You are a very lucky man! My fiance is not much into football but my daughter is a huge fan and it was awesome to watch the game with her. It’s nice to have someone to high five with.

lol @ Bye week patch. If you find one, please let us know where.

Dude, you’re killing me man! I love the # 4 NOT tired of…. ROTF and thinking of my girl watching me go nuts over the broncos! She handed me a beer and told me to just enjoy the game. I LOVE HER, MAN!!!

about this amazing season…. For that, I love you man, I love MHR, I love McD, I LOVE THE BRONCOS and their rediculous DEFENSE…..

I sort of have my wife interested — but that was because I had her put $ on the team when she was in Vegas. =)

My 2.5 yr old daughter loves watching them though, but usually is asleep during their games whether napping or down for the evening.

marry a fan or someone who is open to being a fan. My wife was already bleeding orange and blue when we met. It is the bomb for sure!

My wife is a nutso BRONCO fan, but this season took her to another level! She knows just about the whole roster now. She also asks me why Baker, Ped and Lloyd are not dressed. I’m stoked at the fact that she knows more than her “favorites”. What a season! The Broncos have truly enlightened our marriage too! LOL! BRONCOS FTW!!!

I’m tired of not being able to convert 3rd and 1.

I’m not tired of being pick against by the majority of so called “experts”. I think it’s fair to say that Tom Jackson is loving life…picking the Broncos and being able to thumb his nose at the other sportcenter “experts” that pick against them.

I’m tired of all those disbeliever who think we STILL have not played good teams.

I’m not tired that we are still flying under the radar.

Always enjoy your weekly rants…Thanks man

From the beginning we were a cow town team. For years the Stock Show was the biggest event in Denver. Guaranteed cow town disrespect there. Then we royally stunk up some super bowls and this has stuck in the mind of the public. Even winning two in a row has not erased that. And equally important – what is happening to this team under Coach McDaniels is so unusual and shocking they don’t know what they are looking at. This is a very unusual and big time sports story that only people here at MHR seem to understand. Just to explain a little why they are so clueless. There are probably other reasons. I’m so looking forward to watching this team get some respect back – no not get it back – “TAKE IT.”

we’ll be at least 4 point underdogs to the 3-3 Ravens.

also pissed me off! The Broncos dispatched a team that has been largely overrated and overhyped for the better part of five years and, AGAIN, it was the Chargers who failed to perform? Just like Tom Brady is back because he rolled the Titans and wasn’t himself when we beat him.

It sucked watching the postgame because I was on cloud nine wanting to hear about how the Broncos were back and yada yada, and instead we lead off with Steve Young, and to a lesser extent Matt Millen, whining over their darling Chargers not playing up to their potential. My question is WHEN HAVE THEY EVER APPROACHED THIS SUPPOSED POTENTIAL? Why are they treated like they’ve had success rival to the Patriots and Colts? They’ve dominated a weak division the past few years, done jack in the playoffs and would be buried where they used to be if Denver, KC and even Oakland were what they were before this overrated b.s. team began dominating the West. I hope this is RIP for this team because, more than anything, I am sick of people overrating this garbage team.

of this series.. Excellent!! Add another rec baby!

if you’re transfixed on Tom Brady, you’ll say that he had a bad week. If you’re a Broncos fan you’ll say that it was the Denver defense. If you have no affiliation, I think you’d say that it was some of both. In my opinion, good play—-both offensively and defensively, will force the other team into mistakes and will sometimes make them appear “off their game”. If this happens once, it might be that the opponent just had a bad week. When it happens consecutively, the team might actually be pretty good. I think it’s interesting that in Brian Howell’s article, he mentions that Brady looked good the week before and the week after playing the Broncos. On the other hand, if you’re like the guys on ESPN and you drool when talking about Tom Brady, you’ll probably say he has a bad game when he loses and “he’s back!” when he destroys a impotent Titans secondary. The only way teams in the midwest and mountain region get any press is if they beat an established powerhouse or they start winning (which may or may not be a surprise to the people who actually root for the team). We can all take a little satisfaction from the “where did these guys come from” and “they still have team there?”.

I wonder if he would blame a 5 year old kid who couldn’t get a Lolly Pop from a 200 lb 30 year old, for simply not wanting it enough. Maybe his hunger for the Lolly pop just wasn’t what it needed to be.

My wife was also not a football fan when we were married, now she screams and yells and carries on just like I do during the games we get to watch. She even hates Rivers and his mouth, as well as the Chiefs and she grew up here in Chiefs country. My job is done……..LOL

Is that the analysts on NFL network (sans Jamie Dukes) have really seemed to change their tune to the Broncos. They generally have more knowledgeable people on that show anyways with former coaches like Martz and Billick and Marriuci. Coaches usually have a lot more knowledge and can see behind the popularity contest and the glam and glitz of some of the overrated teams.

Charles Davis went so far as to say a lot of people owe McDaniels an apology this week and Martz nodded in approval of that statement.

Look I kind of hope ESPN keeps doubting the Broncos. I don’t prefer their analysts anyways. They are more for show than anything.

Another example of a former coach acknowledging the Broncos. Gruden on a two occasions described a Broncos possession as a “Championship Drive.” I love Gruden in the booth (although I think he’ll be back to coaching next year). Finally someone who actually knows what they are talking about and provides solid insight.

The Broncos really need to worl on their short yardage package.When I am watching a game I cringe when I see the ball inches away from a first down because I don’t know if the Broncos can convert 6 inches.
Hopefully McD will be addressing this shortcoming during the bye week.I would suggest no more runs out of the gun on third and short which turns a <1 yard carry into a 5-6+ yard carry needed for the first down.
Other then this I am having a great time being a Broncos fan.This team reminds me of the 84 team and while the season didnt end so well(a defeat at home to the Steelers) 2 years later they made a run of three Super Bowl appearances in four years

When the Broncos took over on the 40 after stopping the Chargers on 4th down and less then 5 minutes on the clock I said to myself a successful team finds a way to move the ball down the field and ice the game.

When the Broncos took over on their own 40with less then 5 minutes on the clock,I thought to myself a succesful football team finds a way to advance the ball down the field and ice the game.Two plays later Orton threw a perfect 10 yard out to Scheff and Scheff was off and running.
I feel in previous years Denver would have been forced to punt and they would have given the ball to Rivers with the opportunity to win the game with a late TD

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I loved your comment about Nolan and the D keeping after Rivers instead of using the prevent. I hate the Prevent D…..dumbest thing used as a strategy in any sport. Nothing made that game better than having Rivers getting pounded over and over at the end and then admitting afterwards……Denver is here to stay.

That shows you how different people perceive things. I took it as a compliment. As sky-high as San Diego was it STILL wasn’t enough. That’s the message I heard. And whether or not that’s what he meant, it’s true. Their were desperate with their backs against the wall, they were at home, they had two weeks to prepare, they were sky-high enough to put a crimp in our run game (3.1 ypa), yet they still couldn’t beat us. Speaking of announcers, we’re getting a LOT of love from Trent Dilfer. His eyes light up when he talks about the Broncos, about how they do things “the right way,” about how they’re disciplined and precise. He’s never really been a fan of Cutler (he saw when others didn’t how poor he was at going through his progressions) and recognized Orton’s abilities long before others did.