Emotionally invested himself over the deep end during the offseason. He was at the forefront of attacking Denver’s moves, QB, and anyone who disagreed (Tom Jackson).

Hard to know when you are wrong.

he picked San _iego to win in his weekly pigskin pics and now he’s upset his overall record will be down a game.

because the 09 Broncos are making Steve Young and everyone else look like fools and hacks.

Young seemed genrally pissed that San Diego lost.

but if you recall during the trade, Steve Young was literally emotionally upset at the firing of Shanny. I remember during the 2009 draft, Young kept saying, “You don’t trade away your franchise QB.” about 10 times, again, almost physically breaking down.

I would say of all the MSM, he has probably been one of the top 5 in terms of his disgust with the Shanny/Cutler situation. And now that he would be forced to admit his mistaken predictions, it’s quite hard for him to do. Throw in his personal friendship with Shanny and his own success under the Walsh/Shanny system, you have the makings of:

1) Someone who has no objectivity regarding the Broncos
2) Someone who has an internal desire to “prove” the Shanny/West Coast system is superior
3) Someone who takes the Broncos success as a personal affront to his own

In addition to all of the reason listed in the posts above. He was very fortunate to be a part of the 49er machine and the Bill Walsh system, but even then he thought he was better than Montana and pouted when he didn’t start. His current position at ESPN is simply a continuation of his over-inflated ego blinding sound reason.

I noticed it too and was dumbfounded by both what he said and how he said it. I’m not sure what all’s behind it, but the guy needs to learn a little objectivity or at the very least, have some fun with it like the rest of the guys on that ESPN team.

. . . he also said some good things about the Broncos. He said that we were “like New England” (about the biggest compliment in the mind of the media) in that we do all things well. He even stopped and added that we do a few things “great.” So it wasn’t all bad.

Honestly, I think the part of the season when we should all be angry at the “MSM” for “disrespecting” us is over. It was a very entertaining meme that has grown kind of stale. We’re not 4-2, we don’t need respect. In Dawkins’ words, it’s been “taken.”

I think we need to grow a thicker skin. I mean, yes, the Broncos were great. But the Chargers did lose, and of course analysts are going to talk about what the Chargers did wrong. Their offensive line was physically dominated the whole game, and it doesn’t surprise me that Young, a former quarterback, feels bad for Rivers in that situation. Heck, I almost felt bad for Rivers (key word almost), we were crushing him so badly.

When Young (or someone else) makes a comment that could, admittedly, be interpreted as anti-Denver, we should not assume that they intend it to be anti-Denver – especially when he goes on to praise Denver in the same segment.

I wouldn’t say the MSM respect is there yet, not that Denver needs it. Only two picks were for Denver, Coach Ditka and Tom Jackson, the rest said SD. Most of the “expert” picks on other sites also said Chargers. I like Pete’s picks on USA today…he is a Bronco fan. :)

Personally, I prefer the underdog role. I like being picked against. While it makes for a great game, I am kind of disliking being behind at half-time. I’d like to get up on a good team and beat them down worse in the second half. I know, really spoiled, but I keep waiting for the Broncos of the last couple years to show up and do terrible in the second half. I can’t get used to improving in the second half rather than flailing.

He has a weekly radio segment here in the Bay Area, and I generally make a point to listen to it. I must disagree with many in this thread—I think Steve Young is one of the more intelligent, insightful commentators out there. His radio segment is always quite interesting with his thoughts on different teams (mostly from having been in many of the same situations himself.)

I think the pro-Shanahan thing is largely the crux of his discontent with the Broncos. Also, having been a “franchise” QB himself, I don’t think he can fathom how you would trade away Cutler. That being said, I really was surprised he didn’t take Cutler to task for how he behaved during the early off-season. Young typically is a big proponent of acting like a professional, and I really thought he’d come out and blast Cutler for acting like such a baby. On the flip side, I also can’t believe he hasn’t been more supportive of Orton, who possesses many of the qualitites Young normally lauds: leadership, hard work, playing within your role, willingness to learn, etc. Steve has me scratching my head on this one.