Curt Porter News

With the new collective bargaining agreement drastically reducing a team's undrafted rookie pool funds, the Broncos did not have any $20,000 bonus babies, as they often did during the Mike Shanahan era.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- As the Denver Broncos near their fourth and final preseason game, the team is starting to get ready for the season, and that means doing something that most coaches don't like to do.

Jones spent the 2010 campaign in Denver and started three of the 16 games he played, finishing with 57 tackles.

Cornerback Nate Jones, who played in all 16 games for the Broncos last season, was among seven players waived this morning as the team trimmed its roster to 80 players.

From left, Broncos offensive linemen Orlando Franklin, Curt Porter and Chris Clark wait their turn at the blocking sled Wednesday.