How the Broncos Win the West

Crazier things have happened before, that’s for sure.

10-6 until we aren’t! Go Broncos!

There ought to be :-)

I think a playoff berth is highly unlikey. Yes we can win the division – but are we likely to do so? Well probably not. Winning all 5 division games (3 on the road) is extremely difficult. Excessive kool-aid means that disapointments are less easily beared when they occur.

Having said all that – there is a strong argument that football is won in the trenches and right now I love where our offensive line is at. So who knows….)

Good article, Troy. We can win these games. We have proven that we are capable, now we just need to execute. One game at a time. The season starts Monday with San Diego, and it starts over the next weekend. Gotta beat the Chargers!!

1-0.

Has there ever been a greater statistical anomaly than the Chargers defense. The number 2 defense in the league yardage wise but there is good reason for this. For one, special teams is so atrocious than teams don’t need to rack up a lot of yards scoring points.

The other issue is they have had outsanding defensive statistical performances against the Seahawks, Cardinals, and Chiefs, yet lost 2 of those games.

I think we can run and throw on this team, final score will be in the 30’s for both teams.

We are out of the race. This game is a must win for us. 3-7 with a “best case” of 9-7 isn’t going to cut it.

A new (relatively speaking) coach, an essentially “new team” in some aspects, as there are those who are returning after a long layoff, a beat down by the Raiders that left us all wondering if the Broncos were a lot worse than their record indicated, then a beat down of the division leaders that has us scratching our heads whether it was the return of the intended O-line and some new faces and positions on the defense that gave us the win, or the leader of the division isn’t all that good, or a combination of both.

I do think the Dolts’ stats are inflated and don’t expose that they’re really not as good as everyone thinks.

I think McDaniels might’ve learned something about using a scripted approach, as well as found a few good players who he didn’t know he had in the linebacking corp.

I think that Moreno might’ve found an extra step, partially due to the O-line.

I think the Broncos can win at San Diego. One week at a time, boys…one week at a time.

1. Moreno breaks off a long TD
2. Royal breaks off a long TD
3. Orton goes for over 400 yards
4. Cox gets his 2nd INT
5. Haggan realizes he can do what he did last week every week and puts up 1.5 sacks.
6. Mays gets a penalty and nobody gets mad at him.
7. Gaffney pretends he’s washing his face 5 times.
8. Moreno goes for over 100 again.
9. Thomas gets his 2nd TD
10. Gruden compliments both Rivers and Orton. Alot.
11. Royal gets a kick return TD
12. Broncos win

Someone remind me to check these after the game to see how I do.

Love the little star links, nice touch.

I just don’t know how to feel. That game last week… it was like a completely different team than we’ve seen all season. I just hope that same team shows up on Monday, because if they don’t, we won’t win this game on the road. It must be another complete game in all 3 phases. Pretty much zero room for error.

It’s too much to hope for playoffs at this point and will only result in disappointment. Just play some good ball that’s not painful to watch and I’ll be happy.

this is a positive season in my book.

which remain are all winnable and finally we are healthy. To win the AFC West in a supposed rebuilding year would be HUGE. The next step in our journey begins Monday at San Diego. Beat the Dolts (incidentally I’ve been blocked from their blog but who cares)

I could shoot a fly off a fencepost at 50 yards with a good rifle.

“Realistically”, probably not so much.

I’d love for the Broncos to somehow win the division and I am not saying they can’t or won’t. If they continue to play as well as they did last week it is a distinct possibility.

But realistically, let’s just beat San Diego Monday night. Then we’ll talk.

And who wouldn’t love to look back on our division win and say Elway’s speech was the moment that turned everything around. This season could easily turn legendary if just a few select things go our way. The way I see it, if we do our part, the odds are in our favor.

And I love the optimism man.

I swear I must have some disease that barely ever lets me be pessimistic about the Broncos.

And obviously it isn’t likely.

We need to win vs SD – probably both games.
We need to beat Oakland.
On the whole – I say we have MAYBE 1 loss to spare – and it can’t come vs SD or Oakland. Losing to KC would hurt too – but we might overcome it if we win every other game.

With realistic optimism, I see 2 losses for Denver. Earlier in the year, I thought 8-8 might win it – but the Raiders and Chargers look like they’re getting hot. Unless we beat them both in the 3 games left vs them… I don’t see them winning less than 8. We

Losing the optimism – Most likely, we hit about 6 wins. All remaining games are winnable – but we haven’t shown consistency yet. And that is the key – not what is our ceiling (which is fairly high) but how often do we perform poorly. To win almost every game (when we have shown we can lose any game) is a tough order. I’d love to see us finish out with only 1 more loss – but that is highly unlikely. We can expect 1 of the other 3 in our division to collapse – but not all 3. If we lose Monday, it’s officially “wait until next year” time.

lol. I figure the team needs all the help they can get.

I agree with KK, Max and many of the others. For me the bottom line is win this game! And I honestly believe we can do exactly that. Let me tell ya, I would love to go into work on Tuesday wearing my Bronco orange hat and hear silence (some of you out there probably know I live in SD). We can worry about next week starting Tuesday. I would love to see us in the post season and if Denver stays healthy, gets a few breaks, and help from the other AFC teams (by them losing) I can picture it.

With a healthy team and a little luck, I believe as well!

problem is we play 4 of 6 road games. while SD plays 4 of 6 home games.

We did win 6 in a row a long long time ago.

is that we split all the division games last year. AND we lost al the home games, and coincidentally all the second games. That shows me that when McD wins, he doesn’t adjust well, and allows the other team to adjust in the following game. Of course, that correlation is very suspect, but it worries me nonetheless.

The thing I’m optimistic about is that Ryan Harris is back, baby. Think about it… he hasn’t been healthy since game 6 of 2009 right? We were undefeated with a healthy RyHair (How’s that for a nickname?). THe game he comes back we thoroughly dismantle the chiefs.

Here’s to 6-0 going to 2-8 becoming 2-6 going to 8-0!

by winning on Monday.

I totally agree we still got a shot and I think McD and the guys know that and will play hard the rest of the season