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No respect (and I like it that way).

After watching the national media love fest for Brett Favre and the Jets, I realize that unless this team makes a serious run in the playoffs, we won't be getting any respect from the national media.  The NFL network and ESPN are still clinging to the hopes that the Chargers will win the division, please do, then you can it your humble pie, of course that will never happen when Dion, I know everything about football.  Denver obviously plays better with a chip on their shoulder, so please media, keep telling us how Denver is a joke, our defense sucks, how talented the Chargers are, please, I am begging you!  Keep rolling out the stats, they prove nothing.  Fact is the team that are playing the best at the end of the season do the best, look at the Colts in 2006, dead last against the run, playoffs start and boom they turn it on and win the ring.  Did anyone think the Giants had a shot last year, hell no, still they turned it on and won.  Does Denver need to improve, yes, we need to be more consistent, game to game, quarter to quarter, series to series.  But what has this team proved this year:

1) This team has no fear, we can go on the road and beat good teams (that is huge).

2) We can come back and score points.

3) We have a banged up defense, yet we are still able to win with 5 starters out, guess what, they are coming back, we will get better.

4) We have an amazing group of rookies, probably the most amazing group I have every seen.  They along with the other 2nd and 3rd year players will only get better, so the sky is the limit.

5) This team has learned how to deal with adversity well, think of any other team with their top CB shelved, all starting LB on the shelf, starting safeties on the shelf, and running with a converted FB, and they are still winning, and on the road with rookies, and cast offs.

6) Our offensive line is now as dominate as it was during the Super Bowl run, and here's the bonus, they are all realtively young.

If we can learn to play at a high level week in and week out, then look out, till then, yes, please diss the Broncos national media, I want these kids reading how much they suck, how they are lucky, they got gift calls, how the other team just didn't show up.  Make them mad, make them have something to prove week in and week out, tell the Chargers they are sooooo goood, it's not their fault they have 8 losses, and when February comes around, just maybe we will be holding the 3rd Super Bowl trophy and laughing at all those people ready to bury the Broncos.

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To point number 6...

I don’t know if the O line is “as good”, but they are pretty dang good.

And as part of that…Broncos fans need to give some MAJOR credit to Casey Wiegmann.

The kids have gotten all the credit (and they deserve it) but this team would have never had a shot without a reliable replacement at center.

GO BRONCOS!!!

by UnarmingMermaid on Dec 1, 2008 12:56 AM MST reply actions   0 recs

I totally agree!

Casey has been great for us this year.

I don't believe we can win every game, just the next one. - Lou Holtz
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.-Bill Gates

by orangeblood on Dec 1, 2008 6:00 AM MST up reply actions   0 recs

I totally agree

I was going to make a post about Wiegmann being the team MVP, being able to come in from another system, work with three young players with limited or no experience, get line calls correct, and due most of it in the shotgun formation, is amazing. The other thing I noticed is that Nalen and Cutler always seemed to have some problems with the center-qb exchange, I haven’t seen that problem with Weigmann, although that may be more to do with Jay having more experience.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Dec 1, 2008 11:53 AM MST up reply actions   0 recs

Y'all are certainly right about Wiegmann

The author of this nice piece agrees with you. Picking up Casey was a brilliant move that turned out to be huge when Nalen couldn’t go. Without him our run game wouldn’t be nearly as effective. According to the article he really handled Kris Jenkins despite being outweighed by, oh, a ton or so.

"In the empty spaces - lacunae, vacuums, pauses, voids, black holes - new things begin. We are born anew from the unexplored space, the badlands, the outlaw territory." - Sam Keen

by spock on Dec 1, 2008 1:38 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

Let's also give some props to Kuper.

Kuper gets little recognition, but I think the broadcast of the game mentioned he had given up somewhere between zero and a couple of sacks. While the tackles stand out because they are rookies, and Wiegmann because he has taken over for Nalen, the guards are doing a heck of a job too.

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

by Steve Nichols on Dec 2, 2008 1:50 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

Yep HT...

Kuper has given up 0 sacks.
Pretty impressive….I voted for him fro Pro Bowl….another unsung hero!!!

Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.

by boydy2669 on Dec 3, 2008 6:26 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

Great post Broncoman.....

Casey Weigman….unsung hero and by far the best FA signing our team has had in a LONG time.
He dominated Jenkins and was a major part of Hillis’ big day.
Rec’d

Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.

by boydy2669 on Dec 1, 2008 6:28 AM MST reply actions   0 recs

We are all in agreement

regarding the importance of the contributions by Weigmann. Picking him up was a brilliant move by Coach Shanahan. Great job Casey!

It all starts in the trenches HT 11/11/08

by firstfan on Dec 1, 2008 12:29 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

Gang Green on Wiegmann
The truth is that Jenkins and Sione Pouha threw Wiegmann around like a rag doll for most of the game.

This is by John B of the Jets blog, Gang Green. To John’s credit, he also says that Wiegmann did not quit on his blocks.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go. Bernard Malamud

by bradley on Dec 1, 2008 12:51 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

Too funny,

Stat line for Jenkins: 0 tackles 3 assists
Stat line for Pouha: 0 tackles, 2 assists

For a dominate defensive line, having a back go for 120, not sure if I would conclude that Wiegmann was thrown around like a rag doll.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Dec 1, 2008 1:56 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

not to mention,

Jenkins gave some major credit to Wiegmann after the game. To paraphrase, he said he has “major heart”. I think that’s someone acknowledging that they got beat.

GO BRONCOS!!!

by UnarmingMermaid on Dec 1, 2008 2:22 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

There was a stretch in the third quarter where

Jenkins was indeed throwing weigmann around, but that is the nature of a trench battle between two players with talent and pride. Jenkins was visibly frustrated breaking the defensive huddle in the first half, and you could feel the third quarter rally by him coming soon.

But Weigmann weathered that storm and emerged the victor at games end.

Hopefully NFL films thought to have a camera trained on those two for the whole game. Should make for a great substory on the “America’s Game: 2008 SuperBowl Champion Denver Broncos” DVD. :)

If you can’t tell, I just got done reading Nick’s front page post….

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 1, 2008 2:31 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

A thought from a defensive coach...

Getting thrown around really isn’t a bad thing. No, really. If you are getting thrown around, it means you are engaging the NT or DT which is keeping him from getting tackles and sacks. I’d rather see my defensive linemen getting penetration than throwing around OLmen. You can “dominate” the guy in fron of you, and not accomplish your goals.

Wiegmann was getting tossed, but he was keeping Jenkins engaged. It was solid work.

Good points all Styg!

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

by Steve Nichols on Dec 2, 2008 1:55 PM MST up reply actions   0 recs

again, best fa acqisition this offseason

hear me, perpetrators of bread crime, your punishment is at hand.
taste my blintzkrieg!

by davecheffy on Dec 1, 2008 1:27 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

and my game ball

hear me, perpetrators of bread crime, your punishment is at hand.
taste my blintzkrieg!

by davecheffy on Dec 1, 2008 1:28 PM MST reply actions   1 recs

Broncoman is right. Playing Underdog really benefits us.

In the last three years, it has actually been better to enter the playoffs as underdogs playing well (Giants, Indy, Steelers). And this year has definitely been an upside down year.

So to use a famous Bronco quote: “We got em right where we want em.”

by The Gun Young on Dec 1, 2008 6:57 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

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