LOL. Now have a great week.

I am also very proud of our yound rookies. Getting involved in the community is no joke, and it’s refreshing to see them out there contributing!

Go Broncos!

Thanks for the good cheer on Monday morning!

The local media nansayers too are lining up for slaughter: 1) Clough 2) Kreiger 3) Evans 4) Armstrong 5) Klis.
Have no mercy on them, give them no quarter!

He does a good job with the Cutler thing and the firepower to the secondary story (I didn’t know that Brian Dawkins was the NFC Defensive player of the month last December – not exactly over the hill, apparently).
But he’s just blowing air on the ‘Denver too late on the Cassel’ thing’. The real thing is, if McDaniels had ever really wanted Cassel, he could have gotten him. So, guess why Cassel is not in Denver?

Is the MSM whining and writing negative articles because of lack of access to the Broncos? I remember one story by Woody Paige complaining that, in effect, he didn’t have the same ability to talk with McD that he did with Shanahan.

As a fan I wish there was more access. But that’s not McD’s job! He needs to be addressing the team first, foremost and unrelentingly.

HELL YEAH the MSM has a double standard! They universally praise the quality of our draft picks and then say we had a horrible draft, they universally denigrate our defense and completely ignore the additions and subtractions we made to the defense through free agency and UDFA let alone the potential contributions of players we retained. They go on to spew their conclusions without ANY supporting information. As an example, the Broncos “morale” is taking a hit? Come on! Name some names! I’ve not heard a single player now on the team with the possible exception of Scheffler having any morale problem. Even BMarsh has not said a negative word about the team or coaches.

Talk about double standards, I almost fell off my chair today when I read Peter King’s article in SI:

I think the Bengals, as woebegone as they’ve been, can be models for something: doing what they said they’d do. … And though I think they erred in not taking the reported offer of two first-rounders from Washington for Johnson in 2008, they kept their word. No trade. … And now we’ve got Brandon Marshall who wants out, and apparently he’s found a sympathetic ear in owner Pat Bowlen. The Broncos need to take a long view of this instead of the short view. The short view is, "Let’s get rid of this unhappy jerk.‘’ The long view is, "This guy’s a great player, he’s a handful, but if we trade him, we’re handing everyone else in the locker room a blueprint for how to shoot his way out of town. Plus, we won’t get real value for him.’’

He goes on to say:

I can’t believe I just told the Denver Broncos to study the Bengals. Frightening.

So which opinion do you really hold, Peter King? That the Bengals should be emulated for not getting two 1sts for Chad Johnson, aka Ocho Cinco, and obstinately “keeping their word” or that he can’t believe that the Bengals didn’t take the two 1sts and that he just gave poor advice? I believe the Bengals were boneheads!

…know more about the team than reporters in the U.S.

Rec’d!

Kind of reminds me of ST&NO. Hey, speaking of ST&NO, where iz it? I demands my blogs on teh interwebs and I will read it in my mom’s basement in my underwear like a true blogger!

Just another irrevelant look at whats been going on in the world of the NFL and in particular Broncos football.

I love how you open that way, yet I actually wanted to read the article anyway and found it another interesting read. Hooray irrelevance! :)

Good work again.
A little harsh on the Texans though. I’d take some of their players in a heartbeat actually. Although I see your point on the playoff team thing this coming season :)

His hip injury is a LOT worse than we think and he is trying to get his money now, or the ongoing prognosis for his hip is more rapid degeneration that puts his long term career in jeopardy.
Is there something still underlying from his past where he needs money NOW! He has already been asked for hush money twice, so there is already a history of that. Has he done something that can be proven that is hanging over him like a Damocles Sword that could bring his IMMEDIATE career in jeopardy.

Climb down off that high horse you are on BMarsh, and get back on the Broncos!!!

and Rec’d!

Always good to get a “sucky” post from down under!!!

We were fond of noting there that the wind didn’t blow on the lakefront.

It sucked.

Stats = Height 6’ 3" | Weight 300
http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=498&contentID=8663
Finished his Virginia Tech career as the only Division I-A player IN HISTORY who held opponents to negative rushing yards (-13 yds. on 106 att.) on running plays directed at him
From SI: POSITIVES: Explosive interior lineman who makes plays in every direction. Quick off the snap, immediately alters his angle of attack, and chases the ball around the field. Displays terrific quickness, keeps his feet driving up the field, and effective defending the run. NEGATIVES: Easily blocked from the action or engulfed by opponents. Marginal pass-rusher.

Watching his Virginia Tech play, he looks like he has great footwork, quick lateral movement, terrific spin moves, and is intelligent enough to play his position and not overreact to plays. The “easily blocked” and “engulfed” statements seem to be the same problem … because he was consistently double teamed!

BJ Raji = Height: 6-1 1/2 | Weight: 337
“Is not an elite pass rusher…Struggled to keep up with his studies and intelligence may be an issue.” Before the draft and scouting him he impressed me that he was so quick. Strength was OK, but I think he’d struggle occupying multiple blockers. I’m surprised that he is not a better pass rusher given his quickness.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/2009/draft/players/11205.html NEGATIVES: Possesses just a short area burst of speed, and not effective making plays outside the tackle box. Marginal pass rusher. Has off-the-field issues that will raise red flags.

Ronald Fields: Height:6’ 2" | Weight: 315
I have not seen enough of his play to make any educated guess.

Personally, I can’t WAIT to see what Carlton Powell can do. He could probably bulk up a little to handle NT, but he sounds like he’s a LOT smarter than Raji, has better lateral movement, and is a much better run blocker. I see him at LDE rather than NT. I think Raji is overrated and Fields is underrated. I hope Powell is fully healed because he is truly a diamond in the rough for the Broncos.

On paper it looks like the competition on the Defensive Line and Line Backers is going to be INTENSE!!!

BM needs to prove he is a CLUTCH number 1 WR and not just a glorified possession reciever that he was last year.

In his defense, BM was double and triple teamed in the redzone because everybody knew Cutler was going to throw to him.

Other than that, I completely agree with everything you said and recommended for him. You clearly have his best interest in mind as well as the team. My first impression is to trade him if he doesn’t want to be here, but you raise good points regarding his hip and possible need for money. He has been disrespectful, though, of team and teammates by not showing up for camp. That must not be tolerated. He is talented and, if he shows up and has another great year, he WILL see the money. But any team trading for him is going to want his current contract. So, Brandon, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE DUDE!

is his arm. He has said it is still numb but the doctors say the feeling will come back in time. I cut some nerves in my leg about 30 years ago and I’m still waiting for the feeling to fully return.

You can’t catch at your best level if you can’t feel the ball fully. It may be a factor in the number of dropped balls he had. That could conceivably by a greater issue than the hip, especially if the hip was properly repaired. Nerve damage doesn’t get repaired by surgery. Once it is cut and done, you just hope it grows back. I wonder if we know the whole story on the arm injury.

:D

and I like that you agree with me so much! ; )

I totally agree with everything you said. Interesting on your take on Marshall. I remember him talking about Cutler and all those yards don’t mean a thing if you can’t win. Well, I will say to Marshall, all those receptions (206 the last two season) and only scored 6.3% of the time (13). I mean Calvin Johnson had 12 TDs last year on an 0-16 team.