Aussie Meanderings: The Pats game, a trend and how it affects the rest of our season.

Hi Everyone,

 

Just wanted to share a few things with the MHR faithful, and get your take on these observations.

 

Without further ado, please read after the jump!

1. Patriot Games: OK, Hoosier Teacher, as he always does, has hit it out of the park with his post here. About the only thing that he does not allude to is the mental part of the game, of which I think that Denver has a DECIDED advantage. McDaniel's has been a genius, along with his coaches, of building an "us vs. the world" mentality in this Broncos team. He has brought in leaders like Dawkins and Davis that have run with this mentality; you only need to see Dawkins "we need take our respect" speeches to realize that this team feels slighted by everyone and everything associated with the NFL. This circle the wagons siege mentality that we are seeing in our Broncos has seen the team playing for each other AND THE COACHES. As we saw Champ relay to McD when he dedicated the stop against Dallas to coach, you have to wonder how much our team will want to win this one for Jedi McD. I KNOW our guys will be talking amongst themselves and dedicating this one to McD. Similarly, no-one from New England has any reason to play with as MUCH as passion as our guys do for McDaniels. Of course, they will play to win and play for BB, but our much maligned Denver team will be treating this like a play off game. McDaniels may not be preaching it....but our veterans will have circled our team and will have them focused on getting this one for our Young Head Coach....leave no doubt Denver.
2. Denver is 4-0. Why?: HT is a man after my heart. He preaches the battle in the trenches. My personal opinion is that ANY team that wins the battle of the lines will win the game. This, I am sure of.....over 60% of time, this works every time! But, seriously, I am a firm believer in this. Now, our team has some great things going for us. There is NO better O line in the game, and I will pick them vs every D line of the teams we are left to play, with them being very evenly matched vs the Giants D line. Then, i look at the unbelievable performance of our front 7. These guys are animals. Now, they have TOTALLY dominated every O Line they have faced this year. Remember, the Dallas O line was supposed to see our guys SEVERELY over matched, but we pushed these guys back and made Tony Romo's day a night mare! When I look at this weekend's match up, I see an obvious advantage to Denver on both sides of the ball in the trenches. This is not the kool aid talking, but does anyone here think our O line cant handle the Patriots D line. Again, the O line for the Pats is NOT good....and our D Line has been attacking and powerful. The Dallas O line is a superior line from the Pats.....I foresee Brady running for his life. This leads me to my next thought......
3. Is there any team remaining on our schedule that we wont win the battle of the trenches with? We will be in every game this year....EVERY GAME. The only team which I think is going to be a MAJOR test for our team will be the Giants. They are excellent on both sides of the lines and are a VERY well balanced team. I am not buying into the MSM hype on the Ravens.....the Steelers are beatable.....we should own the Chargers......Eagles are good but we are better in the trenches.....I dont fear the Redskins......SO, I ask you....who really SCARES you on the rest of the schedule.....

We have a REAL team my friends. A team that I know every week will be in ANY game. A team that is consistently doubted by the experts and keeps winning. All our guys are playing with chips on their shoulders....check out this list:

• Brian Dawkins - Too old.
• Champ Bailey - Lost a step.
• DJ Williams - Has not improved since his rookie year.
• Andra Davis - Too slow, nothing left in the tank.
• Elvis Dumervil - Too small.
• Ronnie Fields - Marginal back up.
• Andre Goodman - Too old.
• Renaldo Hill - Old and average
• Kyle Orton - Noodle armed game manager.
• Corell Buckhalter - injury prone and too old.
• Jabar Gaffney - System player.
• Alphonso Smith - too short
• Knowshon Moreno - Too slow.
• Robert Ayers - One year wonder.
• Mario Hagans - A special teams player only.
• Wesley Woodyard - Too small.
• Peyton Hillis - A tweener
• Brandon Marshall - Selfish punk.
• Eddie Royal - Only a return guy.
• Brandon Stokley - Washed up bit part WR.
• Mike Nolan - Washed up HC.
• Josh McDaniels - Arrogant, cocky young guy in over his head. BB made him look good.

This is a pissed off team going out of their way to prove everyone wrong!

This weekend, and the rest of the season will be no different.

Hit me back with your thoughts!

Peace!