If you go to ESPN.com right now, you’ll see this story: Broncos’ defensive end Elvis Dumervil has restructured his contract to remain with the team. Too bad that didn’t actually happen.

Wes Welker knows how to pick his Hall of Fame quarterbacks: the former New England Patriot cornerstone inked a 2-year deal with the Denver Broncos for $12 million yesterday. And he wasn’t the only prominent offensive player to switch teams: Reggie Bush agreed to a deal with the Dolphins. After the jump, what this all means from a fantasy perspective.

Well, that’s a way to shake free agency up. Wes Welker, as it was initially reported he might earlier in the day, reached a deal with the Broncos, ending his absurdly productive Patriots tenure – and beginning one in Denver that will almost assuredly result in numbers just as big, with Peyton Manning throwing him the ball. The deal is for two years and $12 million. More after the jump.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s injury was not a sham. He recovered and, like every politician you’ve never heard of, kept good on his promise to do the Ray Lewis dance. And dear lord did he do it right.

Coming into Saturday’s AFC divisional playoff game, Denver mayor Michael Hancock and Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake had a wager going. Part of that wager compelled Hancock to do the Ray Lewis dance should Baltimore win. And Baltimore did win, somehow, and so Hancock, true to his word, prepared to dance. Too bad he got hurt.

When professional sports teams meet up in the playoffs, the mayors of each team’s host city will often make a friendly bet wherein the loser has to do something lighthearted related to the opposition. In the case of yesterday’s Denver Broncos-Baltimore Ravens game, that bet involved the Ray Lewis’ trademark pregame dance.

Peyton Manning was born in 1976. His formative years were the late 1980s, so chances are good that he was a fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a child. But for God’s sake, Peyton, an NFL playoff game is no time to show your love for the world’s most fearsome fighting teens!

After some really bad football last weekend, Saturday’s NFL Divisional Playoff games made everything all better. Big plays, big offense, and big drama dominated the day’s matchups of Baltimore-Denver and San Francisco-Green Bay. Let’s see how things shook out.

Well, that was something. The Ravens just upset the Broncos 38-35 in double overtime to reach the AFC title game. It was a wild, wildly entertaining seesaw affair… and it never should have gotten to overtime to begin with. See the late touchdown (and horribly blown coverage) that made the Ravens’ win possible above.