Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: Broncos coach Hackett undistinguished after season opener blunder
Nathaniel Hackett was responsible for the Biggest Broncos Blunder ever by a coach. He couldn’t hack it with a rookie mistake. Wearing a hoodie and a grin, the Broncos coach would walk up to the podium at the team’s headquarters Tuesday and walk back his coaching call. “You know, looking back at it, we definitely…
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Woody Paige: New Broncos are same old, same old in season opener loss
Clueless in Seattle, the Broncos lost by a point and an exclamation point Monday night in their outrageous opener. The new Broncos were the same old same old. They couldn’t score a touchdown in the first quarter; they couldn’t score a touchdown in the last quarter; they couldn’t score 20 points; they couldn’t score a…
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Woody Paige: Buffs lose their way in Falcon Stadium fog
The day was miserable, and I’m not even talking about the weather. In a brutal, harsh game and environment on a Saturday afternoon not fit for man or beast, Buffaloes or Falcons, Air Force vanquished Colorado. Air Force has rushed for 1,017 yards in its first two games. Nobody, especially CU, can run with the…
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Woody Paige: Return to Seattle may not be a warm one for Russell Wilson
“You can’t go back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting.’’ – Thomas Wolfe From whence he came, Russell Wilson does go back Monday night. Regarding the reception he will receive upon return, Wilson took the mile high road and said: “Seattle will always mean the world to me, will…
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Woody Paige: 48 years later, CU Buffs back in Air Force Falcon territory
When the first Air Force-Colorado football game I covered as a sports columnist for the Rocky Mountain News occurred in 1974, I didn’t suspect the teams wouldn’t play again at Falcon Stadium for 48 years. The rivalry became as extinct as the American bison (and The Rocky). Buffaloes have made a nice comeback. But not…
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Woody Paige: Georgia peaches ripen on Broncos’ tree
The Broncos picked a pair of peaches from Georgia. Could they go from anonymous to famous in the NFL? Montrell Washington and Jalen Virgil, who were born and played high school football 41 miles apart near Atlanta, together made the Broncos’ quasifinal roster Tuesday. Breaking down the Broncos’ initial 53-man roster Before the 2022 draft,…
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Woody Paige: Broncos’ soft underbelly is showing
The Broncos’ depth is not deep enough. It’s too shallow for the NFL gene pool. Because of injuries, inexperience and incompetence. Nathaniel Hackett has apologized, which never is a good look for a head coach (especially a rookie), in response to the Broncos’ excruciating exercise in futility at Buffalo. “The first thing I would tell…
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Woody Paige: Broncos showed nothing in second warm-up
Nathaniel Hackett should have borrowed his post-game speech from Officer Barbrady of “South Park.’’ “OK, guys. Move along. There’s nothing to see here.’’ The Broncos’ 42-15 defeat Saturday to the Bills was an X-hibition, and the substitutes, stand-ins and stopgaps were nothing much to see. Hackett would say later: “Obviously, the defense didn’t play good…
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Woody Paige: Another inexcusable snub for Gradishar
Orange Crushed again. For the 35th consecutive year (1988-2023) Randy Gradishar will not be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The enduring snub is inexcusable. The former Broncos inside linebacker – NFL defensive player of the year in 1978, seven-time Pro Bowler and all-AFC first or second teamer in eight seasons – was…
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Woody Paige: Good showing, but mysteries abound for Broncos
How ‘bout them Broncos? In a junior varsity game Saturday night the Broncos defeated the foul Cowboys. It was a grand opening exhibition for the Broncos’ new ownership, new CEO, new president, new general counsel, new head coach, new coordinators, mostly new staff and 44 new players. And a renewed franchise. Denver Broncos quarterback Josh…