The Broncos are a paper tiger

by firstfan on Oct 10, 2008 12:39 PM MDT

According to Tom E. Curran of NBC Sports the Broncos are the most overrated team in the NFL followed closely by the NY Football Giants. The basis of his opinion is that Denver has really not played anybody any good. He rates the Jaguars as vastly underrated due to the fact they have played a much tougher schedule. He predicts Jacksonville will do much better in the weeks after their bye. See HERE for the article. I sure hope our team reads this thoroughly prior to the game on Sunday.

GO BRONCOS!!

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The link doesn't seem to be working

Could you check it, First Fan? I’d like to read this… thanks!

"You're slow. You're not a running back, and you're not a running back for a reason."
The Shanahan

by Broncs Cheer on Oct 10, 2008 12:47 PM MDT reply actions

Try this

Uncovering NFL’s paper tigers, sleeping lions.

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

"I love your analysis of our team. Its kinda like watching a spider monkey trying to figure out a jar of peanuts.. you know whats going on.. you know whats in there, but to actually figure it out, is just a bit beyond your mental skills..."
- Bronco Dano

by DesertBroncoFan on Oct 10, 2008 12:53 PM MDT up reply actions

link

Link

Check out the website listed below...
http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2006/12/22/philip-rivers-bends-nick-hardwick-over-in-the-showers-gets-off/2

by EastCoastBronco on Oct 10, 2008 12:53 PM MDT reply actions

Thanks DesertBroncoFan and EastCostBronco

It worked when I edited it and then I must have blown it up. I hope this piece finds it’s way to the Bronco bullitin board.

That’s ok with me. We’re playing for wins, not media publicity....HT 9/11/08

by firstfan on Oct 10, 2008 1:37 PM MDT up reply actions

That's fine

Keep under-rating Denver, the problem with the NFL is there really is a slim margian from being a good team to being a bad team, I can understand that people don’t think the Broncos are that good, but it is a 16-game season and getting a win is a lot harder than people make it out to be. I go by the Parcell’s says, “You are what your record is.”, that being the case then Denver is a playoff and 1st place team until proven otherwise.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Oct 10, 2008 12:55 PM MDT reply actions

I agree.

I rather like it that way. We’ll just sneak up on everybody. Also, I have never really paid too much attention to whether people predict us to do well or not.

"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan

Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 4

by weazel on Oct 10, 2008 7:42 PM MDT up reply actions

I hope they read it also

But this is exactly the type of hype I like right now.

Let the sportswriters and league keep underestimating us as our young team continues to mature and improve.

The best defense is a good offense!
I hope.

by Mike Clark on Oct 10, 2008 1:05 PM MDT reply actions

Right on!

That’s ok with me. We’re playing for wins, not media publicity....HT 9/11/08

by firstfan on Oct 10, 2008 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions

What confuses me is...

that while we get no credit for beating the Chargers, the same author lists them as a sleeping lion…….

by dpurvis on Oct 10, 2008 1:13 PM MDT reply actions

This is why people laugh at mainstream sportswriters.

NYGs no good? Defending SB champions and still undefeated this year. DEN no good? 4-1, including a victory over the (mainstream endorsed) team favored to be SB champs this year.

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by Steve Nichols on Oct 10, 2008 1:14 PM MDT reply actions

Tom Curran's opinion is pretty worthless

He’s really just some guy. Of course, I write analysis, and I am just some guy, too, but I actually watch just about every game from start to finish. I’ve read him before, and I have no idea how he calls himself an Insider. He is just a guy who probably couldn’t diagram something really basic, like a cover-2 defense, if his life depended on it.

"I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning." -- Robert F. Kennedy

by Ted Bartlett on Oct 10, 2008 1:14 PM MDT reply actions

I haven't read much of his work

but he certainly appears under prepared for this article.

That’s ok with me. We’re playing for wins, not media publicity....HT 9/11/08

by firstfan on Oct 10, 2008 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions

I highly value Tom Curren's opinion though.

Michael Fabiano really knows nothing about football outside of regression analysis and stat extrapolation. If it doesn’t have to do with fantasy football, his opinion is worthless.

by kwool79 on Oct 10, 2008 3:02 PM MDT up reply actions

Really? I'm really surprised by that

Is there some redeeming virtue in him that I don’t see?

"I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning." -- Robert F. Kennedy

by Ted Bartlett on Oct 10, 2008 3:22 PM MDT up reply actions

He doesn't seem to be any better than Fabiano

And you trash him in your sig. What is so valued about this DB?

Broncos Avenged

by Best In The West on Oct 11, 2008 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions

Tom Curren

not Tom Curran. I’m guessing kwool is a surfer, or a fan of great surfing.

Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.

by Jeremy Bolander on Oct 11, 2008 2:32 PM MDT up reply actions

OK, got it

Broncos Avenged

by Best In The West on Oct 11, 2008 4:14 PM MDT up reply actions

Haha

I didn’t know Tom Curren, becaust I live in Cleveland, and Lake Erie doesn’t get too many surfable waves.

"I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning." -- Robert F. Kennedy

by Ted Bartlett on Oct 11, 2008 11:17 PM MDT up reply actions

Hmm...bastard stole my line.

It’s funny, because preseason the Broncos were expected to lose to the Chargers, Saints, and Buccaneers….hell, they were even expected to lose to the Raiders. lol

The Giants are overrated as Super Bowl CHAMPIONS?

Stats are misleading…The Cowboys and Chargers are right behind the Broncos in points given up. This story is a bunch of bullcrap. We’ve beaten 3 PLAYOFF teams from 2007….Jaguars have beaten ONE PLAYOFF TEAM FROM 2007. Hogwash bullcrap spewed from a dingus.

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Tim Lynch on Oct 10, 2008 1:38 PM MDT reply actions

I sent him this email. heheheheh

You are a dingus. The Broncos have beaten 3 Playoff Teams from 2007…the Jags have beaten ONE. You are making comparisons to last seasons starts, but then for this season you are comparing what exactly? What is the combined record of the teams the Jags have beaten this year? Oh…that would be 2-2 and 0-4. The Broncos? 1-3, 2-3, 2-3, and 3-2. How does your argument hold any weight? What should I expect from an MSNBC hack like yourself… shouldn’t you be following Obama around like the rest of your colleagues?

I am bad. >:-)

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Tim Lynch on Oct 10, 2008 1:42 PM MDT up reply actions

I thought I might stir the old pot

with you Zappa! I love it.

That’s ok with me. We’re playing for wins, not media publicity....HT 9/11/08

by firstfan on Oct 10, 2008 1:47 PM MDT up reply actions

I felt particularly good after that email.

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Tim Lynch on Oct 10, 2008 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions

what do you expect from MSLSD

another reason I dont read or respect the lazy hacks over there. How much credibility do they have when they put all their eggs in the Olbermann basket. He is clown also

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Oct 10, 2008 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions

lol I approve this message.

Olbermann is the liberal version of Rush Limbaugh. Both are complete morons…in my humble opinion of course. :)

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Tim Lynch on Oct 10, 2008 2:10 PM MDT up reply actions

I totally agree with your opinion

well at least rush isnt on TV (anymore) and pushing his views on us durning SNF.

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Oct 10, 2008 2:29 PM MDT up reply actions

Awesome

Any response?

Playoff bound!

by 53guys on Oct 10, 2008 2:33 PM MDT up reply actions

don't count on it. I wouldn't respond to his likely arrogant drabble anyhow.

I just wanted to tell him that I believed him to be a complete TOOL.

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Tim Lynch on Oct 10, 2008 3:16 PM MDT up reply actions

You go Zappa!!!

by Pmac54 on Oct 10, 2008 4:05 PM MDT up reply actions

The Ultimate Paper Tigers

are the Chargers…“The most talented team” “The most complete team” “Even without Merriman, should win the AFC West team.” Year in and year out we hear about how good they are. It irritates the heck out of me. IMO, other “Paper Tigers” should include the Cowboys, Steelers and Vikings.

On the other hand, I’m glad that the Broncos are being viewed as overrated. Gives them much more incentive to go out and prove the critics wrong.

"I can do all things through HIM who gives me strength"

by BroncoCountryHawaii on Oct 10, 2008 2:34 PM MDT reply actions

Ahh! Finally...someone who has read my work. lol

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Tim Lynch on Oct 10, 2008 3:17 PM MDT up reply actions

Steelers

I agree about the Steelers. I don’t know how they are 4-1 with their terrible line. I told my friend who is a Steeler fan that his team is going to load up on O-line in the draft like we will load up on D.

by PABroncofan on Oct 10, 2008 2:55 PM MDT reply actions

Speaking of Media Opinions...

What do any of you locals think about Scott Hastings and Alred Williams?

Personally, I thought the Altitude Sports Summit Pro Football Edition (my fingers are tired from typing that title) was much better including Alfred and sans Mark Jackson.

Any other shows I should be watching? Remember I live in Texas, but I have DirecTV, the Sunday Ticket and the FSN sports package.

Sorry about getting off topic…

Playoff bound!

by 53guys on Oct 10, 2008 3:28 PM MDT reply actions

I like Alfred Williams....great football player for us.

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Tim Lynch on Oct 10, 2008 3:35 PM MDT up reply actions

Oh yeah

I liked him a lot as a player as well. But I was asking what do you think about him as a broadcaster (both on radio and TV), and why is he not on the TV show anymore?

Playoff bound!

by 53guys on Oct 10, 2008 3:41 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm in CA...liked him on the little bit of radio I listen too online.

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

by Tim Lynch on Oct 10, 2008 4:23 PM MDT up reply actions

Alfred

was a great player for both the Buffs and Broncos. I was glad he won titles in the denver area. I really like Williams and Hastings. I will always rememer hastings as being the color guy next to Logan whne Denver won the Super Bowl. Plus Alfred has good insight into the Broncos

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Oct 10, 2008 4:20 PM MDT up reply actions