We can do it!

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i like the broncs opening up we got bengals W, browns W, raiders W, then the boys should be a W and the big match up with mc D going against the pats and bill bell :) exciting

@Cin – W (McD knows he needs to start off strong and his opening day game plan will be of the playoff caliber.)
Cle – W (The team escapes with a victory…barely)
@Oak L (Bleh, they are no longer as bad as we want them to be)
Dal W (So long as we can handle the run…….)
NE L (The Jedi Master hands the student another hard lesson)
@SD L (It will be ugly…MNF)
@Bal W (Baltimore was a one hit wonder, Flacco will go flaccid.)
Pit L (Champs for a reason)
@Was W (Piece of cake)
SD L (We needed the desperation of Jay Cutler to beat the Chargers…maybe next year!)
NYG L (Thanksgiving is never truly kind)
@KC L (13-38 all-time in KC and its even worse in the month of December)
@Ind L (I hate Peyton Manning)
Oak W (Revenge, they are just slightly worse than us right now)
@Phi W (Dawkins gets love to begin the game, but he will be booed by the time we wrap up the win!)
KC W (We end the season on a high note, saving McD’s job in the process! Playoffs in 2010!!!)

If the Broncos could open up a season at HOME. This hasnt happened since 2004 when Denver beat KC 34-24

Christ it’s so far away!!
It football drama terms I see the season like this
Can the Broncos put it together quickly and win games they should win
Starting with Dallas and ending in New York can this team win the tough games. It’s not a stretch to think that a couple of upsets are possible in there. 4-4?
Next, the home stretch. Say the Broncos start 3-0, go 4-4, and head to Kansas City 8-4. Colts and Eagles are in there, tough game at arrowhead … if the Broncos are in a position to make it to the playoffs they will have to fight to get there and we will see just how badly this team wants to win.
All I want to see this season is the fight. I want to see these guys motivated to win. If I see that, I call McD a success.
If we make the playoffs, I’d call the trade a success
Remember that this organization says ‘Anything less than the Super Bowl is an unsuccessfull season’. Let’s see if they prove it.

well… im glad we start off with cupcakes. But weeks 4-14 are brutal. We will be lucky to win 4 of those games. I think this team has a new attitude and is hungry. With a solid draft we could still pull of 8-9 wins next year. 0’10 will be our best shot i think especially if we draft well, we have a ton of potential.
-I think besides New York we can win every NFC east game, but Baltimore and Indy will be wicked tough to beat at home. Unlike Shanny’s late teams, this team will be prepared every week and be ready to kick *ss. No more 31-10 losses at home to the Raiders, KC might be a little tough on the road, and we will be embaressed less. No more blowouts. We will come fired up, McD brings that emotion, hopefully if the Broncos can feed off it, we can pull off some of these tough games.

GO BRONCOS!!!!

@Cin – Win. Should be easy one. I hope :p
Cle – Win. Shouldn’t be a problem either.
@Oak Win. Ha! no chance we lose this one
Dal Win. I hope. This could be a loss. Either way i’m hoping for a good game.
NE ? Ooooooo! Really looking forward to this one Mc D Vs Bill Bell
@SD ? If we can get the NE game and either be undefeated or a 1 loss team we will be on a roll going into this one. Gotta get up for those division games.
@Bal :/ Loss. sure would love to win this one as well, but i’m guessing the team might be a little drained after NE and SD.
Pit Loss. Ugh…… :/ Losing streak at this point?
@Was Win. Have to have this one after a few possible losses
SD Win. Back home looking to take control of the division
NYG ? Thanksgiving! anything can happen :)
@KC Win. Division game. WE know we need this no matter what’s happened up to this point.
@Ind Loss. Tough game
Oak Win. Gonna blow em away at home :)
@Phi Win. Dawkins is going to have some fun in this one. I think the eagles will be pretty much out of their division at this point.
KC Win. Finish strong. Get ready for the playoffs! :)

10-6! I chalked up all ? as losses. Even as that we should be alright. Let’s go Bronc’s :)

Pass the coolaid please. Quit Bogarting the coolaid. ooops, maybe I’ve already had too much.

Opening at home for a 5th consecutive year, moves us closer to balancing out the 6 consecutive years in the 90’s (Elway’s last 5 years, and Griese’s 1st) that we opened at home.

I agree that the schedule appears to be really brutal, but I’m still not willing to consign us to a losing season (or even a .500 one) before the draft, the mini-camps, training camps and the pre-season have played themselves out.

Is for our guys to keep games close.
We could be a 5-11 team OR an 11-5 team. We will win and lose games close and our season could be decided by as litlle as 20-30 points TOTAL.
I just want a new attitude and team spirit.
Forget all the old voodoos, patterens and challenges….they left the building with SHanny.
This is a TOTALLY NEW TEAM AND BALL GAME.
Should be fun!

If nothing else, this year will give McDaniels’ system one helluva chance to demonstrate proof of concept against some tough, tough defenses.

Expectations are low for us league-wide, so we have nothing to lose and everything to prove.

In other words, in the immortal words of Mr. Keith Bishop on the 2 yard line, … we have ’em right where we want ’em. ; )

I’m still psyched!

Great way to open the season! I remember the Christmas Eve game we had against the Bungals,(we won 24-23). My entire family was yelling Who-Dey when the Bungals scored that almost game tying TD…then when they botched the XP, I was yelling my lungs out…Best Christmas ever!!!!!!!! Go Broncos!!!!!!!!

Honestly that is the way I would like it. Let’s see what our guys are made of and how McDaniels handles his first season as an NFL head coach. I am really looking forward to a new era for the Broncos. Let’s go…..Let’s go!!

Well, our three primetime games look tough, however at least we get don’t play @ SD the last game of the year. Night games in their house haven’t been too kind. At KC in December isn’t too kind, however with a new HC and system you just never know. That PIT game will be fun because one of my friends is a Steeler fan. I like the fact that we have our home divisional games in the second half of the season.

It is weird seeing that last game in January and not December. Let the predictions begin.

For those who are saying we will win 4 or 5 games must not know how to read. The first three games alone look like very, VERY winnable contests.

how about we bring that mile high home field dominance back…
i remember the days where our broncs were almost unbeatable at home
so if we win all or close to all of those we are looking at a pretty decent season, considering some or our big games are homers this year

but there is still the draft and more free agency to work. Not just the Broncos, but every team. We can only assume the teams with be similar to the way they played last year. With that anything can happen, so I’m excited about this schedule. It’s time to rock this league……..

Go Broncos in 09

But I’m thinking a 4-12 (Top 5 pick in 2010) season with these wins (CLE, OAK, KC, @CIN).

I’m excited.

In prior years we seemed to lose the games i thought were gimmes’. Before now i would have been worried about Cin, and Cleve.Those seemed to be the ones we would lose. Now i have some optimism for a new order of things. I can’t wait. Gees, September is so far away. I’m pumped!!!

Offense different QB, play caller, head coach, RBs
Deffense 2-3 starters from last year, slew of new FAs, lots of high draft picks, different scheme, different corrdinator, diff head coach.

I think were in the 8-8 to 13-3 range

I just wasted too much time watching the NFL Network’s breakdown of the schedule for all teams. Their coverage of the Broncos consisted of a quick report from a Denver bar (after reporting from trade rival city Chicago), cheerleaders revealing the Kyle Orton jersey, then returning to the studio. Where they then talked about what the Broncos should do in the draft — one of the people commenting was Carl Peterson. Why on earth should I care what Carl Peterson has to say about who the Broncos should draft this season? And sure enough, he said “we got Tony Gonzalez with a pick around where the Broncos first pick is” and that they should look for a QB early, and then mumbled something else, and the other guy instead of commenting about the Broncos changed the subject to the Bears. Cut to more ads, then some gobbledygook about other teams’ schedules…

They are breaking it down division by division but I gave up long before they officially got to the AFC West because everything else was so irritating.

So now I’m watching Trainspotting on IFC, because I’d rather watch the filthiest bathroom in Scotland scene than sit through more of this blather. Let me know if I missed anything. ;-)

Week 1: @ Oakland
Week 2: vs Baltimore
Week 3: vs. Miami
Week 4: @ Pittsburgh
Week 5: BYE
Week 6: vs. Denver
Week 7: @ Kansas City
Week 8: vs Oakland
Week 9: @ NY Giants
Week 10: vs. Philadelphia
Week 11: @ Denver
Week 12: vs. Kansas City
Week 13: @ Cleveland
Week 14: @ Dallas
Week 15: vs. Cincinnati
Week 16: @ Tennessee
Week 17: vs. Washington

its good if we play easy teams the first 3 games b/c b-marsh might be suspended and we can have him back for the hard stretch!

I think we’ll be right around .500 and that should really set us up for a solid 2010.

You must not have been paying attention to the rest of the league. The Dolphins have a much tougher strength of schedule, going by 2008’s winning percentages. Take a look, every game of theirs is going to be tough: http://www.thephinsider.com/2009/4/14/837593/miami-dolphins-2009-schedule

At least Denver has the luxury of playing bad teams like OAK, KC, CLE, and CIN. Not so much for Miami.

I am not gonna predict the results in April. I am gonna wait until the draft, mini camps, and training camp before I make any type of prediction. Plus who knows what will happen week to week let along 5 months prior.

This has got to be as brutal of a schedule as we’ve had in years. The last time we played the NFC East, they weren’t this tough. The AFC North is pretty tough as well. Don’t forget that we finished second in our division last year, so NE and Indy just so happen to finish the same. So, we get the reward of playing them. The weeks 4-14 stretch has definitely got to be the toughest 10 game stretch in the league, maybe even league history. But, games are decided on the field, not on paper! I’m sure our young coach will be growing up very fast! Hopefully I’ll be able to attend the game against Tony Homo and the ‘Boys or Darth Bellichick and the Pats. It doesn’t matter if it’s 1-15, 4-12, 8-8, 12-4, 16-0- it’s Broncos 4 Life. No matter who’s pacing the sidelines or taking snaps.