We got beat up by the Patriots, but we threw away the games against jacksonville and Kansas.
If we can hold onto the ball, find a dominant running game that keeps opposition defenses on the field, and our defense off it, we could pull it out.
Our defense have made some big plays, so if they can get a couple a game it could be enough for us to win some games and get to 10-11 wins.
We will see.
Thanks again!

can’t afford to drop many more games to inferior opponents either. They have tough match-ups against Pittsburgh (road game), Indy (home game), and the Bucs (road game). They should clean up against KC (two games left) and Oakland (1 game left). Their game against ATL is fortunately a road game and then you have our end of the season matchup. SD has to put it all together to finish 10-6 (the magic record Guru posted above for us to win the division). That’s easier said then done. I see the Chargers getting to 9-7 at best. We need to step on the accelerator and take this division starting with Miami this Sunday.

Hey guys how are you? I`m sure you will be having a Q&A with our administrator later on but realistically speaking I think he is at work and I am just free as one can be so let´s get some conversation going on.

I think it is a couple of things that complement each other. First off, the new regime brought three things this team lacked. 1-Tough physical players. 2- “back to the basics” aproach. and 3- Winning mentality.
Like you must have seen, we don´t have big names in the secondary or the WR´s corps, but we have some physical guys on both offensive and defensive lines and that is something that gives us a chance to run the ball effectively and give Chad time to throw as well as to stop the running game and put some pressure on the QB.
Like you pointed out, this team really keeps it simple. This are guys that will block, tackle, catch the ball (1 dropped pass in 7 games) and almost never make mental errors that reflect on penalties. This is an offense that will run the ball on 1&10 and go for the short pass on 2nd and 3rd and just keep moving the ball. It works because Chad is as accurate as they come and Ricky and Ronnie can put up some yards on the run.
Last of all I think this will answer your question Zappa, this is a team that despite its limitations will jump on that field with a hunger we hadn´t seen in a long time, and really believing they can win. Remember half this guys were on the 1-16 team last year, Chad got fired in the middle of training camp, Ricky hit rock bottom with his drug problem, Joey Porter was believed to end up retiring during camp due to a back problem, so this are guys who want to prove themselves. Finally, coach Sparano and really the entire new administration have really come in here to change the way the game is aproached and played and eventhough football wise we are a longshot, this is a team that will sweat blood every game.

I agree that Denver has to win there remaining home games. If they can go 2-3 or even batter 3-2 on the road will be awesome. I dont see SD going 7-1 or better in the 2nd half. I see them losing at least 3 more games. They are undisciplined and are bad defensively. The key to Denvers second half is turnovers and some sort of run defense

I really want Denver to focus all their energy on prep for the Dolphins, I think a couple of our losses can be attributed to this team focusing on games ahead of them instead of taking care of business that week (KC and Jacksonville). After last week, this team should take that old motto of one game at a time, quit looking at our record and other teams records and prep like our record is 0-0 and the team we are playing is also 0-0. Simply can’t underestimate anyone in this league, heck St. Louis almost beat the mighty Pats this past Sunday.

With the Charger’s schedule, I don’t know if they finish better than 8-8. However, if we go 10-6 we win the division for sure.

I also agree TSG, as I commented on another post yesterday, this is as close as you can get to a must win in week 9.

Let’s hope Torain proves to be a dominant runner, Woodyard has a real nose for the ball, everyone stays healthy from this point on, and we drop fumbles and int’s from the game plan.

The Broncos have lost 3 out of the last 4 games and have been wholly inept offensively in all 4 games. Historically, Shanny does well after the bye…but I have a bad feeling this mid season lull will bite us in the arse for the next few weeks after the Miami game. Hopefully we can win enough in the last four games to earn a division title and a first round blowout loss. :-/

KC @ SD (W) 4-5<——— =————>MIA @ DEN (W) 5-3
SD@ PIT (L) 4-6<——— =————>DEN @ CLE (W) 6-3
IND @ SD (W) 5-6 <——— =————>DEN @ ATL (W) 7-3
ATL @ SD (W) 6-6 <——— =————>OAK @ DEN (W) 8-3
OAK @ SD (W) 7-6 <——— =————>DEN @ NYJ (W) 9-3
SD @ KC (W) 8-6 <——— =————>KC @ DEN (W) 10-3
SD @ TB (L) 8-7 <——— =————> DEN @ CAR (L) 10-4
                                                               BUF @ DEN (L) 10-5
DIV=4-1<——— =————>DIV=4-1

The above could be the scenario heading into the final game of the year, which puts us in a position to either not take the game seriously, or to try for a particular seeding with a win. I can honestly see us rattling off six straight wins coming out of the bye, but there are 2-3 tough matchups in there, including ATL, the Bretts, and CLE. An alternative look at the schedule, with poor performances on the road, would have us going into the SD game at 8-7 or 7-8, two .500 teams vying for a coveted home playoff game. There is no reason to think that SD won’t manage to string some wins together against there schedule, since they did it as recently as last year..

What I dislike the most about any scenario, is that it is a very realistic probability that Denver goes into the SD game on a losing streak, with super tough games agains CAR and BUF. Getting the BUF win at home would be great, and would help immensely in getting the spirits up for a road game to SD.

Bottom line is the next quarter of the season will be five games long, begins with MIA and ends with the Jets. We NEED to get Ws during those five weeks, and we need a lot of them. I would say we need a minimum of 4 wins in the next five games, and five would have us firmly in the driver seat regardless of what SD does.

It is shaping up to be an interesting battle, but that last chapter looks like it is going to be a doozy…

They cant turn the ball over that much again EVER can they?
Lets be honest, bar the NE game the defense kept us in the Chiefs and the Jags game, and probably won us the Tampa game. If Jay had of just been a game manager and not a hero we would have won both those games.
Am I saying this defense is stellar? NO. But honestly, they have not LOST us a game yet….the offense has won us 3 games, lost us 3 games and the defense has won us the game against Tampa.
They are much maligned, but if they can be servicable and our offense can fire up, we could be OK. Losing Champ is bad, but I think it might be a catalyst for the defense to play more aggressive and go to man instead of this frickin’ zone bull shit that Slowik keeps running.
Still wish we would get a Mike Nolan type guy and let Slo go back to his strength as a DB coach.
Ah well!