Denver, CO
Sean Payton’s New Orleans-to-Denver pipeline could involve a QB in this spring’s draft, too
MOBILE, Ala. — Sean Payton’s spent this week continuing to turn Denver into something resembling New Orleans West.
The Broncos made moves this week to hire two long-time Saints in former offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. and longtime scout Cody Rager.
They join a host of others, from offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi to linebackers coach Joe Vitt to offensive line coach Zach Strief and tight ends coach Declan Doyle to several players on the roster who have ties to the Bayou.
That’s not particularly surprising considering Payton coached there from 2006 to ’21, of course, but it’s notable the additions have barely slowed after the coach’s first year in Denver.
An interesting potential wrinkle: What if Denver decided to make a run at developing a quarterback from New Orleans, too?
That would be Tulane’s Michael Pratt, a Senior Bowl participant who entered the week projected by most as perhaps a Day 2 or early Day 3 pick in April’s draft.
Pratt’s been steady during the first two practices of the week, makes mostly clean, quick decisions, and said he’s learning a lot.
“The coolest thing is just to be out here with this level of competition, the caliber of guys that are out here and everybody’s got the same goal,” Pratt told The Post. “We’re out here, we’re trying to make each other better. We’re trying to get better and soak in as much of this knowledge and everything we can take out of this. That’s what’s really important.”
Pratt played in 46 games over four years starting at Tulane, threw for 9,611 yards and 90 touchdowns against 26 interceptions and improved his completion percentage each year in college, finishing at 65.3% as a senior this past fall.
Pratt’s showed a willingness to pull the ball down and run this week — quarterbacks don’t do much of that here overall — and in his career had 447 carries (2.6 per) and 28 touchdowns on the ground.
Mostly, though, he operates from the pocket and has the kind of tool kit Payton and company might be interested in if they don’t take a quarterback early in the draft.
“The biggest thing I’ve been working on is just getting my footwork right,” Pratt said. “Doing the little things that can increase my accuracy and just the little details that I’ve seen on film and wanted to work on the past couple of weeks and throughout training.
“That’s something that translates into what we’re doing out here.”
Players talk with virtually every team over the course of the Senior Bowl week and then again during the NFL Scouting Combine, so it’s not a surprise Pratt confirmed he’d spoken with the Broncos brass this week. He did say, though, that he’s already had more than one conversation with the organization, acknowledging, “a couple of interviews.”
“They’ve been awesome,” he told reporters Wednesday. “A lot of just background stuff, getting to know the person, support system, all that kind of stuff.”
One thing the Broncos and other teams can see just by looking at Pratt’s history: He helped lift a moribund Tulane program to new heights over his time there.
The Green Wave went 6-6 his first year starting and 2-10 in 2021. The past two seasons, though, the program went 23-5 overall (12-2 in 2022, 11-3 in 2023), a fact Pratt takes pride in.
“I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” he said. “I take a lot of pride in what the whole team did from the time I came in to the time I’m leaving it.”
Denver, CO
Denver weather: Warm weather to end May
DENVER (KDVR) — The last few days of May will be warm and mostly dry, but the Denver weather forecast does show a steady warming trend through the first week of June.
Highs on Saturday will be seasonal and mostly dry with a stray storm possible. Colorado will return to the low 80s on Sunday and will likely be dry across most of the state.
Denver weather tonight: Partly cloudy and mild

Skies will be partly cloudy overnight Friday. Any lingering showers will dissipate by midnight. Temperatures will remain slightly above normal with lows around Denver in the lower to middle 50s. Winds will be light from the south and southwest.
Denver weather Saturday: Seasonal and mostly sunny

Denver will see seasonally warm highs Saturday afternoon in the upper 70s, though the urban core may crack the lower 80s. An isolated storm or two may fire up in the afternoon north of Interstate 76 and the high country, but most of Colorado will remain dry.
Looking ahead: Warming to start June
Monday is the first day of June. Temperatures will be in the low 80s with a better chance for afternoon showers and storms. Winds will also be a bit breezy. The metro area will continue to warm Tuesday and Wednesday into the mid-80s. Both days have a chance for storms, but Tuesday will have a better setup for storms.
Denver will be drier the second half of the workweek as temperatures climb into the mid-80s. Next weekend may see highs back in the upper 80s. That’s not record-breaking, but quite warm for early June by about 10 degrees.
Denver, CO
Von Miller lobbying Broncos to bring him back (here’s the latest update)
Von Miller has made it abundantly clear that he would like to return to the Denver Broncos and finish his career where it started. Miller has made that fact known at every possible opportunity, including a Von’s Vision charity event on Wednesday.
“I would love to bring back those Super Bowl 50 vibes, love to assist, to be the vice president to Bo Nix, to Courtland Sutton,” Miller said. “I’ve been the guy and also I’ve been the vice president as well. I would love to contribute to us getting back to the glory land, to holding up that trophy.”
Miller went on to note that he has lobbied coach Sean Payton to sign him (Payton coached Miller at a flag football tournament earlier this year).
Unfortunately for Miller, it sounds like there are no plans for a potential reunion with his old club. The Denver Post‘s Luca Evans reported that “as of last week,” there have been no talks between the Broncos and Miller’s representatives about a potential contract.
With a crowded outside linebacker room, Denver seems unlikely to re-sign Miller, but the 37-year-old pass rusher said he will “for sure” play in 2026. After totaling nine sacks with the Washington Commanders last fall, Miller will probably be able to find a home as a rotational pass rusher, but it might not be with the Broncos.
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Denver, CO
Denver Summit FC delays opening of Centennial Stadium, will play next 2 home games at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
Denver Summit FC will play their next two home games at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
Colorado’s first professional women’s soccer team was hoping to be at their new training facility in Centennial by July, but team says recent rain delayed construction, so they need to push back by two weeks.
That means their July 3 and July 12 matches will be at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.
Summit FC is hopeful to be at their stadium in Centennial for their July 18 game against the Portland Thorns.
Centennial Stadium will ultimately become Summit’s training facility. They’ll play their games there until 2028, when they hope to move into their official home stadium at the Santa Fe Yards at Broadway and I-25. The Santa Fe Yards stadium will have room for more than 14,000 fans.
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