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Sports Edge's profile of all 32 NFL teams continues today with the AFC West's Denver Broncos.

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Denver is 12:1 to win the Super Bowl, 13:2 to win the AFC Championship, and 6:5 to win the AFC West.

Schedule

Denver’s 2006 opponents had a record of 132-124 in 2005. That is tied for the 7th hardest schedule in the AFC. The Broncos get their bye-week early on after Week 3.

The Broncos were a perfect 8-0 at home last year and 5-3 on the road. That is why it was surprising that they lost to the Steelers in the AFC championship game in Denver. Denver tries to get revenge at Pittsburgh in early November. An even tougher test may be at New England in the third week of the season. Overall though, the schedule is not that daunting.

Sports Edge Analysis

Quarterback, Jake Plummer had another solid season last year, but he imploded in the AFC championship game. There are questions as to whether Plummer is good enough to lead a team to a Super Bowl win, and that was one of the reasons Denver drafted Jay Cutler in the first round of this year’s draft. Cutler will sit this year, but could conceivably start in 2007.

Plummer’s receivers are in flux right now with Ashley Lelie still sitting out and wanting to be traded. The big addition is Javon Walker, who is hoping to be ready to start the season after having a knee injury with Green Bay last year. Fortunately, 36 year-old Rod Smith is still solid on the other side.

The running game was scheduled to have a two-headed attack of Ron Dayne and Tatum Bell. However, rookie Mike Bell was just named the starter for their first pre-season game, and it is anyone’s guess right now how the carries will be distributed in the regular season.

The Denver offensive line has been the backbone of this offense, allowing the team to virtually plug in any running back and still be successful. That should continue as the line looks very solid again this season.

Denver’s defense was 7th in the AFC in yards allowed last year and tied for 2nd in points allowed.

Before last season, the Broncos had a very interesting method to building their defensive line. Namely, it was to assemble as many former Cleveland Browns as possible. This year, the team lost veteran Trevor Pryce, and needs to get a better pass rush from the front four. Denver hopes another former Brown, Kenard Lang, can add some help in that area.

One group that does not cause too much concern is the linebackers. D.J. Williams, Al Wilson and Ian Gold are all agile, mobile and hostile. The secondary should also be very good with Champ Bailey shutting down one side of the field and the maturation of young cornerback, Darrent Williams on the other.

The team also has another good young cornerback in Domonique Foxworth. Safety, John Lynch can still play, but he is a bit overrated.

Predictions

By all accounts, Denver has a very good team on paper this year. The question marks rely more on the mental make-up of the team. For example, what lingering effect will there be from blowing an AFC championship game at home? Is Jake Plummer going to slip now that the team has drafted his eventual replacement?

Finally, the questions of Javon Walker’s health and the uncertainty at running back also cast a doubt on this team. The Broncos are still good enough to go 10-6 this year, but it is too risky to predict anything better than that right now.

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Posted by miker at August 7, 2006 08:10 AM

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