I ahve said from day 1 that he is an Adallius Thomas type. Its no coincidence that Nolan was the one who saw Adallisu’ potential…and he sees the same thing in Darryl Reid!

the steal of the year – Wayne Nunnely!!!!!

How SD let him get away is beyond me, but it’s our gain.

including SlowWhiteGuy on Nunnely (one of your typically shrewd insights) and especially the Bear on McDaniels, since it all starts at the top. The MSM was ready to credit McDaniels for ruining the Broncos, so it seems reasonable to blame him for the startlingly rapid and effective transformation. But if it starts at the top maybe we should go one better and nominate Bowlen, who had the guts to fire the face of the franchise and resist the temptation to bring in a defensive guru, and the acumen to realize that McDaniels was the man who could best turn the Broncos around in all three phases of the game.

That pretty much encompasses the steals of the year. We got lots of them.

Still a little early for me to decide, but Reid certainly deserves merit.

Without the coaches, the players don’t perform as well.

Without the contribution of each new player face, the offense, defense and special teams don’t perform as well.

It’s a bit too early to tell. I do think he is in the same category as Doom, in that he was meant for a 3-4 style defense, and not a 4-3. Our defensive give these kind of guys the best of both worlds. They are aren’t a DE like in the 4-3, and they aren’t a LB like in the 3-4. They are something in between, and that’s exactely the kind of players these guys are.

I bet there are a ton of jems out there that fit this role, guys who had too much athleticism and talent to be forced into a DE role, but were too big to lock up as a LB. Plus college players don’t get much choice with these positions, and even DE’s get rotated out as 1-move situational guys. In the NFL guys like Reid, Moss, and Doom will thrive if they are in the right place, and a 5-2 End is the position they were born for.

like Buckhalter and Dawkins from Philly, Reid from Indy, Fields from San Fran, Goodman and Hill from Miami, Thomas from Pittsburg? They all have contributed so far so it is hard to really say this one or that one was a steal. Heck they are all pretty darn good and a lot better than who we had.

Can we have an option to day “All the new faces on Defense”? But, when you look at cost vs performance, Reid is a real steal…….

If McDaniels didn’t come here where would he have gone? KC? Think about it, we could have had Spagnuolo and everything would have been just fine…right? Funny how things work out.

but what about Orton?

I know, hes not the best quarterback. And I wish I could investigate the percentage differneces between him and mr cutler at this time in the year, along with interceptions and stuff, but I’m at work at can’t get on this sight at home for some reason. Can someone look into that possibly?

I just think about this, we have no interceptions, really hasnt been a chance for any, and he manages the ball and the field really well. And he learns pretty fast. Doesnt seem to make the same mistake twice.

I will say this, I can agree with everyone that has been listed and I think they are very worthy. I’m not saying Orton is better, just wanted to throw my 2 cents in here and throw out another name.

There is too much change on our team to really be specific with compliments. We have an entirely new Defense and Scheme, and it gets dizzying trying to keep up with who just had a superlative performance. I can’t come up with a negative about our new staff members, and the players are either out-performing their pasts, or showing unexpected return on investment.
There is an old military term “Stealing a march”. It refers to making a move, typically while your enemy is asleep or unaware, that they can’t respond to, that they didn’t expect. It has to to with waking up in the morning and not being able to pinpoint the enemy’s position, or waking to find them over-running your position. This off-season appears to have been a march stolen on our opponents… in the Media and elsewhere. They will awaken startled and confused. Hell, I awaken startled and confused! I think McDaniels will deal in confusion, and that we as fans or students of the game will have to deal with that confusion as a sign that things are right with the Broncos.

Henry Miller:

"Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood"

So in other words, or in shorter words, I choose the Off-Season, or our “Stolen March” as the biggest steal. Thank you, Mr Bowlen!

Reynaldo Hill as one of the biggest steals cause in the presser it is mentioned that he is responsible, along with bdawk, for aligning everyone presnap.

Out of players only – Gotta say Orton, because his value is huge, and keeping in mind what else we got for trading ONE player – that’s how I spell s_t_e_a_l …. Granted we are still in week 2, so Dude’s got a point as well – a little too early to say who’s the ‘biggest’

- but thus far, if the considering point is actually how much we’re paying the aforementioned steal for the value we get on the field – gotta be Kyle, man…

Good post – rec’d for thought (and in turn, discussion) provoctivity! ( =

The guy was brought in last year to plug a hole in the dike. I’m not sure anyone expected the Broncos to re-sign him. But now look at him: starting linebacker and captain.