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AFC West News and Rumors

AFC Pro Bowl Snubs: The Offense

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

Quarterbacks Made it: Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos/Tom Brady, New England Patriots/Matt Schaub, Houston Texans Should have made it: Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers No argument against Manning and Brady here -- they're among the best in statist…

Let The Debate Begin

Dec 26, 2012

CNNSI.com

Peyton Manning over Tom Brady. No Ndaumkong Suh. Eight teams shut out, but five players from the 2-13 Chiefs. Chris Burke shares his thoughts on the Pro Bowl selections.

ESPN.com

Random AFC West Pro Bowl thoughts: The fact that Kansas City placed five players on the AFC Pro Bowl team -- as many as 12-win Denver -- despite a 2-13 record, pokes more holes at the team’s coaching. It’s another reminder that there is talent on this…

Elway Talks Pro Bowl

Dec 26, 2012

Tyler Everett, denverbroncos.com

Chris Hall of DenverBroncos.com sat down with Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway for the latest episode of Elway Access on Wednesday afternoon. The week of preparation for Sunday’s Week 17 finale against AFC West rival Kansas Cit…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The Chargers haven’t sold out a home game since November 1.  Now, as the team is finishing out a meaningless string with a visit from the hapless Raiders, enough people have bought tickets to allow the local blackout to be lifted. The Chargers have ann…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

For three players on this year’s Pro Bowl rosters, making it to Hawaii is a family tradition. Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, Packers linebacker Clay Matthews and Patriots special teams coverage ace Matthew Slater have all been selected to the Pro B…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The Kansas City Chiefs have won only two games this year.  And they have nevertheless placed five players on the AFC Pro Bowl roster. Making the roster were running back Jamaal Charles, linebacker Tamba Hali, linebacker Derrick Johnson, safety Eric Berr…

CNNSI.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sensational comebacks have Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson headed for the Pro Bowl.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Raiders quarterbacks Matt Leinart and Terrelle Pryor shared reps in practice on Wednesday.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

An illness running through the Kansas City Chiefs the past few weeks kept running back Jamaal Charles, linebacker Tamba Hali and left tackle Donald Stephenson out of practice Wednesday.

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Earlier on Wednesday, we shared Broncos linebacker Von Miller’s hopes of playing on the same defense with Marcell Dareus and Aldon Smith in a group Miller compared to the Miami Heat’s trio of LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. Miller’s not th…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Raiders coach Dennis Allen didn’t say who would be starting at quarterback for his team in Week 17 and his report from the team’s Wednesday practice offers little hint about what direction the team might be leaning on that front. Steve Corkran of the …

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning and cornerback Champ Bailey each have been selected to the AFC Pro Bowl team, according to league sources.

ESPN.com

Standout Denver guard Chris Kuper and returner Trindon Holliday did not practice for the Broncos on Wednesday as the team prepares to play Kansas City this weekend with the possibility of a first-round bye at stake. Kuper has missed the past three games…

CNNSI.com

BEREA, Ohio (AP) BEREA, Ohio (AP) - The Cleveland Browns are down to their third-string quarterback.

Rich Cimini, ESPN.com

New York Jets defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson, who played every defensive snap in Sunday's 27-17 loss to the San Diego Chargers, suffered a concussion in the game and didn't practice Wednesday.

Stuart Zaas, denverbroncos.com

With Baltimore’s Week 15 win against the New York Giants, the Ravens clinched the AFC North Division title, which means the Broncos’ 2013 opponents have been finalized. Denver’s 2013 schedule includes games against the other three teams in the AFC W…

ESPN.com

The Denver Broncos owe a tip of the hat to Chuck Pagano. The Indianapolis Colts are going to make the Houston Texans earn the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs. Pagano, who will coach Sunday for the first time since being diagnosed with leukemia in Septemb…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Broncos linebacker Von Miller would need one of the biggest individual sack days on record Sunday to wind up setting a new single-season record for sacks in a season, but he knows who he wants to break the record if he can’t do it. Miller told Lindsey J…

AFC West Stock Watch

Dec 26, 2012

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