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Broncos Mailbag: Is Bo Nix and the Denver offense’s progress vs. Tampa Bay sustainable going forward?
Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag weekly during the season and periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question. What the heck happened with the Broncos on Sunday? Was it a favorable matchup against Tampa or were there other factors? Is having the lowest-scoring team in the AFC going […]
Broncos, RG Quinn Meinerz agree to four-year, $80 million extension with $45 million in guarantees, per sources
Related Articles Quinn Meinerz is going to be able to buy all the telescopes he wants. The ascending offensive lineman and the Broncos agreed to a massive four-year contract extension worth up to $80 million and including $45 million in guarantees, multiple sources confirmed to The Denver Post on Tuesday evening. Meinerz, a third-round draft […]
NFL bows to marijuana’s new status
Under the new collective bargaining agreement, players who test positive for marijuana will no longer be suspended. Testing will be limited to the first two weeks of training camp instead of from April to August, and the threshold for the amount of 9-delta tetrahydrocannabinol — or THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana — needed to trigger a positive test will be raised fourfold.
Chris Long admits to smoking marijuana, calls NFL drug-testing plan “kind of silly”
Having announced his retirement last week after 11 NFL seasons, Chris Long is now even more free to speak his mind on the issues that perplex the league (though he never really was afraid of doing that during his playing days, either). So that’s what he did during an appearance Wednesday on “The Dan Patrick Show” when he said he “enjoyed my fair share” of marijuana during his playing days and became the latest player or former player to question the effectiveness of the NFL’s drug-testing policy and its policy prohibiting marijuana.
NFL and players’ union to study potential use of marijuana for pain management
The NFL and the NFL Players Association have agreed to form two new joint medical committees, one of which is to study the potential use of marijuana as a pain-management tool for players and review teams’ policies and practices for the use of prescription medication by players.
Browns rookie WR Antonio Callaway cited for marijuana possession
Antonio Callaway didn’t take long to run into trouble with the Browns.
Broncos Hall-of-Famer Terrell Davis will be the keynote speaker at cannabis business summit in Denver
“As an entrepreneur myself, I am well aware of the struggles that people of color face in the business sector,” said Terrell Davis.
Jake Plummer, Realm of Caring team up for another Broncos game-day experience to benefit cannabinoid research
For the second year, former Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer is teaming with Colorado nonprofit Realm of Caring to auction off game-day experiences for fans to benefit cannabinoid research.