Has anyone noticed how much McD and the players talk up the oppositions strengths in interviews? They rarely talk down an opponent or trash talk in advance. My selective memory is struggling to remember an occasion.

They talked up the strengths of every team before every contest including Oakland and the Browns.

I wonder how much of this is by design? Don’t give the opponent any added motivation, and respect your opponent by knowing how dangerous they can be.

And thanks for Horse Tracks NYC

That Charles Robinson is one stupid uneducated writer. If the CBA is not resolved in the offseason and 2010 is played without a salary cap, every NFL team will have TWO franchise tags (not one as in capped years). Even if our front office could not agree to contracts with our FAs, Denver could franchise BM and Orton while sticking a 1st and 3rd tender on Elvis. We can slap high draft pick tenders on Kuper and Scheff as well.

My guess is we try to resign Kuper first and Elvis 2nd to avoid subjecting them to FA. We can franchise tag Orton and BM while/if we attempt to give them new deals.

You’d think Robinson would know about the 2nd franchise tag (in the event there is no salary cap in 2010), but apparently Charles doesn’t know much about the topics he attempts to cover.

and BTW the Ansley clip is worth watching just to hear Rod Smith.

Congratulations Cali, you hit the big time!
You are right McGeorge, two is better than one. The good part of an uncapped tear, is that the teams that have had good drafts (like the Broncos), will be in a lot better shape and won’t need to dig deep to stay competitive.

looks like MHR video works are getting some pub…..awesome. Love to hear Dukes and Clayton and Schlereth have to answer for their stupidity……keep the pressure on calijoe….I recommend a solo video on Dukes that really attacks his knowledge of the game….not personal, but that will be enough to get him riled up

I did some research and found that a bye week is not that big an advantage:

TEAM WIN V LOSS V TIE
AFC
Baltimore 8 V 5
Buffalo 14 V 6
Cincinnati 4 V 15 V 1
Cleveland 6 V 9
Denver 15 V 5
Houston 2 V 5
Indianapolis 11 V 9
Jacksonville 7 V 7
KansasCity 12 V 8
Miami 12 V 8
NewEngland 11 V 9
N.Y. 11 V 9
Oakland 9 V 11
Pittsburgh 11 V 9
SanDiego 10 V 9
Tennessee 12 V 8
NFC
Arizona 9 V 11
Atlanta 10 V 10
Carolina 6 V 8
Chicago 13 V 7
Dallas 15 V 5
Detroit 9 V 11
Green 11 V 9
Minnesota 16 V 4
NewOrleans 8 V 12
N.Y.Giants 5 V 15
Philadelphia 16 V 4
SanFrancisco 8 V 12
Seattle 5 V 15
St.Louis 11 V 9
TampaBay 8 V 12
Washington 11 V 9

Totals 316 V 285 V 1

Total Games 602

Percent Wins 52%

The formatting is not good as usual, but you can see that Denver historically is very good coming off a bye week. San Diego is about 50% (10 V 9). The league average is 52%. Personally I think the “advantage of a bye week” is a myth since a 52% win ratio is pretty close to the one team wins one team loses every week.

Discounting the bye week, home field advantage is not a myth. Oddsmakers usually give the home team 3 points upfront.

On another note; Knowshon Moreno leads the NFL in rushing through week 5 @ 337 yards. He is on pace for over 1,000 yards for the season and 1,500 all purpose yards. Way to go Moreno, keep it up and ROY is not surmountable. Here’s hoping he has a great game Monday night. Go Broncos!

hearing Stink say that as I was watching the show that day. I was like WOW are we going to be that bad. We didn’t make any significant pick ups for the D line and a new scheme. But I also remember watching a video of the SUPERBOWL 32 CHAMPS and several of the commentators said that they were a bunch of cast offs as well.

One thing I do know is it doesn’t matter until you strap em up and get on the field. Rod Smith has the attitude I have when it comes to the boyz. Bronco fan thru and thru even in the down times. Never back down from a good conversation and sport the COLORS!!!!!

Denver 27 Sandies 21