Best Player on our Team? The Iron Curtain
by Pierre Coghill on Sep 29, 2009 9:03 PM MDT
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He deserved to go to the pro bowl last year, though his name wasn't called. That mistake won't be made again. Who am I talking about? He is in his second year with the Broncos and his name is the Iron One. Of course I am talking about the dude who taught Elvis Dumervil everything he knows....
Ryan Clady has gone 19 games without giving up a full sack. Think about that for a second....
To go that long, THAT many snaps without letting your guy get to the QB...it boggles the mind. The only time he ever gave up half a sack was actually to the dirty stinking cheater Richard Seymour- back in 2008 when they faced off against one another when Seymour was still a Patriot.
I think we can all see that Clady had his revenge on Mr. Seymour, who was so stymied that in his frustration he pulled on the Iron Curtain (aka Clady's dreadlocks) after a play was visibly finished, drawing a personal foul for his unsportsmanlike conduct. Seymour really is a Raider now.
If Shanahan screwed up on a few things we can at least thank him for pulling the trigger on the best bargain in the 2008 draft. If they redrafted that year I guarantee you that all but the Raiders would have selected Ryan Clady first overall. He is the Champ Bailey of left tackles! HE shuts down whoever is assigned to him and then some. Ryan the Iron Curtain Clady will be a lock for the pro bowl for the next 10 to 12 years and we are so lucky to have him guarding our QB's blindside, be it Kyle Orton or anybody else.
THANK YOU Ryan and thank you Mike for drafting the dude who makes it safe to be a Bronco QB.
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I'd rather watch a TEAM play than a few stars.
by HighPlainsBronc on Sep 29, 2009 9:27 PM MDT reply actions
Hear hear!
We may be watching the emergence of a future HOFer…
"I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" -- Wimpy J. Wellington
Agree totally...
without Clady and the rest of the o-line, no offensive consistency. Without that, the D eventually runs down. He and his mates are the foundation upon which McD is building. REC’d.
I can't wait for the next Raiders game at Mile High
It makes you wonder what Clady will do to get back at Dick. Rec’d!!
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."
Vince Lombardi
Yessir!
This guy really is amazing. If you focus on the guy for an extended time during a game, he just flat out destroys everyone and anything thrown at him. He is the best offensive linemen in the game and a future HOF’er.
On a related note regarding my unbridled excitement over this team, it is amazing to me how much elite talent we have all the sudden on this team, whether is is talent that has developed with the team or free-agent additions.
Some guys who I think have pro-bowl talent on offense: The whole offensive line, Daniel Graham, Marshall and Royal, Hillis, and I think Orton has a chance to grow into one. Defense I think Dumervil, Ayers, Bailey, Dawkins, Goodman, Hill, and DJ are those caliber of players. There is just a ton of young talent on this team, and it’s great.
aluffabo
I know some will disagree with you, but let’s say Orton goes the whole season and throws maybe 5 picks total with maybe 21 TDs. How could you not put him in? I agree with you.
Smokey, my friend, you are entering a world of pain.
You expressed my thoughts and reasoning for why Kyle might make the pro-bowl this year exactly. I think the team and Kyle are nowhere near as efficient and explosive as we will be by seasons end, and if I’m right about that, I think that makes us one of the best units in the league. That would make him a pro-bowler. A lot of people are dismissing him as a stop-gap until we find a ‘franchise’ guy, but I think Kyle has a chance to be that guy under Mcd and in this offense, and be in Denver for the next decade.
Here’s another fun thought for where we could be at the end of this season… When we make the playoffs and make some noise there, how could McD not be Coach of the Year automatically? We could end the season with the Coach of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year (Dawkins or Doom), Offensive Rookie of the Year, what else am I missing? I know I’m getting way, way ahead of myself here, but I see it as an actual probability for.
Re Defensive player of the year
Pro Football Weekly has a column they call “MVP Meter” listing their top ten MVP candidates, week by week through the season.
Elvis has entered the building! The only defensive player on their current list is Mr. Dumervil.
http://www.profootballweekly.com/2009/09/29/mvp-meter-youth-movement
As for Mr. Clady, I believe they said he should have been Rookie of the Year last year.
"Remember, it's only a game."
Cool Find Rob, thanks
I think if Doom hits 14 to 16 sacks, he will get a ton of Defensive MVP play.
Smokey, my friend, you are entering a world of pain.
dude, I think doom and mcD will make a serious run at those awards
….I am hoping Doom isn’t a streaky sack artist though….I would like to see him average about 1 or 2 a game on a critical 3rd down in the 4th quarter.
I am wondering if they will try to give Rookie to someone else because Moreno isn’t the 1 back like a a Peterson. It will be interesting.
Smokey, my friend, you are entering a world of pain.
I hope the same for Doom. I hope his success in the last 2 games wasn’t just him beating up on bad competition. I don’t think it is though, he should only get better with time in his new position…
I am holding out hope for Moreno to turn it on from here on out and making a run at it. You are probably right though, it’s stacked against him since he is sharing the load with Buck for the most part. I think he would have to average 100+ yards per game rushing with a TD or 2 to beat out Sanchez. It’s tough for a RB to beat a QB that everyone is in love with :)
correct me if i'm wrong,
but “iron clady” works because of the similarity to term “iron clad”, as in the kind of guarantee you get for your blind-side. any variation of “iron” disconnects the connection.
as long as you're paying attention
by neurospasm on Sep 30, 2009 6:17 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
You are not wrong, neuro
It seems to fit the best for sure
Smokey, my friend, you are entering a world of pain.
yes, Iron Clady works best
It rolls off the tounge better, has several word associations, simple, direct, and to the point.
"My job description is to win football games. I'm a hard worker. I'm not flashy by any means, but my job is to play football and win and I plan to do that." Kyle Orton
And, I was the first to use it in the mdeia (to the best of my knowledge) *grin*
Find it here, and the followup here. Shortly after, Bucky Brooks used it and it’s become fairly common. It’s a good way to describe the man. He’s never satisfied with his work, constantly strives to improve and he varies his techniques constantly, which makes it hard to beat him over the course of the game. Good post!
Hillis/Moreno in '09
Bear, I didn't know that.
Can you do the same thing with Clayton, except in a negative way??? Ha!
Smokey, my friend, you are entering a world of pain.
I try to avoid anything that has to do with Clayton, lb
I don’t read his stuff and therefore he doesn’t bother me. Why read a man who is bone ignorant about the game? To create a name for him, I’d have to sacrifice my IQ long enough to spend time getting to know him. shudder…..
Hillis/Moreno in '09
Cue Bob Marley music...
I’m gonna be Iron
Like Ryan
In Zion!
by Royal With Cheese on Sep 30, 2009 9:52 PM MDT up reply actions
lol
Guardian of the Gate to La La Land!
Gonsoulin, Taylor, Little, Wright, Gradishar, Atwater, Davis, and Sharpe...
Why are they not in the Hall...I just don't understand.
yeah but
think of how nothing could get into the USSR…just like no one can get into the pocket!
by Pierre Coghill on Sep 30, 2009 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions
the Iron Curtain
wasn’t to keep people out as much as to keep people in. Like that tropical paradise Cuba, liberals like to think it’s great, but that’s why so many want to risk drowning to get to America, so they can watch the Broncos!
It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. -- Thomas Sowell
yes but in mother russia
you don’t own the Clady, he owns you.
"FLAG! Fail on the field. Re-do." -Disco_Stu
In America, you sack quarterback
But in Broncos Country, Clady sack you!
by Royal With Cheese on Sep 30, 2009 10:03 PM MDT up reply actions
too much like the steel curtain of past Steelers D. I also think of ‘curtain’ being more than one player.
"My job description is to win football games. I'm a hard worker. I'm not flashy by any means, but my job is to play football and win and I plan to do that." Kyle Orton
I agree in
That its a little too stealers-ish for me…..but…we are talking about the whole defense as well…I mean Ball-Hawk BDawk…….Make ‘em Faily Baily……….ShouldWin Goodman……Doom…….I know there are more but I’m running out of ideas quick…..
But I’m not a big fan of the curtain reference……I miss the Orange Crush, maybe the…..Blue BallHawks?………Or the Doominion………..IDK
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
reminds me of detroit and crappy football
pass
by lolcopter on Sep 30, 2009 12:47 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
How about...
Ryan " the Iron Man" Clady
Man in the Iron Mask (just kiddin’)
Ryan " the Iron wall" Clady
Ryan " the wall" Clady
Ryan “puts the fence in offense” Clady
Ryan “defensive end cryin” Clady
Ryan " you can’t touch this" Clady (ok a little corny)
Ryan" man among boys" Clady (now I’m strechin’ it )
"even a stopped clock is right twice a day" Yosemite Sam
by lovewatchinthegame on Sep 29, 2009 11:54 PM MDT reply actions
OR Ryan "Let the quarterback sit in a lawn chair for all it matters if you are tryin to get past him to get a sack which he won't allow cuz he is awesome"
…..Clady
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
lol dbronx, can this fit on the back of the jersey?
Smokey, my friend, you are entering a world of pain.
Meh.....Who cares...I think its fitting.
ROFL
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
I say we just squeeze the font and it will be good!
Smokey, my friend, you are entering a world of pain.
Works for me!!
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
Let's bring back
The old style OL, silent, strong and fearsome.
Kangaroo Court, Assigned Talker and the mystery of the whole line.
In the SB years that alone got the OL good headlines and kept the MSM at bay, as it should be. Keep the mystery, keep the silence let them (the MSM) rot for all I care.
Zimmerman got in the HOF, Schlereth got to the yakkers box (and I really used to like him until he made those unwarranted, uneducated and stupid statements about his former team) and has made a name for himself.
I say forget the nicknames for the OLinemen individually.
As a group they truly are the “Legion Of Doom”. Doom for whatever DL they are facing. And that’s a fact.
Make those miracles happen - Jon Keyworth
Igor
Legion of Doom is sweeeeeeet. You better trademark that one.
Smokey, my friend, you are entering a world of pain.
My only problem with this
Is that the Legion of Doom was a WWF (YES I SAID NOT FREAKING E) tag team back in the day that looked like outcasts from a poorly written Faiders Horror story……so…..that would be my only drawback to that name.
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
Doom Squad
I think “Doom Squad” brings in the team effort that is defining our new Broncos.
by Bradoncadonc on Sep 30, 2009 12:20 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah this is an awesome name for the DL.
As for our whole defense I like: McNolan’s X-men.
It's Orange Crush Time!
Great for the DL
since they are actually led by DOOM, himself.
by Royal With Cheese on Sep 30, 2009 10:06 PM MDT up reply actions
Main Entry: 1iron·clad
Pronunciation: \-ˈklad\
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1847
1 : sheathed in iron armor —used especially of naval vessels
2 : so firm or secure as to be unbreakable: as a : binding b : having no obvious weakness
Why does Madden suck at ranking the Broncos so much?
Got it. Iron Clad Clady.
What does everyone think?
Why does Madden suck at ranking the Broncos so much?
+1
Also….has Madden updated the Broncos stats yet based on our AWESOME START?! lol
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison
"Success is not a place at which one arrives, but rather... the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."
- Alex Noble
It think that's where
the origin of Iron Curtain came from, but yes! Iron Clad is much much better.
It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. -- Thomas Sowell
yes but shorten to Iron Clady
the word association is still there, but its much easier to say
"My job description is to win football games. I'm a hard worker. I'm not flashy by any means, but my job is to play football and win and I plan to do that." Kyle Orton
by odarol on Sep 30, 2009 1:58 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lost in the amazing play of Clady is the amazing play of Chris Kuper. Here’s a guy who defines under the radar. As crazy as .5 sacks is for Clady try ZERO for Kuper.
Clady may be the best Left Tacket in the NFL for years to come, but..,....
he probably won’t go to very many super bowls or to the HOF because he is a Bronco!
From Gradishar to Zimmerman to Champ to Clady, the East Coast bias and anti
Bronco sentiment will keep them all out of the HOF. I hope I am wrong, but probably not.
I've thought about this for a time--and have trouble with all names--not fluid.
Ryan is harder than iron….
How ‘bout ’Colbalt Clady’ or Colbalt for short?
Guardian of the Gate to La La Land!
Gonsoulin, Taylor, Little, Wright, Gradishar, Atwater, Davis, and Sharpe...
Why are they not in the Hall...I just don't understand.
It would at least have people looking up 'Cobalt'
Guardian of the Gate to La La Land!
Gonsoulin, Taylor, Little, Wright, Gradishar, Atwater, Davis, and Sharpe...
Why are they not in the Hall...I just don't understand.
How about Iridium Ryan
Iridium being the heaviest metal.
"You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left." – Yogi Berra
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing." -- George Bernard Shaw
Breaking jaws or the NFL in Oakland who cares? Fall on your pirate’s sword - Ponderosa
by KaptainKirk on Sep 30, 2009 10:14 PM MDT up reply actions
love it
Guardian of the Gate to La La Land!
Gonsoulin, Taylor, Little, Wright, Gradishar, Atwater, Davis, and Sharpe...
Why are they not in the Hall...I just don't understand.
OMG OMG I GOT IT....
I was thinking of the movie “Gladiator when it hit me..”
Ryan CLADIATOR!
It's Orange Crush Time!
You know...
We should just take the Bronco logo off our helmets and put a Picture of Clady on there. Heck yeah, that’s intimidation baby!
It's Orange Crush Time!
Kuper Duper
To go with Iron Clady
Play Ironman by Black Sabboth before the offense comes out
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