“Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville”* —’ the Broncos have struck out..’

“Wait until next year!”…… LOL

*Ernest Thayer

Mike Shanahan has to go. I know, everyone who suggests that is derided as not being a real fan or met with ‘Who are we gonna get that’s better?‘. Well, the Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons are in the playoffs with coaches that no one knew anything about. I’m tired of the excuses and tired of the faulty promises.

The assumption that we can attract top-quality free agents to plug in the holes is a fallacy which has been proven the last two off-seasons. This is a franchise living on reputation alone, and that is fading fast. While he is still no Al Davis, Pat Bowlen has a lot more in common with Jerry Jones than he does a Kraft, Irsay or Rooney.

I will not buy into this rebuilding project. Outside of the elite players, the young talent is not developing and our quality veterans best days are behind them. I will always lift my glass to Mike Shanahan for the memorable Super Bowl years and all that he did for the franchise in the ’90s, but he is no longer the man to lead this team.

- Clady and for that matter the pass protection for the whole season. It was stellar. Cutler could not possibly ask for anything more from that department.

- Eddie Royal. Who would have thought we found a legit number 2 when we drafted him in April? Not me.

- Marshall continued his excellent play. The guy is a stud.

- Cutler is going to be good, very good. Give him a running game and a top 15 defense and he will win big here.

- Stokely continues to be a viable 3rd down option

I am completely over this year and looking forward to FA and the Draft. I was just looking at the standing and there are 11 teams that have better records then 8-8. Denver, Houston, Washington and New Orleans all have 8-8 records. They will all pick between 12-15. I think it is then decided by Division record. Houston and NO both are 2-4 in their Division so they will pick 12 & 13. Now Washington’s Division record is the same as ours at 3-3 but their conference record is 7-5 where Denvers is 5-7. So Denver will pick 14th.
Now I believe we have 10 picks in the upcoming drafts and I think the coaching staff is going to clean house on the defensive side of the ball. If it was up to me I would would only keep Doom, Marcus Thomas, DJ, Woodyard, Josh Barrett, Josh Bell and Champ. Now as the season has gone on I have been one of the people saying do not trade champ but now that the season is over I may have changed my mind. Now I do not trade Champ for draft picks because draft picks are unproven but if we can get a quality/star player for the from 7, more preferably for the front 4 then I say we trade him. These past couple of years have show that even one of the best CB’s ever cannot cover his guy when the front seven gives the opposing QB all day to throw. I am still back and forth on this subject.
In the next couple of month we will start to hear a bunch of info about draft prospects but i think we all agree we need a stud RB, DT, MLB and Safety the most. We also have to wait to see what underclassmen are leaving early. I want to give a couple of my favorites at each position.

DT 1. Alabama Terrence Cody 6-5 365 lbs. The kid is a run stuffer and thats about all he will do. He just takes up blockers so other guys can get the mismatch. This is exactly what we need because that would leave doom 1 on 1 and would allow our LB to run free

2.Peria Jerry 6-2 305 lbs This kid runs a 4.94 in the 40 at 305 pounds. He is crazy talented. This year he had 39 tackle, 10.5 TFL and 3 sacks and was one of the main reasons Ole Miss upset Florida.

Also throw in DeMarcus Granger out of OU in the second round if he drops. He has some off the field problems with shoplifting but he is a beast.

MLB. We all know about Maualuga and Laurinaitis and at least one of them should be there at 14. Also watch Brandon Spikes out of Florida. Spikes has 80 tackles, eight TFL, two sacks and four picks (two returned for touchdowns.)

Safety

1. Taylor Mays USC 6-4 225 4.45 40 which is said to be faster and seems to play faster then that. Watch him in the Rose Bowl Jan 1. I think he goes in the Top 10 but if he is there at 14 there is no way we pass on this kid.

2. William Moore 6-1 227 4.45 40 I know Mizzou has a horrible D but this kid is one bright spot he is big and fast and lays out people.

RB I really don’t know with this one there is a bunch of great backs that might come out this year. My favorite has to be Shonn Greene. The kid is 5-11 235 but only runs a 4.5 in the 40. However this kid is a one cut type of back that Denver needs. He also ran for over 100 yards in every game this season. His season total 278 attempts 1729 yards 6.2 avg 17 TD. He is the only reason Iowa is going to a bowl game this year. Watch this kid in the Outback Bowl on Jan 1 Iowa vs South Carolina. You will be impressed. Also a mid round steal I think will be Demarco Murray out of OU the Kid is an absolute beast for how only weighing like 200 pounds. For being smaller this kid runs with a lot of power

Mitch King in the outback bowl. He will be a second day pick. At 6-3 280 he is undersized for a DT but has a non stop motor and is super strong. The gives his all on every play. His heart and determination remind a lot of DOOM. I Think he would be a good pick in the 4-5 round

Scott Pioli from the patriots would be great. he would bring some direction that this team desperately needs

Cutler needs to show he can win the big games. He has not won any big games in his 3 years. He always chokes and throws INT

What a despicable display of athleticism don’t you all think? The Bronco’s made me ashamed to be a fan and ‘something’ has got to change, I don’t necessarily think it is Shannahan but something has to be done so the Bronco’s can at least be contenders in the games they play. I’d ditch Cutler before I’d ditch Mike.
Personally, I was appalled last week by their display at home against the Bills and the fact that they could have sown up the AFC West three weeks ago, I simply knew they would lose to the Chargers on the road and they surely lived up to the Broncos reputation!
Only positive now is that I don’t have to watch them lose in the playoffs!

They should have never benched Plummer, I mean come on…one game away from the SB and the next season Mikey sits down Plummer and starts then rookie Cutler and Jay has never shown anything to me to make me believe he is a legitamate NFL caliber QB and he still hasn’t!

He has not won a big game yet,and until i see it he will alway remain an average quaterback.Rivers got cutler beat right now.