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Broncos' Holliday hoping for a bigger role in 2013

Trindon Holliday quickly put his historic playoff performance behind him just as he did all those gasping defenders scattered in his wake.The former college track star dashed across TV screens in January, Denver's diminutive returner racing right into history when he piled up an NFL-record 248 yards in returns against the Baltimore Ravens. He became the first NFL player ever to take back both a punt and a kickoff for TDs in a playoff game. Moreover, those touchdowns were the longest punt (90 yards) and kickoff (104 yards) returns for scores ever in the postseason.Holliday's breakout, however, was relegated to a footnote by Rahim Moore's big blunder on Jacoby Jones' long TD catch in the waning seconds of regulation that led to Denver's stunning double-overtime loss to the Ravens.If not for that, it might have been Holliday and not Jones putting his fingerprints on the Lombardi Trophy in New Orleans, appearing on Jimmy Kimmel's late show and prancing across the floor this offseason with ...

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    Denver Broncos kicker Matt Prater is facing a charge of drunken driving and fleeing the scene of an accident.Police Chief John Jackson said Prater was involved in a ...

  2. Broncos ink K Prater to four-year deal

    The Denver Broncos have signed kicker Matt Prater to a four-year contract.The Broncos placed their franchise tag on Prater back in March, but the club locked up the ...

  3. Sunday's NFL Capsules

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  5. Broncos place franchise tag on K Prater

    The Denver Broncos have placed their franchise tag on kicker Matt Prater .The 27-year-old Prater converted 19-of-25 field goals and made all 30 of his extra-point at...

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