Two of the Broncos’ best-known quarterbacks, John Elway and Jay Cutler, will be in Tampa, Fla., during Super Bowl week.
Cutler will visit Tampa-area All Children’s Hospital throughout the week to meet with children with Type 1 diabetes. Cutler, who was diagnosed with the disease last April, has been named ambassador for Eli Lilly and Company. Elway will be participating in the 2009 Super Bowl coin toss, representing Super Bowl players from the 1990s.
“Diabetes is the toughest opponent I’ve ever faced, but I wasn’t going to let it slow down my career,” Cutler said in a statement through his foundation. “And kids don’t have to let it stop them from reaching for their dreams.”
“For them to include me in this is right up there, as far as my top honors in my life,” Elway said to .
Elam at book signing.
Former Broncos kicker Jason Elam will sign his fictional football thriller, “Blown Coverage,” at 12:30 p.m. today at the Focus on the Family Bookstore in Colorado Springs, and at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Crosswalk Christian Store and Cafe in Parker.
Long odds.
On the positive side, the wise guys in Las Vegas give the Broncos a better chance to win the 2010 Super Bowl than the Miami Dolphins. The Broncos, at 30-1, are in a six-way tie for 14th-longest odds to win the Super Bowl next season, which will be the first under coach Josh McDaniels.
The Dolphins, despite an 11-5 record this year that was three games better than the Broncos, came in at 40-1. The favorite to win the Super Bowl next year is McDaniels’ former team, the New England Patriots, at 8-1. The longest odds, at 100-1, are shared by the Chiefs, Raiders, Rams and Lions.
Mike Klis, The Denver Post
