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| 2006 Denver Broncos season | |
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| Head coach | Mike Shanahan |
| Home field | Invesco Field at Mile High |
| Results | |
| Record | 9–7 |
| Division place | 3rd AFC West |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
| Pro Bowlers | LB Al Wilson CB Champ Bailey FS John Lynch |
The 2006 season was the Denver Broncos' 37th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 47th overall. Following a 7–2 start, the team collapsed down the stretch as the team failed to improve on their 13–3 record from 2005 and they finished the season with a 9–7 record, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2002, due to a 26–23 overtime loss to the San Francisco 49ers and allowing the Kansas City Chiefs to win the tiebreaker, by beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 35–30.
Offseason
In the 2006 NFL Draft, the Broncos traded their number 15 and 68 picks to select Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler at number 11. Their second pick was tight end Tony Scheffler from Western Michigan. They then used their next pick (acquired from the Washington Redskins) on Central Florida wide receiver Brandon Marshall. The rest of their picks included University of Louisville defensive end Elvis Dumervil, Akron University wide receiver Domenik Hixon, North Dakota guard Chris Kuper, and University of Minnesota center Greg Eslinger. Denver also traded a second round pick for Green Bay Packers wide receiver Javon Walker. In another big move, they traded WR Ashley Lelie to the Atlanta Falcons and received no less than 3rd and 4th round draft picks. Mike Anderson and Trevor Pryce were both waived due to salary cap issues and were subsequently picked up by the Baltimore Ravens.
NFL Draft
| 2006 Denver Broncos draft | |||||
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Jay Cutler * | Quarterback | Vanderbilt | |
| 2 | 61 | Tony Scheffler | Tight end | Western Michigan | |
| 4 | 119 | Brandon Marshall * | Wide receiver | UCF | from Washington[R4 - 1] |
| 4 | 126 | Elvis Dumervil * | Defensive end | Louisville | |
| 4 | 130 | Domenik Hixon | Wide receiver | Akron | |
| 5 | 161 | Chris Kuper | Guard | North Dakota | |
| 6 | 198 | Greg Eslinger | Center | Minnesota | |
| Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career | |||||
Draft notes
- ^ No. 119: Washington → Denver (PD). see No. 22: Washington → Denver.
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Schedule
In addition to their regular home-and-away series with AFC West rivals the Raiders, the Chiefs and the Chargers, the Broncos played teams from the AFC North and NFC West as per the schedule rotation established in 2002,[1] and also played intraconference games against the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts based on their common divisional position vis-à-vis the Broncos from 2005.