I think McDaniels is totally focused on preparing his players to play. IMHO, he probably doesn’t care what the MSM has to say about him.

And, as Ponderosa pointed out, he’s most designing ways to use the negativity to his own advantage.

and if the media think they are being smart in their speculation of the team situation, then let them wallow in their own puke. People who wish to wallow with them, let them swim as well. McDaniels will suit the team as he sees fit and won’t let idiots stand in his way. So, either get on board the team philosophy or get the hell out of the way. Secrecy is the greatest weapon anyone can have, you go telling all you know and pretty soon the whole world will be using it against you. They will get the story when it happens.

It is almost like McDaniels will be using an us vs the world approach. I think he is just waiting to laugh in everyones face because the more smack they talk, the more they set him up to look better with an 8-8 record or better.

This guys way to much of a competitor. He knows everything thats being said and it makes him giddy as hell. Giddy as hell because he knows this offense he has will be unstoppable. I think this mad scientist has steam coming out of his ears ready to unleash this beast. Week one line has broncos recieving 3 points vs the bengals. Thats been bet up from 1. The public has no faith in the broncos either. Use it to your advantage, +3 is money in the bank folkes.

There’s the old saying that you should never pick a fight with folks who buy ink by the barrell. When MacDaniels refused to respond to the visciousness from the press and Bronco Nation surrounding Cutler, and the inuendo coming from the Cutler camp, it seemed to me that he just understood that nothing was going to be solved by injecting his opinion into the mix.

I agree that he probably sees the negativety as an advantage and will use it as a tool to motivate his troops. But I think it has more to do with his deameanor than it does some grand plan. I think he’s just focused on his team and understands that action, not words, is the best way to silence the critics and eventually appease the restless faithful.

I remember talking about using the bashing as motivation when Walter Football talked about the Broncos’ draft, though I always thought the silence was just because they were too busy working to take notice of the annual off/reloading-season jibber-jabber. But perhaps this is it, the more I see and hear McD, the more I get the impression that we’ve come upon something quite special.

But, as said earlier I don’t see the Chargers looking past the Broncos, Chiefs or Raiders. That just isn’t what good teams do.
On another note, I think McDaniels knows exactly what is being said and he simply doesn’t care. If he chooses to focus on what the MSM says there won’t’ be any time to work on the things that really matter. The MSM was used to the way Shannahan did things; he loved and relished the media. McDainiels doesn’t, which is why they continually attack him and the Broncos.

i think McD is happy with it and so am i
denver was once the underdogs (see superbowl against GB) and i think it worked out pretty well

McD is human. Of course he doesn’t like negative press. But he has a lot better things to do than to be bothered by the press.

No professional team is going to take their opponent lightly, positive or negative press notwithstanding.

It is usually counterproductive to address every little bit of negative comment. I’m impressed that the Broncos have focused on the business at hand instead of the MSM dogs at the door.

ummm…i kinda wonder what Mr B thinks of all this

1. Mr B seems like maybe he is gonna hang up his spurs one of these days…cuz hes getting old…and like…maybe he worries what people are gonna think of him…are they gonna see him like al davis…or some of those old guys who kinda lost it…or are they gonna see him like a wise old grandfather kinda guy that everyone loves and worships and stuff

2. If Mr B is one of the main guys on the contract thingie with the players…and he is sorta leading the owners on this…and he is like getting totally used and abused and thrown away…will he really be able to do very much…like…will the rest of the owners listen to him…and…way more important…will the players union sorta fear and respect him.

3. Gotta sell those tickets…like…if everyone totally believes the msm…and thinks the team is like gonna be way bad..and dont go to the games…and dont make money so Mr B can pay off Mike and the other coaches at like a zillion dollars and stuff…then how is that gonna work out…and if no one goes to the game…like…where is the home field advantage…and all the other teams will have like thousands of fans in the stands…and the team wont win at home very easy.

4. And the us-against-the-world thing…omg…like…if you are on the team…and you have to listen to the radio and watch the tv and read the dp…like..they are always saying how bad everything is and how dumb the owner is…and how totally clueless Jedi is…and they like jump on every little thing that anybody says…especially when things start to go bad…and they are totally not gonna be perfect…and what are the guys gonna think…who will they believe.

5. I mean…like…if you dont believe reading all the stuff in the papers and the tv doesnt make a difference…like…look at the country for the last couple of years…and think about what the msm says about people and the economy and the world…like it totally makes a big difference…even in the way YOU look at stuff.

I am willing to bet my income that Coach McDaniels has read (studied) Sun Tzu’s the Art of War. I think he is living by this quote:

“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.”

The quieter he and the Broncos are, the better he and the TEAM can be a “director of the opponent’s fate!” Look out AFC West . . . 13-3 Baby! Pass me the Kool-aid.

How many star players did / does NE have outside of the obvious? Not very many. I don’t like Belicheck in the least, but even without the spygate fiasco he still obviously knows how to build a team. I am glad Coach seems to be following the same trend, at least somewhat. He went in and basically said you are with me or against me and that takes a lot of heart and a lot of balls. Cutler is gone. Marshall might be next. I know it seems unorthdoxed now, but in the end if he puts a TEAM together with a few studs i.e. Moreno, Ayers, DJ, and for maybe the next season or two Dawkins along with a BUNCH of hard working FOOTBALL players, and another soild draft or two, there is no reason that we can’t be a contending team for some time to come. Let the haters hate, because without us, what would they do? Go Broncs!!!!