has the two 5-0 teams ranked over the two 6-0 teams haha. Guess we’ll just have to go 7-0, then 8-0…..etc…

I feel like a puppy-lovestruck teenager…I miss the Broncos already, and it’s only been two days!

While I agree yards per game is a flawed stat, points per game can be equally misleading. For example, think of the 2007(?) Denver DEF that didn’t give up a TD for 4 or 5 games but was allowing lots of yards… and promptly gave up huge points the rest of the season.

A team that gives up lots of yards, but few points is likely due for a big correction… it probably means the opposing offenses have had unusally bad luck with missed field goals, turnovers after long-drives, etc…. but at some point the other teams are likely to average out to the same rates as the DEF allows for the rest of the field.

I believe a number of studies have disproven the “bend-but-not-break” defense, at least as something that can be maintained for a long-sample size/multiple seasons (some teams have managed it for a season, but then give up a ton of points the following year).

Luckily for Denver, its not like we’re giving up lots of yards either… we’re 2nd in that stat. Basically, this defense is just playing really well, by whatever stat/measure you want to use.

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In the “Paige: McDaniels worth his weight in gold” article Woody mentions the “The Doom switch to linebacker, the Gloom defense…”

That would make the coolest name for the new Broncos D!

The Denver Doom and Gloom D!!

Go Broncos!

is all the “experts” are now saying…..Who could have forseen the Broncos at 6-0, and any one that says they could, are liars!

AHHHHHH HORSEPUCKY!!!!!!! We here at MHR still know, and knew, and believed!!

19-0 LOL there I said it
The biggest bonus of going 19-0 (and yes I was rooting for the Pats to do it) would be stopping the old has beens (’72 phins) from popping that stupid bottle of champagne every year!

I still remember the MNF game when the Broncos were the last undefeated (that season) going into Miami, and they were interviewing Bob Griese, and he was rooting for the Dolphins over his own son Brian, just so they could pop open that friggin bottle of champagne, how sad is that?

Lombardi is on the bandwagon, but it would be nice if he did his own research. He makes the statement “Not allowing the Chargers a third-down conversion in the second half was impressive, as is giving up only three points in the second half all season.” Umm, sounds great, but the Bengals scored a TD in the 4th quarter — I know, I was there and saw it.

This little factoid is pooping up everywhere, and stems directly from a Gruden MNF comment. Another error popping up is that Royal was the first Bronco to score on both a kick and a punt return. As we all know, it happened in 1961 as well — again a Grudenism from MNF that has been reprinted multiple times, including on the official NFL.com recap. Ironically, while denverbroncos.com notes it was the second in team history, they got the year wrong.

I decry the fact most Americans rely upon sole-source media for their “knowledgebase.” Now the media is relying on the media — I can just see Lombardi grabbing a pencil to make a note about “only three points” as the misinformation spewed forth from Gruden’s mouth — we’re in a downward spiral that will end with the media interviewing one another about Paris Hilton’s views on world events. Oh, wait… That was last week on Larry King…

an awful lot of crow being served up today. While the pundits are certainly “believing” the broncos are “real” now, I won’t be surprised when they all pick the other team again next week…

This league is funny. It’s all about timing. You could be one of the best players in the league but if you’re not in the right system, you don’t have the right people around you, there’re a lot of different aspects that go into making a player or breaking a player.

Translation: Oh I wish I had BMarsh and Eddie and Scheffy and Graham and Stokely….and a running game….

I’m not wishing him ill will (indeed, he says some nice things about the Broncos in that article), it’s just a very eyebrow raising comment.