As Jay Cutler said after the game, if they knew at the start of the season it’d come down to the last game at San Diego, they’d have taken it.
It’s one thing to question the decision to stop the very good defensive play against the Bills in the first quarter by abandoning the blitz scheme while it was still working (make them beat it, damn it!) but another to make generally negative remarks.
The Chinese say that a crisis combines danger and opportunity, so let’s see the game next Sunday night as as opportunity.

and I tell my kids when they face adversity, “It builds character!” Well, this season is building our team’s character. If they maintain the right attitude, win or lose, they will be a better team for it next season. I love watching our guys and haven’t been this jacked about a Broncos season since ’98-99. Great post TB!

This year was definitely an improvement and our team did learn a lot of lessons. I hope we do get into the play-offs so the team has the experience when the make the play-offs again.

What we do on this blog, echos in eternity!!!!

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They may take our playoffs, but they will never take…OUR FREEDOM!!!!!!!

Yep, we have butchered some games, but we are who we are. An average team with an INCREDIBLE opportunity to be great in the next couple of years.
I feel strangely calm….I am a BIG believer in fate and karma, and I believe the Broncos, for the team, for Cutler, for our fans and the WHOLE organization need to go in and face their demons at Qualcom.
Nothing would be better than to beat these guys on their own turf. It would allow us to go into next year with a MASSIVE psychological edge over the chargers, and would be a HUGE mental boost for our developing team,
A win like this would make me feel we have a chance against Indy as well.
Sport is all about ebb and flow, winning against the odds and doing the impossible, or highly unlikely. From both sides of the spectrum, this is what we have with our team.
A team that can exhilerate and devastate all within a 2 week span.
I am not counting our guys out.
GO BRONCOS!

I have to admit that I was very upset myself. But at the end of the day (and season that is) I’m still extremely proud of this team. I’ve been watching football for 20 years now and I cannot ever remember a team having to deal with this much injuries in one season. With the 7 RB’s including FB, the carousel at LB and S. All this and we were in first place in our division from week 1. That’s also a reason for concern because we should’ve wrapped this division up weeks ago. But it is what it is and there no reason to whine about it now. Whether we make to the playoffs or not, I’ll still be around wearing by Orange & Blue. You always hear the “There’s always next year” speeches, but I really do think in the next few years we’ve got a great chance of doing some big things with the amount of young players we have. Our offense is Super Bowl caliber, especially the O-Line. We just really need to fix our defense. I don’t know what it is but for the last decade we just can’t seem to get it right. I’m hoping we can get it right before Champ is too old. He’s already wearing down a little bit. It’s going to be tough this Sunday, but I will definitely be cheering my A#$ off! So let’s go along with Ted and show our boys some support!!! Go Broncs!!!

I completely disagree when you say “Nothing which has happened in the past has any bearing on what will happen in the future… Reggie Corner knocking the ball out of Brandon Stokley’s hands Sunday had nothing to do with any other play in the game.” That is the opposite of my perception of reality.

If you are arguing a variation of David Hume’s argument that ‘the past is not necessarily an indication of the future’ then I would agree. However, the present and future are inevitably closely correlated to the events of the past. Stokley would not have been in that possision if it was not for everything that preceded it in that game and in the season.

That being said, I agree that undue pessimism is not helpful. However, at this point, criticism of the Broncos is certainly not ‘undue’. I refuse to allow what I perceive to be gross incompetence simply slide for the sake of ‘optimism’. Win or lose this weekend…it’s clear we have serious issues that need to be addressed and ignoring it is not a legitimate option to me.

If this team makes it to the play-offs this year, they will have a lot of experience for years to come. That is why this game is so important. Win or lose…this will be the game that teaches them to make plays when the game is really important. This game will hopefully give them a sense of urgency that might not have been there throughout this season.

I’m angry too because my friend is a Charger fan and keeps reminding me about how the Broncos might blow a 3 game lead. I get so tired of it. Especially from the media.

People act like the Hochuli play gave the Broncos 35 points, and otherwise it was a blowout. It was a close, back-and-forth game, and this one should be too. Both teams are good on offense and bad on defense.

If Ed Hochuli made the right call in week 2, the Chargers would be in the play-offs and this next game for the Broncos would be meaningless(even though I hope the Broncos annihilate the Chargers anytime they play them).

This has been one crazy roller coaster season and after calming down from the loss, you are totally right that despite the collapse of a two game lead we are still one game away from a playoff berth. That is a situation many didn’t think would happen. A lot of positive things happened this year and with a good defensive draft and a solid RB, we will be an awesome team in the next 2-3 years.

and this is certainly a sentiment that the Broncos can embrace as well going into this game. We are a team that is digging its roots in, and only just beginning to flourish, while SD was a full grown badass whose roots seemed to have shriveled up. The fact that they would even consider dwelling on the Hochuli call tells you where their self belief is, and the fact that they went on to fail to reach every reasonable benchmark set for them this season is an indictment of their self worth.

The Chargers have earned one shot at the division, despite the widespread belief that it should be handed to them without a fight, while Denver, a team without a chance, has earned not one, but THREE shots at the division crown. What can’t be forgotten is that an inexperienced team like Denver may need three chances to get in, to figure out how to get it doen, but a team like the Charger’s is simply out of excuses. That their season has come down to this is a failure, and now both they and Denver are int he same boat: one shot at redemption, for all the marbles.

I would read the name Mike Trivisonno on this website!!! Hilarious and right on the money, of course, regarding Browns fans. They are a sorry, sorry bunch.

Thanks for helping me come back from my drop in belief.

I don’t feel good about the next flex-game, but I know that I will have my D-Will jersey on and my 24oz. mug full. Of Orange Crush.

All Ready!

Buffalo’s behind us and the Chargers are in front of us(not in the standings though). Let’s keep it that way!

The bottom line is Denver wins and they are in. Regardless. Both teams this season have lost winnable games. So it does not matter at all anymore. Not one bit. The winner of this game will get Indy the following week. Denver has a great offense and will need every single point they score. I am confident Denver will win. I want this win so badly right now. Nothing would make my Holiday week any better than to keep the Chargers at home for the playoffs

It seems like sacks would help this team, but the more sacks they have, the more points they lose by. Is it me, or is that just weird?

Set his career high with three rushing touchdowns in the regular season finale at San Diego on Dec. 31.

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What I mean by that is that, this is not about the togetherness!

It is, However about the gettogetherness that you R saying we need right NOW! AND, when we do that, we will win the next game!!!!!!