MSM learning about Broncos

by DLMyers on Oct 6, 2009 1:54 PM MDT Comment 4 comments

Peter King MONDAY MORNING QB some NFL truths beginning to emerge

3. Feel-good story of the year? Denver. I'm looking at notes from a couple of interviews I did with Josh McDaniels -- one on the weekend the Jay Cutler story was blowing up in March, then next from training camp seven weeks ago today. "If we win, none of this will matter, and if we lose, then we blew it,'' he said in March. Five months later, he said, "We just need to start playing games. Whoever's on your team, all that matters is winning or losing.'' I guarantee you that's the vibe he sent to his team.

Whether Denver's a championship team or not -- and allowing an insane 6.5 points per game through four weeks suggests they'll battle San Diego for the AFC West title -- there's one thing you have to love about the Broncos: They've got a Patriot way (what a coincidence!) of tuning out the outside crappola and focusing on the only thing that matters -- the next play. They tuned out the Jay Cutler thing. They tuned out the Brandon Marshall distraction. That's not easy in an NFL-crazy market like Denver, but McDaniels did it. "DO YOUR JOB'' is the gigantic wall art in the Broncos' team meeting room, something McDaniels brought with him from New England and his mentor, Bill Belichick. And it's what his players are doing.

Now let's do a mini-analysis of the biggest decision of the off-season, Denver dealing Cutler for two first-rounders and Kyle Orton. It reminds me of the Patriots dealing Drew Bledsoe in 2002 and handing the quarterback job long-term to Tom Brady. Bledsoe, the independent-thinking mad bomber; Brady, the caretaker who'll follow the gameplan to a T. Just substitute Cutler for Bledsoe and Kyle Orton for Brady and you've got McDaniels' line of thinking. Now, I'm not saying (and McDaniels wouldn't either) that Orton's going to morph into Brady, but the amount of negative plays at the quarterback position has been exactly what McDaniels has preached: zero interceptions, zero lost fumbles, six sacks. If Orton continues on his present pace -- 3,624 passing yards, 20 touchdowns, 59 percent passing (that should be a tick better) -- the Broncos will be playing in January.

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I think this would be better suited as a fan shot to the SI link.

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by kentuckybronco on Oct 6, 2009 1:57 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

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I don’t look at it as the MSM learning about Denver but more so McDaniels proving what he’s been saying all along. Winning changes everything. I think Denver had a lot to prove after three years of .500 ball and as fans we seemed to have forgotten that there was a lot of proving to be done. There is a lot of football left to be played but I am humbled, impressed and please with what we have currently.

Personally, I wish my fellow fans would let go of the “MSM isn’t giving us respect” and stop trolling the rankings. Denver has so much to prove and given what we have accomplished at this point of the season our offense has some developing to grow on (penalties on the OL, Orton getting healthy), I expect Denver to play better as the leaves change color.

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by dcrespo7 on Oct 6, 2009 2:13 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I went ahead and put the quote in a quote box for you.

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Good find on the article. King lists a lot of “Of the Year” awards that can go to Denver, including coach, coordinator (Nolan) and free agent (Buckhalter).

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by Steve Nichols on Oct 6, 2009 3:18 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs