Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: Payton taking daring approach playing starters in Friday exhibition
Birds gotta fly; fish gotta fry; Broncos gotta try. Broncos starters will play in an exhibition Friday night for the first time since Aug. 28, 2021. Gas then was $3.56 a gallon, milk $3.15 and Clorox Bleach $2.56, and Teddy Bridgewater was the Broncos’ starting quarterback. Last year the head coach chose to play only…
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Woody Paige: ‘Old school’ Sean Payton lays down his rule before opener: No ‘Gilligan hats’
According to Payton Rules©, “Gilligan Caps,’’ acceptable on the S.S. Minnow, will be banned from the Broncos’ sideline Friday night. The late Bob Denver would be disappointed, and Nathaniel Hackett, the Broncos’ head coach of late, would be insulted again. The Broncos will not take a three-hour boat tour while in Arizona. The players aren’t…
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Woody Paige: Super conferences are coming … now Colorado needs a rival
Ding-dong, Pac-4 is dead. The conference imploded. Meanwhile, The Bigger 16 is alive and, well, the great and powerful. Wicked Which of the West for the Colorado Buffaloes’ rival? TCU, BYU, Utah, Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor or Texas Tech? The East is least. Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Central Florida, Cincinnati…
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Woody Paige: Is third time the charm for Cherry Creek product Nick Williams?
Nick Williams is as low on the Broncos’ depth chart as any wide receiver can go, but as high about practicing with the Broncos as any other training camp guy. On the team’s active roster Friday, Williams will be listed alphabetically next-to-last – just ahead of Russell Wilson – but all 3,000 Coloradans watching the…
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Woody Paige: Denver Broncos’ new rival? It’s Rodgers, Hackett and New York Jets
Flex the Jetx. Frank Clark, who is now sleeping with the enemy, sincerely said Saturday that the Chiefs and the Broncos don’t have a rivalry even though they have played 126 times. The defensive end-outside linebacker, who was with the Chiefs last season, is in Denver this season. He has played in eight games between…
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Woody Paige: Broncos coach wastes no time to prove he’s definitely the boss
“He who makes the rules oft-times breaks the rules.’’ — Me Payton rules. The new Broncos coach established in the first week of training camp that he is in control and can be out of control. As Sean Payton rules the Broncos he plays by his own rules in the NFL. Dove Valley no longer…
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Woody Paige: Buffaloes say goodbye to Pac-12, hello to Big 12
CU says “See You’’ to Pac-12. Hello, Big 12. Thomas Wolfe was wrong. The Buffaloes go home again. Last one in the Pac-12-10-9-8-6 turn out the lights at the Rose Bowl. The Colorado football team will be Lame Buffs this season. The CU Board of Regents unanimously approved a resolution Thursday afternoon to move the…
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Woody Paige: Hard road can lead to happy ending for suspended Broncos player Eyioma Uwazurike
Good guys wear white hats. Or, perhaps with the Broncos, white helmets. But not Eyioma Uwazurike now. However, there’s more to Uwazurike than a serious mistake that could cost him millions of dollars and possibly ruin his promising football career. Listed two days ago as a No. 2 defensive end on the Broncos’ depth chart,…
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Woody Paige: Broncos’ busts need to turn it around in 2023
Russell Wilson, Courtland Sutton, Justin Simmons, Garett Bolles, Randy Gregory, D.J. Jones and Tim Patrick will be paid a cumulative total of $116 million this season. Those Broncos better be The Magnificent Seven. Simmons solely was distinguished in 2022. The Insignificant Six must do a course correction when the veterans report for training camp this…
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Woody Paige: Making Schmidt happen should be Colorado Rockies’ goal at MLB trade deadline
The Rockies must get their Schmidt together with Monfort and Feasel and trade every player on the team who is 30 or older (except Charlie Blackmon) by the Aug. 1 MLB deadline. The 14 veterans should be dealt in a dozen days for at least 15 minor-league pitching prospects from other organizations that are competing…