MHR, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Broncos

by feiticeiro on Nov 16, 2009 5:31 PM MST Comment 16 comments

I have to laugh when I see all the dramatic exits and denunciations following a loss. I'm joining MHR now, in the midst of this losing streak (that will hopefully end Sunday), to help compensate for all the hand wringers and ship jumpers. It's one thing to turn away in disappointment in the fourth quarter of a loss that hurts too much to watch, and quite another to suddenly decide that the Broncos are horrible and not worth supporting, or to leave MHR because the members are "too negative."

If you read the comments section of any major online news publication, you will encounter many ignorant and reactionary statements. You might also find some insightful comments. But you don't read the New York Times or the Denver Post for the readers' comments. You go there for information and analysis. If it's good you go back; if it's not, you go elsewhere.

My point is that MHR's strengths are 1) its news aggregation and 2) the original analysis that the regular bloggers provide. If you don't like readers' comments, don't read them. There's a reason they're at the bottom of the page. It makes little sense for someone says that they're leaving MHR because they don't like the negativity in the comments section.

I, for one, have been reading MHR ever since I discovered it (two years ago?), and I will continue to read it as long as the writers continue to provide quality information and analysis. I especially like features like MHR University. Growing up, I played sports other than football, and am a Broncos fan before I am a football fan in general, so I learn a lot from the writers on this site.

MHR's writers do a good job of taking the long view, seeing the season as a work in progress. As most fans do, I often let frustration get the better of me, and tend to react negatively after a loss. It's nice to come to MHR to read a less reactionary perspective from people who make a serious attempt to understand what went wrong, and why. The same applies after a win. It's more interesting to read an analysis that looks critically at the Bronco's strength and weaknesses than to read "The Broncos are the greatest team in history and are going to the Superbowl!" after a win.

MHR helps me take wins and losses in stride and just enjoy following the Broncos, through the good and bad.

Anyway, enough of my opinions. On to some questions.

1) Why were the Broncos playing with a 4-man front against the Redskins? I swear they were doing this on a lot of plays.

2) On offense this year, the Broncos seem to need everything to go right to be successful. Is this a result of marginal talent, lack of experience with the scheme, or a kind of play-calling brinksmanship (i.e. running plays that only work if conditions are just right?

3) Did anyone else think kick coverage looked a little better against the Redskins? Excepting the face-mask penalty, of course.

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by John Bena on Nov 16, 2009 5:37 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Nice post and breath of fresh air.

I wish I new the answers to your questions. Good thing there’s people here smarter than me to help you out.

by chopperpilot on Nov 16, 2009 5:58 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

hmmmmmm

1) i have no idea, except that maybe they felt like the Redskins couldn’t run on them ?

we were running a 5-2 (3-4 with a hemi) as i understood it to be, earlier in the season, but Wash did run for 174 yds on Denver yesterday and had some pretty long gains, and we weren’t blitzing as much to my eye but… : (

against the Steelers the Broncos looked horrible defending the run on the left side of the D (sorry if my terminology sucks but i love talking about football, hope i got that right!), whereas Wash ran big plays on holes on both sides, it seemed to my eye.

or a personnel issue maybe ? Ryan McBean was out, or maybe the old guys in our secondary were slow reacting ?

2) i vote for lack of experience with the scheme, but thats just because i secretly hope our guys don’t suck, or the other guys just aren’t better (Steelers), etc.

sometimes you have to wonder about McDaniels and his playcalling (he gets a little married to the gameplan), but that might just be because we’ve been spoiled and had little substantive to bitch about until this last loss (imo), so what else are we going to cry about except McDaniels’ rookie calls and Ortons noodle arm and the occasional Moreno fumble.

then again, it is the NFL. sometimes the other side is pretty good & it can be hard to execute.

3) kicking coverage ? all special teams are a sore spot today, still pouting and refusing to talk about it.

sorry my answers are lousy but i love me some broncos so thanks for reading this !

initially i typed this all out and felt stupid and didn’t want to hit post, but then i felt like if i did that the terrorists had won.

oh, and “The Broncos are the greatest team in history and are going to the Superbowl!”

by Jenna Talia on Nov 16, 2009 6:16 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Welcome aboard, friend!!

Good work on your post…I have not had the nerve to try one yet.
Any elucidation on your handle? It feels like there is a message in it and I am missing it.

by idahobronc on Nov 16, 2009 7:18 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

No special meaning...

it’s just a Portuguese word I sometimes use as an internet nickname. Thanks to you all for the welcome.

"I don’t think they have got a very good idea of what my real job actually is." ~Kyle Orton

by feiticeiro on Nov 16, 2009 8:56 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Welcome feiticeiro

Character may be manifested in the great moments but it is made in the small ones -- Philip Brooks

by KaptainKirk on Nov 16, 2009 11:14 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Good to see ya....

I love a team that will fight to the end even when they are down. We saw that in them at Cincy and, with the Pats and Cowboys at home. That’s the kind of football playing that shows the metal they have. Sunday I didn’t see that and it seems like we have a little let down going on there…not sure though. Anyhow, whether we win or lose, I want them to play with everything they have, give 100% and I’m satisfied, nothing more nothing less.

by bfree2bronc on Nov 16, 2009 11:52 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Nice post, keep them up

I notices the 4-3 look also. I was wondering if that was to combat the quick hitting run plays the ’skins were kicking our butts on.

Make those miracles happen - Jon Keyworth

by IgorBStrange on Nov 17, 2009 2:06 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Welcome to MHR!

Great post, can’t believe you waited two years before jumping into the fray! Don’t go disappearing now. ;-)

Honestly, the Special Teams play matters not when you allow a punter to throw across the field on 4th and 20 for a touchdown……..everything else you did that day doesn’t matter to me. I still can’t stop getting worked up when I recall that play.

Other than that, I think we right the ship this weekend…San Diego is overconfident once again and will suffer for their arrogance!

Verbose in style, dispersion of thought, procrastination in life.

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by Tim Lynch on Nov 17, 2009 1:54 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Welcome... great stuff

I am proud to be the 10th Rec on your first post.

"I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning." -- Robert F. Kennedy

by Ted Bartlett on Nov 17, 2009 2:34 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

nice post

be warned i am the lou houltz of this stie

okay i have cereal palsy arhrtis and chronic fatiue as well i have a grea life loveing folks some days are better that other days i got a make a wish in 2001 saw my favorive team the broncos was the trip of the lifetime i wish everyone couild gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that ok but i bleed organ and bule

by j-man on Nov 17, 2009 3:17 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Glad you got the rec's and stuck around so I could read ya...

I"m with you I saw a lot of 4 man fronts that sure looked like a 4-3 so how do you reconcile that??? I am sure we will get some input from the University at some point… also agree on the negativity!!!

Look I was seeing the Broncos with a loosing record at this point… OK I am a little disgusted that they finally looked human and lost to a team that “we” all thought they should win but they sure have pulled off a lot of wins that we all (or most of us) thought they should loose so what’s up Bronco nation????

The game is still fun to watch (well OK if their down 44-17 in the fourth I’m changing the channel) so just watch the game and hope for the best and then wake up Monday am and go about your business with a smile (especially if they win) you gotta admit football is fun to watch!!!

"even a stopped clock is right twice a day" Yosemite Sam

by lovewatchinthegame on Nov 17, 2009 11:26 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if the 4-man front

was an attempt to slow down the running game — we’ve were gashed the previous two weeks (Baltimore 125 yds, Pittsburgh 173 yds) by the run. If that was the plan, it didn’t work.

We need to go back to the 5-2 and regain our fire.

"The best defense is a good offense. Or is it the other way around." Wolverine
Pray for the best, prepare for the worst, and know you will come down somewhere between the two.
Livin' in La La Land and Lovin' It

by BShrout on Nov 18, 2009 8:35 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Strangelove

Love the Strangelove reference. It is somehow very appropriate, as is this quote from the movie.

“Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack!”

by BroncOrange on Nov 18, 2009 11:49 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

classic.

hmmm, quote movies much ;-)

"I just looked across the huddle to see the guys in the huddle with me: great offensive line, great talent at wide receiver, great tight ends, great running backs. If we execute and play the way that we should, it should be tough to stop us."
-K.O.

by denver_diaspora on Nov 18, 2009 8:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs