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Untitled

Many of the names in the "Not to be forgotten" list should be removed. If we listed every player that played 1-3 year it would be a long list. Some that I think should be removed: Dale Carter, Marlin Briscoe, Abner Haynes, Garrison Hearst, Tony Dorsett, just to name a few.

Offensive Lineman

Can someone post on why the Broncos offensive linemen don't speak? Thanks.

I just removed this entire section, as it was highly inconsistent, and added little value. Perhaps future sections, such as "Pro Bowl Appearances" or "Record Holders" can highlight notable players with a clearer focus Kouhoutek 15:33, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It has been a team tradition of OLs not talking to the media since the hiring of Alex Gibbs. 147.145.40.44 22:34, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dionte Perkins has no life friends or anything ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.234.191.65 (talk) 14:17, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Orange Crush

Hey, add something about the "Orange Crush" defense and the soft drink with the same name! i love the denver Broncos

i love halloweentown Halloweentown  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.113.0.179 (talk) 17:25, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Content

This page seems to have a lack of content compared to the other NFL teams. Perhaps somone with more knowledge could change this?

I added a little bit of current information regarding the season up until this point as well as a sentence about Phillip Lindsay. What do you all think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeamonn (talk • contribs) 03:47, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Improvement drive

National Football League is currently a candidate on WP:IDRIVE. Vote for it if you are interested!--Fenice 20:39, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hey guys, Tripucka's No. 18 is no longer retired as of Training Camp '05. http://broncos.gazette.com/fullstory.php?id=5055

Added mentions of Terrell Davis and the 5 Super Bowls under Elway to the body of the text. Qwerty18 15:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright violation?

I see that the info written about the uniforms came almost verbatim from [1]. How should this be handled? -- CRiyl 06:33, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Because this is already an existing article, the procedure as outlined on Wikipedia:Copyright problems is to remove the infringing text. Of course, the best solution is to have the entire section rewritten in someone else's own words. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 07:09, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar/Clean up

I put a clean up tag on the article because there are numerous grammatical errors. Also, this article reads like an informal sports "journalistic" piece. I don't believe that prognostications about the future or personal opinions about the team should be added.

I'm just wondering: where are these future predictions and personal opinions that you speak of? bob rulz 04:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Official Colors

There has been some debate about the Broncos' colors. According to page 2 of the Broncos 2006 Media Guide, [2] their official colors are "Orange and Broncos Navy Blue". I added the source to the article so their shouldn't be any more confusion. Lewis 03:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clean Up This Page

Someone has put on this page twice that they love someone and I cleaned it up and put on the tag so it will not happen again!

Thank you,

Alakey2010

Monday, February 05, 2007 – 6:27pm (CDT)

RB Damian Nash Passed Away

Damian played in 3 games in the 2006 season (against the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs).http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=334&storyID=6582 Damian isn't listed in the main article. Crocoite 10:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"...4th quarter comebacks (Elway ranks 1st in NFL history)..."

A source cite would probably be useful for this, as several QBs could lay claim to this statistic (including Jake Plummer and Joe Montana, btw). 147.145.40.44 22:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

JohnElway.com has this stat... for what it's worth. --216.16.99.229 19:06, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Browncos

Information in the section was merged here from Browncos, as per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Browncos. See the history of the source article for GFDL attribution. DES ^(talk) 22:11, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't feel this is worth it's own section. Could this be incorporated into the 2005 Season section since that's when the majority of them were signed? And then just add that the others were added in '06 and '07.

Trivia correction

Someone keeps implying that the Denver Broncos are the only original AFL team never to have moved from its original city. Considering that New York Titans/Jets, Buffalo Bills and Boston/New England Patriots never have moved either (admittedly, they have moved within the same metro region; e.g., from the city proper to a suburb), this phrase is misleading, which is why I'm going to delete it again.

Also the Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals have never moved either. You are right that bit of trivia is completely incorrect.Jdlund (talk) 18:07, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May 2008

Hello, at the request of an individual who stated his/her opinion on this discussion, I put information on the nickname "Orange Crush", and it was removed. That was not necessary. Please halt this nonsense at once. Thank-you.

Orange Crush defenitely needs to be mentioned. Also, the deaths of Darrent Williams and Nash take up more page space than the Super Bowl victories in XXXII and XXXIII. I'm removing the mentions of Williams and Nash as, unfortunately, that information is not significant enough to remain on the page. Sympathy to the families, of course, but it's just not all that relevant to the Denver Broncos team page anymore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.168.222.18 (talk) 19:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The death of Williams seems relevant. Anytime a player is murdered, that's a big deal in a team's history. Also, under "2007", the phrase " the unfortunate loss of Williams." makes no sense without such a reference.Johnelwayrules (talk) 05:31, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Since the remaining trivia in unreferenced, I am moving it here for later incorporation -- it all seems worth mentioning, but needs refs

Trivia

The Broncos currently hold the best post AFL-NFL merger season record for a team that did not make the playoffs that year. Their 1985 team went 11-5, but lost out in tiebreakers for the last wild card spot. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Browns that same year finished 8-8, but since they won the AFC Central division, they got an automatic spot in the playoffs.
In The Simpsons episode You Only Move Twice, Hank Scorpio gives Homer Simpson the Denver Broncos as a thank-you gift for helping him. Homer complained that he wanted to own the Dallas Cowboys (the Broncos are playing very sloppy football on his front lawn while he complains). Incidentally, the Broncos were 13-3 that year, and won the Super Bowl the next 2 seasons. In another episode, Homer picks the Broncos to win the Super Bowl.
The animated television show South Park, set in Park County, Colorado, often mentions the Denver Broncos; show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone both grew up in Colorado as devout Bronco fans.

Johnelwayrules (talk) 23:00, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tripucka's number retired?

Was Frank Tripucka's number actually retired?

On the one hand, one source (I can't access the full article) says:

Tripucka's No. 18 is no longer retired Team never had ceremony (from 2005)

On the other hand, the NFL.com website still lists Tripucka's number as retired:

NFL.com page

I'm inclined to go with the NFL site on this, unless the Broncos do issue number 18 to a current player.Johnelwayrules (talk) 03:09, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also - note that the article in question concerns issuing the number during the offseason - according to the official NFL rules (Rule 5, Section 1, Article 2) teams must, during the offseason, issue numbers according to the rule (QBs 1-19, etc.) even if that means returning a retired number into circulation. So, just because a number was issued during the offseason does not mean that the number has been "unretired."Johnelwayrules (talk) 03:20, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy Jerseys

Add the brown and yellow jerseys —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.235.38.63 (talk) 20:11, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Original jerseys?

Just curious if anyone knows how to reproduce what the original jerseys look like. I've read in many books that they were legendarily bad, but I've never seen a picture of them. It would be a good addition to the article. DandyDan2007 (talk) 12:39, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This link,[3] which is reachable through the history page, is a conception of the uniforms. The jerseys don't look any worse than the ones the San Diego Padres wore in their early history. But those socks - Ugh! Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots 12:48, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Demaryius Thomas

I just wanted to explain an edit on the main page even if it should be fairly obvious. Someone had written in quotes next to Demaryius Thomas "a faster Brandon Marshall, without the attitude." Obviously if that's just an editor's opinion that's not acceptable. However if someone notable actually said that, fine, just state who it is and give a source.

As a side note I was wondering, should it wait until the season to see which, if any, of these rookies have an impact before noting the fact that the Broncos drafted them? Presumably draft picks only get discussed in the main article for the team if they end up becoming important. I could see putting Tebow in there since that is a story in and of itself whether he makes an impact or not given how surprising and hotly debated it was. I'm just not sure that draft picks are notable unless they prove to be through the course of the season.Jdlund (talk) 17:57, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Source of color scheme

Could we please add more on the source of there the blue orange and white scheme came from? 96.18.238.19 (talk) 02:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Manning Era?

What is up with this Manning Era? He has not even played a regular season game and he has an era? I understand John Elway era because he was with the team for 15 years and won two Super Bowls and was MVP for the last.

Classifying Elway

I see that wikipedia doesn't want to put Elway in the box to the right because apparently "Executive VP of Operations" isn't a real position. But it is a very real position - Elway is effectively the director of player personnel AND the general manager lumped together into one category.... and the other teams have people listed under "General Manager" and "Director of Player Personel" so it blows my mind that someone with such a more important place on the team isn't even mentioned in the box. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.166.74.226 (talk) 19:32, 24 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No League Championsips?

The infobox has a stat that reads League Championships (0). Just below that, Super Bowl Championships (2). That's contradictory. I suppose that the former refers to their time in the AFL. I looked into editing the infobox to make a correction, but didn't see where the League Championships stat is created. Perhaps the infobox should read "AFL Championships (0)." If that's not possible (or inconsistent with other articles), could the League Championships stat be removed?

Bro rick (talk) 15:08, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Under section 6.4, Shannon Sharpe, Tight End, (1990-1999, 2002-2003) should be listed as a Ring of Fame inductee as of 2009.

http://www.denverbroncos.com/team/tradition/ring-of-fame.html 207.86.126.138 (talk) 19:15, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. DPH1110 (talk) 20:31, 28 January 2016 (UTC)DPH1110[reply]

Already done Datbubblegumdoe^{[talk – contribs]} 01:37, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Can you add Shannon Sharpe, #84, Hall of Fame class of 2011, seasons 1990-1999 and 2002-2003 to the Pro Football Hall of Famers table. He once asked the coach after a chiefs game "Does my butts freckles look red or purple to you" after he pulled down his pants and showed the coach. Tatefamily1 (talk) 23:15, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done Mz7 (talk) 00:15, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nicknames: No Fly Zone

Broncos defense (2015 - Present)?

Do you think we should add this under Orange Crush (1977-79 defense)?

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000632902/article/broncos-no-fly-zone-on-the-path-to-defensive-greatness

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/den/2015.htm

Yes Stairouais (talk) 03:40, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Additional sections

Don't you think we could add "Championships" & modify "Retired Numbers" sections? After seeing the Packers & Browns retired numbers, we could improve this one a little. --JLAmidei (talk) 12:12, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Orange as primary color?

Something I have noticed on Wikipedia is that all other NFL teams have their jersey color as the headers' primary color. For example, Washington has a burgundy header with a gold outline/secondary color. However, for the Denver Broncos we still have the navy header with orange secondary. The orange jerseys have been the primary set since 2012, so I believe every season since 2012 and the main page should be updated. Jimania16 (talk) 16:41, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Purchase agreement in place, not yet approved

There's been a couple edits and reversions, but to clarify: Walton has entered into a purchase agreement but isn't yet the owner of the Broncos. The Team President hopes the purchase will be done by the start of the season but the league has to approve of the sale and there's lots of legalities and financial stuff to finalize. I have no reason to believe it won't be finalized eventually but the Bowlen estate still owns the team for now. PantsB (talk) 05:34, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

President Homer Simpson?

The President of the Broncos organization is NOT Homer J Simpson, the main fictional character in The Simpsons television show. 67.60.221.50 (talk) 04:09, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nathaniel Hackett's head coach entry In the personnel section

The head coach's name is not "Soon to be fired Nathaniel Hackett". 2601:283:4000:DEC0:1879:21DE:DF9F:E6BF (talk) 04:00, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, a lot of vandalism has happened recently in this article. I put some notes in the heavily vandalized fields, but those probably won't do anything. We should enact a ban on these IP addresses and at least semi-protect the page. What do you think? Jlam Roadgeek 04:16, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Coach spot edit

If Denver Broncos coach spot will remain vacant till the 2023 season then so should the Carolina Panthers coach spot since it already has Frank Reich in the spot 2600:8807:2281:E400:69F2:B3EE:BE88:7B7E (talk) 23:21, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

owners of the denver broncos is nor correct

owners of the denver broncos is nor correct 174.103.10.129 (talk) 12:47, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

subject head coach, believe the best thing patton did was to hire a head quarterback coach, the way he treated Russell Wilson talked to him,embarrassing him in front of fans and others, like he was better than anyone else is called BULLYING and was un called for he should have been fired to, or atleast his pay cut,it was disgusting I would not have wanted to play either,,if the owners and investors keep allowing hi to disrespect the players and quarterbacks ya'll will never win, love the Broncos, but don't trust head coach 107.77.201.233 (talk) 04:22, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]