Hey everyone, long time reader, first time poster. Been a Bronco's fan for a long time, but I now live in California and am only able to listen to the games via the interwebs. This has been a long off season, and the more reading I do on other sites/MSM, the more Irritated I become. So, I finally decided to join the community and throw out a post. So here it goes. For reference, sarcasam is going to be prevelant everywhere, so keep that in mind and we should all be good :-P

1. Jay Cutler being emo: I know this has been dealt with to death, but there are some things I want to say on the subject. First, what the hell is wrong with him. I mean seriously, he is a good player but I don't think he fully understands the position he was in. Jay Cutler is a good player with good physical assets (and he certaintly helped me win many games in Madden 09) BUT his attitude always bugged me. He never looked confident in his abilities as a quaterback, never looked like a team leader. And I know I am biased, because I grew up as a kid watching number 7 rocking the NFL and winning back to back Superbowls. Recently I have been going back and watching footage of Elway back in the 80's, and watching video's of him during all of those crazy comebacks, and it struck me that his attitude was probably just as important as his skills as a QB. To quote the S. Sharpe "Never say Never Baby". Cutler never had that attitude, and becaues of that I don't think he will succeed with the Bears. He has the talent, but talent is worthless without the mindset. Oh, and lastly, Cutler, LEARN TO PICK UP THE PHONE!
2. Hating on Orton: What did this guy do to deserve such disdain from the MSM (and Woody "the reporter" Paige)? The more I read/see about the guy the more and more I am impressed. Go listen to Drew Brees talk about him and I think he really hit on something. Orton was a late round pick, and he has fought and fought for his starting job over in Clevland. He isn't the greatest Quaterback, he doesn't have the same physical tools that Cutler had, but he is a smart player, and more importantly he has the attitude. Just look at the injury he played through in the later part of last year. And about the physical talent.....do we really want a QB who trusts his arm strength to a fault? I say NO SIR! Spread the ball around, take the short pass and do the most important thing and WIN! Show some people (and I know many around here do)
3. Solomon Wilcots: 8th round pick, 5 years experience....suddenly an analyst with immense amounts of knowledge? Everytime I see him on screen my eyebrows raise Jack Black style and my jaw drops as I hear nothing of inteligence come out.... when he says something I just do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad3Hzsy1-20&feature=related
4. Brandon Marshall: I think the SportsGuru said it best in his last radio show. Dude has talent BUT. Personally, I have major issues with the guy because of his off the field issues. I don't care how great of a player you are, if you aren't a good person I don't want you on my team. Grow up and Be a man.
5. No MSM love for Royal: Give this man a medal, keep him on the payroll. He is the kind of player that I want on the Broncos. He has the attitude, the talent, and the awesomeness. I want to buy a Royal Jersey. I mean here is a guy that had similar numbers to BM with less drops, is a rookie, and is an utter professional. Party on!
6. ESPN: Say Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
7. Not having an Elway Clone
8. Me personally being surrounded by Raiders fans.....granted I get a good laugh at their expense every year when their record is less than I can count on one hand, but it makes my fantasy league better when they draft a whole bunch of Raider players :-P
9. The Denver Post: Why did the Rocky go under and all that is left is that dredge! Makes me a sad panda.
10. Never having seen a Broncos game in person: The good thing is that I get to see the Preseason game between the 49'ers and The Broncos. WOOT!

Some shout outs:

• The SportsGuru for the great articles and great rants

• Styg50: For providing Draft Analysis that ESPN didn't

• hoosierteacher: for providing the teaching that Madden 05-09 hasn't

• Zappa for being emotional! ;)
• nycbroncosfan: For my daily fix
• For Tales and other insight.
• For ST&NO
• BShrout
• spock
• Mr Clark for the ultimate LA LA land Experience
• bFree2bronc
• Any others I forgot to mention, thanks guys for providing intelligence and insight on the Broncos. Before MHR all I had was the Denver Post and ESPN......those were dark times indeed.