You have the talent to turn coals to diamonds Styg.
I am at peace no matter the result….this will be the Chargers last hurrah or the Broncos first foray into the play offs as we morph into a devastating force.
Lets see if our guys morph before our eyes.
We win this, dont count our boys out against the Colts!
Rec’d.

+ 50

LOVE THE INSIGHTFUL and creative WRIGHTING! I think that you have layed it out most correctly, because no one in the league even cares who wins this game on sunday!

They are all just hoping that thier first game in the playoffs is against the afcwest!

Sweet Report man. Gotta love this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like water.

Oh yeah. I’m All Ready.

That is kind of post. Awesome bro.

Thank You styg!

At a loss for words of my own, I must resort to borrowing some of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s: “words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good or evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them”. Keeping writing like this, my friend, and the masses will gladly line up to pay for a glimpse of your work. Kudos, good sir!

As for the subject matter itself, I find it hard to justify an 8-8 team (be it Arizona or San Diego) taking a playoff spot from any team with a winning record, regardless of divisional affiliation. How could anyone defend a system that might grant a crack at the postseason over two teams with better regular season records (New England and/or Miami) that beat said team (Denver) on the field this very season? The AFC West championship is not, nor should it ever be considered, worthless; that said, to guarantee playoff slots based on geography (luck) instead of performance (skill) is flawed.

Again, my hat’s off to you. I thank you for sharing this excellent read with all of us and I second the motion above to attempt to share it with an even wider audience by submitting it to some mainstream media outlets. Excellent work and, as always, go Broncos!

read by that guy that narrates all of the NFL’s greatest games productions. I think he also did the inside the NFL narrating for HBO. This is worthy of the best!

It’s like poetry man!!!

Just goes to show you football, poetry, and good writing are not mutually exclusive!!!! Awesome post!!

Almost the whole secret of greatness is contained in a single word: Perseverance. Like a wheel to a lever, Perseverance is the constant renewal of the fulcrum of courage. To achieve triumph there must be no room for argument within a soul, and obstacles must be embraced.

Thank you Styg. There should be a banner at the top of MHR that permanently links to this post.

I feel now that I’ll have the courage to pull myself out of the hole I’ve been hiding in and truly believe our beloved Broncos can find the resolve to ignore the transgressions of the past 2 weeks and will themselves to victory. And honestly, all I’m looking for is that fire and collected confidence from all 53 men for a full 60 minutes. Show me that….win or lose…..and I know I’ll be able to walk away from the TV with the peace of mind that all will be well and good.

Did you really just bust out with ‘fulcrum’?

Seriously; you capture it. You put into words something I knew after the KC game when the Chargers came away with two concussions and a collapsed lung. It has that poetry of prose about it; it reminds me of Carl Sandburg’s work; well done sir.

Me, I want us to win so I can see at least one extra Broncos game. Win, lose, or draw, it’s been quite a ride, and we’ve seen the emergence of a second brilliant rookie class in three years, which surely bodes well. We can only hope that next year we won’t have a perfect storm of injuries at any one position, and that maturation and the cohesion that comes from the same guys playing the same positions all year long
will lead to sustained excellence. What do I want for christmas? A pass rush.

Thank you everyone for the kind words!

I didn’t know what to get any of you for Christmas, so maybe this will be your present.. ;)

Happy X Mas Captain!

Someone should get it to Shanahan and see if he’ll let styg read in the locker room before the game (and maybe again at half-time)!

Nice.

We’ve got STYG!

Seriously, Styg, I am at a loss.. How much literature have you read? You really should seriously consider writing a novel. I know I would buy it.

The MV MHR, the ship carrying the faith of the Broncos’ faithful was listing hard to port. The crew was struggling to get the holds pumped out, the stress was causing too much strife, too much energy was wasted on criticizing each other.

To make things worse, one of the mains had shut down, the other one was sputtering, probably from fuel that had been watered down by unrealistic expectations. Captain Guru could see the spray ricocheting skyward from the reefs next to the Isle of Despair, but the howling gale force winds were pushing the ship ever closer. The Captain and crew knew their only hope for salvation lay in the hands of The Engineer, Mr. Styg .

Mr. Styg’s knowledge of the machinery went beyond the standards and specs of the manufacturer, for he was a Master Enginer. He knew where the soul and spirit of the machinery could be found. More importantly he knew how to activate the karma of the faithful to regenerate the spirit. He drained off the unrealistic expectations, got the main to accept the purity of the fuel of fandom that still remained. As the sputtering came to a stop, the main roared to life. The Captain could feel the power surging to the propellors as he put the coals to it, in his desperation he came temptingly close to redlining. The ship was still listing but the calm heroics of Mr. Styg inspired the crew to come to life. They acted as one and with a renewed sense of unity of efort they manned the pumps like the professionals they truly were and the listing began to tail off.

As the MV MHR righted itself and fought clear of the destructiveness of the reefs circling the Isle of Despair, the Captain and crew sounded of with a hearty three cheers for Mr. Styg: GO BRONCOS! GO BRONCOS! GO BRONCOS!

I’m recruiting you to write my Biography Styg. Can’t guarantee it will be a best seller, but I wouldn’t mind reading it.

Thanx
Super job!