Getting your bu** kicked

We were tested by fire yesterday. We did not look too good – but then we really did not look that bad either. We now know one way to not win a football game to use Edison logic. The next team will have to find a different way to beat us – there are probably 10,000 ways to beat the Broncos, but there are 100,000 ways the Broncos will beat you

Any team is beatable and any team can be hard to beat.

It is just one game. I’m not panicking. I’m just sick of all the haters saying, “I told you so.”

You definitely hit the nail on the head. We lost yesterday because the Ravens were more physical up front than we were. Plain and simple.

The camera is focused on the line of scrimmage for the most part, so we don’t see the play unfold down field. I am not totally sure Marshall is getting separation from the corners. Teams get the NFL version of films, so they see the things going on down field we don’t. It’s just seems to me that Kyle is being very cautious on plays and doesn’t want to make a big mistake, at least until he learns the playbook thoroughly and get’s his rythym down with his receivers.

I am not worried at all, and we may drop a few more before it is all said and done, but the Team will come together, review, and revive their committment to continue to learn and improve as a Team…Oh, and that “one particular member” has been patiently waiting for the guys to have a game like this so that he could put forth his vitriol…

Good coaches sometimes get out-coached, good players sometimes get out-played, and ALL good players make mistakes…It’s all about how you respond to being on the wrong end of a whoopin’ and whether grow and get better from the experience…

I believe that these Broncos will respond and bounce back…Go Broncos…13-3 Baby-Still (until we ain’t!!!)

may or may not be valid. I don’t know. I have a lot of faith in Ryan Harris and Tyler Polumbus played for him most of the game. He may not be as dialed in to the rest of the line as of yet, and that could cause problems. I agree with some others that the weak link in the full strength is Hamilton and it looked to me like a lot of the pressure came through his A/B gaps. It might be that with a new face at RT, the ripple effect means the whole line suffers (as opposed to just beating the new guy). The OL passes defensive players back and forth in different protections and with different blitzes. Maybe an OL coach could chime in here and clarify what might be happening.

Let me also say that this is just an exercise in football observation. I’m not panicking or suggesting the demise of the best OL in football. I’m just wondering why this night is different from all other nights.

that there was in adjustments at halftime. That really bothers me

In the football context, ‘towards’ motivation would be how great it feels to win; the ‘away from’ motivation is how bad it feels to lose. Away from motivation usually has a sharper more insistent edge to it than towards motivation (pulling your hand away from touching a hot stove as opposed to snuggling up close to the warmth). While either style works, the ideal is to use both. The Broncos, being basically a new team, had yet to feel the pain of losing till this last game. So, a big loss is good for them – to make sure that never happens again. I guess this is a convoluted way to justify a loss, but if you always win your view of reality is skewed. Looking at it this way, I think we owe the Ravens for the fine lesson they handed us last Sunday. We surely did get spanked.

Also, I think the mantra of "we’re getting better every week " is a little naive. Learning doesn’t go up in a smooth straight line. It has plateaus and even regressions. McD often uses the phrase “I put no expectations or boundaries on the team”. This seems to be a great strategy to cover the situation of not learning fast enough and to not limit learning when it’s going gangbusters.

That being said – Come on Broncos, show your good side Monday against them Steelers . This is playing on National TV, don’t stink it up. Thanks for the post flunkie. rec.

I am a coach and when I see what I think is a good team lose a game I always think back to the best team I have ever coached. They were probably the most talented team I ever had but they had that competitive edge. This group of boys just hated losing, I mean they absolutely hated it. The best practice we ever had was the next night after our first lossof the season. They came in and worked harder than they ever had, by the end of the year they were unstoppable. My point here is that we will find out what we are made of this week and the rest of the season, we don’t have to win out, or even beat the Steelers but we have to come back tough and scrappy like we have been all year. This team will be ok IMHO. But we will find out over the next couple weeks if they are who we think they are.

Last year the QB we had would throw multiple INTs trying to get our team back in the game. That is totally not the case this year. Despite the bad game, Orton didn’t have any picks. Yeah I know there were several close calls. Orton didn’t have much time to get the offense going or throw the ball where he wanted to. Last year we had plenty of time yet we still got beat badly in games. This was just one game and you always learn more from a loss than a win. McDaniels and Nolan will have a whole week to make the adjustments that are needed. Come kickoff time, we REALLY NEED to come out with some intensity and start quick.