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God Bless Mr. Bowlen

There was a time when the Phipps family was ready to give up the Broncos in the early 1980s. From historical accounts I have found online in various places, this could have meant the Broncos going to such places as Houston or Atlanta.

Thankfully, at the last moment, a hero who grew up in the vast oil fields of western Canada, came in and snatched the Broncos from a new location and instantaneously made them one of the NFL's best organizations, not that they were that bad before.

The year was 1984 and Pat Bowlen's efforts speak for themselves. Since his purchase of the franchise, we have been to five of our six Super Bowl appearances and we have seen the likes of John Elway, Shannon Sharpe, Ed McCaffrey, Steve Atwater and numerous others who belong in the Hall of Fame waltz through the doors.

Perhaps some of you did not know this, but for all the flack we get in the media for being a "horrible" franchise from the MSM, we have been no worse than 5-11 in 1990. In that same year, the media's main crush, the Patriots, were 1-15. Just something to think about.

Since 1984, the Broncos have won 239 out of 394 games or 61 percent. Thus, Mr. Bowlen's record speaks for itself and more often than not, he makes the right call.

I was discouraged in the offseason, not necessarily because I doubted things would work out well, but with the flack Mr. Bowlen was taking . With the high character and camaraderie the Broncos possess, they're playing well, just as I thought they would but in the MSM's potshots, many of them were unfairly aimed at management.

Even though he knew it was the right call to trade Jay Cutler in all of his bewitching, yet exasperating aura, he still drafted a letter to we denizens of Bronco Country that he was sorry Cutler dictated that this be the way things would go.

However, this was not a mistake on our owner's part to let Cutler go. He knew McDaniels was the right man to lead our Broncos and he knew that with the likes of Brian Dawkins, Kyle Orton and Renaldo Hill coming via free agency interspersed with great holdovers such as Ryan Clady, Eddie Royal and Elvis Dumervil that we would excel.

Therefore, while it's well and good for our MSM friend, Jim Rome, to say everyone owes McDaniels and Orton apologies (except for those of us who have always been believers, you know who you are), everyone should be sorry they doubted Mr. Bowlen.

I expect that after our mid-season recess, we'll resume our excellence and amass more victories but don't forget, fellow Broncos fans, the impetus of our success is Pat Bowlen. It was nice to see him soaking it all in at San Diego Monday evening.

Finally, in closing, since I'm Mormon, I don't drink alcohol, but I will buy Mr. Bowlen any soft drink he wants if I ever meet him. God Bless you Mr. Bowlen!

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