Atended Training Camp on Sunday

Yes I was a part of the record breaking crowd for Broncos training camp on Sunday August 1. It was a great experince and enjoyed it you get really close to the field and I was in the front row so getting there early paid off! From what I saw our team looked good. As far as the QB go most of the snaps were taken by Orton and Tebow. Quinn definatly didn't do as many as the other two (atleast from what I could see). All three QB looked good in my opinion it should be a interesting competition this summer. The sour note was Knowshon Moreno getting injured He caught a pass and landed weird on the sideline. They walked him over right to were I was sitting and carted him off the field I was just a few feet away from it. Good new is Moreno will be back in 2-3 weeks and Buckhalter who also was injured in the same practive (that one I did not see and didn't know about till I heard it later on ESPN) will be back on Monday so just  like last year Buckhalter will be our number 1 back in camp only diffrence this year Moreno is not a rookie and will be able to transition to the regular season easier.

Tim Tebow Signs!

The rookie who makes all the headlines is offically under contract with the Denver Broncos! QB Tim Tebow and the broncos came to terms this afternoon on a 5 year deal worth $33 million with 8.7 guranteed. I gota say that was more than I figured it would be. Still glad we have him signed and that only leaves Deymarius Thomas left who was our first overal pick in this year's draft. Rumors are his contract will be signed in time for the start of training camp Sunday and if that happens Denver will have zero holdouts goin into 2010 camp which will be great!

3rd round pick Eric Decker Signed Tebow could be next

Broncos got a deal done with their 3rd round pick WR Eric Decker just in time for rookie camp that starts tomorrow.It is a 4 year $4.8 million deal. That only leave our two first round picks Deymarius Thomas and Tim Tebow as well as our secound round pick Zane Beadles unsigned. I haven't heard anything about Thomas or Beadles but rumors are Tebow deal will be done beofre tomorrow. It is looking promosing all our rookies will be signed by camp or shortly thereafter and we will avoid any nasty holdouts.

Rookie Camp opens up Wednesday

Rookies are reporting to training camp this Wednesday so I thought I'd look at wich rookies are signed and which ones the Broncos are still negotating. We have 4 more to get signed so we may have a few holdouts to start of training camp.

Rd1 Deymarius Thomas WR
Not signed

Rd1 Tim Tebow QB
Not Signed

Rd2 Zane Beadles OT
Not Signed

Rd3 J.D. Walton C
4 year $2.59 million

Rd3 Eric Decker WR
Not Signed

Rd5 Perish Cox CB
4 year $2 million

Rd6 Eric Olsen C
4 year $1.89 million

Rd7 Syd'Quan Thompson CB
4 year 1.85 million

Rd7 Jammie Kirlew DE
4 year $1.84 million

I hope we can get into camp with all our rookies signed but I would be happy with atleast Deymarius signed by Wednesday.,Thenext few days we are going to see a whole lot of siging of the first and secound round picks still unsigned accross the NFL especially with Dez Bryant getting a deal done with the Cowboys. This should start a domino affect for all the other first rounders.

Elvis Dumervil agrees to 5 year extention

Elvis has not left the building! Late Thursday the Broncos and #92 agreed to terms on a contract extention for 5 years worth $61.5 million. This is a big pay day no doubt but hats off to Elvis for being such a class act and team player and hats of to the Broncos front office for getting this done. Dumervil was a key componet to the defense last year and will be for years to come now! This is some of the best news all off season and Bronco fans should be thrilled! I know I have been waiting for this for a long time now! Here is to Elvis leading the leauge in sacks again in 2010!

Top 2010 Fantasy Football Picks

The Mile High Rater Haters leauge is shaping up nicely. I am excited for year 2 of fantasy football. Here are my thoughts on some of the top fantasy prospects this year

RB: Chris Johnson Tennessee Titans

The only doubt I had about Chris Johnson being picked first overall was his looming contract issues. The Tennessee Titans fixed that this week by restructuring his deal. He is set to be back in camp and on the field for the 2010 season. I have no doubt Johnson will tear it up again this year not sure if he will break the 2000 yard mark again simply because it's rarley done in back to back seasons but he should still have a productive year and see plenty of red zone caries. He should be a TD machine which equals big points in fantasy. The team overall this year will be improved upon last year's squad wich should help as well. Defenses can't only focus on Johnson either they have to keep QB Vince Young in check this will help.

QB: Drew Brees New Orleans Saints

Drew has so many weapons it's crazy. Brees was a top fantasy football QB last year and owners should expect more of the same. Between Colston, Shockey, and Bush he has lots of options to rack up the yards and more importantly the touch downs. A close secound to Brees this year should be Aaron Rodgers many leauges have im pined as the best QB on the board and I was close to doing the same but I got to give the nod to the super bowl MVP just a little more talent and better offensive line than Rodgers has but don't get me wrong I would be thrilled to have Rodgers as my QB in fantasy and real life for that matter!

WR: Brandon Marshall Miami Dolphins

Marshall is obviously going to be the top target in Miami. I fully expect another 100 catch season from Marshall this year in South Florida. Marshall has shown he can consistantly have 100 catch seasons weather the QB is Jay Cutler, Kyle Orton, or now Chad Henne. I almost give the nod to Texans WR Andre Johnson for the top WR but Marshall probably will have more looks this year.

TE: Antonio Gates San Diego Chargers

Antonio Gates no doubt will be Phillip Rivers top target this year and with a rookie running back Norv Turner should be passing the ball more versus running the ball. My prediction Gates will lead the leauge in TDs for TE. He should see many many balls in the red zone and all over the field for that matter. In addition he is a proven talanted veteran TE.

K: Matt Prater Denver Broncos

Basically take a look at my previous blog post. Yes this may be a slight homer pick but honestly Prater will be a top fantasy kicker and he was last year as well. The thin mile high air will give prater a slight edge on some long kicks!













Defense
Sorry I not sure wich defense I would pick but I can think of a few that stand out. The Jets, Ravens, Steelers (If Polomalu is back to form), and The Broncos come to mind for top defenses for fantasy this year. Just like last year's broncos and bengals i'm sure there will be a suprise defense that no one picks up that will be a hot pickup on the waiver wire once the season gets under way.

Matt Prater: Filling Jason Elam's shoes just fine

It's been a while since my last post! A topic you hear no one talk about is the Bronco's place kicker Matt Prater. One would think it would be difficult to come in after the great Jason Elam and follow in his foot steps but Matt has done just that. His rookie outing in 2008 he showed at the begining of the season he had a big leg (his longest kick was 56 yards) but then sputtered as did the entire team the secound half of the season. Josh McDaniels decided to keep him around for 2009 and i'm sure glad he did. He had a great year ALL yearin 2009! He made 30/35 field goals or 85.7% of his kicks with his longest being 51 yards. Ontop of that he is only 25 years old and should only get better as he continues his carrer. The Broncos should be set for years to come with Prater kicking for the Broncos. Hopefully it will be just like when number 1 would go up to kick the game winning field goal "WE GOT THIS!" A Mile High salute to Matt Prater for filling the huge void Elam left behing and here is to many more field goals to come!