Game Day Thread: Week 1 Colts vs. Broncos

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Denver Broncos Roster:

Active
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College
64 Montgomery, Will C 6-3 304 31 9 Virginia Tech
66 Ramirez, Manny C 6-3 320 31 8 Texas Tech
31 Bolden, Omar CB 5-10 195 25 3 Arizona State
32 Carter, Tony CB 5-9 175 28 6 Florida State
25 Harris Jr., Chris CB 5-10 199 25 4 Kansas
29 Roby, Bradley CB 5-11 192 22 R Ohio State
21 Talib, Aqib CB 6-1 205 28 7 Kansas
36 Webster, Kayvon CB 5-11 198 23 2 University of South Florida
97 Jackson, Malik DE 6-5 293 24 3 Tennessee
93 Smith, Quanterus DE 6-5 255 24 2 Western Kentucky
94 Ware, DeMarcus DE 6-4 258 32 10 Troy
95 Wolfe, Derek DE 6-5 285 24 3 Cincinnati
76 Austin, Marvin DT 6-2 312 25 4 North Carolina
98 Knighton, Terrance DT 6-3 335 28 6 Temple
96 Unrein, Mitch DT 6-4 306 27 4 Wyoming
92 Williams, Sylvester DT 6-2 313 25 2 North Carolina
74 Franklin, Orlando G 6-7 320 26 4 Miami (Fla.)
63 Garland, Ben G 6-5 308 26 1 Air Force
65 Vasquez, Louis G 6-5 335 27 6 Texas Tech
8 McManus, Brandon K 6-3 201 23 1 Temple
57 Barrow, Lamin LB 6-1 229 23 R LSU
56 Irving, Nate LB 6-1 245 26 4 North Carolina State
53 Johnson, Steven LB 6-1 237 26 3 Kansas
54 Marshall, Brandon LB 6-1 238 24 3 Nevada
55 McCray, Lerentee LB 6-3 249 24 2 Florida
58 Miller, Von LB 6-3 250 25 4 Texas A&M
59 Trevathan, Danny LB 6-1 240 24 3 Kentucky
46 Brewer, Aaron LS 6-5 230 24 3 San Diego State
52 Nelson, Corey OLB 6-0 231 22 R Oklahoma
79 Schofield, Michael OT 6-4 303 23 R Michigan
4 Colquitt, Britton P 6-3 205 29 6 Tennessee
18 Manning, Peyton QB 6-5 230 38 17 Tennessee
17 Osweiler, Brock QB 6-8 240 23 3 Arizona State
22 Anderson, C.J. RB 5-8 224 23 2 California
28 Ball, Montee RB 5-10 215 23 2 Wisconsin
23 Hillman, Ronnie RB 5-10 195 22 3 San Diego State
40 Thompson, Juwan RB 5-11 225 22 R Duke
30 Bruton Jr., David S 6-2 217 27 6 Notre Dame
38 Carter, Quinton S 6-1 200 26 4 Oklahoma
26 Moore, Rahim S 6-1 195 24 4 UCLA
43 Ward, T.J. SS 5-10 200 27 5 Oregon
78 Clady, Ryan T 6-6 315 28 7 Boise State
75 Clark, Chris T 6-5 305 28 6 Southern Mississippi
71 Cornick, Paul T 6-6 310 25 1 North Dakota State
85 Green, Virgil TE 6-5 255 26 4 Nevada
84 Tamme, Jacob TE 6-3 230 29 7 Kentucky
80 Thomas, Julius TE 6-5 250 26 4 Portland State
19 Burse, Isaiah WR 5-10 188 22 R Fresno State
12 Caldwell, Andre WR 6-0 200 29 7 Florida
14 Latimer, Cody WR 6-2 215 21 R Indiana
13 Palmer, Nathan WR 5-11 198 25 2 Northern Illinois
10 Sanders, Emmanuel WR 5-11 180 27 5 Southern Methodist
88 Thomas, Demaryius WR 6-3 229 26 5 Georgia Tech

Indianapolis Colts Roster:

Active
# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College
72 Harrison, Jonotthan C 6-4 308 23 R Florida
53 Shipley, A.Q. C 6-1 307 28 3 Penn State
62 Holmes, Khaled C/G 6-3 309 24 2 USC
20 Butler, Darius CB 5-10 188 28 6 Connecticut
21 Davis, Vontae CB 5-11 207 26 6 Illinois
27 Gordy, Josh CB 5-11 195 27 4 Central Michigan
23 Purifoy, Loucheiz CB 6-1 188 21 R Florida
28 Toler, Greg CB 6-0 190 29 6 St. Paul's (VA)
90 Redding, Cory DE 6-4 318 33 12 Texas
95 Hughes, Montori DT 6-4 350 24 2 Tennessee-Martin
99 Jean Francois, Ricky DT 6-3 297 27 6 LSU
97 Jones, Arthur DT 6-3 337 28 5 Syracuse
48 Harvey, Mario FB 6-0 264 27 3 Marshall
38 Brown, Sergio FS 6-2 218 26 5 Notre Dame
60 Louis, Lance G 6-3 330 29 5 San Diego State
76 Reitz, Joe G 6-7 325 29 4 Western Michigan
69 Thornton, Hugh G 6-3 336 23 2 Illinois
50 Freeman, Jerrell ILB 6-0 240 28 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor
52 Jackson, D'Qwell ILB 6-0 240 30 9 Maryland
51 Muamba, Henoc ILB 6-0 242 25 R St. Francis Xavier
4 Vinatieri, Adam K 6-0 209 41 19 South Dakota State
57 McNary, Josh LB 6-0 251 26 1 Army
45 Overton, Matt LS 6-1 241 29 3 Western Washington
96 Chapman, Josh NT 6-0 340 25 3 Alabama
94 Kerr, Zach NT 6-2 335 24 R Delaware
59 Johnson, Cam OLB 6-3 260 24 2 Virginia
91 Newsome, Jonathan OLB 6-3 251 23 R Ball State
58 Studebaker, Andy OLB 6-3 255 28 7 Wheaton
93 Walden, Erik OLB 6-2 250 29 7 Middle Tennessee State
92 Werner, Bjoern OLB 6-3 257 24 2 Florida State
1 McAfee, Pat P 6-1 240 27 6 West Virginia
8 Hasselbeck, Matt QB 6-4 235 38 16 Boston College
12 Luck, Andrew QB 6-4 240 24 3 Stanford
44 Bradshaw, Ahmad RB 5-10 217 28 8 Marshall
36 Herron, Dan RB 5-10 212 25 2 Ohio State
34 Richardson, Trent RB 5-9 225 23 3 Alabama
37 Tipton, Zurlon RB 6-0 231 24 R Central Michigan
29 Adams, Mike S 5-11 200 33 11 Delaware
32 Anderson, Colt S 5-10 194 28 5 Montana
30 Landry, LaRon S 6-0 226 29 8 LSU
74 Castonzo, Anthony T 6-7 311 26 4 Boston College
78 Cherilus, Gosder T 6-7 316 30 7 Boston College
64 Meredith, Jamon T 6-5 312 28 6 South Carolina
75 Mewhort, Jack T/G 6-6 308 22 R Ohio State
83 Allen, Dwayne TE 6-3 265 24 3 Clemson
84 Doyle, Jack TE 6-6 267 24 2 Western Kentucky
80 Fleener, Coby TE 6-6 251 25 3 Stanford
13 Hilton, T.Y. WR 5-9 178 24 3 Florida International
10 Moncrief, Donte WR 6-2 221 21 R Mississippi
14 Nicks, Hakeem WR 6-1 208 26 6 North Carolina
16 Rogers, Da'Rick WR 6-3 215 23 2 Tennessee Tech
87 Wayne, Reggie WR 6-0 203 35 14 Miami (Fla.)
17 Whalen, Griff WR 5-11 190 24 3 Stanford

Denver Broncos Depth Chart:



Depth Chart Indianapolis Colts:









Weather Forcast:

Denver, CO
Sunday 6:30 PM
Partly Cloudy
73

Khan's Korner:

1. Exploit the lack of pass rush. The Colts weak defensive line, and an absence of suspended Robert Mathis should allow Manning extra time to beat an underrated secondary. If the Colts are foolish enough to blitz, expect some big plays from Manning.

2. Capitalize on a weak offensive line. The Colts offensive line is banged up and very young. However despite a bad showing overall in the preseason, the starters only allowed Luck to be sacked one time. There will be opportunities to pressure Luck, but not as many as Bronco fans expect.

3. Get something off the special teams bench. With a return game that is unproven, and McManus pinch-kicking for occasionally inebriated Prater, we'll need the special teams to step up, or at the very least not make any major errors that give the Colts help. A below average, but mistake-free game from the special teams should be considered a win.

4. Lean on the running game a little more if we get a lead. A big part of this game will be passing to attack the lack of pass rush. However once we get a lead, running the ball to give our inexperienced backfield some reps, and to keep the defense off-balance will help quite a bit.

5. Make a statement. Denver's last game that counted was embarrassing. Let's see this team come out ready to show they aren't the team we saw play in February.

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[Bong Miller]

Go Broncos!

[Gutless Drunk]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Sports Authority Field looks haggard. Too many events in too short of time IMO, starting w soccer game through CU-CSU. Could create WR slips</p>&mdash; Troy Renck (@TroyRenck) <a href="https://twitter.com/TroyRenck/status/508718894601605121">September 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[canadianbroncosfan]

Page 1 mojo

[mennonite]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Sports Authority Field looks haggard. Too many events in too short of time IMO, starting w soccer game through CU-CSU. Could create WR slips</p>&mdash; Troy Renck (@TroyRenck) <a href="https://twitter.com/TroyRenck/status/508718894601605121">September 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
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This is what happens when you hire the Okie from Muskogee as a groundskeeper.

[Bronc0guy]

Let's do it! I haven't been this excited about football in a long time.

[oubronco]

[SonOfLe-loLang]

Let the rape and pillage begin. I'm actually suddenly extremely nervous bout this game. Based on nothing

[Gutless Drunk]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>And for the season opener Sports Authority Field looks like crud <a href="http://t.co/j8urcGcDTp">pic.twitter.com/j8urcGcDTp</a></p>&mdash; Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeKlis/status/508729529503055872">September 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Gutless Drunk]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Turf still beat up <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsAuthField">@SportsAuthField</a>. Otherwise, lovely day for a ballgame. Tailgate accordingly. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Broncos?src=hash">#Broncos</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Colts?src=hash">#Colts</a> <a href="http://t.co/5pFIUotu7A">pic.twitter.com/5pFIUotu7A</a></p>&mdash; Paul Klee (@Klee_Gazette) <a href="https://twitter.com/Klee_Gazette/status/508730259613552641">September 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[OBF1]

Shame on the Broncos and the grounds crew. The field should have been in prime shape for the opener.

That said, GO BRONCO'S

[RedskinBronco]

Let's do this! I'll be there next week watching KFC get destroyed.

[theAPAOps5]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>And for the season opener Sports Authority Field looks like crud <a href="http://t.co/j8urcGcDTp">pic.twitter.com/j8urcGcDTp</a></p>&mdash; Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeKlis/status/508729529503055872">September 7, 2014</a></blockquote>
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They need to fire the turf guy.

[oubronco]

SNF on NBC<S>@</S>SNFonNBC<SMALL class=time>1m</SMALL>
The <S>#</S>Broncos Nathan Palmer (<S>@</S>RealNaPalm) shows what it's like to walk into the stadium for a big game http://instagram.com/p/sqO3tUNOxU/ <S>#</S>SNF

[oubronco]

Jeff Legwold<S>@</S>Jeff_Legwold<SMALL class=time>12s</SMALL>
With a <S>#</S>Broncos win over Colts Peyton Manning will have defeated all 32 teams as a starting QB. Favre only other with Ws over 32 teams.