New and Improved? Time to taste the 2009 Orange Kool-Aid!

Alright!  The time has finally come.

It's been the most tumultuous off-season that we've ever seen in Denver Broncos history, but it's finally time to play some ball and try to put that in our rearview mirror, Easier said than done?  You betcha, but a few wins will lighten the media load and get us back to talking about actual Broncos football.

Really, that's what I want the most.  I want to get back to football. I'm tired of all of the negativity surrounding this team. My love of Denver Bronco football has always been about the fun, and it's most fun when we are playing ball.

I'm tired of reading the DPs scant articles during the offseason, and  I admit I could rarely resist the urge to scroll down and see what the reader comments were - only to immediately regret catching an eye-full of the circus of stupidity that resides down there.

I'm tired of watching the media pile on. Tired of guys like John Clayton and Jamie Dukes and Woody Paige taking cheap shots at this team before we've even seen a regular season snap. If this team struggles in the infancy of the changes they've made I'm sure we'll hear plenty more from these talking heads, but at least the Broncos will have done something to earn it.

I for one am happy and excited about the start of something new in Denver. The kool-aid had gotten sour for me. I loved Mike Shanahan and will always have a ton of respect for what that man has done for the city of Denver and for Bronco Nation. I took my wife and two sons to the very first ever taping of the Mike Shanahan Show at Channel 4's studio after he won his first ever game as the Broncos coach. He was gracious and took the time to visit with us and to sign autographs for us. Total respect for Shanahan the man.

As much as I respect all that he's done, though,his system had grown stagnant. One Post-Elway playoff win in ten years wasn't nearly enough. Watching mediocre football for me is like dying a slow death. I'm glad Bowlen finally ripped the band-aid off.

Sorry about what happened with Cutler.  Maybe Bowlen should have shown more patience and waited out his tantrum, but he did what I probably would have done in the moment. Kid didn't want to play for the name on the front of the jersey - so be it. Give me some guys who will bleed for their teammates.

So the stagnant brew that Bowlen had been serving has been dumped out and remixed into your 2009 Denver Broncos -and it all starts today! 

Not sure what it will ultimately taste like, but to quote some Sheryl Crow  lyrics, "a change will do me good!"