LEAGUE -- Fined the Denver Broncos $950,000 .
LEAGUE -- took away their third - round pick in the 2005 draft for circumventing the salary cap between 1996 - 98 .
LEAGUE -- Fined the Denver Broncos $950,000 and took away their third - round pick in the 2005 draft for circumventing the salary cap between 1996 - 98 .