Buffalo Bills 30 - Denver Broncos 23 -- Post Game Open Thread
FINAL
| Category | Broncos | Bills |
| Score | 23 | 30 |
| Rushing Yards |
181 | 87 |
| Passing Yards |
351 | 188 |
| Total Yards | 532 | 275 |
| T.O.P | 33:11 |
26:49 |
Perhaps this is how it should be. Perhaps the football gods are giving the Chargers the chance they claim they never received after the Hochuli play. Perhaps the injuries, 12 players on I/R and several games missed by D.J. Williams, Champ Bailey and 6 different running backs is just too much for any team to bear. Whatever it is, the Broncos will have to go to San Diego and play a 1-game playoff against the Chargers with everything on the line.
Today's game against Buffalo was a microcosm of the entire season. A hot start followed by a so-so middle, then ending up with a furious charge that proved a bit too-little, too-late. Big plays allowed by the defense, missed opportunities by the offense, shoddy play by the special teams. A collective team effort.
For his part, Jay Cutler is still searching for a win in a big moment, with this game added to the annals of the San Francisco game in 2006. It's hard without any semblance of a running game, which went away when the latest Broncos ball-carrier to get injured, P.J. Pope, left the game in the 1st quarter and never returned.
Much will be said about the defense and rightfully so, but lest we forget that this team is driven by the offense, by design. Settling for field goals, making the score 13-0 instead of 21-0 allowed the Bills to continue doing what they do well, run the football. They can run on anyone, and when they are allowed to keep running they'll kill ya.
There will be a lot of negativity around Broncos Country this week, but not by me. This team is who I'd thought they'd be. It is the Chargers that have disappointed. Should they win next week they will deserve the Division Title and the playoff spot that comes with it. The Broncos, in turn, will have learned a valuable lesson, as well as found out alot about some of the young players in the locker room. Should the Broncos get it done, they too will deserve the playoff spot and division, and all talk about blown calls will cease.
Perhaps it is fitting, then, that it comes down to this. The Broncos will have nothing to lose next week, for it will once again be the Chargers with all the pressure. Denver will be in a familiar situation. On the road, backs against the wall, a huge underdog. Something tells me that had I asked you all before the season if you's sign on for the Broncos to travel to San Diego for a Week 17-Winner-Takes-All game you would have jumped at the chance.
That's what we have. Win or lose I am proud of this team and proud to be a Broncos fan.
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No shame, always proud...
CBS should kiss our hairy bums for giving them a damn compelling game to close out the season next week. Good luck to us next week and may we prevail against the hated Chargers!
I wish Woody Paige was our coach!
by bcfunk on Dec 21, 2008 5:30 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I'm glad the game is in SD next week
I think we’re better on the road than at home. Here’s to good weather for our air attack!
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by Darin H on Dec 21, 2008 5:32 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
their is going to be some good games next week
since most of them have playoff implications on the line. I know I will have some good entertainment since the Colts are likely to rest their players.
by metal_militia on Dec 21, 2008 5:33 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Do us all a favor and kick San Diego's ASS in the first round, will ya?
Assuming they beat us, of course…
"During MHR Radio we laugh, sing, listen, shed a few tears, and learn all of Papi's dirty secrets." -TSG 12/7/08
by papigrande on Dec 21, 2008 5:35 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
It happened the first time you asked.
Lets hope for a repeat (barring of course that they do win the division)
Besides, im still bitter about last years playoff loss.
by metal_militia on Dec 21, 2008 5:36 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Then again
SD has been on a roll lately, their offense in on track and we couldn’t hardly stop them last time we played.
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by Darin H on Dec 21, 2008 5:33 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
There is one thing I like about this:
If we win, there can be NO MORE CRYING about the Hochuli game. This is the Chargers’ chance to make up for that. If they lose, no more whining and bitching about refs.
Such is my plight. This is my solace. And I feel much, much better having typed that.
"During MHR Radio we laugh, sing, listen, shed a few tears, and learn all of Papi's dirty secrets." -TSG 12/7/08
by papigrande on Dec 21, 2008 5:34 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Ummmmm...
That’s exactly what I wrote…
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by John Bena on Dec 21, 2008 5:39 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I know.
I didn’t read it. I just wanted to assert that. Good post, by the way. I feel 72.5% better
"During MHR Radio we laugh, sing, listen, shed a few tears, and learn all of Papi's dirty secrets." -TSG 12/7/08
by papigrande on Dec 21, 2008 5:41 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I think we all feel similarly...
we need to kill the Hoch-myth
I wish Woody Paige was our coach!
by bcfunk on Dec 21, 2008 5:39 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Shanny gone if we lose next week.
Look I never been one to back the people who want Shanny fired, but we need to win these kind of games and I for one as a fan am tired of losing these must-win games that will give us a spot in the playoffs, recently that is all we’ve gotten, the classic end of the season let down.
I love Shanny myself but if he loses next week its time for a new direction in Denver, gone are the days where we use people off the street as RBs, draft a RB in the first round, finally draft a safety and quit ignoring the horrible play of special teams…..
Cmon. We lose next week, I consider it the biggest choke job in the history of the NFL.
we always win games that don’t matter lets start winning the games we need to win and should win.
but watch if we lose, I think its time to move on in a new direction.
by KevinJames3 on Dec 21, 2008 5:39 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Hee we go.
"Choose the sword, and you will join me. Choose the ball and you join your mother, in death. You don’t understand my words, but you must choose. So… come boy, choose life or death."
by ButteBronco on Dec 21, 2008 5:43 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Make that, here we go.
"Choose the sword, and you will join me. Choose the ball and you join your mother, in death. You don’t understand my words, but you must choose. So… come boy, choose life or death."
by ButteBronco on Dec 21, 2008 5:43 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep.....
The numbers, the numbers ; 2006-9&7, 2007-7&9, 2008-8&8 at best, and look at the ‘who/what’ some of those losses were to this year (add the two early gift wins)….Sometimes change for the sake of change is good. Shanny knows more than I’ll ever know about football, but now I find myself wishing that translated to wins. Some questions ; 1) Are we building a losing attitude in young players ? 2) Does this team or any team that plays like this deserve to be in the playoffs ?(W&L’s withstanding) 3) Or, should we go for the ‘choke’ record of being three up with three to go, and blow it (motivational through embarrassment material)? 4) Should we play next year with the team motto, ‘Do we feel lucky today, well, do we?’. Being supportive fans we should be, I’ve my doubts about being irrational or rabid one’s….
by rockymtnfan on Dec 21, 2008 6:41 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Well said Guru.
We are who I though we are! I was hoping to get some playoff experience for our young guys, and I guess that is happening. This game was a huge pressure game and next week will be as well. Tiger Woods always talks about an athlete’s body functioning differently under extreme pressure. You need to get there. You need that type of pressure. Maybe that got to Jay a little in the 4th Quarter, as he missed a few passes. However, this experiance will do him well.
I just hope that a complete collapse here doesn’t turn into firing three-fourths of the coaching staff. Cutting the list of guys everyone is kicking around on the 4th Quarter Open Thread. That takes us from year three of a five year rebuild back to square one. We need continuity. We need leadership.
"Choose the sword, and you will join me. Choose the ball and you join your mother, in death. You don’t understand my words, but you must choose. So… come boy, choose life or death."
by ButteBronco on Dec 21, 2008 5:39 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
OK...
I’ve had time to vent now, and I’m done being negative. We are where we thought we would be. I predicted 10-6 knowing 8-8 or 9-7 was a far likelier possibility. This game is over. It is water under the bridge now. Just like the Oakland, (first) KC, and Carolina games. It’s over. Done.
And you know what? We still have a golden opportunity. We have ONE GAME, where EVERYTHING is on the line. Beat San Diego and we’re in. Losing is not an option. Let’s go KICK SAN DIEGO’S ASS NEXT WEEK!! HOO-AH!!
"During MHR Radio we laugh, sing, listen, shed a few tears, and learn all of Papi's dirty secrets." -TSG 12/7/08
by papigrande on Dec 21, 2008 5:42 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Our playoffs begin next week...
I’m excited!
I wish Woody Paige was our coach!
by bcfunk on Dec 21, 2008 5:44 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
This defense can't stop my Grandma... and we expect to match SD's intensity in their backyard?
heck, I am all for that… Lets kick some SD butt…
by isiddiqi on Dec 21, 2008 5:47 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
from the game thread
after 15 games there should be zero chance of thinking we are something we are not. Saying we are the worst or saying we are the best simply doesn’t hold water. There is too much proof that we are exactly an 8-7 team, playing a divisional rival of equal caliber, for the division crown. It is what it is, and despite the three game lead we held three weeks ago, it has always felt to me like this was how it was meant to be, Denver vs. San Diego ina game that matters.
I just didn’t want to admit that we would have to have some pretty ugly games for things to end up turning out that way. But now that they are over, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be…
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 21, 2008 5:48 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
My biggest worry...
Is that Jay does not hate losing enough. I have never bought into that he was involved in a culture of losing at Vandy, but I already sense a pattern of where he plays his worst against inferior opposition. Unfortunately, he is the QB and this cant happen.
A Pro Bowl QB would have picked this team off the mat, and put this game away early, and, unfortunately, his play got shakier and not more positive.
I have to question whay we cant win a game when our QB throws for over 300 yards, our O gains over 500 yards, our D holds a team for under 300 yards and we only put up 23 points and give up 30.
I get it, we are a young team, but these guys need to learn to put easy teams away. This has been the culture for 3 years now and we need some MAJOR cahnges in this realm, and we need to first look at our major positions in the coaching staff, esepcially the coaching structure and who our co-ordinators are.
Go Broncos next week. I am a proud Broncos supporter, and I feel sorry for our boys as I feel they have been badly let down by coaching all year, and this could set our team back by 2 years.
Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
by boydy2669 on Dec 21, 2008 6:49 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Dam these Broncos....
cant help but love em!! lol.
our playoffs start a week earlier than everyone else.
GO BRONCOS!!!!!
MELO!!!
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by abaca15 on Dec 21, 2008 5:48 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
It is times like these
that you wish you had a choice about who you rooted for.
And yet you know if you did have a choice, you would still pick the Broncos… :)
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 21, 2008 5:52 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
NO SHOW TONIGHT, GUYS
We’ll convene on Tuesday Night…..
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by John Bena on Dec 21, 2008 5:54 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Maybe that's good.
I will have calmed down by then.
"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 9
by weazel on Dec 21, 2008 6:57 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
We need to thank the Broncos for giving us not only 7 days of anticipation, but also
the chance to enjoy 9 months of SD fans complaints if they get beat at home! Division rivalries are great, I will enjoy their search for new and interesting conspiracy theories immensely.
The future looks so bright that we're going to need blue and orange sunglasses!
by Arctic Bronco on Dec 21, 2008 5:55 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
amen arctic
i think Broncos fans have a great opportunity to come together and rally with the team right now. These are the fires that forge the kind of fan-team realtionships that the early broncos enjoyed, and then the Elway led broncos after them.
Adversity is the source of character.
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 21, 2008 5:57 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
You know what else builds fan-team realitionships?
Winning when your f’n supposed too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:01 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed Prez!
Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
by boydy2669 on Dec 21, 2008 6:50 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Most excellent post
You’ve completely crystalized the thoughts rattling around my brain since the game ended.
I’m not going to take this one too hard. This is a building year and learning a huge lesson about not taking things for granted will serve this team well down the road. It will perhaps be as important an experience as playing in the playoffs would will be.
That being said, c’mon Broncos and BRING IT next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Dec 21, 2008 6:01 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
This is Jay Cutler's game where he can and needs to shine.
With the biggest game of the whole season coming up, Jay will get to show if he is clutch or not. This next game is the defining moment for the Denver Broncos for years to come. Whether they win or lose, I am proud to be a Broncos fan and thankfully not a Chiefs, Raiders, or Chargers fan.
by broncoholic on Dec 21, 2008 6:03 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Well said Guru
Our team came up short today, but never rolled over and died. I was proud of the effort, and better results will follow.
"I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning." -- Robert F. Kennedy
by Ted Bartlett on Dec 21, 2008 6:03 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I'm so sad...
…yet so happy that I have a family that loves me and awesome friends that share the same passion I do…the Denver Broncos!!! We’re not out of this yet…let’s do this!!
Go Broncos!!
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by sirsam on Dec 21, 2008 6:07 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
This just totally ruined my christmas week...
I will never be able to forget this. And every present i open will be broncos related and ill start to cry…
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:07 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
READ WHAT ROTOWORLD SAID
The Broncos caught a huge break when Cutler made an ill-advised throw intended for Eddie Royal that Leodis McKelvin picked off with Denver down seven and less than nine minutes left. The play was called back when an official flagged Bills DT Marcus Stroud for rare defensive holding. The Broncos seem to have had the refs on their side all season, but they couldn’t do anything about it when Cutler threw a pick right to Kawika Mitchell to end the drive and missed a wide-open Brandon Stokley for a potential game-tying touchdown on the next possession. Denver’s offense has become way too one-dimensional.
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:08 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Ahhhh what?
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:09 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
You have to stay positive. This is still a very young team and they will continue to be inconsistent. But as they age, they'll become more consistent and win more games especially the ones that they are supposed to win. It all comes with time.
by broncoholic on Dec 21, 2008 6:12 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't say that dude!!
rotoworld did!! cant you read?!?!
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:13 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
maybe use the blockquote function to make it more noticible
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
by batgirl on Dec 21, 2008 7:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I am not!! What did i say thats so negative??
I was laughing at the ignorance of the rotoworld people. Grant me forgiveness…
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:12 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, I'm out of it right now. I'm totally dazed. Sorry I didn't see your subject.
by broncoholic on Dec 21, 2008 6:13 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Its okay...
I wanna punch somebody too right now. ;)
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:14 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I am also so angry because...
my friend gets to go to the San Diego, Denver game next week and he’s a Charger fan. He is soooo lucky. I’ll never get to see a Denver game.
by broncoholic on Dec 21, 2008 6:15 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I've never seen one either..
That is in Mile High I mean. I go to every preason game in AZ and always go when they play here.
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:17 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn't it be cool to draft a speedy back to tag team with Hillis?
Sorry I’m just trying to change the subject so i don’t commit suicide. Maybe that can be A.A., but I feel we need to get someone new also.
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:16 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah.
We need a running back that isn’t injury prone.
by broncoholic on Dec 21, 2008 6:17 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I think everyone committed suicide in this thread....
We are the only two remaining Broncos fans on planet earth!!!!
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:19 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
We will rebuild from the ground up!!
I’ll take over at GM, you can be defensive coordinator! We can do this!!!
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:21 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
At least we haven't hit rock bottom.
We may be inconsistent but at least we aren’t like the Lions. They are really consistent…consistently bad!
by broncoholic on Dec 21, 2008 6:24 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
If anyone still thinks that Slowik shouldn't be fired...
then you’re wrong.
by PosterNutbag on Dec 21, 2008 6:26 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Hillis for RB next year.
I can see it now: Torain will be the Thunder… Alridge will be the lightning… and Hillis will be the EARTHQUAKE MOTHERF####R!!!! OUTTA MAH WAY! We can use him as an RB, a FB, a TE, split him out and throw it to him… Next year, our offense is going to be fun. And with BeastMarsh’s maturation and Eddie Royal being 5’10" of AWESOME, coupled with the Slot Machine on 3rd downs and Graham and Scheff destroying worlds, we will have the best offense in the league next year. No one will stop us. Except maybe injuries.. But that is not a possibility right now!! I’m in Lala Land!!! 13-3 2009 BABY!!!!!!
"During MHR Radio we laugh, sing, listen, shed a few tears, and learn all of Papi's dirty secrets." -TSG 12/7/08
by papigrande on Dec 21, 2008 6:31 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
BRONCOS/CHARGERS MOVED TO PRIMETIME
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by John Bena on Dec 21, 2008 6:35 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
didn't take long, did it? ;)
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by Jeremy Bolander on Dec 21, 2008 8:10 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes!
I’m gonna be able to watch the game next week
by broncoholic on Dec 21, 2008 6:38 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
You probably would have anyways...
cbs would have been nuts not to put it on primetime.
Jules: Tell 'em, Vincent.
Vincent: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese.
Jules: A (Eddie) Royale with cheese! You know why they call it that?
Brett: Because of the metric system?
Jules: Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart mother******. That's right. The metric system.
by Elway4Prez on Dec 21, 2008 6:46 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just so happy...
because it will be the second time I’ve gotten to watch the Broncos this year!
by broncoholic on Dec 21, 2008 6:48 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
CBS?
"Choose the sword, and you will join me. Choose the ball and you join your mother, in death. You don’t understand my words, but you must choose. So… come boy, choose life or death."
by ButteBronco on Dec 21, 2008 7:25 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Probably NBC
That means I get to see it in HD up here in Helena, MT!
Woohoo!
by etlund on Dec 21, 2008 11:50 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know about who has got the pressure next week.
I mean Denver is about to blow a three-game lead. For the first time ever. If I’m neutral, I think the pressure ’s on Denver…
Random quotes about the raiders:
They really shouldn’t play — Chris Collinsworth (12/5/08)
This is an utter disaster — Chris Collinsworth (12/5/08)
/The great Dane - formerly known as Claaaaas!
by Claus Vestergaard on Dec 21, 2008 6:42 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
The broncos have the pressure
And the team should be very ashamed to be on the verge of blowing a 3 game divison lead.
by broncosfaninphilly on Dec 21, 2008 6:50 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
You blow a 3-game lead with 3 games to go then you don't deserve to go to the playoffs.
Sunday Night Football for all the marbles.
"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 9
by weazel on Dec 21, 2008 7:01 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I, for one, disagree...
The Chargers are a Super Bowl favorite….Whether they had lost last week or next, not winning this division and getting to the playoffs would be a huge disappointment…
-TSG
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by John Bena on Dec 21, 2008 7:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Either way, it should be a great game...
and regardless of the winner, we’ll be back next year.
by broncoholic on Dec 21, 2008 6:47 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
If we lose, then I can't really call it a great game.
"It doesn't dissipate" ~ Mike Shanahan
Cutler's 4th qtr/OT game winning drives: 9
by weazel on Dec 21, 2008 7:02 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
The Hochuli play should have nothing to do with it . . .
The dolts lost the last game all by themselves. All they had to do was to stop the Broncos on one of two final plays, and they win. But they couldn’t. Moreover, if Cutler doesn’t drop the football all by himself, without any help from the dolts, and instead completes a two-yard lob to a wide-open Graham, the Broncos win.
Nope, this isn’t as it should be. It should be a meaningless game between two mediocre teams. Instead, one of these mediocre teams, SD or Denver, will go to the playoffs, instead of a more deserving AFCE team who will not.
Never argue with a fool, lest you take on his appearance. - my daddy
by AZDynamics on Dec 21, 2008 7:47 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
'It's beginning to sound a bit like baseball' ....sung to the like Christmas tune....
‘Curse of the Bambino’ ; injuries, except I thought they were part of the game. And certainly not the ‘whine’ of the football god’s picked on us more……..
’Wait’ll next year !" ; Larwdy, I wouldn’t wish that rut on anyone, for any excuse…..
by rockymtnfan on Dec 21, 2008 10:06 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
We have a chance to make the playoffs with one game left.
That’s more than most teams have at this point, and there are probably millions of fans who wish their team was in such a position. That’s not to say that frustration is out of line.
Am I disappointed? Yep.
Sick of all the turnovers? Check.
Tired of watching this defense, and their goofy schemes? At times. But this team is what it is, deficiencies and all. They are all we got. Love ’em or leave ’em Bronco fans. All the bitching about the coaches, the defense, the injuries, the refs, the turnovers, and what ever else you can think of can wait. We have a one game, winner take all in the AFC West! Enjoy it! Embrace the opportunity to support your team. Besides, chances are that none of us here would be any better at coaching, or covering a wideout, or coming back from a groin injury, so accept what we have this year, and hope for improvement next year.
by donbok1 on Dec 21, 2008 10:44 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
many teams would love to be in the same position...
enjoy it! This team is what it is, deficiencies and all. Love ’em or leave ’em Bronco fans. They are what we have this year, so get behind them, and show some support.
by donbok1 on Dec 21, 2008 10:48 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Posting a realistic comment is not lack of support or love.
In fact, it might be borne of love. Since I saw the first Broncos game ever played and stuck with them for fourteen (14) long years before they ever had a winning season, I don’t think I am one does not support my team.
Never argue with a fool, lest you take on his appearance. - my daddy
by AZDynamics on Dec 21, 2008 10:56 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not trying to point fingers...
just trying to talk some people off the ledge. Say whatever you want about them, I don’t care, or pass judgement. You be the fan you want to be, I’ll be mine.
Go Broncos!
by donbok1 on Dec 23, 2008 11:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

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