Matt Prater converts against the Bucs. (REUTERS/Mark Leffingwell)

With the new ruling that kickoffs will be moved to the 35-yard line, I thought this would be an ideal time to look at the Broncos’ kicking game. We all know that the thin Mile High air allows the football to travel greater distances, and last season alone, kicker Matt Prater booted nearly all of his kickoffs into the endzone or beyond. Don’t expect to see many returned kickoffs in Denver this year.

When Jason Elam left Denver for Atlanta and then for retirement, heads lowered and we were sad to see him go. His leg was money and it won the Broncos many games in the final seconds.
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Some players from the New England Patriots were not so lucky. Actually, they did this for charity, and it definitely provides a few laughs. Matt Cassell has obviously spent enough time in front of the bathroom mirror with a brush in hand, a la Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. Little did he know that these videos would come back to haunt him in week 7 as the Pats’ starting QB. 

Matt Cassell takes center stage singing “The Right Stuff”:

Matt Cassell, Matt Light, and Wes Welker doing “Baby Got Back”:

Matt Light with “America the Beautiful”:

Lonie Paxton, Matt Light, Wesley Britt, and Dan Koppen singing “Friends in Low Places”: