just wanted to get in 1st and thank you for all the work! I’ll be reading as usual as soon as I get off work. I wonder how many folks get basically ALL their Bronco news here?

Thanks again and sorry for my part in the nonsense yesterday.

Go Broncos

I’m as impressed as anyone with Spencer Larsen’s versatility and his work ethic, and am immensely proud to have a stud like that with a Bronco on his helmet.

But can any of our resident Xs n Os experts clarify something for me? What exactly is the competitive advantage in having one player serve multiple roles like that? How is having him do that better than having a talented LB on one side and another talented FB on the other side? Seems like that skill combination is rare enough that you might be able to find more talent at both positions by filling them with two “specialists”? Is there a competitive tradeoff to saddling one guy with so much responsibility?

So beyond saving a roster spot or two, and the accompanying salaries, is there a particular reason that you would want one guy wearing so many hats?

If there’s been MHR coverage on this question, I’d love a link. Thanks!

Allen Wilson thinks Nate Webster was a “Key Loss?” OK buddy, go sit in the corner.

As Wilde1 pointed out to me, I’ve forgotten the past couple mornings to click the box which says “Open links in new window” – hopefully I won’t forget going forward, but I’m not about to pull a BMarsh and promise something I probably can’t follow through on. Haha. Just kidding, Brandon. Kind of…

Of all the things that I haven’t liked about the McDaniels transition, being an offensive guy is not a problem…I hope Mike Nolan is the real deal, he has had some poorly rated defenses statistically , but I do like the fact that he is going to be given the freedom to have a philosophy that won’t have a control freak (shanny) playing puppeteer with him. Our defense off that alone will be better…..also went to lunch with a former Bronco RB and it was fun to learn a bit about Reeves, Shanahan, and Elway. Fun stuff for a lifelong fan.

The Buffalo News article is interesting. Couple of great questions posed there on all the AFC West teams. Don’t agree with them about stability in SD though. They have a new defensive staff and while Rivera seems to have a grasp of Defensive schemes, there are several question marks on the that team he’ll have to work past.
The only comment made their on the Broncos I’d agree with is the question on the front seven. There is lots of promise and great coach in Nunnelly, but as they say proof is in the pudding. I do think it will be a very tasty pudding indeed, but not until after the bye.

For those of you who might like hockey I was eager to see this story today. Most of them have big titles but getting rid of the “video coordinator” I think is the biggest impact.

anointed the Chargers as the chosen ones. Denver and KC can go either way – either or both teams could be phenomena to be reckoned with this season, or they could phenomenally suck. But to say that the gulf between SD and any other team in the West is insurmountable and inevitable is like a hope and a prayer while betting green at Roulette.

Wilson continues to look only at arm strength when evaluating QB talent. I maintain my opinion that intelligence, leadership, support, hard work, and respect can go further than a cannon arm any week if used correctly.

Larsen is a bada$$.

And once again, McDaniels has screwed up and is being labeled the next failed Belichick offspring without his ever having coached a game. McD is supposed to follow this supposed Tomlin model and shut up and listen to all the people who have been in the organization before. The problem with that logic is that Tomlin came to Pitt on the heels of Cowher’s SB victory. I’d listen, too. McDaniels was hand-selected to change the culture and direction in Denver away from mediocrity. I like that he is vocal, has a plan, and is executing it. I don’t know what the deal was with Mangini’s forced altruism, and it sounds like we dodged a bullet by not getting Raheem Morris, but McDaniels appears to be a seasoned leader of people, manager of assets, and evaluator of key components of a team concept.

I hate to use NYC’s awesome posts to put up something because I am bored and there is nobody in my lab to talk to. However, I am going to do it anyway.

So this is my sense of humor. Here you will find an electric hammer by Craftsman (Not a nail gun but an electric hammer, no swinging for us). You will notice it is Energy Star rated which I find humorous. It is so much better for the environment than say… a normal hammer.