Lonie Paxton News

Three calls that worked * Dec. 31, 1967, "The Ice Bowl," NFL championship. Trailing the Dallas Cowboys, 17-14, with third and goal on the one-yard line and 16 seconds left, Packers quarterback Bart Starr calls Green Bay's final timeout and talks to coach Vince Lombardi.

Lonie Paxton will snap it long for his 100th consecutive NFL game Sunday at Washington.

The safest place for a long snapper to reside is in a state of anonymity. Patriots [ team stats ] punter Chris Hanson bestowed that advice on rookie Jake Ingram after he was chosen to replace Lonie Paxton, who is now with the Denver Broncos, as the team's deliveryman.

One thing flew through the mind of Matt Prater as the ball, snapped by Lonie Paxton and held by Denver Broncos punter Brett Kern, flew 41 yards through the uprights Sunday.

Welcome to a chilly Invesco Field at Mile High, where stadium workers are sweeping a light dusting of snow from some of the seats and walkways.

There were rumblings around the NFL as the season opened, quiet sorts of criticisms from those tentatively dipping their toes into an unexpected pond.

Do the math, Josh McDaniels. When the Broncos started 5-0, under three different coaches, they reached the Super Bowl.

When Le Kevin Smith was escorted off the field yesterday morning, just after the start of practice, and was told he was being traded, he probably was thinking he could be headed to one of two likely teams based on recent history.

Le Kevin Smith deliberately went through drills at the Denver Broncos' practice Wednesday morning, making sure he got the techniques down right.

The Denver Broncos needed more muscle and hustle in their defensive line, and they knew right where to go to get it, acquiring versatile end Le Kevin Smith from New England for a draft pick yesterday.

One of six players competing for Denver's starting tailback job, Correll Buckhalter greeted the news that he had been listed on top of the Broncos' first depth chart with a shrug.

Quarterback Tom Brandstater , offensive lineman Blake Schlueter and punter Britton Colquitt were all sporting mutilated haircuts, courtesy of the team's veteran offensive linemen and long-snapper Lonie Paxton .

If Jake Ingram gets his way in tomorrow's preseason test against the Philadelphia Eagles, you still won't have any idea who he is by Friday morning.

After some stretching before practice Wednesday evening, the Denver Broncos rookies got hazed.

After some stretching before practice Wednesday evening, the Denver Broncos rookies got hazed.

Turns out all that talk in recent days about the Patriots bringing in another quarterback might be true.

A while back, I posted some work relating to the principles of kicking that were laid out in Stephan Fatsis' book ' A Few Seconds of Panic '. In it, Fatsis describes the process of learning to kick, and of extending the 'life' of the kicking leg.

Tenth in a series of daily position snapshots leading into Patriots training camp, focusing on the specialists: PERSONNEL & PROJECTED DEPTH CHART Kicker: 1) Stephen Gostkowski; Punter: 1) Chris Hanson, 2) Tom Malone; Snapper: 1) Nathan Hodel, 2) Jake Ingram; Holder: 1) Hanson, 2) Malone TOP QUESTIONS How much will the free-agent defection of ...

For the New England Patriots, it might be easy to say they got robbed last season.

The hows and whys, the pains and the pleasures of getting body art, as told by Patriots players ... and their head coach.