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2009 Denver Broncos
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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 326 points (20.4/g), 20th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 324 points (20.2/g), 12th.
Differential of 2 points (0.1/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 8.1-7.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 7th.
Simple Rating System: Total 0.3, Offense: -1.0, Defense: 1.3, SoS: 0.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Josh McDaniels
Offensive Coordinator: Mike McCoy
Defensive Coordinator: Mike Nolan
Training Camp: Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Centre (Dove Valley, Colorado)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Kyle Orton | 27 | 4 | 15 | 336 for 541, 3,802 yards, 21 td, 12 int, & 24 rushes for 71 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 106th pick / 2005 |
| RB | Knowshon Moreno | 22 | Rook | 9 | 247 rushes for 947 yards, 7 td, & 28 catches for 213 yards and 2 td | Denver Broncos / 1st / 12th pick / 2009 |
| WR | Brandon Marshall* | 25 | 3 | 13 | 101 catches for 1,120 yards, 10 td, & 7 rushes for 39 yards and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 4th / 119th pick / 2006 |
| KR | Eddie Royal | 23 | 1 | 12 | 26 kick returns for a 23.9 average and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 42nd pick / 2008 |
| TE | Daniel Graham | 31 | 7 | 14 | 28 catches for 289 yards, 1 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 21st pick / 2002 |
| LT | Ryan Clady*+ | 23 | 1 | 16 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 12th pick / 2008 | |
| LG | Ben Hamilton | 32 | 7 | 8 | 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 113th pick / 2001 |
| LG | Russ Hochstein | 32 | 7 | 10 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 151st pick / 2001 | |
| C | Casey Wiegmann | 36 | 12 | 16 | ||
| RG | Chris Kuper | 27 | 3 | 15 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 161st pick / 2006 | |
| RT | Ryan Harris | 24 | 2 | 8 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 70th pick / 2007 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ryan McBean | 25 | 2 | 14 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 132nd pick / 2007 | |
| NT | Ronald Fields | 28 | 4 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 137th pick / 2005 | |
| LOLB | Mario Haggan | 29 | 6 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 228th pick / 2003 |
| LOLB | Kenny Peterson | 31 | 6 | 14 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 79th pick / 2003 |
| LILB | Andra Davis | 31 | 7 | 13 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 141st pick / 2002 |
| RILB | D.J. Williams | 27 | 5 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 1st / 17th pick / 2004 |
| ROLB | Elvis Dumervil*+ | 25 | 3 | 14 | 17.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 126th pick / 2006 |
| LCB | Champ Bailey* | 31 | 10 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1999 |
| RCB | Andre' Goodman | 31 | 7 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 68th pick / 2002 |
| SS | Renaldo Hill | 31 | 8 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 7th / 202nd pick / 2001 |
| FS | Brian Dawkins* | 36 | 13 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 61st pick / 1996 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Matt Prater | 25 | 2 | 0 | 30 of 35 field goals & 32 of 32 extra points | |
| P | Mitch Berger | 37 | 15 | 0 | 51 punts for a 42.0 average, 0 blocked | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 193rd pick / 1994 |
| KR | Eddie Royal | 23 | 1 | 12 | 26 kick returns for a 23.9 average and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 42nd pick / 2008 |
| KR | Eddie Royal | 23 | 1 | 12 | 26 kick returns for a 23.9 average and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 42nd pick / 2008 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Robert Ayers | 24 | de | 15 | 1 | 273 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 9/6/1985 | Rook | 3 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 18th pick / 2009 |
| 24 | Champ Bailey* | 31 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 192 | 6-0 | Georgia | 6/22/1978 | 10 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1999 |
| Chris Baker | 22 | 1 | 0 | 298 | 6-2 | Hampton | 10/8/1987 | Rook | 0 | |||
| 36 | Josh Barrett | 25 | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Arizona St. | 11/22/1984 | 1 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 220th pick / 2008 | |
| 17 | Mitch Berger | 37 | P | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Colorado | 6/24/1972 | 15 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 193rd pick / 1994 |
| 30 | David Bruton | 22 | db | 14 | 1 | 210 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 7/23/1987 | Rook | 1 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 114th pick / 2009 |
| 28 | Correll Buckhalter | 31 | rb | 14 | 7 | 222 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 10/6/1978 | 8 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 121st pick / 2001 |
| 25 | Tony Carter | 23 | db | 2 | 1 | 177 | 5-9 | Florida St. | 5/24/1986 | Rook | 1 | |
| Ryan Clady*+ | 23 | LT | 16 | 16 | 316 | 6-6 | Boise St. | 9/6/1986 | 1 | 11 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 12th pick / 2008 | |
| 54 | Andra Davis | 31 | LILB | 16 | 13 | 255 | 6-1 | Florida | 12/23/1978 | 7 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 141st pick / 2002 |
| 20 | Brian Dawkins* | 36 | FS | 16 | 16 | 210 | 6-0 | Clemson | 10/13/1973 | 13 | 11 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 61st pick / 1996 |
| 92 | Elvis Dumervil*+ | 25 | ROLB | 16 | 14 | 255 | 6-0 | Louisville | 1/19/1984 | 3 | 14 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 126th pick / 2006 |
| 91 | Ronald Fields | 28 | NT | 16 | 16 | 310 | 6-2 | Mississippi St. | 9/13/1981 | 4 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 137th pick / 2005 |
| 39 | Vernon Fox | 30 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 5-9 | Fresno St. | 10/9/1979 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Jabar Gaffney | 29 | wr | 16 | 7 | 205 | 6-1 | Florida | 12/1/1980 | 7 | 6 | Houston Texans / 2nd / 33rd pick / 2002 |
| 21 | Andre' Goodman | 31 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 5-10 | South Carolina | 8/11/1978 | 7 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 68th pick / 2002 |
| Brandon Gorin | 31 | t | 6 | 1 | 308 | 6-6 | Purdue | 7/17/1978 | 6 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 201st pick / 2001 | |
| 89 | Daniel Graham | 31 | TE | 16 | 14 | 257 | 6-3 | Colorado | 11/16/1978 | 7 | 4 | New England Patriots / 1st / 21st pick / 2002 |
| 57 | Mario Haggan | 29 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 248 | 6-3 | Mississippi St. | 3/3/1980 | 6 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 228th pick / 2003 |
| 50 | Ben Hamilton | 32 | LG | 15 | 8 | 283 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 8/18/1977 | 7 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 113th pick / 2001 |
| Ryan Harris | 24 | RT | 8 | 8 | 299 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 3/11/1985 | 2 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 70th pick / 2007 | |
| 23 | Renaldo Hill | 31 | SS | 15 | 15 | 194 | 5-11 | Michigan St. | 11/12/1978 | 8 | 6 | Arizona Cardinals / 7th / 202nd pick / 2001 |
| 22 | Peyton Hillis | 23 | rb | 14 | 2 | 240 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 1/21/1986 | 1 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 227th pick / 2008 |
| 71 | Russ Hochstein | 32 | LG | 15 | 10 | 305 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 10/7/1977 | 7 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 151st pick / 2001 |
| 99 | Vonnie Holliday | 34 | de | 16 | 3 | 290 | 6-5 | North Carolina | 12/11/1975 | 11 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 19th pick / 1998 |
| 32 | LaMont Jordan | 31 | 9 | 0 | 230 | 5-10 | Maryland | 11/11/1978 | 8 | 1 | New York Jets / 2nd / 49th pick / 2001 | |
| 1 | Brett Kern | 23 | 6 | 0 | 201 | 6-3 | Toledo | 2/17/1986 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 73 | Chris Kuper | 27 | RG | 15 | 15 | 302 | 6-4 | North Dakota | 12/19/1982 | 3 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 161st pick / 2006 |
| 46 | Spencer Larsen | 25 | lb | 9 | 1 | 235 | 6-2 | Arizona | 3/4/1984 | 1 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 6th / 183rd pick / 2008 |
| 26 | Ty Law | 35 | db | 7 | 2 | 200 | 5-11 | Michigan | 2/10/1974 | 14 | 1 | New England Patriots / 1st / 23rd pick / 1995 |
| 84 | Brandon Lloyd | 28 | wr | 2 | 1 | 192 | 6-0 | Illinois | 7/5/1981 | 6 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 124th pick / 2003 |
| 15 | Brandon Marshall* | 25 | WR | 15 | 13 | 229 | 6-4 | Central Florida | 3/23/1984 | 3 | 9 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 119th pick / 2006 |
| 31 | Darcel McBath | 24 | 13 | 0 | 199 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 10/28/1985 | Rook | 1 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 48th pick / 2009 | |
| 98 | Ryan McBean | 25 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 277 | 6-5 | Oklahoma St. | 4/23/1984 | 2 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 132nd pick / 2007 |
| 11 | Kenny McKinley | 22 | 8 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | South Carolina | 1/31/1987 | Rook | 0 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 141st pick / 2009 | |
| 27 | Knowshon Moreno | 22 | RB | 16 | 9 | 215 | 5-10 | Georgia | 7/16/1987 | Rook | 6 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 12th pick / 2009 |
| 94 | Jarvis Moss | 25 | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-7 | Florida | 8/3/1984 | 2 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 17th pick / 2007 | |
| Seth Olsen | 24 | 3 | 0 | 300 | 6-4 | Iowa | 12/17/1985 | Rook | 0 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 132nd pick / 2009 | ||
| 8 | Kyle Orton | 27 | QB | 16 | 15 | 226 | 6-4 | Purdue | 11/14/1982 | 4 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 106th pick / 2005 |
| 66 | Lonie Paxton | 31 | 16 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Sacramento St. | 3/13/1978 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 90 | Kenny Peterson | 31 | LOLB | 16 | 14 | 295 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 11/21/1978 | 6 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 79th pick / 2003 |
| 76 | Tyler Polumbus | 24 | RT | 15 | 8 | 302 | 6-7 | Colorado | 4/10/1985 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Matt Prater | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Central Florida | 8/10/1984 | 2 | 4 | |
| 81 | Richard Quinn | 23 | 15 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 9/6/1986 | Rook | 1 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 64th pick / 2009 | |
| 95 | Darrell Reid | 27 | 16 | 0 | 288 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 6/20/1982 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 19 | Eddie Royal | 23 | KR | 14 | 12 | 182 | 5-10 | Virginia Tech | 5/21/1986 | 1 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 42nd pick / 2008 |
| 88 | Tony Scheffler | 26 | TE | 15 | 9 | 255 | 6-5 | West. Michigan | 2/15/1983 | 3 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 61st pick / 2006 |
| 2 | Chris Simms | 29 | qb | 3 | 1 | 220 | 6-4 | Texas | 8/29/1980 | 5 | 0 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 97th pick / 2003 |
| 33 | Alphonso Smith | 24 | 15 | 0 | 193 | 5-9 | Wake Forest | 10/20/1985 | Rook | 1 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 37th pick / 2009 | |
| 97 | LeKevin Smith | 27 | dt | 13 | 2 | 310 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 7/21/1982 | 3 | 2 | New England Patriots / 6th / 206th pick / 2006 |
| 14 | Brandon Stokley | 33 | wr | 16 | 2 | 197 | 5-11 | La-Lafayette | 6/23/1976 | 10 | 3 | Baltimore Ravens / 4th / 105th pick / 1999 |
| 79 | Marcus Thomas | 24 | 16 | 0 | 314 | 6-3 | Florida | 9/23/1985 | 2 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 121st pick / 2007 | |
| Casey Wiegmann | 36 | C | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/20/1973 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 55 | D.J. Williams | 27 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 247 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 7/20/1982 | 5 | 9 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 17th pick / 2004 |
| 26 | Jack Williams | 24 | 7 | 0 | 181 | 5-8 | Kent St. | 3/27/1985 | 1 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 119th pick / 2008 | |
| 12 | Matt Willis | 25 | wr | 1 | 1 | 185 | 5-11 | UCLA | 4/13/1984 | 2 | 0 | |
| 59 | Wesley Woodyard | 23 | 16 | 0 | 219 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 7/21/1986 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 241.9 | 6-1.6 | 4.4 |
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