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    By Andrew Mason
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    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The ceaseless winds of roster change in the NFL blew Chad Mustard away from the Broncos as quickly as he returned.

    Just three days after rejoining the club and suiting up for Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills, the Broncos released the offensive tackle in order to make room for linebacker Jamie Winborn, who joined the team Tuesday.

    Terms of Winborn's contract were not disclosed.

    The 5-foot-11, 242-pounder was released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sept. 1 after spending the 2006 season there, during which he logged a career-best 14 special-teams tackles.

    A seventh-year veteran, Winborn has 14 career starts to his name, 10 of which came during his 2004 season with the San Francisco 49ers, the club that brought him into the league as a second-round pick in 2001. Winborn remained with the 49ers until they traded him to the Jacksonville Jaguars midway through the 2005 campaign.

    The addition of Winborn eases a potential depth issue at linebacker. The Broncos carried just five linebackers on their 53-man roster and practice squad into the regular season, and one of them, Louis Green, sustained a blow to the head during Sunday's win over the Buffalo Bills.

    "We just have to work the numbers," assistant head coach Jim Bates said last week after the Broncos released Wesly Mallard when they signed Simeon Rice. "When you have an addition and we lose a linebacker, then we just have to make up for it with somebody else filling in and being on the scout team."

    Winborn becomes the second Vanderbilt product to play for the Broncos, joining quarterback Jay Cutler. Another ex-Commodore, cornerback Bill Alford, was with the team during the preseason but was released at the final cutdown on Sept. 1.

    The signing of Winborn also increases the Broncos' collection of former Tampa Bay defenders. The other Bucs-turned-Broncos are safety John Lynch, linebackers Ian Gold and Nate Webster and defensive end Simeon Rice. Assistant special teams coach Keith Burns also spent the 2004 season wearing pewter and red before returning to Denver with Gold in 2005 following a one-year joint joint sojourn to the Gulf Coast.
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    ughhh...whyyyy? is he really going to make an impact on the team? the dude is short anyway...we have enough short guys. isnt there anyone else better than this guy out there?
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    meh...

    i dont think he will see much game time anyway...
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    Maybe we get lucky and he can actually make a special teams tackle unlike anyone else not named Bailey.(Think it was Bailey that made that stop on Mcgee)

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    what ever happened to lavar arrington? he doesnt play ians position but he would be good depth at ss. we just need tackling freaks....get someone that can tackle. career best 14 tackles doesnt sound all that great to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DenBronx View Post
    ughhh...whyyyy? is he really going to make an impact on the team? the dude is short anyway...we have enough short guys. isnt there anyone else better than this guy out there?
    winborn's not bad. . . he's bounced around the league a bit, but the guy has some skills-- he's fast and fits our profile of linebacker pretty well. . . this move gives us better depth at WILL, which is nice the way gold played this week. . .


    EDIT: of course, now we're thin as hell at tackle-- our "depth" there is downright scary, as it consists of one smallish rookie who's not even healthy enough to play right now, and is a long way from being an NFL tackle. . . obviously, the FO must feel comfortable that kuper or myers can slide out if need be. . .
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    “When we do find that guy, we’ve got to have the continuity on the offensive side to where we can train him and develop him and get him there. This is our fourth offense in probably three or four years. Quarterbacks need to be developed. You don’t find one ready-made. We got to have a solid system in place for when we do go after whatever guy it may be, a young guy or a trade or whatnot.”
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    Quote Originally Posted by DenBronx View Post
    what ever happened to lavar arrington? he doesnt play ians position but he would be good depth at ss. we just need tackling freaks....get someone that can tackle. career best 14 tackles doesnt sound all that great to me.
    he's toast-- dude can't walk from the bench to the gatorade cooler without incurring an injury that keeps him out 6-8 weeks. . . i doubt he'll ever play again. . .


    EDIT: 14 is the most games winborn has played in a season, not the most tackles he's ever had. . .


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    “When we do find that guy, we’ve got to have the continuity on the offensive side to where we can train him and develop him and get him there. This is our fourth offense in probably three or four years. Quarterbacks need to be developed. You don’t find one ready-made. We got to have a solid system in place for when we do go after whatever guy it may be, a young guy or a trade or whatnot.”
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    Who the **** is Winborn?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dream View Post
    Who the **** is Winborn?
    he played for the niners, then spent a year or two in tampa. . . he's pretty much a coverage/tampa-2 LB-- i can't remember for sure, but he may even be a converted safety. . . i'm sure he'll back up gold. . .
    “When we do find that guy, we’ve got to have the continuity on the offensive side to where we can train him and develop him and get him there. This is our fourth offense in probably three or four years. Quarterbacks need to be developed. You don’t find one ready-made. We got to have a solid system in place for when we do go after whatever guy it may be, a young guy or a trade or whatnot.”
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    I like the Winborn signing. Gives us some much needed depth at LB and he can play ST.

    When he's healthy he's a quality player and makes plays. But he has had alot of bad luck with injuries.

    Considering his duties here should be light, he's a nice addition.

    There's not too much info on him i can find, maybe someone else can. Here is some:http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2395552

    I beleive Lavar is done. He was rehabing from a torn achilles and then he got in that motorcycle accident couple months ago. Shortly before that he was already contemplating* retirement.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...061800838.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by dogfish View Post
    he's toast-- dude can't walk from the bench to the gatorade cooler without incurring an injury that keeps him out 6-8 weeks. . . i doubt he'll ever play again. . .


    EDIT: 14 is the most games winborn has played in a season, not the most tackles he's ever had. . .


    http://www.nfl.com/players/jamiewinb...e?id=WIN030581

    did i say 14? i over shot then. i meant 8 last year, 4 the year before and 13 the year before that one.

    his last 3 years are horrible....why would we get this guy again? the dudes a midget.
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    104 tackles in 2004, thats not bad. He certainly won't start I am sure but really the ST needs something desperately and depth doesn't hurt.

    He may not be the answer to our special teams tackling dilemma but at least it is something.

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    Hmm, I am not sure where they are getting those 104 tackles from in that article.

    Looking at his career stats it says 2004 was 63 tackles, 55 solo.

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    how much salary cap is gold taking up again? anyone want to bet he will be released or asked to restructure after this season?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DenBronx View Post
    how much salary cap is gold taking up again? anyone want to bet he will be released or asked to restructure after this season?
    i'd give it at least even odds if he doesn't step up his play. . .
    “When we do find that guy, we’ve got to have the continuity on the offensive side to where we can train him and develop him and get him there. This is our fourth offense in probably three or four years. Quarterbacks need to be developed. You don’t find one ready-made. We got to have a solid system in place for when we do go after whatever guy it may be, a young guy or a trade or whatnot.”
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