This Forum Is Boring This Week !!

[SpringStein]

Has to be more recent, Crash, to be current dead money.

 

[Draft Crazy]

Has to be Justin Simmons or Randy Gregory.

I will go Gregory since he has a longer deal.

 

[SpringStein]

Has to be Justin Simmons or Randy Gregory.

I will go Gregory since he has a longer deal.

There’s the winner!

 

[58crash]

Has to be more recent, Crash, to be current dead money.

I read it wrong ..Gave me a good chuckle

 

[SpringStein]

Excellent article on Estime from the DPO:

A momentous day for Terrence Fede served as a beacon of hope for his little cousin.

It was April of 2014, just six months removed from Audric Estime losing his mother at the age of 10 years old, and Fede’s family — now Estime’s as well — had gathered to watch the NFL draft.

Fede had just finished up four seasons as a defensive lineman at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., while Estime was getting comfortable after moving in with his aunt, uncle and cousins in New York.

The expectation was that Fede would get drafted.

On the third day, the Miami Dolphins selected him with the 234th pick in the seventh round. While Fede and his family celebrated his achievement, Estime — then running through opponents on Pop Warner football fields — saw his own path to the pros.

What followed was a relentless pursuit of that dream. Estime dominated the competition in high school and at Notre Dame before the Broncos drafted him in the fifth round this spring. Now, he has a chance to be a key figure in Denver’s future.

Through it all has been Fede, serving as a voice of reason and a source of inspiration in every little step.

“He made me see the light,” Estime told The Denver Post.

Before Estime, raised in Nyack, N.Y., saw the possibility of an NFL career, he faced heartbreak.

In October 2013, Estime’s mother, Bertha Noisette, died at 41 due to complications from sickle cell disease. That left him and his older brother, Khadar, with their aunt Marise (Fede’s mother) and uncle Garick Noisette.

Bertha started Estime on his football path. When he was 4, Bertha, a registered nurse, took him to a park and signed him up for youth football. Estime said his mother was a big football fan and expressed her passion whenever he played.

“She was in the hospital on Friday and found some will to make it to my game on Saturday,” Estime, 20, said. “I remember her being at the top of the hill and rolling down whenever I made a tackle or scored a touchdown.”

The loss of his mother was hard on Estime. But her memory has endured, serving as a source of inspiration on and off the field. “You never know, one day you are here and the next day, you are not,” he said. “You just have to give 100%, and I know she would want me to.”

After his mother’s death, Estime’s family wrapped their arms around him and his brother, including Fede, who was in the middle of his senior season at Marist. Terrence returned to home to attend the funeral. Months later, when he was preparing for the NFL draft back at Nyack, Estime watched him train and attended his pro day, getting an early glimpse of the process.

Fede played five seasons in the NFL, including three with the Dolphins. He had brief stints with the Bills and on the Giants practice squad before stepping away from the league in 2019. By then Estime had become a star at Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, N.J.

After Estime’s junior season, in which he rushed for 1,190 yards and 15 touchdowns, the world was shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. With gyms closed, Estime and Fede went to a local high school, where they would run up a hill and sprint on the track.

“(Estime) was in front of me like five to 10 yards on the sprints, and I was only a year removed from football,” said Fede, who is also Estime’s godfather.

As a senior, Estime was nearly unstoppable, amassing 1,838 yards and 20 touchdowns as a four-star recruit. “He was a man amongst boys,” said Fede, who offered advice on how a linebacker or defensive end would try to maneuver around Estime in pass protection.

Originally committed to Michigan State, Estime eventually switched allegiances to Notre Dame. Fede was partially behind that as well: He encouraged Estime to pick a school that would benefit him on and off the field. Fede didn’t stop being involved once Estime began playing for the Fighting Irish, either.

He watched all of Estime’s games, whether in the stands or in front of a television. He recorded Estime’s games and occasionally texted him advice during halftime.

“Even though you weren’t supposed to (look at your phone), he would tell me things that he saw from a different angle,” Estime said. “I don’t think Terrence even ever missed a snap of mine. And that’s just amazing because I never missed a snap when he was playing.”

Following Estime’s three-year career at Notre Dame, where he rushed for 1,341 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2023, he declared for the draft, and Fede helped him find an agent.

“He’s been in my corner every step of the way,” Estime said

In the middle of an intense running back competition in Denver, Estime will run over anyone to earn a meaningful role this fall.

During the eighth day of training camp, Estime received a handoff before delivering a vicious stiff-arm on edge rusher Thomas Incoom near the sideline, generating a handful of cheers from the Broncos faithful on the berm. Earlier in camp, he steamrolled past a defender who tried to slow him down in the middle of the field.

“He’s a bull in a china shop. A blind dog in a meat house,” quarterback Jarrett Stidham told The Denver Post. “He just runs as hard as he can. It doesn’t matter if there are four people in front of him. He’s gonna try to run them over.”

The Mark Ingram-like ability to mow down defenders played a part in Estime becoming one of the top running backs in the nation.

Estime had moments in high school when he made opponents look helpless. In 2020, he rushed for 200-plus yards in five different games, including a 309-yard and three-touchdown performance against Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J.

Once he got to Notre Dame, many of his best performances were littered with highlights of him powering through would-be tacklers. A 123-yard day against Syracuse in 2022 was punctuated by a stiff-arm that looked more like a right hook. A 116-yard outing against Tennessee State included a 50-yard rumble downfield that saw him burst through several arm tackles before three players finally dragged him down. He also had an 80-yard run against N.C. State that was less about breaking tackles and more about running with conviction around the edge.

“There was a time when we were playing against an opponent and he dragged the entire defense, knocking them off one by one, leading to a touchdown,” said Dan Marangi, Estime’s high school coach at Saint Joseph. “The coaches looked at me on the other sideline like ‘What are we supposed to do?’”

Estime has been able to manhandle defenders because of his size and strength. Fede told Estime that if he wanted to have a long career in football, he’d need to be in the best shape possible to withstand the league’s rigorous schedule.

Estime has taken that advice to heart. He works out five to six times a week and follows a strict diet that includes consuming plenty of protein, eating between three and four meals a day and meticulously tracking his calories. For breakfast, it’s usually some combination of eggs, bacon and fruit. For lunch and dinner, he’ll eat chicken or steak and vegetables. “I’m (Haitian), so we also eat a lot of beef,” said the 227-pound running back.

“He’s got the biggest arms I think I’ve ever seen on a running back,” said right tackle Mike McGlinchey, who also played college football at Notre Dame.

When Estime got drafted by the Broncos in April, Fede said he expressed more joy than when he heard his name called because of everything his cousin had to overcome to get to that moment.

At the same time, he had to remind Estime that he was only at the start of the marathon.

“He has to show the rest of the world what he has,” Fede said.

 

[Mountain Bronco]

JJ McCarthy with a meniscus injury that needs surgery. Bummer after a good start in preseason.

 

[58crash]

Excellent article on Estime from the DPO:

A momentous day for Terrence Fede served as a beacon of hope for his little cousin.

It was April of 2014, just six months removed from Audric Estime losing his mother at the age of 10 years old, and Fede’s family — now Estime’s as well — had gathered to watch the NFL draft.

Fede had just finished up four seasons as a defensive lineman at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., while Estime was getting comfortable after moving in with his aunt, uncle and cousins in New York.

The expectation was that Fede would get drafted.

On the third day, the Miami Dolphins selected him with the 234th pick in the seventh round. While Fede and his family celebrated his achievement, Estime — then running through opponents on Pop Warner football fields — saw his own path to the pros.

What followed was a relentless pursuit of that dream. Estime dominated the competition in high school and at Notre Dame before the Broncos drafted him in the fifth round this spring. Now, he has a chance to be a key figure in Denver’s future.

Through it all has been Fede, serving as a voice of reason and a source of inspiration in every little step.

“He made me see the light,” Estime told The Denver Post.

Before Estime, raised in Nyack, N.Y., saw the possibility of an NFL career, he faced heartbreak.

In October 2013, Estime’s mother, Bertha Noisette, died at 41 due to complications from sickle cell disease. That left him and his older brother, Khadar, with their aunt Marise (Fede’s mother) and uncle Garick Noisette.

Bertha started Estime on his football path. When he was 4, Bertha, a registered nurse, took him to a park and signed him up for youth football. Estime said his mother was a big football fan and expressed her passion whenever he played.

“She was in the hospital on Friday and found some will to make it to my game on Saturday,” Estime, 20, said. “I remember her being at the top of the hill and rolling down whenever I made a tackle or scored a touchdown.”

The loss of his mother was hard on Estime. But her memory has endured, serving as a source of inspiration on and off the field. “You never know, one day you are here and the next day, you are not,” he said. “You just have to give 100%, and I know she would want me to.”

After his mother’s death, Estime’s family wrapped their arms around him and his brother, including Fede, who was in the middle of his senior season at Marist. Terrence returned to home to attend the funeral. Months later, when he was preparing for the NFL draft back at Nyack, Estime watched him train and attended his pro day, getting an early glimpse of the process.

Fede played five seasons in the NFL, including three with the Dolphins. He had brief stints with the Bills and on the Giants practice squad before stepping away from the league in 2019. By then Estime had become a star at Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, N.J.

After Estime’s junior season, in which he rushed for 1,190 yards and 15 touchdowns, the world was shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. With gyms closed, Estime and Fede went to a local high school, where they would run up a hill and sprint on the track.

“(Estime) was in front of me like five to 10 yards on the sprints, and I was only a year removed from football,” said Fede, who is also Estime’s godfather.

As a senior, Estime was nearly unstoppable, amassing 1,838 yards and 20 touchdowns as a four-star recruit. “He was a man amongst boys,” said Fede, who offered advice on how a linebacker or defensive end would try to maneuver around Estime in pass protection.

Originally committed to Michigan State, Estime eventually switched allegiances to Notre Dame. Fede was partially behind that as well: He encouraged Estime to pick a school that would benefit him on and off the field. Fede didn’t stop being involved once Estime began playing for the Fighting Irish, either.

He watched all of Estime’s games, whether in the stands or in front of a television. He recorded Estime’s games and occasionally texted him advice during halftime.

“Even though you weren’t supposed to (look at your phone), he would tell me things that he saw from a different angle,” Estime said. “I don’t think Terrence even ever missed a snap of mine. And that’s just amazing because I never missed a snap when he was playing.”

Following Estime’s three-year career at Notre Dame, where he rushed for 1,341 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2023, he declared for the draft, and Fede helped him find an agent.

“He’s been in my corner every step of the way,” Estime said

In the middle of an intense running back competition in Denver, Estime will run over anyone to earn a meaningful role this fall.

During the eighth day of training camp, Estime received a handoff before delivering a vicious stiff-arm on edge rusher Thomas Incoom near the sideline, generating a handful of cheers from the Broncos faithful on the berm. Earlier in camp, he steamrolled past a defender who tried to slow him down in the middle of the field.

“He’s a bull in a china shop. A blind dog in a meat house,” quarterback Jarrett Stidham told The Denver Post. “He just runs as hard as he can. It doesn’t matter if there are four people in front of him. He’s gonna try to run them over.”

The Mark Ingram-like ability to mow down defenders played a part in Estime becoming one of the top running backs in the nation.

Estime had moments in high school when he made opponents look helpless. In 2020, he rushed for 200-plus yards in five different games, including a 309-yard and three-touchdown performance against Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J.

Once he got to Notre Dame, many of his best performances were littered with highlights of him powering through would-be tacklers. A 123-yard day against Syracuse in 2022 was punctuated by a stiff-arm that looked more like a right hook. A 116-yard outing against Tennessee State included a 50-yard rumble downfield that saw him burst through several arm tackles before three players finally dragged him down. He also had an 80-yard run against N.C. State that was less about breaking tackles and more about running with conviction around the edge.

“There was a time when we were playing against an opponent and he dragged the entire defense, knocking them off one by one, leading to a touchdown,” said Dan Marangi, Estime’s high school coach at Saint Joseph. “The coaches looked at me on the other sideline like ‘What are we supposed to do?’”

Estime has been able to manhandle defenders because of his size and strength. Fede told Estime that if he wanted to have a long career in football, he’d need to be in the best shape possible to withstand the league’s rigorous schedule.

Estime has taken that advice to heart. He works out five to six times a week and follows a strict diet that includes consuming plenty of protein, eating between three and four meals a day and meticulously tracking his calories. For breakfast, it’s usually some combination of eggs, bacon and fruit. For lunch and dinner, he’ll eat chicken or steak and vegetables. “I’m (Haitian), so we also eat a lot of beef,” said the 227-pound running back.

“He’s got the biggest arms I think I’ve ever seen on a running back,” said right tackle Mike McGlinchey, who also played college football at Notre Dame.

When Estime got drafted by the Broncos in April, Fede said he expressed more joy than when he heard his name called because of everything his cousin had to overcome to get to that moment.

At the same time, he had to remind Estime that he was only at the start of the marathon.

“He has to show the rest of the world what he has,” Fede said.

Easy to root for him ,for sure. Go Estime !

 

[Draft Crazy]

Lions signed Essang Bassey
Browns signed Faion Hicks

 

[Draft Crazy]

Mingo is hot!

 

[Draft Crazy]

I don't dislike Russell Wilson but it does feel good to wipe our hands clean of him. The cost and compensation sucks but once you get over that and can just move on and mentally clear all of the letdown out of your head and the noise of people talking about how bad of move it was, it is nice to move on. I feel healed.

 

[Mountain Bronco]

I don't dislike Russell Wilson but it does feel good to wipe our hands clean of him. The cost and compensation sucks but once you get over that and can just move on and mentally clear all of the letdown out of your head and the noise of people talking about how bad of move it was, it is nice to move on. I feel healed.

In some ways it forced a necessary reset. Build out young talent now while you have cap restrictions and next year/the year after we should be set with cap space to put the roster over the top with smart focused signings when the young talent is ready to win big.

 

[Orange Crush77]

In some ways it forced a necessary reset. Build out young talent now while you have cap restrictions and next year/the year after we should be set with cap space to put the roster over the top with smart focused signings when the young talent is ready to win big.

I like the way you think

 

[Draft Crazy]

I like the way you think

I like the way you like the way he thinks.

 

[Draft Crazy]

Night. I love you guys with a passion.

 

[Draft Crazy]

I drafted Mingo.

 

[Mingo]

I drafted Mingo.

He's been gone for some time now. Pick again!

 

[Mingo]

I think Burton is a pretty fair FB, but I would look to Nate Adkins to also play out of the FB role and the Broncos can save a roster spot that way.

 

[58crash]

Burton Can probably be a put on Practice squad and brought up when needed

 

[Draft Crazy]

Randy Gregory is retiring. Will sit at home and collect money from us.

 

[Mingo]

Randy Gregory is retiring. Will sit at home and collect money from us.

I have a professional acquaintance who is Randy Gregory's father-in-law. My friend and his daughter are suing Gregory over the custody of his son. Basically - Randy doesn't want custody - his son lives with his father-in-law - he just wants to come and go as he pleases and pay child support when he feels like it. Randy's first wife - is his current 3rd wife and she is not happy with the boy from the 2nd wife. FYI - The guy is a full bum.