With the first Thursday night game of the year around the corner, Jason Smith breaks down previous Thursday night games and finds one position has generally excelled above all others.

For those fans clamoring for Tim Tebow in Denver — or elsewhere — keep clamoring. Even at your own expense.

Did you have any issues with Michael Lombardi‘s blue-chip and red-chip rankings of the best players at each position? If you did, you weren’t alone. Watch this clip of Heath Evans and Antwaan Randle El attacking Lombardi for his take on Philip Rivers.

The Broncos’ quarterback battle will be in full effect in Thursday night’s preseason opener against the Cowboys.

If the Vikings don’t add a veteran quarterback, fantasy owners would be wise to temper expectations for Sidney Rice in 2011.

NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora believes trading Kyle Orton might not be the best move for the Broncos, and such a trade certainly isn’t a lock in the first place.

It’s 22 days until go-time for clubs looking to fill holes in their roster… 22 days as we count down the Path to Primetime. So what does the number 22 signify in our NFL draft conscious?

Broncos general manager Brian Xanders denied an NFL.com/NFL Network report that second-year quarterback Tim Tebow lacks support within the organization.

The Broncos made ailing Kyle Orton their No. 3 QB for Sunday’s game against the Raiders, confirming that ballyhooed rookie Tim Tebow will make his first NFL start.

Tim Tebow has a chance to throw his first NFL pass Sunday. The rookie quarterback is active as the Broncos face the Ravens.

Whatever happened to … Tim Tebow? Remember that guy? It was impossible to make it through the preseason without a heavy dose of Tebow updates. After all, this was perhaps the most decorated player in college football history and a lightning rod for attention and speculation as to his NFL future.

There is a hamstring epidemic in the AFC West. Somebody begin the Dateline investigation. Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno will miss his third consecutive game because of a hamstring injury.

Kyle Orton doesn’t get enough credit, and and his gaudy numbers overshadow a gutsy performance during the first month of the season. If it continues, Orton will no longer be known as a footnote to the Jay Cutler trade.

Broncos coach Josh McDaniels is doing his best to keep the competition for the No. 2 quarterback job between Tim Tebow and Brady Quinn alive heading into Sunday’s regular-season opener against the Jaguars.

You shouldn’t expect to see Brett Favre in the Vikings’ season finale against the Broncos, but you should expect to see quite a bit of Tim Tebow.