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1. NFL cut day (2 p.m. Tuesday) — Could Broncos running back Audric Estime be the next AFC West player to move within the division? The Chiefs reportedly are hunting ballcarriers.
2. Georgia Tech at Colorado (6 p.m. Friday, ESPN) — While CU’s 2025 nonconference schedule consists of three home games, the 2026 slate shows roadies at Georgia Tech and Northwestern.
3. Rockies at Pittsburgh Pirates (11:05 a.m. Sunday, Roku/Rockies.TV) — GM Bill Schmidt lasting longer here than Austin Gomber is the latest indictment of a directionless outfit.
Numbers game
27 — season-opening wins at home for the Broncos, who are 7.5-point favorites over the Tennessee Titans and need a win to improve to an NFL-best 28-8-1 in Week 1 games at home
Box office
$111.86 — the cheapest seat at Folsom Field for CU’s opener against Georgia Tech, a spot below the videoboard in Section 211, more proof Coach Prime is a walking ATM (via Ticketmaster)
On this day
Aug. 24, 2019 — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck stunned football by retiring at age 30; his record vs. Denver was 3-2, though the Broncos were the big winners when the Colts ditched Peyton Manning to select Luck at No. 1 overall in the 2012 draft
Coming this week in The Denver Gazette
Sunday: Evan Rawal has a blast from the past with the Avs-Pios alumni game on DU’s campus
Monday: Chris Tomasson’s conversation with Broncos great Rod Smith is a must-read piece
Tuesday: Vinny Benedetto previews Nikola Jokic’s showing in the EuroBasket tournament
Thursday: Tyler King’s college football preview takes a deep dive on Bob Stitt’s return to Mines
Saturday: Mark Kiszla reports from Boulder as the Buffaloes open Deion Sanders’ third season