Horse Tracks 6/12/08

by mdierk on Jun 12, 2008 10:01 AM MDT Comment 11 comments

Here's a Thursday edition of Horse Tracks. Enjoy!

Well it looks like Dre Bly is feeling better. See here

Darrell Jackson is having "happy days" again. See here

Even the best CB in the league needs to learn. Champ is in "school". See here

Here's more betting odds for the AFC West. See here

Former Broncos assistant and current Air Force Academy coach Troy Calhoun visited minicamp yesterday. See here

AFC West

Unlike Jason Taylor's situation with the Dolphins, Tony Gonzalez accepts and embraces the changes that the Missouri Indians are doing. See here

What does a conquered fader do with their free time? Sue a woman over a dog. See here

While we are rivals with the conquered fader nation, we should give some respects to a former coach that passed away. See here

Apparently Phyllis is ahead of schedule in rehab. See here

NFL News

Jonathan Ogden is expected to retire. See here

That's all folks! Enjoy your day!

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Are you serious?

I will never give any kind of respect to a Raider coach. That’s the only thing I hold against Shannahan.

The guy is where he belongs: the Black Hole in the ground.

Bill Williamson is a gelatinous tub of goo. Al Davis eats his own poop.

by kwool79 on Jun 12, 2008 10:38 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

now now....

we’re better than that here

fader nation is a conquered nation

by mdierk on Jun 12, 2008 10:47 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a little over the top.

The guy is dead. It’s not like he was a terrorist or something.

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

by Steve Nichols on Jun 12, 2008 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I consider him

a domestic terrorist like Bill Ayers.

Bill Williamson is a gelatinous tub of goo. Al Davis eats his own poop.

by kwool79 on Jun 12, 2008 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have to agree with mdierk and HT. Although being a Broncos fan is a way of life, I think that it’s prudent to realize that football is, after all, just a game. How can you compare him to Bill Ayers?

I am of a strong belief that we all should be football fans first and foremost.

I love the Broncos because I love football. If I did not love football, then what’s the use of being a Broncos fan? If I love football, then I should care about the human stories that affect it, even at it’s periphery.

The Raiders are not the only ones at a loss here, as the entire NFL has lost a part of history with the passing of John Rauch. It is all the more sad that there are people who cannot look past their own team colors to give respect to a man who deserves better. He is, after all, a human being.

by Davus.X on Jun 12, 2008 5:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not to open up too much.........

Growing up in LA and being forced to live around Raider fans I developed a strong contempt towards anything Raider related. You see to me, Raider fan = racist gangbanger. My early teen years are marred with confrontations with these “people”, and I guess you could say it had a negative effect.

I guess maybe I went a little too far with the comment but I can’t apologize for the way I feel. But I will apologize if I offended anyone’s sensibilities. He was a man with a family and I guess he deserves that repect at the least.

I will refrain from such negative commentary in the future.

Bill Williamson is a gelatinous tub of goo. Al Davis eats his own poop.

by kwool79 on Jun 12, 2008 5:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Point taken.

You are certainly correct in not apologizing for the way you feel. It is what it is, and there’s not much can be done to change what we carry in our hearts. It is how we react to those feelings that define us as people.

I appreciate your stance…. and you are quite reasonable in your response to my post.
Thanks for that. =)

by Davus.X on Jun 12, 2008 6:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

of course

Bill Williamson is a gelatinous tub of goo. Al Davis eats his own poop.

by kwool79 on Jun 13, 2008 9:02 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

I put up a new FanShot on Marshall. Not to distract from HorseTracks…I’ll put the link here, too.

~Uffdah

by Disco_Stu on Jun 12, 2008 10:54 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Ok. I got jumped for stating that even Champ Bailey didn't play all that

well last year. Looks like many here don’t agree with me, but Champ even admitted to not playing as well as he is used too. Which is why I also think he will be a real terror this season because he is not one to lay down two seasons in a row.

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08
The Quest ~ TSG 5/19/08

by Tim Lynch on Jun 12, 2008 2:08 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't think he had a great year.

But I think a lot of it was what he said in the article about interactions. He mentioned that failures on the DL hurt the CBs, and he didn’t even go into the fact that he only had one SAF behind him most times. Bailey’s too classy to fault everyone else, but I think he has been a star just about every year he has played. That his worst year was a year that everyone around him (SAFs, DL, and LBs) is probably not a coincidence.

(He mentioned that if the CBs don’t cover the WRs well, it hurts the rush, which is true. But I think most folks would agree that the DTs and OLBs where just plain awful, and I still believe this hurt Bailey much more than he hurt other positions).

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

by Steve Nichols on Jun 12, 2008 2:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs