Horse Tracks 3/24/09
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 5:42 AM MDT
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NFL - Josh McDaniels gave an exclusive interview to the NFL Network last night. Here's the video.
DP - The DP posted a partial transcript of the McDaniels interview here.
DP - Here's what Klis has to say about McDaniels' interview. Plus, he's hearing that McD sent Jay a text message. But Jay reportedly hasn't responded. OOOOOOH.
DP - The Broncos will host the Giants on Thanksgiving.
DP - Champ Bailey is pleased with the addition of his new backfield mates, although he's not so sure about the front seven. Bailey is one month from a full recovery from elbow surgery and hopes the defense can finally have an identity.
DP - Woody apparently gets a kick out of McDaniels' use of the term "our quarterback."
NFP - Matt Bowen wonders if Chris Simms could be the Broncos' starting QB.
NFL - More from Thomas George and the NFLN guys on the Cutler situation. Listen to Solomon Wilcots yapping one more time. I bet you can't. In fact, I dare you!
DP - Ticket sales have gone just fine for the 2009 season.
DP - Armstrong thinks the next four weeks are big for Josh McDaniels. Oh, by the way, we landed on the moon...
SI - In case you missed it, here was Peter King's Monday piece. He thinks the Broncos don't want to trade Cutler. You heard it from PK first. Okay, maybe it's the 850th time. What's the big difference.
ESPN - John Clayton speculates on the Broncos, the Lions, Jay Cutler and the #1 overall pick. Right, because the Broncos would rather give a rookie $30 million in guarantees over a new contract for Cutler. Makes total sense.
NFL - The NFL and DirecTV have extended their exclusive deal for Sunday NFL Ticket through 2014. Meanwhile, those who cannot get DirecTV (me! me!) will eventually have access to it via the internet. Woohoo!!!!
NFL - Compensatory picks for the 2009 Draft were announced, and the Chargers were granted two extra fourth-round choices.
Y! - The Competition Committee is hoping to protect defensive players by banning helmet-to-helmet peel-back blocks.
NFP - Mike Lombardi asks his five questions of each AFC West team.
SDUT - #1 A.J. Smith Fan GM A.J. Smith is pleased with the picks. Smith has used compensatory choices to move up in each of the last two drafts.
KCS - Clark Hunt says his Chefs will not trade Tony Gonzalez. As for Larry Johnson and Brian Waters, well they're not so sure.
KCS - The Chefs (then the Dallas Texans) & Cowboys will wear their 1960 inaugural uniforms when they play, which could be Week 1 (Cowboys at Broncos is another possibility). The Chefs were awarded one compensatory pick, the 256th and final choice in the draft.
SFG - More on the Raiders' acquisition of center Samson Satele.
NFL - Anquan Boldin is open to a new contract in Arizona. See? Happy endings are possible. See that, Jay?
Y! - The Cardinals and CB Ralph Brown have agreed to a new one-year deal.
Y! - Wide receiver David Patten has decided to return to Cleveland.
Y! - The Packers have re-signed DE Michael Montgomery.
Y! - Steelers HOFer John Stallworth has become part of Pittsburgh's ownership group.
SI - Don Banks looks at the possibility of an NFL work stoppage in 2011.
NFP - Here's Wes Bunting's latest Pro Day Report.
CBS - Chad Reuter from NFLDraftScout.com examines the difference between drafting seniors and underclassmen, or the lack thereof.
NFL - Will Aaron Curry go #1 in the NFL Draft? Steve Wyche takes a look.
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Things I know:
1/ Woody Paige is an ABSOLUTE blowhard.
2/ Solomon WIlcots needs to do some research and not base his arguments off untruths, heresay and assumptions. I have never heard more incessant, yet uneducated, yapping on a subject in my life.
3/ I love MHR. After reading comments of the readership over at the DP makes me cherish our members over here. Its our responsibility to not let OUR site EVER become like that.
Nice job as always with Horse Tracks my friend!
Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
by boydy2669 on Mar 24, 2009 6:59 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks, Boydy!
I couldn’t agree with you more…
I’m getting really sick of Wilcots, but unfortunately I feel like I need to watch his garbage before I post it here. Haha. Call it accountability!
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 7:55 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, I juts emailed him at Sirius...
I am reaching my fill of uninformed talking heads and negative fans who bring nothing but negativity to their posts.
Must have woken up the wrong side of the bed this morning!!!
Thanks NYC!
Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
by boydy2669 on Mar 24, 2009 8:01 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
+2
True dat.
"Hey guy worm has turn...We need all kind of crazy fool on defence. Like ten new guy." - Horvil Tiki
"Enter Bus Cook, and his Methods of Madness." - Styg50
by broncosmontana on Mar 24, 2009 8:46 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
+10
Just coz i haven’t heard the word blowhard in the longest time
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."
"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes" Douglas Adams
by orange&blue_aussie on Mar 24, 2009 9:18 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol, watch Arrested Development then!
aka, the best TV show of all time…
by tunga77 on Mar 24, 2009 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
i *love* that show
Seemed like I could never catch it while it was airing, but thanks to Hulu.com, I’m now about 7 episodes from finishing it. And I hear Ron Howard is directing a film adaptation due out this summer.
"Hey guy worm has turn...We need all kind of crazy fool on defence. Like ten new guy." - Horvil Tiki
"Enter Bus Cook, and his Methods of Madness." - Styg50
by broncosmontana on Mar 24, 2009 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
AD is certainly among the greatest ever...
I can’t wait for the movie. “I blue’d myself.” Nuff said.
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 12:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
"even if it means taking a chubby... i'll suck it up"
CHICKEN FINGERS, WITH CLUUUUUB SAUCE
i’m praying… praying the movie will happen, but knowing how things happen to AD, i’m not holding my breath. =/
by tunga77 on Mar 24, 2009 12:34 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The AD movie is not coming out this summer
They havent started filming yet and I dont even think they’ve even written a script
by purplesocks on Mar 24, 2009 6:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
this makes me sad
almost as sad as the possibility of losing cutler. ;)
by tunga77 on Mar 25, 2009 10:42 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Couldn't disagree more
If any of you were a “Franchise Quarterback” you would have the leverage not to be treated this way. Wilcots takes Cutlers side and that is what bothers you most…..Listen to Shannon Sharpe on Dan Patrick radio and he mirrors the same sentiment. I am a Bronco fan because they WERE a class act. and I grew up loving everything about them…If Cutler is traded I wouldn’t mind seeing him beat McDaniels silly for the next decade…oh wait, I don’t think that McDaniels will last that long if Cutler is traded.
by yallas on Mar 24, 2009 9:24 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Each to their own yallas...
But Wilcots argument is based on NO facts…none!
Go and see the interview.
It is based on a meeting that Cutler never had and the premise Denver attempted to trade Cutler. This makes no sense…10 teams want him now, but no teams wanted him 2 weeks ago when Denver was trading him….its a RIDICULOUS premise, and makes no sense.
Denver was approached, they listened and said no…END OF STORY!
Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
by boydy2669 on Mar 24, 2009 9:48 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yallas, it's not about the side which Wilcots takes
It’s the way he just yaps the same way using the same phrases over and over again in every clip. It’s good that he’s consistent with his opinion, but at the very least he could come up with some new points, new support for his vantage point, no?
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 10:25 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Top of the Mornin nyc, thanks for Horse Tracts
Real Power, comes with the realization that One cannot change the Moment;
only ones perception of it: Atitude! JQM
by UB3 on Mar 24, 2009 7:00 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
lol, love the sarcasm this morning, NYC
It’s practically dripping off the post…
by tunga77 on Mar 24, 2009 7:09 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, perhaps there's too much...
Sorry, my wife has turned me into a big Marquette fan and I’m still sore about their loss – that’s why the extra bite today. I’ve been sulking about the Mets, Broncos and now Golden Eagles for the past 6+ months…
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 7:57 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
M-I-Z!
Z-O-U!
Sorry, sorry…. I’m in full Jayhawk-bashing mode at school today, and I have to be on the defensive. They think that beating Dayton is worthy of trash-talking us for beating Marquette, an excellent basketball program. “Oh, but they were in the tournament, which makes them a good team.” Case in point, chickenhawk. Marquette is also a good team.
/NCAA rant. I agree with tunga, I love the sarcasm. I was LOL’ing like crazy as I TMMAHAEP’ed. You’d better not be this funny again, or I will get kicked out of the library for laughing too loudly.
Stop the Jay-trade talks!! Just stop it!! -Mike Clark
by papigrande on Mar 24, 2009 8:35 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry...
I’m not a funny guy. So it won’t be happening often. Sometimes my dryness can be funny, but don’t be coming here looking for yuks! Haha.
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 10:26 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well there's your first problem
You are bashing the Jayhawks. Dude…get off the glue! Mizzou isn’t going to do anything exceptional this year (and I have KU making it to the Elite Eight, but then exiting quickly this year).
I don’t want breakaway speed. I want break-some-poor-fool-as-I-bowl-you-over power getting 6 yards off a play that should have been stopped for 2 at most.
by sadaraine on Mar 24, 2009 10:32 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
being a very sarcastic guy, myself...
why the heck are you apologizing?!?! rescind your apology now!!!!!!11 kthxbai.
=P
by tunga77 on Mar 24, 2009 10:32 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re:
NFL – The NFL and DirecTV have extended their exclusive deal for Sunday NFL Ticket through 2014. Meanwhile, those who cannot get DirecTV (me! me!) will eventually have access to it via the internet. Woohoo!!!!
Access to it via internet for free? Or are they making it so those of us who visit shady websites in order to watch the game live feel guilty for not going to DirecTV’s official site to pay them hundreds of dollars for the same thing?
Verbose in style, dispersion of thought, procrastination in life.
by Tim Lynch on Mar 24, 2009 8:54 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Free?!?!
Zappa, nothing in life is free. Haha.
No, it certainly will not be free. The point is that for folks like me who live in apartment buildings and therefore cannot have a DirecTV dish, we cannot get Sunday NFL Ticket. Apparently, DirecTV will be making it available to us apartment dwellers within the next few years via broadband.
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 9:07 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like MLBTV
right? Sort of? I’m excited by this too, because I, too, can’t get DirecTV and thus miss out on NFL packages. Last season I even resorted to trying to watch a Broncos game online via one of those (Shhhhh!) illicit sites where someone puts a web cam up against their TV and shows a game, if you can find it. Which is really sucky and desperate. I’ll happily pay for this, just as I do for MLBTV games online. Those of us out of market, away from their favorite teams, need something like this and will pay for it. In fact I just wonder what took them so darned long.
by underdog on Mar 24, 2009 10:06 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but I'm hoping better?
I really hope it’s of high enough quality that we’ll be able to plug our laptops into our TVs and maybe get an HD picture? I mean, it can certainly be done. I’ll gladly pay for the opportunity, and considering that it’s 2009 (and it will be even later by the time it’s actually available) and technology is where it is, they’d better not cheap out on the product…
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 10:29 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely
hoping for better quality than MLBTV (although now I believe they are offering HD quality feed, too, which you have to pay more for of course). I also hope the NFL packages offer better service and customer support while we’re at it, but guess I shouldn’t be too greedy.
by underdog on Mar 24, 2009 1:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sunday Ticket when you can't get DirecTV - hoping not to wait for 2012!
I’ve mentioned this before, but I did get Sunday Ticket/Superfan (i.e. live NFL games legally streamed) this past season. Paid about $30/month for the season. The situation, though, was that I moved from an area where I had DTV to one where I could not get it (no line-of-sight). After I disconnected the service, they called and asked how they could get me back… (Um, move your satellite?!?) Fact is, I only had DTV rather than cable for the NFL; and so said if they could give me the NFL over the Internet, I’d stay on. That’s when they offered all the NFL stuff for “free” if I’d pay the minimum DTV package. Did that; got the games; and cancelled the account after the season.
Bottom line is they can do this and make it reasonable. I paid, say, around $150 (figuring 5 months) + tax for the games streamed live. Now, I don’t know if they’ll do it again – but I’ll find out come August.
by MakeCents on Mar 24, 2009 8:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not a baseball fan but why can't they do what baseball does? On the web that is.
You can get all of one specific teams games for the whole year.
by ThorpeBroncosfan on Mar 24, 2009 9:38 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Clayton seems to have it figured out
Teams that have quarterbacks shouldn’t be shopping for quarterbacks. They are too hard to find.
Clayton also said that if he were running the Broncos he wouldn’t have allowed that feud to get this far.
Maybe Clayton ought to be the Broncos’ GM . . .
Never argue with a fool, lest you take on his appearance. - my daddy
by AZDynamics on Mar 24, 2009 9:56 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
That quote is just stupid!! (referring to Clayton not you)
think about this for a moment. If there is a shortage of gas, do you stop looking, or do you fill up every chance you get? IF QBs are that hard to find, then teams should ALWAYS be shopping for QBs.
And if Clayton were running the Broncos he wouldn’t be running the Broncos; Jay Cutler would.
by SlowWhiteGuy on Mar 24, 2009 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Morning NYC
I actually watched the whole Interview on NFLN and then listened to those idiots in suits. I have never had less respect for Marshal Faulk than I did last night I actually threw my remote at the TV I was so mad.
I am really Glad we have MHR because if I didnt I would think Jay Cutler would definately never wear a bronco #6 ever again. So many cool heads here! Thanks all
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"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"
Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!
by Jon Tollerud on Mar 24, 2009 10:13 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Mornin, JT!
Agree with all of your sentiments.
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 10:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's sad
Wilcots is an alum, and I think we we’re even on campus together briefly.
Dukes isn’t any better informed, and the expression “bright as a fencepost” came to mind when listening to the two of them offer their ‘insights’ on the Cutler issue on NFL.network.
Actually, I long ago realized what little some of the ex-jocks has to offer in terms of insight, this issue merely made the point quite graphically.
by Colinski on Mar 24, 2009 10:14 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
Surprising, given that they have direct access to Adam Schefter. I’ve always respected him, but Adam is still scoring major points in my book for not getting mired in the rumor mongering.
The NFL Network hosts should be required to talk to Adam before pontificating about anything.
"Hey guy worm has turn...We need all kind of crazy fool on defence. Like ten new guy." - Horvil Tiki
"Enter Bus Cook, and his Methods of Madness." - Styg50
by broncosmontana on Mar 24, 2009 12:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
woah woah woah
pontificating? dude you lost everyone at NFLN except Adam with that word!
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"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"
Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!
by Jon Tollerud on Mar 24, 2009 2:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
It seemed like an appropriately pompous word choice. ; )
"Hey guy worm has turn...We need all kind of crazy fool on defence. Like ten new guy." - Horvil Tiki
"Enter Bus Cook, and his Methods of Madness." - Styg50
by broncosmontana on Mar 24, 2009 2:28 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The McDaniels interview was incredibly vapid
Repeating the same question over and over, no insight, no preparation. McDaniels did as well as he could given the ridiculous interviewer
Hillis in '09
by Emmett Smith on Mar 24, 2009 10:46 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree....pointless.
Did you notice that when they went to commercial, they’d show a question being asked and then cut and splice the tape to make it appear that McDaniels was caught offguard by the question and stumbled with an answer. Then when they aired the question, there was no stumbling or hesitation. Spin control if I ever saw one…thought I was watching MSNBC or FOXNews for a second there…
Verbose in style, dispersion of thought, procrastination in life.
by Tim Lynch on Mar 24, 2009 11:12 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
The coverage showed 8 minutes of a 20 minute interview.....goes to show man, goes to show!
Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
by boydy2669 on Mar 24, 2009 11:14 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
That’s not news, it’s reality TV. See Survivor.
"Hey guy worm has turn...We need all kind of crazy fool on defence. Like ten new guy." - Horvil Tiki
"Enter Bus Cook, and his Methods of Madness." - Styg50
by broncosmontana on Mar 24, 2009 12:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
On a tangent...
I CANNOT STAND the way McDaniels smacks his lips. My wife pointed it out during his introductory press conference, and it will drive me crazy for as long as he’s the coach. Not to mention Cutler’s use of “you know”.
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 11:20 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cutler's use of "you know" is no where near Nate Webster's use of "you know"
The lip smacking is just a nervous tick…would you rather hear “you know” over and over again or an occasional lip smacking?
Verbose in style, dispersion of thought, procrastination in life.
by Tim Lynch on Mar 24, 2009 11:58 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
NEITHER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why the heck do I have to choose?!
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 12:06 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Besides...
How often did Nate get interviewed? We’re talking about the QB here – he talks twice a week, at least!
by Douglas A. Lee on Mar 24, 2009 12:07 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe he shouldnt
I think we should have ONE GUY answer all questions for anyone associated with Dove Valley. Thats what we do here in The Salvation Army. If someone asks me a question on our stance on something I have a phone number to give them.
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"We should have kept Seattle and dumped San Diego from the Division"
Davis and Sharpe to the Hall!
by Jon Tollerud on Mar 24, 2009 2:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
That will probably desist when he gets used to the media
Those that cant coach, compete!
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
by boydy2669 on Mar 24, 2009 11:34 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
A Little Love for Legwold
Haven’t read the comments, and maybe someone’s touched on it, but Peter King gave our boy Jeff Legwold a little love in his column this morning. Check the second page of the column.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/03/24/meetings/1.html
"When the one Great Scorer
Comes to write against your name
He counts not that you won or lost
But how you played the Game"
--Grantland Rice
"Will I wear a hoodie? Absolutely. In fact, I can't wait to see my hoodie." --Coach Josh McDaniels
by wtnelson on Mar 24, 2009 4:04 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
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