Horse Tracks 10/20/09 - Broncos head into bye at 6-0 after defeating San Diego; Time to start thinking big

Didn’t get to see the second half last night.. Looking forward to seeing us kick their butts all over the field!

Wasn’t expecting a win after the first half.. Was very pleasantly surprised this morning!

we just need to remind BMAESH that he is not a kicker and KMOR to keep his helment on. LOL

“They are,Who we thought they were.”
Go Broncos

There are many things to like about this team, but for me 2 things stand out: the ability to get a pass rush in comparison to past years, and game preparation. I’ll admit that I had some doubts about the Broncs going into SD, but I was sure of one thing – no blowout. This team has demonstrated the ability to stay close to teams which has got to take a ton of preparation. Kudos to the coaching staff for that.

How many times could Philip Rivers be driven into the ground on one possession? I lost count. It was so wonderful.

The Broncos serve notice to the rest of the league. “We are for real.”
And Josh McDaniels and Pat Bowlen have created quite a large learning curve for the rest of the league, as they must now scramble to keep up. 13-3 Baby!
Do you believe yet?

Did it stick out to anyone that after Sproles scored he pointed to his name on the back of his own jersey? That says everything I need to know about the Chargers. Aside from Philip Rivers (who is unquestionably great), the Dolts are a bunch of “me” guys, sort of like the Broncos may have been in recent years.

You got to give SD some credit, they were ready to play. Finally we put them away and didn’t have to watch our defense give it right back to them. How about Mike Nolan bringing the pressure at the end, that was a beautiful thing not allowing them to sit back and pick us apart. We were the better team last night period.

Anyone catch what Gruden said at the end of the game, something along the lines of; “Would you rather have a qb who wins games or one who can throw the ball”

I’m still stoked about it. ONly watched about half of it because I was having a rollercoaster of emotions in the Dodger game (which ultimately made me want to kill all of humanity, but never mind that… Thank God for the Broncos!) ;-) ANYWAY…

Does anyone else have NFL Rewind? (I bought the Broncos games-only package.) I was going to try to watch part of the game this morning but it is STILL not up on NFL.Com NFL Rewind. Usually they go up a few hours after the games on Sunday, and I assumed MNF games go up by next morning, but it still says “available soon.” Pisses me off, why did I pay for that again…?

Oh well, saw the highlights, saw Eddie’s 2nd run and Scheffler’s awesome TD live too. What a sweet, sweet game.

I was really on my seat when the defense kept giving up big plays for 10+ yard. But man when you look at it we gave up what? 1 TD and a handful of field goals to the Chargers?

Great defense. Plus you have to love designed mismatches. Scheffler on that rookie LB and San Diego could never adjust. Brilliant game.

Halloween’s around the corner, but unless the NFL bans halftime and the second halves of games, the Broncos aren’t turning into pumpkins anytime soon.

I thought this was great.

I don’t understand how people say that the Broncos are a fluke. They have faced the toughest schedule by winning percentage of any of the undefeated or one defeat teams. Also all the Broncos have to do to finish 11-5 is go 5-5 in the last 10 games.
Lets go game by game here.
7 Bye
8 Nov 01 DEN @ BAL I think that Denver matches up well with Baltimore on the WR vs CB on both sides and have the defensive line to limit the amount of running successes. Also give McDaniels and Nolan 2 weeks to prepare and its easy. WIN 7-0
    
9 Nov 09 PIT @ DEN Again we just have to make sure that they become one dimensional (no running game) and put pressure on Big Ben. I would be scared more if it was in PIT but I expect that defense to play well with Troy back. Close game but LOSE 7-1
    
10 Nov 15 DEN @ WAS Easy. Jim Zorn, Jason Campbell, lost at home to KC, and 29th ranked scoring offense. Enough said. WIN 8-1
    
11 Nov 22 SD @ DEN Same game plan as last night. If we just controlled Sproules it would have been worse. Defense got left out too much because of Royal’s returns put them right back on the field (not that I’m complaining too much!). Key stat: 3 points scored by SD in 2nd half. WIN 9-1
    
12 Nov 26 NYG @ DEN Again close game. All depends on which NYG offense shows up. I believe we can stop their pass rush but idk how well their offense will do. Toss up goes to home team WIN 10-1
    
13 Dec 06 DEN @ KC KC 26th ranked scoring defense. WIN 11-1
    
14 Dec 13 DEN @ IND Peyton Manning planning for home field advantage in AFC. I’ll take Peyton on this one but do expect a close game. LOSS 11-2
    
15 Dec 20 OAK @ DEN Oakland, Russel, at home. Enough said. WIN 12-2
    
16 Dec 27 DEN @ PHI This is another tough one. Depends on what Philly team shows up. But it is at home and since it is a toss up (at this point we will see how well Philly does up until here). Win goes to home team though LOSS 12-3
    
17 Jan 03 KC @ DEN Again KC, in Denver. WIN 13-3 even with the subs playing, depending on what Indy does throughout the season that is.

There you go 13-3. I would guess that Indy also goes 13-3 just based on what their schedule looks like so Head-to-head tie gives them the 1 seed and Denver the 2 seed. Playoffs here we come!

Reading the San Diego newspapers was heaven. Those guys have already “fired Norv”, “been eliminated from the playoffs” and discussed the pending “the massive rebuilding process”.

Seeing the wheels fall off the "uber talented Chargers" band wagon is a welcome site for my eyes. Even the players and fans seem to sense the doom that has befallen that team. It’s glorious.

Which players did the Broncos de-activate last night?

All of MHR’s staff is using their names now?

According to ESPN’s Stats & Information, Rivers was sacked four times on blitzes.

You’d think with half of the division that he writes for playing, ol’ Bill would have actually watched the game and not have to rely on an outside agency to tell him what happened during the game.

Merriman said the two Royal returns were devastating for San Diego. "We can’t have that," Merriman said. "You can’t have two returns for scores. It would have been a totally different game if that didn’t happen."