NFL Week 5 - New England Patriots at Denver Broncos Game Notes
by John Bena on Oct 7, 2009 10:59 AM MDT
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The Denver Broncos (4-0) and Boston Patriots (3-1), who played each other in the first regular-season game in American Football League history 50 years ago, take to the field on Sunday at INVESCO Field at Mile High. Kickoff is set for 2:15 p.m. MDT.
QUICKLY:
- The Broncos, who are 4-0 for the first time in six seasons, will wear the uniform designs worn by the club in its 1960 inaugural season (brown helmet, mustard-colored jersey, brown pants and vertically striped socks).
- Head Coach Josh McDaniels was part of three Super Bowl wins as an assistant with the Patriots from 2001-08. During his three years as offensive coordinator (2006-08), the Patriots scored an NFL-best 1,384 points.
- The Broncos own the NFL's top record against the Patriots since 2001 with a 5-2 mark and are a league-best 16-4 (.800) versus the club in the Pat Bowlen era (since 1984).
OFFENSE:
- QB Kyle Orton is 17-2 (.895) at home as a starter for his NFL career for the best winning percentage by a QB since the 1970 merger (min. 15 starts). He is the only starting QB in the NFL to not throw an interception this year and owns five touchdown passes along with a 97.7 passer rating.
- WR Brandon Marshall gained 33 yards after the catch on his 51-yard game-winning touchdown reception last week against Dallas. Since 2007, he ranks second among NFL WRs in yards after the catch (1,068).
DEFENSE:
- Coached by long-time NFL defensive coordinator Mike Nolan, the Broncos have tied for the fifth-fewest points allowed (26) by an NFL team through its first four games of a season since the 1970 merger.
- Denver leads the league in several other defensive categories, including yards per play (4.0), touchdowns allowed (2) and fewest 10-yard plays (33).
- OLB/DE Elvis Dumervil, who is tied for first in the NFL with eight sacks, has recorded multiple sacks in each of Denver's last three games.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
- The Broncos lead the AFC and rank second in the NFL in average opponent drive start after kickoffs (21.0-yard line).
- K Matt Prater was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September, becoming the first Denver kicker to win the award since 2001.
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I want the Elway Orange... Forget this yellow nonsense.
Our throwback uniforms are hideous.
Sad we have to wear those instead of the orange jersey’s from the 80s. I bet the crown would go crazy if Denver ran out of the tunnel wearing those beauties.
Don’t tell me BM doesn’t look much cooler winning last weeks game in Orange vs anything else we don. With this D, it’s time we return to our ORANGE roots.
Love the Broncos. Mike Nolan is a genius.
by McGeorge on Oct 7, 2009 11:15 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
while those old unis are hideous, thats what football players looked like, back back back in the day
& still, they are nothing compared to whatever it is the Seahawks were wearing that burned out my retinas. wtf were those ? they can’t even blame them on being throwbacks !
i need more synonyms for hideous. atrocious seems too weak. ghastly is warmer. but i’m going to have to settle on odious. or maybe just plain crappy.
feel free to add your own.
by Jenna Talia on Oct 7, 2009 11:33 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
While Odious
May be a great word….it doesn’t SOUND as horrible as those jerseys make me feel looking at them. How about Nauseating?
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Oct 7, 2009 11:35 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
oooooooh nauseating you nailed it
where were you a minute ago when i need you ?
+1
by Jenna Talia on Oct 7, 2009 11:37 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm always right where I'm needed hun.
:-P
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Oct 7, 2009 11:37 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
hun?
I would hope you would support who we are. Not, who we are not. Coach Norman Dale "Hoosiers"
by dmitchell624 on Oct 7, 2009 12:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hun..
Hun- (Huh-en) Short for hunny…….a Phrase often uttered by a member of one gender to another….often affectionately, but also known to be casual.
not sure what we are asking here……..unless Jenna is a dude…….in which case I guess I would be somewhat confused.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Oct 7, 2009 1:12 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I literally LoL'd
Well played. Well played
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Oct 7, 2009 2:14 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me too
There’s your first rec.
"Remember, it's only a game."
by robswenson on Oct 7, 2009 3:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
vertiginous
I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
Shaquille O'Neal
by tannji on Oct 7, 2009 4:17 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have been on the Orange roots bandwagon
ever since we went away from it. Couldn’t agree more :-)
by Stuman on Oct 7, 2009 2:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone know if J. Mayo will be playing?
Love the Broncos. Mike Nolan is a genius.
by McGeorge on Oct 7, 2009 11:16 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
GOD MCG STFU!!!!!
ROFL ROFL JK JK JK.
But for reelz…..we should bring back the orange with the quickness. I +1 that comment. and +1 again. I must say I do like our new orange a LOT though. Lets just ditch the white and make Orange our away Jerseys. Can’t White be our alternate that we are only allowed to wear twice? Then we could Sport Orange ALL THE FLIPPING TIME!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO>……..alright I’m done, at work and already too much kool-aid.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Oct 7, 2009 11:28 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not playing
I believe week 6 is the soonest he will return.
by Broncoholic_07 on Oct 7, 2009 11:28 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
You know I was playin right?
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Oct 7, 2009 1:14 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
So as a younger
fan…..not a minor by any means but not old enough to remember the 80’s much, I think its hilarious that we not only used to play in Wyoming colors, but also apparently donned their Horse emblem? Or is that your own take on our old emblem?
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Oct 7, 2009 11:25 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
aye...
we aren’t wearing their colors/logos.
They are wearing ours.
John Clayton is the head Dean at Fail University (known as F.U. in short)
by Joe Medina on Oct 7, 2009 11:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I C
I just remember playing college Baseball against them when I was a Ram in FoCo and those colors just kill me.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Oct 7, 2009 11:36 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope
Got them from the Wyoming Cowboys
Denver rookie head coach Josh McDaniels doesn't have a grasp on how to build a team." - John Clayton, April 23rd, 2009
by diviesti on Oct 7, 2009 11:37 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
We're better than they are!!!
so they are wearing our colors! haha
John Clayton is the head Dean at Fail University (known as F.U. in short)
by Joe Medina on Oct 7, 2009 11:38 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually......
FU is the place my sister goes to school in Kansas………Friends University………Used to be Friends University of Central Kansas…..HAH not lieing.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Oct 7, 2009 11:47 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually
the Broncos got those uni’s from the defunct Copper Bowl that ended after the 1959 College football season
somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong
by broncfanstuckinsd on Oct 7, 2009 11:50 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Wyoming Cowboys
First football season was in 1946 (They went 1-8-1 that year). Pehaps the Copper Bowl got their colors from Wyo.
Victor Frankl:
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
by wyoeng on Oct 7, 2009 12:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
No the uni's were spefic to the teams playing in the copper bowl from57-59.
As they may seem similar there are sublte differences, wheras the copper gold unis were officially mustard and brown instead of the cowboys brown and gold. The copper bowl thought mustard and brown were closer to copper. A stretch, but seeing that Wyoming played in the mtn time zone and like CSU were largely ignored by the predominately east coast media, and some of the powers in CA
somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong
by broncfanstuckinsd on Oct 7, 2009 1:14 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Excellent memory my friend!
Remember also that the stockings were burned in a ceremony!
It all starts in the trenches - HT 11/11/08
Leave the hateful vitriol to the uninformed - HT 3/16/09
by firstfan on Oct 7, 2009 4:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Orange
I really think we should go back to the orange!! It was and still should be out identity- especially with our D playing the way it is!!
I can’t wait for the game Sunday though- LETS GO BRONCOS!!!!
by Speespee on Oct 7, 2009 11:35 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
We'll have the refs wearing Orange Crush colors.
I’m not above a little love from the refs. :)
by SkinnyPB on Oct 7, 2009 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
OMG HE CHANGED THE SITE COLORS TO.....
THE HIDEOUSNESS OF Yellow and brown……
Kind of cool though
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Oct 7, 2009 11:40 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Total shock
I thought I had clicked on the wrong link initially.
Wow!
Richard Seymour is a girl.
by pubkeeper on Oct 7, 2009 1:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Took me by surprise, too.
I actually dig it, though. It fits with the classic theme this week.
"I believed it, until it made sense. Then things changed."
by Tempestuous Binary on Oct 7, 2009 7:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brown and Mustard background on webpage...
nice touch.
broncorat
by broncorat on Oct 7, 2009 11:40 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Love the color scheme.
It’s good to honor our past, even if you are ashamed of it. I am glad these are no longer the Broncos colors, but I can honor them for those who struggled in our early years for a week or two during a season. We have come a long way in 50 years!
Verbose in style, dispersion of thought, procrastination in life.
by Tim Lynch on Oct 7, 2009 11:51 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I hear you Zappa!
Heck I’m even going to try to get me a pair of those Business Socks! So ugly they are beautiful!
GO BRONCOS!
"Take what you can. Give nothing back!"
by Colorado_Kitten on Oct 7, 2009 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have to admit.....
you are both scaring me ;-)
I would hope you would support who we are. Not, who we are not. Coach Norman Dale "Hoosiers"
by dmitchell624 on Oct 7, 2009 12:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I orders some
By phone from the stadium store, and they are awesome. Actually, the stadium store, which is the only place to get them apparently, ordered the socks with the team, so they are the actual socks that will b worn on Sunday. Look, I am not changing my handle to Brownandyellow27, but I love this stuff. The old unis are totally nostalgic, and I am really enjoying celebrating this part of our history. Also, agree with the comments about going with the orange jerseys. They look great. Now, if we can just complete that stripe on the helmet and straighten out the stripes on the pants, I would be totally happy. Don’t get me wrong, I have always liked our uni design, but I think it’s time for an update. With the new regime and desire to boost revenue, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a change in the next few seasons. Kudos on the new color scheme at MHR!
by OrangeandBlue27 on Oct 7, 2009 1:29 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
I agree. I actually preferred the "D" logo of the 80's to the current one, but that's just me.
Blues. Cardinals. Broncos. Rockies (when not playing St. Louis!).
Drinkin' the orange kool-aid since the day McDaniels was hired.
Go DU hockey! Go Mammoth!
by HockeyHippie on Oct 7, 2009 4:02 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ashamed?
I couldn’t be more proud of those guys for suiting up in those hideous uni’s. Without them, we wouldn’t be here today. I hope they know we’re glad they put up with these things and the ridicule that came with ’em.
Richard Seymour is a girl.
by pubkeeper on Oct 7, 2009 1:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
They are our secret weapon.
Who knows how many coverage assingments will be blown ‘cause the backs won’t be able to take their eyes off the socks.
"My job description is to win football games. I'm a hard worker. I'm not flashy by any means, but my job is to play football and win and I plan to do that." Kyle Orton
by odarol on Oct 7, 2009 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Broncos Site
The official Broncos site also changed their color scheme.
by Endzone on Oct 7, 2009 4:26 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love it!
Horribly awesome! Especially love the vertical striped socks. I wish we’d wear these at least once a year.
Owning the Patriots since September 9, 1960
by Darin H on Oct 7, 2009 12:09 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I could probably stomach
the throwbacks if they weren’t going to wear those hiddeous stripped socks. I still trying to determine if these are the worst looking or if the Titans of New York throwbacks are. Those are pretty ugly as well.
by bchiper on Oct 7, 2009 12:23 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
yes it is the socks
I would hope you would support who we are. Not, who we are not. Coach Norman Dale "Hoosiers"
by dmitchell624 on Oct 7, 2009 12:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Argggh
My screen is not refreshing so already read posts turn white. I rely on the unread comments to be yellow. Is anyone else having this problem today?
by Endzone on Oct 7, 2009 12:47 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
me too
Owning the Patriots since September 9, 1960
by Darin H on Oct 7, 2009 1:25 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never Mind
I got this reply from SBNation:
We had to disable this functionality this morning for performance reasons. It will be added back at some point soon, but I do not have an ETA.
by Endzone on Oct 7, 2009 1:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mike Nolan actually has 2 great defenses in the league....
As a Bay Area resident with a soft spot for the Niners (and many frineds who are Niner fans) despite being a Bronco fan first and foremost, one interesting point of discussion that has arisen is that Mike Nolan was his fingerprints all over the NIners defense as well as the Broncos….Singletary surely gets some credit of course (for the 49ers) , but the Broncos and Niners are both ranked in the top 5 defenses in the league this year…Nolan may not have been much of a head coach, but as a DC, he is on his own level, to be sure….pretty impressive body of work over the last 18 months
Hugo Norton
by Hugo Norton on Oct 7, 2009 12:54 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I wasn't fond of them at first
however these are the colors we started with so it will be fun to watch a game from that perspective.
Also, I thought something was wrong with my screen at first when I saw the colors of the site til I saw this post. For this week nice to remember the past. Nice touch Guru.
2009 NBA Champions L.A Lakers
2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
by weazel on Oct 7, 2009 1:44 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Humble Beginnings
I like that we are wearing those gawd-awful uniforms. Those guys had to take second jobs, live in one bedroom efficiency apartments (or in the “dorm”) and the uniforms were all they could afford. They don’t get enough credit and this is a good way to honor them. I hope we all recognize the sacrifices they made.
by Endzone on Oct 7, 2009 2:10 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
If the Broncos win
I vow to dance the streets of Portland wearing only those ugly socks :)
by PortlandOrange on Oct 7, 2009 2:41 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
So nothing will change?
jk
It is said that ducks crash and die on the blue turf.
by Welcome2Boise on Oct 7, 2009 4:48 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Perhaps......
This might be something to reconsider….unless you are an attractive lady……
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
by DenBronx on Oct 8, 2009 9:07 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps it's time to revisit my story
"You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left." – Yogi Berra
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing." -- George Bernard Shaw
Breaking jaws or the NFL in Oakland who cares? Fall on your pirate’s sword - Ponderosa
by KaptainKirk on Oct 7, 2009 3:01 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Love the petition idea...
for the orange jerseys. Orange made us unique—if you don’t count the old Tampa creamsicle. I mean how many teams wear some shade of blue as their main home uni color? By my count, it’s about a third of the league.
by OrangeandBlue27 on Oct 7, 2009 3:32 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
If you recall
A few years back, NFL was changed to officially stand for Navy-blue Football League.
Richard Seymour is a girl.
by pubkeeper on Oct 7, 2009 4:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
What could we do?
I like the idea of season ticket holders making noise, but I don’t think there are any here. Some sort of internet petition? I wonder if any of the DB.com bloggers (Rice, et al) would have any idea how to get something like that rolling. Doesn’t Sacco have a blog too? He’d know for sure.
Richard Seymour is a girl.
by pubkeeper on Oct 7, 2009 4:51 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
who is 1st for yards after catch over marshall?
by GreasyQtip on Oct 7, 2009 4:48 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm ordering a pair
of those striped socks this week.
When the next throwback game comes up I’m wearing them to work.
I’m surrounded by Cowboys and Chiefs fans and have spent this week listening to the “Marshall grabbed Newman’s Jersey” moans while I just put a rather large Broncos sticker on my locker. Let them whine.
Make those miracles happen - Jon Keyworth
by IgorBStrange on Oct 8, 2009 1:27 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
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