Sam Adams Sam Adams joined the Rocky Mountain News in 1996, first as the Denver Broncos beat reporter before taking his current role as sports notes columnist. The Colorado Association of Black Journalists voted Adams the Print Journalist of the Year award in 2003.

During the past 10 NFL seasons, no team in the league has a better winning percentage than the Denver Broncos.

The Broncos have posted a record of 106-54-0 (.663) since 1996, with seven playoff berths, three AFC West division titles and two Super Bowl championships. The Green Bay Packers rank second at .638 (102-58-0) followed by the New England Patriots at .631 (101-59-0) and defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers at .616 (98-61-1).

The Broncos' home record of 64-16-0 (.800) during the same 10-year stretch also is tops in the NFL, followed by Green Bay (.763), New England (.725), the Minnesota Vikings (.713), Pittsburgh (.681) and a three-way tie between Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, each finishing at 53-27 for a .663 winning percentage.

Denver's road record (42-38-0) since '96 is tied for third-best in the league behind Pittsburgh (44-36-0) and New England (43-37-0).

The Kansas City Chiefs tied for the league's eighth-best winning percentage (.556) since 1996. The Oakland Raiders have three division titles and a 73-87-0 record (.456) since '96, while the San Diego Chargers have gone 64-96-0 (.400).

NOTEWORTHY

On Thursday at 9:30 p.m., FSN Rocky Mountain will air a 30-minute special on Rocky Mountain News baseball reporter Tracy Ringolsby, who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame last week.

Got Your Number: 0 home runs hit this season by Rockies pitchers, going into Tuesday night's game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Jason Jennings recorded the most recent home run hit by a Rockies pitcher -- May 8, 2004 off Chicago Cubs starter Greg Maddux.

READER COMMENTS

The records prove that the Broncos and Mike Shanahan, and Pat Bowlen are the best. Before long, we will have another Championship or two.

Are we lucky or what? The fans of the Denver BRoncos have proven that they are die-hard, even through the tough times, with a slow beginning, and then some painful SuperBowl losses. Those losses made the wins soooo much sweeter. We could not have a better owner for our nfl franchise than Pat Bowlen. From the time he bought the Broncos, he has proven every season that he is committed to winning consistantly. Mike Shanahan kicked it up a knotch and brought us 2 Championships. Bowlen and Shanny....we got it good. As a Bronco fan, I do not expect our team to win the SuperBowl every year, but I do know that we will field a competitive respected team. It doesn't get any better than that.

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