Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: It’s time for coach Payton to turn over offensive play-calling duties
Ergo, ego must be let go. Sean Payton should relinquish his ruling role as offensive play-caller to Davis Webb and concentrate on being Broncos brain trust head coach. One of Payton’s closest friends told me last week that the coach “wants to do it all instead of sharing the load bearing, and that is not…
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Woody Paige: The 2025 NFL season kicks off with the Denver Broncos far closer to their heights than their depths
The Broncos will play their 1,001st regular-season game Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. Have a ball. Dissimilar to Broncos first general manager Dean Griffing 6½ decades ago, current GM George Paton will not be scrumming in the stadium’s south stands section for footballs kicked into the end zone seats. Several of the 75,125 fans in…
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Woody Paige: Something must be done about Colorado’s bluff, or the Buffs will end up folding
The Buffs are running a bluff. As it is now Colorado won’t win enough games to get Miss Peggy, Ralphie VII and the dedication of a season to Bill McCartney in a conference championship or any bad bowl. CU still has the wrong offensive coordinator and the wrong starting quarterback, and the defensive coordinator and…
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Woody Paige: Broncos should be smiling high this season
Smile High, Denver. This Dusty Old Broncos Town has its most outstanding football team in 10 years. With a Horse Force defense the Broncos will win at least 11 games and at least one playoff game for the first time since the 2015 season and Super Bowl 50. That’s a guarantee. The Broncos are so…
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Woody Paige: Ignore first look at ‘Bonix’; his time is coming
The Broncos’ starting quarterback played a bit and a whit of just beyond a quarter Saturday night and looked a lot more like Paxton Lynch than Peyton Manning, or rather as Russell Wilson and Zach Wilson. He threw short, long, off, outside and away and even was called for on a ludicrous intentional grounding that…
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Woody Paige: Broncos coach Sean Payton pursuing ‘goals and dreams’ with latest version of Broncos
Patrick Sean Payton just went all Ralph Waldo Emerson on the Broncos. Who knew he is emulating a 19th century-type essayist? “We can write down our goals and dreams, and we can recite them, and then you have to live them,” Payton philosophized to the press. Sean has become more folksy, affable and cheerful this…
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Woody Paige: Woeful Rockies might see a youthful glimmer of hope
The Roxbottoms should schedule a Defeatist Dick Bobblehead Night to commemorate the franchise’s forthcoming 1,400th loss during the 15-season reign of terrible by the co-owner, managing general partner, chairman and permanent chief executive officer. No other Major League Baseball team has anguished through as many defeats from 2011-2025 as Our Own Dusty Old Cowtown Club…
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Woody Paige: Holmes, Watson and Jones head up myriad of offseason moves for Nuggets
No split, Sherlock Holmes and Watson are on the case now. Get a clue. And along comes Jones. DaRon Holmes has rediscovered the beauty of basketball, and Peyton Watson is a player preparing like a panther on the prowl. The preponderance of Nuggets’ off-season actions and reactions have centered around center Jonas Valanciunas coming and…
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Woody Paige: Broncos prepare for Invasion of the Rookies
Guess who’s coming to Denver Wednesday? Rookies galore. An aggregate of 23 first-year players is anticipated to report to Dove Valley (or whatever name a sponsor labels the Broncos’ complex under construction this year). They are coming from colleges in 16 different states (but not Colorado) and play 13 different positions – when you include…
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Woody Paige: Valanciunas heading to Greece could be a blessing in disguise
Lithuanian Jonas Valanciunas signing with Panathinaikos is all Greek to me. Something’s lost in translation. Why would a 33-year-old, 13-season veteran NBA center accept a three-year contract with a team in Athens for $13 million when he most likely could earn $24.4 million from the Nuggets the next two seasons, possibly win his only NBA…