Honest Mistake

Readers!

So it looks like I made an honest mans mistake during my first blogging endeavor and did not realize your blog posted to a specific niche blog market.  It was brought to my attention that it may not be a wise investment to throw lines of rhetoric that dealt with Tiger Woods on a Broncos site.  In addition I want to clarify that JC does not in any way stand for Jay Cutler and if you have not checked out www.firejaycutler.com, I strongly encourage you to do so.  

To make up for this blatant blunder I want to discuss this same topic dealing with the ratio of negative/positive media coverage and how it relates to the Denver Broncos.  The greatly underestimated Denver Broncos received more media coverage than they have since their vaunted 98-99 dynasty for reasons that us fans would like to forget or better yet build upon.  Michael Clayton had our Donkey's finishing what he considered a respectable 3-13 and even then he considered his prediction generous, much of the sports media network was not as harsh as Clayton but still did not give us the benefit of the doubt.  The Donkeys started out full steam ahead building a respectable 6-0 record, quickly becoming the story (full of skepticism) of the NFL.  Many if not all analysts (Besides our good friend TJ and Stink) were hesitant to label us as the real deal.  Many of us in Denver had already gifted our faith to Orton and crew as they used a efficiency first chance second offense.  

It took 6 games for the Broncos to garner considerable support from respected media outlets but they were still headed into Baltimore as underdogs.  This is understandable as the Ravens were on a similar slide while coming off a bye and playing at home.  Still, once the Broncos lost one game, the media suggested all hope was lost as our team had finally been exposed.  The slide continued for for continuous weeks where everyone but those residing in this glorious city would hop off of our train packed with stout D and a swagger that could not be broken.  The media topped their negative coverage sundae with a Knowshown shove cherry on top.  Although passionate examples of competition such as Moreno's shove happen every Sunday the media pounced on it suggesting this was the end of our surprise season.

We were able to carry through last week with a dominant victory over a good Giants team that was also reeling.  However, the excellent victory was not the hot topic but the excellent expletive was.  It saddens me to see that the great evil empire of the NE (ESPN) can not see that the Broncos are as good of a feel good story as the Saints.  When has a team with so much off season turmoil come into a season with so much passion and success?  I cannot think of any.  

I am sure many of you have seen the improv interview performed by B Marsh during a locker room media session.  Knowshown was being interviewed when Marshall interjected asking him where he learned to shove so hard.  The comradery that showed between these two at that moment showed us something.  The Broncos, just like Tiger will not let this coverage affect who they are and how they play.  That my friends is something we can be proud of and something we can support.

Go Broncos.

- J