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| 2014 Denver Broncos season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Pat Bowlen Trust |
| President | Joe Ellis |
| General manager | John Elway |
| Head coach | John Fox |
| Home field | Sports Authority Field at Mile High |
| Results | |
| Record | 12–4 |
| Division place | 1st AFC West |
| Playoff finish | Lost Divisional Playoffs (vs. Colts) 13–24 |
| Pro Bowlers | |
| AP All-Pros | 3
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| Uniform | |
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The 2014 season was the Denver Broncos' 45th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 55th overall. It also marked the third season with Peyton Manning as the team's starting quarterback.
The Broncos entered the 2014 season as the defending AFC champions, hoping to compete for another Super Bowl run, following a 43–8 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII. The offseason was dominated by numerous roster changes, including the retirement of longtime cornerback Champ Bailey.[1][2] One day before the start of the team's training camp, the Broncos announced that owner Pat Bowlen relinquished control of the team due to his battle with Alzheimer's disease.[3]
Like the previous two seasons, the Broncos set numerous individual, league and franchise records, including wide receiver Demaryius Thomas setting a new franchise record for receiving yards in a single season, despite the team's offensive philosophy changing toward a run-oriented offense in the second half of the season. Manning threw a total of 40 touchdown passes, but only four came in the last four games of the regular season and the playoffs. In addition, Manning achieved only one 300-yard passing game within the team's last seven games (including the playoffs), courtesy of the emergence of running back C. J. Anderson, who achieved 1,282 all-purpose yards, the majority of which came in the second half of the regular season and the playoffs. One day after the Broncos' 24–13 playoff loss to the Indianapolis Colts in the Divisional round of the playoffs, media reports indicated that Manning had been playing with a strained quadriceps since a Week 15 game against the San Diego Chargers.[4]
The Broncos swept their division, went undefeated at home, clinched their fourth consecutive AFC West division title, secured a first-round bye and the AFC's No. 2 seed, but lost in the Divisional round of the playoffs for the third time in four seasons.
This was also John Fox's final year as the Broncos' head coach after four seasons, as he mutually agreed to part ways with the team on January 12, 2015, due to poor playoff performances during his tenure, including no playoff wins in 2012 and 2014, as well as suffering a blowout loss in Super Bowl XLVIII, as general manager John Elway felt the Broncos hadn't shown enough fight at critical times in the postseason.[5]
Coaching and front-office changes
- March 11: James Cregg was hired as the team's offensive line assistant coach, while Bo Hardegree was hired as the offensive quality control coach. The team also announced that offensive line consultant Alex Gibbs will not return to the team.[6]
- July 21: The Broncos announced that Adam Peters would replace Lenny McGill as the team's assistant director of college scouting. John Spytek, the team's director of college scouting, became a national scout.[7]
Owner Pat Bowlen steps down
On July 23, one day before the start of the Broncos' training camp, owner Pat Bowlen relinquished control of the team due to his battle with Alzheimer's disease. Bowlen, who has served as the team's owner since 1984, had been privately battling the disease since 2009 after experiencing short-term memory loss, and had since taken a reduced role with the team, resulting in team president Joe Ellis and executive vice president/general manager John Elway making team decisions. Ellis and Elway assumed full control of the team, though Bowlen's long-term plan is for one of his seven children to run the team in the future, preventing a sale of the team.[3][8]
Roster changes
Free agents
| Position | Player | Tag | 2014 Team | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | Mike Adams | UFA | Indianapolis Colts | signed with the Colts on June 14[9] |
| DE | Robert Ayers | UFA | New York Giants | signed with the Giants on April 2[10] |
| G | Zane Beadles | UFA | Jacksonville Jaguars | signed with the Jaguars on March 11[11] |
| LB | Stewart Bradley | UFA | None | |
| WR | Andre Caldwell | UFA | Denver Broncos | re-signed March 11[12] |
| CB | Tony Carter | ERFA | Denver Broncos | assigned tender on March 7,[13] re-signed April 21[14] |
| CB | Marquice Cole | UFA | None | |
| WR | Eric Decker | UFA | New York Jets | signed with the Jets on March 12[15] |
| CB | Chris Harris, Jr. | RFA | Denver Broncos | assigned tender on March 7,[13] re-signed April 1[16] |
| WR/RS | Trindon Holliday | UFA | New York Giants | signed with the Giants on March 7[17] |
| S | Michael Huff | UFA | None | |
| S | Duke Ihenacho | ERFA | Washington Redskins | assigned tender on March 7,[13] re-signed April 21,[14] waived August 30,[18] claimed by the Redskins on August 31[19] |
| CB | Quentin Jammer | UFA | None | |
| OT | Winston Justice | UFA | None | re-signed March 28,[20] released August 24[21] |
| C | Dan Koppen | UFA | None | |
| LB | Paris Lenon | UFA | None | |
| LB | Brandon Marshall | ERFA | Denver Broncos | assigned tender on March 7,[13] re-signed April 21[14] |
| DE | Jeremy Mincey | UFA | Dallas Cowboys | signed with the Cowboys on March 12[22] |
| RB | Knowshon Moreno | UFA | Miami Dolphins | signed with the Dolphins on March 27[23] |
| DE/LB | Shaun Phillips | UFA | Tennessee Titans | signed with the Titans on March 27[24] |
| CB | Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | UFA | New York Giants | signed with the Giants on March 17[25] |
| DT | Mitch Unrein | RFA | Denver Broncos | assigned tender on March 7,[13] re-signed April 21[14] |
| C | Steve Vallos | UFA | None | |
| LB | Wesley Woodyard | UFA | Tennessee Titans | signed with the Titans on March 14[26] |
Signings
| Position | Player | 2013 Team(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT | Marvin Austin | Dallas Cowboys | signed May 5,[27] on final roster |
| PK | Connor Barth | None | signed November 25,[28] on final roster |
| S | Josh Bush | New York Jets | promoted from the Broncos' practice squad on December 18,[29] on final roster |
| LB | Todd Davis | New Orleans Saints | signed November 13,[30] on final roster |
| TE | Dominique Jones | Practice squad | promoted from the practice squad on December 13,[31] waived December 16,[32] re-signed December 18,[33] on final roster |
| S | Charles Mitchell | None | signed May 19,[34] waived August 24[21] |
| DT | Cody Larsen | Baltimore Ravens | signed July 30,[35] waived August 25[36] |
| C/G | Will Montgomery | Washington Redskins | signed April 1,[37] on final roster |
| WR | Nathan Palmer | Practice squad | signed September 3,[38] waived September 9,[39] assigned to the practice squad on September 11[40] |
| DE | Will Pericak | Jacksonville Jaguars | signed July 30,[35] waived August 24[21] |
| WR | Emmanuel Sanders | Pittsburgh Steelers | signed March 16,[41] on final roster |
| DE | Brian Sanford | Oakland Raiders Cleveland Browns |
signed August 5,[42] released August 30[18] |
| RB | Jeremy Stewart | Oakland Raiders | promoted from the Broncos' practice squad on November 22,[43] on final roster |
| CB | Aqib Talib | New England Patriots | signed March 11,[44] on final roster |
| S | T. J. Ward | Cleveland Browns | signed March 11,[44] on final roster |
| LB | Chase Vaughn | Spokane Shock (AFL) | signed May 19,[34] waived August 24[21]
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