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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2007 Denver BroncosW2007 Denver Broncos↗

NFL · AFC West · 7–9 (.438) · 2nd in division · PF 320 · PA 409 · Coach Mike Shanahan

◀ 2006 2008 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 3497Jay Cutler
2. 262Patrick Ramsey

Rushing (yds)

1. 729Selvin Young
2. 691Travis Henry
3. 216Andre Hall

Receiving (yds)

1. 1325Brandon Marshall
2. 635Brandon Stokley
3. 549Tony Scheffler

Sacks

1. 12Elvis Dumervil
2. 4.5Tim Crowder
3. 3.5Josh Mallard

Interceptions

1. 5Dre' Bly
2. 3Champ Bailey
3. 2Karl Paymah

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	963	979
EPA per play	-0.00	+0.05
Pass EPA per play	+0.04	+0.11
Rush EPA per play	-0.06	-0.01
Success rate	42.7%	42.5%
Pass rate	56.5%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 42.3%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2007-09-09	1	@ Buffalo Bills	W 15–14	1–0	Ralph Wilson Stadium
2007-09-16	2	vs Oakland Raiders	W 23–20 OT	2–0	Invesco Field at Mile High
2007-09-23	3	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	L 14–23	2–1	Invesco Field at Mile High
2007-09-30	4	@ Indianapolis Colts	L 20–38	2–2	RCA Dome
2007-10-07	5	vs San Diego Chargers	L 3–41	2–3	Invesco Field at Mile High
2007-10-21	7	vs Pittsburgh Steelers	W 31–28	3–3	Invesco Field at Mile High
2007-10-29	8	vs Green Bay Packers	L 13–19 OT	3–4	Invesco Field at Mile High
2007-11-04	9	@ Detroit Lions	L 7–44	3–5	Ford Field
2007-11-11	10	@ Kansas City Chiefs	W 27–11	4–5	Arrowhead Stadium
2007-11-19	11	vs Tennessee Titans	W 34–20	5–5	Invesco Field at Mile High
2007-11-25	12	@ Chicago Bears	L 34–37 OT	5–6	Soldier Field
2007-12-02	13	@ Oakland Raiders	L 20–34	5–7	McAfee Coliseum
2007-12-09	14	vs Kansas City Chiefs	W 41–7	6–7	Invesco Field at Mile High
2007-12-13	15	@ Houston Texans	L 13–31	6–8	Reliant Stadium
2007-12-24	16	@ San Diego Chargers	L 3–23	6–9	Qualcomm Stadium
2007-12-30	17	vs Minnesota Vikings	W 22–19 OT	7–9	Invesco Field at Mile High

Roster (72)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
4	Darrell Hackney	QB	6-0	248	UAB	1	ACT
6	Jay Cutler	QB	6-3	231	Vanderbilt	1	ACT
11	Patrick Ramsey	QB	6-2	225	Tulane	5	ACT
26	Paul Smith	FB	5-11	242	Texas-El Paso	7	ACT
30	Mike Bell	FB	6-0	225	Arizona	1	ACT
37	Cecil Sapp	FB	5-11	236	Colorado State	4	ACT
39	Kyle Johnson	FB	6-0	242	Syracuse	5	CUT
20	Travis Henry	RB	5-9	230	Tennessee	6	ACT
23	Andre Hall	RB	5-10	212	University of South Florida; Garden City CC; Georgia Military	1	ACT
35	Selvin Young	RB	5-11	215	Texas	0	ACT
12	Domenik Hixon	WR	6-2	205	Akron	1	ACT
14	Brandon Stokley	WR	6-0	194	Louisiana-Lafayette	8	ACT
15	Brandon Marshall	WR	6-5	232	UCF	1	ACT
17	Glenn Martinez	WR	6-1	185	Saginaw Valley State	3	ACT
19	Taylor Jacobs	WR	6-0	210	Florida	4	ACT
84	Javon Walker	WR	6-3	215	Florida State; Jones County JC	5	ACT
86	Brian Clark	WR	6-2	204	N.C. State	1	ACT
81	Nate Jackson	TE	6-3	235	Menlo College; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	5	RES
82	Stephen Alexander	TE	6-4	250	Oklahoma	9	RES
88	Tony Scheffler	TE	6-5	255	Western Michigan	1	ACT
89	Daniel Graham	TE	6-3	257	Colorado	5	ACT
66	Tom Nalen	C	6-3	286	Boston College	13	RES
22	Domonique Foxworth	CB	5-11	180	Maryland	2	ACT
24	Champ Bailey	CB	6-0	192	Georgia	8	ACT
28	Jeff Shoate	CB	5-10	180	San Diego State	3	DEV
32	Dre' Bly	CB	5-10	188	North Carolina	8	ACT
41	Karl Paymah	CB	6-0	195	Washington State	2	ACT
38	Steve Cargile	DB	6-2	210	Columbia	3	ACT
43	Roderick Rogers	DB	6-2	187	Wisconsin	0	ACT
60	John Engelberger	DE	6-4	260	Virginia Tech	7	ACT
77	Larry Birdine	DE	6-4	270	Oklahoma	0	ACT
90	Paul Carrington	DE	6-7	250	UCF	1	ACT
92	Elvis Dumervil	DE	5-11	250	Louisville	1	ACT
94	Jarvis Moss	DE	6-7	260	Florida	0	RES
96	Tim Crowder	DE	6-4	260	Texas	0	ACT
97	Simeon Rice	DE	6-5	268	Illinois	11	CUT
97	Kenny Peterson	DE	6-3	300	Ohio State	4	ACT
98	Josh Mallard	DE	6-2	265	Georgia	5	ACT
63	Amon Gordon	DT	6-2	305	Stanford	3	ACT
68	Steven Harris	DT	6-5	305	Florida	0	ACT
79	Marcus Thomas	DT	6-3	316	Florida	0	ACT
93	Antwon Burton	DT	6-2	325	Temple; Erie CC	1	DEV
95	Sam Adams	DT	6-3	350	Texas A&M	13	CUT
99	Alvin McKinley	DT	6-3	294	Mississippi State; Holmes County JC	7	ACT
21	Hamza Abdullah	FS	6-2	216	Washington State	2	ACT
47	John Lynch	FS	6-2	220	Stanford	14	ACT
50	Ben Hamilton	G	6-5	290	Minnesota	6	RES
62	Chris Myers	G	6-4	286	Miami	2	ACT
69	P.J. Alexander	G	6-4	297	Syracuse	5	ACT
70	Montrae Holland	G	6-2	340	Florida State	4	ACT
72	Isaac Snell	G	6-6	288	North Dakota State	2	ACT
73	Chris Kuper	G	6-4	303	North Dakota	1	ACT
1	Jason Elam	K	5-11	194	Hawaii	14	ACT
5	Matt Prater	K	5-10	201	UCF	1	ACT
83	Mike Leach	LS	6-2	235	William & Mary; Boston University	7	ACT
54	D.D. Lewis	MLB	6-1	241	Texas	5	CUT
55	D.J. Williams	MLB	6-1	242	Miami	3	ACT
57	Jordan Beck	MLB	6-2	233	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	2	ACT
51	Jamie Winborn	OLB	5-11	230	Vanderbilt	6	ACT
52	Ian Gold	OLB	6-0	223	Michigan	7	ACT
53	Louis Green	OLB	6-3	237	Alcorn State	5	ACT
58	Nate Webster	OLB	6-0	232	Miami	7	ACT
2	Sam Paulescu	P	6-0	195	Oregon State	0	ACT
3	Paul Ernster	P	6-0	217	Northern Arizona	2	CUT
10	Todd Sauerbrun	P	5-10	215	West Virginia	12	CUT
25	Nick Ferguson	SS	5-11	202	Georgia Tech; Morris Brown College	11	RES
31	Marviel Underwood	SS	5-10	200	San Diego State	2	CUT
40	Curome Cox	SS	6-1	204	Maryland	3	ACT
64	Erik Pears	T	6-8	316	Colorado State	2	ACT
74	Ryan Harris	T	6-5	302	Notre Dame	0	ACT
78	Matt Lepsis	T	6-4	290	Colorado	10	ACT
85	Chad Mustard	T	6-6	277	North Dakota	5	ACT

Depth chart, week 18

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Chris Myers	P.J. Alexander
FB	Cecil Sapp	Paul Smith	Mike Bell
LG	Chris Kuper	Isaac Snell
LT	Matt Lepsis	Ryan Harris
QB	Jay Cutler	Patrick Ramsey	Darrell Hackney
RB	Travis Henry	Selvin Young	Andre Hall
RG	Montrae Holland	P.J. Alexander
RT	Erik Pears	Ryan Harris
TE	Daniel Graham	Tony Scheffler	Chad Mustard
WR	Brandon Marshall	Brandon Stokley	Taylor Jacobs

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	John Lynch	Steve Cargile
LCB	Champ Bailey	Karl Paymah
LE	John Engelberger	Tim Crowder	Larry Birdine
LT	Marcus Thomas	Kenny Peterson
MLB	D.J. Williams	Jordan Beck
RCB	Dre' Bly	Domonique Foxworth
RE	Elvis Dumervil	Tim Crowder	Paul Carrington
RT	Alvin McKinley	Josh Mallard	Steven Harris
SLB	Nate Webster	Louis Green
SS	Hamza Abdullah	Roderick Rogers
WLB	Ian Gold	Jamie Winborn

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Jay Cutler	Patrick Ramsey
K	Jason Elam	Matt Prater
KC	Mike Leach	Chris Kuper	Chris Myers
KO	Matt Prater
KR	Andre Hall	Selvin Young	Glenn Martinez
P	Sam Paulescu
PC	Mike Leach	Chris Myers	Chris Kuper
PR	Glenn Martinez	Dre' Bly

Biggest contracts on the books in 2007

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Champ Bailey	CB	2004	7	$63.0M	$9.0M	$18.0M	11.2%
Javon Walker	WR	2006	5	$39.8M	$8.0M	$1.0M	7.8%
Trevor Pryce	IDL	2001	8	$59.9M	$7.5M	$10.6M	11.1%
Rod Smith	WR	2005	4	$24.0M	$6.0M	$1.5M	7.0%
Daniel Graham	TE	2007	5	$30.0M	$6.0M	$15.0M	5.5%
Rod Smith	WR	2002	7	$41.6M	$5.9M	$11.0M	8.4%
Jake Plummer	QB	2003	7	$40.8M	$5.8M	$7.0M	7.8%
Jay Cutler	QB	2006	6	$34.1M	$5.7M	$11.3M	5.6%
Courtney Brown	ED	2005	5	$18.8M	$3.8M	$1.3M	4.4%
John Lynch	S	2006	2	$5.7M	$2.8M	$1.6M	2.8%
Shannon Sharpe	TE	2002	7	$16.1M	$2.3M	$1.7M	3.2%
D.J. Williams	LB	2004	6	$9.0M	$1.5M	$2.4M	1.9%
Rod Smith	WR	2007	2	$3.0M	$1.5M	$3.0M	1.4%
Courtney Brown	ED	2006	4	$5.4M	$1.4M	$1.1M	1.3%
Jimmy Kennedy	IDL	2007	1	$860,000	$860,000	$0	0.8%
Brandon Marshall	WR	2006	4	$2.0M	$507,500	$420,000	0.5%
Elvis Dumervil	ED	2006	4	$2.0M	$502,250	$399,000	0.5%
Chris Kuper	LG	2006	4	$1.8M	$441,250	$155,000	0.4%
Chris Myers	C	2005	3	$990,200	$330,067	$65,200	0.4%
Brandon Browner	CB	2005	3	$946,000	$315,333	$21,000	0.4%
Chris Myers	C	2005	3	$925,000	$308,333	$0	0.4%
Erik Pears	RT	2006	2	$545,000	$272,500	$0	0.3%
Erik Pears	RT	2005	3	$935,000	$233,750	$10,000	0.3%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2007 (6)

Date	Trade
2007-03-02	DEN → DET: Tatum Bell, George Foster, 2007 round 5 pick 158 DET → DEN: Dre' Bly, 2007 round 6 pick 176
2007-03-03	DEN → TB: Jake Plummer TB → DEN: 2007 round None
2007-04-28	DEN → JAX: 2007 round 1 pick 21, 2007 round 3 pick 86, 2007 round 6 pick 198, Doug Datish JAX → DEN: 2007 round 1 pick 17
2007-04-29	DEN → MIN: 2007 round 6 pick 176, 2007 round 7 pick 233, Chandler Williams, 2008 round 3 pick 73 MIN → DEN: 2007 round 4 pick 121
2007-06-08	DEN → SL: 2007 round None SL → DEN: Jimmy Kennedy
2007-08-20	DEN → OAK: Gerard Warren OAK → DEN: 2007 round None