y. Jets, 11/30/08 (none). Receiving yards 101 at San Diego, 10/19/09. (none). Longest reception 72 at Oakland, 9/8/08 (none). Receiving touchdowns 2, last vs. San Diego, 9/14/08 (none). OFFENSIVE LINEMEN 78 Ryan Clady T Boise State Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/12; Career: 28/28 Quickly: Clady has started 28 straight games at left tackle to begin his career. He did not give up a full sack in his first 20 career starts, an NFL record since STATS Inc. began tracking the statistic in Regular Season: Has played in every offensive snap through Denver s first 12 games. Miscellaneous Career Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2008 (1).

89 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies 77 Brandon Gorin T Purdue Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 4/0; Career: 46/26 Quickly: Gorin is an eighth-year tackle who has started 31 overall games for his career Regular Season: Listed as inactive in Denver s first seven games... Made his Broncos debut vs. Pit. (11/9). Additional Career Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2007 (1), TOTAL (1). 50 Ben Hamilton G/C Minnesota Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 10/6; Career: 107/103 Quickly: Hamilton, who is the longest-tenured player on the team, is in his ninth year with the Broncos Regular Season: Started Denver s first three games at left guard before being listed as inactive vs. Dal. (10/4) with a hamstring injury... Played but did not start at Was. (11/15) and vs. S.D. (11/22). Additional Career Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2002 (2), 2003 (1), 2004 (2), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2008 (1), TOTAL (8). Recovered a fumble vs. Atlanta (10/31/04) and at San Diego (10/19/09). 74 Ryan Harris T Notre Dame Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 8/8; Career: 35/24 Quickly: Harris, who started every game for the Broncos in 2008 at right tackle and earned All-Pro honors from Sports Illustrated (Peter King), is in his third NFL season Regular Season: Started Denver s first seven games at right tackle... Inactive (toe) in Games Started at K.C. (12/6) but left the game in the first half with a foot injury and did not return. Additional Career Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2008 (2), TOTAL (2). 71 Russ Hochstein OL Nebraska Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/7; Career: 104/27 Quickly: Hochstein, who was acquired by Denver in a trade on Aug. 25, has started 27 games in his career (regular season and postseason) at five different positions (C, LG, RG, FB, TE) Regular Season: Started at right guard at Cin. (9/13) in place of G Chris Kuper (ankle)... Lined up at fullback and was the lead blocker on FB Peyton Hillis 2-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter vs. Cle. (9/20)... Saw time at fullback and filled in for injured G Ben Hamilton at left guard at Oak. (9/27)... Started at left guard vs. Dal. (10/4)... Started at tight end vs. Pit. (11/9)... Started at left guard in Games Additional Career Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2009 (2). Recovered a fumble vs. N.Y. Jets (11/12/06). Returned a kickoff six yards vs. New England (10/11/09). 73 Chris Kuper G North Dakota Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 11/11; Career: 44/38 Quickly: Kuper is coming off a 2008 season in which he started all 16 games for Denver at right guard Regular Season: Listed as inactive (ankle) at Cin. (9/13)... Returned to the starting lineup and played the entire game vs. Cle. (9/20). Additional Career Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2007 (2), 2008 (1), 2009 (1), TOTAL (4). Fumbles 2008 ( 1 FR), TOTAL (I FR). 70 Seth Olsen G R Iowa Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 2/0; Career: 2/0 Quickly: Olsen was selected by the Broncos in the fourth round (132 nd overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft from the University of Iowa where he was a two-time All-Big Ten performer Regular Season: Made his regular-season NFL debut at Cin. (9/13)... Inactive in 10 contests Regular Season: Saw his first career action on offense, filling in for injured T Ryan Harris at right tackle at Oak. (9/27) in the second half... Filled in for Harris again in the first half at Bal. (11/1) and played the entire second half on offense as well... Made his first career start vs. Pit. (11/9) at right tackle... Did not start at K.C. (12/6), but played most of the game after T Ryan Harris left with a foot injury. Additional Career Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 2009 (1). Returned one kickoff for zero yards at Cin. (9/13). 62 Casey Wiegmann C Iowa Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/12; Career: 191/164 Quickly: Wiegmann, who was named to the Pro Bowl in 2008, has made 139 consecutive starts since The streak is the longest among league centers and the second-longest among all NFL offensive linemen Regular Season: Has started Denver s first 12 games of Additional Career Statistics: Miscellaneous tackles 1998 (2), 2000 (1), 2001 (1), 2002 (1), 2003 (1), 2004 (2), 2006 (1), 2007 (2), 2008 (2), TOTAL (13). Fumbles 1998 (1 FR), 2000 (1 FR), 2004 (1 FR), TOTAL (3 FR). Returned one kickoff 8 yards at Ari. (10/11/98) and one kickoff 2 yards vs. Sea. (9/19/99). DEFENSIVE LINEMEN 75 Chris Baker DL R Hampton Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 1/0; Career: 1/0 Quickly: Baker was signed by Denver as a rookie college free agent from Hampton University Regular Season: Listed as inactive in 11-of-12 games... Made his Broncos debut vs. Pit. (11/9). Baker s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Games 1-7 INACTIVE vs. Pit. (11/9) Games 9-12 INACTIVE TOTALS 1/ Ronald Fields DL Mississippi State Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/12; Career: 61/21 Quickly: Fields is a fifth-year defensive lineman who spent his first four professional seasons with San Francisco before joining the Broncos as an unrestricted free agent in the offseason Regular Season: Made his Broncos debut at Cin. (9/13) as the club s starting nose tackle... Recorded his 100th career tackle at Oak. (9/27)... Made a season-high five tackles at Was. (11/15). Fields 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Fields Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Fields Single-Game Bests (Postseason): Sacks 1, at Arizona, 11/15/07 (none). Sack yards 3, at Arizona, 11/15/07 (none). Interceptions None (none). Interception return yards None (none). 76 Tyler Polumbus T Colorado Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 11/4; Career: 27/4 Quickly: Polumbus, who played in every game in 2008 on the PAT and kickoff return units, is in his second NFL season... The Cherry Creek High School and University of Colorado graduate is just the 11th player to start a game at the high school, college and NFL level in the state of Colorado.

90 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies 99 Vonnie Holliday DL North Carolina Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/1; Career: 163/142 Quickly: Holliday, who is in his 12th NFL season, was signed by the Broncos on Sept Regular Season: Made his Broncos debut at Cin. (9/13)... Recorded his first sack as a Bronco vs. Dal. (10/4)... Recorded a sack and forced fumble in the fourth quarter vs. N.E. (10/11)... Recovered a fumble at S.D. (10/19) in the third quarter... Made his first start as a Broncos vs. NYG (11/26) and finished with three solo tackles... Recorded his third sack of the season (3 yds.) at K.C. (12/6). Holliday s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 12/ Holliday s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Holliday s Single-Game Bests (Postseason): Sacks 5 vs. Buffalo, 12/22/02 (1 at San Francisco, 1/3/99). Sack yards 34 vs. San Diego, 9/7/03 (3 at San Francisco, 1/3/99). Interceptions 1, twice, last at San Francisco, 12/15/02 (none). Interception return yards 3, twice, last at San Francisco, 12/15/02 (none). 98 Ryan McBean DL Oklahoma State Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 10/10; Career: 11/10 Quickly: McBean is a second-year defensive lineman who spent the entire 2008 season on Denver s practice squad after competing in Pittsburgh s training camp to begin the year Regular Season: Started his first career NFL game at Cin. (9/13)... Registered a quarterback hurry vs. Cle. (9/20) and forced a Brad Quinn incomplete pass on the Browns first play from scrimmage... Inactive in Games 8-9 (knee). McBean s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* Games 8-9 INACTIVE vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 10/ McBean s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Kenny Peterson DL Ohio State Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/12; Career: 72/13 Quickly: Peterson is a seventh-year defensive lineman who has started all 12 games for the Broncos in Peterson s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Peterson s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Kickoff returns 6 yds. vs. St. Louis (11/29/04) and 5 yds. vs. Detroit (12/11/05). Peterson s Broncos Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Peterson s Single-Game Bests (Postseason): Sacks 1, 6 times, last, vs. Pittsburgh, 11/9/09 (1, vs. Minnesota, 1/9/05). Sack yards 13 vs. Pittsburgh, 11/9/09 (2, vs. Minnesota, 1/9/05). Interceptions None (none). Interception return yards None (none). 97 Le Kevin Smith DL Nebraska Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 10/2; Career: 41/2 Quickly: Smith is a fourth-year defensive lineman who was acquired by Denver in a trade with New England on Aug Regular Season: Listed as inactive (knee) in Denver s first two games... Made his Broncos debut at Oak. (9/27)... Recorded his first career sack at Bal. (11/1)... made his first career start vs. Pit. (11/9). Smith s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Games 1-2 INACTIVE at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 10/ Smith s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2007 (4), TOTAL (4). 79 Marcus Thomas DL Florida Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/0; Career: 44/21 Quickly: Thomas, who started all 16 games for the Broncos in 2008 and led all Denver defensive linemen with 57 tackles (sixth on the team), has played in all 12 games in Regular Season: Blocked an extra point attempt in the fourth quarter vs. S.D. (11/22) the first such block for the team since Regular Season: Started his second career NFL game at Cin. (9/13)... Led all defensive linemen with five tackles (4 solo) vs. Dal. (10/4)... Made a season-high six tackles at Bal. (11/1)... Led all defensive linemen with four tackles (3 solo) vs. Pit. (11/9) and forced a Ben Roethlisberger fumble on a sack that was recovered by OLB/DE Robert Ayers and returned 54 yards for a touchdown.

91 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies Thomas 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 12/ Additional Statistics: Blocked an extra point attempt vs. San Diego (11/22/09). Thomas Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Thomas Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Sacks None (none). Sack yards None (none). Interceptions 1, twice, last vs. Tampa Bay, 10/5/08 (none). Interception return yards 11 vs. Tampa Bay, 10/5/08 (none). OUTSIDE LBS /DEFENSIVE ENDS 56 Robert Ayers OLB/DE R Tennessee Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 11/0; Career: 11/0 Quickly: Ayers was selected by the Broncos in the first round (18 th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft from the University of Tennessee where he ranked third in the Southeastern Conference with 27.5 tackles for a loss during his final two seasons Regular Season: Made his regular-season NFL debut at Cin. (9/13)... Recorded his first NFL tackle at Oak. (9/27)... Recovered a fumble vs. Pit. (11/9) and returned it 54 yards for a touchdown for the longest fumble return score by a rookie in franchise history... Listed as inactive vs. S.D. (11/22). Ayers 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) INACTIVE vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 11/ Additional Statistics: Recovered a fumble vs. Pittsburgh (11/9/09) and returned it 54 yards for a touchdown. Special teams tackles 2009 (1). 92 Elvis Dumervil OLB/DE Louisville Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/11; Career: 57/42 Quickly: Dumervil, who leads the NFL with 15 sacks, has 41 career sacks (third in the NFL since 2006 when he was drafted). His 12 games with multiple sacks are second in the league during that span. He leads the league with 10 sacks on third down in 2009 a mark which is tied for second in league history in a single season since sacks were tracked starting in Regular Season: Started his first career regular-season game at the OLB/DE position at Cin. (9/13)... Tied a franchise record and had a career-high four sacks all in the second half vs. Cle. (9/20). The total tied for the most sacks in a game by an NFL linebacker since 2000 and marked only the fifth time in the league a linebacker had four sacks in a game during that time... Posted two sacks at Oak. (9/27)... Recorded third consecutive multi-sack game vs. Dal. (10/4)... Recovered a fumble in the fourth quarter vs. N.E. (10/11)... Recorded his NFL-leading fourth multi-sack game of the season (2-7) and forced a fumble at S.D. (10/19)... Recorded one and a half sacks vs. Pit. (11/9)... Had two sacks (11 yds.) and a forced fumble vs. NYG (11/26) to extend his league-leading sack total to 14 and set a career mark by surpassing his previous best season total (12.5 in 2007)... Recorded a sack (3 yds.) at K.C. (12/6). Dumervil s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Dumervil s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Dumervil s Single-Game Bests (Postseason): Sacks 4, vs. Cleveland, 9/20/09 (none). Sack yards 18 vs. Pittsburgh, 10/21/07 (none). Interceptions 1 at Buffalo, 9/9/07 (none). Interception return yards 27 at Buffalo, 9/9/07 (none). 57 Mario Haggan OLB/DE Miss. State Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/12; Career: 85/12 Quickly: Haggan, a 2009 team captain, is a starter in Denver s 3-4 defense after playing a reserve role in Buffalo s 4-3 alignment for the last six seasons... Haggan is the first player since TE Byron Chamberlain in 2001 to start 12 games in a season after playing in at least 73 games prior to that season without an NFL start to his credit... He is third on the team with nine special-teams tackles Regular Season: Made his first NFL start at Cin. (9/13) and recorded one of Denver s three sacks to go along with two special-teams stops... Posted a forced fumble and a specialteams stop at Oak. (9/27)... Made a season-high five tackles (4 solo) and had a special-teams stop vs. Pit. (11/9)... Tied a season high with five tackles and forced a fumble vs. NYG (11/26)... Forced a fumble at K.C. (12/6) which was recovered by teammate André Goodman and returned 30 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. Haggan s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles (9). Haggan s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2003 (1), 2004 (17), 2005 (17), 2006 (16), 2007 (7), 2008 (4), 2009 (9), TOTAL (70). Miscellaneous tackles 2006 (1), TOTAL (1). Haggan s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Sacks 1, three times, last at Cincinnati, 9/13/09 (none). Sack yards 10, at Cincinnati, 9/13/09 (none). Interceptions None (none). Interception return yards None (none). 94 Jarvis Moss OLB/DE Florida Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 4/0; Career: 22/1 Quickly: Moss played in 22 games for the Broncos and owns 39 career tackles to go along with 3.5 sacks Regular Season: Has played in four games for Denver in 2009.

92 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies Moss 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13) INACTIVE vs. Cle. (9/20) Games 3-7 INACTIVE vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) INACTIVE TOTALS 4/ Moss Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Moss Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Sacks 2 vs. Miami, 11/2/08 (none). Sack yards 9 vs. Miami, 11/2/08 (none). Interceptions None (none). Interception return yards None (none). 95 Darrell Reid OLB/DE Minnesota Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/0; Career: 67/2 Quickly: Reid is a fifth-year player who demonstrated the ability to play linebacker and defensive end as well as on special teams during his first four seasons with the Colts from He is second on the club with four sacks and tied for fourth with eight special-teams tackles Regular Season: Recorded a third-down sack of QB Carson Palmer in the third quarter at Cin. (9/13) and finished with two quarterback hurries... Led the club with two specialteams tackles vs. Cle. (9/20) and recovered a fumble on defense... Posted his second sack of the season at Oak. (9/27)... Recorded a special-teams tackle and saw short-yardage duty at linebacker vs. Dal. (10/4)... Recorded a sack and forced fumble on defense at S.D. (10/19) and added a special-teams tackle... Tallied three special-teams tackles at K.C. (12/6). Reid s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 11/ Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles (8). Reid s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2005 (2), 2006 (11), 2007 (21), 2008 (11), 2009 (8), TOTAL (53). Kick returns 2006 (1 for 3 yds.), 2007 (1 for 15 yds.), 2008 (1 for 12 yds.), TOTAL (3 for 30 yds., 10.0 avg., 15 LG). Reids Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Sacks 1, five times, last at San Diego, 10/19/09 (none). Sack yards 11 at San Diego, 10/19/09 (none). Interceptions None (none). Interception return yards None (none). Inside LINEBACKERS 54 Andra Davis ILB Florida Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/12; Career: 117/95 Quickly: Davis is an eighth-year linebacker who spent his first seven professional seasons with Cleveland, where he started at least 10 games during each of the last six campaigns. He is third on the club lead with 73 tackles through 12 games Regular Season: Led the club with three tackles for a loss at Cin. (9/13), including his first sack since Had a team-high 10 tackles, including two for a loss, vs. Cle. (9/20) playing against his former team... Was second on the club with nine tackles (8 solo) and recorded a quarterback sack at Bal. (11/1)... Recorded 12 tackles (7 solo) and a sack (7 yds.) at Was. (11/15). Davis 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Davis Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2002 (19), 2003 (2), 2004 (1), TOTAL (22). Davis Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Sacks 4 at Kansas City, 11/9/03 (none). Sack yards 20 at Kansas City, 11/9/03 (none). Interceptions 1, eight times, last at Buffalo, 11/17/08 (none). Interception return yards 30 at Cincinnati, 11/28/04 (none). 46 Spencer Larsen ILB/FB Arizona Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 6/1; Career 20/4 Quickly: Larsen, a fullback/linebacker hybrid, is tied for first on the team with 10 specialteams tackles all in the past six games which is second in the NFL during that span Regular Season: Missed Denver s first six games with a should injury... Made his 2009 debut at Bal. (11/1) and tied for the team lead with two special-teams tackles... Started at fullback and added a special-teams tackle at Was. (11/15)... Posted four solo special-teams tackles at K.C. (12/6) that that tied a Broncos record for a single game. Larsen s 2009 Defensive Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13) DID NOT PLAY Games 2-6 INACTIVE at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 4/ Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles (10). Returned a kickoff 13 yards vs. Pittsburgh (11/9/09). Larsen s Career Defensive Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2008 (9), 2009 (10), TOTAL (19). Miscellaneous tackles 2008 (1). Larsen s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Sacks None (none). Sack yards None (none). Interceptions None (none). Interception return yards None (none). 55 D.J. Williams ILB Miami Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/12; Career: 87/82 Quickly: Williams started Denver s first eight games of 2008 before suffering a knee injury in Week 9. He started Denver s final three games and still finished second on the team with 103 tackles (83 solo). According to press box statistics, he is sixth in the NFL with 8.3 tackles per game since He leads the team with 89 tackles in Regular Season: Was second on the club with 10 tackles at Cin. (9/13), including nine defensive stops at halftime... Led the Broncos with seven solo stops, including two tackles for a loss, and a forced fumble at Oak. (9/27)... Recorded nine solo tackles, including sack (1 yd.) vs. Dal. (10/4) to go along with a fumble recovery and two pass breakups. His fumble recovery set up Denver s first score as the Broncos notched 17 unanswered points to beat the Cowboys... Led the club with a season-high 11 tackles (8 solo) at Bal. (11/1)... Had a teamhigh two tackles for a loss vs. S.D. (11/22)... Posted a team-high eight solo tackles at K.C. (12/6).

93 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies Williams 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Williams Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2004 (8), 2005 (2), TOTAL (10). Special teams fumbles 2005 (1 FF), TOTAL (1 FF). Williams Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Sacks 1, eight times, last vs. N.Y. Giants, 11/26/09 (0.5 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/22/06). Sack yards 14 at Buffalo, 9/9/07 (3.5 vs. Pittsburgh, 1/22/06). Interceptions 1, twice, last vs. Pittsburgh, 10/21/07 (none). Interception return yards 10, at Tennessee, 12/25/04 (none). 59 Wesley Woodyard ILB Kentucky Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/0; Career: 28/6 Quickly: Woodyard has played in all 11 games in 2009 and is tied for fourth on the team with eight special-teams tackles Regular Season: Made his first career interception in the second quarter at Cin. (9/13) to thwart a Bengals drive in Denver territory... Had five tackles to go along with a forced fumble and a special-teams tackles vs. N.E. (10/11)... Was second on the club with seven tackles (6 solo) and added a special-teams tackle vs. Pit. (11/9)... Tallied three special-teams tackles at K.C. (12/6). Woodyard s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 12/ Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles (8). Woodyard s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2008 (11), 2009 (8), TOTAL (19). Woodyard s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Sacks None (none). Sack yards None (none). Interceptions 1, at Cincinnati, 9/13/09 (none). Interception return yards 0, at Cincinnati, 9/13/09 (none). CORNERBACKS 24 Champ Bailey CB Georgia Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/12; Career: 162/162 solo) at S.D. (10/19) to go along with a pass defensed and a forced fumble... made a seasonhigh 12 tackles (11 in the second half) vs. Pit. (11/9)... Recorded a special-teams tackle at K.C. (12/6). Bailey s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2009 (1). Bailey s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Receiving No. Yds. Avg. LG TD Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 1999 (12), 2000 (4), 2003 (1), 2007 (5), 2008 (3), TOTAL (25). Returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage in the second half vs. San Diego, 9/18/05. Returned an interception 65 yards for a touchdown at Dallas, 11/24/05. Returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown vs. San Francisco, 12/31/06. Returned 25 punts for 303 yards (12.1), with a long of 54 yards, and one kickoff for 17 yards. Totaled four receptions for 89 yards (22.3) with a long of 42 yards. Bailey s Broncos Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2007 (5), 2008 (3), 2009 (1), TOTAL (9). Bailey s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Interceptions 3, at Arizona, 10/17/99 (1, twice, last vs. New England, 1/14/06). Interception return yards 70, vs. San Francisco, 12/31/06 (100, vs. New England, 1/14/06). Sacks 1, twice, last vs. Buffalo, 12/21/08 (none). Sack yards 12, at Philadelphia, 11/14/99 (none). Receptions 2, vs. Arizona, 12/24/00 (none). Receiving yards 54, vs. Arizona, 12/24/00 (none). Longest reception 42, vs. Arizona, 12/24/00 (none). Receiving touchdowns None (none). Rushes 1, twice, last vs. Philadelphia, 9/16/02 (none). Rushing yards 7, vs. Arizona, 12/24/00 (none). Longest rush 7, vs. Arizona, 12/24/00 (none). Rushing touchdowns 1, vs. Arizona, 12/24/00 (none). Punt returns 5, three times, last vs. Dallas, 12/29/02 (none). Punt return yards 69, at Dallas, 11/28/02 (none). Longest punt return 54-yd. handoff vs. Dallas, 9/18/00 (none). Punt return touchdowns None (none). Kick returns 1, vs. Dallas, 12/29/02 (none). Kick return yards 17, vs. Dallas, 12/29/02 (none). Longest kick return 17, vs. Dallas, 12/29/02 (none). Kick return touchdowns None (none). 21 André Goodman CB South Carolina Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/12; Career: 99/67 Quickly: Goodman, who was signed by the Broncos on March 3, leads the team with four interceptions in Regular Season: Started his first game as a Bronco at Cin. (9/13)... Recorded his first interception as a Bronco at Oak. (9/27), picking off a JaMarcus Russell pass in the first quarter and returning it 30 yards... Recorded his first career sack at S.D. (10/19)... Recorded an interception (21 yds.) and led the club with three passes defensed vs. Pit. (11/9)... Had an interception (6 yds.) and three passes defensed vs. NYG (11/26)... Recorded three solo tackles, an interception (8 yds.) and recovered a fumble that he returned 30 yards for a touchdown at K.C. (12/6)... He became the first Bronco to record an interception and fumble recovery in the same game since LB Ian Gold on 11/19/07. Quickly: Bailey is currently tied for seventh all time among Broncos players with 26 career interceptions. He is in his 11 th NFL season and sixth with the Broncos Regular Season: Deflected a pass at Cin. (9/13), which was intercepted by LB Wesley Woodyard in the second quarter to thwart a Bengals drive in Denver territory... Was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week as he led all defensive backs with eight solo tackles to go along with an interception and three other pass breakups vs. Dal. (10/4). His interception of QB Tony Romo stopped a Dallas drive in Denver territory in the third quarter, and two of his passes defensed came on the Cowboys final two plays from scrimmage on third and fourth down from the Denver 2-yard line to preserve the win... Led the team with seven tackles (all

94 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies Goodman s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Goodman s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2002 (4), 2004 (5), 2005 (6), 2006 (6), 2008 (1), TOTAL (22). Goodman s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Interceptions 2 at N.Y. Jets, 12/28/08 (none). Interception return yards 55 at Kansas City, 12/21/08 (none). Sacks None (none). Sack yards None (none). 26 Ty Law CB Michigan Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 5/1; Career: 201/188 Quickly: Law, who was signed by the Broncos on Nov. 7, has played in five games with one start for the Broncos in Regular Season: Made his Broncos debut vs. Pit. (11/9) and finished with one tackle... Played in his 200th regular-season contest and started his first game as a Broncos vs. NYG (11/26). Law s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Games 1-7 NOT WITH TEAM vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 5/ Law s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Law s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Interceptions 3 vs. Buffalo, 1/1/06 (3 vs. Indianapolis, 1/18/04). Interception return yards 74 vs. New England, 12/26/05 (47 vs. St. Louis, 2/3/02). Sacks 1, four times, last at Pittsburgh, 10/15/06 (none). Sack yards 7 vs. Buffalo, 11/11/01 (none). 33 Alphonso Smith CB R Wake Forest Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 11/0; Career: 11/0 Quickly: Smith was selected by the Broncos in the second round (37 th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft from Wake Forest University where his 21 career interceptions ranked as the 10 th most in NCAA history and represented an Atlantic Coast Conference record Regular Season: Played in his first regular-season NFL game at Cin. (9/13). Smith s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) INACTIVE vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 11/ Punt Returns Kickoff Returns No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) INACTIVE vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles (1). SAFETIES 36 Josh Barrett S Arizona State Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 10/0; Career: 16/3 Quickly: Barrett has played in 10 games for Denver in 2009 and is tied for seventh on the club with six special-teams tackles Regular Season: Listed as inactive (shoulder) at Cin. (9/13)... made his 2009 debut vs. Cle. (9/20) and had a special-teams tackle... Made two special-teams tackles vs. Dal. (10/4)... Made a tackle on defense and special teams at S.D. (10/19)... Inactive (hamstring) at Was. (11/15)... Recorded a special-teams tackle vs. S.D. (11/22). Barrett s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13) INACTIVE vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) INACTIVE vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 10/ Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles (6). Barrett s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2008 (5), 2009 (6), TOTAL (11). Barrett s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Sacks None (none). Sack yards None (none). Interceptions 1 at Carolina, 12/14/08 (none). Interception return yards 34 at Carolina, 12/14/08 (none). 30 David Bruton S R Notre Dame Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 11/0; Career: 11/0 Quickly: Bruton was selected by the Broncos in the fourth round (114 th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft from the University of Notre Dame where he recorded seven interceptions over his last two seasons established himself as one of the best special-teams gunners in the country. He is tied for third on the club with eight special teams tackles in Regular Season: Made his NFL regular-season debut at Cin. (9/13) and recorded a special-teams tackle...notched two special-teams tackles at S.D. (10/19)... Tied for the team lead with two special-teams stops at Bal. (11/1)... Inactive vs. Pit. (11/9)... Recorded two special-teams tackles vs. NYG (11/26).

95 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies Bruton s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) INACTIVE at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 11/ Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles (9). 20 Brian Dawkins S Clemson Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/12; Career: 195/194 Quickly: Dawkins, who signed with the Broncos on Feb. 28 after playing his first 13 NFL seasons with Philadelphia, has posted the fourth-most Pro Bowl selections (7) by a safety in league annals. He is second on the club with 82 tackles Regular Season: In his first regular-season game with the Broncos at Cin. (9/13), he led the club with 11 tackles (7 solo), his most since posting 15 tackles vs. NYG (11/9/08) as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles... Had two pass breakups and fumble recovery vs. Cle. (9/20)... Had a fumble recovery (56th career takeaway) for the second straight week at Oak. (9/27)... Recorded three pass breakups vs. N.E. (10/11)... Tallied a season-high 14 tackles (12 solo) at Was. (11/15)... Recorded a team-high eight solo tackles to go along with two passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery vs. NYG (11/26)... Led the Broncos with two tackles for a loss at K.C. (12/6). Dawkins 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Dawkins Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR , Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 1996 (11), 1997 (8), 1998 (3), 2000 (1), TOTAL (23). Caught a 57-yard touchdown pass vs. Houston (9/29/02). Dawkins Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Sacks 2 vs. Arizona, 11/19/00 (1, twice, last at Minnesota, 1/4/09). Sack yards 19 vs. New England, 12/19/99 (12 vs. Minnesota, 1/16/05). Interceptions 2 at Washington, 12/16/01 (1, four times, last vs. Atlanta, 1/23/05). Interception return yards 67 at Miami, 10/24/99 (35 vs. Green Bay, 1/11/04). 23 Renaldo Hill S Michigan State Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/12; Career: 122/95 Quickly: Hill, who signed with Denver on March 2, has started 55 career games at safety and 42 career contests at cornerback (including postseason) Regular Season: Made his regular-season Broncos debut at Cin. (9/13) and tied for second among defensive backs with seven tackles... Made his first interception as a Bronco at Oak. (9/27), returning it 18 yards and setting up Denver s first touchdown... Recorded a sack and forced fumble vs. Dal. (10/4) which was recovered by Denver to set up the team s first score in a string of 17 unanswered points to beat the Cowboys... Led the team with nine tackles (8 solo) vs. S.D. (11/22)... Led the Broncos with three passes defensed and recorded his second interception of the season at K.C. (12/6). Hill s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13)* vs. Cle. (9/20)* at Oak. (9/27)* vs. Dal. (10/4)* vs. N.E. (10/11)* at S.D. (10/19)* at Bal. (11/1)* vs. Pit. (11/9)* at Was. (11/15)* vs. S.D. (11/22)* vs. NYG (11/26)* at K.C. (12/6)* TOTALS 12/ Hill s Career Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles 2001 (3), 2002 (7), 2005 (3), 2006 (3), 2008 (3), TOTAL (19). Returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown vs. St. Louis (11/23/03) and scored on a 48-yard fumble recovery vs. Minnesota (11/19/06). Hill s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Interceptions 2 vs. St. Louis, 11/23/03 (none). Interception return yards 96 vs. St. Louis, 11/23/03 (none). Sacks 1, four times, last vs. St. Louis, 12/19/04 (none). Sack yards 12 vs. St. Louis, 12/19/04 (none). 31 Darcel McBath S R Texas Tech Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/0; Career: 12/0 Quickly: McBath was selected by the Broncos in the second round (48 th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft from Texas Tech University where he started every game during his final three seasons as a Red Raider. He is tied for the club lead with 10 special-teams tackles in Regular Season: Recorded two special-teams tackles in his regular-season NFL debut at Cin. (9/13)... Made his first career interception in the closing seconds vs. Cle. (9/20) in just his second NFL game... Had three special-teams tackles and downed a punt inside the opponent 5-yard line vs. N.E. (10/11)... Made two special-teams stops and three defensive tackles at S.D. (10/19)... Recorded a career-high seven tackles (6 solo) vs. S.D. (11/22). McBath s 2009 Totals G S UT A TT S-Yds I-Yds PD FF FR at Cin. (9/13) vs. Cle. (9/20) at Oak. (9/27) vs. Dal. (10/4) vs. N.E. (10/11) at S.D. (10/19) at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 12/ Additional Statistics: Special teams tackles (10). SPECIALISTS 17 Mitch Berger P Colorado Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 6/0; Career: 183/0 Quickly: Berger, who finished fifth in the NFL in opponent punt return average (6.4 yds.) as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008, signed with the Broncos on Oct Regular Season: Made his Broncos debut at Bal. (11/1)... Punted four times for a 42.3 net average, including a 65-yard punt at Was. (11/15)... Finished with a 46.0 net average on three punts vs. S.D. (11/22) with a long of 54. Berger s 2009 Totals Opp. Ret. G S No. Yds. Avg. Net TB In20 LG B Ret. Yds. Games 1-6 NOT WITH TEAM at Bal. (11/1) vs. Pit. (11/9) at Was. (11/15) vs. S.D. (11/22) vs. NYG (11/26) at K.C. (12/6) TOTALS 6/0 28 1,

96 Denver Broncos Updated Player Biographies Berger s Career Totals Opp. Ret. G S No. Yds. Avg. Net TB In20 LG B Ret. Yds , ,200 Additional Statistics: Kickoffs 551 for 36,930 yds., 67.0 avg., 94 TBs. Passing 0-of-3, 0 yds., 1 INT. Rushing 3 for 0 yds., 0.0 avg. Forced fumbles 2000 (1), TOTAL (1). Fumble recoveries 1999 (1), 2007 (1), TOTAL (2*). *Total incomplete. Berger s Single-Game Bests (Postseason): Punts 10, at Carolina, 1/2/05 (7, twice, last vs. Baltimore, 1/18/09). Gross punt average 60.5 vs. San Francisco, 10/24/99 (51.0 vs. Oakland, 9/19/99). Net punt average 51.0 vs. Oakland, 9/19/99 (42.0, twice, last vs. San Diego, 1/11/09). Longest Punt 75, vs. San Francisco, 10/24/99 (63 vs. Atlanta, 1/17/99). Punts inside the 20 5, twice, last at Indianapolis, 12/24/00 (2, five times, last at New York Giants, 1/14/01). Prater s Single-Game Career Bests (Postseason): Field goals made 4, twice, last vs. N.Y. Giants, 11/26/09 (none). Field goals attempted 5, at Kansas City, 9/28/08 (none). Longest field goal made 56 at Kansas City, 9/28/08 (none). Longest field goal attempted 57 vs. Buffalo, 12/21/08 (none). Consecutive field goals made 11, 10/19/09-12/6/09 (none). PATs made 5, twice, last at Kansas City, 12/6/09 (none). PATs attempted 5, twice, last at Kansas City, 12/6/09 (none). Consecutive PATs made 38, 9/16/07-12/28/08 (none); Points scored 14, twice, last at Kansas City, 12/6/09 (none). Consecutive games with a field goal 7 at Minnesota, 9/9/07-vs. Jacksonville, 10/12/08 (none). Kickoffs 9, at Kansas City, 12/6/09 (none. Touchbacks on kickoffs 5 vs. N.Y. Giants, 11/26/09 (none). 66 Lonie Paxton LS Sacramento State Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/0; Career: 153/0 Quickly: Paxton, who was signed by the Broncos on Feb. 27, is in his 10 th NFL season after spending his previous nine years in New England Regular Season: Paxton made his Broncos regular-season debut at Cin. (9/13)... Played in his 100th consecutive game (regular season and playoffs) at Was. (11/15). Additional Career Statistics: Special teams tackles 2000 (1), 2001 (1), 2002 (1), 2003 (1), 2004 (1), 2005 (3), 2006 (3), 2007 (2), 2008 (1), TOTAL (14). Recovered a fumble on punt coverage at St. Louis (11/7/04). 5 Matt Prater K Central Florida Regular Season Games Played/Games Started: 2009: 12/0; Career: 32/0 Quickly: Prater has connected on 6-of-7 from 50 yards or longer in his career. His five 50+yarders in 2008 were third in the NFL and tied for the most in Broncos history for a season. He has converted on a career-high 11 consecutive field goal attempts Regular Season: Was a perfect 2-of-2 on field goals at Cin. (9/13), including a 50- yarder in the third quarter his fifth field goal of 50 or more yards in his career... Was 2-of-4 on field goals against a gusty wind vs. Cle. (9/20)... Made all three field goal attempts at Oak (9/27) while sending all six of his kickoffs into the end zone. (3 TBs)... Made a game-winning 41-yard field goal in overtime vs. N.E. (10/11)... Connected on all four field goal attempts (26, 32, 47, 24) vs. NYG (11/26) and sent all seven kickoffs into the end zone, resulting in five touchbacks. His 14 points scored and five touchbacks were both career highs... Tied his career high with 14 points (3/3 FG, 5/5 PAT) at K.C. (12/6). Prater s 2009 Totals Field Goals PATs G Total Pct. Md./Att. Pct. Pts. at Cin / vs. Cle / at Oak / vs. Dal / vs. N.E / at S.D / at Bal / vs. Pit / at Was / vs. S.D / vs. NYG / at K.C / TOTALS / Additional Statistics: Kickoffs 2009 (56 for 3,854 yds., 68.8 avg., 16 TB). Prater s Career Totals Field Goals PATs G Total Pct. Md./Att. Pct. Pts / Additional Statistics: Kickoffs 2007 (11 for 756 yds., 68.7 avg., 5 TBs), Kickoffs 2008 (82 for 5,387 yds., 65.7 avg., 19 TBs), Kickoffs 2009 (56 for 3,854 yds., 68.8 avg., 16 TB) TOTAL (149 for 9,997 yds., 67.1 avg., 40 TBs). Special teams tackles 2008 (3), TOTAL (3). Prater s Broncos Totals Field Goals PATs G Total Pct. Md./Att. Pct. Pts /

97 LANCE BALL ND YR. MARYLAND BORN: June 19, 1985, in Teaneck, N.J. HIGH SCHOOL: Teaneck High School, Teaneck, N.J. ACQUIRED: Free Agent, 2009 NFL YEAR: 2nd YEAR WITH BRONCOS: 1st NFL GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 1/0 POSTSEASON: 0/0 RUNNING BACK BALL AT A GLANCE: A second-year running back who appeared in one game with Indianapolis in 2008 before joining Denver s practice squad on Nov. 3, Played in Indianapolis regular-season finale against Tennessee and averaged 6.4 yards on 13 carries to total 83 yards, including a 23-yard scamper. Spent time on the practice squads on St. Louis, Indianapolis and Tennessee during his career. Earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition as a sophomore at the University of Maryland after totaling 903 yards and six touchdowns on 189 carries. Entered the NFL with St. Louis as a college free agent on May 15, CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by St. Louis as a college free agent 5/15/08; Waived by St. Louis 8/30/08; Signed by St. Louis (practice squad) 9/1/08; Waived by St. Louis 9/30/08; Signed by Indianapolis (practice squad) 10/15/08; Signed by Indianapolis (active roster) 12/26/08; Waived by Indianapolis 9/5/09; Signed by Tennessee (practice squad) 10/8/09; Waived by Tennessee 10/27/09; Signed by Denver (practice squad) 11/3/09. lance ball s Career Game-by-Game (Victories asterisked) 2008 indianapolis (12-4) RUSHING RECEIVING SCORING Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD 2pt. Pts. Games 1-4 SPENT SEPT ON ST. LOUIS PRACTICE SQUAD Games 5-6 OUT OF FOOTBALL Games 7-15 ON INDIANAPOLIS PRACTICE SQUAD Dec 28 vs. Tennessee P Regular Season Totals 1/ Jan 9 at San Diego INACTIVE Postseason Totals AFC Wild Card Game 0/ : Ball, who entered the NFL with St. Louis as a college free agent on May 15, 2008, appeared in one game with Indianapolis as a rookie... Declared inactive for Indianapolis playoff game at S.D. (1/3)... Totaled 13 carries for 83 yards (6.4 avg.), including a 23-yard run, with a 5-yard catch for the Colts vs. Ten. (12/28)... Started the season on St. Louis practice squad before joining Indianapolis practice squad on Oct Signed to the Colts active roster on Dec. 26 before making his pro debut against Tennessee two days later. COLLEGE: Ball earned three letters at the University of Maryland where he played in 41 games (19 starts)... Totaled 549 carries for 2,487 yards (4.5 avg.) and 26 touchdowns... Ranks fourth in school history in rushing yards and is tied for fourth in rushing touchdowns... Started four games and amassed 768 yards on 182 carries (4.2 avg.) with 12 touchdowns along with 18 catches for 88 yards as a senior... Appeared in 13 games (11 starts) as a junior and compiled 815 yards on 174 attempts (4.7 avg.) with eight scores while making 11 grabs for 60 yards... Chosen second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference as a sophomore after racking up 903 yards on 189 carries (4.8 avg.) with six touchdowns while catching 18 balls for 153 yards... Appeared in four games as a redshirt freshman... Redshirted in PERSONAL: Ball rushed for 3,403 yards and 39 touchdowns in his career at Teaneck High School... Totaled 1,473 yards on 240 carries (6.1 avg.) and 18 touchdowns as a senior to merit first-team all-state, all-county and all-league selections... Amassed 171 carries for 1,591 yards (9.3 avg.) and 20 touchdowns as a junior when he collected All-Northern New Jersey, all-county and all-league accolades... Ran track and played baseball at Teaneck High School... Lance Ball, who was born June 19, 1985, in Teaneck, N.J., holds degree in family studies and minored in community health. ball s REGULAR SEASON RECORD RUSHING RECEIVING SCORING Year Club G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD No. Yds. Avg. LG TD TD TDr TDp TDrt 2pt Pts Indianapolis CAREER TOTALS ball s Single-Game Highs (Postseason in parentheses) Rushes 18 vs. Tennessee, 12/28/08 (none). Rushing yards 83 vs. Tennessee, 12/28/08 (none). Longest rush 23 vs. Tennessee, 12/28/08 (none). Rushing touchdowns None (none). Receptions 1 vs. Tennessee, 12/28/08 (none). Receiving yards 5 vs. Tennessee, 12/28/08 (none). Longest reception 5 vs. Tennessee, 12/28/08 (none). Receiving touchdowns None (none).

98 MITCH BERGER TH YR. COLORADO BORN: June 24, 1972, in Kamloops, B.C. HIGH SCHOOL: North Delta High School, Vancouver, B.C. ACQUIRED: Free Agent, 2009 NFL YEAR: 16th YEAR WITH BRONCOS: 1st NFL GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 177/0 POSTSEASON: 12/0 PUNTER BERGER AT A GLANCE: A 16th-year punter who helped Pittsburgh win Super Bowl XLIII capping the 2008 season. Selected to play in two Pro Bowls (1999 and 2004) and since 1999, he ranks fifth in the NFL in both gross (43.4) and net (36.6) average (min. 500 punts). Totaled 796 punts for 34,221 yards (43.0 avg.) with 252 downed inside-the-20 and only 76 touchbacks in 177 games. Played for Philadelphia (1994), Minnesota ( ), St. Louis (2002), New Orleans ( ), Arizona (2007) and Pittsburgh (2008). Named to the University of Colorado s All-Decade team for the 1990s. Selected by Philadelphia in the sixth round (193rd overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft. CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Philadelphia as a draft choice 7/7/94; Waived by Philadelphia 10/10/94; Signed by Cincinnati (practice squad) 10/14/94; Signed by Chicago 3/10/95; Waived by Chicago 5/4/95; Signed by Indianapolis 5/15/95; Waived by Indianapolis 8/22/95; Claimed off waivers by Green Bay 8/23/95; Waived by Green Bay 8/27/95; Signed by Chicago 11/8/95; Waived by Chicago 11/13/95; Signed by Minnesota 4/19/96; Placed on injured reserve (knee/neck) by Minnesota 12/18/01; Released by Minnesota 2/22/02; Signed by St. Louis 4/22/02; Signed by New Orleans as an unrestricted free agent 3/10/03; Placed on injured reserve (pelvis) by New Orleans 9/5/06; Released by New Orleans 4/26/07; Signed by Arizona 11/29/07; Signed by Pittsburgh 8/11/08; Waived by Pittsburgh 11/5/08; Signed by Pittsburgh 11/24/08; Signed by Denver 10/26/ : Berger, who joined Pittsburgh on Aug. 11, appeared in 13 games for the Steelers booting 66 punts for 2,728 yards (41.3 avg.) landing 19 inside-the-20 with only four touchbacks, helping Pittsburgh win Super Bowl XLIII... Limited opponents to 38 returns for 243 yards, yielding a net average of 36.4 yards per punt... Waived by Pittsburgh on Nov. 5 and missed three games before rejoining the team on Nov Also appeared in each of Pittsburgh s three postseason contests, totaling 14 punts for 595 yards (42.5 avg.) with one inside-the-20 and also added a special-teams tackle... In an AFC Divisional Game vs. S.D. (1/11), Berger punted four times for 192 yards (48.0 avg.) with a long of 51 yards and a net average of In the AFC Championship Game vs. Bal. (1/18) he punted seven times for 264 yards (37.7 avg.) with a long of 51 yards while adding a solo tackle... In Super Bowl XLIII vs. Ari. (2/1), Berger punted three times for 139 yards (46.3 avg.), including one punt insidethe Had a season-high four punts downed inside-the-20 at Cle. (9/14)... Added a special-teams tackle vs. NYG (10/26). 2007: Berger appeared in Arizona s last five regular-season games, totaling 20 punts for 813 yards (40.7 avg.), including six inside-the Joined the Cardinals on Nov Made his Cardinals debut vs. Cle. (12/2) and punted five times for a 40.2 yard average with a long of 53 yards. 2006: Spent the season on New Orleans injured reserve list due to a pelvis injury. 2005: In his third season with New Orleans, Berger appeared in all 16 games and placed second in the NFC in net average (38.7) and sixth in gross average (43.2) as he punted 71 times for 3,066 yards... Placed 28 punts inside the 20-yard line, tying his career high (2004)... Placed three punts inside the 20 at Min. (9/25)... Punted six times for 285 yards (47.5 avg.) with a net average of 43.8 at G.B. (10/9)... At Stl. (10/23), Berger placed three inside the 20, while contributing a special teams tackle. 2004: Earned his second trip to the Pro Bowl after leading the league with a 39.0-yard net average for New Orleans... Averaged 43.6 yards on 85 punts, pinning his opponents inside the 20-yard line 28 times... Became just the second punter in Saints history (Brian Hansen in 1984) to earn a trip to a postseason all-star game... Had three punts downed inside the 20 vs. Sea. (9/12) and vs. T.B. (10/10)... Voted NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for the fourth time in his career after recording 230 yards (46.0 avg.) on five punts, with four punts downed inside the 20 at Dal. (12/12)... Had a career-high 10 punts for a career-best 402 yards (40.2 avg.) at Car. (1/2). 2003: Turned in solid season in first year with the Saints, averaging 44.3 yards on 71 punts and leading the NFC with a 38.2 net average... Placed 28 punts inside the opponent s 20 and added three special-teams tackles... Punted five times for 230 yards (46.0 avg.) with a long of 56 in his Saints debut at Sea. (9/7)... Had three punts downed inside the 20 in both contests against Carolina (10/5, 10/26)... At T.B. (11/2), Berger proved to be a valuable weapon in battle of field position by recording seven punts for 327 yards (46.7 avg.) with two inside the Had a punt blocked late in the first half, ending streak of 473 consecutive punts without a block vs. T.B. (12/7). 2002: After joining St. Louis in the offseason, Berger tied for seventh in the NFC with a 41.9-yard average on 72 punts for 3,020 yards... Tied for fifth in NFC by placing 26 boots inside the 20 while recording 10 touchbacks and a long of 64 yards... Had four punts downed inside the 20 vs. Oak. (10/13)... Placed three punts inside the 20 vs. Ari. (12/15). 2001: Berger played in 12 games for Minnesota and averaged 43.5 yards on 47 punts with 10 inside-the-20, 10 touchbacks and a long of Made four special teams tackles... Placed on Reserve/Injured List on Dec. 18 with knee and neck injuries... Punted six times for 253 yards (42.2 avg.) with two downed inside the 20 at Chi (9/23)... Was inactive at Det. (12/16) before being placed on the injured reserve list on Dec : Averaged 44.7 yards on 62 punts for 2,773 yards with a long of 60, 11 touchbacks, and 16 punts inside the Punted 11 times in the postseason for 39.5-yard average with a long of 54 and two landing inside the Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Det. (11/30) in Week Set Vikings record for most 50+ yard punts in a season with Earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Month honors for December, punting 15 times in three games for a 48.2-yard average with a long of 57 and six inside the Appeared in both of Minnesota s postseason contests, totaling 11 punts for 435 yards (39.5 avg.) with a pair of punts downed inside the Punted five times for 225 yards (45.0 avg.) with a long of 54 in a NFC Divisional Game vs. N.O. (1/6)... NFC Championship Game 1/14 at New York Giants: Punted six times for 210 yards (35.0 avg.) with two punts downed inside the 20 in the NFC Championship Game at NYG (1/14)... Punted a season-high seven times for a season-high 322 yards (46.0 avg.) with five punts downed inside the 20 and a long of 56 at Ind. (12/24). 1999: Berger earned his first twip to the Pro Bowl after leading the NFC and placing second in the league with a 45.4 gross average and a 38.4 net punting average... Punted 61 times for 2,769 yards (45.4 avg.)... Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September... Earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his performance vs. G.B. (12/20) after six punts for a season-high 281 yards (46.8 avg.) with a net average of In two postseason contests, Berger punted 10 times for a 44.2-yard average with two touchbacks and one inside the Punted five times for 204 yards (40.8 avg.) in a NFC Wild Card Game vs. Dal. (1/9)... Punted five times for 238 yards (47.6 avg.) in a NFC Divisional game at Stl. (1/16)... Recovered a fumble at Atl. (9/12)... Booted a career-long 75-yard punt vs. S.F. (10/24). 1998: Punted 55 times for a 44.7-yard average with a long of 67 and 17 punts inside the Placed third in the NFC and seventh in the league with a 44.7 gross average... Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for back-to-back performances [(4 punts, 55.8 avg., 66 LG vs. Cin. (11/15) and 3 punts, 54.3 avg., 56 LG vs. G.B. (11/22)]... Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for November, punting 16 times in five games for a 47.2-yard average, with a long of 66 and four placed inside the Appeared in both of the Vikings postseason games, totaling five punts for 247 yards (49.4 avg.)... Set a team record for kickoff touchbacks in a playoff game with five in a NFC Divisional Playoff Game vs. Ari. (1/10)... Punted four times for 203 yards (50.8 avg.) with two punts downed inside the 20 and a long of 63 in the NFC Championship Game vs. Atl. (1/17)... Punted four times for 223 yards (55.8 avg.) with a long of 66 vs. Cin. (11/15). 1997: Punted 73 times for a 42.9-yard average with a long of 65 for Minnesota while placing 22 punts insidethe Finished fifth in the NFC in punting average (42.9)... Punted 13 times in the postseason for 33.8-yard average with a long of 44 and four inside the Punted six times for 231 yards (38.5 avg.) with two punts downed inside the 20 in a NFC Wild Card Game at NYG (12/27)... Punted seven times for 209 yards (29.9 avg.) with two punts downed inside the 20 in a NFC Divisional Playoff Game at S.F. (1/3)... Missed Minnesota s first two regular-season games due to a hip injury... Made his season debut vs. T.B. (9/14)... Had three punts downed inside the 20 vs. Phi. (9/28)... Had three punts downed inside the 20 at T.B. (10/26)... Established season highs with eight punts for 372 yards (46.5 avg.) with two punts inside the 20 vs. G.B. (12/1)... Placed three punts inside the 20 vs. Det. (12/14). 1996: After joining Minnesota as a free agent, Berger registered 88 punts for a 41.1-yard average with a long of 63 and 26 landing inside the Also led the league with 28 punts that were fair caught... Finished third in the NFC and tied for fourth in NFL in punts inside the 20 with Handled the kickoff duties and tied for fourth in the league with 17 touchbacks... Tied for fourth on the squad with 10 special-teams tackles... Punted twice in the postseason for a 39.5-yard average with a long of 48 yards, both ending inside the In a NFC Wild Card Game at Dal. (12/28), Berger punted twice for 79 yards (39.5 avg.) with both punts landing inside the Punted a season-high nine times, including five punts downed inside the 20, at Chi. (9/15)... Had a punt blocked vs. Chi. (10/28)... Had four punts downed inside the 20 vs. K.C. (11/3). 1995: In his second pro season, Berger did not appear in any games... Signed with Chicago on March 7 before being waived on May 4... Joined Indianapolis on May 16 and spent training camp with the Colts before being waived on Aug Claimed off waivers by Green Bay on Aug. 24, but was waived on Aug Out of football until re-joining Chicago on Nov On the active roster, but declared inactive for the team s game at G.B. (11/12) and was waived the next day. 1994: Selected by Philadelphia in the sixth round (193rd overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft, Berger appeared in five games, punting 25 times for 951 yards (38.0 avg.), including a 57-yarder, with eight downed inside the Opened the season as Philadelphia s punter, but was waived on Oct Joined Cincinnati s practice squad on Oct. 13 before being waived on Nov In his pro debut at NYG (9/4), Berger punted six times for 251 yards (41.8 avg.) with a long of Punted a season-high seven times for 280 yards (40.0 avg.) with two punts downed inside the 20 and a season-long of 57 vs. G.B. (9/18).

99 COLLEGE: Berger finished his collegiate career at the University of Colorado where he punted 168 times for 7,177 yards (42.7 avg.) with a long of 74 yards and 44 punts downed inside the Also connected on 19-of- 32 field goals (59.4%) and 54-of-56 extra points (96.4%) for 111 career points... As a senior in 1993, Berger played in all 11 games and was named first-team All-American after punting 57 times for 2,320 yards (40.7 avg.) with 16 punts downed inside the Connected on 13-of-19 field goals and 37-of-39 PATs for a total of 76 points... Punted 53 times for 2,493 yards (47.0 avg.) and connected on 6-of-12 field goals and all 16 extra points for a total of 34 points in Was the lone player in the top five in the nation in gross punting average (second, 47.0) and net average (second, 42.5)... Played in all 11 games in his first season at Colorado, where he punted 58 times for 2,364 yards (40.8 avg.) with 19 punts downed inside the 20 in Missed his only field goal attempt and converted his lone extra point attempt... Earned honorable mention All-America honors in 1990 at Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas. PERSONAL: Selected as all-provincial as punter and kicker at North Delta High School in Vancouver, B.C., as a senior his first year of football... Also intercepted six passes and completed 76-of-150 passes for 1,250 yards with eight touchdowns... Named to the University of Colorado s Team of the Decade for the 1990s... Brother, Mike, was All-Canadian basketball player at Vancouver Community College... Mitch Shannon Berger was born June 24, 1972, in Kamloops, British Columbia. berger s regular Season Record Year Club G S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk Philadelphia Chicago Minnesota , Minnesota , Minnesota , Minnesota , Minnesota , Minnesota , St. Louis , New Orleans , New Orleans , New Orleans , New Orleans RESERVE/INJURED 2007 Arizona Pittsburgh , CAREER TOTALS , ADDITIONAL STATISTICS: Kickoffs 1994 (14 for 844 yds., 60.3 avg., 2 TBs), 1996 (67 for 4,620 yds., 69.0 avg., 15 TBs), 1997 (31 for 2,071 yds., 66.8 avg., 4 TBs), 1998 (112 for 7,898 yds., 70.5 avg., 40 TBs), 1999 (77 for 5,246 yds., 68.1 avg., 13 TBs), 2000 (58 for 3,893 yds., 67.1 avg., 10 TBs), 2001 (47 for 3,003 yds., 63.9 avg., 3 TBs), 2003 (52 for 3,359 yds., 64.6 avg., 2 TBs), 2004 (37 for 2,420 yds., 65.4 avg., 1 TB), 2005 (52 for 3,363 avg., 64.7 avg., 4 TBs), 2007 (1 for 52 yds., 52.0 avg., 0 TB), 2008 (3 for 161 yds., 53.7 avg., 0 TB), TOTALS (551 for 36,930 yds., 67.0 avg., 94 TBs). Special teams tackles 1994 (3), 1996 (9), 1997 (2), 1998 (3), 1999 (1), 2000 (4), 2001 (5), 2002 (1), 2003 (2), 2004 (3), 2005 (1), 2007 (1), 2008 (2), TOTALS (37). Rushing 1997 (1 for 0 yds., 0.0 avg., 0 LG, 0 TD), 2007 (1 for 0 yds., 0.0 avg., 0 LG, 0 TD), 2008 (1 for 0 yds., 0.0 avg., 0 LG, 0 TD), TOTALS (3 for 0 yds., 0.0 avg. 0 LG, 0 TD). Passing 2000 (0-for-1, 0 yds., 1 INT, 0.0 rtg.), 2001 (0-for-1, 0 yds., 39.6 rtg.), 2003 (0-for-1, 0 yds., 39.6 rtg.), TOTALS (0-for-3, 0 yds., 1 INT, 0.0 rtg.). Fumbles 1999 (1 FR), 2000 (1 FF), 2007 (1 FR), TOTALS (1 FF, 2 FR). berger s postseason Record Year Club G S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Pittsburgh CAREER TOTALS , ADDITIONAL STATISTICS: Kickoffs 1996 (3 for 219 yds., 73.0 avg., 2 TBs), 1997 (8 for 452 yds., 56.5 avg., 1 TB), 1998 (14 for 1,047 yds., 74.8 avg., 7 TBs), 1999 (9 for 597 yds., 66.3 avg., 2 TBs), 2000 (8 for 531 yds., 66.4 avg., 0 TB), 2008 (1 for 53 yds., 53.0 avg., 0 TB), TOTAL (43 for 2,899 yds., 67.4 avg., 12 TBs). Special teams tackles 1998 (1), 1999 (1), 2008 (1), TOTAL (3). Fumbles 2008 (1 FF), TOTAL (1 FF). berger s Single-Game Highs (postseason in parentheses) Punts 10 at Carolina, 1/2/05 (7, twice, last vs. Baltimore, 1/18/09). Gross punt average 60.5 vs. San Francisco, 10/24/99 (50.8 vs. Atlanta, 1/17/99). Net punt average 51.0 vs. Oakland, 9/19/99 (42.0, twice, last vs. San Diego, 1/11/09). Longest punt 75 vs. San Francisco, 10/24/99 (63 vs. Atlanta, 1/17/99). Punts inside the 20 5, twice, last at Indianapolis, 12/24/00 (2, 5 times, last at N.Y. Giants, 1/14/01). mitch berger s Career Game-by-Game (Victories asterisked) 1994 philadelphia (7-9) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Sep 4 at N.Y. Giants P Sep 12 vs. Chicago* P Sep 18 vs. Green Bay* P Oct 2 at San Francisco* P Oct 9 vs. Washington* P WAIVED BY PHILADELPHIA ON OCT. 10 Regular Season Totals 5/ CHICAGO (9-7) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Games 1-9 NOT WITH TEAM Nov 12 at Green Bay INACTIVE WAIVED BY CHICAGO ON NOV. 13 Regular Season Totals 0/ minnesota (9-7) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Sep 1 vs. Detroit* P Sep 8 at Atlanta* P Sep 15 at Chicago* P Sep 22 vs. Green Bay* P Sep 29 at N.Y. Giants P Oct 6 vs. Carolina* P Oct 13 at Tampa Bay P Oct 28 vs. Chicago P Nov 3 vs. Kansas City P Nov 10 at Seattle P Nov 17 at Oakland* P Nov 24 vs. Denver P Dec 1 vs. Arizona* P Dec 8 at Detroit* P Dec 15 vs. Tampa Bay* P Dec 22 at Green Bay P Regular Season Totals 16/0 88 3, Dec 28 at Dallas P Postseason Totals NFC Wild Card Game 1/ minnesota (9-7) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Games 1-2 INACTIVE Sep 14 vs. Tampa Bay P Sep 21 at Green Bay P Sep 28 vs. Philadelphia* P Oct 5 at Arizona* P Oct 12 vs. Carolina* P Oct 26 at Tampa Bay* P Nov 2 vs. New England* P Nov 9 vs. Chicago* P Nov 16 at Detroit P Nov 23 at N.Y. Jets P Dec 1 vs. Green Bay P Dec 7 at San Francisco P Dec 14 vs. Detroit P Dec 21 vs. Indianapolis* P Regular Season Totals 14/0 73 3, Dec 28 at N.Y. Giants * P Jan 3 at San Francisco P Postseason Totals 2/ NFC Wild Card Game; NFC Divisional Playoff Game

100 1998 minnesota (15-1) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Sep 6 vs. Tampa Bay* P Sep 13 at St. Louis* P Sep 20 vs. Detroit* P Sep 27 at Chicago* P Oct 5 at Green Bay* P Oct 18 vs. Washington* P Oct 25 at Detroit* P Nov 1 at Tampa Bay P Nov 8 vs. New Orleans* P Nov 15 vs. Cincinnati* P Nov 22 vs. Green Bay* P Nov 26 at Dallas* P Dec 6 vs. Chicago* P Dec 13 at Baltimore* P Dec 20 vs. Jacksonville* P Dec 26 at Tennessee* P Regular Season Totals 16/0 55 2, Jan 10 vs. Arizona * P Jan 17 vs. Atlanta # P Postseason Totals 2/ NFC Divisional Playoff Game; # NFC Championship Game minnesota (10-6) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Sep 12 at Atlanta* P Sep 19 vs. Oakland P Sep 26 at Green Bay P Oct 3 vs. Tampa Bay* P Oct 10 vs. Chicago P Oct 17 at Detroit P Oct 24 vs. San Francisco* P Oct 31 at Denver* P Nov 8 vs. Dallas* P Nov 14 at Chicago* P Nov 28 vs. San Diego* P Dec 6 at Tampa Bay P Dec 12 at Kansas City P Dec 20 vs. Green Bay* P Dec 26 at N.Y. Giants* P Jan 2 vs. Detroit* P Regular Season Totals 16/0 61 2, Jan 9 vs. Dallas * P Jan 16 at St. Louis P Postseason Totals 2/ NFC Wild Card Game; NFC Divisional Playoff Game minnesota (11-5) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Sep 3 vs. Chicago* P Sep 10 vs. Miami* P Sep 17 at New England* P Oct 1 at Detroit* P Oct 9 vs. Tampa Bay* P Oct 15 at Chicago* P Oct 22 vs. Buffalo* P Oct 29 at Tampa Bay P Nov 6 at Green Bay P Nov 12 vs. Arizona* P Nov 19 vs. Carolina* P Nov 23 at Dallas* P Nov 30 vs. Detroit* P Dec 10 at St. Louis P Dec 17 vs. Green Bay P Dec 24 at Indianapolis P Regular Season Totals 16/0 62 2, Jan 6 vs. New Orleans * P Jan 14 at N.Y. Giants # P Postseason Totals 2/ NFC Divisional Playoff Game; # NFC Championship Game minnesota (5-11) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Sep 9 vs. Carolina P Sep 23 at Chicago P Sep 30 vs. Tampa Bay* P Oct 7 at New Orleans P Oct 14 vs. Detroit* P Oct 21 vs. Green Bay* P Oct 28 at Tampa Bay P Nov 11 at Philadelphia P Nov 19 vs. N.Y. Giants* P Nov 25 vs. Chicago P Dec 2 at Pittsburgh P Dec 9 vs. Tennessee* P Dec 16 at Detroit INACTIVE PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE (KNEE/NECK) 12/18/01 Regular Season Totals 12/0 47 2, st. louis (7-9) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Sep 8 at Denver P Sep 15 vs. N.Y. Giants P Sep 23 at Tampa Bay P Sep 29 vs. Dallas P Oct 6 at San Francisco P Oct 13 vs. Oakland* P Oct 20 vs. Seattle* P Nov 3 at Arizona* P Nov 10 vs. San Diego* P Nov 18 vs. Chicago* P Nov 24 at Washington P Dec 1 at Philadelphia P Dec 8 at Kansas City P Dec 15 vs. Arizona* P Dec 22 at Seattle P Dec 30 vs. San Francisco* P Regular Season Totals 16/0 72 3, New Orleans (8-8) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Sep 7 at Seattle P Sep 14 vs. Houston* P Sep 21 at Tennessee P Sep 28 vs. Indianapolis P Oct 5 at Carolina P Oct 12 vs. Chicago* P Oct 19 at Atlanta* P Oct 26 vs. Carolina P Nov 2 at Tampa Bay* P Nov 16 vs. Atlanta* P Nov 23 at Philadelphia P Nov 30 at Washington* P Dec 7 vs. Tampa Bay P Dec 14 vs. N.Y. Giants* P Dec 21 at Jacksonville P Dec 28 vs. Dallas* P Regular Season Totals 16/0 71 3, New Orleans (8-8) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Sep 12 vs. Seattle P Sep 19 vs. San Francisco* P Sep 26 at St. Louis* P Oct 3 at Arizona P Oct 10 vs. Tampa Bay P Oct 17 vs. Minnesota P Oct 24 at Oakland* P Nov 7 at San Diego P Nov 14 vs. Kansas City* P Nov 21 vs. Denver P Nov 28 at Atlanta P Dec 5 vs. Carolina P Dec 12 at Dallas* P Dec 19 at Tampa Bay* P Dec 26 vs. Atlanta* P Jan 2 at Carolina* P Regular Season Totals 16/0 85 3,

101 2005 New Orleans (3-13) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Sep 11 at Carolina* P Sep 19 vs. N.Y. Giants P Sep 25 at Minnesota P Oct 2 vs. Buffalo* P Oct 9 at Green Bay P Oct 16 vs. Atlanta P Oct 23 at St. Louis P Oct 30 vs. Miami P Nov 6 vs. Chicago P Nov 20 at New England P Nov 27 at N.Y. Jets* P Dec 4 vs. Tampa Bay P Dec 12 at Atlanta P Dec 18 vs. Carolina P Dec 24 vs. Detroit P Jan 1 at Tampa Bay P Regular Season Totals 16/0 71 3, New Orleans (10-6) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE (PELVIS) 9/5/ Arizona (8-8) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Games 1-11 NOT WITH TEAM Dec 2 vs. Cleveland* P Dec 9 at Seattle P Dec 16 at New Orleans P Dec 23 vs. Atlanta* P Dec 30 vs. St. Louis* P Regular Season Totals 5/ Pittsburgh (12-4) punting Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. Net. TB In 20 LG Blk. Opp. Ret. Ret. Yds. Sep 7 vs. Houston* P Sep 14 at Cleveland* P Sep 21 at Philadelphia P Sep 29 vs. Baltimore* P Oct 5 at Jacksonville* P Oct 19 at Cincinnati* P Oct 26 vs. N.Y. Giants P Nov 3 at Washington* P Games 9-11 NOT WITH TEAM Nov 30 at New England* P Dec 7 vs. Dallas* P Dec 14 at Baltimore* P Dec 21 at Tennessee P Dec 28 vs. Cleveland* P Regular Season Totals 13/0 66 2, Jan 11 vs. San Diego* P Jan 18 vs. Baltimore* # P Feb 1 vs. Arizona* $ P Postseason Totals 3/ AFC Divisional Playoff Game; # AFC Championship Game; $ Super Bowl XLIII RUSS HOCHSTEIN TH YR. NEBRASKA BORN: Oct. 7, 1977, in Hartington, Neb. HIGH SCHOOL: Cedar Catholic High School, Hartington, Neb. ACQUIRED: Trade (New England), 2009 NFL YEAR: 9th YEAR WITH BRONCOS: 1st NFL GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 92/20 POSTSEASON: 14/5 OFFENSIVE LINE HOCHSTEIN AT A GLANCE: A ninth-year player in his first season with the Broncos after they acquired him in a trade from New England on Aug. 25, Played in 92 career regular-season games (20 starts) in eight seasons with New England ( ) and Tampa Bay ( ). Started 25 games in his regular-season and playoff career with the Patriots at five different positions 10 games at center, seven games at right guard, five games at left guard, two games at fullback and one game at tight end. Registered 342 career knockdowns as a three-year starter and all-big 12 performer at right guard at the University of Nebraska. Selected by Tampa Bay in the fifth round (151st overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft. CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Tampa Bay as a draft choice 7/18/01; Waived by Tampa Bay 9/18/02; Signed by Tampa Bay 9/24/02; Waived by Tampa Bay 9/30/02; Signed by Tampa Bay (practice squad) 10/2/02; Waived by Tampa Bay from practice squad 10/15/02; Signed by New England (practice squad) 10/21/02; Signed by New England (active roster) 11/16/02; Waived by New England 8/31/03; Signed by New England (practice squad) 9/2/03; Signed by New England (active roster) 9/13/03; Traded to Denver 8/25/ : Hochstein played in the final 15 games and started the last two games of the season at fullback while seeing significant playing time at tight end... Helped serve as a lead blocker as the Patriots totaled 351 rushing yards in their final two games... Played in a reserve role at center and right guard in various contests throughout the season. 2007: Hochstein played all 16 regular-season games and started a career-high eight contests (7 games at right guard and 1 game at center)... Also played in three postseason contests, including Super Bowl XLII vs. NYG (2/3)... Was part of a Patriots offensive line that allowed just 21 sacks, the fewest for the franchise in 30 years and the fewest in team history for a 16-game season... Helped the Patriots set all-time NFL records with 589 points and 75 touchdowns. 2006: Hochstein played in 13 regular-season games as well as three postseason contests in various positions along the offensive front. 2005: Hochstein played in all 16 games and started the final seven regular-season contests and both playoff games at center... Helped the Patriots exceed 130 rushing yards in four of his seven regular-season starts. 2004: Hochstein participated in all 16 games, starting the first two contests at left guard and contributing on special teams units and other positions along the offensive front... Played in all three postseason contests, including Super Bowl XXXIX vs. Phi. (2/6), and started the AFC Championship Game at Pit. (1/23) as a third tight end. 2003: Hochstein played 14 regular-season games (1 start) after being signed from the practice squad on Sept Also played in three postseason contests (2 starts), opening at left guard in the AFC Championship Game vs. Ind. (1/18) and in Super Bowl XXXVIII vs. Car. (2/1). 2002: Hochstein contributed on special teams in Tampa Bay s season opener vs. N.O. (9/8) and was listed as inactive at Bal. (9/15)...Was waived on Oct. 15 before being signed to New England s practice squad on Oct 21. Signed to the Patriots active roster on Nov. 16 and contributed at right guard and on special teams vs. Min. (11/24). 2001: Selected by the Buccaneers in the fifth round (151st overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft, Hochstein was listed as inactive for all 16 games and one playoff contest for Tampa Bay. COLLEGE: Hochstein was a three-year start at right guard at the University of Nebraska where he registered 342 career knockdown blocks and earned All-Big 12 honors for three consecutive seasons... Earned first-team All- America honors from The Sporting News and was a consensus all-conference selection as a senior in Named the recipient of the Cletus Fischer Native Son award, given annually to the top college football player in the state of Nebraska. PERSONAL: Hochstein played on the defensive line and at middle linebacker at Cedar Catholic High School in

102 Hartington, Neb., where he garnered All-America honors from Blue Chip Illustrated... Totaled 309 career tackles, 18 sacks, eight fumble recoveries and two interceptions in his prep career... Russ Hochstein, who graduated with a degree in business management from Nebraska, was born on Oct. 7, HOCHSTEIN s Regular Season Record Year Club G S 2001 Tampa Bay T.B/N.E New England New England New England New England New England New England 15 2 CAREER TOTALS ADDITIONAL STATISTICS: Recovered a fumble vs. N.Y. Jets (11/12/06). HOCHSTEIN s postseason Record Year Club G S 2003 New England New England New England New England New England 3 0 CAREER TOTALS 14 5 VONNIE HOLLIDAY TH YR. NORTH CAROLINA BORN: Dec. 11, 1975, in Camden, S.C. HIGH SCHOOL: Camden High School, Camden, S.C. ACQUIRED: Free Agent, 2009 NFL YEAR: 12th YEAR WITH BRONCOS: 1st NFL GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 151/141 POSTSEASON: 6/6 DEFENSIVE LINEMAN HOLLIDAY AT A GLANCE: A 12th-year defensive lineman who has totaled 55 sacks among his 508 career tackles (355 solo) in 151 games (141 starts) for Green Bay ( ), Kansas City ( ) and Miami ( ). Enters 2009 ranked 15th among active defensive linemen in sacks (55) since Signed by Denver as a free agent on Sept. 5, Received first-team all-atlantic Coast Conference recognition as a senior at North Carolina after registering 64 tackles and five sacks. Selected by Green Bay in the first round (19th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft. CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Green Bay as a draft choice 6/15/98; Signed by Kansas City as unrestricted free agent 4/8/03; Placed on injured reserve (groin) 12/24/04; Signed by Miami 3/7/05; Signed by Denver 9/5/ : Holliday played in all 16 of Miami s games (15 starts)... Aided one of the NFL s most remarkable turnarounds, helping the Dolphins claim the AFC East championship with an 11-5 record after finishing the 2007 season Amassed 46 tackles (29 solo), 3.5 sacks (14 yds.), one pass defensed and one fumble recovery... Led the club s defensive line with 46 tackles and 3.5 sacks... Registered a season-best seven tackles (5 solo) vs. Bal. (10/19)... Posted four tackles (3 solo) and 1.5 sacks (4 yds.) vs. Sea. (11/9)... Contributed four tackles (2 solo) and 1.5 sacks (6 yds.) for the second-straight week vs. Oak. (11/16). 2007: Holliday started all 12 games played for Miami and registered 42 tackles, two sacks, one pass defensed and one forced fumble... Recorded his first sack of the year at NYJ (9/23), surpassing the 50-sack plateau for his career... Suffered an ankle injury early in the game vs. Oak. (9/30) and was inactive for four weeks... Credited with three stops and one forced fumble vs. Buf. (11/11)... Totaled five tackles and one sack on Monday Night Football at Pit. (11/26). 2006: Holliday started all 16 games for Miami at defensive tackle, marking the second-straight year and fifth time in his career he opened every game... Placed fourth on the club and led the team s defensive lineman with 66 tackles while finishing second on the team with seven sacks... Recorded one pass defensed and one fumble recovery during the season... Totaled eight tackles and one sack in the season opener at Pit. (9/8)... Posted his ninth multi-sack effort with a season-best two sacks and recovered one fumble on Thanksgiving Day at Det. (11/23)... Accounted for a season-high 10 tackles at Buf. (12/17). 2005: Holliday started all 16 of Miami s games at defensive tackle and recorded 56 tackles, five sacks, six passes defensed and two fumble recoveries in his first season primarily playing defensive tackle... Finished fourth on the Dolphins with five sacks... Collected a season-high six tackles and his first sack as a Dolphin at N.O. (10/30)... Added five stops and two sacks at Oak. (11/27), marking the eighth multi-sack effort of his career... Posted sacks at S.D. (12/11) and vs. Ten. (12/24)... Recovered one fumble against the Titans. 2004: Holliday played in only nine games (3 starts) due to injuries, but recorded 13 tackles and a pair of passes defensed before being placed on injured reserve (groin injury) for the final two weeks of the season. 2003: Holliday, who joined Kansas City as an unrestricted free agent on April 8, started all 16 of the Chiefs games and posted 80 tackles (39 solo), a team-best 5.5 sacks, one forced fumble and three passes defensed..... Recorded three tackles in Divisional Playoff game vs. Ind. (1/11).,, Sacked Drew Brees three times, recording his second-highest single-game sack total of his career in his Kansas City debut vs. S.D. (9/7)... Earned a season-best nine tackles at Min. (12/20). 2002: Holliday started all 10 games played for Green Bay... Inactive for six games due to injury, including four games with a torn pectoral muscle and two games due to a knee injury... Totaled 26 tackles, six sacks, one interception, three forced fumbles and four passes defensed on the year... Intercepted a Jeff Garcia pass at S.F. (12/15)... Named NFC Defensive Player of the Week after setting a Packers single-game sack record (5) and forcing three fumbles vs. Buf. (12/22). 2001: Holliday started all 16 games played for Green Bay and tallied a career-high 81 tackles, seven sacks,

103 a personal-best three fumble recoveries, one forced fumble and three passes defensed... His 81 tackles led all Packers linemen on the year while his seven sacks ranked second on the squad... Amassed nine tackles in two postseason games, including five in an NFC Wild Card Game vs. S.F. (1/13)... Tied a career high with 10 tackles vs. T.B. (11/4)... Also recorded 10 tackles and a season-best two sacks at Ten. (12/16). 2000: Holliday played in 12 games (9 starts) for Green Bay, totaling 47 tackles, five sacks, one interception and four passes defensed... Inactive for four games with hamstring and ankle injuries... Snagged first career interception at Buf. (9/10), picking off Rob Johnson... Recorded a season-best two sacks vs. T.B. (12/24). 1999: Holliday started all 16 of Green Bay s games for the first time in his career and totaled 67 tackles, six sacks, one fumble recovery, one forced fumble and a career-best six passes defensed... Led all Packers linemen while his six sacks stood second on the squad... Established a career high with 10 tackles at Det. (9/19)... Recorded third multi-sack game of his career vs. Sea. (11/1), taking Jon Kitna down twice. 1998: Selected by Green Bay in the first round (19th overall) of the 1998 NFL Draft, Holliday opened all 12 games played as a rookie... Registered 52 tackles (34 solo), a career-high eight sacks (50 yds.), two fumble recoveries and five passes defensed... Named a consensus all-rookie selection after setting the Packers rookie sack record... Tied Miami s Lorenzo Bromell for the league lead among rookies and placed second on the Packers with eight sacks... Finished second behind Oakland CB Charles Woodson for AP Defensive Rookie of the Year honors and shared College & Pro Football Newsweekly s Defensive Rookie of the Year award with Woodson... Named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month in September after posting 18 tackles (14 solo), including four sacks for 20 yards, in the first month of his pro career... Added three tackles, including a sack of Steve Young (3 yds.) in an NFC Wild Card Game at S.F. (1/3)... Posted one sack in his NFL debut vs. Det. (9/6)... Earned first multi-sack effort of his career with two sacks at Car. (9/27)... Tallied a season-high seven tackles and two sacks at NYG (11/5)... Suffered an ankle injury at Minnesota (11/22) and was inactive for the final three regular season games. COLLEGE: Holliday was a four-year letterman at the University of North Carolina where he appeared in 46 games (28 starts) and totaled 162 tackles and 11 sacks... Received all-atlantic Coast Conference first-team honors as a senior after posting career highs with 64 tackles and five sacks... Named a co-captain in One of only three true freshman to play in 1994, playing in 10 games and registering 12 tackles. PERSONAL: Named first-team all-state and the Class 3A Lineman of the Year as a senior at Camden High School in Camden, S.C... Three-time all-area and all-conference choice on defense, where he played defensive end, defensive tackle and linebacker... Earned an all-conference selection at tight end... Named South Carolina s Male Professional Athlete of the Year in 1999 by the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame... Earned all-conference accolades in basketball, leading his team to the state semi-finals as a senior with a 28-3 record... Three-year letterman in baseball, playing pitcher, catcher, first base and third base... Extremely active in the community through the Vonnie Holliday Foundation... Cousin, Corey Holliday, played wide receiver at North Carolina and with the Pittsburgh Steelers ( )... Grew up in a household as the only boy among five women, including his mother, grandmother, two sisters and his aunt... Earned a degree in communications... Married to Eboni and the couple has a daughter, Kali, and a son, Joey... Dimetry Giovonni Holliday, was born December 11, 1975 in Camden, S.C. holliday s REGULAR SEASON Record Year Club G S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR TD-Int. TD-FR S Pts Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay Kansas City Kansas City Miami Miami Miami Miami CAREER TOTALS holliday s postseason Record Year Club G S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR TD-Int. TD-FR S Pts Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay Kansas City Miami CAREER TOTALS holliday s Single-Game Highs (Postseason in parentheses) Sacks 5 vs. Buffalo, 12/22/02 (1 at San Francisco, 1/3/99). Sack yards 34 vs. San Diego, 9/7/03 (3 at San Francisco, 1/3/99). Interceptions 1, twice, last at San Francisco, 12/15/02 (none). Interception return yards 3, twice, last at San Francisco, 12/15/02 (none). vonnie holliday s Career Game-by-Game (Victories asterisked) 1998 green bay (11-5) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 6 vs. Detroit* S Sep 13 vs. Tampa Bay* S Sep 20 at Cincinnati* S Sep 27 at Carolina* S Oct 5 vs. Minnesota S Oct 15 at Detroit S Oct 25 vs. Baltimore* S Nov 1 vs. San Francisco* S Nov 9 at Pittsburgh S Nov 15 at N.Y. Giants* S Nov 22 at Minnesota S Nov 29 vs. Philadelphia* INACTIVE Dec 7 at Tampa Bay S Games INACTIVE Regular Season Totals 12/ Jan 3 at San Francisco S Postseason Totals NFC Wild Card Game 1/ green bay (8-8) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 12 vs. Oakland* S Sep 19 at Detroit S Sep 26 vs. Minnesota* S Oct 10 vs. Tampa Bay* S Oct 17 at Denver S Oct 24 at San Diego* S Nov 1 vs. Seattle S Nov 7 vs. Chicago S Nov 14 at Dallas S Nov 21 vs. Detroit* S Nov 29 at San Francisco* S Dec 5 at Chicago* S Dec 12 vs. Carolina S Dec 20 at Minnesota S Dec 26 at Tampa Bay S Jan 2 vs. Arizona* S Regular Season Totals 16/ green bay (9-7) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 3 vs. N.Y. Jets S Sep 10 at Buffalo S Sep 17 vs. Philadelphia* S Sep 24 at Arizona* S Games 5-7 INACTIVE Oct 29 at Miami P Nov 6 vs. Minnesota* S Nov. 12 at Tampa Bay INACTIVE Nov 19 vs. Indianapolis* P Nov 27 at Carolina P Dec 3 at Chicago* S Dec 10 vs. Detroit* S Dec 17 at Minnesota* S Dec 24 vs. Tampa Bay* S Regular Season Totals 12/

104 2001 green bay (12-4) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 9 vs. Detroit* S Sep 24 vs. Washington* S Sep 30 at Carolina* S Oct 7 at Tampa Bay S Oct 14 vs. Baltimore* S Oct 21 at Minnesota S Nov 4 vs. Tampa Bay* S Nov 11 at Chicago* S Nov 18 vs. Atlanta S Nov 22 at Detroit* S Dec 3 at Jacksonville* S Dec 9 vs. Chicago* S Dec 16 at Tennessee S Dec 23 vs. Cleveland* S Dec 30 vs. Minnesota* S Jan 6 at N.Y. Giants* S Regular Season Totals 16/ Jan 13 vs. San Francisco* S Jan 20 at St. Louis S Postseason Totals 2/2 8 1 NFC Wild Card Game; NFC Divisional Playoff Game green bay (12-4) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 8 vs. Atlanta* S Sep 15 at New Orleans S Sep 22 at Detroit* S Games 4-7 INACTIVE Nov 4 vs. Miami* S Games 9-10 INACTIVE Nov 24 at Tampa Bay S Dec 1 vs. Chicago* S Dec 8 vs. Minnesota* S Dec 15 at San Francisco* S Dec 22 vs. Buffalo* S Dec 29 at N.Y. Jets S Regular Season Totals 10/ Jan 4 vs. Atlanta S Postseason Totals NFC Wild Card Game 1/ kansas city (13-3) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 7 vs. San Diego* S Sep 14 vs. Pittsburgh* S Sep 21 at Houston* S Sep 28 at Baltimore* S Oct 5 vs. Denver* S Oct 12 at Green Bay* S Oct 20 at Oakland* S Oct 26 vs. Buffalo* S Nov 9 vs. Cleveland* S Nov 16 at Cincinnati S Nov 23 vs. Oakland* S Nov 30 at San Diego* S Dec 7 at Denver S Dec 14 vs. Detroit* S Dec 20 at Minnesota S Dec 28 vs. Chicago* S Regular Season Totals 16/ Jan 11 vs. Indianapolis S Postseason Totals AFC Divisional Playoff Game 1/ kansas city (7-9) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 12 at Denver S Games 2-3 INACTIVE Oct 4 at Baltimore* P Oct 17 at Jacksonville S Oct 24 vs. Atlanta* S Oct 31 vs. Indianapolis* P Nov 7 at Tampa Bay P Nov 14 at New Orleans P Nov 22 vs. New England P Nov 28 vs. San Diego P Games INACTIVE Dec 25 vs. Oakland* PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE (GROIN) 12/24/04 Regular Season Totals 9/ miami (9-7) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 11 vs. Denver* S Sep 18 at N.Y. Jets S Sep 25 vs. Carolina* S Oct 9 at Buffalo S Oct 16 at Tampa Bay S Oct 21 vs. Kansas City S Oct 30 at New Orleans* S Nov 6 vs. Atlanta S Nov 13 vs. New England S Nov 20 at Cleveland S Nov 27 at Oakland* S Dec 4 vs. Buffalo* S Dec 11 at San Diego* S Dec 18 vs. N.Y. Jets* S Dec 24 vs. Tennessee* S Jan 1 at New England* S Regular Season Totals 16/ miami (6-10) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 7 at Pittsburgh S Sep 17 vs. Buffalo S Sep 24 vs. Tennessee* S Oct 1 at Houston S Oct 8 at New England S Oct 15 at N.Y. Jets S Oct 22 vs. Green Bay S Nov 5 at Chicago* S Nov 12 vs. Kansas City* S Nov 19 vs. Minnesota* S Nov 23 at Detroit* S Dec 3 vs. Jacksonville S Dec 10 vs. New England* S Dec 17 at Buffalo S Dec 25 vs. N.Y. Jets S Dec 31 at Indianapolis S Regular Season Totals 16/ miami (1-15) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 9 at Washington S Sep 16 vs. Dallas S Sep 23 at N.Y. Jets S Sep 30 vs. Oakland S Games 5-8 INACTIVE Nov 11 vs. Buffalo S Nov 18 at Philadelphia S Nov 26 at Pittsburgh S Dec 2 vs. N.Y. Jets S Dec 9 at Buffalo S Dec 16 vs. Baltimore* S Dec 23 at New England S Dec 30 vs. Cincinnati S Regular Season Totals 12/

105 2008 miami (11-5) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 7 vs. N.Y. Jets S Sep 14 at Arizona S Sep 21 at New England* P Oct 5 vs. San Diego* S Oct 12 at Houston S Oct 19 vs. Baltimore S Oct 26 vs. Buffalo* S Nov 2 at Denver* S Nov 9 vs. Seattle* S Nov 16 vs. Oakland* S Nov 23 vs. New England S Nov 30 at St. Louis* S Dec 7 at Buffalo* S Dec 14 vs. San Francisco* S Dec 21 at Kansas City* S Dec 28 at N.Y. Jets* S Regular Season Totals 16/ Jan 4 vs. Baltimore S Postseason Totals AFC Wild Card Game 1/ TY LAW TH YR. MICHIGAN BORN: Feb. 10, 1974, in Aliquippa, Pa. HIGH SCHOOL: Aliquippa High School, Aliquippa, Pa. ACQUIRED: Free Agent, 2009 NFL YEAR: 15th YEAR WITH BRONCOS: 1st NFL GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 196/187 POSTSEASON: 13/13 CORNERBACK LAW AT A GLANCE: A 15th-year cornerback in his first season with the Broncos who is second among active players with S TROPHY CASE career regular-season interceptions. Has made five Pro Bowls while starting 187 career Pro Bowl Selections (5) 1998, , 05 regular-season games with the N.Y. Jets (2005, 08), All-Pro (First Team) (2) , 2003 Kansas City ( ) and New England ( ). Co-Pro Bowl MVP Tied for seventh in NFL history with seven interception returns for touchdowns in combined postseason and regular-season play. Earned first-team All-America honors as a junior at the University of Michigan. Signed by the Broncos as an unrestricted free agent on Nov. 7, Selected by New England in the first round (23rd overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft. CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by New England as a draft choice 7/20/95; Waived by New England 2/25/05; Signed by N.Y.Jets 8/8/05; Waived by N.Y. Jets 2/22/06; Signed by Kansas City 7/23/06; Waived by Kansas City 3/3/08; Signed by N.Y. Jets 11/10/08; Signed by Denver 11/7/ : Law signed with the Jets on Nov. 10 and played in seven games (six starts), totaling 19 tackles (14 solo), two passes broken up and a forced fumble. 2007: Law started all 16 games at left cornerback and recorded 47 tackles (39 solo), 13 passes defensed and two interceptions (2 yds.). 2006: Law signed with Kansas City on July 23 and started all 16 games at left cornerback in his first season with the Chiefs... Had 69 tackles (64 solo), a sack (6 yds.), four interceptions, nine passes defensed and three forced fumbles... Started one playoff contest and totaled two tackles and two interceptions (43 yds.)... Tallied six tackles, an interception (0 yds.) and a forced fumble vs. Den. (11/23)... Registered a career-high two forced fumbles at Oak. (12/23)... Tied a franchise record after intercepting two Peyton Manning passes (43 yds.) in an AFC Wild Card Game at Ind. (1/6). 2005: Law started all 16 games and amassed 62 tackles (45 solo), a career-high 10 interceptions (195 yds., 1 TD) and 18 passes defensed while earning his fifth trip to the Pro Bowl... His 10 interceptions tied for the NFL lead... Returned a Tom Brady interception for a career-long 74-yard touchdown vs. N.E. (12/26)... Made a career-high three interceptions (56 yds.) vs. Buf. (1/1). 2004: Law started seven games at left cornerback and was inactive for the final nine contests of the season due to a foot injury... Finished with 28 tackles (23 solo), an interception (0 yds.) and three passes defensed... His interception vs. Sea. (10/17) tied him with CB Raymond Clayborn for first place in franchise history with 36 interceptions with the club... Suffered a left foot injury at Pit. (10/31) and was inactive for the final nine games of the regular season as well as all three postseason contests. 2003: Law started all 15 games he played while earning Associated Press All-Pro honors as well as his third consecutive Pro Bowl bid and fourth overall... Recorded 74 tackles (61 solo), six interceptions (112 yds., 1 TD) and 23 passes defensed... Started three postseason contests and tallied eight tackles (7 solo), three interceptions (26 yds.) and four passes defensed... Posted three tackles, four passes defensed and intercepted two Quincy Carter passes (47 yds.) vs. Dallas (11/16)... In the AFC Championship Game vs. Ind. (1/18), he became the sixth player in NFL history (since 1940) to post at least three interceptions in a postseason game, as he picked off Peyton Manning three times (26 yds.) to help propel the Patriots to the Super Bowl. 2002: Law started all 16 games at left cornerback and tied a career high with 77 tackles (60 solo) while adding a sack (5 yds.), four interceptions (33 yds.), 10 passes defensed, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery on his way to a second consecutive Pro Bowl appearance and third overall... Recorded an interception (0 yds.), and a fumble recovery vs. Den. (10/27). 2001: Law started all 16 games at left cornerback and totaled 70 tackles (60 solo), a sack (7 yds.), three interceptions (91 yds., 2 TDs) and nine passes defensed, while earning his second career Pro Bowl bid...

106 Became one of only six players in team history to return two interceptions for touchdowns in a season... Started all three postseason contests and recorded 27 tackles (24 solo), an interception (47 yds., 1 TD) and five passes defensed... His 27 tackles in the playoffs marked the most tackles by a cornerback in a single postseason since those statistics were tracked starting in Tallied eight tackles (7 solo), two passes defensed and returned a Kurt Warner interception for a touchdown in New England s Super Bowl XXXVI victory vs. Stl. (2/3). 2000: Law started all 15 games played at left cornerback and recorded 74 tackles (58 solo), two interceptions (32 yds.) and 11 passes defensed. LAW s interception RETURNS FOR TDS *Denotes win (Law s teams are 6-2, including postseason, in games in which he records an interception returned for a touchdown). Opponent Date Quarterback Return N.Y. Jets* 12/8/96 Glenn Foley 38 yds. Indianapolis* 9/13/98 Peyton Manning 59 yds. Miami 10/17/99 Damon Huard 27 yds. Indianapolis* 9/30/01 Peyton Manning 23 yds. Carolina* 1/6/02 Chris Weinke 46 yds. St. Louis* ^2/3/02 Kurt Warner 47 yds. Tennessee* 10/5/03 Steve McNair 65 yds. New England 12/26/05 Tom Brady 74 yds. ^Super Bowl XXXVI 1999: Law started 13 games at left cornerback as the defensive co-captain and missed New England s last three contests due to a hand injury... Finished with 59 tackles (50 solo), a half sack (6.5 yds.), two interceptions (20 yds., 1 TD), 10 passes defensed, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery... Suffered a broken right hand vs. Dal. (12/5)... Played with a soft cast at Ind. (12/12)... Had surgery to put pins in his hand and was inactive at Phi. (12/19) and vs. Buf. (12/26)... Was placed on injured reserve (hand) on Dec : Law started all 16 games at left cornerback while earning his first Associated Press All-Pro nomination and Pro Bowl selection... Tallied 70 tackles (60 solo), nine interceptions (133 yds., 1 TD), 27 passes defensed and a fumble recovery... His nine interceptions led the NFL and his 27 passes defensed tied for the fourth most in league history in a single season... Started one postseason contest and recorded three tackles (2 solo) and a pass defensed... Intercepted Peyton Manning twice (59 yds.) vs. Ind. (9/13), including one he returned for a 59-yard touchdown... Recovered a Jerry Rice fumble and intercepted a Steve Young pass (30 yds.) vs. S.F. (12/20)... Named Co-MVP of the Pro Bowl as he intercepted a Randall Cunningham pass and returned it 67 yards for a touchdown to help secure an AFC victory. 1997: Law started all 16 games at left cornerback for the first time in his career and totaled 77 tackles (69 solo), a half sack (2.5 yds.), three interceptions (70 yds.) and 11 passes defensed... Started two postseason contests and recorded six solo tackles and a pass defensed. 1996: Law played in 13 games (12 starts), totaling 62 tackles (56 solo), three interceptions (45 yds., 1 TD) and nine passes defensed... Started three postseason contests and added 10 tackles (7 solo) and a pass defensed... Intercepted two Troy Aikman passes (7 yds.) at Dal. (12/15). 1995: Selected by New England in the first round (23rd overall) of the 1995 NFL draft, Law played in 14 games (7 starts) and recorded 47 tackles (40 solo), a sack (6 yds.), three interceptions (47 yds.) and nine passes defensed... Made his first career start at Atl. (10/1). Was inactive (hip flexor) vs. Buf. (10/23) and vs. Car. (10/29). COLLEGE: Law was a three-time letterwinner at the University of Michigan where he finished his collegiate career with 154 tackles (120 solo), eight interceptions and 17 passes defensed... Totaled 58 tackles (45 solo), two interceptions and eight passes defensed as a junior to earn first-team All-America honors... Had 57 tackles and a team-high six interceptions as a sophomore... Played in every game as a true freshman, starting the final six contests and finishing with 49 tackles. PERSONAL: Law attended Aliquippa High School in Aliquippa, Pa., where he earned first-team All-America honors from Parade and Tom Lemming s Prep Football Report as a senior... He played tailback, cornerback, safety, wide receiver and return specialist in his final season to help lead the team to the Class AA state title, catching 23 passes, rushing 45 times and recording 71 tackles and eight interceptions... Was a two-time team MVP in football while earning team MVP honors in basketball as well... Has two daughters, Tya and Phoenix, and a son, Ty Jr... Tajuan E. Law, who majored in literature at Michigan, was born on Feb. 10, 1974 in Aliquippa, Pa. LAW s REGULAR SEASON Record Year Club G S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR TD-Int. TD-FR S Pts New England New England New England New England New England New England New England New England New England New England N.Y. Jets Kansas City Kansas City N.Y. Jets CAREER TOTALS LAW s postseason Record Year Club G S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR TD-Int. TD-FR S Pts New England New England New England New England New England Kansas City CAREER TOTALS LAW s Single-Game Highs (Postseason in parentheses) Interceptions 3 vs. Buffalo, 1/1/06 (3 vs. Indianapolis, 1/18/04). Interception return yards 74 vs. New England, 12/26/05 (47 vs. St. Louis, 2/3/02). Sacks 1, four times, last at Pittsburgh, 10/15/06 (none). Sack yards 7 vs. Buffalo, 11/11/01 (none). TY LAW s Career Game-by-Game (Victories asterisked) 1995 New england (6-10) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 3 vs. Cleveland* P Sep 10 vs. Miami P Sep 17 at San Francisco P Oct 1 at Atlanta S Oct 8 vs. Denver P Oct 15 at Kansas City S Games 7-8 INACTIVE Nov 5 at N.Y. Jets* P Nov 12 at Miami* P Nov 19 vs. Indianapolis P Nov 26 at Buffalo* S Dec 3 vs. New Orleans S Dec 10 vs. N.Y. Jets* S Dec 16 at Pittsburgh S Dec 23 at Indianapolis S Regular Season Totals 7/ New england (11-5) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 1 at Miami S Sep 8 at Buffalo S Sep 15 vs. Arizona* S Sep 22 vs. Jacksonville* S Oct 6 at Baltimore* S Oct 13 vs. Washington S Oct 20 at Indianapolis* S Oct 27 vs. Buffalo* S Nov 3 vs. Miami* S Games INACTIVE Dec 1 at San Diego* P Dec 8 vs. N.Y. Jets* S Dec 15 at Dallas S Dec 21 at N.Y. Giants* S Regular Season Totals 12/ Jan 5 vs. Pittsburgh* S Jan 12 vs. Jacksonville* # S Jan 26 vs. Green Bay $ S Postseason Totals 3/ AFC Divisional Playoff Game; # AFC Championship Game; $ Super Bowl XXXI New england (10-6) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Aug 31 vs. San Deigo* S Sep 7 at Indianapolis* S Sep 14 vs. N.Y. Jets* S Sep 21 vs. Chicago* S Oct 6 at Denver S Oct 12 vs. Buffalo* S Oct 19 at N.Y. Jets S Oct 27 vs. Green Bay S Nov 2 at Minnesota S Nov 9 at Buffalo* S Nov 16 at Tampa Bay S Nov 23 vs. Miami* S Nov 30 vs. Indianapolis* S Dec 7 at Jacksonville* S Dec 13 vs. Pittsburgh S Dec 22 at Miami* S Regular Season Totals 16/ Dec 28 vs. Miami* S Jan 3 at Pittsburgh S Postseason Totals 2/2 6 0 AFC Wild Card Game; AFC Divisional Playoff Game

107 1998 New england (9-7) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 7 at Denver S Sep 13 vs. Indianapolis* S Sep 20 vs. Tennessee* S Oct 4 at New Orleans* S Oct 11 vs. Kansas City* S Oct 19 vs. N.Y. Jets S Oct 25 at Miami S Nov 1 at Indianapolis* S Nov 8 vs. Atlanta S Nov 15 at Buffalo S Nov 23 vs. Miami* S Nov 29 vs. Buffalo* S Dec 6 at Pittsburgh* S Dec 13 at St. Louis S Dec 20 vs. San Francisco* S Dec 27 at N.Y. Jets S Regular Season Totals Jan 3 at Jacksonville 16/16 S Postseason Totals AFC Wild Card Game 1/ New england (8-8) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 12 at N.Y. Jets* S Sep 19 vs. Indianapolis* S Sep 26 vs. N.Y. Giants* S Oct 3 at Cleveland* S Oct 10 at Kansas City S Oct 17 vs. Miami S Oct 24 vs. Denver* S Oct 31 at Arizona* S (-7) Nov 15 vs. N.Y. Jets S Nov 21 at Miami S Nov 28 at Buffalo S Dec 5 vs. Dallas* S Dec 12 at Indianapolis S Games INACTIVE Regular Season Totals 16/ New england (5-11) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 3 vs. Tampa Bay S Sep 11 at N.Y. Jets S Sep 17 vs. Minnesota S Sep 24 at Miami S Oct 1 at Denver* S Oct 8 vs. Indianapolis* S Oct 15 vs. N.Y. Jets S Oct 22 at Indianapolis S Nov 5 vs. Buffalo S Nov 12 at Cleveland S Nov 19 vs. Cincinnati* S Nov 23 at Detroit S Dec 4 vs. Kansas City* S Dec 10 at Chicago S Dec 17 at Buffalo* S Dec 24 vs. Miami INACTIVE Regular Season Totals 15/ New england (11-5) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 9 at Cincinnati S Sep 23 vs. N.Y. Jets S Sep 30 vs. Indianapolis* S Oct 7 at Miami S Oct 14 vs. San Diego* S Oct 21 at Indianapolis* S Oct 28 at Denver S Nov 4 at Atlanta* S Nov 11 vs. Buffalo* S Nov 18 vs. St. Louis S Nov 25 vs. New Orleans* S Dec 2 at N.Y. Jets* S Dec 9 vs. Cleveland* S Dec 16 at Buffalo* S Dec 22 vs. Miami* S Jan 6 at Carolina* S Regular Season Totals 16/ Jan 19 vs. Oakland* S Jan 27 at Pittsburgh* # S Feb 3 vs. St. Louis* $ S Postseason Totals 2/ AFC Divisional Playoff Game; # AFC Championship Game; $ Super Bowl XXXVI New england (9-7) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 9 vs. Pittsburgh* S Sep 15 at N.Y. Jets* S Sep 22 vs. Kansas City* S Sep 29 at San Diego S Oct 6 at Miami S Oct 13 vs. Green Bay S Oct 27 vs. Denver S Nov 3 at Buffalo* S Nov 10 at Chicago* S Nov 17 at Oakland S Nov 24 vs. Minnesota* S Nov 28 at Detroit* S Dec 8 vs. Buffalo* S Dec 16 at Tennessee S Dec 22 vs. N.Y. Jets S Dec 29 vs. Miami* S Regular Season Totals 16/ New england (14-2) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 7 at Buffalo S Sep 14 at Philadelphia* S Sep 21 vs. N.Y. Jets* S Sep 28 at Washington S Oct 5 vs. Tennessee* S Oct 12 vs. N.Y. Giants* S Oct 19 at Miami* INACTIVE Oct 26 vs. Cleveland* S Nov 3 at Denver* S Nov 16 vs. Dallas* S Nov 23 at Houston* S Nov 30 at Indianapolis* S Dec 7 vs. Miami* S Dec 14 vs. Jacksonville* S Dec 20 at N.Y. Jets* S Dec 27 vs. Buffalo* S Regular Season Totals 15/ Jan 10 vs. Tennessee* S Jan 18 vs. Indianapolis* # S Feb 1 vs. Carolina* $ S Postseason Totals 3/ AFC Divisional Playoff Game; # AFC Championship Game; $ Super Bowl XXXVIII 2004 New england (14-2) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 9 vs. Indianapolis* S Sep 19 at Arizona* S Oct 3 at Buffalo* S Oct 10 vs. Miami* S Oct 17 vs. Seattle* S Oct 24 vs. N.Y. Jets* S Oct 31 at Pittsburgh S Games 8-16 INACTIVE Regular Season Totals 7/ Jan 16 vs. Indianapolis* INACTIVE Jan 23 vs. Pittsburgh* # INACTIVE Feb 6 vs. Philadelphia* $ INACTIVE Postseason Totals 0/ AFC Divisional Playoff Game; # AFC Championship Game; $ Super Bowl XLII 2005 New YoRk jets (4-12) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 11 at Kansas City S Sep 18 vs. Miami* S Sep 25 vs. Jacksonville S Oct 2 at Baltimore S Oct 9 vs. Tampa Bay* S Oct 16 at Buffalo S Oct 24 at Atlanta S Nov 6 vs. San Diego S Nov 13 at Carolina S Nov 20 at Denver S Nov 27 vs. New Orleans S Dec 4 at New England S Dec 11 vs. Oakland* S Dec 18 at Miami S Dec 26 vs. New England S Jan 1 vs. Buffalo* S Regular Season Totals 16/

108 2006 kansas city (9-8) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 10 vs. Cincinnati S Sep 17 at Denver S Oct 1 vs. San Francisco* S (-5) Oct 8 at Arizona* S Oct 15 at Pittsburgh S Oct 22 vs. San Diego* S Oct 29 vs. Seattle* S Nov 5 at St. Louis* S Nov 12 at Miami S Nov 19 vs. Oakland* S Nov 23 vs. Denver* S Dec 3 at Cleveland S Dec 10 at Baltimore S Dec 17 at San Diego S Dec 23 at Oakland* S Dec 31 vs. Jacksonville* S Regular Season Totals 16/ Jan 6 at Indianapolis S Postseason Totals AFC Wild Card Game 1/ kansas city (4-12) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 9 at Houston S Sep 16 at Chicago S Sep 23 vs. Minnesota* S Sep 30 at San Diego* S Oct 7 vs. Jacksonville S Oct 14 vs. Cincinnati* S Oct 21 at Oakland* S Nov 4 vs. Green Bay S Nov 11 vs. Denver S Nov 18 at Indianapolis S Nov 25 vs. Oakland S Dec 2 vs. San Diego S Dec 9 at Denver S Dec 16 vs. Tennessee S Dec 23 at Detroit S Dec 30 at N.Y. Jets S Regular Season Totals 16/ new york jets (9-7) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Games 1-9 NOT WITH TEAM Nov 13 at New England* P Nov 23 at Tennessee* S Nov 30 vs. Denver S Dec 7 at San Francisco S Dec 14 vs. Buffalo* S Dec 21 at Seattle S Dec 28 vs. Miami S Regular Season Totals 7/ BRANDON LLOYD TH YR. ILLINOIS BORN: July 5, 1981, in Kansas City, Mo. HIGH SCHOOL: Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs, Mo. ACQUIRED: Free Agent, 2009 NFL YEAR: 7th YEAR WITH BRONCOS: 1st NFL GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 79/47 WIDE RECEIVER LLOYD AT A GLANCE: A seventh-year wide receiver who joined the Broncos as a free agent on June 15, 2009, after totaling 156 catches for 2,253 yards and 15 touchdowns in his first six seasons with Chicago (2008), Washington ( ) and San Francisco ( ). Tied for second among all players with three successful two-point conversions since Topped 100 receiving yards in a game four times during his NFL career, including a careerhigh 142 yards against Dallas on Sept. 25, Completed his career at the University of Illinois ranked second in school history in receiving yards (2,583) and receiving touchdowns (21). Spent his first three NFL seasons with San Francisco before he was traded to Washington on March 13, Joined the Broncos as a free agent on June 15, Selected by San Francisco in the fourth round (124th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft. CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by San Francisco as a draft choice 7/25/03; Traded to Washington 3/13/06; Released by Washington 2/26/08; Signed by Chicago 3/7/08; Signed by Denver 6/15/ : Lloyd, who joined Chicago as an unrestricted free agent on March 7, played in 11 games (5 starts) and caught 26 passes for 364 yards with two touchdowns... Returned a blocked punt nine yards for a touchdown at Car. (9/14)... Posted six catches for 124 yards, a touchdown and a two-point conversion vs. T.B. (9/21). 2007: Lloyd played in eight games (1 start) before being placed on injured reserve on Nov. 15 due to a shoulder injury. 2006: Lloyd was traded on March 13 to Washington in exchange for a 2006 third-round draft pick and a 2007 fourth round draft pick... Pulled in 23 receptions for 365 yards for a career-high 15.9 yards-per catch with the Redskins. 2005: Lloyd registered career highs and paced the 49ers in receptions (48) and receiving yards (733) in 16 games (15 starts)... Posted a team-high five touchdown catches including a career-long 89-yard scoring grab... Posted single-game personal bests in receiving yards (142) and career-long reception (89t) vs. Dal. (9/25). 2004: Lloyd placed third on San Francisco with 43 catches for 565 yards (13.1 avg.) in 13 games (13 starts)... Posted a career-high six scoring catches to lead the 49ers... Added a two-point conversion vs. Ari. (10/10)... Declared inactive for Games 3-4 with a hamstring injury and Game 16 with a foot injury. 2003: Selected by San Francisco in the fourth round (124th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft, Lloyd appeared in all 16 contests (1 start) for the 49ers and caught 14 passes for 212 yards and two touchdowns... Led the team with 15.1 yards per catch... Blocked a punt vs. Chi. (9/7)... Added a two-point conversion catch at Phi. (12/21)... Made first pro start vs. Sea. (12/27). COLLEGE: Lloyd was a three-year letterwinner at the University of Illinois, where he finished his career ranked second in school history in receiving yards (2,583) and receiving touchdowns (21)... Ranked third in school history with 160 career receptions... Joined David Williams ( ) as the only players in school history to gain over 1,000 yards receiving in a single season twice in a career ( )... Earned second-team all-big Ten Conference honors as a redshirt junior in 2002 after hauling in 65 receptions (tied for 5th-most in a single season in school history) for 1,010 yards (5th) and nine touchdowns (3rd)... Named a consensus first-team all-big Ten selection as a redshirt sophomore in 2001 when he caught 65 passes for 1,062 yards (4th most in Illini history) and 10 touchdown receptions, which is tied for the most in a single season in school history. PERSONAL: Lloyd was a three-time all-suburban Big 8 Conference selection at Blue Springs High School in Blue Springs, Mo... Chosen as an all-state performer by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch... Contributed as a cornerback, wide receiver, kicker and punter in high school... Earned three letters in football, four in track and one in basketball... Wants to pursue broadcasting and interned at Fox Sports Midwest during the summer of Majored in speech communications with an emphasis in journalism at Illinois... Brandon Matthew Lloyd was born on July 5, 1981, in Kansas City, Mo.

109 lloyd s Regular Season Record RECEIVING SCORING Year Club G S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD TD TDr TDp TDrt 2pt Pts San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco t Washington Washington Chicago CAREER TOTALS , t ADDITIONAL STATISTICS: Miscellaneous tackles 2004 (1), 2005 (3), 2008 (1), TOTAL (5). Kick Returns 2008 (2 for 32 yds., 16.0 avg., 21 LG), TOTAL (2 for 32 yds., 16.0 avg., 21 LG). Fumbles Recovered a fumble vs. Seattle, 12/27/03. Returned a blocked punt 9 yards for a touchdown at Carolina, 9/14/08. lloyd s Single-Game Highs (Postseason in parentheses) Receptions 7, twice, last vs. Seattle, 11/20/05 (none). Receiving yards 142 vs. Dallas, 9/25/05 (none). Longest reception 89t vs. Dallas, 9/25/05 (none). Receiving touchdowns 2 vs. Dallas, 9/25/05 (none). brandon lloyd S Career Game-by-Game (Victories asterisked) 2003 san francisco (7-9) RECEIVING SCORING Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD 2pt. Pts. Sep 7 vs. Chicago* P Sep 14 at St. Louis P Sep 21 vs. Cleveland P Sep 28 at Minnesota P Oct 5 vs. Detroit* P Oct 12 at Seattle P Oct 19 vs. Tampa Bay* P Oct 26 at Arizona P Nov 2 vs. St. Louis* P t Nov 17 vs. Pittsburgh* P Nov 23 at Green Bay P Nov 30 at Baltimore P Dec 7 vs. Arizona* P Dec 14 at Cincinnati P Dec 21 at Philadelphia* P t Dec 27 vs. Seattle S Regular Season Totals 16/ san francisco (2-14) RECEIVING SCORING Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD 2pt. Pts. Sep 12 vs. Atlanta S Sep 19 at New Orleans S Games 3-4 INACTIVE Oct 10 vs. Arizona* S t Oct 17 at N.Y. Jets S t Oct 31 at Chicago S Nov 7 vs. Seattle S t Nov 14 vs. Carolina S t Nov 21 at Tampa Bay S Nov 28 vs. Miami S Dec 5 at St. Louis S Dec 12 at Arizona* S Dec 18 vs. Washington S t Dec 26 vs. Buffalo S Jan 2 at New England INACTIVE Regular Season Totals 13/ san francisco (4-12) RECEIVING SCORING Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD 2pt. Pts. Sep 11 vs. St. Louis* S t Sep 18 at Philadelphia P Sep 25 vs. Dallas S t Oct 2 at Arizona S Oct 9 vs. Indianapolis S Oct 23 at Washington S Oct 30 vs. Tampa Bay* S Nov 6 vs. N.Y. Giants S Nov 13 at Chicago S Nov 20 vs. Seattle S Nov 27 at Tennessee S Dec 4 vs. Arizona S Dec 11 at Seattle S Dec 18 at Jacksonville S Dec 24 at St. Louis* S Jan 1 vs. Houston* S t Regular Season Totals 16/ t washington (5-11) RECEIVING SCORING Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD 2pt. Pts. Sep 11 vs. Minnesota S Sep 17 at Dallas S Sep 24 at Houston* S Oct 1 vs. Jacksonville* S Oct 8 at N.Y. Giants S Oct 15 vs. Tennessee S Oct 22 at Indianapolis S Nov 5 vs. Dallas* S Nov 12 at Philadelphia S Nov 19 at Tampa Bay S Nov 26 vs. Carolina* S Dec 3 vs. Atlanta S Dec 10 vs. Philadelphia P Dec 17 at New Orleans* P Dec 24 at St. Louis P Dec 30 vs. N.Y. Giants INACTIVE Regular Season Totals 15/ washington (9-7) RECEIVING SCORING Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD 2pt. Pts. Sep 9 vs. Miami* S Sep 17 at Philadelphia* P Sep 23 vs. N.Y. Giants P Oct 7 vs. Detroit* P Oct 14 at Green Bay P Oct 21 vs. Arizona* P Oct 28 at New England P Nov 4 at N.Y. Jets* INACTIVE Nov 11 vs. Philadelphia P Games RESERVE/INJURED (SHOULDER) Regular Season Totals 8/ chicago (9-7) RECEIVING SCORING Date Opponent P/S No. Yds. Avg. LG TD 2pt. Pts. Sep 7 at Indianapolis* S Sep 14 at Carolina S Sep 21 vs. Tampa Bay S Sep 28 vs. Philadelphia* S Games 5-9 INACTIVE Nov 16 at Green Bay P Nov 23 at St. Louis* P Nov 30 at Minnesota P Dec 7 vs. Jacksonville* P Dec 11 vs. New Orleans* P Dec 22 vs. Green Bay* S Dec 28 at Houston P Regular Season Totals 11/

110 LE KEVIN SMITH TH YR. NEBRASKA BORN: July 21, 1982, in Macon, Ga. HIGH SCHOOL: Stratford Academy, Macon, Ga. ACQUIRED: Trade (New England), 2009 NFL YEAR: 4th YEAR WITH BRONCOS: 1st NFL GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 31/0 POSTSEASON: 2/0 DEFENSIVE LINEMAN SMITH AT A GLANCE: A fourth-year defensive lineman in his first season with the Broncos who totaled 25 tackles during the last three years with the Patriots. Posted a career-best 21 tackles for New England in Acquired from the Patriots on Aug. 17, 2009, in a trade that included undisclosed draft choices. Totaled at least 40 tackles in each of his four seasons at the University of Nebraska. Started all 12 games for the Cornhuskers at defensive tackle during his senior year. Selected by New England in the sixth round (206th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft. CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by New England as a draft choice 7/21/06; Traded to Denver 8/17/ : Smith played in a reserve role along the defensive line for New England and totaled a career-high 21 tackles (10 solo) along with one fumble recovery in 15 games (0 starts)... Played in the season s final 15 games after being inactive in the season opener vs. K.C. (9/7)... Credited with his first career fumble recovery while adding three tackles vs. Den. (10/20)... Tallied a career-high five tackles (3 solo) at Sea. (12/7). 2007: Smith registered a pair of solo defensive tackles and four special-teams stops in 13 games (0 starts) for a Patriots team that became the first in NFL history to post a 16-0 regular-season record... Appeared in two playoff games (0 starts), including Super Bowl XLII vs. NYG (2/3)... Tied for the team lead with two special-teams tackles at Dal. (10/14) and vs. Was. (10/28). 2006: Selected by New England in the sixth round (206th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft, Smith played in three games and recorded a pair of assisted tackles. as a rookie.. Dressed, but did not play in two games and was listed as inactive 11 times... Saw limited action as a reserve at nose tackle and collected one tackle vs. Hou. (12/17)... Saw action on the defensive line and posted a tackle at Ten. (12/31). COLLEGE: Smith started 35-of-49 games played at the University of Nebraska, recording 9.5 sacks (55 yds.) and 36 tackles for losses (112 yds.)... Also posted one interception (14 yds.), three pass breakups and one fumble recovery... Topped the 40-tackle mark in each four of his seasons with the Cornhuskers... Started all 12 games at defensive tackle as a senior and posted 43 tackles (23 solo), including a career-high six sacks (35 yds.). PERSONAL: Smith attended Stratford Academy in Macon, Ga., where he was named the USA Today Georgia Player of the Year and was an All-American according to SuperPrep and Rivals.com... Helped Stratford win two Class 3A state titles... Was a four-year letterwinner in track, winning three state titles in the discus and two in the shot put... Named to the 2003 Big 12 Commissioner s Academic Honor Roll... Participated in the 2008 Salvation Army Holiday Party at Gillette Stadium with nearly 250 children from the Boston and Providence Salvation Army centers... Graduated from Nebraska in December 2005 with a degree in Construction Management... Le Kevin Smith was born on July 21, 1982, in Macon, Ga. smith s REGULAR SEASON Record Year Club G S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR TD-Int. TD-FR S Pts New England New England New England CAREER TOTALS ADDITIONAL STATISTICS: Special teams tackles 2007 (4), TOTAL (4). smith s postseason Record Year Club G S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR TD-Int. TD-FR S Pts New England New England CAREER TOTALS smith s Single-Game Highs (Postseason in parentheses) Sacks None (none). Sack yards none (none). Interceptions None (none). Interception return yards None (none). le kevin smith s Career Game-by-Game (Victories asterisked) 2006 New england (12-4) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Games 1-13 INACTIVE Dec 17 vs. Houston* P Dec 24 at Jacksonville* P Dec 31 at Tennessee* P Regular Season Totals 3/ Jan 7 vs. N.Y. Jets* INACTIVE Jan 14 at San Diego* INACTIVE Jan 21 at Indianapolis # INACTIVE Postseason Totals 0/ AFC Wild Card Game; AFC Divisional Playoff Game; # AFC Championship Game 2007 New england (16-0) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 9 at N.Y. Jets* P Sep 16 vs. San Diego* P Sep 23 vs. Buffalo* P Oct 1 at Cincinnati* P Oct 7 vs. Cleveland* P Oct 14 at Dallas* P Oct 21 at Miami* P Oct 28 vs. Washington* P Nov 4 at Indianapolis* P Games INACTIVE Dec 3 at Baltimore* P Dec 9 vs. Pittsburgh* INACTIVE Dec 16 vs. N.Y. Jets* P Dec 23 vs. Miami* P Dec 29 at N.Y. Giants P Regular Season Totals 13/ Jan 12 vs. Jacksonville* P Jan 20 vs. San Diego* # INACTIVE Feb 3 vs. N.Y. Giants $ P Postseason Totals 2/ AFC Divisional Playoff Game; # AFC Championship Game; $ Super Bowl XLII 2008 New england (11-5) TACKLES Date Opponent P/S UT A TT S-Yds. I-Yds. PD FF FR Sep 7 vs. Kansas City* INACTIVE Sep 14 at N.Y. Jets* P Sep 21 vs. Miami P Oct 5 at San Francisco* P Oct 12 at San Diego P Oct 20 vs. Denver* P Oct 26 vs. St. Louis* P Nov 2 at Indianapolis P Nov 9 vs. Buffalo* P Nov 13 vs. N.Y. Jets P Nov 23 at Miami* P Nov 30 vs. Pittsburgh P Dec 7 at Seattle* P Dec 14 at Oakland* P Dec 21 vs. Arizona* P Dec 28 at Buffalo* P Regular Season Totals 15/

111 1 WEATHER: Sunny, 72º F, Wind E 6 mph TIME: 3:02 ATTENDANCE: 62,831 OFFICIALS: Referee Jerome Boger (23); Umpire Carl Paganelli (124); Head Linesman John Schleyer (21); Line Judge Mark Perlman (9); Side Judge Joe Larrew (73); Field Judge Doug Rosenbaum (67); Back Judge Tony Steratore (112); Replay Mark Burns. Denver 12, Cincinnati 7 Sunday, Sept. 13, :02 p.m. EDT Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati Propelled by the longest game-winning touchdown (87 yds.) from scrimmage in the fourth quarter of a game in NFL history, the Denver Broncos earned a 12-7 win against the Cincinnati Bengals in their season opener in front of 62,831 fans at Paul Brown Stadium. The victory marked Josh McDaniels NFL regular-season head coaching debut as well as the start of the 50th year in team history. Denver held Cincinnati scoreless for the first 59:22 before running back Cedric Benson s 1-yard touchdown run capped an 11- play, 91-yard drive and gave the Bengals a 7-6 lead. The score left only 38 seconds on the game clock for the Broncos to generate a comeback. Following the ensuing kickoff, the Broncos offense held possession at their own 13-yard line. After quarterback Kyle Orton s first pass attempt fell incomplete, he hurled a deep pass to his left intended for wide receiver Brandon Marshall that was batted into the air by Cincinnati cornerback Leon Hall. Stokley caught the deflected pass and turned up field, racing 62 yards untouched for the 87-yard game-winning touchdown. Orton finished the day completing 17-of-28 (60.7%) passes for 243 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions for a passer rating. It marked his fifth career game with at least a passer rating. Denver kicker Matt Prater s long-distance success carried over from 2008 as he succeeded on field goal attempts from 48 and 50 yards. His 48-yarder gave the Broncos as a 3-0 lead as time expired in the first half, and his 50-yard increased their lead to 6-0 with 14 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Defensively, safety Brian Dawkins led Denver with 11 tackles (7 solo). The Broncos posted three sacks (26 yds.), two interceptions and seven pass breakups while limiting the Bengals to 4.9 yards per play (63-307). Denver s two interceptions, including the first of linebacker Wesley Woodyard s career, marked its first multiple-interception game in more than a year (11/19/07 vs. Tennessee). Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer was limited to completing 21-of-33 passes for 247 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions for a 61.0 passer rating. The play of the Broncos defense and special teams forced Cincinnati to start nine of its 11 drives inside its territory. The Bengals average starting field position was their own 23-yard line. The victory improved the Broncos all-time record in season openers to for a.650 winning percentage that is the second best in NFL annals. McDaniels, making a return to his home state of Ohio, improved the record of Denver head coaches in their first game (season openers) to 9-0 with the win. DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 19 E. Royal LE 98 R. McBean LT 78 R. Clady DT 91 R. Fields LG 50 B. Hamilton RE 90 K. Peterson C 62 C. Wiegmann OLB 57 M. Haggan RG 73 R. Hochstein ILB 55 D. Williams RT 74 R. Harris ILB 54 A. Davis TE 89 D. Graham OLB 92 E. Dumervil FB 22 P. Hillis LCB 24 C. Bailey QB 6 K. Orton RCB 21 A. Goodman RB 35 C. Buckhalter S 23 R. Hill WR 10 J. Gaffney S 20 B. Dawkins BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 1 B. Kern, K 5 M. Prater, WR 11 K. McKinley, WR 15 B. Marshall, RB 22 P. Hillis, CB 26 J. Williams, RB 27 K. Moreno, S 30 D. Bruton, S 31 D. McBath, RB 32 L. Jordan, CB 33 A. Smith, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, ILB 59 W. Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, G 70 S. Olsen, T 76 T. Polumbus, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 81 R. Quinn, TE 88 T. Scheffler, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 99 V. Holliday. DID NOT PLAY: QB 2 C. Simms, LB/FB S. Larsen INACTIVE: 3QB 3 T. Brandstater, S 36 J. Barrett, G 73 C. Kuper, DL 75 C. Baker, T 77 B. Gorin, WR 84 B. Lloyd, LB/DE 94 J. Moss, DL 97 L. Smith. CINCINNATI BENGALS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 85 C. Ochocinco LDE 91 R. Geathers LOT 77 A. Whitworth LDT 94 D. Peko LG 62 N. Livings RDT 99 T. Johnson C 64 K. Cook RDE 98 A, Odom RG 63 B. Williams SLB 58 R. Maualuga R0T 73 A. Collins MLB 57 Dh. Jones TE 86 D. Coats WLB 55 K. Rivers WR 11 L. Coles LCB 22 J. Joseph QB 9 C. Palmer RCB 29 L. Hall HB 32 C. Benson SS 31 R. Williams FB 20 Je. Johnson FB 42 C. Crocker BENGALS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 10 K. Huber, WR 12 Q. Cosby, WR 15 C. Henry, K 17 S. Graham, CB 24 G. Pope, CB 25 M. Trent, HB 28 B. Scott, S 34 K. Hebert, HB 40 B. Leonard, S 41 C. Ndukwe, LS/TE 48 B. St. Louis, LB 52 A. Hodge, LB 53 R. Jeanty, LB 59 B. Johnson, G 66 E. Mathis, DT 68 J. Fanene, OT 74 D. Roland, WR 87 A. Caldwell, TE 88 J. Foschi, DT 90 P. Sims, DE 93 M. Johnson DID NOT PLAY: QB 4 J. O'Sullivan, C 50 J. Luigs INACTIVE: 3QB 5 J. Palmer, CB 20 Da. Jones, HB 27 D. Dorsey, S 43 T. Nelson, OT 75 S. Kooistra, TE 80 C. Coffman, WR 89 J. Simpson, DE 92 F. Rucker OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR Denver Broncos M. Prater (48)(50) HOME Cincinnati Bengals Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home BRONCOS 2 0:00 M. Prater 48 yd. Field Goal (9-52, 1:48) 3 0 BRONCOS 3 0:14 M. Prater 50 yd. Field Goal (5-34, 2:15) 6 0 BENGALS 4 0:38 C. Benson 1 yd. run (S. Graham kick) (11-91; 5:43) 6 7 BRONCOS 4 0:11 B. Stokley 87 yd. pass from K. Orton (Pass failed) (2-87; 0: FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Denver Broncos Cincinnati Bengals RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD C. Buckhalter C. Benson K. Moreno C. Ochocinco L. Jordan B. Leonard K. Orton C. Palmer P. Hillis K. Huber B. Scott TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. K. Orton / C. Palmer / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD B. Marshall A. Caldwell D. Graham C. Ochocinco J. Gaffney C. Benson E. Royal B. Leonard C. Buckhalter C. Henry B. Stokley D. Coats T. Scheffler L. Coles P Hillis J. Foschi TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD T. Scheffler W. Woodyard TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG B. Kern K. Huber TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal Q. Cosby [DOWNED] [OUT OF BOUNDS] [OUT OF BOUNDS] RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal Q. Cosby T. Polumbus RETURNS RETURNS Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out Cincinnati Bengals Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds T. Polumbus K. Huber P. Hillis TOTAL TOTAL FINAL TEAM STATISTICS BRONCOS BENGALS BRONCOS BENGALS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 3 4 Net Punting Average By Passing 7 12 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) By Penalty 0 0 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% % No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 1 1 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 0 1 Total Rushing Plays Passing 1 0 Average gain per rushing play EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts Tackles for a loss-number and yards Kicking Made-Attempts NET YARDS PASSING Passing Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts Gross yards passing RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% % PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% % Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) SAFETIES 0 0 KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks FINAL SCORE 12 7 PUNTS Number and Average TIME OF POSSESSION 26:33 33:27 Had Blocked 0 0 BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR B. Dawkins R. McBean D. Williams R. Fields A. Davis K. Peterson C. Bailey D. Reid R. Hill A. Smith L. Jordan A. Goodman V. Holliday M. Haggan M. Thomas E. Dumervil T. Scheffler W. Woodyard TEAM TOTALS

112 2 Sunday, Sept. 20, :15 p.m. MDT INVESCO Field at Mile High Denver WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 82, Wind SW 9 mph TIME: 2:55 ATTENDANCE: 73,931 The Denver Broncos improved to 2-0 on the season with a 27-6 win over the Cleveland Browns in front of 73,931 fans at INVESCO Field at Mile High. The victory marked Denver s 10th consecutive win in home openers, a streak that ties for the third longest in NFL history. Outside linebacker/defensive end Elvis Dumervil tied the Broncos single-game franchise record with four sacks to lead a defensive effort that held the Browns to 200 yards of offense (3.6 yards per play). Dumervil s four sacks came in the second half, marking the most sacks in a half by an NFL linebacker in eight seasons. Denver held Cleveland to only 2.6 yards per rush (21-54) and forced three turnovers (1 interception, 2 fumbles). The Broncos defense posted five three-and-outs and limited the Browns to 3- of-14 (21.4%) success on third downs. Offensively, the Broncos totaled 186 yards and two touchdowns on 37 rushes (5.0 avg.). Running back Correll Buckhalter had a game-high 76 rushing yards, including a 45-yard touchdown, on nine carries for an 8.4-yard average. Eight different Broncos caught passes from quarterback Kyle Orton, including wide receiver Brandon Stokley, who had a team-high five receptions for 70 yards (14.0 avg.). After the Broncos defense held the Browns to a field goal following a Denver fumble on the opening kickoff, Broncos outside linebacker/defensive end Darrell Reid recovered a failed quarterback-center exchange at the Cleveland 9-yard line to provide Denver a short field. Orton capitalized on the good field position, completing a 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tony Scheffler to gain a 7-3 lead that the team would not relinquish for the remainder of the contest. Cleveland answered with a 47-yard field goal to climb within one point, 7-6, but the Browns could not overcome the deficit, as the Broncos defense held Cleveland scoreless for the final three quarters. Orton finished the day completing 19-of-37 attempts for 263 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions for an 83.5 passer rating. He completed five passes of at least 18 yards, including a 49-yard pass to wide receiver Jabar Gaffney that set up a 2-yard touchdown run by fullback Peyton Hillis early in the fourth quarter. Earning a win in his first home game as head coach, Josh McDaniels became the fifth head coach in Broncos history to earn wins in his first two games. The victory also improved Denver s record in home openers to 23-3 in the Pat Bowlen era (since 1984) for a.885 winning percentage that is the best in the NFL. OFFICIALS: Referee Peter Morelli (135); Umpire Richard Hall (49); Head Linesman Derick Bowers (74); Line Judge Darryl Lewis (130); Side Judge Laird Hayes (125); Field Judge Rob Vernatchi (75); Back Judge Bill Schmitz (122); Replay Jim Lapetina. Denver 27, Cleveland 6 OFFENSE WR 17 B. Edwards LT 73 J. Thomas LG 65 E. Steinbach C 55 A. Mack RG 77 F. Womack RT 78 J. St. Clair WR 16 J. Cribbs QB 10 B. Quinn RB 31 J. Lewis TE 82 S. Heiden WR 87 M. Furrey DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 19 E. Royal LE 98 R. McBean LT 78 R. Clady NT 91 R. Fields LG 50 B. Hamilton RE 90 K. Peterson C 62 C. Wiegmann OLB 57 M. Haggan RG 73 C. Kuper ILB 55 D. Williams RT 74 R. Harris ILB 54 A. Davis TE 89 D. Graham OLB 92 E. Dumervil WR 15 B. Marshall LCB 24 C. Bailey WR 10 J. Gaffney RCB 21 A. Goodman RB 28 C. Buckhalter S 23 R. Hill QB 8 K. Orton S 20 B. Dawkins BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: 1 B. Kern, K 5 M. Prater, WR 14 B. Stokley, RB 22 P. Hillis, CB 26 J. Williams, RB 27 K. Moreno, S 30 D. Bruton, S 31 D. McBath, RB 32 L. Jordan, CB 33 A. Smith, S 36 J. Barrett, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, ILB 59 W. Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, OL 71 R. Hochstein, T 76 T. Polumbus, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 81 R. Quinn, TE 88 T. Scheffler, LB/DE 94 J. Moss, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 99 V. Holliday. DID NOT PLAY: QB 2 C. Simms. INACTIVE: 3QB 3 T. Brandstater, WR 11 K. McKinley, LB/FB 46 S. Larsen, G 70 S. Olsen, DL 75 C. Baker, T 77 B. Gorin, WR 84 B. Lloyd, DL 97 L. Smith. CLEVELAND BROWNS DEFENSE LE 90 K. Coleman NT 92 S. Rogers RE 98 R. Smith OLB 95 K. Wimbley ILB 52 D. Jackson ILB 50 E. Barton LCB 24 E. Wright RCB 22 B. McDonald S 21 B. Pool S 26 A. Elam DB 23 H. Poteat BROWNS SUBSTITUTIONS: K 4 P. Dawson, WR 11 M. Massaquoi, P 15 D. Zastudil, DB 20 M. Adams, DB 25 C. Francies, DB 27 N. Sorensen, DB 30 G. Lawson, RB 35 J. Harrison, DB 41 R. Ventrone, FB 47 L. Vickers, LB 51 A. Hall, LB 54 B. Costanzo, LB 56 K. Maiava, LB 57 D. Veikune, OL 62 B. Yates, LS 64 R. Pontbriand, OL 66 H. Fraley, DL 69 C. Mosley, DL 71 A. Rubin, TE 84 R. Royal, LB 96 D. Bowens, DL 99 C. Williams. DID NOT PLAY: QB 3 D. Anderson. INACTIVE: 3QB 5 B. Ratliff, RB 28 J. Davis, DB 29 M. Floyd, RB 38 C. Peerman, OL 70 R. Hadnot, OL 74 P. Trautwein, WR 80 B. Robiskie, TE 86 M. Rucker OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR Cleveland Browns P. Dawson (22) (47) HOME Denver Broncos M. Prater (23) 39WL (38) 37WL Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home BROWNS 1 12:22 P. Dawson 22 yd. Field Goal (7-18, 2:33) 3 0 BRONCOS 1 8:03 T. Scheffler 2 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (3-9, 1:11) 3 7 BROWNS 1 1:49 P. Dawson 47 yd. Field Goal (11-51, 6:14) 6 7 BRONCOS 2 11:42 M. Prater 23 yd. Field Goal (13-76, 5:07) 6 10 BRONCOS 3 10:39 M. Prater 38 yd. Field Goal (6-18, 2:55) 6 13 BRONCOS 4 12:18 P. Hillis 2 yd. run (M. Prater kick) (7-82, 3:45) 6 20 BRONCOS 4 8:24 C. Buckhalter 45 yd. run (M. Prater kick) (3-67, 1:31) 6 27 FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Cleveland Browns Denver Broncos RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD J. Lewis C. Buckhalter J. Harrison K. Moreno B. Quinn L. Jordan J. Cribbs B. Marshall P. Hillis K. Orton TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. B. Quinn / K. Orton / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD B. Edwards B. Stokley J. Cribbs J. Gaffney J. Harrison B. Marshall R. Royal E. Royal J. Lewis K. Moreno M. Furrey C. Buckhalter D. Graham T. Scheffler TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD D. McBath TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG D. Zastudil B. Kern TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD J. Cribbs A. Smith [OUT OF BOUNDS] [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD J. Cribbs P. Hillis [TOUCHBACK] E. Royal [TOUCHBACK] 1 0 0,0 0 0 RETURNS RETURNS Cleveland Browns Own Opp. Out Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds J. Cribbs P. Hillis B. Quinn E. Dumervil B. Costanzo B. Dawkins D. Reid TOTAL TOTAL FINAL TEAM STATISTICS BROWNS BRONCOS BROWNS BRONCOS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 1 9 Net Punting Average By Passing 9 13 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) By Penalty 1 3 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0% No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 0 3 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 0 2 Total Rushing Plays Passing 0 1 Average gain per rushing play Kick Returns 0 0 Tackles for a loss-number and yards EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts NET YARDS PASSING Kicking Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass Passing Made-Attempts Gross yards passing FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% % Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% % KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks SAFETIES 0 0 PUNTS Number and Average FINAL SCORE 6 27 Had Blocked 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:16 32:44 BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR A. Davis D. McBath E. Dumervil R. McBean B. Dawkins M. Thomas R. Hill W. Woodyard D. Williams C. Bailey D. Reid K. Peterson A. Smith M. Haggan TEAM TOTALS

113 3 WEATHER: Sunny, 81º, Wind W 6 mph TIME: 2:46 ATTENDANCE: 45,602 OFFICIALS: Referee Ed Hochuli (85); Umpire Chad Brown (31); Head Linesman Mark Hittner (28); Line Judge Tim Podraza (47); Side Judge Barry Anderson (20); Field Judge Craig Wrolstad (4); Back Judge Kirk Dornan (6); Replay Tom Sifferman. Denver 23, Oakland 3 Sunday, Sept. 27, :15 p.m. PDT Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Oakland, Calif. The Denver Broncos improved to 3-0 for the second consecutive year and 11th time in club history with a 23-3 win against the Oakland Raiders in front of 45,602 fans at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The victory extended the Broncos winning streak in divisional openers to 10 games dating back to the 2000 season. Denver held the Raiders to only 137 yards of total offense (95 rushing, 61 passing) and forced three turnovers (2 interceptions, 1 fumble). By allowing only three points in Oakland, the Broncos tied for the third-fewest points allowed (16) through an NFL team s first three games of a season during the Super Bowl era (since 1966). Outside linebacker/defensive end Elvis Dumervil led Denver s pass rush, posting multiple sacks (2) for the second consecutive week along with five tackles (all solo). His play helped Denver allow the second-lowest net passing yards (61) by an opponent since Running back Correll Buckhalter became the Broncos' first back to eclipse the 100-yard rushing mark in the 2009 campaign, carrying 14 times for a game-high 108 yards (7.7 avg.) to earn his fifth career 100-yard rushing game. He and rookie running back Knowshon Moreno (90 yds.) helped Denver total 215 yards on 45 carries (4.8 avg.). Denver quarterback Kyle Orton remained interception-free for the 2009 season and threw one touchdown to wide receiver Brandon Marshall, who collected game bests in receptions (5) and receiving yards (67). Denver's defense allowed just one first down in the first quarter after forcing a three-and-out and posting two interceptions to open the game. Safety Renaldo Hill picked off a deep pass and returned it 18 yards to set up Orton's 2-yard touchdown pass to Marshall to open the game's scoring and give the Broncos a 7-0 lead with 2:07 left in the first quarter. On the Raiders next drive, Broncos cornerback André Goodman intercepted another pass and returned it 30 yards. Kicker Matt Prater capitalized on the solid field position by converting a 48- yard field goal to give the Broncos a 10-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 48-yard field goal of his own in the second quarter, but the Broncos would record the game's final 13 points to claim the 20-point win. Prater converted field goal attempts of 21 and 24 yards while Moreno scored his first career touchdown on a 7-yard run in the third quarter. With the win, Head Coach Josh McDaniels joins Red Miller (1977) as the only two coaches in Broncos' history to open their first season with the club with a 3-0 record. DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 19 E. Royal LE 98 R. McBean LT 78 R. Clady NT 91 R. Fields LG 50 B. Hamilton RE 90 K. Peterson C 62 C. Wiegmann OLB 57 M. Haggan RG 73 C. Kuper ILB 55 D. Williams RT 74 R. Harris ILB 54 A. Davis TE 89 D. Graham OLB 92 E. Dumervil TE 88 T. Scheffler LCB 24 C. Bailey WR 10 J. Gaffney RCB 21 A. Goodman QB 8 K. Orton S 23 R. Hill RB 28 C. Buckhalter S 20 B. Dawkins BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 1 B. Kern, K 5 M. Prater, WR 14 B. Stokley, WR 15 B. Marshall, RB 22 P. Hillis, CB 26 J. Williams, RB 27 K. Moreno, S 30 D. Bruton, S 31 D. McBath, RB 32 L. Jordan, CB 33 A. Smith, S 36 J. Barrett, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, ILB 59 W. Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, OL 71 R. Hochstein, T 76 T. Polumbus, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 81 R. Quinn, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 97 L. Smith, DL 99 V. Holliday. DID NOT PLAY: QB 2 C. Simms. INACTIVE: 3QB 3 T. Brandstater, WR 11 K. McKinley, LB/FB 46 S. Larsen, G 70 S. Olsen, DL 75 C. Baker, T 77 B. Gorin, WR 84 B. Lloyd, LB/DE 94 J. Moss. OAKLAND RAIDERS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 12 D. Heyward-Bey DE 92 R. Seymour LT 75 M. Henderson DT 93 T. Kelly LG 72 E. Pears DT 61 G. Warren C 51 C. Morris DE 99 G. Ellis RG 66 C. Carlisle OLB 57 R. Brown RT 74 C. Green MLB 52 K. Morrison TE 80 Z. Miller OLB 53 T. Howard WR 18 L. Murphy CB 37 C. Johnson QB 2 J. Russell CB 21 N. Asomugha TE 86 T. Stewart FS 24 M. Huff RB 20 D. McFadden SS 33 T. Branch RAIDERS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 9 S. Lechler, K 11 S. Janikowski, WR 15 J. Higgins, WR 19 T. Watkins, DB 23 J. Holland, RB 25 J. Fargas, CB 26 S. Routt, RB 29 M. Bush, S 34 M. Mitchell, CB 35 J. Bowie, FB 44 L. Lawton, FB 46 O. O'Neal, LB 50 I. Ekejiuba, LB 54 S. Williams, LB 55 J. Alston, LS/LB 59 J. Condo, T 69 K. Barnes, DE 77 M. Shaughnessy, DT 90 D. Bryant, DE 91 T. Scott, DE 98 J. Richardson. DID NOT PLAY: QB 5 B. Gradkowski, C 64 S. Satele. INACTIVE: 3QB 3 C. Frye, S 31 H. Eugene, G 76 R. Gallery, G 79 P. McQuistan, WR 81 C. Schilens, TE 83 B. Myers, WR 84 J. Walker, WR 89 N. Miller OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR Denver Broncos M. Prater (48) (21) (24) HOME Oakland Raiders S. Janikowski (48) Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home BRONCOS 1 2:07 B. Marshall 2 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (6-23, 2:46) 7 0 BRONCOS 1 0:00 M. Prater 48 yd. Field Goal (4-4, 0:48) 10 0 RAIDERS 2 6:37 S. Janikowski 48 yd. Field Goal (12-56, 8:23) 10 3 BRONCOS 2 1:09 M. Prater 21 yd. Field Goal (11-76, 5:28) 13 3 BRONCOS 3 10:57 K. Moreno 7 yd. run (M. Prater kick) (8-80, 4:03) 20 3 BRONCOS 4 11:57 M. Prater 24 yd. Field Goal (16-88, 8:08) 23 3 PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR D. Williams E. Dumervil A. Davis B. Dawkins K. Peterson D. Reid TEAM J. Williams M. Haggan R. Hill FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Denver Broncos Oakland Raiders RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD C. Buckhalter D. McFadden K. Moreno J. Russell L. Jordan M. Bush B. Marshall J. Fargas P. Hillis K. Orton TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. K. Orton / J. Russell / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD B. Marshall M. Bush J. Gaffney L. Murphy D. Graham Z. Miller T. Scheffler D. McFadden E. Royal J. Fargas TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD A. Goodman R. Hill TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG B. Kern S. Lechler TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal J. Higgins [DOWNED] [TOUCHBACK] [OUT OF BOUNDS] RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal J. Holland [TOUCHBACK] [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out Oakland Raiders Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds C. Buckhalter D. McFadden M. Haggan Z. Miller D. Williams C. Morris B. Dawkins R. Brown M. Mitchell TOTAL TOTAL FINAL TEAM STATISTICS BRONCOS RAIDERS BRONCOS RAIDERS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 21 9 FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 9 4 Net Punting Average By Passing 10 4 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 69 7 By Penalty 2 1 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 2 0 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 1 0 Total Rushing Plays Passing 1 0 Average gain per rushing play EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts Tackles for a loss-number and yards Kicking Made-Attempts NET YARDS PASSING FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass RED ZONE EFFICIENCY % 0-1-0% Gross yards passing GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY % 0-0-0% PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED SAFETIES 0 0 Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) FINAL SCORE 23 3 KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks TIME OF POSSESSION 36:15 23:45 PUNTS Number and Average Had Blocked 0 0 BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR V. Holliday R. McBean W. Woodyard R. Ayers C. Bailey R. Fields D. McBath M. Thomas A. Goodman TEAM TOTALS

114 4 WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 55º, Wind N 6 mph TIME: 3:05 ATTENDANCE: 76,440 Wide receiver Brandon Marshall scored a game-winning touchdown on a 51-yard pass from Kyle Orton with 1:46 remaining in the fourth quarter to give the Denver Broncos a victory over the Dallas Cowboys in front of 76,440 fans at INVESCO Field at Mile High. With the win, the Broncos posted their first 4-0 start since 2003 and only the sixth such opening to a year in club history. The Broncos held the Cowboys scoreless for the game s final three quarters and kept Dallas out of the end zone on a goal-line stand at the 2-yard line with one second left to seal the victory. Marshall s 51-yard score marked the third game-winning touchdown catch of his four-year career. He finished the game with four receptions for a team season-high 91 yards with one touchdown. Orton led Denver to 17 unanswered points in the win and completed 20-of-29 (69.0%) passes for 243 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a passer rating that ranks as the second highest total of his career. He extended his streak without an interception to 151 consecutive passes. Denver surrendered only 315 net yards and 74 rushing yards (3.0 avg. per carry) to hold the Cowboys top-rated rushing offense to season lows in all three categories. After allowing 10 points to Dallas, the Broncos have tied for the fifth-fewest points given up by a team through its first four games since the 1970 NFL merger. During the final defensive stand, Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey posted back-to-back pass breakups on third and fourth down to prevent a game-tying score. Bailey finished the game with eight solo tackles, one interception (3 yds.) and a team seasonhigh four pass breakups. Broncos outside linebacker/defensive end Elvis Dumervil registered three solo stops and two sacks for a loss of five yards to earn his third consecutive multiple-sack effort. Inside linebacker D.J. Williams tied for the team lead with nine tackles (all solo) and added one sack, two pass breakups and one fumble recovery that led to a touchdown. After Dallas scored the game s first 10 points, safety Renaldo Hill forced a fumble that was recovered by Williams. On the next play, Orton completed a 9-yard touchdown pass to running back Knowshon Moreno that cut Denver s deficit to 10-7 with 10:10 left in the first half. Kicker Matt Prater s 28-yard field goal at 3:37 of the fourth quarter tied the game at 10. Denver then forced a Dallas punt that gave the Broncos possession of the ball at their 27-yard line with 2:47 remaining on the game clock. At the two-minute warning, Orton completed a pass down the right sideline to Marshall, who weaved down the field for the 51-yard, game-winning score. OFFICIALS: Referee Walt Anderson (66); Umpire Scott Dawson (70); Head Linesman Phil McKinnely (110); Line Judge Byron Boston (18); Side Judge James Coleman (95); Field Judge Rob Vernatchi (75); Back Judge Billy Smith (2); Replay Dale Hamer. Denver 17, Dallas 10 Sunday, Oct. 4, :15 MDT INVESCO Field at Mile High Denver DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 19 E. Royal LE 98 R. McBean LT 78 R. Clady NT 91 R. Fields LG 71 R Hochstein RE 90 K. Peterson C 62 C. Wiegmann OLB 57 M. Haggan RG 73 C. Kuper ILB 54 A. Davis RT 74 R. Harris ILB 55 D. Williams TE 89 D. Graham OLB 92 E. Dumervil TE 88 T. Scheffler LCB 24 C. Bailey WR 15 B. Marshall RCB 21 A. Goodman QB 8 K. Orton S 23 R. Hill RB 28 C. Buckhalter S 20 B. Dawkins BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 1 B. Kern, K 5 M. Prater, WR 10 J. Gaffney, WR 11 K. McKinley, WR 14 B. Stokley, RB 22 P. Hillis, CB 26 J. Williams, RB 27 K. Moreno, S 30 D. Bruton, S 31 D. McBath, RB 32 L. Jordan, S 36 J. Barrett, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, ILB 59 W. Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, G 70 S. Olsen, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 81 R. Quinn, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 97 L. Smith, DL 99 V. Holliday. DID NOT PLAY: QB 2 Chris Simms, T 76 T. Polumbus. INACTIVE: 3QB 3 T. Brandstater, CB 33 A. Smith, LB/FB 46 S. Larsen, G/C 50 B. Hamilton, DL 75 C. Baker, T 77 B. Gorin, WR 84 B. Lloyd, LB/DE 94 J. Moss. DALLAS COWBOYS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 11 R. Williams LE 96 M. Spears LT 76 F. Adams NT 90 J. Ratliff LG 63 K. Kosier RE 99 I. Olshansky C 65 A. Gurode SLB 93 A. Spencer RG 70 L. Davis MILB 56 B. James RT 75 M. Colombo MOLB 51 K. Brooking TE 82 J. Witten WLB 94 D. Ware TE 80 M. Bennett LCB 41 T. Newman QB 9 T. Romo RCB 21 M. Jenkins FB 34 D. Anderson FS 26 K. Hamlin RB 24 M. Barber SS 43 G. Sensabaugh COWBOYS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 1 M. McBriar, K 6 N. Folk, WR 17 S. Hurd, K 18 D. Buehler, WR 19 M. Austin, CB 20 A. Ball, RB 23 T. Choice, S 25 P. Watkins, RB 31 C. Washington, CB 32 O. Scandrick, LB 53 S. Octavien, LB 54 B. Carpenter, LB 57 V. Butler, LB 58 J. Williams, T 68 D. Free, C 71 C. Procter, DE 72 S. Bowen, WR 84 P. Crayton, TE 89 J. Phillips, LS 91 L. Ladouceur, NT 95 J. Siavii, DE 97 J. Hatcher. DID NOT PLAY: QB 3 J. Kitna. INACTIVE: 3QB 7 S. McGee, RB 28 F. Jones, S 36 M. Hamlin, G 64 M. Holland, C 69 D. Preston, T 77 P. McQuistan, WR 85 K. Ogletree, LB 98 C. Johnson OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR Dallas Cowboys N. Folk (49) HOME Denver Broncos M. Prater (28) Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home COWBOYS 1 5:56 N. Folk 49 yd. Field Goal (8-38, 3:27) 3 0 COWBOYS 1 0:43 M. Barber 1 yd. run (N. Folk kick) (8-61, 3:41) 10 0 BRONCOS 2 10:04 K. Moreno 9 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (1-9, 0:06) 10 7 BRONCOS 4 5:58 M. Prater 28 yd. Field Goal (8-65, 3:37) BRONCOS 4 1:46 B. Marshall 51 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (3-73, 1:01) FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Dallas Cowboys Denver Broncos RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD M. Barber K. Moreno T. Choice C. Buckhalter L. Jordan K. Orton TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. T. Romo / K. Orton / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD T. Choice C. Buckhalter J. Witten B. Marshall S. Hurd D. Graham R. Williams T. Scheffler M. Austin E. Royal P. Crayton K. Moreno M. Barber J. Gaffney M. Bennett D. Anderson TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD C. Bailey TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG M. McBriar B. Kern TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD P. Crayton E. Royal [OUT OF BOUNDS] [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD M. Austin K. McKinley [TOUCHBACK] [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS Dallas Cowboys Own Opp. Out Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds T. Romo K. Orton D. Ware K. Moreno B. James R. Hill D. Williams TOTAL TOTAL FINAL TEAM STATISTICS COWBOYS BRONCOS COWBOYS BRONCOS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 7 7 Net Punting Average By Passing 11 8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) By Penalty 2 3 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY % 0-1-0% No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 1 2 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 1 0 Total Rushing Plays Passing 0 2 Average gain per rushing play EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts Tackles for a loss-number and yards Kicking Made-Attempts NET YARDS PASSING FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass RED ZONE EFFICIENCY % % Gross yards passing GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY % % PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED SAFETIES 0 0 Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) FINAL SCORE KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks TIME OF POSSESSION 33:07 26:53 PUNTS Number and Average Had Blocked 0 0 BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR A. Davis R. Ayers D. Williams R. Fields C. Bailey R. McBean B. Dawkins L. Smith K. Peterson M. Haggan J. Williams E. Dumervil A. Goodman R. Hill V. Holliday W. Woodyard TEAM TOTALS

115 5 WEATHER: Cloudy, 30º, Wind NW 4 mph TIME: 3:19 ATTENDANCE: 76,011 Kicker Matt Prater s game-winning 41-yard field goal in overtime sealed the Broncos comeback victory over the New England Patriots in front of 76,011 fans at INVESCO Field at Mile High. The Broncos overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half to record their fifth 5-0 start in franchise history. With the win, Head Coach Josh McDaniels became only the sixth rookie head coach in the Super Bowl era (since 1966) to start 5-0. Quarterback Kyle Orton directed two 90-yard drives (90, 98) that culminated in 11-yard passing touchdowns to wide receiver Brandon Marshall in the second and fourth quarters, respectively. The 98-yard drive was Denver s longest fourth-quarter game-winning or game-saving touchdown drive since The Drive in the 1986 AFC Championship Game. Orton finished the game completing 35-of-48 (72.9%) passes for 330 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for a 96.7 passer rating to earn the second 300-yard game of his career. His 48 pass attempts and 72.9 completion percentage set career bests. Marshall finished the game with eight receptions for 64 yards and two receiving touchdowns that marked the third multipletouchdown game of his career. Wide receiver Eddie Royal posted game highs with 10 receptions for 90 yards. Rookie running back Knowshon Moreno logged the first start of his NFL career and carried 21 times for 88 yards (4.2 avg.) and added four receptions for 36 yards to finish with a team-high 124 yards from scrimmage. Remaining strong late in the game, Denver s defense shut out its opponent in the second half for the fourth consecutive week and did not allow a third-down conversion in the final two quarters for the third game in a row. Inside linebacker D.J. Williams led the Broncos in tackles for the third time this season with nine stops (8 solo) while cornerback Jack Williams registered seven solo tackles and two pass breakups. Denver trailed by 10 points at halftime until Prater converted a 24-yard field goal to bring the Broncos within one score, 17-10, with 6:32 remaining in the third quarter. After the Patriots pinned the Broncos inside their own 2-yard line, Orton completed 6-of-10 attempts for 76 yards to lead a 98- yard scoring drive capped by an 11-yard touchdown pass to Marshall that tied the game at 17 with 5:15 left in the game. On New England s next possession, defensive lineman Vonnie Holliday forced a fumble on a sack of Tom Brady that was recovered by outside linebacker/defensive end Elvis Dumervil to ultimately send the game into overtime. Denver won the coin toss in overtime and took possession. Orton completed his first four pass attempts for 41 yards and Moreno contributed 20 rushing yards on three carries (6.7 avg.) to set up Prater s game-winning 41-yard field goal. OFFICIALS: Referee Carl Cheffers (51); Umpire Undrey Wash (96); Head Linesman Kent Payne (79); Line Judge Charles Stewart (62); Side Judge Jeff Lamberth (103); Field Judge Jon Lucivansky (89); Back Judge Dino Paganelli (105); Replay Larry Nemmers. Denver 20, New England 17 (OT) Sunday, Oct. 11, :16 p.m. MDT INVESCO Field at Mile High Denver DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE TE 88 T. Scheffler LE 98 R. McBean LT 78 R. Clady NT 91 R. Fields LG 50 B. Hamilton RE 90 K. Peterson C 62 C. Wiegmann OLB 57 M. Haggan RG 73 C. Kuper ILB 54 A. Davis RT 74 R. Harris ILB 55 D. Williams TE 89 D. Graham OLB 92 E. Dumervil WR 10 J. Gaffney LCB 24 C. Bailey WR 15 B. Marshall RCB 21 A. Goodman QB 8 K. Orton S 23 R. Hill RB 27 K. Moreno S 20 B. Dawkins BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 1 B. Kern, K 5 M. Prater, WR 11 K. McKinley, WR 14 B. Stokley, WR 19 E. Royal, RB 22 P. Hillis, CB 26 J. Williams, S 30 D. Bruton, S 31 D. McBath, RB 32 L. Jordan, CB 33 A. Smith, S 36 J. Barrett, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, ILB 59 W. Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, OL 71 R. Hochstein, T 76 T. Polumbus, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 81 R. Quinn, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 97 L. Smith, DL 99 V. Holliday. DID NOT PLAY: QB 2 C. Simms. INACTIVE: 3QB 3 T. Brandstater, RB 28 C. Buckhalter, LB/FB 46 S. Larsen, G 70 S. Olsen, DL 75 C. Baker, T 77 B. Gorin, WR 84 B. Lloyd, LB/DE 94 J. Moss. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS OFFENSE WR 83 W. Welker LT 72 M. Light LG 70 L. Mankins C 67 D. Koppen RG 61 S. Neal RT 77 N. Kaczur TE 84 B. Watson TE 86 C. Baker QB 12 T. Brady RB 34 S. Morris WR 81 R. Moss DEFENSE LE 94 T. Warren DT 75 V. Wilfork DT 99 M. Wright RE 97 J. Green OLB 58 P. Woods ILB 59 G. Guyton OLB 96 A. Thomas LCB 29 S. Springs RCB 23 L. Bodden SS 31 B. Meriweather FS 30 B. McGowan PATRIOTS SUBSTITUTIONS: K 3 S. Gostkowski, P 6 C. Hanson, WR 11 J. Edelman, WR 18 M. Slater, CB 24 J. Wilhite, S 25 P. Chung, CB 28 D. Butler, RB 33 K. Faulk, DB 38 B. Lockett, RB 39 L. Maroney, RB 42 B. Green-Ellis, LS 47 J. Ingram, LB 50 R. Ninkovich, LB 51 J. Mayo, LB 52 E. Alexander, LB 55 D. Burgess, OL 63 D. Connolly, OL 76 S. Vollmer, TE 80 M. Matthews, WR 88 S. Aiken, DL 91 M. Pryor, LB 95 T. Banta-Cain. DID NOT PLAY: QB 8 B. Hoyer. INACTIVE: WR 13 J. Galloway, WR 21 F. Taylor, CB 22 T. Wheatley, S 36 J. Sanders, OL 60 R. Ohrnberger, G 71 K. Simmons, DL 74 T. Sands, DL 92 R. Brace OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR New England Patriots S. Gostkowski (53) 40WL HOME Denver Broncos M. Prater 48WR (24) (41) Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home PATRIOTS 1 6:44 W. Welker 8 yd. pass from T. Brady (S. Gostkowski kick) (7-62, 4:16) 7 0 PATRIOTS 1 3:51 S. Gostkowski 53 yd. Field Goal (5-8, 1:27) 10 0 BRONCOS 2 4:31 B. Marshall 11 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (10-90, 5:03) 10 7 PATRIOTS 2 0:05 B. Watson 7 yd. pass from T. Brady (S. Gostkowski kick) (10-74, 4:26) 17 7 BRONCOS 3 7:22 M. Prater 24 yd. Field Goal (12-66, 6:32) BRONCOS 4 5:21 B. Marshall 11 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (12-98, 4:38) BRONCOS OT 10:09 M. Prater 41 yd. Field Goal (11-58, 4:51) FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS New England Patriots Denver Broncos RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD S. Morris K. Moreno L. Maroney L. Jordan K. Faulk B. Marshall T. Brady TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. T. Brady / K. Orton / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD W. Welker E. Royal K. Faulk B. Marshall J. Edelman J. Gaffney S. Morris T. Scheffler B. Watson K. Moreno R. Moss D. Graham TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD R. Moss TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG C. Hanson B. Kern TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD J. Edelman E. Royal [DOWNED] A. Smith [OUT OF BOUNDS] [DOWNED] RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD J. Edelman K. McKinley R. Hochstein [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS New England Patriots Own Opp. Out Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds T. Brady K. Moreno S. Morris E. Royal N. Kaczur J. Williams B. Lockett V. Holliday J. Mayo W. Woodyard B. McGowan E. Dumervil TOTAL TOTAL FINAL TEAM STATISTICS PATRIOTS BRONCOS PATRIOTS BRONCOS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 5 4 Net Punting Average By Passing TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) By Penalty 2 2 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0% No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 2 2 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 0 0 Total Rushing Plays Passing 2 2 Average gain per rushing play EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts Tackles for a loss-number and yards Kicking Made-Attempts NET YARDS PASSING FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass RED ZONE EFFICIENCY % % Gross yards passing GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY % 0-0-0% PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED SAFETIES 0 0 Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) FINAL SCORE KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks TIME OF POSSESSION 28:22 36:29 PUNTS Number and Average Had Blocked 0 0 BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR D. Williams K. Peterson B. Dawkins C. Bailey J. Williams A. Goodman W. Woodyard R. Hill R. Ayers E. Dumervil A. Davis M. Haggan R. Fields R. McBean V. Holliday TEAM TOTALS

116 6 WEATHER: Clear, 68º, Wind WSW 8 mph TIME: 3:02 ATTENDANCE: 68,615 Wide receiver Eddie Royal became the 11th player in NFL history to score on a kickoff return touchdown and a punt return touchdown in the same game to help the Broncos defeat the Chargers on Monday Night Football in front of 68,615 fans at Qualcomm Stadium. With the victory, Head Coach Josh McDaniels became only the fourth rookie head coach in the Super Bowl era (since 1966) to start a season 6-0. Denver also improved to 6-0 for the first time since its 1998 Super Bowl-winning season. Royal s 93-yard kickoff return touchdown and 71-yard punt return touchdown helped him finish with a team-record 235 special-teams return yards (158 kickoff return, 77 punt return). The touchdowns were the first of his career as a returner. Offensively, Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton completed 20-of- 29 (69.0%) passes for 229 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a passer rating. His most productive target for the night was tight end Tony Scheffler, who notched his second career 100-yard receiving game with six catches for 101 yards, including a touchdown and a 52-yard grab that set up Denver s final touchdown. Denver s defense was exceptional in the second half, allowing only three points and not surrendering a third-down conversion in the final two quarters for the fourth consecutive game. The Broncos finished the final half allowing only 104 yards of offense. The Broncos tied their season high with five sacks, including two by outside linebacker/defensive end Elvis Dumervil. His thirdquarter sack also forced a fumble that led to a field goal. Cornerback Champ Bailey had a strong outing for Denver in its secondary, posting a team-high seven solo tackles, one pass breakup and one forced fumble. Superb special teams play highlighted the first half with both teams accounting for three return scores. Royal s 93-yard kickoff return touchdown at 4:39 of the first quarter gave Denver a 7-3 lead, and his 71-yard punt return score put the Broncos ahead with 5:53 left in the first half. San Diego running back Darren Sproles 77-yard punt return touchdown sent the Chargers into halftime with a lead. A 50-yard field goal by kicker Nate Kaeding in the third quarter extended San Diego s lead to before Scheffler s 19-yard touchdown grab put Denver ahead entering the final period. A 29-yard field goal by kicker Matt Prater increased the Broncos lead to with 13:05 to play, and Denver put the game out of reach on a 5-yard touchdown catch by wide receiver Brandon Stokley with 2:55 remaining. OFFICIALS: Referee Scott Green (19); Umpire Butch Hannah (40); Head Linesman Tom Stabile (24); Line Judge Thomas Symonette (100); Side Judge Larry Rose (128); Field Judge Dyrol Prioleau (109); Back Judge Scott Helverson (93); Replay Dick Creed. Denver 34, San Diego 23 Monday, Oct. 19, :40 p.m. PDT Qualcomm Stadium San Diego DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 19 E. Royal LE 98 R. McBean LT 78 R. Clady NT 91 R. Fields LG 50 B. Hamilton RE 90 K. Peterson C 62 C. Wiegmann OLB 57 M. Haggan RG 73 C. Kuper ILB 54 A. Davis RT 74 R. Harris ILB 55 D. Williams TE 89 D. Graham OLB 92 E. Dumervil TE 88 T. Scheffler LCB 24 C. Bailey WR 15 B. Marshall RCB 21 A. Goodman QB 8 K. Orton S 23 R. Hill RB 27 K. Moreno S 20 B. Dawkins BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 1 B. Kern, K 5 M. Prater, WR 10 J. Gaffney, WR 14 B. Stokley, RB 22 P. Hillis, CB 26 J. Williams, RB 28 C. Buckhalter, S 30 D. Bruton, S 31 D. McBath, RB 32 L. Jordan, CB 33 A. Smith, S 36 J. Barrett, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, ILB 59 W.Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, OL 71 R. Hochstein, T 76 T. Polumbus, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 81 R. Quinn, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 97 L. Smith, DL 99 V. Holliday. DID NOT PLAY: QB 2 C. Simms. INACTIVE: 3QB 3 T. Brandstater, WR 11 K. McKinley, LB/FB 46 S. Larsen, G 70 S. Olsen, DL 75 C. Baker, T 77 B. Gorin, WR 84 B. Lloyd, LB/DE 94 J. Moss. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS OFFENSE WR 89 C. Chambers LT 73 M. McNeill LG 68 K. Dielman C 63 S. Mruczkowski RG 65 L. Vasquez RT 66 J. Clary TE 85 A. Gates WR 83 V. Jackson QB 17 P. Rivers FB 22 J. Hester RB 21 L. Tomlinson DEFENSE DE 74 J. Cesaire DT 91 O. Nwagbuo DE 93 L. Castillo OLB 95 S. Phillips ILB 54 S. Cooper ILB 99 K. Burnett OLB 56 S. Merriman LCB 23 Q. Jammer RCB 31 A. Cromartie SS 25 K. Ellison FS 32 E. Weddle CHARGERS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 5 M. Scifres, K 10 N. Kaeding, WR 11 L. Naanee, CB 20 A. Cason, FS 27 P. Oliver, SS 28 S. Gregory, FB 35 M. Tolbert, RB-KR 43 D. Sproles, LS 50 D. Binn, ILB 51 T. Dobbins, OLB 52 L. English, ILB 59 B. Siler, G 62 B. Dombrowski, DE 70 A. Boone, WR 80 M. Floyd, WR 81 K. Osgood, FB-TE 86 B. Manumaleuna, TE 88 K. Wilson, OLB 94 J. Tucker, DE 96 T. Johnson, DT 98 I. Scott. DID NOT PLAY: QB 7 B. Volek, C/G 64 D. Norman. INACTIVE: 3QB 6 C. Whitehurst, RB 29 M. Bennett, FS 41 C. Spillman, C 61 N. Hardwick, G 69 T. Green, WR 84 C. Davis, OLB 90 A. Applewhite, DE 92 V. Martin OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR Denver Broncos M. Prater (34) 54WR (29) HOME San Diego Chargers N. Kaeding (20) (44) (50) 55WL Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home CHARGERS 1 4:51 N. Kaeding 20 yd. Field Goal (11-92, 5:58) 0 3 BRONCOS 1 4:39 E. Royal 93 yd. kickoff return (M. Prater kick) (0-0, 0:12) 7 3 CHARGERS 1 0:06 V. Jackson 3 yd. pass from P. Rivers (N. Kaeding kick) (8-74, 4:33) 7 10 BRONCOS 2 7:55 M. Prater 34 yd. Field Goal (13-62, 7:11) BRONCOS 2 5:53 E. Royal 71 yd. punt return (M. Prater kick) CHARGERS 2 2:19 N. Kaeding 44 yd. Field Goal (8-45, 3:34) CHARGERS 2 1:03 D. Sproles 77 yd. punt return (N. Kaeding kick) CHARGERS 3 7:57 N. Kaeding 50 yd. Field Goal (9-48, 4:37) BRONCOS 3 3:43 T. Scheffler 19 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (9-77, 4:14) BRONCOS 4 13:05 M. Prater 29 yd. Field Goal (10-36, 3:38) BRONCOS 4 2:55 B. Stokley 5 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (5-62, 2:45) FINAL TEAM STATISTICS BRONCOS CHARGERS BRONCOS CHARGERS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 4 4 Net Punting Average By Passing TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) By Penalty 3 2 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0% No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 4 2 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 0 0 Total Rushing Plays Passing 2 1 Average gain per rushing play Punt Returns 1 1 Tackles for a loss-number and yards Kickoff Returns 1 0 NET YARDS PASSING EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass Kicking Made-Attempts Gross yards passing FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED RED ZONE EFFICIENCY % % Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY % % KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks SAFETIES 0 0 PUNTS Number and Average FINAL SCORE Had Blocked 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 30:43 29:17 PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR C. Bailey A. Davis E. Dumervil A. Goodman D. Williams B. Dawkins M. Haggan R. Hill D. McBath FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Denver Broncos San Diego Chargers RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD C. Buckhalter L. Tomlinson K. Moreno J. Hester K. Orton P. Rivers D. Sproles TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. K. Orton / P. Rivers / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD T. Scheffler A. Gates B. Marshall V. Jackson C. Buckhalter M. Floyd B. Stokley L. Tomlinson J. Gaffney M. Tolbert K. Moreno C. Chambers D. Sproles TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG B. Kern M. Scifres TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal D. Sproles [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal D. Sproles A. Smith RETURNS RETURNS Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out San Diego Chargers Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds C. Buckhalter P. Rivers B. Hamilton M. Tolbert C. Bailey L. Vasquez E. Dumervil S. Cooper D. Reid D. Williams V. Holliday TOTAL TOTAL BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR R. Ayers R. Fields R. McBean D. Reid J. Barrett V. Holliday M. Thomas W. Woodyard TEAM TOTALS

117 7 WEATHER: Showers, 56º, Wind ENE 8 mph TIME: 2:59 ATTENDANCE: 71,132 The Denver Broncos six-game winning streak, which tied for the sixth longest in club history, came to an end with their 30-7 loss to the Ravens in front of 71,312 fans at M&T Bank Stadium. A stingy Baltimore defense limited Denver to season lows in total yards (200) as well as yards per play (3.4). A 1-yard touchdown run by rookie running back Knowshon Moreno midway through the third quarter provided Denver s only points on the afternoon. Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton completed 23-of-37 (62.2%) passes for 152 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions for a 71.0 passer rating. He did not throw an interception for the sixth time this year while completing passes to eight different Broncos, including running back Correll Buckhalter, who finished with a game-high six receptions (30 yds.). Defensively, the Broncos held the Ravens to only two field goals in the first half while allowing only 103 total yards. The Ravens were able to build on their 6-0 halftime lead by scoring on four of their five second-half possessions and converting 7-of-8 (87.5%) of their third-down attempts to put the game out of reach. In the process, Baltimore snapped Denver s four-game streak of not allowing a third-down conversion in the second half that was the longest in the NFL since at least Denver finished the game with 10 tackles for a loss, including two each from inside linebackers Andra Davis and D.J. Williams. Williams led the Broncos defense in tackles for the fourth time this season with 11 stops while Davis posted a sack and nine tackles. The first half proved to be a defensive battle as the two squads combined for only 182 yards of total offense through the first two quarters. Baltimore opened the game s scoring on kicker Steve Hauschka s 43-yard field goal with 0:56 left in the first half after capitalizing on a Broncos fumble deep in their own territory. Hauschka s 46-yard field goal with 4:58 to play in the first half gave the Ravens a 6-0 lead at halftime. On the opening kickoff of the second half, Ravens cornerback Lardarius Webb s 95-yard touchdown return extended Baltimore s lead to Denver responded with a 10-play, 86-yard scoring drive the Broncos eighth 70-yard touchdown drive of the 2009 campaign that was capped by Moreno s 1-yard touchdown run. The score trimmed the Broncos deficit to one possession, 13-7, with 9:46 remaining in the third quarter. The Ravens held on for the win, however, adding a field goal and two touchdowns on their next four possessions to record 17 unanswered points and claim the 30-7 victory. OFFICIALS: Referee James Coleman (95); Umpire Jeff Rice (44); Head Linesman Julian Mapp (52); Line Judge Jeff Bergman (32); Side Judge Rick Patterson (15); Field Judge Scott Steenson(88); Back Judge Billy Smith (2); Replay Bill Spyksma. Baltimore 30, Denver 7 Sunday, Nov. 1, :02 p.m. EST M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 19 E. Royal LE 98 R. McBean LT 78 R. Clady NT 91 R. Fields LG 50 B. Hamilton RE 90 K. Peterson C 62 C. Wiegmann OLB 57 M. Haggan RG 73 C. Kuper ILB 54 A. Davis RT 74 R. Harris ILB 55 D. Williams WR 14 B. Stokley OLB 92 E. Dumervil WR 10 J. Gaffney LCB 24 C. Bailey WR 15 B. Marshall RCB 21 A. Goodman QB 8 K. Orton S 23 R. Hill RB 27 K. Moreno S 20 B. Dawkins BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: K 5 M. Prater, P 17 M. Berger, RB 22 P. Hillis, CB 26 J. Williams, RB 28 C. Buckhalter, S 30 D. Bruton, S 31 D. McBath, CB 33 A. Smith, S 36 J. Barrett, LB/FB 46 S. Larsen, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, ILB 59 W. Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, OL 71 R. Hochstein, T 76 T. Polumbus, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 81 R. Quinn, TE 88 T. Scheffler, TE 89 D. Graham, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 97 L. Smith, DL 99 V. Holliday. DID NOT PLAY: QB 2 C. Simms. INACTIVE: 3QB T. Brandstater, WR 11 K. McKinley, RB 32 L. Jordan, G 70 S. Olsen, DL 75 C. Baker, T 77 B. Gorin, WR 84 B. Lloyd, LB/DE 94 J. Moss. BALTIMORE RAVENS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 89 M. Clayton DT 92 H. Ngata WR 85 D. Mason NT 97 K. Gregg LT 71 J. Gaither DE 93 D. Edwards LG 66 B. Grubbs RLB 55 T. Suggs C 77 M. Birk JACK 56 T. Gooden RG 65 C. Chester MIKE 52 R. Lewis RT 74 M. Oher SLB 95 J. Johnson TE 86 T. Heap LCB 31 F. Washington QB 5 J. Flacco SS 26 D. Landry FB 33 L. McClain FS 20 E. Reed RB 27 R. Rice RCB 24 D. Foxworth RAVENS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 4 S. Koch, PK 6 S. Hauschka, WR 15 K. Washington, WR 17 D. Tyree, CB 21 L. Webb, RB 23 W. McGahee, S 25 C. Carr, S 28 T. Zbikowski, RB 32 M. Lawrence, S 43 H. Nakamura, LB 53 J. McClain, LB 54 P. Burgess, LB 59 D. Ellerbe, OG 62 D. Hale, LS 70 M. Katula, OG 73 M. Yanda, TE 82 L. Smith, TE 84 E. Jones, WR 87 D. Williams, DE 90 T. Pryce, NT 91 B. McKinney, DT 94 J. Bannan. DID NOT PLAY: QB 10 T. Smith. INACTIVE: 3QB 12 J. Beck, RB 34 J. Parmele, CB 41 F. Walker, LB 50 A. Barnes, OT 64 O. Cousins, OG 79 T. Moll, NT 98 K. Talavou, LB 99 P. Kruger OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR Denver Broncos HOME Baltimore Ravens S. Hauschka (43) (35) (31) Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home RAVENS 1 0:56 S. Hauschka 43 yd. Field Goal (4-(-2), 1:48) 0 3 RAVENS 2 4:58 S. Hauschka 35 yd. Field Goal (11-46, 5:55) 0 6 RAVENS 3 14:46 L. Webb 95 yd. kickoff return (S. Hauschka kick) (0-0, 0:14) 0 13 BRONCOS 3 9:46 K. Moreno 1 yd. run (M. Prater kick) (10-86, 5:00) 7 13 RAVENS 3 4:55 S. Hauschka 31 yd. Field Goal (10-69, 4:51) 7 16 RAVENS 4 13:07 D. Mason 20 yd. pass from J. Flacco (S. Hauschka kick) (9-73, 5:18) 7 23 RAVENS 4 1:59 R. Rice 7 yd. run (S. Hauschka kick) (9-53, 5:05) 7 30 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS BRONCOS RAVENS BRONCOS RAVENS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 6 7 Net Punting Average By Passing 8 8 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 5 17 By Penalty 3 1 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY % 0-0-0% No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 1 3 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 1 1 Total Rushing Plays Passing 0 1 Average gain per rushing play Kickoff Returns 0 1 Tackles for a loss-number and yards EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts NET YARDS PASSING Kicking Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts Gross yards passing RED ZONE EFFICIENCY % % PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY % % Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) SAFETIES 0 0 KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks FINAL SCORE 7 30 PUNTS Number and Average TIME OF POSSESSION 26:23 33:37 Had Blocked 0 0 PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR D. Williams A. Davis B. Dawkins R. Hill K. Peterson M. Haggan C. Bailey E. Dumervil R. Ayers FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Denver Broncos Baltimore Ravens RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD K. Moreno R. Rice C. Buckhalter L. McClain K. Orton J. Flacco M. Clayton T. Heap W. McGahee TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. K. Orton / J. Flacco / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD C. Buckhalter R. Rice B. Marshall K. Washington J. Gaffney D. Mason D. Graham M. Clayton E. Royal T. Heap P. Hillis W. McGahee K. Moreno T. Scheffler TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG M. Berger S. Koch TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal C. Carr [OUT OF BOUNDS] E. Reed [TOUCHBACK] [DOWNED] RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal L. Webb [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out Baltimore Ravens Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds K. Moreno T. Heap E. Reed T. Suggs TOTAL TOTAL BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR R. Fields A. Smith W. Woodyard A. Goodman R. McBean D. Reid L. Smith M. Thomas TEAM TOTALS

118 8 WEATHER: Mostly Clear, 55º, Wind N 7 mph TIME: 2:58 ATTENDANCE: 76,716 The Denver Broncos could not overcome three turnovers as they dropped a decision to the Pittsburgh Steelers in front of 76,716 fans the 10th largest home crowd in Broncos history at INVESCO Field at Mile High on Monday Night Football. Denver took a 10-7 lead early in the third quarter on a 54-yard fumble recovery touchdown by rookie outside linebacker/defensive end Robert Ayers before the Steelers scored 21 unanswered points down the stretch. Pittsburgh, which was limited to only three first downs and 54 yards of total offense in the first half, totaled 321 yards in the final two quarters, including 150 on the ground. Quarterback Kyle Orton posted completions to seven different Broncos during the game en route to totaling 221 yards on 23-of- 38 (60.5%) passing. Denver s run game struggled, however, with Pittsburgh limiting the club to a season-low 27 rushing yards on 14 carries (1.9 avg.). Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall set a franchise Monday Night Football record with a season-high 11 catches for 112 yards (10.2 avg.). He posted a double-digit reception total and 100 receiving yards for the the seventh and eighth time, respectively, in his four-year career. Defensively, the Broncos totaled three sacks and were led in tackles by cornerback Champ Bailey s season-best 12 stops (10 solo). Cornerback André Goodman notched his second interception (21 yds.) of the year along with a season-high three pass breakups. Ayers 54-yard fumble recovery touchdown, which resulted from a forced fumble on a sack by defensive lineman Kenny Peterson, marked the longest fumble recovery score by a rookie in team history. It also represented the first score by the Broncos defense this year. On the game s opening possession, Orton completed 4-of-5 passes, including three to Broncos wide receiver Eddie Royal for 46 yards, to set up kicker Matt Prater s 40-yard field goal. The conversion gave Denver a 3-0 lead with 10:24 left in the first quarter. It was a defensive battle for the remainder of the first half with both teams combining to allow only 181 yards and no offensive points following that scoring drive. The Steelers took a 7-3 lead into halftime after safety Tyrone Carter s 48-yard interception return touchdown at 12:50 of the second quarter. Denver answered that defensive score with one of its own as Ayers returned a Ben Roethlisberger fumble 54 yards to give the Broncos a 10-7 lead with 11:16 to play in the third quarter. The Steelers scored the game s final 21 points on three Roethlisberger passing touchdowns, including two to wide receiver Hines Ward. OFFICIALS: Referee Don Carey (126); Umpire Garth DeFelice (53); Head Linesman Dana McKenzie (8); Line Judge Carl Johnson (101); Side Judge Greg Meyer (78); Field Judge Mike Weir (50); Back Judge Terrence Miles (111); Replay Lloyd McPeters. Pittsburgh 28, Denver 10 Monday, Nov. 9, :41 p.m. MST INVESCO Field at Mile High Denver DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 19 E. Royal LE 97 L. Smith LT 78 R. Clady NT 91 R. Fields LG 50 B. Hamilton RE 90 K. Peterson C 62 C. Wiegmann OLB 57 M. Haggan RG 73 C. Kuper ILB 54 A. Davis RT 76 T. Polumbus ILB 55 D. Williams TE 89 D. Graham OLB 92 E. Dumervil TE 71 R. Hochstein LCB 24 C. Bailey WR 15 B. Marshall RCB 21 A. Goodman QB 8 K. Orton S 23 R. Hill RB 28 C. Buckhalter S 20 B. Dawkins BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: K 5 M. Prater, WR 10 J. Gaffney, WR 11 K. McKinley, WR 14 B. Stokley, P 17 M. Berger, CB 26 T. Law, RB 27 K. Moreno, S 31 D. McBath, RB 32 L. Jordan, CB 33 A. Smith, S 36 J. Barrett, LB/FB 46 S. Larsen, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, ILB 59 W. Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, DL 75 C. Baker, T 77 B. Gorin, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 88 T. Scheffler, LB/DE 94 J. Moss, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 99 V.Holliday. DID NOT PLAY: QB 2 C. Simms. INACTIVE: 3QB 3 T. Brandstater, RB 22 P. Hillis, S 30 D. Bruton, G 70 S. Olsen, T 74 R. Harris, TE 81 R. Quinn, WR 84 B. Lloyd, DL 98 R. McBean. PITTSBURGH STEELERS OFFENSE DEFENSE FL 10 S. Holmes DE 93 N. Eason LT 78 M. Starks NT 98 C, Hampton LG 68 C, Kemoeatu DE 99 B. Keisel C 62 J. Hartwig LOLB 56 L. Woodley RG 79 T. Essex LILB 51 J. Farrior RT 74 W. Colon RILB 57 K. Fox TE 83 H. Miller ROLB 92 J. Harrison TE 89 M. Spaeth LCB 24 I. Taylor RB 34 R. Mendenhall FS 23 T. Carter QB 10 B. Roethlisberger SS 43 T. Polamalu SE 86 H. Ward RCB 22 W. Gay STEELERS SUBSTITUTIONS: K 3 J. Reed, P 9 D. Sepulveda, WR 11 S. Logan, WR 14 L. Sweed, WR 17 M. Wallace, CB 20 K. Lewis, RB 21 M. Moore, CB 26 D. Townsend, CB 27 J. Burnett, S 29 R. Mundy, CB 31 K. Ratliff, FB 38 C. Davis, RB 39 W. Parker, LB 54 A. Frazier, LB 55 P. Bailey, LS 60 G. Warren, C 64 D. Legursky, OT 73 R. Foster, NT 76 C. Hoke, TE 85 D. Johnson, DE 96 E. Hood, LB 97 A. Harrison. DID NOT PLAY: QB 16 C. Batch. INACTIVE: 3QB 2 D. Dixon, S 25 R. Clark, G 65 K. Urbik, OT 66 T. Hills, DE 77 R. Harris, WR 81 S. McDonald, DE 90 T. Kirschke, LB 94 L. Timmons OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR Pittsburgh Steelers HOME Denver Broncos M. Prater (40) Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home BRONCOS 1 10:24 M. Prater 40 yd. Field Goal (9-56, 4:36) 0 3 STEELERS 2 12:50 T. Carter 48 yd. interception return (J. Reed kick) 7 3 BRONCOS 3 11:16 R. Ayers 54 yd. fumble return (M. Prater kick) 7 10 STEELERS 3 9:09 H. Ward 3 yd. pass from B. Roethlisberger (J. Reed kick) (4-80, 2:07) STEELERS 4 7:03 M. Wallace 25 yd. pass from B. Roethlisberger (J. Reed kick) (3-25, 1:28) STEELERS 4 1:22 H. Ward 3 yd. pass from B. Roethlisberger (J. Reed kick) (11-74, 5:08) FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Pittsburgh Steelers Denver Broncos RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD R. Mendenhall C. Buckhalter M. Moore K. Moreno M. Wallace B. Roethlisberger TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. B. Roethlisberger / K. Orton / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD H. Ward B. Marshall S. Holmes E. Royal M. Wallace J. Gaffney H. Miller C. Buckhalter R. Mendenhall D. Graham B. Stokley T. Scheffler TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD T. Carter A. Goodman T. Polamalu TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG D. Sepulveda M. Berger TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD S. Logan E. Royal M. Moore [DOWNED] [DOWNED] [OUT OF BOUNDS] [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD S. Logan K. McKinley E. Royal S. Larsen [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS Pittsburgh Steelers Own Opp. Out Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds B. Roethilisberger K. Peterson R. Ayers TOTAL TOTAL FINAL TEAM STATISTICS STEELERS BRONCOS STEELERS BRONCOS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 6 0 Net Punting Average By Passing TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) By Penalty 0 0 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0% No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 4 1 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 0 0 Total Rushing Plays Passing 3 0 Average gain per rushing play Interceptions 1 0 Tackles for a loss-number and yards Fumbles 0 1 NET YARDS PASSING EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass Kicking Made-Attempts Gross yards passing FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED RED ZONE EFFICIENCY % 0-0-0% Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY % 0-0-0% KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks SAFETIES 0 0 PUNTS Number and Average FINAL SCORE Had Blocked 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 33:03 26:57 BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR C. Bailey R. Ayers B. Dawkins A. Davis W. Woodyard R. Fields D. Williams E. Dumervil V. Holliday A. Goodman T. Law M. Haggan D. Reid K. Peterson M. Thomas R. Hill TEAM TOTALS

119 9 WEATHER: Sunny, 70º, Wind Calm 0 mph TIME: 2:56 ATTENDANCE: 85,247 Despite quarterback Kyle Orton's two 40-yard touchdown passes to wide receiver Brandon Marshall in the first quarter that propelled Denver to a halftime lead, the Broncos fell to the Washington Redskins in front of 85,247 fans at FedExField. Orton completed 11-of-18 (61.1%) passes for 193 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a passer rating before leaving the game at halftime with an ankle injury. He was replaced in the final two quarters by Chris Simms, who saw his first extended action in more than three seasons. Marshall posted a 100-yard receiving effort for the second consecutive game, leading Denver with five catches for 134 yards (26.8 avg.). His touchdown catches of 40 and 75 yards in the first quarter made him only the 11th player in the NFL since 1940 to post two 40-yard scoring grabs in the opening quarter. The wide receiver also joined Lionel Taylor (1961) and Steve Watson (1981) as one of three Broncos in club history to post two 40-yard touchdown catches in the same game. In support of the passing game, Denver rookie running back Knowshon Moreno gained a career-best 97 yards on 18 carries (5.4 avg.) in his fourth start of the season. He had four runs of at least 10 yards, including a personal-best 28-yarder on the game s first play to set up Denver s opening touchdown. Three Broncos posted 10 or more tackles, including safety Brian Dawkins, who finished with a game-high 14 stops (12 solo). Inside linebackers Andra Davis (12 tackles) and D.J. Williams (10 tackles) also reached the 10-tackle mark for Denver. Denver gained an early 7-0 lead on the game s opening possession with a four-play, 67-yard scoring drive that was capped by Orton's 40-yard touchdown pass to Marshall. The Redskins responded to tie the game on their ensuing possession, but Orton connected with Marshall again for a 75-yard touchdown on the only play of a drive that gave the Broncos a 14-7 advantage with 3:35 remaining in the first quarter. Washington tied the game at 14 with 6:30 to play in the second quarter on a 35-yard touchdown pass after shifting out of a field goal formation. Broncos kicker Matt Prater gave Denver the edge at halftime with his 24-yard conversion putting the Broncos ahead as time expired. Aided by a steady rushing attack, the Redskins controlled possession for 21:09 in the second half and recorded 13 unanswered points to earn the victory. Washington running back Ladell Betts, who finished the game with 114 yards, carried 18 times for 91 yards (5.1 avg.) and one touchdown in the final two quarters. OFFICIALS: Referee Peter Morelli (135); Umpire Richard Hall (49); Head Linesman Derick Bowers (74); Line Judge Darryll Lewis (130); Side Judge Laird Hayes (125); Field Judge Rob Vernatchi (75); Back Judge Bill Schmitz (122); Replay Jim Lapetina. Washington 27, Denver 17 Sunday, Nov. 15, :02 p.m. EST FedExField Landover, Md. DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 15 B. Marshall LE 97 L. Smith LT 78 R. Clady NT 91 R. Fields LG 71 R. Hochstein RE 90 K. Peterson C 62 C. Wiegmann OLB 57 M. Haggan RG 73 C. Kuper ILB 54 A. Davis RT 76 T. Polumbus ILB 55 D. Williams TE 89 D. Graham OLB 92 E. Dumervil TE 88 T. Scheffler LCB 24 C. Bailey QB 8 K. Orton RCB 21 A. Goodman FB 46 S. Larsen S 23 R. Hill RB 27 K. Moreno S 20 B. Dawkins BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: QB 2 C. Simms, K 5 M. Prater, WR 10 J. Gaffney, WR 11 K. McKinley, WR 14 B. Stokley, P 17 M. Berger, WR 19 E. Royal, CB 26 T. Law, RB 28 C. Buckhalter, S 30 D. Bruton, S 31 D. McBath, RB 32 L. Jordan, CB 33 A. Smith, G/C 50 B. Hamilton, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, ILB 59 W. Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, T 77 B. Gorin, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 81 R. Quinn, LB/DE 94 J. Moss, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 99 V. Holliday. INACTIVE: 3QB 3 T. Brandstater, RB 22 P. Hillis, S 36 J. Barrett, G 70 S. Olsen, T 74 R. Harris, DL 75 C. Baker, WR 84 B. Lloyd, DL 98 R. McBean. WASHINGTON REDSKINS OFFENSE WR 12 M. Kelly LT 76 L. Jones LG 66 D. Dockery C 61 C. Rabach RG 75 C. Rinehart RT 74 S. Heyer TE 86 F. Davis WR 11 D. Thomas QB 17 J. Campbell FB 45 M. Sellers RB 46 L. Betts DEFENSE DE 93 P. Daniels DT 96 C. Griffin DT 92 A. Haynesworth DE 99 A. Carter LB/DE 98 B. Orakpo MLB 59 L. Fletcher WLB 52 R. McIntosh CB 22 C. Rogers CB 23 D. Hall S 30 L. Landry S 37 R. Doughty REDSKINS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 3 H. Smith, K 6 S. Suisham, CB 20 J. Tryon, CB 27 F. Smoot, S 29 L. Holmes, RB 31 R. Cartwright, CB 34 B. Westbrook, RB 35 Q. Ganther, S 41 K. Moore, LB 54 H. Blades, C/G 63 W. Montgomery, DT 64 K. Golston, LS 67 E. Albright, T 78 D. Batiste, DT 79 L. Alexander, WR 82 A. Randle El, WR 84 M. Mitchell, TE 87 T. Yoder, WR 89 S. Moss, DE 90 J. Jarmon, LB/DE 95 C. Wilson. DID NOT PLAY: QB 15 T. Collins, C 50 E. Williams. INACTIVE: CB 25 K. Barnes, RB 26 C. Portis, RB 36 Ed. Williams, TE 47 C. Cooley, LB 51 R. Henson, T 71 M. Williams, DT 94 A. Montgomery, DE 97 R. Wynn OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR Denver Broncos M. Prater (24) HOME Washington Redskins S. Suisham (30) (35) Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home BRONCOS 1 12:47 B. Marshall 40 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (4-67, 2:13) 7 0 REDSKINS 1 6:32 T. Yoder 2 yd. pass from J. Campbell (S. Suisham kick) (12-78, 6:15) 7 7 BRONCOS 1 3:35 B. Marshall 75 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (1-75, 0:11) 14 7 REDSKINS 2 6:30 M. Sellers 35 yd. pass from H. Smith (S. Suisham kick) (7-59, 3:00) BRONCOS 2 0:05 M. Prater 24 yd. Field Goal (18-82, 6:25) REDSKINS 4 10:40 S. Suisham 30 yd. Field Goal (13-79, 7:15) REDSKINS 4 2:44 L. Betts 1 yd. run (S. Suisham kick) (11-60, 6:13) REDSKINS 4 1:10 S. Suisham 35 yd. Field Goal (4-9, 1:04) FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Denver Broncos Washington Redskins RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD K. Moreno L. Betts C. Buckhalter R. Cartwright B. Marshall J. Campbell K. Orton Q. Ganther TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. K. Orton / J. Campbell / C. Simms / H. Smith / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD B. Marshall F. Davis T. Scheffler A. Randle El E. Royal D. Thomas K. Moreno R. Cartwright B. Stokley S. Moss M. Sellers Q. Ganther M. Kelly L. Betts T. Yoder TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD D. Hall L. Landry TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG M. Berger H. Smith TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal S. Moss [DOWNED] [DOWNED] [OUT OF BOUNDS] RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal R. Cartwright L. Jordan [TOUCHBACK] [OUT OF BOUNDS] RETURNS RETURNS Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out Washington Redskins Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds C. Buckhalter L. Alexander R. Doughty TOTAL TOTAL FINAL TEAM STATISTICS BRONCOS REDSKINS BRONCOS REDSKINS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 6 9 Net Punting Average By Passing 8 13 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 0 51 By Penalty 0 0 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% % No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 2 3 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 0 1 Total Rushing Plays Passing 2 2 Average gain per rushing play EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts Tackles for a loss-number and yards Kicking Made-Attempts NET YARDS PASSING FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% % Gross yards passing GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% % PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED SAFETIES 0 0 Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) FINAL SCORE KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks TIME OF POSSESSION 24:17 35:43 PUNTS Number and Average Had Blocked 0 0 BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR B. Dawkins A. Goodman A. Davis K. Peterson D. Williams L. Smith R. Fields W. Woodyard R. Hill M. Thomas V. Holliday D. Reid C. Bailey A. Smith E. Dumervil R. Ayers T. Law TEAM TOTALS

120 10 WEATHER: Sunny, 51º, Wind S 3 mph TIME: 2:54 ATTENDANCE: 74,707 The Denver Broncos were unable to overcome three turnovers and failed to score touchdowns on four trips inside the red zone as the San Diego Chargers moved into first place in the AFC West with a 32-3 victory in front of 74,707 fans at INVESCO Field at Mile High. San Diego controlled possession for 37:52 on the strength of a rushing attack that posted 203 yards and two touchdowns on 43 attempts (4.7 avg.). Denver quarterback Kyle Orton, playing with an injured ankle, entered the game in the second quarter in place of Chris Simms, who made his first start in more than three years. Orton finished the game completing 15-of-29 passes for 171 yards with one interception in his first career action coming off the bench. The Broncos averaged a season-best 6.8 yards per rush, totaling 115 yards on 17 carries. Rookie running back Knowshon Moreno led Denver s ground game with 80 yards on 10 carries (8.0 avg.), including a career-long 36-yard run in the third quarter. Wide receiver Jabar Gaffney was targeted a game-high nine times and led Denver with 55 yards on three catches, including a 38-yard grab. Defensively, safety Renaldo Hill registered a team-high nine tackles (8 solo) along with one pass breakup for Denver. The Broncos, who posted five sacks in their first meeting with San Diego this year, were held without a sack for the first time this season. Denver s offense entered the red zone twice in the first half but did not score a point due to two fumbles, including one that was lost at the goal line and recovered by the Chargers in the end zone. That turnover occurred when San Diego was up 13-0 with 1:58 to play in the opening half. On the game s opening drive, the Broncos rushed seven consecutive times for 42 yards to reach the Chargers 17-yard line, but San Diego recovered a fumble on a sack that ended Denver s early scoring threat. The Chargers capitalized on the takeaway with a touchdown on a nine-play, 69-yard drive that gave them a 7-0 advantage with 5:58 left in the first quarter. After forcing three-and-outs on Denver s next two drives, San Diego scored six points on two field goals by kicker Nate Kaeding to give it a 13-0 halftime lead. Denver notched its only points of the game on its first drive of the second half when kicker Matt Prater converted a 23-yard field goal with 9:56 to play. The Broncos attempted an onside kick immediately after the field goal but could not convert. San Diego proceeded to score the game s final 19 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, to seal the victory. The Chargers rushed 17 times for 110 yards and maintained possession for 10:29 during the final quarter. OFFICIALS: Referee Ron Winter (14); Umpire Bill Schuster (129); Head Linesman Jim Mello (48); Line Judge Tom Stephan (68); Side Judge Tom Hill (97); Field Judge Jim Howey (37); Back Judge Richard Reels (83); Replay Ken Baker. San Diego 32, Denver 3 Sunday, Nov. 22, :15 p.m. MST INVESCO Field at Mile High Denver DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 19 E. Royal LE 98 R. McBean LT 78 R. Clady NT 91 R. Fields LG 71 R. Hochstein RE 90 K. Peterson C 62 C. Wiegmann OLB 57 M. Haggan RG 73 C. Kuper ILB 54 A. Davis RT 76 T. Polumbus ILB 55 D. Williams TE 89 D. Graham OLB 92 E. Dumervil WR 10 J. Gaffney LCB 24 C. Bailey WR 15 B. Marshall RCB 21 A. Goodman QB 2 C. Simms S 23 R. Hill RB 27 K. Moreno S 20 B. Dawkins BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: K 5 M. Prater, QB 8 K. Orton, WR 14 B. Stokley, P 17 M. Berger, RB 22 P. Hillis, CB 26 T. Law, RB 28 C. Buckhalter, S 30 D. Bruton, S 31 D. McBath, CB 33 A. Smith, S 36 J. Barrett, LB/FB 46 S. Larsen, G/C 50 B. Hamilton, ILB 59 W. Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, T 77 B. Gorin, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 81 R. Quinn, TE 88 T. Scheffler, LB/DE 94 J. Moss, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 97 L. Smith, DL 99 V. Holliday. INACTIVE: 3QB 3 T. Brandstater, WR 11 K. McKinley, RB 32 L. Jordan, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, G 70 S. Olsen, T 74 R. Harris, DL 75 C. Baker, WR 84 B. Lloyd. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS OFFENSE WR 80 M. Floyd LT 73 M. McNeill LG 68 K. Dielman C 63 S. Mruczkowski RG 65 L. Vasquez RT 66 J. Clary TE 85 A. Gates WR 83 V. Jackson QB 17 P. Rivers FB 22 J. Hester RB 21 L. Tomlinson DEFENSE DE 74 J. Cesaire DE 93 L. Castillo OLB 95 S. Phillips ILB 54 S. Cooper ILB 59 B. Siler OLB 56 S. Merriman LCB 23 Q. Jammer RCB 31 A. Cromartie SS 27 P. Oliver FS 32 E. Weddle CB 28 S. Gregory CHARGERS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 5 M. Scifres, K 10 N. Kaeding, WR 11 L. Naanee, CB 20 A. Cason, SS 25 K. Ellison, FB 35 M. Tolbert, RB 43 D. Sproles, LS 50 D. Binn, ILB 51 T. Dobbins, OLB 52 L. English, LB 53 J. Holt, G/T 62 B. Dombrowski, DE 70 A. Boone, WR 81 K. Osgood, FB/TE 86 B. Manumaleuna, TE 88 K. Wilson, DE/DT 91 O. Nwagbuo, DE/DT 96 T. Johnson, DT 98 I. Scott, ILB 99 K. Burnett. DID NOT PLAY: QB 7 B. Volek, C/G 64 D. Norman, T 75 C. Clark. INACTIVE: 3QB 6 C. Whitehurst, CB 24 D. Hughes, RB 29 M. Bennett, FS 41 C. Spillman, C 61 N. Hardwick, G 69 T. Green, WR 84 C. Davis, DE/DT 92 V. Martin OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR San Diego Chargers N. Kaeding (28) (47) (28) (19) HOME Denver Broncos M. Prater (23) Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home CHARGERS 1 5:58 L. Naanee 2 yd. pass from P. Rivers (N. Kaeding kick) (9-69, 4:37) 7 0 CHARGERS 2 10:54 N. Kaeding 28 yd. Field Goal (11-46, 7:14) 10 0 CHARGERS 2 4:19 N. Kaeding 47 yd. Field Goal (9-44, 5:33) 13 0 BRONCOS 3 9:56 M. Prater 23 yd. Field Goal (9-59, 3:58) 13 3 CHARGERS 3 6:47 L. Tomlinson 1 yd. run (N. Kaeding kick) (6-41, 3:09) 20 3 CHARGERS 4 14:06 N. Kaeding 28 yd. Field Goal (9-50, 4:45) 23 3 CHARGERS 4 10:28 N. Kaeding 19 yd. Field Goal (6-51, 2:54) 26 3 CHARGERS 4 0:34 M. Tolbert 8 yd. run (kick blocked) (6-28, 2:55) 32 3 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS CHARGERS BRONCOS CHARGERS BRONCOS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 10 6 Net Punting Average By Passing 9 7 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 7 10 By Penalty 2 1 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY % 0-3-0% No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 3 0 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 2 0 Total Rushing Plays Passing 1 0 Average gain per rushing play EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts Tackles for a loss-number and yards Kicking Made-Attempts NET YARDS PASSING FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass RED ZONE EFFICIENCY % 0-4-0% Gross yards passing GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY % 0-2-0% PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED SAFETIES 0 0 Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) FINAL SCORE 32 3 KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks TIME OF POSSESSION 37:52 22:08 PUNTS Number and Average Had Blocked 0 0 PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR R. Hill A. Davis D. McBath C. Bailey D. Williams M. Haggan B. Dawkins R. Fields V. Holliday R. McBean FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS San Diego Chargers Denver Broncos RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD L. Tomlinson K. Moreno M. Tolbert C. Buckhalter J. Hester D. Sproles TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. P. Rivers / K. Orton / C. Simms / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD V. Jackson E. Royal M. Floyd J. Gaffney A. Gates C. Buckhalter J. Hester B. Marshall D. Sproles T. Scheffler L. Naanee K. Moreno M. Tolbert D. Graham P. Hillis TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD A. Cromartie TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG M. Scifres M. Berger TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD D. Sproles E. Royal [DOWNED] [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD [TOUCHBACK] E. Royal [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS San Diego Chargers Own Opp. Out Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds D. Sproles K. Moreno J. Cesaire C. Simms S. Phillips S. Gregory TOTAL TOTAL BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR E. Dumervil A. Goodman M. Thomas K. Peterson D. Reid T. Law L. Smith J. Moss TEAM TOTALS

121 11 WEATHER: Clear, 57º, Wind Calm 0 mph TIME: 3:00 ATTENDANCE: 74,896 Hosting their first Thanksgiving game since 1963, the Denver Broncos snapped their four-game losing streak with a 26-6 victory against the New York Giants in front of 74,896 fans at INVESCO Field at Mile High. Recovering from an ankle injury, Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton returned to the starting lineup to complete 18-of-28 (64.3%) passes for 245 yards with one touchdown and one interception for an 89.1 passer rating. Orton s key target was wide receiver Brandon Marshall, who registered a game-best 86 yards on six catches (14.3 avg.). Marshall had two acrobatic, one-handed catches of at least 25 yards, including a 28-yarder that set up a touchdown, In the run game, rookie running back Knowshon Moreno finished with a game-high 88 yards on 19 carries (4.6 avg.) with one touchdown. He added 19 yards on two catches en route to posting his third game with 100 yards from scrimmage (107) this year. Defensively, Denver posted three takeaways (1 INT, 2 FUM) and three sacks (20 yds.) while tying a season high with nine pass breakups. Safety Brian Dawkins recorded one forced fumble and one fumble recovery for the Broncos, setting up two drives that led to 10 points. The veteran finished with a team-high eight solo tackles. With two sacks, outside linebacker Elvis Dumervil increased his sack total for the year to a league-high 14, marking a single-season personal best. His performance marked his sixth multiple-sack game this year and 13th of his four-year NFL career. Denver took a 16-0 lead into halftime, controlling possession for 19:47 in the first half and allowing only 38 yards and three first downs through the first two quarters. Broncos kicker Matt Prater, who tied a career best with four field goals and added five touchbacks on kickoffs, gave Denver a 6-0 lead with two field goals in the first half. A fumble recovery by Dawkins midway through the second quarter led to a 1-yard Moreno touchdown run that gave Denver a 13-0 lead. Prater converted a 47-yard field goal that extended the Broncos' lead to 16-0 at halftime. The Giants answered with field goals on their opening two possessions of the second half, trimming their deficit to 16-6 with 31 seconds left in the third quarter. Denver maintained possession for 9:48 during the final period and added 10 points to secure the victory. Wide receiver Brandon Stokley s 17-yard touchdown gave the Broncos a 23-6 advantage with 10:15 to play, and Prater converted a 24-yard field goal with 5:02 remaining that provided Denver s final points. OFFICIALS: Referee Tony Corrente (99); Umpire Fred Bryan (11); Head Linesman John McGrath (5); Line Judge John Hussey (35); Side Judge Allen Baynes (56); Field Judge Gary Cavaletto (60); Back Judge Gregory Wilson (119); Replay Howard Slavin. Denver 26, N.Y. Giants 6 Thursday, Nov. 26, :21 p.m. MST INVESCO Field at Mile High Denver DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 19 E. Royal LE 99 V. Holliday LT 78 R. Clady DT 98 R. McBean LG 71 R. Hochstein DT 91 R. Fields C 62 C. Wiegmann RE 90 K. Peterson RG 73 C. Kuper ILB 57 M. Haggan RT 76 T. Polumbus ILB 55 D. Williams TE 89 D. Graham LCB 24 C. Bailey TE 88 T. Scheffler RCB 21 A. Goodman WR 15 B. Marshall S 23 R. Hill QB 8 K. Orton S 20 B. Dawkins RB 27 K. Moreno CB 26 T. Law BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: K 5 M. Prater, WR 10 J. Gaffney, WR 14 B. Stokley, P 17 M. Berger, RB 22 P. Hillis, RB 28 C. Buckhalter, S 30 D. Bruton, S 31 D. McBath, CB 33 A. Smith, S 36 J. Barrett, LB/FB 46 S. Larsen, G/C 50 B. Hamilton, ILB 54 A. Davis, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, ILB 59 W. Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, T 77 B. Gorin, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 81 R. Quinn, LB/DE 92 E. Dumervil, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 97 L. Smith. DID NOT PLAY: QB 2 C. Simms. INACTIVE: 3QB 3 T. Brandstater, WR 11 K. McKinley, RB 32 L. Jordan, G 70 S. Olsen, T 74 R. Harris, DL 75 C. Baker, WR 84 B. Lloyd, LB/DE 94 J. Moss. NEW YORK GIANTS OFFENSE WR 82 M. Manningham LT 66 D. Diehl LG 69 R. Seubert C 60 S. O Hara RG 76 C. Snee RT 67 K. McKenzie TE 89 K. Boss WR 12 S. Smith WR 88 H. Nicks QB 10 E. Manning RB 27 B. Jacobs DEFENSE LE 91 J. Tuck NT 96 B. Cofield DT 98 F. Robbins RE 72 O. Umenyiora SLB 55 D. Clark MLB 57 C. Blackburn WLB 52 M. Boley LCB 23 C. Webster RCB 24 T. Thomas SS 20 M. Johnson FS 26 A. Rouse GIANTS SUBSTITUTIONS: PK 9 L. Tynes, P 18 J. Feagles, CB 25 B. Johnson, RB 28 D. Ware, CB 31 A. Ross, RB 33 G. Johnson, FB 39 M. Hedgecock, S 41 C. Brown, TE 47 T. Beckum, LB 51 Z. DeOssie, LB 53 B. Kehl, LB 54 J. Goff, T 65 W. Beatty, DE 71 D. Tollefson, G 77 K. Boothe, WR 80 D. Hagan, TE 84 D. Johnson, WR 87 D. Hixon, DE 94 M. Kiwanuka, DT 95 R. Bernard, LB 97 C. Sintim, DL 99 C. Canty. DID NOT PLAY: QB 8 D. Carr. INACTIVE: WR 13 R. Barden, DB 29 D.J. Johnson, CB 35 K. Dockery, RB 44 A. Bradshaw, LB 58 A. Pierce, T 61 A. Koets, T 79 G. Whimper, WR 83 S. Moss OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR New York Giants L. Tynes (39) (52) HOME Denver Broncos M. Prater (26) (32) (47) (24) Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home BRONCOS 1 2:28 M. Prater 26 yd. Field Goal (13-76, 6:19) 0 3 BRONCOS 2 10:46 M. Prater 32 yd. Field Goal (12-57, 5:15) 0 6 BRONCOS 2 7:17 K. Moreno 1 yd. run (M. Prater kick) (4-38, 2:00) 0 13 BRONCOS 2 3:28 M. Prater 47 yd. Field Goal (6-22, 2:42) 0 16 GIANTS 3 7:55 L. Tynes 39 yd. Field Goal (9-39, 4:18) 3 16 GIANTS 3 0:31 L. Tynes 52 yd. Field Goal (11-52, 4:47) 6 16 BRONCOS 4 10:15 B. Stokley 17 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (9-64, 5:16) 6 23 BRONCOS 4 5:02 M. Prater 24 yd. Field Goal (9-30, 3:59) 6 26 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS GIANTS BRONCOS GIANTS BRONCOS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 2 10 Net Punting Average By Passing TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) By Penalty 1 2 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 0 2 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 0 1 Total Rushing Plays Passing 0 1 Average gain per rushing play EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts Tackles for a loss-number and yards Kicking Made-Attempts NET YARDS PASSING FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% % Gross yards passing GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% % PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED SAFETIES 0 0 Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) FINAL SCORE 6 26 KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks TIME OF POSSESSION 24:30 35:30 PUNTS Number and Average Had Blocked 0 0 PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR B. Dawkins M. Haggan C. Bailey A. Goodman K. Peterson E. Dumervil V. Holliday A. Davis T. Law FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS New York Giants Denver Broncos RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD B. Jacobs K. Moreno D. Ware C. Buckhalter E. Manning K. Orton TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. E. Manning / K. Orton / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD S. Smith B. Marshall M. Manningham T. Scheffler H. Nicks J. Gaffney B. Jacobs K. Moreno K. Boss D. Graham D. Hixon B. Stokley D. Ware C. Buckhalter D. Johnson TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD T. Thomas A. Goodman TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG J. Feagles M. Berger TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD D. Hixon E. Royal [DOWNED} A. Smith [OUT OF BOUNDS} RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD D. Hixon C. Buckhalter [TOUCHBACK] RETURNS RETURNS New York Giants Own Opp. Out Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds D. Johnson B. Dawkins E. Manning E. Dumervil D. Ware M. Haggan D. Williams TOTAL TOTAL BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR A. Smith D. Williams R. Ayers R. Fields R. Hill D. McBath M. Thomas W. Woodyard TEAM TOTALS

122 12 WEATHER: Overcast, 37º, Wind 6 SE mph TIME: 3:09 ATTENDANCE: 68,912 The Denver Broncos won at Arrowhead Stadium in December for only the second time in club history with a win against the Kansas City Chiefs on front of 68,912 fans at Arrowhead Stadium. The Broncos, who scored their most points on the road in the history of the AFC West rivalry, gained a season-high 245 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 45 carries (5.4 avg.) en route to the victory. The club s 245 rushing yards were its most in a game in four seasons and included 113 from running back Correll Buckhalter on 12 carries (9.4 avg.) and 86 from rookie running back Knowshon Moreno. Moreno posted multiple rushing touchdowns for the first time in his career while posting his sixth 80-yard rushing performance of the year. Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton threw for multiple touchdowns for the fifth time this season, completing 15-of-25 passes for 180 yards with two scores and one interception for a 92.1 rating. His effort against the Chiefs also marked his seventh game this year with a passer rating of at least Defensively, Denver limited Kansas City to four or less plays on 10-of-15 (66.7%) of the Chiefs' offensive possessions and forced three takeaways (1 FUM, 2 INT) in the game. Broncos cornerback André Goodman accounted for two takeaways that led to 14 points with an interception along with a 30-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown. Orton opened the game's scoring with a 7-yard touchdown pass to tight end Daniel Graham that capped an eight-play, 63-yard scoring drive and gave Denver a 7-0 lead with 7:20 to play in the first quarter. The Chiefs converted a field goal to cut the deficit to 7-3, but Buckhalter responded for the Broncos in the second quarter with 10-yard carries (26, 17, 13) on three consecutive touches. The effort fueled an 8-play, 80-yard touchdown drive that Moreno finished with a 2-yard scoring run that provided Denver with a 14-3 advantage with 7:03 remaining in the second quarter. Another Chiefs field goal set the score at 14-6 at halftime before the Broncos tallied 20 unanswered points (2 TDs, 2 FGs) in the third quarter to put the contest out of reach. Goodman's 30-yard fumble return touchdown closed the scoring streak and gave Denver a 34-6 lead with 2:41 to play in the third quarter. In the final period, Kansas City scored its only touchdown of the game after a Denver fumble gave the Chiefs possession on the Broncos' 4-yard line. Moreno then added his second touchdown of the day on an 18- yard run with 12:05 to play before kicker Matt Prater converted his third field goal of the half with 8:49 remaining to close the game's scoring at OFFICIALS: Referee Jeff Triplette (42); Umpire Bruce Stritesky (102); Head Linesman Steve Stelljes (22); Line Judge Michale Spanier (90); Side Judge David Wyant (16); Field Judge Boris Cheek (41); Back Judge Steve Freeman (133); Replay B. Boylston/J. Oldham. Denver 44, Kansas City 13 Sunday, Dec. 6, p.m. CST Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Mo. DENVER BRONCOS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 19 E. Royal LE 98 R. McBean LT 78 R. Clady NT 91 R. Fields LG 71 R. Hochstein RE 90 K. Peterson C 62 C. Wiegmann OLB 57 M. Haggan RG 73 C. Kuper ILB 54 A. Davis RT 74 R. Harris ILB 55 D. Williams TE 89 D. Graham OLB 92 E. Dumervil TE 88 T. Scheffler LCB 24 C. Bailey WR 15 B. Marshall RCB 21 A. Goodman QB 8 K. Orton S 23 R. Hill RB 27 K. Moreno S 20 B. Dawkins BRONCOS SUBSTITUTIONS: QB 2 C. Simms, K 5 M. Prater, WR 10 J. Gaffney, WR 14 B. Stokley, P 17 M. Berger, RB 22 P. Hillis, CB 26 T. Law, RB 28 C. Buckhalter, S 30 D. Bruton, S 31 D. McBath, CB 33 A. Smith, S 36 J. Barrett, LB/FB 46 S. Larsen, G/C 50 B. Hamilton, LB/DE 56 R. Ayers, ILB 59 W. Woodyard, LS 66 L. Paxton, T 76 T. Polumbus, DL 79 M. Thomas, TE 81 R. Quinn, LB/DE 95 D. Reid, DL 97 L. Smith, DL 99 V. Holliday. INACTIVE: 3QB 3 T. Brandstater, WR 11 K. McKinley, RB 32 L. Jordan, G 70 S. Olsen, DL 75 C. Baker, T 77 B. Gorin, WR 84 B. Lloyd, LB/DE 94 J. Moss. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS OFFENSE DEFENSE WR 80 B. Wade LDE 94 T. Jackson LT 76 B. Albert NT 95 R. Edwards LG 54 B. Waters RDE 72 G. Dorsey C 64 R. Niswanger LOLB 50 M. Vrabel RG 74 W. Smith LlLB 53 D. Williams RT 75 R. O Callaghan RILB 51 C. Mays TE 45 L. Pope ROLB 91 T. Hali TE 87 B. Cottam LCB 24 B. Flowers WR 11 C. Chambers RCB 39 B. Carr QB 7 M. Cassel SS 30 M. Brown RB 25 J. Charles FS 47 J. McGraw CHIEFS SUBSTITUTIONS: P 2 D. Colquitt, K 6 R. Succop, WR 10 T. Copper, QB 12 B. Croyle, WR 14 Q. Lawrence, WR 17 L. Long, CB 23 M. Richardson, CB 34 T. Daniels, S 38 D. Morgan, RB 40 J. Williams, FB 42 M. Cox, LS 43 T. Gafford, FB 46 T. Castille, LB 52 D. Herron, LB 56 D. Johnson, LB 59 J. Belcher, G/OT 60 I. Ndukwe, OT 67 B. Richardson, DE 71 A. Magee, TE 89 S. Ryan, DT 90 Ke. Smith, DE 92 W. Gilberry, LB 96 A. Studebaker. INACTIVE: 3QB 15 M. Gutierrez, CB 20 D. Washington, RB 29 D. Savage, LB 55 J. Rogers, C/G 62 A. Alleman, WR 83 M. Bradley, TE 85 J. O'Connell, LB 97 P. Walters OT TOTAL FIELD GOALS (made ( ) missed) VISITOR Denver Broncos M. Prater (44) (38) (37) HOME Kansas City Chiefs R. Succop (22) (47) Team Qtr Clock SCORE Time PLAY DESCRIPTION (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home BRONCOS 1 7:20 D. Graham 7 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (8-63, 3:28) 7 0 CHIEFS 2 14:22 R. Succop 22 yd. Field Goal (20-65, 7:58) 7 3 BRONCOS 2 7:03 K. Moreno 2 yd. run (M. Prater kick) (8-80, 4:33) 14 3 CHIEFS 2 0:23 R. Succop 47 yd. Field Goal (5-20, 0:37) 14 6 BRONCOS 3 13:16 M. Prater 44 yd. Field Goal (4-1, 0:47) 17 6 BRONCOS 3 10:31 B. Marshall 7 yd. pass from K. Orton (M. Prater kick) (4-21, 1:50) 24 6 BRONCOS 3 5:53 M. Prater 38 yd. Field Goal (6-22, 2:41) 27 6 BRONCOS 3 2:41 A. Goodman 30 yd. fumble return (M. Prater kick) 34 6 CHIEFS 4 14:57 J. Charles 4 yd. run (R. Succop kick) (2-3, 0:05) BRONCOS 4 12:05 K. Moreno 18 yd. run (M. Prater kick) (7-80, 2:52) BRONCOS 4 8:49 M. Prater 37 yd. Field Goal (5-21, 2:37) FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD C. Buckhalter J. Charles K. Moreno T. Castille P. Hillis M. Cassel B. Marshall J. Williams E. Royal C. Simms TOTAL TOTAL TKD/ TKD/ PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. PASSING ATT CMP YDS YD TD LG IN Rtg. K. Orton / M. Cassel / B. Croyle / TOTAL / TOTAL / PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD B. Marshall B. Wade C. Buckhalter B. Cottam E. Royal L. Long D. Graham L. Pope T. Scheffler C. Chambers Q. Lawrence T. Castille J. Charles TOTAL TOTAL INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD A. Goodman M. Brown R. Hill TOTAL TOTAL PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG M. Berger D. Colquitt TOTAL TOTAL PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal B. Wade [DOWNED} RETURNS RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E. Royal Q. Lawrence C. Buckhalter J. Charles T. Copper RETURNS RETURNS Denver Broncos Own Opp. Out Kansas City Chiefs Own Opp. Out FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds FUMBLES Fum Lost Rec. Yds TD FF Rec. Yds TD Bnds K. Orton J. Charles M. Haggan M. Cassel A. Goodman T. Hali G. Dorsey TOTAL TOTAL FINAL TEAM STATISTICS BRONCOS CHIEFS BRONCOS CHIEFS TOTAL FIRST DOWNS FGs - PATs Had Blocked By Rushing 13 7 Net Punting Average By Passing 10 7 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) By Penalty 1 0 No. and Yards Punt Returns THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % No. and Yards Kickoff Returns FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY % 0-2-0% No. and Yards Interception Returns TOTAL NET YARDS PENALTIES Number and Yards Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) FUMBLES Number and Lost Average gain per offensive play TOUCHDOWNS 5 1 NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing 2 1 Total Rushing Plays Passing 2 0 Average gain per rushing play Fumbles 1 0 Tackles for a loss-number and yards EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts NET YARDS PASSING Kicking Made-Attempts Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts Gross yards passing RED ZONE EFFICIENCY % % PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY % % Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) SAFETIES 0 0 KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks FINAL SCORE PUNTS Number and Average TIME OF POSSESSION 35:55 24:05 Had Blocked 0 0 BRONCOS DEFENSIVE STATISTICS (Press Box Totals) PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR PLAYER UT A TT S-YDS I-YDS PD FF FR D. Williams V. Holliday E. Dumervil R. Ayers R. Fields C. Bailey M. Haggan T. Law A. Davis D. McBath B. Dawkins K. Peterson A. Goodman W. Woodyard R. Hill TEAM TOTALS

123 Regular Season Game #12 National Football League Game Summary NFL Copyright 2009 by The National Football League. All rights reserved. This summary and play-by-play is for the express purpose of assisting media in their coverage of the game; any other use of this material is prohibited without the written permission of the National Football League. Updated: 12/6/2009 Date: Sunday, 12/6/2009 Denver Broncos At Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO Start Time: 12:00 PM CST Game Weather: Overcast Played Outdoor on Turf: Natural Grass Referee: Triplette, Jeff (42) Line Judge: Spanier, Michael (90) Back Judge: Freeman, Steve (133) Denver Broncos Game Day Weather Officials Umpire: Stritesky, Bruce (102) Side Judge: Wyant, David (16) Replay Official: B.Boylston/J. Oldham Lineups Temp: 37 F (2.8 C), Humidity: 45%, Wind: SE 6 mph Wind Chill: 32 Head Linesman: Stelljes, Steve (22) Field Judge: Cheek, Boris (41) Kansas City Chiefs Offense Defense Offense Defense WR 19 E.Royal DE 98 R.McBean WR 80 B.Wade LDE 94 T.Jackson LT 78 R.Clady NT 91 R.Fields LT 76 B.Albert NT 95 R.Edwards LG 71 R.Hochstein DE 90 K.Peterson LG 54 B.Waters RDE 72 G.Dorsey C 62 C.Wiegmann OLB 57 M.Haggan C 64 R.Niswanger LOLB 50 M.Vrabel RG 73 C.Kuper ILB 54 A.Davis RG 74 W.Smith LILB 53 D.Williams RT 74 R.Harris ILB 55 D.Williams RT 75 R.O'Callaghan RILB 51 C.Mays TE 89 D.Graham OLB 92 E.Dumervil TE 45 L.Pope ROLB 91 T.Hali TE 88 T.Scheffler CB 24 C.Bailey TE 87 B.Cottam LCB 24 B.Flowers WR 15 B.Marshall CB 21 A.Goodman WR 11 C.Chambers RCB 39 B.Carr QB 8K.Orton S 23R.Hill QB 7 M.Cassel SS 30M.Brown RB 27 K.Moreno S 20 B.Dawkins RB 25 J.Charles FS 47 J.McGraw Substitutions QB 2 C.Simms, K 5 M.Prater, WR 10 J.Gaffney, WR 14 B.Stokley, P 17 M.Berger, RB 22 P.Hillis, CB 26 T.Law, RB 28 C.Buckhalter, S 30 D.Bruton, S 31 D.McBath, CB 33 A.Smith, S 36 J.Barrett, LB/FB 46 S.Larsen, G/C 50 B.Hamilton, LB/DE 56 R.Ayers, ILB 59 W.Woodyard, LS 66 L.Paxton, T 76 T.Polumbus, DL 79 M.Thomas, TE 81 R.Quinn, LB/DE 95 D.Reid, DL 97 L.Smith, DL 99 V.Holliday Did Not Play Substitutions P 2 D.Colquitt, K 6 R.Succop, WR 10 T.Copper, QB 12 B.Croyle, WR 14 Q.Lawrence, WR 17 L.Long, CB 23 M.Richardson, CB 34 T.Daniels, S 38 D.Morgan, RB 40 J.Williams, FB 42 M.Cox, LS 43 T.Gafford, FB 46 T.Castille, LB 52 D.Herron, LB 56 D.Johnson, LB 59 J.Belcher, G/OT 60 I.Ndukwe, OT 67 B.Richardson, DE 71 A.Magee, TE 89 S.Ryan, DT 90 Ke.Smith, DE 92 W.Gilberry, LB 96 A.Studebaker Did Not Play Not Active QB#3 3 T.Brandstater, WR 11 K.McKinley, RB 32 L.Jordan, G 70 S.Olsen, DL 75 C.Baker, T 77 B.Gorin, WR 84 B.Lloyd, LB/DE 94 J.Moss Not Active QB#3 15 M.Gutierrez, CB 20 D.Washington, RB 29 D.Savage, LB 55 J.Rogers, C/G 62 A.Alleman, WR 83 M.Bradley, TE 85 J.O'Connell, LB 97 P.Walters Field Goals (made ( ) & missed) M.Prater (44) (38) (37) R.Succop (22) (47) OT Total VISITOR: Denver Broncos HOME: Kansas City Chiefs Scoring Plays Team Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home Broncos 1 7:20 D.Graham 7 yd. pass from K.Orton (M.Prater kick) (8-63, 3:28) 7 0 Chiefs 2 14:22 R.Succop 22 yd. Field Goal (20-65, 7:58) 7 3 Broncos 2 7:03 K.Moreno 2 yd. run (M.Prater kick) (8-80, 4:33) 14 3 Chiefs 2 0:23 R.Succop 47 yd. Field Goal (5-20, 0:37) 14 6 Broncos 3 13:16 M.Prater 44 yd. Field Goal (4-1, 0:47) 17 6 Broncos 3 10:31 B.Marshall 7 yd. pass from K.Orton (M.Prater kick) (4-21, 1:50) 24 6 Broncos 3 5:53 M.Prater 38 yd. Field Goal (6-22, 2:41) 27 6 Broncos 3 2:41 A.Goodman 30 yd. fumble return (M.Prater kick) 34 6 Chiefs 4 14:57 J.Charles 4 yd. run (R.Succop kick) (2-3, 0:05) Broncos 4 12:05 K.Moreno 18 yd. run (M.Prater kick) (7-80, 2:52) Broncos 4 8:49 M.Prater 37 yd. Field Goal (5-21, 2:37) Paid Attendance: 68,912 Time: 3:09

124 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD C.Buckhalter K.Moreno P.Hillis B.Marshall E.Royal C.Simms Total Denver Broncos Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs 12/6/2009 at Arrowhead Stadium Final Individual Statistics Kansas City Chiefs RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD J.Charles T.Castille M.Cassel J.Williams Total PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT K.Orton / M.Cassel / B.Croyle / Total / Total / PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD B.Marshall C.Buckhalter E.Royal D.Graham T.Scheffler J.Gaffney PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD B.Wade B.Cottam L.Long L.Pope C.Chambers Q.Lawrence T.Castille J.Charles M.Cox T.Gafford Total Total INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD A.Goodman M.Brown R.Hill Total Total PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG M.Berger D.Colquitt Total Total PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E.Royal B.Wade [DOWNED] Returns KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD E.Royal C.Buckhalter Returns KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD Q.Lawrence J.Charles T.Copper Returns Returns Denver Broncos FUMBLES FUM LOST OWN-REC YDS TD FORCED OPP-REC YDS TD OUT-BDS K.Orton M.Haggan A.Goodman Total Kansas City Chiefs FUMBLES FUM LOST OWN-REC YDS TD FORCED OPP-REC YDS TD OUT-BDS J.Charles M.Cassel T.Hali G.Dorsey Total

125 Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs 12/6/2009 at Arrowhead Stadium Final Team Statistics Visitor Broncos Home Chiefs TOTAL FIRST DOWNS By Rushing 13 7 By Passing 10 7 By Penalty 1 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY % 0-2-0% TOTAL NET YARDS Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) Average gain per offensive play NET YARDS RUSHING Total Rushing Plays Average gain per rushing play Tackles for a loss-number and yards NET YARDS PASSING Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass Gross yards passing PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks PUNTS Number and Average Had Blocked 0 0 FGs - PATs Had Blocked Net Punting Average TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) No. and Yards Punt Returns No. and Yards Kickoff Returns No. and Yards Interception Returns PENALTIES Number and Yards FUMBLES Number and Lost TOUCHDOWNS 5 1 Rushing 2 1 Passing 2 0 Fumbles 1 0 EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts Kicking Made-Attempts FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts RED ZONE EFFICIENCY % % GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY % % SAFETIES 0 0 FINAL SCORE TIME OF POSSESSION 35:55 24:05

126 # Denver Broncos Time Time Recd Lost Time How Ball Poss Obtained Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs 12/6/2009 at Arrowhead Stadium Ball Possession And Drive Chart Drive Began (535) Average DEN 36 # Play Yds Gain Yds Pen Net Yds 1st Down Last Scrm How Given Up 1 15:00 11:46 3:14 Kickoff DEN * KC 14 Interception 2 10:48 7:20 3:28 Punt DEN * KC 7 Touchdown 3 14:22 12:31 1:51 Kickoff DEN DEN 32 Punt 4 11:36 7:03 4:33 Punt DEN * KC 2 Touchdown 5 5:23 3:46 1:37 Punt DEN DEN 43 Punt 6 2:33 1:00 1:33 Punt DEN KC 49 Fumble 7 0:23 0:00 0:23 Kickoff DEN DEN 28 End of Half 8 14:03 13:16 0:47 Downs KC KC 26 Field Goal 9 12:21 10:31 1:50 Interception KC * KC 7 Touchdown 10 8:34 5:53 2:41 Interception KC * KC 20 Field Goal 11 5:03 3:26 1:37 Punt DEN DEN 27 Punt 12 0:51 0:02 0:49 Punt DEN DEN 7 Fumble 13 14:57 12:05 2:52 Kickoff DEN * KC 18 Touchdown 14 11:26 8:49 2:37 Punt KC KC 20 Field Goal 15 6:03 0:00 6:03 Downs DEN DEN 44 End of Game # Kansas City Chiefs Time Time Recd Lost * inside opponent's 20 Time How Ball Poss Obtained Drive Began (454) Average KC 30 # Play Yds Gain Yds Pen Net Yds 1st Down Last Scrm How Given Up 1 11:46 10:48 0:58 Interception KC KC 24 Punt 2 7:20 14:22 7:58 Kickoff KC * DEN 4 Field Goal 3 12:31 11:36 0:55 Punt KC KC 35 Punt 4 7:03 5:23 1:40 Kickoff KC KC 22 Punt 5 3:46 2:33 1:13 Punt KC KC 16 Punt 6 1:00 0:23 0:37 Fumble DEN DEN 30 Field Goal 7 15:00 14:03 0:57 Kickoff KC KC 28 Downs 8 13:16 12:21 0:55 Kickoff KC KC 20 Interception 9 10:31 8:34 1:57 Kickoff KC KC 35 Interception 10 5:53 5:03 0:50 Kickoff KC KC 25 Punt 11 3:26 2:41 0:45 Punt KC KC 34 Fumble 12 2:41 0:51 1:50 Kickoff KC KC 37 Punt 13 0:02 14:57 0:05 Fumble DEN * DEN 4 Touchdown 14 12:05 11:26 0:39 Kickoff KC KC 30 Punt 15 8:49 6:03 2:46 Kickoff KC * DEN 13 Downs Time of Possession by Quarter Visitor Denver Broncos 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total 6:42 9:57 7:44 11:32 35:55 Home Kansas City Chiefs 8:18 5:03 7:16 3:28 24:05 Kickoff Drive No.-Start Average Broncos: 4 - DEN 26 Chiefs: 9 - KC 25

127 Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs 12/6/2009 at Arrowhead Stadium Final Defensive Statistics Denver Broncos Regular Defensive Plays Special Teams Misc TKL AST COMB SK / YDS TFL QH IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FR D.Williams E.Dumervil R.Fields M.Haggan A.Goodman B.Dawkins A.Davis V.Holliday R.Hill T.Law R.Ayers W.Woodyard C.Bailey K.Peterson D.McBath L.Paxton S.Larsen D.Reid T.Scheffler R.Hochstein Total Kansas City Chiefs TKL /TK=Tackle AST /AS=Assist COMB=Combined TFL=Tackles for a Loss QH=Quarterback Hit IN=Interception PD=Pass Defense FF =Forced Fumble FR=Fumble Recovery BL=Blocked Regular Defensive Plays Special Teams Misc TKL AST COMB SK / YDS TFL QH IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FR T.Hali M.Brown J.McGraw D.Williams C.Mays B.Flowers M.Vrabel B.Carr T.Daniels T.Jackson G.Dorsey A.Studebaker D.Johnson W.Gilberry Ke.Smith T.Copper M.Richardson J.Belcher Q.Lawrence T.Castille J.Charles L.Long Total

128 Broncos (Visitor) Chiefs (Home) PERIOD SCORES 7 7 = = 6 Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs 12/6/2009 at Arrowhead Stadium First Half Summary TIME OF POSSESSION Broncos 16:39 Chiefs 13:21 Scoring Plays Team Qtr Time Scoring Play Score Visitor Home Broncos 1 7:20 D.Graham 7 yd. pass from K.Orton (M.Prater kick) (8-63, 3:28) 7 0 Chiefs 2 14:22 R.Succop 22 yd. Field Goal (20-65, 7:58) 7 3 Broncos 2 7:03 K.Moreno 2 yd. run (M.Prater kick) (8-80, 4:33) 14 3 Chiefs 2 0:23 R.Succop 47 yd. Field Goal (5-20, 0:37) 14 6 Broncos Chiefs TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 14 7 First Downs Rushing-Passing-by Penalty THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY % % TOTAL NET YARDS Total Offensive Plays NET YARDS RUSHING NET YARDS PASSING Gross Yards Passing Times thrown-yards lost attempting to pass Pass Attempts-Completions-Had Intercepted Punts-Number and Average Penalties-Number and Yards Fumbles-Number and Lost Red Zone Efficiency % 0-1-0% Average Drive Start DEN 30 KC 27 Denver Broncos RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD C.Buckhalter K.Moreno Kansas City Chiefs RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD J.Charles M.Cassel T.Castille J.Williams Total Total Total PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT K.Orton / M.Cassel / / Total / PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD B.Marshall L.Pope E.Royal B.Wade D.Graham C.Chambers C.Buckhalter J.Charles T.Scheffler B.Cottam M.Cox L.Long Total Total Denver Broncos Regular Defensive Plays Special Teams Misc TKL AST COMB SK / YDS TFL QH IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FR D.Williams E.Dumervil R.Fields B.Dawkins Kansas City Chiefs Regular Defensive Plays Special Teams Misc

129 Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs 12/6/2009 at Arrowhead Stadium First Half Summary 2 TKL AST COMB SK / YDS TFL QH IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FR J.McGraw M.Brown T.Hali B.Flowers

130 Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium Play By Play 1st Quarter 12/6/2009 Page 1 KC wins the coin toss and elects to defer. DEN elects to Receive, and KC elects to defend the west goal. R.Succop kicks 63 yards from KC 30 to DEN 7. E.Royal to DEN 33 for 26 yards (T.Copper). Denver Broncos at 15:00, (1st play from scrimmage 14:55) 1-10-DEN 33 (14:55) K.Orton pass short left to E.Royal to KC 49 for 18 yards (B.Flowers) KC 49 (14:20) K.Moreno up the middle to KC 41 for 8 yards (B.Flowers, D.Williams). 2-2-KC 41 (13:46) K.Moreno left end to KC 31 for 10 yards (J.McGraw) KC 31 (13:11) K.Orton pass short left to D.Graham to KC 18 for 13 yards (B.Carr) KC 18 (12:30) K.Moreno left tackle to KC 14 for 4 yards (M.Brown). 2-6-KC 14 (11:55) K.Orton pass deep middle intended for T.Scheffler INTERCEPTED by M.Brown (D.Williams) at KC -5. Touchback. Kansas City Chiefs at 11: KC 20 (11:46) J.Charles left tackle to KC 24 for 4 yards (R.Fields). 2-6-KC 24 (11:12) M.Cassel pass incomplete short right to M.Cox. 3-6-KC 24 (11:02) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Cassel pass incomplete deep right to B.Wade. 4-6-KC 24 (11:00) D.Colquitt punts 60 yards to DEN 16, Center-T.Gafford. E.Royal to DEN 37 for 21 yards (J.McGraw). Denver Broncos at 10: DEN 37 (10:48) C.Buckhalter left end pushed ob at DEN 44 for 7 yards (B.Carr). 2-3-DEN 44 (10:25) K.Orton pass incomplete deep middle to B.Marshall (B.Flowers). 3-3-DEN 44 (10:19) K.Orton pass short right to B.Marshall to KC 46 for 10 yards (M.Brown) KC 46 (9:43) C.Buckhalter right tackle to KC 45 for 1 yard (T.Jackson, M.Vrabel). DEN-R.Harris was injured during the play. His return is Doubtful. PENALTY on KC-R.Edwards, Face Mask (15 Yards), 15 yards, enforced at KC KC 30 (9:25) K.Orton pass short middle to C.Buckhalter to KC 24 for 6 yards (C.Mays). 2-4-KC 24 (8:39) K.Orton pass short left to E.Royal to KC 10 for 14 yards (J.McGraw) KC 10 (8:04) K.Moreno left tackle to KC 7 for 3 yards (M.Brown, T.Jackson). 2-7-KC 7 (7:27) K.Orton pass short left to D.Graham for 7 yards, TOUCHDOWN. M.Prater extra point is GOOD, Center-L.Paxton, Holder-M.Berger. DEN 7 KC 0, 8 plays, 63 yards, 1 penalty, 3:28 drive, 7:40 elapsed M.Prater kicks 64 yards from DEN 30 to KC 6. J.Charles to KC 31 for 25 yards (D.Reid). Kansas City Chiefs at 7:20, (1st play from scrimmage 7:14) 1-10-KC 31 (7:14) T.Castille up the middle to KC 39 for 8 yards (D.Williams). 2-2-KC 39 (6:41) J.Charles up the middle to KC 42 for 3 yards (R.Fields) KC 42 (6:11) M.Cassel pass incomplete short middle to B.Wade KC 42 (6:07) J.Charles left end to KC 47 for 5 yards (D.Williams). 3-5-KC 47 (5:43) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Cassel pass short left to C.Chambers to DEN 47 for 6 yards (C.Bailey) DEN 47 (5:09) M.Cassel pass incomplete deep left to C.Chambers (R.Hill). M.Cassell handed off to T.Castille to right T.Castille lateralled back to the left to M.Cassel DEN 47 (5:01) J.Charles right end pushed ob at DEN 36 for 11 yards (D.Williams) DEN 36 (4:38) J.Charles up the middle to DEN 33 for 3 yards (E.Dumervil). 2-7-DEN 33 (4:01) J.Charles up the middle to DEN 30 for 3 yards (R.Fields, A.Davis). 3-4-DEN 30 (3:33) (No Huddle) M.Cassel pass short right to L.Pope to DEN 23 for 7 yards (D.Williams). Timeout #1 by DEN at 02: DEN 23 (2:59) (Shotgun) M.Cassel pass short left to J.Charles to DEN 20 for 3 yards (K.Peterson). 2-7-DEN 20 (2:19) J.Charles right tackle to DEN 20 for no gain (A.Davis). 3-7-DEN 20 (1:50) J.Charles left tackle to DEN 12 for 8 yards (V.Holliday) DEN 12 (1:20) J.Williams right end to DEN 16 for -4 yards (M.Haggan) DEN 16 (:41) M.Cassel scrambles right end pushed ob at DEN 3 for 13 yards (E.Dumervil). 3-1-DEN 3 (:14) (No Huddle, Shotgun) J.Charles right tackle to DEN 1 for 2 yards (D.Williams). END OF QUARTER Score Time First Downs Efficiencies ==== Quarter Summary ==== Poss R P X T 3Down 4Down Denver Broncos 7 6: /1 0/0 Kansas City Chiefs 0 8: /5 0/0 P1 R2 P3 P4 X5 P6 P7 R1 P2 R3 P4 R5 R6

131 Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium Play By Play 2nd Quarter 12/6/2009 Page 1 Kansas City Chiefs continued. 1-1-DEN 1 (15:00) J.Charles left end pushed ob at DEN 4 for -3 yards (B.Dawkins). 2-4-DEN 4 (14:34) M.Cassel pass incomplete short right to L.Long. 3-4-DEN 4 (14:29) (Shotgun) M.Cassel pass incomplete short right to J.Charles. 4-4-DEN 4 (14:24) R.Succop 22 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-T.Gafford, Holder-D.Colquitt. DEN 7 KC 3, 20 plays, 65 yards, 7:58 drive, 0:38 elapsed R.Succop kicks 60 yards from KC 30 to DEN 10. E.Royal to DEN 38 for 28 yards (T.Daniels). PENALTY on DEN-A.Smith, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, enforced at DEN 31. Denver Broncos at 14:22, (1st play from scrimmage 14:14) 1-10-DEN 21 (14:14) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass short left to B.Marshall to DEN 35 for 14 yards (D.Johnson, T.Daniels) DEN 35 (13:32) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass incomplete short right to E.Royal DEN 35 (13:27) K.Moreno right end to DEN 37 for 2 yards (D.Williams, B.Flowers). 3-8-DEN 37 (12:46) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass incomplete short left to B.Marshall (B.Carr). 4-8-DEN 37 (12:42) (Punt formation) PENALTY on DEN-A.Smith, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at DEN 37 - No Play DEN 32 (12:42) M.Berger punts 52 yards to KC 16, Center-L.Paxton. B.Wade to KC 29 for 13 yards (S.Larsen). Kansas City Chiefs at 12: KC 29 (12:31) J.Charles right tackle to KC 35 for 6 yards (D.Williams). 2-4-KC 35 (11:52) (Shotgun) M.Cassel pass incomplete short left to L.Long. 3-4-KC 35 (11:48) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Cassel pass incomplete deep right to B.Wade. 4-4-KC 35 (11:43) D.Colquitt punts 45 yards to DEN 20, Center-T.Gafford, fair catch by E.Royal. Denver Broncos at 11: DEN 20 (11:36) C.Buckhalter left tackle to DEN 46 for 26 yards (M.Brown) DEN 46 (10:55) K.Moreno up the middle to 50 for 4 yards (J.McGraw) (10:18) C.Buckhalter left tackle to KC 33 for 17 yards (M.Vrabel) KC 33 (9:42) K.Moreno left tackle to KC 30 for 3 yards (D.Williams). 2-7-KC 30 (9:06) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass short right to B.Marshall to KC 16 for 14 yards (B.Flowers) KC 16 (8:28) C.Buckhalter up the middle to KC 3 for 13 yards (T.Hali). 1-3-KC 3 (7:49) K.Moreno left tackle to KC 2 for 1 yard (C.Mays). 2-2-KC 2 (7:07) K.Moreno left tackle for 2 yards, TOUCHDOWN. M.Prater extra point is GOOD, Center-L.Paxton, Holder-M.Berger. DEN 14 KC 3, 8 plays, 80 yards, 4:33 drive, 7:57 elapsed M.Prater kicks 70 yards from DEN 30 to KC 0. Q.Lawrence to KC 24 for 24 yards (S.Larsen). Kansas City Chiefs at 7:03, (1st play from scrimmage 6:57) 1-10-KC 24 (6:57) M.Cassel FUMBLES (Aborted) at KC 21, recovered by KC-J.Charles at KC 21. J.Charles to KC 21 for no gain (R.Fields) KC 21 (6:27) M.Cassel pass short right to B.Wade to KC 30 for 9 yards (B.Dawkins). 3-4-KC 30 (6:12) (No Huddle, Shotgun) PENALTY on KC-L.Pope, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at KC 30 - No Play. 3-9-KC 25 (5:59) (Shotgun) M.Cassel sacked at KC 22 for -3 yards (E.Dumervil) KC 22 (5:36) D.Colquitt punts 45 yards to DEN 33, Center-T.Gafford. E.Royal to DEN 39 for 6 yards (J.Belcher). Denver Broncos at 5: DEN 39 (5:23) K.Moreno right end to DEN 40 for 1 yard (C.Mays). 2-9-DEN 40 (4:45) (Shotgun) K.Moreno up the middle to DEN 43 for 3 yards (G.Dorsey). 3-6-DEN 43 (4:04) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass incomplete short middle to T.Scheffler. 4-6-DEN 43 (3:58) M.Berger punts 53 yards to KC 4, Center-L.Paxton. B.Wade pushed ob at KC 9 for 5 yards (S.Larsen, T.Scheffler). Kansas City Chiefs at 3: KC 9 (3:46) J.Charles right guard to KC 9 for no gain (A.Goodman) KC 9 (3:18) M.Cassel pass short left to B.Wade to KC 16 for 7 yards (E.Dumervil). 3-3-KC 16 (2:48) M.Cassel pass incomplete short right to B.Cottam. 4-3-KC 16 (2:48) D.Colquitt punts 63 yards to DEN 21, Center-T.Gafford. E.Royal to DEN 35 for 14 yards (Q.Lawrence). Denver Broncos at 2: DEN 35 (2:33) (Shotgun) C.Buckhalter right end to DEN 43 for 8 yards (J.McGraw). 2-2-DEN 43 (2:03) C.Buckhalter up the middle to KC 46 for 11 yards (J.McGraw). Two-Minute Warning 1-10-KC 46 (1:57) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass short left to C.Buckhalter pushed ob at KC 42 for 4 yards (T.Daniels). 2-6-KC 42 (1:50) (Shotgun) K.Orton sacked at KC 49 for -7 yards (T.Hali) KC 49 (1:07) (Shotgun) K.Orton sacked at DEN 46 for -5 yards (T.Hali). FUMBLES (T.Hali), RECOVERED by KC-G.Dorsey at DEN 50. Timeout #2 by DEN at 01:00. Kansas City Chiefs at 1: DEN 50 (1:00) (Shotgun) M.Cassel pass short left to L.Pope to DEN 39 for 11 yards (T.Law). Timeout #1 by KC at 00: DEN 39 (:53) (Shotgun) M.Cassel scrambles right end ran ob at DEN 35 for 4 yards. 2-6-DEN 35 (:44) M.Cassel pass short left to C.Chambers to DEN 30 for 5 yards (E.Dumervil). Timeout #2 by KC at 00: DEN 30 (:37) M.Cassel pass incomplete short right to C.Chambers. Timeout #3 by KC at 00: DEN 30 (:28) R.Succop 47 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-T.Gafford, Holder-D.Colquitt. DEN 14 KC 6, 5 plays, 20 yards, 0:37 drive, 14:37 elapsed R.Succop kicks 61 yards from KC 30 to DEN 9. E.Royal to DEN 28 for 19 yards (M.Richardson). Denver Broncos at 0:23, (1st play from scrimmage 0:19) 1-10-DEN 28 (:19) (Shotgun) C.Buckhalter up the middle to DEN 35 for 7 yards (T.Hali). END OF QUARTER Score Time First Downs Efficiencies ==== Quarter Summary ==== Poss R P X T 3Down 4Down Denver Broncos 14 9: /3 0/0 Kansas City Chiefs 6 5: /5 0/0 P8 R9 R10 P11 R12 R13 R14 P7

132 Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium Play By Play 3rd Quarter 12/6/2009 Page 1 KC elects to Receive, and DEN elects to defend the West goal. M.Prater kicks 63 yards from DEN 30 to KC 7. J.Charles to KC 26 for 19 yards (D.Reid, W.Woodyard). Kansas City Chiefs at 15:00, (1st play from scrimmage 14:56) 1-10-KC 26 (14:56) T.Castille up the middle to KC 28 for 2 yards (R.Fields). 2-8-KC 28 (14:22) M.Cassel pass incomplete short right. Pass intentionally thrown out of bounds. 3-8-KC 28 (14:13) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Cassel pass incomplete short middle to L.Pope (R.Hill). 4-8-KC 28 (14:08) (Punt formation) B.Croyle pass incomplete short left to T.Gafford. Denver Broncos at 14: KC 27 (14:03) K.Moreno up the middle to KC 26 for 1 yard (T.Hali). 2-9-KC 26 (13:31) K.Orton pass incomplete short middle to T.Scheffler [G.Dorsey]. 3-9-KC 26 (13:25) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass incomplete short right to E.Royal [T.Daniels]. Penalty on DEN-C.Buckhalter, Offensive Holding, declined. 4-9-KC 26 (13:20) M.Prater 44 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-L.Paxton, Holder-M.Berger. DEN 17 KC 6, 4 plays, 1 yards, 0:47 drive, 1:44 elapsed M.Prater kicks 69 yards from DEN 30 to KC 1. Q.Lawrence to KC 21 for 20 yards (C.Bailey). DEN-J.Barrett was injured during the play. Kansas City Chiefs at 13:16, (1st play from scrimmage 13:09) 1-10-KC 21 (13:09) J.Williams right guard to KC 20 for -1 yards (D.Williams) KC 20 (12:30) (Shotgun) M.Cassel pass short right intended for L.Long INTERCEPTED by A.Goodman at KC 29. A.Goodman to KC 21 for 8 yards (J.Charles). Denver Broncos at 12: KC 21 (12:21) K.Moreno up the middle to KC 13 for 8 yards (M.Brown). 2-2-KC 13 (11:51) K.Moreno left end to KC 11 for 2 yards (T.Hali) KC 11 (11:11) K.Moreno right end to KC 7 for 4 yards (D.Williams). 2-6-KC 7 (10:35) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass short left to B.Marshall for 7 yards, TOUCHDOWN. M.Prater extra point is GOOD, Center-L.Paxton, Holder-M.Berger. DEN 24 KC 6, 4 plays, 21 yards, 1:50 drive, 4:29 elapsed M.Prater kicks 64 yards from DEN 30 to KC 6. T.Copper to KC 24 for 18 yards (W.Woodyard). Kansas City Chiefs at 10:31, (1st play from scrimmage 10:24) 1-10-KC 24 (10:24) J.Charles up the middle to KC 31 for 7 yards (M.Haggan). 2-3-KC 31 (9:55) J.Charles right tackle to KC 33 for 2 yards (D.Williams). 3-1-KC 33 (9:17) J.Charles up the middle to KC 35 for 2 yards (A.Davis) KC 35 (8:44) M.Cassel pass incomplete short middle to C.Chambers KC 35 (8:40) (No Huddle) M.Cassel pass short left intended for L.Long INTERCEPTED by R.Hill at KC 42. R.Hill pushed ob at KC 42 for no gain (L.Long). Denver Broncos at 8: KC 42 (8:34) C.Buckhalter left guard to KC 29 for 13 yards (M.Brown) KC 29 (7:56) C.Buckhalter left end pushed ob at KC 19 for 10 yards (J.McGraw) KC 19 (7:30) K.Moreno up the middle to KC 18 for 1 yard (T.Hali). 2-9-KC 18 (6:51) K.Orton pass short left to B.Marshall to KC 20 for -2 yards (B.Flowers). Timeout #1 by DEN at 06: KC 20 (6:03) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass incomplete deep left to B.Marshall (B.Carr) KC 20 (5:57) M.Prater 38 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-L.Paxton, Holder-M.Berger. DEN 27 KC 6, 6 plays, 22 yards, 2:41 drive, 9:07 elapsed M.Prater kicks 72 yards from DEN 30 to KC -2. Q.Lawrence to KC 20 for 22 yards (A.Goodman). Kansas City Chiefs at 5:53, (1st play from scrimmage 5:48) 1-10-KC 20 (5:48) M.Cassel pass short right to B.Wade ran ob at KC 25 for 5 yards. 2-5-KC 25 (5:32) (Shotgun) M.Cassel pass incomplete short right to J.Charles. 3-5-KC 25 (5:23) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Cassel pass incomplete deep left to B.Wade. 4-5-KC 25 (5:12) D.Colquitt punts 58 yards to DEN 17, Center-T.Gafford. E.Royal to DEN 24 for 7 yards (T.Copper). Denver Broncos at 5: DEN 24 (5:03) C.Buckhalter up the middle to DEN 25 for 1 yard (W.Gilberry). 2-9-DEN 25 (4:28) B.Marshall left end pushed ob at DEN 27 for 2 yards (J.McGraw, T.Hali). B.Marshall lined up wide right, took handoff from K.Moreno on reverse to the left. 3-7-DEN 27 (3:44) K.Orton pass incomplete short middle to J.Gaffney. 4-7-DEN 27 (3:38) M.Berger punts 50 yards to KC 23, Center-L.Paxton, downed by DEN-A.Smith. Penalty on KC-J.Belcher, Running Into the Kicker, declined. Kansas City Chiefs at 3: KC 23 (3:26) (Shotgun) M.Cassel pass short right to L.Long ran ob at KC 39 for 16 yards KC 39 (3:10) (Shotgun) PENALTY on KC-L.Pope, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at KC 39 - No Play KC 34 (2:49) J.Charles right end to KC 30 for -4 yards (M.Haggan). FUMBLES (M.Haggan), RECOVERED by DEN-A.Goodman at KC 30. A.Goodman for 30 yards, TOUCHDOWN. Denver Broncos at 2:41 M.Prater extra point is GOOD, Center-L.Paxton, Holder-M.Berger. DEN 34 KC 6, 0 plays, 30 yards, 0:00 drive, 12:19 elapsed M.Prater kicks 61 yards from DEN 30 to KC 9. Q.Lawrence to KC 22 for 13 yards (W.Woodyard). Kansas City Chiefs at 2:41, (1st play from scrimmage 2:34) 1-10-KC 22 (2:34) J.Charles up the middle to KC 25 for 3 yards (M.Haggan). 2-7-KC 25 (1:58) (No Huddle) M.Cassel pass short middle to B.Wade to KC 40 for 15 yards (R.Hill) KC 40 (1:29) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Cassel sacked at KC 37 for -3 yards (V.Holliday) KC 37 (1:12) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Cassel pass incomplete short right to B.Cottam. Timeout #1 by KC at 01: KC 37 (1:06) (Shotgun) M.Cassel pass incomplete short left to C.Chambers KC 37 (1:04) D.Colquitt punts 55 yards to DEN 8, Center-T.Gafford. E.Royal to DEN 4 for -4 yards (T.Castille). DEN-E.Royal was injured during the play. Penalty on DEN-A.Smith, Defensive Offside, declined. Denver Broncos at 0: DEN 4 (:51) K.Moreno up the middle to DEN 7 for 3 yards (Ke.Smith). 2-7-DEN 7 (:10) K.Orton sacked at DEN 2 for -5 yards (T.Hali). FUMBLES (T.Hali), RECOVERED by KC-G.Dorsey at DEN 3. G.Dorsey to DEN 3 for no gain (R.Hochstein). Kansas City Chiefs at 0: DEN 3 (:02) B.Croyle pass short right to B.Cottam pushed ob at DEN 4 for -1 yards (B.Dawkins) [V.Holliday]. END OF QUARTER Score Time First Downs Efficiencies R15 P16 R8 R17 R18 P9 P10 ==== Quarter Summary ==== Poss R P X T 3Down 4Down Denver Broncos 34 7: /3 0/0 Kansas City Chiefs 6 7: /4 0/1

133 Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium Play By Play 4th Quarter 12/6/2009 Page 1 Kansas City Chiefs continued. 2-4-DEN 4 (15:00) J.Charles left guard for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN. R.Succop extra point is GOOD, Center-T.Gafford, Holder-D.Colquitt. DEN 34 KC 13, 2 plays, 3 yards, 0:05 drive, 0:03 elapsed R.Succop kicks 64 yards from KC 30 to DEN 6. C.Buckhalter to DEN 20 for 14 yards (T.Daniels). Denver Broncos at 14:57, (1st play from scrimmage 14:52) 1-10-DEN 20 (14:52) K.Moreno right guard to DEN 24 for 4 yards (C.Mays). 2-6-DEN 24 (14:12) K.Orton pass incomplete short left to D.Graham. 3-6-DEN 24 (14:08) K.Orton pass short left to B.Marshall pushed ob at KC 27 for 49 yards (J.McGraw) KC 27 (13:38) K.Moreno up the middle to KC 23 for 4 yards (M.Vrabel). 2-6-KC 23 (13:00) K.Moreno up the middle to KC 23 for no gain (G.Dorsey). 3-6-KC 23 (12:21) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass short left to C.Buckhalter pushed ob at KC 18 for 5 yards (B.Carr). 4-1-KC 18 (12:11) K.Moreno left end for 18 yards, TOUCHDOWN. M.Prater extra point is GOOD, Center-L.Paxton, Holder-M.Berger. DEN 41 KC 13, 7 plays, 80 yards, 2:52 drive, 2:55 elapsed M.Prater kicks 66 yards from DEN 30 to KC 4. Q.Lawrence to KC 30 for 26 yards (S.Larsen). Kansas City Chiefs at 12:05, (1st play from scrimmage 11:59) 1-10-KC 30 (11:59) (Shotgun) B.Croyle pass incomplete deep right to Q.Lawrence KC 30 (11:54) (Shotgun) B.Croyle pass incomplete short middle to L.Long [T.Law] KC 30 (11:51) (Shotgun) B.Croyle pass incomplete deep middle to B.Wade. Penalty on KC-B.Albert, Offensive Holding, declined KC 30 (11:43) D.Colquitt punts 50 yards to DEN 20, Center-T.Gafford. E.Royal to KC 41 for 39 yards (M.Richardson). DEN-D.McBath was injured during the play. Denver Broncos at 11: KC 41 (11:26) K.Orton pass deep left to T.Scheffler to KC 22 for 19 yards (C.Mays) KC 22 (10:45) C.Buckhalter right tackle to KC 23 for -1 yards (M.Brown, M.Vrabel) KC 23 (10:04) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass short left to B.Marshall pushed ob at KC 21 for 2 yards (T.Daniels). 3-9-KC 21 (9:31) E.Royal right end to KC 20 for 1 yard (M.Vrabel). 4-8-KC 20 (8:53) M.Prater 37 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-L.Paxton, Holder-M.Berger. DEN 44 KC 13, 5 plays, 21 yards, 2:37 drive, 6:11 elapsed M.Prater kicks 63 yards from DEN 30 to KC 7. Q.Lawrence to KC 28 for 21 yards (D.Reid). Kansas City Chiefs at 8:49, (1st play from scrimmage 8:44) 1-10-KC 28 (8:44) (Shotgun) B.Croyle pass short middle to B.Cottam to KC 41 for 13 yards (A.Goodman) KC 41 (8:11) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Croyle pass short right to B.Cottam to 50 for 9 yards (W.Woodyard) (8:11) (No Huddle, Shotgun) T.Castille up the middle to DEN 34 for 16 yards (R.Ayers) DEN 34 (7:13) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Croyle pass incomplete deep left to B.Wade DEN 34 (7:07) (Shotgun) B.Croyle pass short middle to Q.Lawrence to DEN 25 for 9 yards (A.Goodman). 3-1-DEN 25 (6:42) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Croyle pass short left to L.Long pushed ob at DEN 13 for 12 yards (R.Hill) DEN 13 (6:29) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Croyle pass incomplete short right to L.Long [R.Ayers] DEN 13 (6:23) (Shotgun) B.Croyle pass incomplete short right to B.Wade. Timeout #2 by KC at 06: DEN 13 (6:19) B.Croyle pass incomplete short middle to B.Wade DEN 13 (6:13) B.Croyle pass short middle to T.Castille to DEN 5 for 8 yards (D.McBath) [L.Paxton]. Denver Broncos at 6: DEN 5 (6:03) P.Hillis up the middle to DEN 10 for 5 yards (D.Williams). 2-5-DEN 10 (5:22) P.Hillis up the middle to DEN 14 for 4 yards (T.Jackson). 3-1-DEN 14 (4:36) (Run formation) PENALTY on DEN-C.Kuper, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at DEN 14 - No Play. 3-6-DEN 9 (4:36) P.Hillis left guard to DEN 15 for 6 yards (T.Hali) DEN 15 (3:53) P.Hillis up the middle to DEN 21 for 6 yards (A.Studebaker). 2-4-DEN 21 (3:15) P.Hillis left end to DEN 22 for 1 yard (A.Studebaker, D.Williams). 3-3-DEN 22 (2:31) P.Hillis left end to DEN 35 for 13 yards (M.Brown). Two-Minute Warning 1-10-DEN 35 (2:00) P.Hillis right end pushed ob at DEN 47 for 12 yards (B.Carr) DEN 47 (1:51) C.Simms kneels to DEN 45 for -2 yards DEN 45 (1:08) C.Simms kneels to DEN 44 for -1 yards DEN 44 (:26) C.Simms kneels to DEN 43 for -1 yards. END OF QUARTER Score Time First Downs Efficiencies ==== Quarter Summary ==== Poss R P X T 3Down 4Down Denver Broncos 44 11: /6 1/1 Kansas City Chiefs 13 3: /3 0/1 R11 P19 R20 P21 P12 R13 P14 R22 R23 R24

134 Miscellaneous Statistics Report Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs 12/6/2009 at Arrowhead Stadium Ten Longest Plays for Denver Broncos Yards Qtr Play Start Ten Longest Plays for Kansas City Chiefs Yards Qtr Play Start Play Description KC 23 (3:26) (Shotgun) M.Cassel pass short right to L.Long ran ob at KC 39 for 16 yards (8:11) (No Huddle, Shotgun) T.Castille up the middle to DEN 34 for 16 yards (R.Ayers) KC 25 (1:58) (No Huddle) M.Cassel pass short middle to B.Wade to KC 40 for 15 yards (R.Hill) DEN 16 (:41) M.Cassel scrambles right end pushed ob at DEN 3 for 13 yards (E.Dumervil) KC 28 (8:44) (Shotgun) B.Croyle pass short middle to B.Cottam to KC 41 for 13 yards (A.Goodman) DEN 25 (6:42) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Croyle pass short left to L.Long pushed ob at DEN 13 for 12 yards (R.Hill) DEN 47 (5:01) J.Charles right end pushed ob at DEN 36 for 11 yards (D.Williams) DEN 50 (1:00) (Shotgun) M.Cassel pass short left to L.Pope to DEN 39 for 11 yards (T.Law) KC 21 (6:27) M.Cassel pass short right to B.Wade to KC 30 for 9 yards (B.Dawkins) KC 41 (8:11) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Croyle pass short right to B.Cottam to 50 for 9 yards (W.Woodyard). Touchdown Scoring Information Play Description DEN 24 (14:08) K.Orton pass short left to B.Marshall pushed ob at KC 27 for 49 yards (J.McGraw) DEN 20 (11:36) C.Buckhalter left tackle to DEN 46 for 26 yards (M.Brown) KC 41 (11:26) K.Orton pass deep left to T.Scheffler to KC 22 for 19 yards (C.Mays) DEN 33 (14:55) K.Orton pass short left to E.Royal to KC 49 for 18 yards (B.Flowers) KC 18 (12:11) K.Moreno left end for 18 yards, TOUCHDOWN (10:18) C.Buckhalter left tackle to KC 33 for 17 yards (M.Vrabel) KC 46 (9:43) C.Buckhalter right tackle to KC 45 for 1 yard (T.Jackson, M.Vrabel). DEN-R.Harris was injured during the play. His return is Doubtful. PENALTY on KC-R.Edwards, Face Mask (15 Yards), 15 yards, enforced at KC KC 24 (8:39) K.Orton pass short left to E.Royal to KC 10 for 14 yards (J.McGraw) KC 30 (9:06) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass short right to B.Marshall to KC 16 for 14 yards (B.Flowers) DEN 21 (14:14) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass short left to B.Marshall to DEN 35 for 14 yards (D.Johnson, T.Daniels). Offense Defense Special Teams VISITOR: Denver Broncos HOME: Kansas City Chiefs 1 0 0

135 CHIEFS NUMERICAL No. Player Pos. 2 Dustin Colquitt P 6 Ryan Succop K 7 Matt Cassel QB 10 Terrance Copper WR 11 Chris Chambers WR 12 Brodie Croyle QB 14 Quinten Lawrence......WR 15 Matt Gutierrez QB 17 Lance Long WR 20 Donald Washington..... CB 21 Kolby Smith RB 23 Mike Richardson CB 24 Brandon Flowers CB 25 Jamaal Charles RB 29 Dantrell Savage RB 30 Mike Brown S 34 Travis Daniels CB 38 DaJuan Morgan S 39 Brandon Carr CB 42 Mike Cox FB 43 Thomas Gafford LS 45 Leonard Pope TE 46 Tim Castille FB 47 Jon McGraw S 50 Mike Vrabel LB 51 Corey Mays LB 52 David Herron LB 53 Demorrio Williams LB 54 Brian Waters G 55 Justin Rogers LB 56 Derrick Johnson LB 59 Jovan Belcher LB 60 Ikechuku Ndukwe......G/T 62 Andy Alleman C/G 64 Rudy Niswanger C 67 Barry Richardson T 71 Alex Magee DE 72 Glenn Dorsey DE 74 Wade Smith G/T 75 Ryan O Callaghan T 76 Branden Albert T 80 Bobby Wade WR 83 Mark Bradley WR 85 Jake O Connell TE 87 Brad Cottam TE 89 Sean Ryan TE 90 Kenny Smith DT 91 Tamba Hali LB 92 Wallace Gilberry DE 94 Tyson Jackson DE 95 Ron Edwards DT 96 Andy Studebaker LB 97 Pierre Walters LB KANSAS CITY CHIEFS vs. DENVER BRONCOS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, :00 P.M. ARROWHEAD STADIUM (75,383) KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI CHIEFS OFFENSE WR 80 Bobby Wade 17 Lance Long 10 Terrance Copper LT 76 Branden Albert 74 Wade Smith 67 Barry Richardson LG 54 Brian Waters 74 Wade Smith C 64 Rudy Niswanger 74 Wade Smith RG 74 Wade Smith 62 Andy Alleman 60 Ikechuku Ndukwe RT 75 Ryan O Callaghan 60 Ikechuku Ndukwe TE 45 Leonard Pope 89 Sean Ryan 87 Brad Cottam 85 Jake O Connell WR 11 Chris Chambers 83 Mark Bradley 14 Quinten Lawrence QB 7 Matt Cassel 12 Brodie Croyle 15 Matt Gutierrez FB 42 Mike Cox 46 Tim Castille RB 25 Jamaal Charles 21 Kolby Smith 29 Dantrell Savage BRONCOS DEFENSE DE 98 Ryan McBean 97 Le Kevin Smith NT 91 Ronald Fields 79 Marcus Thomas 75 Chris Baker DE 90 Kenny Peterson 99 Vonnie Holliday OLB 57 Mario Haggan 95 Darrell Reid ILB 54 Andra Davis 46 Spencer Larsen ILB 55 D.J. Williams 59 Wesley Woodyard OLB 92 Elvis Dumervil 56 Robert Ayers 94 Jarvis Moss CB 24 Champ Bailey 33 Alphonso Smith CB 21 André Goodman 26 Ty Law S 23 Renaldo Hill 30 David Bruton 36 Josh Barrett S 20 Brian Dawkins 31 Darcel McBath CHIEFS SPECIALISTS P 2 Dustin Colquitt K 6 Ryan Succop KO 6 Ryan Succop PC 43 Thomas Gafford 96 Andy Studebaker KC 43 Thomas Gafford H 2 Dustin Colquitt PR 80 Bobby Wade 29 Dantrell Savage 14 Quinten Lawrence KR 25 Jamaal Charles 14 Quinten Lawrence 29 Dantrell Savage CHIEFS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Andy Alleman ALL-men Jovan Belcher JA-von Tim Castille cas-steel Brodie Croyle CROY-ul Matt Gutierrez GUTE-ee-AIR-ez Tamba Hali TOM-bah HALL-LEE Ikechuku Ndukwe......E-K-choo-koo IN-duke-way Rudy Niswanger NIZE-wong-er Ryan O'Callaghan O-CAL-a-han Dantrell Savage DAN-trel Ryan Succop SUCK-UP Mike Vrabel VRAY-bul Demorrio Williams duh-MARIO CHIEFS DEFENSE LDE 94 Tyson Jackson 92 Wallace Gilberry NT 95 Ron Edwards 90 Kenny Smith RDE 72 Glenn Dorsey 92 Wallace Gilberry 71 Alex Magee LOLB 96 Andy Studebaker 50 Mike Vrabel 97 Pierre Walters LILB 53 Demorrio Williams 56 Derrick Johnson 52 David Herron RILB 51 Corey Mays 59 Jovan Belcher 55 Justin Rogers ROLB 91 Tamba Hali 97 Pierre Walters LCB 24 Brandon Flowers 34 Travis Daniels RCB 39 Brandon Carr 23 Mike Richardson 20 Donald Washington SS 30 Mike Brown 38 DaJuan Morgan FS 47 Jon McGraw 38 DaJuan Morgan BRONCOS OFFENSE WR 19 Eddie Royal 84 Brandon Lloyd LT 78 Ryan Clady 76 Tyler Polumbus LG 71 Russ Hochstein 50 Ben Hamilton 70 Seth Olsen C 62 Casey Wiegmann 50 Ben Hamilton RG 73 Chris Kuper 71 Russ Hochstein RT 74 Ryan Harris 77 Brandon Gorin TE 89 Daniel Graham 88 Tony Scheffler 81 Richard Quinn WR 15 Brandon Marshall 14 Brandon Stokley WR 10 Jabar Gaffney 11 Kenny McKinley QB 8 Kyle Orton 2 Chris Simms 3 Tom Brandstater RB 28 Correll Buckhalter 27 Knowshon Moreno 32 LaMont Jordan 22 Peyton Hillis BRONCOS SPECIALISTS P 17 Mitch Berger K 5 Matt Prater 17 Mitch Berger KO 5 Matt Prater 17 Mitch Berger PC 66 Lonie Paxton 73 Chris Kuper 88 Tony Scheffler KC 66 Lonie Paxton 73 Chris Kuper 88 Tony Scheffler H 17 Mitch Berger 8 Kyle Orton PR 19 Eddie Royal 33 Alphonso Smith KR 19 Eddie Royal 11 Kenny McKinley 22 Peyton Hillis 33 Alphonso Smith Rookies Underlined; Injured Players in Italics BRONCOS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Tom Brandstater (BRAND-stay-ter) David Bruton (BRUTE-in) Correll Buckhalter (cor-ELL) Ryan Clady (CLAY-dee) Andra Davis (ON-dray) Elvis Dumervil (DOO-mehr-vill) Mario Haggan (HAY-gen) Russ Hochstein (HOKE-stine) Chris Kuper (KOO-pehr) Knowshon Moreno (mo-ray-no) Lonie Paxton (LAH-nee) Matt Prater (PRAY-ter) Le Kevin Smith (lee-KEE-vin) Casey Wiegmann (WIG-mann) Wesley Woodyard (WOOD-YARD) BRONCOS NUMERICAL No. Player Pos. 2 Chris Simms QB 3 Tom Brandstater QB 5 Matt Prater K 8 Kyle Orton QB 10 Jabar Gaffney WR 11 Kenny McKinley WR 14 Brandon Stokley WR 15 Brandon Marshall......WR 17 Mitch Berger P 19 Eddie Royal WR 20 Brian Dawkins S 21 André Goodman CB 22 Peyton Hillis RB 23 Renaldo Hill S 24 Champ Bailey CB 26 Ty Law CB 27 Knowshon Moreno..... RB 28 Correll Buckhalter RB 30 David Bruton S 31 Darcel McBath S 32 LaMont Jordan RB 33 Alphonso Smith CB 36 Josh Barrett S 46 Spencer Larsen..... ILB/FB 50 Ben Hamilton G/C 54 Andra Davis ILB 55 D.J. Williams ILB 56 Robert Ayers OLB/DE 57 Mario Haggan OLB/DE 59 Wesley Woodyard......ILB 62 Casey Wiegmann C 66 Lonie Paxton LS 70 Seth Olsen G 71 Russ Hochstein OL 73 Chris Kuper G 74 Ryan Harris T 75 Chris Baker DL 76 Tyler Polumbus T 77 Brandon Gorin T 78 Ryan Clady T 79 Marcus Thomas DL 81 Richard Quinn TE 84 Brandon Lloyd WR 88 Tony Scheffler TE 89 Daniel Graham TE 90 Kenny Peterson DL 91 Ronald Fields DL 92 Elvis Dumervil..... OLB/DE 94 Jarvis Moss OLB/DE 95 Darrell Reid OLB/DE 97 Le Kevin Smith DL 98 Ryan McBean DL 99 Vonnie Holliday DL

136 CHIEFS ALPHABETICAL No. Player Pos. 76 Albert, Branden T 62 Alleman, Andy C/G 59 Belcher, Jovan LB 83 Bradley, Mark WR 30 Brown, Mike S 39 Carr, Brandon CB 7 Cassel, Matt QB 46 Castille, Tim FB 11 Chambers, Chris WR 25 Charles, Jamaal RB 2 Colquitt, Dustin P 10 Copper, Terrance WR 87 Cottam, Brad TE 42 Cox, Mike FB 12 Croyle, Brodie QB 34 Daniels, Travis CB 72 Dorsey, Glenn DE 95 Edwards, Ron DT 24 Flowers, Brandon CB 43 Gafford, Thomas LS 92 Gilberry, Wallace DE 15 Gutierrez, Matt QB 91 Hali, Tamba LB 52 Herron, David LB 94 Jackson, Tyson DE 56 Johnson, Derrick LB 14 Lawrence, Quinten.....WR 17 Long, Lance WR 71 Magee, Alex DE 51 Mays, Corey LB 47 McGraw, Jon S 38 Morgan, DaJuan S 60 Ndukwe, Ikechuku......G/T 64 Niswanger, Rudy C 75 O Callaghan, Ryan T 85 O Connell, Jake TE 45 Pope, Leonard TE 67 Richardson, Barry T 23 Richardson, Mike CB 55 Rogers, Justin LB 89 Ryan, Sean TE 29 Savage, Dantrell RB 90 Smith, Kenny DT 21 Smith, Kolby RB 74 Smith, Wade G/T 96 Studebaker, Andy LB 6 Succop, Ryan K 50 Vrabel, Mike LB 80 Wade, Bobby WR 97 Walters, Pierre LB 20 Washington, Donald.... CB 54 Waters, Brian G 53 Williams, Demorrio..... LB KANSAS CITY CHIEFS NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. AGE EXP. HOW ACQ. COLLEGE 2 Dustin Colquitt..... P D Tennessee 6 Ryan Succop K R D7c South Carolina 7 Matt Cassel QB T (NE)-09..Southern California 10 Terrance Copper.. WR UFA (BAL)-09.. East Carolina 11 Chris Chambers.. WR W (SD) Wisconsin 12 Brodie Croyle......QB D Alabama 14 Quinten Lawrence. WR R D McNeese State 15 Matt Gutierrez.....QB W (NE) Idaho State 17 Lance Long WR FA Mississippi State 20 Donald Washington CB R D Ohio State 21 Kolby Smith RB D5a Louisville 23 Mike Richardson...CB FA Notre Dame 24 Brandon Flowers...CB D Virginia Tech 25 Jamaal Charles....RB D3a Texas 29 Dantrell Savage....RB CFA Oklahoma State 30 Mike Brown S UFA (CHI) Nebraska 34 Travis Daniels.....CB FA Hollywood, FL 38 DaJuan Morgan.... S D3c-08...North Carolina State 39 Brandon Carr......CB D Grand Valley State 42 Mike Cox FB CFA Georgia Tech 43 Thomas Gafford.... LS FA Houston 45 Leonard Pope.....TE FA Georgia 46 Tim Castille FB FA Alabama 47 Jon McGraw S UFA (DET)-07.. Kansas State 50 Mike Vrabel LB T (NE) Ohio State 51 Corey Mays LB FA Notre Dame 52 David Herron LB FA Michigan State 53 Demorrio Williams.. LB UFA (ATL) Nebraska 54 Brian Waters G FA North Texas 55 Justin Rogers..... LB FA SMU 56 Derrick Johnson... LB D Texas 59 Jovan Belcher..... LB R CFA Maine 60 Ikechuku Ndukwe. G/T T (MIA) Northwestern 62 Andy Alleman.... C/G T (MIA) Akron 64 Rudy Niswanger... C CFA LSU 67 Barry Richardson... T D6a Clemson 71 Alex Magee DE R D Purdue 72 Glenn Dorsey.....DE D1a LSU 74 Wade Smith G/T UFA (NYJ) Memphis 75 Ryan O Callaghan.. T W (NE) California 76 Branden Albert..... T D1b Virginia 80 Bobby Wade..... WR FA Arizona 83 Mark Bradley..... WR FA Oklahoma 85 Jake O Connell....TE R D7b Miami (OH) 87 Brad Cottam......TE D3b Tennessee 89 Sean Ryan TE UFA (SF) Boston College 90 Kenny Smith......DT FA Alabama 91 Tamba Hali LB D Penn State 92 Wallace Gilberry...DE FA Alabama 94 Tyson Jackson.....DE R D LSU 95 Ron Edwards......DT UFA (BUF) Texas A&M 96 Andy Studebaker... LB FA Wheaton 97 Pierre Walters..... LB R CFA Eastern Illinois D - Draft choice; UFA - Unrestricted free agent (from); RFA - Restricted free agent (from); FA - Free agent; T - Trade (from); W - Waivers (from). HEAD COACH: Todd Haley (1st year as KC head coach; 13th year NFL coach) OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT COACHES: Maurice Carthon (Asst. Head Coach); Bob Bicknell (Tight Ends); Joe D'Alessandris (Asst. Offensive Line); Bill Muir (Offensive Line); Nick Sirianni (Off. Quality Control); Dedric Ward (Wide Receivers). DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT COACHES: Clancy Pendergast (Defensive Coordinator.); Ronnie Bradford (Defensive Asst.); Gary Gibbs (Linebackers); Tim Krumrie (Defensive Line); Pat Perles (Def. Quality Control). SPECIAL ASSISTANT COACHES: Steve Hoffman (Special Teams); Cedric Smith (Strength & Conditioning); Brent Salazar (Asst. Strength & Conditioning). Referee Jeff Triplette (42) Umpire Bruce Stritesky (102) Head Linesman..... Steve Stelljes (22) Line Judge Mike Spanier (90) OFFICIALS DENVER BRONCOS NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. AGE EXP. HOW ACQ. COLLEGE 2 Chris Simms......QB UFA (TEN) Texas 3 Tom Brandstater...QB R D Fresno State 5 Matt Prater K PS (MIA) Central Florida 8 Kyle Orton QB T (CHI) Purdue 10 Jabar Gaffney.... WR UFA (NE) Florida 11 Kenny McKinley... WR R D South Carolina 14 Brandon Stokley.. WR FA-07 Southwestern Louisiana 15 Brandon Marshall. WR D4a Central Florida 17 Mitch Berger P FA Colorado 19 Eddie Royal WR D Virginia Tech 20 Brian Dawkins..... S UFA (PHI) Clemson 21 André Goodman...CB UFA (MIA)-09.. South Carolina 22 Peyton Hillis RB D7b Arkansas 23 Renaldo Hill S UFA (MIA)-09.. Michigan State 24 Champ Bailey.....CB T (WAS) Georgia 26 Ty Law CB FA Michigan 27 Knowshon Moreno.RB R D1a Georgia 28 Correll Buckhalter..RB UFA (PHI) Nebraska 30 David Bruton S R D4a Notre Dame 31 Darcel McBath..... S R D2b Texas Tech 32 LaMont Jordan....RB UFA (NE) Maryland 33 Alphonso Smith....CB R D2a Wake Forest 36 Josh Barrett S D Arizona State 46 Spencer Larsen.. ILB/FB D Arizona 50 Ben Hamilton..... G/C D4a Minnesota 54 Andra Davis ILB UFA (CLE) Florida 55 D.J. Williams......ILB D Miami 56 Robert Ayers....OLB/DE R D1b Tennessee 57 Mario Haggan...OLB/DE FA Mississippi State 59 Wesley Woodyard..ILB CFA Kentucky 62 Casey Wiegmann.. C UFA (KC) Iowa 66 Lonie Paxton LS UFA (NE)-09..Sacramento St. 70 Seth Olsen G R D4b Iowa 71 Russ Hochstein....OL T (NE) Nebraska 73 Chris Kuper G D North Dakota 74 Ryan Harris T D Notre Dame 75 Chris Baker DL R CFA Hampton 76 Tyler Polumbus.... T CFA Colorado 77 Brandon Gorin..... T UFA (STL) Purdue 78 Ryan Clady T D Boise State 79 Marcus Thomas.... DL D Florida 81 Richard Quinn.....TE R D2c North Carolina 84 Brandon Lloyd.... WR FA Illinois 88 Tony Scheffler.....TE D Western Michigan 89 Daniel Graham....TE UFA (NE) Colorado 90 Kenny Peterson.... DL FA Ohio State 91 Ronald Fields.....DL UFA (SF)-09..Mississippi State 92 Elvis Dumervil...OLB/DE D4b Louisville 94 Jarvis Moss.....OLB/DE D Florida 95 Darrell Reid.....OLB/DE UFA (IND) Minnesota 97 Le Kevin Smith.... DL T (NE) Nebraska 98 Ryan McBean..... DL FA Oklahoma State 99 Vonnie Holliday.... DL FA North Carolina D - Draft choice; UFA - Unrestricted free agent (from); RFA - Restricted free agent (from); FA - Free agent; T - Trade (from); W - Waivers (from). Field Judge Boris Cheek (41) Side Judge Dave Wyant (16) Back Judge..... Steve Freeman (133) Replay...Bob Boylston, Jimmy Oldham Officiating Observer Gary Slaughter Thursday, December 3rd N.Y. Jets at Buffalo (Toronto) 7:20 PM Sunday, December 6th Philadelphia at Atlanta :00 PM Tampa Bay at Carolina :00 PM St. Louis at Chicago :00 PM Detroit at Cincinnati :00 PM Tennessee at Indianapolis.. 12:00 PM Houston at Jacksonville :00 PM Denver at Kansas City :00 PM THIS WEEK IN THE NFL Oakland at Pittsburgh :00 PM New Orleans at Washington 12:00 PM New England at Miami :00 PM San Diego at Cleveland :05 PM Dallas at N.Y. Giants :15 PM San Francisco at Seattle.... 3:15 PM Minnesota at Arizona :20 PM Monday, December 7th Baltimore at Green Bay :30 PM *All times are Central HEAD COACH: Josh McDaniels (1st year as DEN head coach; 9th year NFL coach) OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT COACHES: Mike McCoy (Off. Coord./Quarterbacks); Clancy Barone (Tight Ends); Rick Dennison (Offensive Line); Adam Gase (Wide Receivers); Bobby Turner (Running Backs). DEFENSIVE ASSISTANT COACHES: Mike Nolan (Defensive Coordinator); Ed Donatell (Secondary); Don Martindale (Linebackers); Wayne Nunnely (Defensive Line); Roman Phifer (Assistant Linebackers). SPECIAL ASSISTANT COACHES: Mike Priefer (Special Teams Coordinator); Rich Tuten (Strength and Conditioning); Greg Saporta (Assistant Strength and Conditioning); Mark Thewes (Assistant to Head Coach); Keith Burns (Coaching Assistant); Ben McDaniels (Coaching Assistant); Jay Rodgers (Coaching Assistant). BRONCOS ALPHABETICAL No. Player Pos. 56 Ayers, Robert OLB/DE 24 Bailey, Champ CB 75 Baker, Chris DL 36 Barrett, Josh S 17 Berger, Mitch P 3 Brandstater, Tom QB 30 Bruton, David S 28 Buckhalter, Correll RB 78 Clady, Ryan T 54 Davis, Andra ILB 20 Dawkins, Brian S 92 Dumervil, Elvis..... OLB/DE 91 Fields, Ronald DL 10 Gaffney, Jabar WR 21 Goodman, André CB 77 Gorin, Brandon T 89 Graham, Daniel TE 57 Haggan, Mario..... OLB/DE 50 Hamilton, Ben G/C 74 Harris, Ryan T 23 Hill, Renaldo S 22 Hillis, Peyton RB 71 Hochstein, Russ OL 99 Holliday, Vonnie DL 32 Jordan, LaMont RB 73 Kuper, Chris G 46 Larsen, Spencer..... ILB/FB 26 Law, Ty CB 84 Lloyd, Brandon WR 15 Marshall, Brandon......WR 31 McBath, Darcel S 98 McBean, Ryan DL 11 McKinley, Kenny WR 27 Moreno, Knowshon..... RB 94 Moss, Jarvis OLB/DE 70 Olsen, Seth G 8 Orton, Kyle QB 66 Paxton, Lonie LS 90 Peterson, Kenny DL 76 Polumbus, Tyler T 5 Prater, Matt K 81 Quinn, Richard TE 95 Reid, Darrell OLB/DE 19 Royal, Eddie WR 88 Scheffler, Tony TE 2 Simms, Chris QB 33 Smith, Alphonso CB 97 Smith, Le Kevin DL 14 Stokley, Brandon WR 79 Thomas, Marcus DL 62 Wiegmann, Casey C 55 Williams, D.J ILB 59 Woodyard, Wesley......ILB

137 2009 DENVER BRONCOS FEATURE CLIPS (Updated November 30, 2009) McDaniels, Josh Head Coach p. 1 Ayers, Robert OLB/DE p. 7 Bailey, Champ CB p. 11 Baker, Chris DL p. 15 Bruton, David S p. 17 Buckhalter, Correll RB p. 19 Clady, Ryan T p. 22 Davis Andra ILB p. 23 Dawkins, Brian S p. 25 Dumervil, Elvis OLB/DE p. 32 Fields, Ronald DL p. 36 Goodman, André CB p. 38 Hill, Renaldo / Goodman, André p. 40 Holliday, Vonnie DL p. 42 Jordan, LaMont RB p. 44 Larsen, Spencer ILB/FB p. 46 Law, Ty CB p. 48 Marshall, Brandon WR p. 50 Moreno, Knowshon RB p. 52 Orton, Kyle QB p. 56 Paxton, Lonie LS p. 64 Peterson, Kenny DL p. 65 Polumbus, Tyler T p. 69 Reid, Darrell OLB/DE p. 72 Royal, Eddie WR p. 73 Smith, Le Kevin DL p. 79 Wiegmann, Casey C p. 81 Williams, D.J. ILB p. 83 Woodyard, Wesley ILB p. 85

138 New Broncos coach Josh McDaniels is only 33 but a football veteran But he's lived on a steady diet of football and pressure By Mike Klis The Denver Post Posted: 07/26/2009 CANTON, Ohio Here in the land of rich Midwest soil and high school football majesty, Josh McDaniels was toughened to handle one of the greatest quarterback-coach spats in NFL history. McDaniels could never have known this, of course, as he played quarterback in a demanding town for a legendary high school coach who happened to be his father. Playing for Dad meant proving every day to everybody else that a starting position was something earned, not inherited. In starting his first head coaching job with the Denver Broncos, McDaniels' preference would have been to use his fertile background on more menial tasks, such as rebuilding the organization. But to revisit McDaniels' youth, to see the millions of dollars poured into the local prep football programs in northern Ohio, to understand the grave pressure that accompanies upscale accommodations and the expectations from those who funded them, is to realize former Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler never had a chance. It may not be easily detectable, but there is a tough skin covering the boyish looks of the Broncos' 33-year-old head coach, who this week leads the team into training camp. Rookies, quarterbacks and injured players report Monday. "People out there will never understand the pressure Josh was under his whole high school career," said Jack Rose, who coached against McDaniels' McKinley High School at Massillon Washington High School. "The people of McKinley were tough to play for. I'm going to tell you right now, that Cutler guy never went through what Josh McDaniels went through in high school. He was really a good player, had a great winning record at McKinley, and people were always (complaining) about him. "It toughened him. It made him stronger for what he's facing today. How he handled it back then, it's not surprising how he handled what's been going on out there now." Tough? When Josh was in fifth grade, he and his brother Ben, in the second grade, didn't just ride the bus to school. They had a police car following. And once the McDaniels boys stepped inside the hallways, the police would secure the school behind them. Police felt they had to take such precautions after McDaniels' father, Thom, received a death-threat letter that made mention of kidnapping his boys. Later in his coaching career, the family would occasionally wake up to find menacing signs in the yard demanding that Thom be fired. All this hostility for a coach who would go in 23 years of high school coaching. 1

139 "I wasn't the most well-liked person in Canton," Josh McDaniels said. "I was a coach's son who played quarterback. It was tough at times." The greatest misconception of the NFL offseason was the belief that McDaniels was untrained to handle Cutler's uncooperative behavior. Rarely, if ever, has a kid coach been more conditioned to handle such a monumental crisis that, despite some periodic bouts of contention, ended decisively with Cutler traded to the Chicago Bears. "Of all the things people have taught me regarding life lessons or anything that would benefit me, I don't think anything helped me learn more about life than football," McDaniels said. "You go through so many different things: adversity, how to handle adversity, how to handle success, how to lead, how to be a teammate, how to communicate.... And I saw a tremendous amount of negativity too. In this town, if you don't win, it's terrible." Keeping busy, but no bed in office Wearing shorts, a T-shirt and sandals, McDaniels never appeared more relaxed as he sat on his parents' living room sofa. Since he was hired to replace Mike Shanahan as Broncos coach Jan. 11, McDaniels had worked from dawn to well past dinner, six or seven days a week, for five months, to transform the organization into his own image. He overhauled the coaching staff; implemented his shotgun-driven offense; switched the defense from a 4-3 to a 3-4 system; signed more than a dozen free agents; briefly delved into trade talks for Matt Cassel, his former quarterback with the New England Patriots; executed an even bigger trade involving Cutler; ran his new team through a series of offseason practices; and attempted to soothe the contract protest of Brandon Marshall by holding regular conversations with the receiver's agent. Once the regular season starts, McDaniels says, he will get to his office about 5 or 5:30 in the morning and leave about 10 or 11 at night. Thursdays, he'll depart about 9 or 9:30. "I'm not sleeping in the office," said McDaniels, who has two children with his wife, Laura. "I don't want to start that practice." In late June, it was time to get away with his family and clear a mind that constantly is in gear. Although he's young and looks even younger, McDaniels has a presence that exudes authority. He is confident and serious-minded, although like practically everyone inside an athletic arena, he can bust the chops of his friends and associates. "What I love about him, and what I don't necessarily love, is sometimes he can be so serious," said longtime friend Matt Cunningham. "It's hard to get him to let that down, to let loose. When we go on vacation, he'll let go a little bit, but he's the first one to bed, the first one up in the morning. He's never been a big partier or anything. But he does have a sense of humor. He is very fun-loving." McDaniels had just returned from his annual family vacation in Florida and was spending a few days at his folks' house, which is up a class from the large A-frame house near downtown Canton where Thom and Christine raised their boys. 2

140 "I never had a car in high school, and I never had a car in college," Josh said. "I wasn't much of a run-around." A new football, though, was something else. Every Christmas morning, the McDaniels boys knew they could count on a new ball with their name monogrammed on the side. The joy of the oncea-year present only magnified. "I would run down in the middle of the night on Christmas morning, grab that, go right back up to bed," McDaniels said. "That's what I slept with until Laura came around." Football, and more specifically McKinley High School football, was at the center and the tips of the McDaniels universe. When Thom was in the early stages of building the Bulldogs into a football powerhouse, young Josh was often standing nearby, holding the headset cord or a ball or a copy of the play chart. Ben would be there too, although he was more apt to be off to the side, playing with the blocking dummies. "Some of our first memories are going to two-a- days (practices)," said Ben, who grew up to quarterback McKinley to back-to-back state titles. "That's really where it starts. Because two-adays were so much fun for us as kids. If we weren't doing the right things at home, punishment was not getting to go to two-a-days. And that was a big deal." Like most boys, the McDanielses would have their spirited games of football, basketball and baseball in the backyard. One-on-one games to three became games to five, and then 10, especially if Josh was behind. Which wasn't often. "I think in 27 years of coaching, he was the most intelligent point guard I ever had," said Mike Patton, who was McDaniels' ninth-grade basketball coach and eighth-grade social studies teacher. "When I had him in class, if he missed a question on the test, as a teacher you would look at the question to see if there was something wrong with it." So competitive were the McDaniels boys, they took keeping score to a holy extreme. "In church, during that point in the service where you would extend a sign of peace to the people around you?" Thom McDaniels said. "Here I am with my three kids, and we would compete to see who could shake the most hands. It was nuts." Lord knows there are no wallflowers among the McDaniels clan. "We would go four, five and six rows away from us," Ben said. "If you didn't get double-digit handshakes, you weren't trying hard enough." Center of the community Attached to McKinley High School, where Josh finished fourth academically in his class, is Fawcett Stadium, a 22,500-seat facility. 3

141 A mere 7 miles away, at Massillon, is Paul Brown Memorial Stadium, where 19,000 customers have been known to gather during fall weekends, a facility augmented by a $6 million, 80,000- square-foot indoor practice field. Texas can have its Friday night lights. In northern Ohio, monuments to high school football stand permanently erect to admire any day of the year. "There are so many small communities in Ohio that the football stadium is the beginning of the identity of that community," Thom said. "Not just the big-time programs, but in a lot of the small-school programs, the stadium is where that community's identity begins." Nothing in northern Ohio, however, embodies the life-consuming experience of high school football as Massillon vs. McKinley. There may be nothing else like it in the country. When they met for the 100th time in 1994, Sports Illustrated was there to chronicle the rivalry with a long feature story. It happened to be McDaniels' senior year, and the final score speaks to how well he performed at quarterback. That one-point difference in Massillon's victory, however, can be attributed to McDaniels' missing an extra point in overtime. Mark Thewes, now McDaniels' right-hand man on all Broncos matters not related to coaching, and Thom McDaniels were talking about the 100th game in Thom's living room when Josh piped up from a back room off the kitchen. "Wide right," Josh announced. That one moment of shame so affected Josh McDaniels that he led McKinley past Massillon in the state playoffs a couple weeks later, connecting with Thewes on a game-winning touchdown. Although he received letters from NCAA Division I schools that expressed interest in him as a kicker, McDaniels took all 5-foot-9, 150-something pounds of himself to Division III John Carroll University near Cleveland, where he became a starting receiver. He got his first coaching gig as a graduate assistant to Nick Saban at Michigan State University in He met his wife, Laura, the next year. He caught on with the New England coaching staff at an entry-level position in the same 2001 season that the Patriots began Super Bowl dominance. And now McDaniels is leading the Broncos. That missed extra point against Massillon? It's as if it was the best thing that ever happened to him. "You see it all in the movies, the kid who struck out with the bases loaded in the ninth," said J.R. Rinaldi, the Milwaukee Brewers' minor-league equipment director who got his start as Thom McDaniels' equipment man. "Here's a kid that missed an extra point in probably the biggest game in American high school history, and he's done nothing but rebound from it. He's excelled ever since." Mixed reaction back home At 3 Brothers Corner Tavern, the patrons are mixed on the success of their native son. The surprise is on which side the feelings fall. 4

142 "Good football player, great guy," said Brian Finnicum, whose father was a 28-year season ticket holder at Massillon. "Real good quarterback. I haven't heard a bad thing about him." Finnicum's good friend, Sean Sanford, is a McKinley alum. "I would say 80 to 90 percent of the people I talk to, there's jealousy in what Josh has accomplished," Sanford said. "You'd think everyone around here would be proud of him, but anytime someone's successful, there's jealousy." Strange how society works. McDaniels' opponents, who view from an objective distance, honor him with respect. The people supposedly on his side feel pangs of resentment. Call it the lottery-winner syndrome: Why him and not us? "I grew up that way," McDaniels said. "People cried nepotism every time I was on the field. But I played for a lot of coaches before I played for my father, and I started for everybody. He wasn't the first person who all the sudden put me in the starting lineup." Even for a coach and father accustomed to living under pressure of an intense local spotlight, the Cutler controversy crimped Thom McDaniels' nerve endings. A father will suffer for his son as the boy endures scathing criticism. Then again, as a coach, Thom understands how tough times often create better times. "At first I was concerned," Thom McDaniels said. "But then at one particular point I remember telling Josh: 'You know what? The honeymoon's over.' Sometimes the season doesn't work out the way you want it to because you've been on a honeymoon too dadgum long. Now, it was, 'OK, now you can go about doing your job.' " The hangover effect from the Cutler controversy was McDaniels' integrity being impugned. Cutler demanded a trade, then later said he never wanted a trade. Yet it was McDaniels' virtue that has been questioned. "It was frustrating to watch Josh get somewhat vilified for that," said Broncos chief operating officer Joe Ellis, who helped owner Pat Bowlen in the coaching search that landed McDaniels. "Because I know his communication, and any effort he made to communicate with the other party was straightforward and very clear. I would defend him to the end on how he approached it. I'll tell you right now, if you have a problem with Josh McDaniels' honesty, then that's your problem, not his." McDaniels said he has no regrets with how it all turned out. He likes his new quarterback, Kyle Orton. He likes his team. He was prepared from an early age to handle the onerous challenge that was the Cutler saga. "Everybody who's close to me and everybody who either depends on me, or I depend on them, knows they can trust me," he said. "And that's what's important." 5

143 Josh McDaniels Birthday: April 22, 1976 Age: 33 Hometown: Canton, Ohio High School: Canton McKinley, Class of 1995 College: John Carroll University in Ohio, Class of 1999 Degree: Bachelor of arts in mathematics. And yes, math studies have applied to McDaniels' career. "What math does is it teaches you how to think, the process of thinking," he said. "My last two years (in college), I didn't deal with numbers ever. It's all thought processes and proofs and theorems and analytical thinking. If you get to an end and it doesn't give you the answer you're looking for, then you need a process to go through another avenue." Household: Wife, Laura; son, Jack Thomas, 5; daughter, Maddie, 3. Josh met Laura in 2000, when both were working for the FiberTech plastics company in Cleveland. At the NFL owners' meetings in March, McDaniels wasn't bashful about frequently walking hand-in- hand with his wife. "Hey, I'm still 33, we've only been married for seven years," he said. "I hope that doesn't change." Other family: Dad, Thom; mom, Christine; brothers, Jason and Ben. Dad was Josh's head football coach at McKinley High School. Josh was a starting quarterback and kicker. Later, Ben was the quarterback who led the Bulldogs to back-to-back state championships. Ben is now a Broncos coaching assistant. "When we won that first state championship when I was a junior, it probably wasn't as important to anybody as much as it was to Josh," Ben said. "I remember him after the game, it was very emotional and you knew it was important to him. Josh was never jealous. He wanted me to be great. He wanted us to win." First car: A used stick- shift Saturn with no power windows, power seats or power locks. His father bought it for him after he graduated from college. Hobbies: NASCAR, a little golf. Even for a guy who didn't get his driver's license until he was 17 and didn't get his first car until he was 23, McDaniels was caught up in the national movement that is stock-car racing. "It's a phenomenal team sport," he said. "People who don't pay much attention to it may see a guy in a car drive in a circle and go, 'What the heck?' But there are so many important people to the team. There is a guy building an engine, the guy computing the aerodynamics. There's a guy on top of how the box fits, figuring out tire pressure. There's a guy figuring out fuel mileage, there's a guy changing the tires in the pit stop. If one of them makes a mistake, the team suffers drastically. It's very similar to football in that there are so many people important to winning. And if you have too many people or just a few people who make a mistake, your chances to win are gone." When McDaniels golfs, which is about twice a year, he generally shoots in the low 90s. 6

144 Marlboro County grad ready for pro dreams to come true By Bob Gillespie The State April 24, 2009 Charlotte Dickey is expecting a big crowd Saturday at the family cookout in Newark, N.J. Gonna be a lot, she said: sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles, a grandmother, the odd god-sister and god-brother, Ayerses and Dickeys and maybe a Daniels or two. Robert Ayers Sr. will man the grill, dishing food and bragging about his son, who last fall emerged from relative obscurity at Tennessee to make the All-SEC team and become a hot topic for the day s NFL Draft. They ll eat and laugh and talk while awaiting the moment when Robert Ayers Jr. is selected by one prediction as high as 15th and fulfills the dreams he began pursuing all those years and miles ago. They are not just Ayers expectations. I ve got him the third-best player in the country, The NFL Network s Mike Mayock said. If he gets a creative defensive coordinator who s willing to move him around like a Justin Tuck (New York Giants), three years from now he ll be the best defensive player coming out of this draft. Tony Agnone, Ayers agent, compares him to a past client, retired Giants star Michael Strahan. He s got a Strahan-type pass rush, he said. He can beat you around the edge or beat you going over you. All that speculation has led to this, the biggest day of Ayers and his family s lives. Jayson Ayers, a defensive end at South Carolina State and Robert s younger brother, said that we both always had big dreams of the NFL. And what of the 6-foot-3, 270-pound defensive end? Saturday, Ayers said, he plans to soak in all the love his extended family can give him. I felt my time was going to come, the hard way or easy, draft or free agent, he said. I always believed I could (make it to the NFL). I strived for that, never let circumstances define me. They know about those circumstances in Marlboro County, where high school football coach Dean Boyd will host a cookout for coaches and friends from Ayers years in the tiny town of Clio. Right now, it s the talk of the town, said Randy Neely, Marlboro County s defensive coordinator. Everywhere you go, people are proud of Robert. They are, because they know what Ayers had to overcome. And how much help he had. There will be draft-day stories about players emerging from single-parent households and druginfested neighborhoods to find glory on the football field. In ways, Ayers fits that mold: His 7

145 parents never married, splitting up when he was 12, and he spent years in a fatherless house far from his roots. In other ways, though, Ayers story breaks the mold. His is a story of family, of love blended with discipline an almost oldfashioned upbringing. It is a long, complicated story... but one with, from all indications, a happy ending for everyone. FAMILY MATTERS Robert Sr., 51, and Charlotte Dickey, 47, met in Jersey City in They had three children Robert, Jayson and daughter Nadeya before their breakup in That s when things turned... atypical. When we separated, we knew we had to keep the peace for the kids, Dickey said. We didn t want them to suffer for what we did. They still needed their father. Said Robert Sr.: I know how it is without a father; my mom raised 15 of us. I was always going to be there for my kids. They made it work, Jayson said. They re still friends to this day. It s all good. Both parents also were involved in deciding to send Ayers, at 15, away from the drugs and gangs of New Jersey to rural Clio, where Dickey s sister, Lynette, and nephew Rashawn Dickey (later a basketball star at Georgia Tech) were living. Ayers moved in 2000, and Dickey and her other two children followed in The kids continued to spend summers in New Jersey with their dad. I was used to city life, thousands of people, Ayers said. Clio, meanwhile, has perhaps 100 residents. I hated it at first. To compensate, he went out for every sport I could find as a senior, he even served as an oversized soccer goalie. But football was his first love no surprise to his father, a high school standout in Virginia who played at St. Paul s College. When he was born, I put a football in his hands, Robert Sr. said. I drilled that into both my boys. I was pretty tough on them. The first time Neely saw Ayers, he was hanging around (football) practice. He didn t have a ride home, so I gave him one. The next four years, Neely said, laughing, he thought my Jeep s passenger seat was his. As a 10th-grader, Ayers started at linebacker on Marlboro s state championship team. He was gifted physically, but it was his dedication to learning the game that struck coaches. Neely said the Ayers brothers were the two best film-watchers I ve had in 22 years, a career that included coaching USC and NFL cornerback Sheldon Brown at Lewisville. 8

146 Instead of (watching) Xbox, they d say, Throw in a ball game. That was 12 months a year. The Ayerses also had input from their dad, who made 10-hour drives from New Jersey to see as many games as he could. I knew they both could be as good as they wanted to be, he said. Several SEC teams recruited Ayers Boyd believes that if assistant coach Chris Cosh not been fired by USC, Ayers might have been a Gamecock but ultimately, Tennessee s Dan Brooks won. Coach Brooks told me, (Other teams) see a 6-3, 225-pound guy, but I see the frame (for him) to be 275, Boyd said. Coach Cosh said the same thing. They knew. Boyd and Neely knew this: Without a football scholarship, Ayers would never escape Clio. Robert Sr., a bus driver for New Jersey Transit, and Dickey, a guard at one of the county s two prisons (she now works for a convenience store), did what they could, but money was scarce. That s one of the poorest counties in the state, said former Tennessee defensive coordinator John Chavis, a Dillon native. My parents were sharecroppers; I know what it s like growing up like that. Said Jayson Ayers: Yeah, it got kind of tight sometimes. But we helped each other out. Family got us through hard times. GROWING UP For three seasons at Tennessee, including a redshirt year in 2004, Ayers was almost a forgotten man. That, he and his coaches agree, was his own fault. He hadn t had to give a lot of effort (in high school) because he was a phenomenal athlete, former Tennessee defensive ends coach Steve Caldwell said. He didn t buy into the move from linebacker to defensive end, didn t think the weight room or going to school were important. Ayers laughed a laugh of self-awareness. I was wasting time, not doing what I was supposed to do, he said. I was very confident, even cocky, doing stupid things. The worst led to a charge of aggravated assault in 2005, the result of a fight between football players and a fraternity. Ayers pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, served a suspension and underwent judicial diversion to erase the incident from his record. Though there was no repeat, Caldwell said Ayers remained unmotivated. We had one-on-ones, good-cop-bad-cop things, he said. You had to do that with him until two years ago. Then he came out of it. I realized I wasn t competing like I d always done, Ayers said. I wasn t doing what I came to do: get a degree, get to the NFL. Maybe, Dickey said, it was a talk the two had by phone. I said, I can encourage you, but no one can do it but you, she said. Or they ll ship your butt back to Clio do you want that? Something clicked in 2007 when, as a non-starter on a defense that included roommate Jerod Mayo (2008 s top NFL defensive rookie), Ayers led the Vols in tackles for loss and sacks. His senior season, he again had team-best stats, anchoring a defense that ranked in the top 20 9

147 nationally. Ayers showed the NFL what he could do against Alabama s Andre Smith, projected as one of the top offensive linemen in this draft. Robert was a dominant force. They couldn t block him, Caldwell said. Next year, Ayers and Smith could be facing off again. BIG BROTHER Ayers views the Alabama game as his breakthrough. After the loss, I really didn t think I had that good a game, he said. But when I looked at film, heard the coaches, I realized how good I d done. And that surprised him? Nah, he said. I always envision myself doing something no one else can do. Jayson offers a typical little-brother response. Robert, he said, has had the attitude he s God s gift to earth. Jayson also saw another side: the big brother who stood in for their father when needed, who served as a role model for his siblings. Robert filled a lot of shoes, Jayson said. Such as running interference for Jayson. Even when I was 9 or 10, my father always told me, Watch after your little brother, Ayers said. If anyone messed with him, there was a problem. Or how he convinced Jayson that moving to Clio was for the best. He sat me down and said, There s a better life here, Jayson said. He was 15 at the time. In December, Ayers became the first in his family to earn a college degree. Jayson vows he will be the second. Tennessee coaches say the greatest compliment they can give Ayers is that in five years in Knoxville, he grew into a man. Saturday, the man will take the next big step in life. It s a life built on love, hard work and sacrifice by his parents and others, and on Ayers turning those traits into a path for himself. A life during which he has learned that family is what you make of it and what a family makes of you. 10

148 Champ Bailey longs for a championship Eyes still on the prize By Jeff Legwold The Denver Post Posted: 07/31/2009 It's easy to get fooled, easy to let the calm disguise the storm to look at Champ Bailey and see an unlined face at peace with all that swirls around him. Easy to watch him run, in those rare fluid strides, and believe they were awarded rather than constructed. Easy to see cool. And you would be wrong, very wrong. "It keeps me awake at night now," Bailey said this week. "That is no lie. It makes me kind of crazy. I've been impatient for the last four, five years, but it gets crazier and crazier every year, I'm losing sleep over it now. I'm working harder myself; at the same time, I need to make sure the other 52 guys are working as hard as I am. "Because I want to play for a championship before I'm done. Pro Bowls and all that individual stuff is fine, but I want to play for a championship team in a championship game, and if other guys don't have that same thought I'm going to tell them how it needs to be. And if they get offended, get sensitive about it oh, well because nothing's forever." Calendars are funny that way. Just 12 pages, but in a football life they get a little heavier every year. And for a guy who's been named to eight Pro Bowls and is widely considered one of the best players of his generation, the missing piece is starting to wear on him. Because, truth be told, Bailey thought he would have won a Super Bowl by now. Bailey reported to Broncos training camp Thursday along with the rest of the veterans, but is on the active/physically unable to perform list despite participating in all the team's minicamps and saying earlier this week he felt "100 percent." Bailey had surgery on his elbow during the offseason. "Bottom line is he's the best guy I've ever been around in my 17 years of coaching in the NFL," said Bob Slowik, the former Broncos defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. "The best. Just to watch him was a pleasure, to coach him unbelievable. "And I know for a fact it eats at him; there is no doubt, he wants that championship. He wants it so bad I think it tears him up, and he's going to ask other people to respond like he would to chase it." "It's been crazy to get here and watch him," Broncos cornerback Andre Goodman said. "To see him move the way he does 11 years in, how can you not be motivated to do something big? People aren't going to see many like him, let alone play alongside him." 11

149 This will be Bailey's 11th NFL season, he's coming off a groin injury and elbow surgery, and he recently turned 31. Those are what Hall of Fame cornerback Mike Haynes once called the "mortality numbers" for an NFL defensive back. So Bailey knows time is getting shorter, and he now plays for a team that is stripping down its roster and trying to reconstruct it after a franchise-rattling coaching change in the offseason. Bailey has also watched the past three seasons dissolve down the stretch 2-5 in the last seven games in 2006, 2-4 in '07 and 0-3 in '08 into playoff misses. Last season, when Bailey missed seven games with a pulled groin muscle, was a particularly difficult one to be a bystander. Bailey had a front-row seat as the Broncos, needing only one more victory, lost their final three games to finish 8-8, and cost Mike Shanahan his job. "Definitely, I was super frustrated," Bailey said. "I was really frustrated not to be out there a lot of the time, but another thing is (when) you sit back and watch games from the sidelines, you pick up a lot. You see a lot. You notice what's going on out on the field, on the sideline, the look in guys' eyes. "And I just didn't see that fight in a lot of our players. And guys need to understand it. Once you lose that fight, it is hard to get that back. That was last year, this is this year, and if guys don't want to give it 130 percent, right now, today and every day, then they need to go somewhere else." Bailey's contract runs through the 2010 season. And certainly the decisions will come at that point. He said he likes Denver and signed a long-term deal with the Broncos after the 2004 trade that brought him from the Redskins for Clinton Portis because he believed the team had a chance at the big trophy. And after playing in the AFC championship game in the 2005 season, Bailey believed there would be more opportunities, at least one more shot to get into the title game. "I've been through it several times in my career, changes like we've had here," Bailey said. "When Shanahan got fired, I wasn't happy about it at first, but I couldn't dwell on it. (McDaniels) comes from New England and everybody knows what they've done, but he's got a lot to prove and a lot of work to do. But I really have high hopes about what he can do for us. I'm very optimistic about where we can go, and I'm going to do my part. "Work hard. That's all you can ask of anyone, and that's what I'm asking, that we all work hard." 12

150 Bailey's technique: Don't try this at home Broncos cornerback has altered footwork since suffering injury By Frank Schwab Colorado Spring Gazette October 13, 2009 ENGLEWOOD If you ve ever watched Brett Favre play, announcers have told you without fail that a young quarterback should never try to emulate Favre s horrible fundamentals. They could say the same about Champ Bailey. The Denver Broncos cornerback used to play with proper fundamentals, but not anymore. Teammates marvel at his unorthodox and unsound style, with his hips wide open toward the field, which no coach would teach or endorse. He s probably the only guy that can get away with what he does, Broncos cornerback Andre Goodman said. For young guys to watch him and say I m going to play like that, it may be a mistake. Not everybody in this league has his natural talent. Nobody really coaches my technique, Bailey said proudly. I wouldn t recommend it for everybody. Bailey used to be a fundamentally sound player. He would follow the coach s script, backpedaling with his shoulders square to the line of scrimmage. That worked fine for him. He made five Pro Bowls his first six seasons. His entire game changed in 2005, when he suffered a hamstring injury. Because his movement was a bit limited when he came back, he didn t backpedal or stay square. He played facing the quarterback, his back to the sideline, pretty much running sideways instead of backpedaling. The approach worked. In 2006, Bailey had one of the best seasons for a cornerback in NFL history, grabbing 10 interceptions despite rarely being targeted. He finished second in the NFL Defensive Player of the Year voting. He has played the same style since. I see more now, Bailey said. I see the quarterback, the receiver, I can see everything. Back then, I used to just play watching the guy, and you couldn t make a lot of plays like that. His interception against Dallas on Oct. 4 was a perfect glimpse at lack of fundamentals and how his talent can overcome it. Bailey ran with his back completely to the sideline, as he shadowed Cowboys receiver Miles Austin, and even pointed his shoulders toward the end zone. Tony Romo threw a pass well behind Bailey, who swung his hips and shoulders to instantly turn his body 180 degrees. Then he caught the ball inches from the ground. Not many cornerbacks in the NFL and perhaps only a handful in league history could have made that play. 13

151 Champ is so smooth in his movements, he does a technique that when coaches teach techniques they ll probably put up Champ s technique as what not to do, safety Brian Dawkins said. Before Goodman came to Denver, he had heard Bailey didn t backpedal or stay square to the line. He had no idea how extreme that habit was, and can t believe Bailey gets away with it. Every time I see it, I m amazed, Goodman said. 14

152 Proving himself Broncos Baker won t dwell on his struggles -- he s busy loving his NFL opportunity By Brian Howell Longmont Times-Call Publish Date: 9/8/2009 ENGLEWOOD Chris Baker is building a reputation with the Denver Broncos. Chris has shown the ability to knock people back, Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels said of the rookie defensive lineman. He s already well liked by many of his teammates and is proving to be a heck of a player. As the Broncos prepare to open their regular season Sunday in Cincinnati, Baker is second on the depth chart at nose tackle, behind veteran Ronald Fields. He had six tackles two of them for losses and a sack during the preseason. I started off at the bottom of the depth chart when I came here, the 6-foot-2, 329-pounder said. I just took advantage of whatever reps I got. They just kept giving me more and more reps, so I just had to keep proving myself. I still have to prove myself as long as I m in the NFL. First, he had to prove himself just to get to the NFL. In the summer of 2008, Baker was kicked off the Penn State football team because of his connection with a fight at an off-campus apartment on April 1, 2007, and with another fight at the school s student union on Oct. 7, A returning starter who was looking forward to his junior year, Baker was stunned by the decision to let him go. I was really blindsided, he said of being kicked off the team. He maintains he was not directly involved in the two fights, and the school s Office of Judicial Affairs cleared him. Baker did, however, plead guilty to simple assault and criminal trespass for the first fight and plead guilty to misdemeanor simple assault for the second. He was sentenced to two years probation. I was there, but had no involvement in the fights, he said. I had to take a plea deal because it was very expensive on my parents for court fees. Also, if I took the plea deal, I could get back on the football team a lot quicker. It was the smartest thing for me to do. I did that, and I did everything the coaches asked me to, as far as going to summer school classes and getting good grades. After ESPN featured Penn State s growing history of off-field issues in an episode of Outside the Lines, Baker was kicked off the team. It was very disappointing, especially when you go through the legal process with the school and I got cleared of all charges with the school, he said. 15

153 Although his career at Penn State came to an abrupt end, Baker was given another opportunity. He said several schools called him to offer him a chance to play. He chose Hampton, an NCAA championship subdivision school where he could play right away. I knew Hampton had a good reputation of getting defensive linemen into the NFL, he said. Baker stayed out of trouble during his year at Hampton and had a fantastic football season. Playing defensive end in Hampton s 3-4 defense, he registered 69 tackles and 81/2 sacks. It was a good enough season, he felt, to recharge his dream of being drafted into the NFL. Yeah, I felt I was going to get drafted, he said. I had family and friends over, waiting for me to get drafted and hear my name, and it never happened. It was hurtful. He believes his trouble at Penn State contributed to him being passed over on draft weekend. That is the main reason I didn t get drafted, because of the things that happened at Penn State, Baker said. The Broncos passed on Baker throughout the draft, but called him shortly thereafter and offered him a contract. I know everything happens for a reason, he said. I have a chance to play football. It s not how you get here; it s how you stay here. As long as I m here and I ve got the opportunity to play, that s all I want. He d also like to be known as a good guy, and not the bad seed he was portrayed to be on ESPN. If you don t know me for who I am and all you do is read the reports, you re going to form your own opinion, he said. I think that is what happened people formed a bad opinion about me. So far, Baker s proving his worth in Denver. This wasn t the path he had in mind when he was starting for the Nittany Lions in 2007, but he s happy to have traveled the road he did to get to the Broncos. I think it s the path that God put me through, he said. (The events at Penn State were) very difficult to deal with, but like I said, everything happens for a reason. I didn t let that kick me down. I just used it as motivation to get better. Despite his disappointment over not being drafted, Baker said the only thing that matters is that he s in the NFL now. There s a lot of first-rounders that make it and a lot of free agents that make it, he said. Once you get here, it s all about how you work and how you keep yourself here. I just have to keep working hard and I ll be around a while. 16

154 Déjà vu all over again Broncos Bruton weathers career turns to play on By Brian Howell Longmont Times-Call Publish Date: 8/1/2009 ENGLEWOOD David Bruton s football career was nearly over before it began. Then, just as he seemed to be on his way to stardom, he nearly saw the end again. Undeterred by either event, Bruton is embarking on the next stage of his gridiron career. The rookie from Notre Dame is looking to impress the Denver Broncos, who made him a fourthround selection during the NFL Draft in April. Along with the rest of the team, Bruton officially started training camp Friday. The 22-year-old safety built a reputation at Notre Dame as a playmaker and a top-notch special teams contributor. He s looking to build on that reputation with Denver. I want to establish myself on special teams, of course, and prove myself worthy of the coaches trust in me to put me out on the field (on defense), he said earlier this week. When Bruton was a freshman in high school, he hardly seemed the NFL type. In fact, he wasn t even good enough to play on the freshman team at Miamisburg High School in Ohio. My freshman year, I rode the bench, Bruton said. I didn t even play on the freshman squad. I was just awkward then. I was going through a lot of bodily changes. I was just turning 14 going into my freshman year, and I was growing. I wasn t sure if I really wanted to play football at that time. I wanted to do track. I wanted to be in the Olympics at some point in time. I wasn t even thinking about coming out to play (football) sophomore year. Bruton had a good role model in track. His older cousin is Tyson Gay, the reigning world champion in the men s 100-meter and 200-meter sprints. Thanks to a little peer pressure, however, Bruton gave football another shot. My coach s son... talked me into going out for the team sophomore year, and I ended up lettering on special teams and played some receiver, he said. I thought my calling was at receiver. Next thing you know, late in junior year, everything starts clicking at safety and corner. That s basically when I got the offers (from colleges). He accepted an offer from Notre Dame, but before he arrived in South Bend, Ind., Bruton s life took a dramatic turn. In March of his senior year of high school, he found out that his girlfriend was pregnant. 17

155 It was some news coming at 17, he said. I was like, This can t be true. There s no way. It just was hard accepting the fact that I m going to be a father before I even turn 20, before I even have a job. All these thoughts started running through my head. During his freshman season at Notre Dame, Bruton played in 11 games for the Irish, but he couldn t get the thought out of his head that leaving school might be his best plan. I thought about leaving school a lot just so I could support them, he said. The end of senior year of high school and through the summer was just hard, and freshman year was hard. There was a lot of things going on. Sophomore year was the same thing. During the first semester of his freshman year, on Nov. 9, 2005, Bruton s son, Jaden, was born. Bruton ultimately decided to stay at Notre Dame, becoming a two-year starter and a four-year contributor on special teams. At the end of sophomore year, everything started to click, he said. I owe much to God and my family and friends who helped support me. I m here where I am today with a work ethic and believing that as long as I manage my time and put the best foot forward, I ll always try to come out on top. He appears to have done just that. Bruton s success on the field led to the Broncos selecting him in the draft. On Sunday, he signed a four-year contract worth roughly $2.23 million. It includes a signing bonus of $480,000, and he ll make a little more than $300,000 this season. In the end, this was probably the best route, he said of sticking with football. It was a tough four years, but at the end of the day, this will be the most beneficial for them. Bruton knows the importance of providing for his child. Throughout his youth, he didn t see much of his father, who worked as a truck driver and was gone most weeks. But he learned a valuable lesson from his dad. He put food on the table for me and my family, and I m doing the same right now, said Bruton, who is not married to Jaden s mother but said the two are pretty good friends. Being able to provide for his son was made easier by Bruton s willingness to persevere in football. He still hasn t given up his dream of competing in the Olympics, but he knows a career in the NFL is a pretty nice alternative. I still want to be in the Olympics at some point, he said. I still want to do track, but I ve got this job right now. This has become the love of my life. Then, he thought about the grind of training camp that was set to begin. If it wasn t the love of my life, I wouldn t be doing it right now, especially putting myself through what we re about to go through, he said with a laugh. Twice, Bruton appeared to be done with football. Now, he seems to just be getting started. 18

156 Buckhalter: Winners never quit By Jeff Legwold The Denver Post Posted: 09/27/2009 Quit. Forget it. Give up. It's over. "Oh, yeah, those things are out there, you know? Right in front of you, all around you, following you," Broncos running back Correll Buckhalter said last week. "They're even in your head sometimes. You don't know what's going to happen, and those negative things come in, that maybe you can't make it or you won't make it. But that's like the devil talking to you."and I don't listen to that. You have negative thoughts, you're going to do negative things." And the last thing the 30-year-old Buckhalter will do is doubt himself. Not after all he's overcome, including three major knee operations that cost him three full NFL seasons. "He's been through some trials," said Broncos safety Brian Dawkins, who was Buckhalter's teammate in Philadelphia for eight seasons. "He is a product of that perseverance. He never questioned his faith, (he) stood up as a man and persevered." Or, as Titans defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch, who played with Buckhalter at Nebraska, put it: "More than anything else, I think he's always had a mental toughness, and that shows by what he's been able to overcome." Where to start, it's difficult to say, but for Buckhalter, his grit probably came naturally, from the necessity of growing up fast in tiny Collins, Miss. His mother died when he was 19 months old. His father raised three children and made sure they pulled their weight. "Growing up, my brothers and cousins, we had chores," Buckhalter said. "Get the firewood, pick the food my grandfather had a pig farm, so we had to fix the fences, we had to do a lot of things. It wasn't that, 'Oh no, I'm not doing this today, don't feel like it, I'm tired.' You knew you were about to go outside and you were about to do some work. "Because nobody was going to give you anything. You worked and you earned." Buckhalter has applied those standards to his star-crossed football career, one that sprang from a love of the game developed by watching his older brother, Chris, a high school star in Mississippi who would go on to play at Southern Mississippi, and spent a year on the Philadelphia Eagles' practice squad in However, in 1997, Chris Buckhalter was one of four men police said went to a Jackson, Miss., apartment looking for drugs and money. By the time the men left, one of the two men who had been in the apartment when the intruders arrived had a slashed throat. He died the next day. The other man had been shot, but survived and identified Chris Buckhalter as the assailant. Buckhalter spent eight months on the run before turning himself in. He was convicted of manslaughter and aggravated assault, and served more than 12 years in prison before being released in November last year. 19

157 "That had a huge effect, maybe bigger than I know, but my brother was, and still is, my best friend. He was always in my corner," Buckhalter said. "I prayed for him every night to keep safe when he was locked up. "He's doing great now, he speaks to kids at schools, tells his story and about accepting God in his life. He's turned himself around, but no matter what happened to him, where he was or what he was facing, he always told me the things I needed to hear, and from where he was, to be worried about what I was doing or going through, that tells you something." His knees tell the tale To gauge the extent of the odds Buckhalter has overcome, he needs only to look at his knees the knees that have betrayed him, tested him, just to see what he had inside. In an Eagles' 2002 spring minicamp, coming off a rookie season when he gained 586 yards as a fourth-round draft pick, Buckhalter planted his left leg and felt a sickening pop. He had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee. He returned in '03 "I felt stronger than ever" and flashed his potential again, this time with 542 yards and eight touchdowns, the latter stat eighth-best in the NFC. But in a preseason game in '04, he tore the patellar tendon in his right knee. Out for the season. He tore the same tendon in training camp in Another season gone. By then his resume amounted to five seasons in the NFL, three spent staring at surgically repaired knees, grinding through the tedium and pain of rehabilitation for the chance to prove he could still run and cut and take the punishment. "That many times, I don't know if a lot of people would have been able to do what he did," Dawkins said. Buckhalter had his own brief doubts. "The second time, I felt like I didn't really want to play football anymore. But it only lasted for a few seconds. I just knew through perseverance and hard work and faith in God I could come back and do what I wanted to do." He finally got back on the field in 2006, and for three seasons got backup duties in Philadelphia. He wanted more. So 2009 arrived and he was a free agent, ready for both "a fresh start and the next chapter." Seizing a new opportunity The Broncos, to the surprise of many, signed him to a four-year, $10 million contract last winter to be the go-to back in Josh McDaniels' new offense the kind of back he didn't get to be at Nebraska, where he shared playing time, or at Philadelphia. "It was time for a change, to go somewhere where a team would really use me," Buckhalter said. 20

158 Then, more off-field drama. In March, a suburban Philadelphia prosecutor said an alleged drug dealer told police he had sold marijuana to several athletes. He named Buckhalter as a recipient. No athletes were charged, however, and Buckhalter denied any connection. "First of all, the guy mentioned something from '05 and '06. This was '09. And secondly, I didn't know who the guy was, never met the guy. What I was mad about was just throwing my name out there in something that blew up nationally. "I don't know the guy, never met the guy." Then, a month later the Broncos used their top draft pick for a running back, Knowshon Moreno, despite obvious need at defensive end. Moreno is clearly the team's franchise back, but, for two games, Buckhalter has been more impressive. The 6-foot, 223-pound veteran leads the team in yards rushing (122) and average per run (7.2), to go with the team's longest run of the season, a weaving 45-yard touchdown a week ago against Cleveland. He's on a quest, he said, to make his ninth NFL season his best. "I never doubted (he could do it) just because of his work ethic," said Andy Reid, his coach in Philadelphia. "I feel better than I ever have, this is where I want to be," Buckhalter said. "The grace of God, my father, my family, that's why I'm here. We work hard, we didn't expect things to be given. They teach you to work, taught me to work, don't stand there with your hand out, work hard. "Earn it, that's what we think. Earn it." 21

159 Clady lets considerable skill speak volumes The quiet anchor at left tackle is working on technique and learning McDaniels' new offense By Lindsay H. Jones The Denver Post Posted: 06/05/2009 Note to any Denver Bronco looking for a nice place to relax: You might want to try the back left corner of the locker room and pull up a chair between Ryan Clady's locker on the left and Kyle Orton's on the right. It might be the quietest place in the whole building. "We're both kind of quiet guys, so we don't really say a whole lot to each other," Orton said, laughing. But Orton, who is competing with Chris Simms for the starting quarterback job, and starting left tackle Clady don't need to have hours-long, heart-to-heart conversations to create a successful partnership on the field. All Orton needs to see is Clady's giant 6-foot-6, 325-pound body and to read this stunning line from Clady's bio: Last year, as a rookie, he allowed only half a sack in 16 starts. That's all it takes to be a quarterback's best friend. "He's a great player," Orton said. "It's always a great thing to have that guy at left tackle that can really lock it down." Denver's offensive line allowed only 12 sacks in 2008, a franchise record and tied for the fewest in the NFL. And because of that performance, the offensive line returns intact for 2009 the only unit on the team that was virtually untouched in the transition from Mike Shanahan to Josh McDaniels. "It's not too hard to believe because of how well we played, but it was a pretty crazy offseason, and you kind of realize how much of a business this is," Clady said. The biggest piece of that group literally is Clady, who said he has plenty of room to improve off that rookie season. As the team goes through its voluntary workouts and passing camp, Clady said he is focusing on technique, improving his hand placement and footwork, and adjusting to McDaniels' new offense. "Trying to make every workout, and working hard at the workouts," Clady said. "I'm just trying to know the offense, and adjusting to the offense." Clady spent his offseason back home in Rialto, Calif., working out on his own before returning to Denver in March to train with his teammates, even if he remains somewhat of an enigma in the Dove Valley facility. "He's got a personality, you just don't see it a whole lot. And that's OK, that's great. We have guys that have personalities that I wish they would put in their shell once in a while," McDaniels said. "Ryan's one of those guys that sometimes you get more out of him than you think, and sometimes he's real quiet and to himself. But he's a good kid, he fits in really well with our team and we're happy to have him." 22

160 Davis' toughness gives "D" an edge By Mark Kiszla The Denver Post Posted: 09/19/2009 As the late, great Johnny Cash once sang, a boy named Sue must grow up to be quick and mean. So, tell me, what sane NFL player is going to mess with a linebacker named Andra, especially when he's stamped with the seal of approval by legendary Broncos tough guy Al Wilson? "Every year in grade school, all the teachers used to call roll and say, 'Andra Davis. Andra Davis? Is she here?' That's not so good for your reputation as a football player. But there are so many ways to pronounce my name that after a while, it was like: whatever. And I stopped tripping about it," inside linebacker Andra Davis said Friday, standing at his locker, framed by snapshots of his daughters. In a time when it's old-school cool to be Dr. Dre or new-school hip to be Andre 3000, about the best that the newest member of Denver's linebacking crew can hope for is hearing his first name routinely mispronounced rather than punctuated by a giggle. "Who? C'mon, it's An-DRAY. But, I mean, everybody calls him An-DRUH," said Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey, demanding a little respect for his new teammate. Well, Andra, how do you do? And even if all the nastiest linebackers we remember seem to be named Ray or Jack or Sam, we're pleased to meet you. Why? Davis has brought something that has been missing from the Denver defense since a neck injury forced Wilson from the field in 2006, the last time the Broncos held foes to fewer than 20 points per game. Toughness. What in the name of the "Orange Crush" is going on here? The Broncos, deemed the 98-pound weaklings of the AFC by football prognosticators who predicted nothing except gloom and doom for the team this autumn, are 1-0 because they have flexed some defensive muscle. Yep, defense. The side of the football that Mike Shanahan forgot, except when he was filling out a pink slip for some poor defensive coordinator to scapegoat. When Josh McDaniels was hired from the New England Patriots to replace Shanny, everybody in town immediately began questioning how much X's and O's genius was under the new coach's 23

161 hoodie. What in the world was this brash, young coach thinking when he traded quarterback Jay Cutler? And how could McDaniels possibly match the offensive fireworks produced by the Mastermind? But here's a radical thought: What if the main thing McDaniels stole from grumpy old Bill Belichick was his mentor's ornery style of defense rather than a sloppy sense of sideline fashion? In a tough economy, where every entertainment dollar is harder to pull from the wallet, do Broncomaniacs really care if the team wins 12-7 rather than 39-38? Does defense sell around here? You can bet your sweet memories of Randy Gradishar it does. Of course, when the 30-year-old Davis was signed as a free agent from Cleveland, my first thought was: Does Denver really need another Brownco, after the mixed results from Shanahan's midlife obsession with plucking defenders from the shores of Lake Erie brought Gerard "Big Money" Warren, Ebenezer Ekuban, Michael Myers and Courtney Brown to town? Nobody is suggesting Davis will make anyone in Colorado forget the five Pro Bowl appearances or the teeth-rattling tackles by Wilson, and it's too early to guarantee Denver will crush and shred the best-laid offensive game plans this season. But, at the very least, a genuine appetite for destruction is back in the Broncos' defense. The bite is provided by this eighth-year pro from the University of Florida. "I love the physicality. I love to get down in the trenches and mix it up. I love getting those cuts and bruises. It's a rush. I love the question of: Who's man enough?" said Davis, who recorded nine tackles in the season-opening victory at Cincinnati, where Denver limited the Bengals to 3.2 yards per rushing attempt, stinginess this defense matched or beat only once in all of "One man doesn't have to be Superman on this defense. But you start knocking down a running back when he comes through the line and people begin to realize you're serious about defense." It was a shared NFL friendship with Warren that made it possible for Wilson and Davis to become brothers who share a love of mayhem on the field. "When I came to town, one of the first people I called was Al Wilson. People might try to compare me to him. But that's wrong, because Al Wilson is a legend. It would be disrespect to him, because this was his defense, his locker room, his team," Davis said. "I have so much respect for Al Wilson. I love the way he played football. He's the one of the best whoever did it, according to me. So I used to pick his brain on how he played the game. And I know he respects me and my game." 24

162 Broncos safety Dawkins' passion comes from his faith By Mike Klis The Denver Post Posted: 10/19/2009 Defeat used to move Brian Dawkins to tears. This is Dawkins the little boy from Jacksonville, Fla., we're talking about. Even if he doesn't cry after a loss anymore, a glimpse into Dawkins' emotional childhood helps explain the visible passion he has brought to his 188 NFL games as a Pro Bowl safety. "I've always been this way, passionate about the game," Dawkins said. "As a kid, I would always cry after a loss. When you're little, you're always told to contain your emotions. Can't show emotions." So Dawkins would keep his feelings pent-up until the painful heartache of defeat would be too much. The hurt would burst, and then came the tears. Eventually, to the entertainment of his longtime fans in Philadelphia and his new followers in Denver, Dawkins found a way to release his passion. And it has to do with how, as a junior in high school, Dawkins announced he was giving his life to Jesus Christ. He looks back now and says it was more "talk," that it wasn't until after his rookie season with the Philadelphia Eagles that he started to "walk," forbidding himself from alcohol and pollutants that can ravage the body from within. But regardless of how he restrained some behaviors, Dawkins always experienced liberation through faith. He would unload his energy in the minutes before the game with his demonstrative dances and pep talks from the football pulpit otherwise known as the huddle. In the days leading up to the Broncos' game tonight against the San Diego Chargers, Dawkins has conducted himself as a gentleman. Six days a week, he is intelligent, introspective, kind. Off the field and on, he is serious. He will be wildly unrestrained tonight. "I've never seen a guy go through such a metamorphosis," said Broncos backup quarterback Chris Simms, who is in his seventh NFL season. "He goes from leader of the choir to psycho safety." Said Dawkins: "When my walk with Christ increased, I'm now able to turn it completely loose, just turn it on everything that I have to offer. The passion, the excitement that I have, I can let it completely show." 25

163 Stellar work ethic This is Dawkins' 14th year in the NFL, and Tuesday marked his 36th year on Earth. It also was an off day for the Broncos players. So how did Dawkins celebrate his birthday? For much of the day, he was at the team's Dove Valley headquarters. "You've heard stories about him, but when you're around him, you know you're around a model of a Hall of Famer," pass rusher Elvis Dumervil said. "I come in a lot on our days off, and you'll see him from 8 in the morning till 3 or 4 in the afternoon, getting treatment, rehab. Yeah, he was here Tuesday. I didn't know it was his birthday, but I know he was here." What 36 is to an NFL player, 90 is to life on Earth. Few make it that far. "My time in this game will come when I will have to hang it up," Dawkins said. "But it is not that time." Eagles fans may not agree, but after 13 years in Philadelphia, change was good for Dawkins. He had almost become too familiar to the City of Brotherly Love. The problem with familiarity is strengths are often taken for granted and flaws become irritants. "After a while, every play that I gave up, they said it was because of my age," Dawkins said. "I don't care what it was. If I was there and didn't make the play, it was 'age.' " In Denver, a fresh set of eyes appreciates the energy he channels to his teammates and the intimidating presence he poses to the opponents. Dawkins has shifted from a deep-positioned, roaming safety to a safety who more often roams from within the box. But he never leaves the field. He jams the box on running plays, covers the tight end on passing plays and generally must be accounted for on every play. "The way I feel about it, if he's one of your very best players on your team, I'd play him on offense if I could," Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said. "There's no reason for him to come out. He doesn't want to come out, I don't want him to come out, and I don't think anybody in our locker room wants him to come out either." Room for Wolverine In the Mike Shanahan era, no Broncos player got two lockers. And McDaniels has gone to great lengths to establish a team-before-self mentality in his first year with the Broncos, even going so far as to trade away an obstinate young quarterback to prove it. One player has received the privilege of a second locker, though, and it happens to be Dawkins. In one, he keeps his jerseys, shoes, helmet, football gear and clothes. The other is a shrine containing more than two dozen "Wolverine" figurines on the top shelf and texts relating to the Good Book on the bottom. The Wolverine comic-book hero has a been part of Dawkins' life since the days when he cried after defeat. 26

164 "He's a good guy with an edge," Dawkins said. "He's a spotted hero. Always up for a challenge, always up for a battle. Wolverine would never back down even when the odds don't seem to be in his favor." Dawkins started collecting Wolverine comic books and figurines a few years ago, but if there's a drawback to this hobby, it's that people might think he derives his animated play from it. "He thinks he's a Wolverine," said Broncos running back Correll Buckhalter, who was a teammate of Dawkins' for eight years in Philadelphia. "But what you see on Sunday, that's the Holy Spirit in him." Dawkins has been unofficial team minister since he arrived in Denver. In a hallway outside the Broncos' locker room Saturday, the interview was finished. Dawkins had provided insight on his upbringing, his lifestyle, his wife and four children, his career. But as the interview dissolved into friendly, off-the-record small talk, Dawkins became preoccupied. There was one more point he wanted to make clear. "The way I play, everybody says it's the Wolverine," he said. "It's not that. What I do is, during the week, my job is to prepare my body and myself to do battle that weekend. That's by film study, and that's by praying. Rigorously praying for myself and my teammates so that when I get to game day, I can turn it all loose. I have no distractions, I have no worries, I have no concerns. All I have is the ability God gave me to give what I have. So that's the passion you're seeing from me out there." 27

165 Altered state of consciousness directs Dawkins on field FRANK SCHWAB THE GAZETTE September 21, 2009 ENGLEWOOD Broncos safety Brian Dawkins is serious during the week, but usually more calm and thoughtful than insane. He speaks with authority but somewhat quietly when asked questions. He s a 35-year-old family man who speaks earnestly about his religious faith. On Sundays, there s a different person inside the No. 20 jersey and helmet with the tinted visor. Dawkins has a never-ending resource of energy. Before the Broncos played Cincinnati two weeks ago, the team s Web site had a camera on Dawkins as he got his teammates fired up. There was nothing quiet or calm about it. Respect is not given, it is earned, doggone it! Dawkins yelled in the pregame huddle and he bounced from side to side, watching his teammates reactions. And they don t respect us! Nobody respects us! You know what you ve got to do in that situation? At that point, Dawkins voice became nearly demonic. Take it! Take it! Take the respect from somebody! Dawkins said, hitting himself in the helmet and pacing about like he wanted to jump out of his skin. Take it! While other players Baltimore s Ray Lewis and New Orleans Drew Brees are among them put on a similar show in the pregame huddle, Dawkins motor never slows down, even when the defense isn t on the field. He ll roam the sideline, even run onto the field when one of his offensive teammates goes down with an injury. Whenever the offense or special teams are on the field, coach Josh McDaniels said Dawkins never stops shouting encouragement toward them. When I m calling plays on offense, there s not one time where I don t hear him behind me, McDaniels said. And it s all positive, it s all the right things. And it s not phony. It s real leadership. Tremendous value in the things he says. 28

166 The game wouldn t be the same for Dawkins if he couldn t be exuberant before the game, on the field or even on the sideline. I don t take it for granted, Dawkins said. I love what I do. It is an opportunity for me to go out and have a great time. Give Dawkins credit for understanding his audience. For anyone who has turned on a NFL game and dreamed about playing the game with unbridled excitement and joy if given the chance, Dawkins is living the dream for you. (Fans) would love to do what I do for a living, Dawkins said. People come to the game to have a great time. I go to the games to have a great time. I am not going to allow anything to deter me from that. Dawkins said he was told in high school and college to tone it down, but that was never the case when he got to the NFL. So he lets it all hang out. He doesn t script his pregame words. They come from pure emotion and adrenaline. I m not trying to show off, Dawkins said. I do what I do. My teammates love it. 29

167 Dawkins provides energy for defense Broncos safety has taken on team leader role Associated Press Posted: 09/17/2009 ENGLEWOOD -- When Josh McDaniels became head coach of the Denver Broncos at age 32, his top target in free agency was safety Brian Dawkins, who turns 36 next month. "He doesn`t look like it," McDaniels said. "When you watch him on tape, when you watch him on the field, he`s playing as fast or faster than everybody else." Dawkins, who left Philadelphia after 13 years when McDaniels offered him what essentially is a $9 million contract over two years, led the Broncos with 11 tackles and a ton of pep talks in their season-opening win at Cincinnati. "The way that guy runs around the field, he saved a bunch of yards (Sunday) with open-field tackles," McDaniels said. "And his energy and leadership on the sideline is as good as any player I`ve ever seen." McDaniels said that even with headphones on, he could hear Dawkins` constant chatter on the sideline. "When I`m calling plays on offense, there`s not one time that I don`t hear him behind me, talking to the defense, talking to the punt team. It doesn`t matter who it is, I can hear him," McDaniels said. "I`m hearing him behind me, and it`s all positive, it`s all the right things and it`s not phony. It`s real leadership." There is "tremendous value in the things he says, and he`s such a smart football player that as the game goes along" he makes the proper adjust-ments in the blink of an eye, McDaniels said. It`s the same thing he did for years in Philadelphia, where Dawkins energized entire stadiums with play that led the Eagles to five NFC championships and one Super Bowl and earned him trips to seven Pro Bowls. "He brings an intensity to the game, even in practices," linebacker Mario Haggan said. "When you hear a guy like him speak, if you`re not ready to play, you don`t have a heart." The Eagles knew Dawkins was still a three-down player with a bottomless battery, but they were reluctant to break the bank on a man in his mid-30s. Not so McDaniels, who needed a playmaker on defense and a leader in the locker room. "Well, he saw me as a safety, a playmaking safety," Dawkins said. "Our conversations had nothing to do with limitations or my age. And I respected that tremendously because I felt that I still can do what I need to do for my teammates, whether it be here or there." While the Eagles figured they could replace his hard hits and big plays with young players such as Quentin Demps, Dawkins` presence in the locker room is what`s missed most in Philadelphia, 30

168 where teammates had tremendous respect for this deeply spiritual safety who was a mentor for younger players. Dawkins is now introducing his style, skills and wisdom to Denver. He`s quiet and humble during the week, but his alter ego emerges on game days, when he transforms into an energetic, highly emotional player who can hardly contain himself as he runs out during pregame introductions. He shakes and gyrates when he comes out of the tunnel, and maintains that intensity until the final whistle. "I`m a blessed and anointed man to do what I do and I don`t take it for granted. I love what I do," Dawkins said. "It`s an opportunity for me to go out and have a great time. People come to the game to have a great time. I go to the game to have a great time, so I`m not going to allow anything to deter me from that." He`s been doing it since he was a kid, although he was a bit muffled back then. "High school is a little different. They tell you to tone it down. College, same thing, tone it down a little bit," Dawkins explained. "When I got to the NFL, I`m not trying to show off anybody, so I do what I do and my teammates love it." Haggan said Dawkins doesn`t just put on a show on Sundays but is just as intense in the classroom. "It`s the epitome of how to be a professional, how to play in this league a long time," Haggan said. "If some of the guys in the league can do half of the things he does, there would be a lot of guys a lot more successful." Notwithstanding a hand injury that kept him out of practice Wednesday, Dawkins isn`t showing many signs of slowing down as he approaches his birthday. 31

169 Broncos' Elvis Dumervil had model for success in Chiefs great Derrick Thomas By Lindsay H. Jones The Denver Post Posted: 10/26/2009 Elvis Dumervil was only 5 years old when Derrick Thomas began his career with the Kansas City Chiefs, but Dumervil was watching. Dumervil was raised in Miami, as Thomas was, and grew from a boy to a teenager with big passrushing dreams as Thomas starred for 11 seasons for the Kansas City Chiefs, racking up 126 1/2 sacks in his Hall of Fame career. Yet it wasn't just the numbers Thomas put up that Dumervil dreamed of someday replicating. Young Elvis watched the way Thomas would try to strip the ball as he took down the quarterback, and how Thomas seemed to never wear down. "He was relentless," said Dumervil, who was 16 when Thomas died in February "He played with a motor, and that's what I want to be known as a guy who is nonstop that you have to account for four quarters." Though the Broncos were idle Sunday, Dumervil's 10 sacks still lead the NFL. That total alone is impressive as are his 36 career sacks since the start of his rookie year in 2006 but what's more intriguing is exactly how Dumervil has been getting to the opposing quarterback this season. Not only is he displaying the type of motor he so admired in Thomas nine of his sacks have come in the second halves of games, including five in the fourth quarters Dumervil is rushing the quarterback in several different ways. "It's amazing, just amazing," linebacker Andra Davis said. In Dumervil's previous NFL life, as a traditional (if undersized) defensive end in Mike Shanahan's 4-3 defense, he lined up almost exclusively on the right side of the Broncos' defensive front, facing off against the opponent's left tackle. The Broncos new coaching staff threw out that way of using Dumervil as soon as they discarded the old system. Now Dumervil plays stand-up outside linebacker in the base defense, and three of his sacks have come from this formation, either on first or second down. When the Broncos go to their nickel defense with five defensive backs, Dumervil generally reverts to a hand-down defensive end. Seven of his sacks have come on third down, including four when the opponent has been in third-and-long situations. 32

170 The Broncos have also moved Dumervil from right to left and back again, making it increasingly difficult for opponents to figure out how to double-team him. Dumervil's sacks have been equally split: five from each side of the formation. "If you don't know which tackle needs the help, it's hard to tell the back where to go," coach Josh McDaniels said. "So that's an advantage that any team has that can move a guy around, and Elvis has certainly done a nice job of being versatile and being able to move and line up in different spots." Dumervil, who had only five sacks in a disappointing 2008 season, is also benefiting from a stronger group of pass rushers around him and more aggressive play-calling. Seven other players have at least one sack, and the pressure is coming from defensive linemen, his fellow linebackers and defensive backs. "There are a lot of guys that are trying to get to the quarterback and do their job, so that makes it hard to double one player," McDaniels said. It seems impossible Dumervil could continue at this rate at an average of 1.7 sacks per game, he's on pace for 27 sacks this season, which would shatter the NFL record of 22 1/2 but even with modest output after the bye, Dumervil could be headed to his first Pro Bowl, which will conveniently be played in South Florida, not far from his childhood home, even though he said he tries not to think about it. "I really don't. And records and stuff, I mean, I have a lot of records at Louisville, but before I got them, I never thought about like, 'Oh, I'm going to get 20 sacks and 10 forced fumbles.' " Dumervil said. "You just go out and play football because you love the game, and along with that comes success and team success. I'm not the guy who Web searches every week to see where I'm at. I just let it come." 33

171 Doom's sacks back anew Dave Krieger The Denver Post Posted: 09/21/2009 The best pass rusher in Broncos history was 6-feet-5-inches tall. Simon Fletcher, who recorded 97 1/2 quarterback sacks from , was an early prototype for the long, lean, athletic sack artist. "He was a great player," Elvis Dumervil said Sunday. "I saw a couple highlights of him." From Michael Strahan to Jason Taylor, Jared Allen to DeMarcus Ware, Fletcher's build became the template for the modern pass rusher. So how did the 5-11 Dumervil "Doom" to his teammates crash the party? How did the shortest member of the Broncos' front seven doom Browns QB Brady Quinn, sacking him four times and grabbing a share of the team single-game sack record? "I've been going through it all my life," Dumervil said. "It's easy for me. I have instant leverage, I guess. I'm just trying to key the ball and be explosive." "We tease him all the time about his size," cornerback Andre Goodman said, "but for a guy like that to finish the game the way he did was big." At times, watching Dumervil go up against 6-6 Browns tackle Joe Thomas was like the famous picture of the sumo wrestler facing off against a child. Thomas is one of the game's elite left tackles, but he tends to do better against people his own size. As offensive tackles get bigger, Dumervil seems to get better. "It's a chess match out there," Dumervil explained. "You've just got to set him up and make different moves and then, when the time comes, you've got to be able to trigger and make the opportunity." All of Dumervil's sacks came in the second half, when the Browns were trying to play catch-up. Early in the fourth quarter, he sacked Quinn on consecutive plays, producing the alwayspromising fourth-and-28. "It's a little unorthodox," Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said. "The biggest thing is he's got longer arms than most of the guys blocking him, and he's much shorter. So you're reaching for him, but he can get his hands on you first and he's got leverage on you and he can get underneath you and push you back to the quarterback. "So he's a unique player. He's a unique pass rusher in that his skill set is pretty much alone in this league for a shorter guy with real long arms. And he's got a good burst." 34

172 Even after recording 20 sacks as a senior at Louisville in 2005, Dumervil slid to the fourth round of the NFL draft because of his size. There was no way he was going to be able to play defensive end in the NFL at For three years, he did, recording 12 1/2 sacks in 2007 for Mike Shanahan, the man who drafted him. But this year he was forced to change positions as McDaniels installed a 3-4 defense. Dumervil had to give up his traditional three-point stance and learn to play standing up as a linebacker. "It's been tough, man," he said. "There was times when I was down on myself in camp. I always had my hand on the ground. Coach McDaniels really helped me out during two-a-days. I worked really hard this offseason, especially with (strength coach) Rich Tuten, just working on drops and just trying to be a more versatile player. It hasn't been easy. I still have a lot to learn, but I feel like I'm going in the right direction." The Browns would probably agree. Dumervil was credited with seven tackles Sunday, second on the Broncos to fellow linebacker Andra Davis. He was also credited with forcing the Joshua Cribbs fumble that Brian Dawkins recovered early in the third quarter when the Broncos led by only four points. Players that appear better suited to the task have struggled much more with the adjustment Dumervil has made. Jarvis Moss, for example, is listed at 6-7. When the Broncos used a firstround draft pick on him in 2007, they envisioned an elite pass rusher. Moss has 3 1/2 sacks in a little more than two seasons. Dumervil has 30 in a little more than three. "I'm just blessed, man. I just thank God for the situation I've been put in," Dumervil said. "Once the offense gets some points and we get a team one-dimensional, it really makes my job easy." Scouting has more measurements and videotape than ever, but it's still as much art as science. Some things just can't be measured until the lights come on. That's where Doom comes up big. 35

173 Fields to man middle for Broncos With the 3-4 defense returning, the team turns to veteran for dirtiest job on D By Jeff Legwold The Denver Post Posted: 08/06/2009 It does not, and will not, appear on any Top 40 list, it's not in Billboard magazine, not anywhere to be found on anybody's ipod. Nope, it's just a little ditty Rubin Carter made up, a sort of ode to the big man, the guy in the middle of a 3-4 defense. "It's 'Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Nose Tackles.' That's the song I used to sing around the house," Carter said. "Because you have to be pretty much a sacrificial lamb at times, a big one, but still a sacrificial lamb." Carter, who manned the Broncos' nose tackle spot for 11 of his 12 seasons under defensive coordinator Joe Collier, said he put the words to music because his son Washington Redskins defensive end Andre Carter had said as a youngster he wanted to grow up and play the same position as his father. "I had to blink a couple times when he said that," Carter said, laughing. "He wanted to be just like Dad, but I don't understand why he felt that way; he'd see me limping home and getting in the tub for 30 minutes to let the wounds heal." So, the 3-4 is back in Denver, and the man being asked to man the dirtiest of defensive jobs much of the time is Ronald Fields, a 6-foot-2, 314-pounder who signed with the Broncos after four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. Fields, Carlton Powell (6-2, 312) and Marcus Thomas (6-3, 316) have all taken a spin at the position that requires lining up directly across from, or a shade off one shoulder, of the center. Once the ball is snapped, the job is to take on as many blockers as humanly possible so others can run free to the highlight shows. "That's me," Fields said. "People say the nose tackle is key in this defense, so I've said I've got the key to the city, baby. Get the push, take on some blockers, do the job, you know, that's what it is." Asked about the position, former Broncos defensive end Alfred Williams said, "Nose tackle? Well, he's the guy that you go over to his house and the laundry is never done, the guy who cooks the food and the dishes are always in the sink, the guy who you open up the car and stuff falls out the door on to the ground and there is stuff on the floor everywhere and it's never clean. "Now that's the guy who wants to play nose tackle." The position is thankless, but 100 percent necessary in any 3-4 scheme. Collier has said it is "impossible" to play a 3-4 well without having a nose guard who can consistently power his way 36

174 up the field and draw a minimum of two blockers while preventing an offensive lineman from turning him and creating a gap to run through. Consider that two of the best nose guards in the league New England's Vince Wilfork and Pittsburgh's Casey Hampton combined for all of three sacks last season. "Physically you have to be strong, very quick and very flexible for a big person," Carter said. "You have to handle all of the twisting and turning, from getting blocked from all different angles, from almost every player you can name on an offense. And you can't spend a lot of time thinking about how many sacks you're going to get or tackles you're going to make. "It's all about doing your job, because you take your finger out of the dam there and pretty soon you've got a flood." When new Broncos coach Josh McDaniels made the switch to the 3-4, he was repeatedly quizzed on who would man the middle because the team initially didn't have many candidates. He always mentioned Fields, who played under new Broncos defensive coordinator Mike Nolan in San Francisco, though Fields hasn't started a game since Fields has the build, and the Broncos believe he has the strength. The issue will be whether Fields can play with the quickness required to fend off centers and guards. "You've got to get your hands up in there, get off the ball and get into the blockers," Fields said. "Get up the field, create problems. If you don't create problems, then you've got problems. This is a good opportunity for me." 37

175 Goodman never comfy at corner Playing opposite Bailey is a hard job fit for a day planner, not Twitter By Jeff Legwold The Denver Post Posted: 09/08/2009 It's a wired world, a tweet-filled place overflowing with Facebook friends and infinite MySpace spaces, it seems. Andre Goodman knows this, for he spends his days surrounded by the young(er) and restless texters, thumb typing almost as much as they speak. And he's OK with that. Just don't ask him to log in. "I still put pen to paper," Goodman said. "To me, I like to do things a certain way. If it works for me, I do it. And when I have something I want to remember, a thought or two to get out, I always write it down. I don't like to type. I don't know how people still use their phones to put dates in; to this day I still have a (day) planner I walk around with. I'm always writing in it. People see it and they think I'm crazy." Crazy? No, Goodman is a measured thinker, a calm exterior wrapped around the internal fire and brimstone of a comeback story. Which is exactly why the eight-year cornerback now finds himself in the position former Broncos cornerback Dre Bly once called "the most popular place on the field and it ain't gonna change until those guys look out and see something different." Popular to opposing quarterbacks because Goodman plays right cornerback, just as Bly did before him, just as Darrent Williams did before that. And the right cornerback is not the left cornerback in the Broncos' defense. The right cornerback is not Champ Bailey. "You know I've never been that guy, the guy. I've always been the other guy," Goodman said. "So I have kind of an all odds stacked against me mentality. That's how my career has been built." And with the Broncos set to open their season Sunday at Cincinnati with a healthy Carson Palmer at quarterback for the Bengals, Goodman figures to begin a week-to-week march of wearing the target. Because even as some personnel executives across the NFL believe Bailey has begun to gamble a little more here and there to get more involved, which has brought some occasional challenges from opposing quarterbacks like San Diego's Philip Rivers who may not have tried before, Goodman will still get far more action. Consider that last season, before he suffered a hamstring injury in Week 7 against New England that cratered his season, Bailey was virtually ignored in the first six games, including two games 38

176 against the Buccaneers and Jaguars when no passes were even attempted to where Bailey was in coverage. Bailey had a career-high 10 interceptions in 2006, roughly a third of the passes that were directed his way that year. Last year, former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan addressed the question with the face of a man who had a burning tire outside his office door. "You can throw at a Hall of Famer or another player," he said with a grimace. "One is the smart play, one isn't so smart. You don't have to be a genius there." "You know that," Bly said. "You've got to compete, you know. Don't take the job if you don't want to compete, you won't survive." "The challenge is you know you're going to get a lot of work," Goodman said. "I knew what I was getting into, I knew what it was going to be like playing across from Champ. You know the majority of balls were going to come my way. You have to see opportunity in that. The challenge is motivating." Goodman, if he's about anything, is about challenges. Early in his freshman season at South Carolina, his football career was thought to be over when Georgia tight end Jermaine Wiggins crashed into Goodman's right knee, tearing all the major ligaments. Goodman was initially told he might never walk again without a limp, but he eventually returned to the field midway through his sophomore year. There's an 8-inch scar to remember it all as well as the poems he wrote as part of his recovery, one of which he laminated and kept in his locker for the remainder of his college career. "If there was one significant moment in my life that I go back to, it's probably that moment," Goodman said. "I learned a lot about myself in terms of being able to push through adversity. At that point in time, it was easily the worst thing that had happened to me. I think you can kind of go either way there. You can either give up when someone tells you that it's probably it for you because it's going to be tough to come back from that kind of injury, or do you say, 'I want to know what I could be?' "I think because I took the latter, it kind of shaped my life. Nothing can ever get in my way in terms of adversity nothing can stop me." The Broncos offered a $25 million contract to put him across from Bailey. "Even now, when it might seem like things are going OK for me, I never allow myself to think that way, to get comfortable," Goodman said. "It allows you to work just as hard now as you did on Day One.... I think I'm fast, I think I'm pretty quick, I've got pretty good hips, I've got pretty good feet, but that's stuff that was just given to me. "The rest of it, recognizing route concepts, playing against offenses, those are the things I had to work on. And when I come to work, I know I'm coming to work with a purpose." 39

177 Strong bond of Broncos DBs Goodman, Hill good for team They might be newcomers to Denver, but the DBs are close friends and playing big roles for a team off to a 3-0 start By Lindsay H. Jones The Denver Post Posted: 10/01/2009 In the hectic, noisy seconds before the opposing quarterback gets the snap, all Renaldo Hill and Andre Goodman need is a split second to communicate with each other from the right side of the Broncos' secondary. Hill, a safety, will lock eyes with Goodman, lined up at right cornerback, and somehow they instantaneously communicate to each other what they're thinking. Too often it is said in NFL locker rooms that teammates become like brothers, but the description might be true when it comes to Hill and Goodman, who started 30 games together for the Miami Dolphins before signing with the Broncos this past offseason. They eat breakfast together on weekends, frequently go out to dinner together during the week, arrive together at Dove Valley before daylight for extra film study and spend so much time together that people frequently call one by the other's name. "I don't think I've ever trusted another player as much as I trust him," Goodman said of Hill. Of course, they also bicker like brothers too, working out their disagreements on the practice field so that their communication is clear by game day. "You almost have to separate them sometimes," Broncos safety Brian Dawkins said. "It's funny, they're always getting after each other as far as things they see or different techniques. I'm always joking with them as having to come in the back seat and separate them." Playing in the secondary with heralded players such as Dawkins and cornerback Champ Bailey, it's only natural that Hill and Goodman might be known as the "other guys." But with Hill and Goodman intercepting passes on back-to-back defensive series against the Oakland Raiders last Sunday, maybe it won't be that way for long. "Those guys are going to go under the radar a little bit. But I know, and we know, what they bring to the table," Dawkins said. "We know how Renaldo gets us lined up so many times. "The guy is so smart, so many things he sees during the week that allows us to be able to anticipate things.... The communication back there is ridiculous, the amount that we are anticipating routes and anticipating things with these guys." 40

178 Goodman and Hill became free agents last offseason and the Dolphins let Hill go, believing they were getting a significant upgrade at his safety position when they signed Gibril Wilson to a fiveyear contract. Hill signed a four-year, $10 million contract with the Broncos on the first day of free agency. A day later, Goodman followed his friend to Denver. Goodman was scheduled to visit the Broncos first, then fly to Cleveland to meet with the Browns. Goodman postponed the trip to Cleveland and signed a five-year contract worth $20.4 million to play for the Broncos, the biggest contract of any of the more than a dozen Denver free-agent additions. "They asked me what number I wanted and I told Goody I was saving him (jersey) No. 21, I wasn't going to mess with it," Hill said. "I was hoping and wishing he would be a Bronco with me." And just like that, half of the Dolphins' secondary was reunited much to the delight of Denver coach Josh McDaniels, who no longer has to coach against either player as he did when he was the offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots. "They play sound, fundamental football," McDaniels said Wednesday. "They were both here at 5:15 this morning. I didn't know that when I was coaching against them, but I love it now that I'm coaching both of them. That's just the way they are, the way they work." Goodman, frequently the target of opposing quarterbacks because he plays opposite Bailey, has made four tackles, broken up one pass and made one interception. Hill, though listed as a strong safety, is often the deepest player in the Broncos' defense, which has been outstanding in preventing big plays. He intercepted a deep pass by Oakland's JaMarcus Russell early in last Sunday's game. Meanwhile, in Miami, the secondary has been a major issue for the 0-3 Dolphins. The South Florida media have begun to question whether the Dolphins should have tried harder to keep Hill and Goodman. "They don't have the chemistry back there that they had," said defensive end Vonnie Holliday, a teammate of Hill's and Goodman's for three years with Miami. "I'm not sure who that guy is back there right now, who the guy is that is quarterbacking that defense in the secondary now that Renaldo is gone, and Goody, he's just hard to replace." Goodman and Hill said they enjoyed their time with the Dolphins but are content in Denver. "I don't think it could have worked out any better than it did," Goodman said. 41

179 Vonnie Holliday helping bolster defense in Denver By Pat Graham Associated Press October 17, 2009 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. When Vonnie Holliday was shopping for a new team, the defensive lineman received all sorts of suggestions from family and friends, even random strangers. The message was basically the same: Be sure to check out the New England Patriots, they're the front runners with Tom Brady back. And stay clear of Denver! Still, Holliday couldn't cross the Broncos off his list, even if they had a defense in disarray and a new coach who began his tenure by quarreling with his Pro Bowl quarterback and receiver. Something just intrigued Holliday. So he signed on with Denver in early September, eschewing other potential suitors like Carolina, San Diego and New England. That decision has now left him feeling like he cashed in a winning lottery ticket. "We've been the talk of the country," said Holliday, whose undefeated team travels to San Diego on Monday night. "This defense is playing well." Holliday has been an integral part of Denver's 3-4 alignment, filling up space in the middle as the Broncos now boast one of the top defenses in the league. This is precisely what he envisioned when he selected Denver. "I remember watching Denver playing Seattle in the preseason and the local bartender is like, 'Hey, you don't want to go there,'" Holliday recalled. "Everybody gives you advice." Holliday didn't want to rule out any options. He couldn't afford to after coming off right knee surgery in January. The 33-year-old wasn't even sure if he'd be ready in time for the season. He spent the first 1 1/2 months after the operation running on an underwater treadmill. Only gradually did he increase his fitness level by taking spinning and yoga classes. To friends and family, the 12-year veteran expressed confidence in making it back to the field. Silently, though, he was wondering if that was even realistic. If he did come back, who would sign him with his knee? "I'm sitting there watching preseason games and looking at these guys, thinking, 'I can play better than that guy,'" said Holliday, who has two sacks and a forced fumble this season. "But it's frustrating. As August kept creeping along, I thought I may be sitting (out) opening week of the season... I kept working and waiting for my opportunity." 42

180 Just before the start of the season, the calls came. Teams were expressing an interest, including Denver. Yet he was wary. Like the rest of the country, Holliday read the reports of Josh McDaniels' feud with Jay Cutler that ultimately lead to the rocket-armed quarterback's trade to the Chicago Bears. Then came the suspension of receiver Brandon Marshall for insubordination in training camp. "All we see or hear about is all the negative stuff that's coming out," Holliday said. So Holliday spoke with Denver defensive backs Andre' Goodman and Renaldo Hill, former teammates in Miami. "The story they're giving me doesn't match up with the story I'm reading and seeing every day on the news and in the paper," Holliday said. He decided to check things out for himself, arriving in Denver and chatting with players in the cafeteria. Soon after, Holliday was sold. "I called my wife up and said, 'Look, I think this is going to be a good situation,'" Holliday said. So far, it's worked out. Despite a knee that took most of the offseason to mend, Holliday hasn't missed a step. He's coming off a season in which he started 15 games for the Dolphins last season and led the team's defensive linemen with 46 tackles. His role is reduced in Denver, entering the game primarily in long-yardage situations and nickel packages. That's just fine with Holliday he still plays a big part in bolstering a defense that's been bullied around the past two season. This isn't that unit any longer. "The great thing about this team and this defense is knowing your role and doing your job," Holliday said as the Broncos are off to a 5-0 start for the first time since "Right now, my job is to come in and back those guys up and not let there be any drop-off." He's also taken on a leadership role, providing a veteran voice in the locker room. Is that why the Broncos brought him on board? "Nah, that isn't the reason," McDaniels said. "I mean, we love that part of it. We want all of our players to have the same type of leadership qualities that Vonnie Holliday does. But we knew that Vonnie Holliday could still be an active, productive player in our scheme." As for all the advice he received when contemplating his choices, Holliday said he's glad he tuned it out. "I've been fortunate, no doubt about it," he said. 43

181 Broncos running back Jordan not taking opportunity lightly By FRANK SCHWAB Colorado Springs Gazette July 31, 2009 ENGLEWOOD LaMont Jordan didn t worry when the Denver Broncos drafted Knowshon Moreno with the 12th overall pick of April s NFL draft. The veteran tailback kept working. He dropped 20 pounds to get down to 228, the lightest he has been in his career. He was going to be ready for training camp, which started Friday. He said he owed it to Broncos coach Josh McDaniels, who showed faith in him by bringing me out here and signing me when I was overweight. This is Jordan s ninth training camp, and he said he has never felt this good. I know I can be a top back in this league, and I ve shown it in spurts, said Jordan, who has started more than eight games once in his career and gained 1,000 yards that season, in 2005 with Oakland. That s because I never prepared, I was never disciplined. Now, I ve prepared. I m a lot more disciplined. I ve still got a ways to go, but I m off to a great start. Mentally, physically, spiritually in all aspects of my life I feel pretty good. For the moment, things are working out just fine. The trim and focused Jordan was Denver s starting tailback when camp opened as Moreno continued his contract holdout. Moreno and linebacker Robert Ayers don t appear to be on the verge of signing, although McDaniels wants them in camp soon because they were falling behind. The Broncos had only one significant holdout in Mike Shanahan s 14 years: Tatum Bell in Even if Moreno was in camp, Jordan wasn t going to let it bother him. He remembered when he was a second-round pick in 2001, and the supposed heir apparent to 28-year-old Curtis Martin on the Jets. Martin never relinquished the job, playing five more seasons. Martin had 1,697 yards in 2004 at age 31. Jordan followed Martin s lead this offseason. Curtis had the most yards of his career when I was his backup, and I got drafted second (round), Jordan said. That pushed Curtis harder, and he worked harder. Jordan saw an opportunity, and worked his way past Correll Buckhalter in the offseason to lead the depth chart at tailback. 44

182 Jordan came from New England, where McDaniels called plays, and he doesn t think it matters much who the starter is this season. The Patriots used many backs last year. Even though Moreno was a very high pick, Jordan figures the Broncos will use a heavy rotation this year. The good thing about this offense is all the running backs are going to have a role, Jordan said. We re going to beat teams differently every week. You saw that last year with New England. Denver has the depth for it. Aside from Jordan and Buckhalter, who shared first-team repetitions, Peyton Hillis got some tailback work in one-back sets and Ryan Torain looked very good in the morning practice as he comes off knee surgery. Moreno will join the mix when he signs. McDaniels liked what he saw on the first day. All of our backs are 215 (pounds) or more, so that s the style of running that we want, McDaniels said. 45

183 'Leatherhead'Larsenadaptingto2newsystems 'Leatherhead' Larsen adapting to 2 new systems By ARNIE STAPLETON Associated Press June 3, 2009 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Spencer "Leatherhead" Larsen is easily the busiest player at Dove Valley. The only player in Denver Broncos history to start on both sides of the ball, the second-year pro is splitting his time at linebacker and fullback while learning the new offensive and defensive systems being installed under new coach Josh McDaniels. "I've got a lot of information on my plate right now," Larsen said Tuesday during the team's passing camp. "As you can imagine, two new systems, offense and defense, and I'm just plugging away, trying to get a grasp on both of them." On offense, he's adapting to the tweaks in the Broncos' famed zone blocking scheme. Instead of the 4-3 defense, where Larsen played middle linebacker, he's adjusting to the 3-4, learning both inside and both outside spots. "You learn all of them and wherever they put you, they put you," Larsen said. Does he prefer weakside or strongside on the interior? "Either, or," Larsen said in keeping with the theme of his versatility. And during his "down" time, he's playing on all four special teams units. So, he's buried in the offensive, defensive and special teams playbooks at home. He splits his classroom and on-the-field time between linebackers coach Don Martindale and running backs coach Bobby Turner, then hustles over to listen to special teams coordinator Mike Priefer. Which position is easier for him? As expected, he's torn. "Defense for me is a little more natural, just because I've been playing it all my life and in college, so I can relate," said Larsen, a sixth-round selection out of Arizona last season. "On offense, it's almost better, too, because I come in and it's clean, I don't have anything to relate it to, so I memorize it and go ahead." Larsen said he doesn't necessarily get more tired than his teammates. "No, it's the same. I don't get any more or any less reps than anyone else," he said. It's just that he's all over the field. 46

184 "I feel like I'm a rookie again with the new system," Larsen said. Or systems, actually. Back in the infancy of the NFL, it wasn't uncommon to play both ways. But now in the age of specialization and the league's transformation into such a big business, it's quite the oddity. Still, he's not on the field all the time. There's base defenses, nickel and dime packages. On offense, there's one- and two-back sets. Larsen made a name for himself last year when he became just the fourth player in the NFL since 1990 to start on both sides of the ball. He took seven snaps at fullback, 55 at middle linebacker and eight more on special teams in a win over Atlanta in Week 10. But he didn't know what to expect when Mike Shanahan was fired after the season. Would he move back to linebacker? Would he become a full-time fullback? Would he even stick around? Soon, McDaniels told him he'd continue splitting his time on offense and defense. "It went well last year and I was excited... that he was able to look at last year and decide to keep me on," Larsen said. "So, whatever they have me do, I'm excited about it and I'll do my best with it." Larsen, who played quarterback and linebacker in high school but only linebacker in college, said he never feels like he's spreading himself too thin. "No, I really don't, because the coaches, they look and see what you can handle and what you can't, they cut it back. They know how much a player can take," Larsen said. "I haven't felt like I've gotten spread out." 47

185 Law willing to put off retirement for a nickel By Jeff Legwold The Denver Post Posted: 11/12/2009 That was it. Over. Done. Yes, Ty Law had made up his mind, had finally wrapped himself around the idea that playing football would be a thing of the past. Finally, after 14 NFL seasons, countless collisions, having run with, intercepted and tackled some of the best players the league had to offer, Law simply decided to move on with this life. "I said, told my agent, 'Man, I'm done,' " Law said. " 'Let's just call it, it's over, move on to the next phase. I can live with what I did, the way I played, it's time to move on, time to do something else.' " Then the Broncos reached out and touched him. "It was like two hours later," Law said. "I had decided I could walk away, and then Josh (McDaniels) calls and wanted to talk to me. So we talked and I liked the sound of it, so here I am. My retirement is over." And there he was Monday night. Just three days after signing a one-year contract with the Broncos, Law was in the lineup against the defending Super Bowl champions. Law said he played about 34 snaps against the Steelers as part of the Broncos' five-defensive back package in Denver's loss. The 35-year-old cornerback, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, wore the kind of wristband usually reserved for quarterbacks to keep the Broncos' defensive calls straight in his mind. He would glance at the card once the Broncos broke the huddle. "He's just able to apply so many different things. I'm not sure there's a coverage he hasn't seen," Broncos safety Renaldo Hill said. "For him to get thrown in the fire and do that, I thought it was amazing. We were installing some of those things in the springtime, and for him to basically learn that in two days is clearly amazing." "I never had to wear one of those wristbands before," Law said. "But if I needed a little refresher, I would just look down. But I feel like I can cover with the best of them. It's hard to say I can do it at the level I used to, but at the same time, the level I used to do it was far superior than most. So I think I can come in here and still compete for this team and do my job well." 48

186 The Broncos dialed up the former first-rounder because they thought the same thing. They didn't like the way teams were attacking their fifth defensive back, usually rookie Alphonso Smith or Jack Williams, who was released when the Broncos signed Law. Baltimore's Joe Flacco and New England's Tom Brady found plenty of yardage to be gained by throwing to the slot receivers. And that's where Law will line up almost exclusively in the Broncos' defense unless there is an injury to Champ Bailey or Andre Goodman. "Once I get my feet wet, get my timing back, I feel like in my heart of hearts that I can compete with anybody out there," Law said. Law said while sitting out he was still working out as if he were preparing to play. This isn't the first time Law has been wrestled away from potential retirement. Last season the Jets, with former Patriots assistant Eric Mangini then the team's head coach, signed Law on Nov. 10 and he played three days later in New York's overtime victory over New England. The whirlwind of last weekend was at least familiar enough for Law to take the field and run with the likes of Steelers star Hines Ward. Ward's first touchdown of the game came with Law on the bench and safety Josh Barrett playing as Denver's nickel defensive back. "Last year I signed and the Jets said I'd play about 10 plays and it ended up being 57," Law said. "This year was better. I didn't have a number in my head. They just said you're going to play and we'll give you a breather if you need it. "But this is great situation. Here I can work my way in. There are established guys, guys like Champ and Andre Goodman. And all the guys back there, they communicate, they know how to play. These are players who know how to conduct themselves. I don't have to be somebody's daddy off the field and I just told them just hang in there with me, give me a little time and I can help. I believe that." 49

187 Broncos' Marshall bounces back Discontent, hip injury behind wide receiver By Arnie Stapleton Associated Press Posted: 10/16/2009 ENGLEWOOD -- Josh McDaniels` tough love apparently has done the trick. Denver Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall, whose temper tantrum at training camp drew a nine-day suspension, is back to being his Pro Bowl self. In the last two weeks, Marshall, showing his head is clear and his hip is healed, has caught two big touchdown passes to help the unbeaten Broncos defeat Dallas and New England, respectively. After his 51-yard TD against the Cowboys, in which Marshall avoided a half-dozen tacklers while zigzagging to the end zone, he broke down in tears and hugged McDaniels on the sideline and then again at the post-game podium. "I don`t know when it clicked, but I`m happy it`s clicking and I think he is, too," McDaniels said Thursday. "And our team`s all the better for it." On Sunday, Marshall made another outstanding play when he faked a fade into the end zone, spun at the 5-yard line and caught a pass from quarterback Kyle Orton, then twisted away from a Patriots defender and dived into the end zone with the tyingtouchdown in Denver`s overtime win. Marshall wasn`t much in the mood to talk about his own resurgence this week, only the Broncos`. Asked if he finally felt like the receiver who had 100-plus receptions the last two seasons, Marshall suggested it was simply a matter of his number being called. "Every year, you all can ask that question, if I put up good numbers last year or the year before that," he said. "It`s just a matter of time before you get your opportunities, if you come out and you`re not making plays, it`s just not because you`re not as good. It`s just you`ve got to play your role." Told that it appeared his surgically repaired hip was no longer a concern, Marshall retorted: "My hip? My hip? I had a 51-yard touchdown where I cut on my hip, stopped a couple of times, jumped up. I think that shouldn`t even be a question anymore." After scoring just twice in the final seven games last year, Marshall underwent hip surgery in the offseason and was told it was in worse shape than the team`s medical staff had led him to believe last season. That was the beginning of his discontent in Denver. 50

188 He skipped out on the offseason workouts in protest of his medical treatment by the Broncos and also because the team rejected the trade request he made after they refused to renegotiate his contract. Marshall is making about $2.2 million this season, a bargain for an elite receiver if he can prove his hip is no longer an issue and his numerous domestic disputes also are a thing of the past. Marshall was the biggest pain in McDaniels` side after Jay Cutler forced a trade to Chicago in April. He spent almost all of training camp either in the trainer`s room or acting defiantly on the field after declaring the only reason he wasn`t AWOL was to avoid the daily fines. McDaniels refused to rework his contract or give him a ticket out of town, and now Marshall`s a major reason Denver is 5-0 for the first time since So, when did everything click with Marshall? "I don`t know," McDaniels said. "Without going back into the past, Brandon and I have never really had much of an issue with one another. We understand there`s a business side to it." In an interview with Michael Irvin for the NFL Network, Marshall indicated his epiphany came at halftime against Cleveland in Week 2. Marshall stood like a statue on the sideline that afternoon while the Broncos offense ran 27 consecutive plays without him. When his teammates filed out of the locker room at Invesco Field for the second-half kickoff, Marshall sat there and cried. "I stayed and I sat in my locker, put my head down with a towel over my head. I thought I was the only one in there and I broke down," Marshall told the network. "I heard a voice and it was Brian Dawkins. He tapped me four times on my back. He said, 'Come on baby.` "And once I heard that, it`s like my teammates are with me.... I`m going to get through this. And I think everything is on track, we`re on track. It`s exciting to be a Bronco." 51

189 Moreno plans to have a ball By Lindsay H. Jones The Denver Post Posted: 09/13/2009 Rookie running back Knowshon Moreno sat tucked inside his locker at Broncos headquarters Thursday morning, rapidly tapping his right foot as he quietly thumbed through his playbook. After a frustrating start to his NFL career, Moreno is set to make his long- awaited debut today in the Broncos' season opener at Cincinnati. It's no wonder he can barely sit still. "I'm real excited, anxious, nervous, all at the same time," Moreno said. "I'm just so ready to get out there and see what I can do. I can't wait to run around a little bit. I know the night before the game, I'm not going to be able to sleep that much. I probably will have to control myself a little bit when we're out there because I'm going to be off the walls." How much he will play against the Bengals is a closely guarded secret. But Moreno, a former Georgia star, insists there's no doubt he will play. At last, Broncos fans will get to know Know-shon, and not just the player who hurdled college linebackers while rushing for back-to-back 1,300-yard seasons in the Southeastern Conference. They will get to know the guy who is the grandson of a magician, a card shark, an avid bowler, aspiring golfer and chess master. "He's got that fun-loving spirit that you just want to be around. It's just infectious, he loves life," said close family friend Michelle Lugo, who has known Moreno since he was a young boy. "We don't want him to lose that; we don't ever, ever want him to lose that." Moreno became a Bronco in April, when the team made him the No. 12 overall pick in the NFL draft. But he held out for the first eight days of training camp before signing his rookie contract. He then sprained the medial collateral ligament in his right knee on his second carry in the team's first preseason game, at San Francisco on Aug. 14. He hasn't played in a game since. It wasn't the way he envisioned his pro career starting. But he's practiced for 10 days, has ditched the orange "no-contact" jersey and is on the verge of shedding a protective knee brace as he readies for his first NFL game. Great support from "Grammy" The kitchen of Mildred McQueen's modest middle-class home in Belford, N.J., might as well be a museum chronicling the football career of her grandson, Knowshon Moreno. To McQueen, though, he's just "Shon." 52

190 Shon is smiling in photos large and small, a mix of personal snapshots and professional portraits and magazine covers, a collage of memories from his decorated careers at Middletown South High School and the University of Georgia. The newest addition to the mural is a hand-drawn poster created by one of Moreno's relatives congratulating him for making it to the NFL. There's a different framed photo hanging in McQueen's bedroom. In it, a stocky preteen Moreno is wearing a white football jersey and orange pants. It's the first photo of him wearing a uniform, taken during his first season of Pop Warner in the nearby Atlantic Highlands a decade ago. McQueen never knew much about football, but she never doubted her grandson could play. She still seems amazed that the boy she raised, the oldest of her four grandchildren, is an adult, let alone a pro. "Not in my wildest dreams," McQueen said. "I mean, he's really taken us all on a great ride." Without question, Moreno, 22, is still a grandma's boy. As a child, he shuttled between the homes of his father, Freddie Moreno, and mother, Verashon McQueen, and his grandmother's place, first in the Bronx and later in New Jersey. By the time he was 10, the family decided he needed stability. It was his grandmother who could provide it. Moreno moved in full time with the lady he calls "Grammy" and everyone else calls "Miss Mildred" in Belford. Her home remains his home base, even though he recently purchased his first home in the Denver area. "She's the calm and sense in his life, there's no doubt about that," said Steve Antonucci, Moreno's high school coach at Middletown South. McQueen was the one who, after Moreno begged her to, first enrolled him in Pop Warner football. She was the one who called his high school and college coaches for frequent updates, and when Moreno left Georgia for the NFL, it was McQueen, along with a handful other close family friends, who helped Moreno interview potential agents and financial advisers. McQueen said she plans to move to Denver next year, after Moreno's cousin whom McQueen is also raising graduates from high school. "I have a lot of people in my family that I'm close to that have helped me out, but she's definitely the one," Moreno said. "Always bigger, faster" Belford sits only a couple miles from the Atlantic Ocean, just more than an hour's drive from New York City. Locals describe the area, with towns such as Middletown, Red Bank and Holmdel, as a close-knit, family-friendly area with plenty of pride in its residents. 53

191 Moreno might not rival rockers Bruce Spring-steen and Jon Bon Jovi, who live in neighboring towns, for national cachet, but on the sports scene, he was a local legend here long before the Broncos came calling. Before Moreno played a down of high school football, he was known as the kid who did a windmill dunk in a middle school all-star basketball game. The kid who would grab a ball and dare classmates to try to catch him and tackle him. "He was always bigger, faster. He always stood out as an athlete," said friend and former high school teammate Mark Longo, a defensive back at Cornell. Moreno was unpolished as a running back when he arrived at Middletown South High School in the fall of 2003 because he had played Pop Warner ball only sporadically. Coaches were immediately impressed with his athleticism, however. When he scored three touchdowns in a come-from-behind victory in the second game of his freshman year, Antonucci said he realized just how special Moreno could be. "From that point on, he became one of the most dominant football players I've ever seen play this game at this level," Antonucci said. Moreno graduated in 2006 after leading Middletown South to a 36-0 record and three state titles from his sophomore through senior years. He set a New Jersey record for career touchdowns (128) and still owns school track and field records in the 100-meter dash and long jump. Antonucci keeps the jersey Moreno wore in his final high school game folded in a desk drawer, waiting to be framed. The school plans to retire his No. 24 soon. "In your lifetime, in a public school setting like this one, it's very rare you get a kid like that," Antonucci said. "For him to be in the NFL right now, that's even more rare. I don't know if I'll ever see anything like that again." Motor never runs out of fuel Moreno followed a friend from a neighboring town, offensive lineman Kade Weston, to Georgia, but arrived on campus in Athens in the fall of 2006 to find three older running backs ahead of him. For the first time in his football career, Moreno didn't play. As he waited out his redshirt year, Moreno became "a heck of a scout- team player," said Tony Ball, the running backs coach at Georgia. "His motor goes only one speed, and I tell you, our defense had to get used to that," Ball said. "As a scout-team player, the norm is to run the play that you see, and then when the defense gets there and tries to hit you up, you let them do that. But here you have a back that has a natural instinct and is very competitive. A defender shows up, and Knowshon drops his shoulder and accelerates to finish." Moreno showed similar gumption once he began playing in the fall of 2007, first as a backup and then, by late October, as the starter. Moreno created a stir in the Southeastern Conference with his six 100-yard games as a freshman, but also by his hustle between plays. 54

192 "I have a good friend I played with who is now a coach down in Atlanta, and he said it's so funny, he scouts and goes to games all over Atlanta, and in every game, there is always the one player who gets tackled, then sprints back to the huddle because they watched Shon do it," said Joe Trezza, one of Moreno's high school coaches. "They loved him so much down there." Midway through the 2007 season, fans in Athens began wearing T-shirts honoring Moreno. "Do You Knowshon?" they read as much a play on his first name as a warning to the rest of the SEC as to what was to come. Moreno, now that he's starting to get comfortable in Denver, is eager for Broncos fans to get to know him too. All that starts today. "I don't care if I only get two snaps a game, as long as I'm helping my team out, whether in practice or a game," Moreno said. "As long as we're winning and making each other better, that's the main thing." The Moreno file During the 2009 season, Broncos fans will have the opportunity to get to know Knowshon Moreno, a young, charismatic running back who hopes to make his mark on Denver. Age: 22. Critical stats: 5-feet-11, 210 pounds (though Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said Moreno weighed in at 217). Credentials: Rushed for 2,734 yards in two seasons at Georgia, becoming the first Bulldogs tailback with back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons since Herschel Walker. Finished his high school career at Middletown South with 6,268 yards rushing and set a New Jersey record with 128 total touchdowns. Hobbies: Bowling, golf, chess, card games. Pet: Chocolate Lab named Papi, who will be joining Moreno in Colorado. Future aspiration: Actor. 55

193 Kyle Orton embracing Colorado By Lindsay H. Jones The Denver Post Posted: 09/09/2009 Go ahead, call Kyle Orton a game manager. He relishes, even loves, the somewhat dubious title. Tell him he doesn't have a strong arm. He'll laugh it off, and tell you he can make any throw that's needed. Boo him when he throws an interception in a training camp scrimmage. Orton won't flinch, because he's heard worse much worse in Chicago, where he went from starter to thirdstring clipboard holder, and back again. No matter how bad things may be, or how good they might get in this, Orton's first season as the Broncos quarterback, it's a safe bet the screams that came out of Orton's mouth on Aug. 30, as he waved a bloody, dislocated index finger, will be the only ones heard from him this season. Flash back and contrast that to the recent ghost of Broncos quarterbacks past. The high profile change at the team's most visible position is emblematic of transition throughout the Broncos organization. The last time Jay Cutler wore a Broncos jersey Dec. 28, 2008 NBC cameras caught him screaming profanities at rookie receiver Eddie Royal in the Broncos' season-ending loss at San Diego. "I'm not a yeller, I'm not a screamer. I always try to use positive reinforcement when I can," Orton said. "I try to be a leader by example, make sure I'm doing all my things right, putting in all the work I need to do my job, because until you do that, it's hard to get people to follow you." Orton is plenty of things that Cutler wasn't, yet because of the epic meltdown that occurred last March between Cutler and new Broncos coach Josh McDaniels, Orton finds his career tied directly to Cutler. Who will throw for more yards? More touchdowns? More interceptions? Who will win more games? Who takes his team to the playoffs first? The answers to those questions ultimately will determine whether McDaniels was right in trading Cutler to the Bears. Those questions and comparisons are all understandable for Cutler, because he was the one who asked to be traded in the first place; and for McDaniels, the rookie head coach who shook up the NFL by trading a young Pro Bowl quarterback. Orton has tried to distance himself from the Cutler fallout as much as possible. While April 2 officially marked the end of the Cutler Era in Denver, it marked a new beginning for Orton, who admits he became disgruntled at times in Chicago. 56

194 "It's great to finally have the support of the organization," Orton said. "I feel like they want me here and that feels great." McDaniels could have named Orton the team's starter as soon as Orton got off the plane at Denver International Airport on April 3. Instead, McDaniels said there would be open competition between Orton and Chris Simms, signed earlier in the offseason to be Cutler's backup. By mid- June, McDaniels had named Orton his starter. For the first time in his career, Orton was heading to training camp knowing his role, with the confidence of his coach and the chance to win over his teammates. Adversity nothing new Orton and his wife of a year and a half, Bridgett, bought a house in Cherry Creek and spent their summer here. Orton spent most of his days at Dove Valley or on the golf course playing against current and former teammates such as Brandon Stokley and Brian Griese, the former Broncos quarterback who has made his permanent home here. With the summer waning, Orton packed up his camping gear and headed to Rocky Mountain National Park. He hiked about 7 miles to set up camp at Pear Lake, and spent a couple days enjoying the quiet and clearing his head while fishing and hiking. Things have hardly been serene since training camp started. First, he was booed, loudly, by Broncos fans when he threw two interceptions in a scrimmage at Invesco Field at Mile High less than a week into training camp. Eight days later he threw interceptions on three consecutive drives in the preseason opener at San Francisco. "After San Francisco, I never saw him get down. He always had that confidence in himself and the offense," Stokley said. Orton played well against Seattle save for a head-scratching left-handed interception in the end zone, then sputtered early in the preseason showcase game against the Bears and Cutler. With just more than five minutes remaining in the first half, Orton slammed his right hand into the hand of a Chicago defender, and a joint on his index finger was dislocated so violently it broke the skin. Whether his finger will recover in time for the season opener Sunday remains to be seen. "I'm not worried about struggles in the preseason," Orton said. "I came into the preseason knowing there would be struggles." Injuries and adversity are nothing new for Orton, who sprained an ankle midway through last season and was ineffective down the stretch as the Bears limped home 9-7, missing the playoffs. When it became clear Cutler was available via trade, the Bears shipped Orton to Denver along with two first-round draft picks and one third-rounder. Though Orton won 21 games as a starter in Chicago, his up-and-down tenure made his stay disappointing. Nationally, he became more well-known for growing a thick beard, or for pictures that showed up on the Internet of him partying, than for his play. 57

195 So, a few preseason interceptions? A bloody finger? That's nothing, Orton said. "I learned early on in my career that you can't take anything for granted in this league," said Orton, a fourth-round draft pick out of Purdue in "I had gone from my true freshman year in college starting all four years to starting my first year in the league, and I thought, this was easy, this is how it's going to be for 15 years. You go from that to not even having the chance to compete for the job. It was a frustrating couple of years. "It took me a while to get back to work and to really appreciate the game. I was disgruntled. I was very upset about it. But I worked my way back, I got the job again and tried to make the most of it." Orton a "game-winner" Orton knows that throughout his career in Chicago he earned the reputation of being a "game manager" a guy who won't make many mistakes, but isn't going to make game-changing plays, either. "He's a real solid quarterback," Chicago linebacker Brian Urlacher said. "He does what he needs to do to win the game. You look at his career record as a starter he wins games. It doesn't matter how you do it, as long as you win." Orton said he has no problem with the "manager" label, although McDaniels is quick to dismiss it. McDaniels watched plenty of film from Orton's time in Chicago, and said he saw a cerebral quarterback whose skills translate well into his spread-style offense. "The quarterbacks that I've had the privilege to coach have never been game managers, they've been game-winners. That's what we expect Kyle to be," McDaniels said. "I mean, people tag people as 'game manager' because, what, they complete a high percentage of passes? I don't even know how to define that. He does what we ask him to do, based on who we're playing each week, and that's what I want from our quarterbacks." The other perception that has followed Orton to Denver is that he doesn't have the strength to throw deep. While no one is going to confuse Orton with Cutler when it comes to sheer power, Orton, McDaniels and several Broncos receivers insist there is not a throw that Orton isn't strong enough to make. "Perception is everything in this league, and a lot of times, unless you're a self-promoter, it can become negative," Orton said. Still, the fact that Orton's longest completion of the preseason was 26 yards hasn't helped diminish the perception. Orton's high school coach from Southeast Polk High in Runnels, Iowa, knows the deep-ball threat is there, and always has been. Kent Horstmann recalled taking Orton to a quarterback camp at Purdue in 2000, the summer before Orton's senior year of high school. 58

196 At age 17, Orton won the long-ball competition with a heave of 78 yards, beating all other high school boys and one NFL quarterback, Jon Kitna, then with the Seahawks, who happened to be visiting camp. "He could really throw the football," Horstmann said. "Certainly he had the best arm I've ever seen at this level." Big arm or not, Orton doesn't lack for confidence heading into a season in which a rookie coach put himself on the hot seat for putting a new quarterback in control. "I'm going to play great and we're going to win a lot of football games," Orton said. 59

197 Orton emerges as Broncos' environmentally friendly, effective quarterback Cutler's successor emerges as player who adapts perfectly to new environment By Mike Klis The Denver Post Posted: 10/15/ :00:00 AM MDT Here in Colorado, where 14,000-foot peaks, blue skies and chilled mountain streams collaborate to form an outdoor recreational paradise, the Broncos' quarterback drives to work each day in an eco-friendly, energy-efficient hybrid. Kyle Orton is a Colorado kind of guy. "I've already met a lot of like-minded people, I'd say," he said. While many NFL players climb into Cadillac Escalades, refurbished muscle cars or other vehicles targeted by the government's gas-hog program, Orton is proud of the 44 miles per gallon he gets from his Honda Insight. He went with the Honda hybrid after trading in his Toyota Prius, also known for its fuel efficiency. "I've been driving a hybrid for four years now and I love it," Orton said. "Everybody has their choice, and it's a personal choice for me. I think it's easy for someone to do." Regardless of party affiliation, the environment is a significant issue to Coloradans. They have a model professional quarterback in Orton, and not only because he was named AFC offensive player of the week for his performance Sunday against New England. His passion for the environment developed while growing up in Runnells, Iowa. It's a town of not quite 400 people, where fishing and camping constitute a big summer weekend. While playing for the Chicago Bears, Orton emceed an Earth Day event at the Lincoln Park Zoo and joined Cool Globes, a group that raises money for environmental education in the Chicago public school system. "For me, it's been an easy choice, and it hasn't changed my lifestyle a whole lot," he said. "That doesn't mean it's for everybody, but it makes sense for me. I remember four years ago when I started thinking about it, I thought it would be some groundbreaking decision in your life. But they're easy decisions. There are small, little things you can do throughout the day that can make a difference." He has done some big things too. Last year, Orton 60

198 spearheaded the effort for the Bears to start recycling at Halas Hall. The Bears now print out their playbook pages on recycled paper and squeeze their pop cans into appropriate bins. Call them The Green Monsters of Midway. There was no need to quarterback such environmental change at Dove Valley. The Broncos, like so many Denver-area residents, have long recycled. Orton may wear orange-and-blue, or gasp! mustard-and-brown, on Sundays and whiteand-brown this Monday night against the San Diego Chargers. But he goes green seven days a week. "Anytime a person is able to take up a cause or show their support for something, it shows they're secure in their thoughts and beliefs," Broncos right tackle Ryan Harris said. "I think that translates to how he plays the game. He's secure and confident in his abilities." In almost every significant statistical passing category, Orton is superior to the quarterback he was traded for, Jay Cutler. Orton's seven touchdown passes against one Hail Mary interception make up the league's best TD-to-interception ratio. Most important, Orton has a 5-0 record this season. "I don't know how elite quarterbacks are judged," Broncos' coach Josh McDaniels said. "All I care about is can he help us win, and I know he can do that. I know he's done a nice job of running our offense, and I feel we put a lot on his plate and he handles it. I think quarterbacks are judged on wins and losses, and touchdowns, and not turning the ball over. So far he's done a nice job." The operative words there are: So far. Five games are not enough for the Broncos to begin talking long-term commitment with Orton, who is getting paid $995,000 in the final year of his contract. With the league operating on an unsettled labor agreement and Orton's market value undetermined until it's known how far he brings the Broncos this season, contract extension talks have not begun. But put it this way: The way Orton is playing, the Broncos may eventually have to cut down a few trees to come up with enough money to keep him. "I love Colorado, I love the Broncos," he said. "This organization has treated me extremely well ever since I've been here. I would certainly love to finish out my career here. It would be great." 61

199 InDenver,they'reusingthe'f'wordtodescribeKyleOrton Thanks to a 4-0 start, Orton managing just fine in Denver Rick Morrissey Chicago Tribune October 11, 2009 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Nah, couldn't be. My hearing apparently is acting up. I could have sworn Broncos receiver Brandon Stokley just referred to Kyle Orton as a franchise quarterback. "I definitely think we've got a franchise quarterback," Stokley said. The "f" word? Orton, a franchise quarterback? In Chicago, the term has been defined as a person with a cannon arm, a swagger and initials other than K.O. We've been told so often that Jay Cutler is a franchise quarterback, we repeat it in our sleep. "You don't have to have all the flash and the strongest arm in the world -- and Kyle does have a strong arm, by the way," Stokley said. "But you don't have to throw the ball 100 mph and do all these dynamic things with the ball. You just need to win games and get the job done. You can be a franchise quarterback that way." Denver is looking at Orton differently than it did when he arrived in the blockbuster trade that sent Jay Cutler to the Bears. And Denver certainly is looking at Orton differently than many in Chicago did. What lots of people scoffed at in our town -- Orton as the dreaded "game manager" -- Denver is embracing. He is more than a caretaker, but it's easier to make him out to be a one-dimensional stick figure. "I guess that's another one of those perception things," he said after Friday's Broncos practice. "Once you get a label, you're not going to shake it. "I guess some people would rather win and have the quarterback throw three interceptions and somehow do it flashy. I like to try not to put my defense in bad situations. I try to play complementary football." He and the Broncos are 4-0. It's true they haven't beaten anybody great, and it's also true their road gets precipitously steeper Sunday when the Patriots come to town. But Orton is edging closer to being The Guy. He never has been that, even when he was the Bears' starting quarterback. Until this year, he had never gone into training camp as the undisputed starter. "I loved Chicago, but I feel like I'm in a better situation, no question about it -- the talent around me, the system I'm in," he said. "This is a great offense I can thrive in, that is really suited well for me. You've got to think, you've got to handle the operation correctly and then you've got to be accurate. "I can do all those things well." One thing he does particularly well is win. He said he doesn't keep track of any of his stats, save one: He is 17-2 as a starter at home. That.895 winning percentage is the best by an NFL quarterback with a minimum of 15 starts since the 1970 merger. 62

200 "I'm proud of the fact that I've won as many games as I have," he said. "I'm not saying it's just me winning those games, but winning is the goal. Somehow I've been able to accomplish that more often than not." It's time to give Orton some props. He is as a starter. He was rolling along for the Bears last year when he hurt his ankle, came back too early and struggled through a 4-3 second half. It's not coincidence his teams tend to win. There are a lot of mediocre quarterbacks who can help their teams lose. The teams that win consistently in the NFL are getting, if not great play from their quarterbacks, then at least very smart play. Orton is smart. He has yet to throw an interception in Denver's surprising start, and his passer rating is "The way I evaluate quarterbacks is wins, production, taking care of the football, helping your team do what it needs to do on a regular basis," Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said. "We've won four games, and Kyle's taken care of the football very well throughout those games." The Broncos' defense has been great, allowing 26 points in four games. The offense has been good enough. Orton's longest completion was a tipped 87-yarder to Stokley in the final seconds to beat the Bengals in the opener. That play is Exhibit A for people who don't believe the Broncos are for real. "Hey, games in this league come down to the last two minutes," Orton said. "If you can make plays in those situations and score points and hold people, you can win. We won a lot of crazy ways in Chicago. That's the league." Orton lives four blocks from his good friend Brian Griese, a former Broncos and Bears quarterback. Griese has offered Orton advice, but their situations with the Broncos are different. Griese replaced John Elway, which is to say that he didn't replace Elway, because nobody could. Orton was replacing Cutler, a physically talented quarterback who demanded to be traded after a nasty, public falling out with McDaniels. Although there were raised eyebrows about Orton's relative abilities, a lot of Broncos fans were happy to be rid of an unhappy Cutler. Orton has made his own way. He has played with an injured finger suffered in an exhibition game against the Bears. Teammates are impressed by how hard he works, both in practice and in the film room. They elected him one of the captains. He becomes a free agent after the season. His preference would be to stay in Denver. Actually, his preference would be to get a new contract done during the season. "I know I'm playing good football right now, and I know how much I like it here," he said. "I just totally believe that I'm going to be successful with this coach and with this system and with these players around me. Hopefully, (a new contract) happens sooner than later." Rather than label Orton a franchise quarterback or a game manager, perhaps we can agree he might have found the perfect place for himself. The Broncos appreciate his skills and his smarts. The Bears appreciate Cutler's abilities. There are different ways to do the same thing. "I wish Jay the best of luck," Orton said. "I'm happy I'm here." 63

201 Broncos' Paxton credits mound presence The long snapper brings a quiet confidence to the team while relying on his pitching background By Lindsay H. Jones The Denver Post Posted: 05/27/2009 Plenty of little boys grow up harboring NFL dreams. Few of those peewee football players likely long to be long snappers. Lonie Paxton was one of the few. As a child in Orange County, Calif., Paxton would attend Los Angeles Rams games with his father, seated near the sideline where the Rams' special-teams players would warm up. When Paxton started playing high school football, he figured that long snapper was a position at which he could excel. "I'd always played pitcher and could throw the ball real well, so I just applied it through my legs, and it just progressed," Paxton said. "I did it more to help the team rather than to just do it. I don't think there was anyone else on the team that could do it." As a long snapper, Paxton was used to maintaining a low profile in the locker room during his nine years in New England, yet he ended up causing a minor stir in Denver when he signed with the Broncos on Feb. 27 as a free agent. The move was significant not just because of the size of his contract five years, $5.5 million, with a $1 million bonus, making him the second-highest paid player at his position in the NFL but because the Broncos already had Mike Leach, a respected, veteran long snapper. Leach was soon released, and he quickly signed with Arizona. "Me and Mike have played against each other for years, and you know, it's a business," Paxton said. "I never went out to do that, but it was something I didn't really have much control over. It was a career move." And it was one that new coach Josh McDaniels, who overlapped with Paxton for eight years in New England, is hoping will pay off. Paxton has spent the past two months working closely with kicker Matt Prater and punter Brett Kern, who are entering their second full NFL seasons. So far, Prater is impressed. "I can see why they gave him the big bucks. He's legit. He's good, really good," Prater said Tuesday after the first day of the team's passing camp. "I don't want to jinx him, I should knock on wood, but Coach McDaniels said he hasn't had a bad snap in nine years." 64

202 Clean Living, Hard Hitting Kenny Peterson escaped the Broncos preseason housecleaning and is now a key defensive player, but his passions run far beyond the football field By Brian Howell Longmont Times-Call Publish Date: 10/13/2009 ENGLEWOOD Growing up in Canton, Ohio, Kenny Peterson saw first-hand the damaging impact of alcohol and drugs. We had some incidents when I was younger with alcohol and drugs in my family, said Peterson, a defensive lineman for the Denver Broncos. At a young age, Peterson vowed to never go down that road. To this day, the 30-year-old Peterson has never smoked or had a drink. It s a promise I made to my mom a long time ago, he said. I just made a vow to my mom that I wouldn t ever do it. Plus, Biblically speaking, your body is your temple. You take care of it. Years later, Peterson has kept his promise and is a positive role model for youth. On the field, Peterson is enjoying perhaps his best season as an NFL player. He s a full-time starter for the first time in his seven-year career and has been a key contributor to the Broncos success on defense this season. The Broncos rank sixth in rushing defense (81 yards per game) and first in scoring defense (8.6 points per game). He s done a good job of being a leader in the (defensive) line, outside linebacker Elvis Dumervil said. He s one of the key reasons we re stopping the run. As good as Peterson s been on the field, he s made just as big of an impact off of it. A former star at Ohio State, Peterson played his first three years with the Green Bay Packers before joining the Broncos in Through the years, he has been involved with D.A.R.E. programs, hoping to get the message about drugs and alcohol to kids. Drug awareness is really important for our younger generation because kids are experimenting at a young age, he said. If I can help influence one or two kids, my job is done. All I can do is try to tell them, but it s up to them to be in that situation and know right from wrong. Like he does with the Broncos, Peterson hopes to lead by example. He understands the responsibility he has, as a professional athlete, to be a role model, and he hopes youth will learn from him and other role models in their lives. There s no such thing as a dumb question, he said. There s way too many people out there willing to help, and way too much knowledge out there for you to learn, to make bad decisions. 65

203 Throughout life, I haven t made all the right decisions, obviously, but I try to make more right than wrong. Staying away from drugs and alcohol was a right decision, he believes, and it s a choice he has never regretted. There s definitely temptations, he said. I get heckled by a couple of guys. But you don t miss what you never had. It s willpower and through God s help that I m able to stay free of all those things. I find enjoyment and thrills out of different things in life. Football is one of the things that gives Peterson a thrill. He s been playing since his youth and went on to star at McKinley High School where he was a teammate of Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels and Ohio State before coming to the NFL. A year ago, the Broncos had one of the worst defensive units in the NFL, and when McDaniels was hired in January, he flushed out many of those players. Peterson, who had a career-high 39 tackles last year, was one of the few defensive linemen the Broncos wanted back. It means a lot to me, he said. Obviously, I wanted to come back here. I just prayed that I could continue to stay here and play consistent and finish my career here. So far, Peterson has proven the Broncos loyalty to him was justified. He s playing well and enjoying the game he loves. I m very, very blessed to continue playing this game, and I love this game, Peterson said. When I m out there, it s a chance for me to to be worry-free, doubt-free and just go out there and play. I try to express how I feel about the game in my game when I m on the field, just be passionate. His passion goes beyond the field, however, and that s why Peterson has developed into the type of role model that would make his mother proud. He does the right thing on and off the field, Dumervil said. He carries himself the right way. 66

204 Soy-Based Success By Gray Caldwell Broncos Magazine Associate Editor Thursday, November 19, 2009 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Walking into an NFL locker room, the last thing a person might expect to find in the defensive line section is a vegetarian. But there is Kenny Peterson, sitting smack dab in the middle of the linemen's lockers, proudly adhering to a meat-free diet. "It is rare," said Chris Baker, whose nickname in the locker room, coincidentally, is Hamburger. "We always tease him that he's sneaking meat in here and there. I've never seen somebody be that big and be a vegetarian." But at 6-foot-3, 295 pounds, Peterson is quite serious about his diet. It all started about a year ago when he read a book that recommended different diets for different blood types. As an A-negative blood type, Peterson read that he should take on vegetarian eating habits. Luckily the transition was made easier by a decision he made months before that. "I gave up steak a long time ago just because it made me feel heavy and groggy," Peterson said. "Then chicken started making me feel the same way. So I just eliminated both from my diet." His diet isn't strictly vegetarian -- he still eats fish -- and he often eats meals prepared by the company LightLife, which makes a lot of soy-based products that are high in protein. Peterson was introduced to the products by team nutritionist Dave Ellis before the season began. Fellow team nutritionist Brian Snyder said he carries a few of the soy-based meals in a cooler onto the team plane on road trips, "so (Peterson) always has an option." The meals provide the protein that helps the defensive lineman maintain his playing weight, along with other sources like daily protein shakes. The other secret? "He's a hard worker in the weight room," Ryan McBean said. But putting in extra work doesn't bother Peterson, because he believes in the diet. He said he can feel a difference already in his first full football season on the diet, and it all starts with the fact that he gets a full night of sleep -- no more restless nights. "People have to realize we die from the inside out," Peterson said. "For the most part, with all the preservatives, toxins, steroids and pesticides -- all that stuff is just toxic. We just consume it, and I just choose not to really indulge in that too much." 67

205 So Peterson sticks with his fish-, vegetable- and soy-based diet. Even this Thanksgiving -- the first since he began his diet -- will have a bit of a different feel than normal. "My mom, she's talking about cooking me some food, and I told her that they've got products where you can have soy-based ground beef, in a sense," he said. "She's starting to use that and ship me some food." So while plenty of teammates give Peterson flak for not eating meat, McBean admitted that there might be an ulterior motive behind the mocking. "We're kind of jealous, because we would like to have that type of diet, also," McBean said. "But we've been raised on beef and meat all our lives, so I'm not changing that at all for anything." And Peterson doesn't blame them. He said totally changing a diet is a tough task, especially when it cuts out main sources of protein for big defensive linemen. But he is happy with his decision, and he knows he will be even happier with the results down the road. "It takes a lot of discipline to do it because there is temptation," he said. "Sometimes I do miss going to Wendy's or Burger King and getting a Whopper with cheese and all that kind of stuff. But I think about the long haul of it -- what are the long-term benefits? When I turn 40 or 50 and this game is over with, I'll still be in pretty good shape because I took care of my body now." 68

206 Broncos lineman feeling at home Polumbus is "blessed" to have played his football in-state at Cherry Creek, CU and Denver By Lindsay H. Jones The Denver Post Posted: 11/06/2009 As far as the life of a football family goes, things couldn't have worked out much better for Tad and Nancy Polumbus. To watch their son Tyler, the youngest of their four children, play high school football, it was just a short drive from their home to Cherry Creek High School's Stutler Bowl. To watch Tyler play in college, they just had to head north on Interstate 25 and west on Highway 36 to Boulder, where Tyler spent five years playing for the Colorado Buffaloes. Now, to watch Tyler make his first NFL start, they merely have to travel across town to Invesco Field at Mile High on Monday night. "For us, it's really hard to fully appreciate it because it's almost too close to home," Tad Polumbus said. "Some days, I sit back and think about how surreal it all is. We do really, really enjoy it." Broncos coach Josh McDaniels hasn't confirmed that Polumbus will be the new starter at right tackle, in place of the injured Ryan Harris, but it was Polumbus who played in Harris' place for nearly three quarters last Sunday against Baltimore, and Polumbus who has been the only backup tackle active in each of the team's first seven games. Polumbus played well in relief against the Ravens, and will face a daunting challenge against a nasty Pittsburgh defense, especially Steelers linebacker James Harrison, the reigning NFL defensive player of the year, who already has eight sacks. "I am sure Tyler will have a great week of practice and be ready to go," quarterback Kyle Orton said. For the first extended playing time of his young NFL career, Polumbus will be playing in front of not just a national television audience on "Monday Night Football," but in front of a group of at least 20 Polumbus fans, a group that includes Tyler's older siblings and their spouses, Tyler's wife, Elizabeth, and other family friends. "It's fun to have them all there supporting me," Polumbus said. "I know I've got a big support base here, and it's always nice to have them around." Such is the life of a hometown Denver Bronco, and, as Colorado football players go, Tyler Polumbus is as homegrown as they come. 69

207 He is a life-long Colorado Buffalo fan and now alum and, like so many other Denver-area boys likely did, had a John Elway poster hanging on the wall of his childhood bedroom. Polumbus grew tall quickly, and had reached 6-feet-8 by the time he was a senior at Cherry Creek High School, where he excelled at football, basketball and baseball. Though tall, Polumbus had trouble maintaining his weight as a teenager, and played his senior year at about 240 pounds. "Tyler was very skinny, but we knew he had an awful lot of potential," said Don McCall, who was Creek's offensive line coach while Polumbus was in high school. "The thing I always look at, don't like to stereotype kids, but he had the height, and the frame to put more weight on, and the long reach." Polumbus didn't allow a sack in his senior year, and he committed to Colorado where his father played tight end in the 1960s in October of By the time he arrived in Boulder the next summer, Polumbus had bulked up to 265 pounds. He spent five years in Boulder, including his redshirt year in 2003, and started 28 games. He was a team captain in 2007, and that season he was the only player on the team to play in every snap on either offense or defense. "We're proud of him," Colorado coach Dan Hawkins said earlier this week. "We always talk to our guys about playing professional football and do they really know what it means to be a professional? I think Tyler is a great example of that. "A guy that works hard, he's smart, he's very athletic, he's a big guy, has great feet. That obviously helps him. But he has all the intangibles too. He's going to show up and lift and run and know the playbook and be ready to go. We're excited for him to get the chance on 'Monday Night Football.' " The weekend of the 2008 draft initially was disappointing for Polumbus and his family. After all, seven rounds passed without a call. As soon as the draft was over, though, Polumbus and his agent heard from about 25 teams looking to sign him as a free agent. Two of the most impressive pitches came directly from Tony Dungy in Indianapolis and Jeff Fisher in Tennessee. But once former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan called, the decision was easy: Polumbus was staying at home to become a Bronco. "That was part of it, that Shanahan was very encouraging to him, but mostly it was the chance to play here," Tad Polumbus said. "It was just a dream come true for him." Polumbus arrived at Dove Valley as a rookie at 310 pounds, though he soon realized he moved better and was more comfortable playing at around 300 pounds, his current weight. He was one of three undrafted rookies to make the 53-man roster in 2008, and he played in all 16 games on special teams. Knowing that Tyler was behind standout young tackles Ryan Clady and Harris, Tad and Nancy Polumbus traveled this year only to preseason games in San Francisco and Seattle, knowing that's when Tyler would get playing time. With Harris expected to be out for three games, 70

208 Polumbus' family has already made plans to travel to Washington, D.C., for Denver's game Nov. 15. "It's been a real blessing to me," Tyler Polumbus said. "It's real fun to be around them and play in front of them." 71