Forgotten Strength

hes one of my favorite players and one of the reasons I think we dont need Patrick Peterson The guy is a hard hitter and he has the hands to pick the ball off the guys a beast

I’m also looking forward to seeing more of Decker & Squid as well. I’ve really been on the fence about drafting PP but maybe this sums up why we don’t need him.

is so underappreciated it blows my mind. This is a guy who had 875 yards last year on 65 catches. I haven’t checked, but that has to rank in the upper echelon of #2 WR in this league.

I’ve said it all year long. He is a guy who on paper isn’t terrifying, but he is more then capable of dominating a game.

Highly underrated.

I LOVE squid. One of my favorite rooks easily.

I wonder why MD has never volunteered to be a front-page poster! :)

Great post!

I like all of your proverbial “forgotten strengths”. Great post. I have always been a Gaffney fan. Decker, and Syd are going to be great some day. Hill is just a work horse! Thanks for reminding us.

Did Squid return any kicks or punts in the regular season? I remember watching him and Vaughn in preseason and thinking they were going to be electric in the return game.

Also its scary how stacked we are at WR. Lloyd, Royal, Gaffney, Thomas, Decker and lets not forget Willis who EVERYONE was high on in the preseason. I can’t help but think there is a trade made in this group. There is going to be a serious logjam here. I could see McD looking to grab Gaffney to give Bradford a knowledgeable target. Who knows?

Great post, though. I enjoyed it. Makes me feel better about the 2012 season and on.

“Underutilized” may be more appropriate for these two.

Fantastic post! I think people have been so obsessed with what sucks, that we haven’t considered many reasons to be hopeful. Squid and Decker are two of my favorite young players. Gaffney kind of reminds me of Rod Smith in that he just goes to work.

With that said, there’s a common word confusion error that I see a lot on sports blogs. Please note that I’m not pointing this out because I think it’s bad. I’m pointing it out because your work is professional quality that deserves professional polish.

Corp. is an abbreviation for corporation.
Corps is the word I think you meant to use, which refers to a group. The S is silent (Thanks for nothing, France).
Both Corporation and Corps (along with corpse) stem from the Latin, “Corpus,” meaning body.
“Core” is a word I’ve also seen confused with “corps,” but has a different etymology, stemming from “cor” or “coeur,” meaning, “heart.” However, this is a word that can be used to describe a group of stalwarts on a team. So you could say, “The receiving corps features a core of veterans, backed up by rookies and recent free agent additions.”

#GrammarNazi #NotOnTwitter #BetYouWishItWasOnly140Characters

When McD would use him, he was very effective. He did not drop a pass thrown to him. I think is value to our team, especially now that we will run the ball more.

Thanks for this maxwell. We do have a lot of young players with promise and a bright future.

Another great post Max, pleasantly surprised what you found when you went back and looked at Hill.

I thought he had a great first season with us, but I always measured his play by that one play against New York, so guilty there. Great post, and I put it on my twitter. First time I’ve ever done that to a FanPost. This is great stuff though, and Those are four of my new favorite Broncos.

Just this past weekend I finally got the chance to play franchise mode on Madden with my younger brother. He is still young and is torn between the Broncos and the Ravens to root for (I’m trying my best with him, but it’s been tough work to convince him these past couple years) and he likes the Ravens more. Anyhow, since I wanted to play the Broncos, and he wanted to play the Ravens, we decided to compromise and pick neither team. We ended up choosing to play the Eagles (so we wouldn’t have to knock our favorite teams out of the playoffs).

To make a long story short. We were entering year 4 and Syd’Quan came up as a free agent (his contract with Denver ended) and he was rated as an 89! Now of course Madden NFL ratings are Madden ratings. But I was pretty excited to see that, even on a fictional projection of an artificial season.

Syd’Quan all the way! (though I STILL want to draft Peterson, cause Champ is probably in his final contract – it will give us time to let Peterson and Syd’Quan establish themselves as a dominant tandem ((when Champ slides back to safety)) for the long term future).

you mentioned his receiving and kick returning abilities, but I would be willing to bet he had the most special teams tackles on the Broncos. The dude is a great all around football player.

I voted for Gaff. Even though Syd’Quan had a very nice year for a 7th round CB, I think Gaffney’s contributions helped the team out more. I will say this though, had Thompson played as many snaps as Jabar, it wouldn’t shock me if I found myself voting for him.

I love posts like this – new ideas, off the beaten trail material. Keep this good stuff coming brother!!!

Oh, and I almost forgot – REC’D!!!

Has to be Hill. He made the most impact on the team, did what he had to do and as you say “wasn’t the flashiest and doesn’t stand out”.

All the other guys aside from Gaffney were rookies who saw limited time. Hill on the other hand was first string, played all season and has some stats as you showed to prove he played a good season. Gaffney was mistake prone but he didn’t put up as much playing time as Hill did.

Gaffney. This is a no brainer.

He has been a decent player for us for both seasons. Made a lot of plays and racked up some good stats. He hasn’t had a few good plays like Thompson or Decker, he hasn’t had nearly as many bad plays as Hill (or played on such a bad unit).

I’d add Goodman, Haggan and Bannon as underrated, but again, they played on the 32nd ranked D in the NFL so maybe I’m being too kind.

but like I commented to cjfarls, didnt Decker fumble a few returns? I think I saw him lose 2 and recover one. Rec’d btw

Its always nice to read something about a positive with the team, just to take a break from all the crazy debate that goes on just about everywhere else.

I really loved what I saw out of Squid all season. I remember in the preseason, he was just really fun to watch as a punt returner. He wasn’t your prototypical returner who has great speed and will dodge everybody, but he just ran tough and ripped off some nice returns. I would’ve liked to see him in that role a bit more in the regular season.

He also went to Grant high (same high school as Worrell Williams) which is one of the strongest teams in California second to only De la salle (DJ Williams went here but would have went to Grant if he wasn’t recruited.). This guy played with top competition which really helped him. Lining up against Desean Jackson everyday certainly helped.

Fun fact, right now his little brother is creating a big buzz in my area. He is a 5 star prospect and has potential as safety. Scouts say he is even better than Squid. Bronco in five years? Hope so.

Glad you noticed this. Very good post.

This is the type of discussion and things I came to MHR for. Great post and great job. I really enjoyed it and the posts so far.