Clearly, the way to fix one of the worst defenses in NFL history is to tie up a quarter of your cap in 2-3 overpaid free agents. LOMFL. I love this kind of self-righteous columnist garbage. The Saints had a terrible D, added a cornerback, and he loves the moves. The Giants and Jets overpaid (by his own admission!) and he loves the moves. Just make it stop.

In all seriousness, I love the Broncs’ strategy, and it’s nice to see that Jim Armstrong for once follows along. This is the right approach. Short-term commitments to aging guys who will provide an upgrade over the short-term and a bridge to the new talent that has to be acquired via the draft.

And is Jimbo really the only columnist who understands that the proposed Cassel trade involved draft picks IN ADDITION to Cassel? I think his ability to read full sentences might serve him well as a journalist.

Smith was a terrific player, a leader and a champion. However, his story is what it is largely because of his undrafted status. Getting into the HOF isn’t based upon where you’re picked (or not picked, in Rod’s case) – it’s about what you do. Look at Rod’s statistical peers, such as Gary Clark, Keenan McCardell and Jimmy Smith. They’re all excellent players, but I don’t think they’re Hall-worthy.

As for Joiner, I never saw him play so I can’t really speak to or against his induction. By looking at stats, I’d say he doesn’t belong either.

There was a whole lot more passing going on in the NFL while Rod was playing then during Joiner’s days. I always thought Michael Irvin was a better comparison for Rod since their careers overlapped a bit.

(And of course those same HOF never look at the era when evaluating Floyd Little’s stats)

But 5 teams finished 8-8: Denver, San Diego, Houston, New Orleans and Washington. Denver gets the first pick amongst those in Round 1 because (I believe) their strength of schedule. After that, I think it alternates. Each team picks between 12 and 16 in each round, and they rotate…

Dude…get back under your bridge

we’re all ears. If not, maybe you should spend a little more time reading the threads here. You might just learn something halfway intelligent.

Tommy N00Bis, you have made 2 comments and in both of them have told us to grow up and cussed us out, with no provocation. You are the one in need of growing up, Tommy.

And for your information, Cutler couldn’t meet with McDaniels, because he was, you know, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Those kinds of things aren’t exactly easy to get over. And a face-to-face meeting is better than one over the phone. (For example, usually cussing people out is more personal face-to-face, but when you do it behind an anonymous moniker and a keyboard you just look like a retard and everyone laughs at you.)

unless we are pointing them at non-broncos fans, and for some posters here, even that isn’t particularly tasteful. Despite Tony Montana’s wisdom, a lot of people who post here do so because they were tired of there being “bad guys,” or of being accused of being bad guys. They don’t want them, and they don’t need them.

Now, you weren’t the bad guy because you held a contrarion opinion, you weren’t a bad guy because you think the situation isn’t rosy, and you weren’t even the bad guy for cussing, because that happens sometimes. You were a bad guy when you attacked the community, not the idea. You prompted a self-defense, or retaliation in kind, especially by Papi who is obviously on high-troll-alert right now. But give the kid a break, he only just recently stopped sniffing glue… Admittedly everyone except Thorpe who replied took a swipe, but you do recognize they were acting in self-defense? Your halfway sincere-sounding apology will actually soothe a lot more than you might expect, if only because no one wanted you to be an enemy, and they would only be too happy to welcome you.

As far as MHR being a “positive spin” place, it is less about the spin and more about the positivity. We have one editorial message: The Broncos Rock. We have one editorial position: It Rocks to be a Broncos Fan. As long as members believe in those two ideas there is very little outside of personal attacks that could be regarded as inappropriate. We can’t help it if we sound positive about the Broncos, because even tough love is love.

As far as the Cutler incident specifically, it has been talked about and analyzed so much that most posters here have come to the conclusion that we need to let the chips fall where they may at this point, because we simply aren’t privy to enough info to call it one way or the other. Strong cases for each side and strong contradictions for both cases crop up, and rather than continue to play “telephone” most fans are prepared to look forward to the season rather than dwell on whatever negative ramifications come of it. The negativity will take care of itself when the time comes, there is no reason to waste short moments in a short life fostering it or breeding it. I suspect this is what broncosmontana was referring to with his advice that you read more threads, not that you needed to become a cipher. We rely on opposing viewpoints to keep learning, but this issue has just burned a lot of people out or shortened their fuses.

As to media bias? I don’t think you will find one person here who thinks that there are people out there (besides Al Davis) who are “sitting in their laboratory, twisting their moustache and hatching an evil plan.” No, the bumbling ESPN, the cynical sportswriters the agenda-wielding h.o.f. committee and the rest of their ilk aren’t criminal masterminds guilty of plotting and planning the demise of the Broncos. If anything we view them like spoiled kids who got caught with their hands in the cookie jar, who are mad because they can’t have the cookies and blow up the kitchen. They have a motive for stirring the rumor pots or in writing inflammatory pieces, and it really has nothing to do with the Broncos. It goes a lot deeper and crosses the boundaries of sports into other areas of life. Thus it hits close to home and gets to be a touchy subject. I have the viewpoint that cynicism accomplishes nothing because it denies the one basis for fixing any problems, but I don’t disparage any fan their desire to rip into the MSM as a general idea, or to get after a specific writer with specific facts, including me. I know that the truth makes peope better, so I don’t worry about what happens when people are earnestly working to figure it out.

Bottom line is that personal attacks, even general ones aimed at a group here, are a sure way to get their dander up. But I think you’ll find that going after an idea with teeth bared and weapons out, is a sure way to get a great discussion going, even if it doesn’t change a lot of minds. Like Broncosmontana said, “We’re all ears,” and we’re all here for the same thing: to make talking Broncos a rewarding pasttime, not an exercise in futility and frustration.