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AFC West News and Rumors

Chargers' Pagano speaks about brother's illness

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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Chargers defensive coordinator John Pagano spoke publicly for the first time Thursday about his brother Chuck, the Indianapolis Colts' head coach who was diagnosed with a treatable form of Leukemia last week.

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Here are some highlights of our AFC West chat which was held earlier Thursday: DENVER Harold from Denver: When New England and Denver played last year, the NE tight ends carved up Denver's defense. Do you see Denver doing better in that area on Sunday? …

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Ron Jaworski has revisited his NFL quarterback rankings at the quarter-point of the season in an Insider piece. Let’s take a look at where he puts AFC West signal-callers: Peyton Manning, Denver Ranking: 4 Comment: Manning is still a high-level quarterb…

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Chris Kuper stepped closer to making his 2012 debut Sunday at New England when the Denver Broncos guard practiced fully Thursday. He had been practicing on a limited basis since the beginning of last week. Kuper broke his forearm in August. Denver coach…

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Suspended New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton will be in attendance at the Louisiana Superdome for Sunday night's game against the San Diego Chargers, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning says the report that he’s trying to buy a piece of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies isn’t quite right: According to Manning, it’s his wife, Ashley, who is the investor in the group trying to buy the Grizzlies. In stat…

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Via Arrowheadpride.com, profootballfocus.com has two of the AFC West left tackles highly ranked. The site lists Denver left tackle Ryan Clady as the No. 2 best left tackle in the NFL so far this season and Kansas City’s Branden Albert as the No. 3 left …

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When the Denver Broncos signed Willis McGahee last season, he was expected to be a complementary back. McGahee then went on and ran for 1,199 yards last season. This year, McGahee’s production was expected to wane because of quarterback Peyton Manning. …

Darren Rovell, ESPN.com

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning isn't allowed to own a piece of a football team per NFL rules, but that doesn't mean he can't own a piece of another team in another sport.

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The list of injured Kansas City Chiefs keeps growing. Coach Romeo Crennel said running back Peyton Hillis (ankle) and defensive end Glenn Dorsey (calf) will not practice Thursday. Neither player saw action against San Diego on Sunday and I think their a…

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One player to watch for each AFC West team in Week 5; Denver Broncos, center Dan Koppen: He probably never thought he'd be in this situation but Koppen is going to New England as Peyton Manning's center. For many years, Koppen snapped the ball for Tom B…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

It was easy to laugh about Broncos kicker Matt Prater’s pass attempt gone wrong because they won 37-6, but it also shined the light on one of coach John Fox’s career frustrations. The notoriously conservative coach has never gotten the hang of trick p…

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Please join me for our AFC West chat, which will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. ET. I look forward to see chatting with you.  

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Last week was a very good week.  But for a late field goal by the Redskins, misplaced faith in the Chiefs, and a failure to realize that, as Joe Theismann says, Tony Romo “isn’t that good,” I would have generated the first perfect week of picks in …