The Denver Broncos, Not Packers, The Most Dangerous Team In Playoffs
by Tim Lynch on Jan 13, 2012 9:37 PM MST
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PrintNotice I said dangerous, not best. The reason for that danger is because Tim Tebow is like a box of Forrest Gump chocolates. You just never know what you're going to get. I shared one theory today with the MHR crew that perhaps the playoffs is the only way to bottle up Tebow Time for all 60 minutes. The urgency of playing in an elimination game is bringing out the best in the entire team. It's not just Tebow Time, its Broncos Time.
I'm not sitting here saying we're going to win 40-31 or anything, which I did, but if this Broncos team can come out and play like they did against the best defense in football, then I like our chances. Spreads be damned. No matter the outcome, this has been the most magical year in Broncos history since at least 1977. So many questions were answered about not only Tebow, but Demaryius Thomas and many other positions on this team.
All I care about now is being a witness to the magic continuing another week! That's really all I have to say leading into tomorrow's game. Do most of you feel as good as I do about this game?
GO BRONCOS!
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You bet!!
This game is going to be a must see.
Even if it turns out bad – how much ahead of where we thought we would be at the first of the season!!
GOD BLESS and GO BRONCOS !!!!
I just want to see the Broncos score LOTS of points, beat the SNOT out of the opponent, and walk away with a humble "God Bless". How about you?
by 83BroncoFan on Jan 13, 2012 9:42 PM MST reply actions 2 recs
I ive you a thumbs up kiddo...
Win, lose or draw, we are the Denver Broncos! 13-3 Baby!!! Until we ain't!
I'm pretty relaxed.
If we win we win and move on, yeehaw. If we lose, we still win. We won a playoff game last week. It’s been a great run this year. One heck of a lot of fun. We’re going places again now.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt
Agreed.
I’m sure you and I will still both live and die with every play during the game, but nothing will soil what this team has accomplished so far.
You kidding?
I am going to be going beserk throughout the whole game. My son is not allowed to watch it with me though. He roots for the enemy. Needless to say I want a win bad.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt
by Digger24 on Jan 13, 2012 10:14 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, we were supposed to finish in last place.
Not bad at all. I told a buddy of mine that if we beat the Steelers, then whatever happens after that won’t take the smile off of my face. I remember how I was feeling coming into the season and look at us now…..WOW!!!
Floyd Little: HOF Class of 2010.
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2009-10 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant
by weazel on Jan 13, 2012 10:15 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Not so sure
I agree with Digger, I’m going to be beserk. It’s been so long that we’ve been in, that all my playoff anxiety from the last 7 years was bottled up and is coming out now. However, couldn’t agree more with Tim’s post. This team deserves so much respect and has exceeded so many expectations, I will definitely be smiling no matter what. But I still hope it’s because of another Lombari trophey! ;)
by MTorange&blue on Jan 13, 2012 11:57 PM MST up reply actions
FWIW, only 2 teams have ever beaten the Broncos in a divisional playoff game:
Pittsburgh and Jacksonville. And Denver is 2-0 versus the Patriots in Divisional playoff games.
We live in an age when instant gratification isn't fast enough
BTW, Tim,
Nice article and I totally agree with you.
We live in an age when instant gratification isn't fast enough
by Brian Shrout on Jan 13, 2012 9:49 PM MST up reply actions
I never really put much stock in historical data like this
It was a completely different team/coach/etc.
Fools gold… Fools comfort
REVELATION 6:8
And I looked, and behold a pale [Bronco]: and his name that sat on him was [Tebow], and [a Ferocious Defense] followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth [Quarter of the Game], to kill with [the 1st ranked run attack], and with [clutch plays], and with [bone crunching sacks], and with the beasts of the [Mile HIgh City].
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by Trapped in O.C. on Jan 14, 2012 12:42 AM MST via iPhone app up reply actions
Me neither
Remember when all we heard in the 2005 playoffs was that no wildcard team in history has ever made it to and won the Superbowl? Then we watched the Steelers do it with young Ben at QB. I think records are made to be broken and history is meant to be made.
After expecting no more than 5 wins from this team this season, I’m hoping the 2011 Broncos are more like the 2005 Steelers rather than the 2010 Seahawks.
I am not interested in your exaggeration of reality. I am interested in reality itself.
Yup. Giants repeated that feat in 07
against the 18-0 Pats
"It's all over fat man!"
-Tom Jackson
"When John Elway is standing in lava with a football, he will stay there and sink until you're open"
-Seanbaby
Actually, the Denver Broncos won Super Bowl XXII as a wild card team
Nine teams have made it to the Super Bowl as wild cards, but only five have won it. As an FYI, the Raiders, Broncos, and Ravens were the other wild card teams that won a Super Bowl before the Steelers did it in 2005.
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXII
http://www.sportspundit.com/football/teams/184-denver-broncos
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_wildcard_teams_have_won_the_superbowl
Well...
the team I love just beat the team I dislike the most (Raiders excluded) in the playoffs. It was kind of like a mini-super bowl for me. I think there is a quarterback for the future and a fairly young team. This year has been agony followed by ecstasy…its the ecstasy that lingers. It has been an awesome ride regardless of the outcome of the game against the Pats. The season has been a joy ride and a success. I am completely relaxed for this one. I hope they go out, cut loose and have fun. The other stuff will take care of itself.
We're playing with House Money, always dangerous
When you are supposed to be where you are, not supposed to be able to do what you do, and nobody thinks you’ll beat who you are not “supposed to.” That makes you extremely dangerous.
In the cold conditions of tomorrow’s game (that favor a team that can run the ball), we’re in a very solid position to Shock the World Part 2. McGahee is going to have a big game. Champ is going to have a key pick. Brady will fumble once (at least), but his bum shoulder in chilly conditions will be a bigger issue. And, Matt Willis is going to catch a home-run ball from Tebow (he missed him last week and will make up for it).
Going to be 3 home losses in a row for Brady et al in the playoffs. The mystique is gone, and their defense isn’t good enough to keep them in a contest where their offense struggles. Tomorrow that offense is going to struggle.
sounds good to me
come on Broncos, let’s get dangerous!
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With Coach Zorro on our side, we will slice opponents to ribbons. Tim Tebow gives me hope and I already have faith and charity in my heart! I see a propitious future rife with Lombardis for our Broncos!
by the new Bradfather on Jan 13, 2012 11:58 PM MST up reply actions
DARKWING DUCK!
Davis and Smith to the Hall!
"Teamwork divides the task and double the success."
- Unknown
by Jon Tollerud on Jan 14, 2012 2:25 AM MST up reply actions
suck gas Patriots ERRR Evildoers
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With Coach Zorro on our side, we will slice opponents to ribbons. Tim Tebow gives me hope and I already have faith and charity in my heart! I see a propitious future rife with Lombardis for our Broncos!
by the new Bradfather on Jan 14, 2012 10:46 AM MST up reply actions
Nice way to put it
the Broncos were not expected to get this far and they’re such underdogs in todays games, that they truly have nothing to lose. Even a loss today is already a win for the season.
While it would have been great to have a top 20 draft position come April, we have lots of cap space for next year and I have more faith in EFX and their future personnel moves than if McD was still here. So despite picking later in the draft, after such a great turnaround in 2011, suddenly, Denver is back to being a desirable place for players and coaches to come.
I am not interested in your exaggeration of reality. I am interested in reality itself.
I'm loving it!
We win if we win, we win if we lose. Hard not to be gleeful at that thought. Sure, the MSM will try to portray it as a epic fail if we (read: Tebow, since they’ll put it all on him) do lose and the haters will go for the throat, but what else is new? Tebow and the Broncos have made their point this year and though they won’t admit it, the rest of the NFL is freaked out about the fact that, try as they might, they can’t dictate where this story will end and cut it off at the knees. Hah!
The Broncos are the definition of dangerous now and going forward. That’s why all the complacent and dismissive media analysts who are taking the result of this game for granted just make me laugh.
So, heck yeah, I’m excited. I’m already watching the clock, feeling impatient for the hours to pass so we can get to game time already!
GB2!!!
I hear ya!
Unpredictable, unconventional and undefinable. That’s the triumvirate of Defensive Coordinator nightmares. How do you plan for what you can’t anticipate, aren’t used to seeing, and what is still evolving? Pick your poison?!
This team is not what you want to see in the playoffs. They make you re-think everything that you do on defense (particularly after the Steeler game) and on defense the Broncos are bring pressure from the outside and the middle—not something a pocket passing QB wants to see.
Great point!
the rest of the NFL is freaked out about the fact that, try as they might, they can’t dictate where this story will end and cut it off at the knees. Hah!
I’ve noticed this too. Exhibit A = Merril Hoge. Exhibit B = Stephen A. Smith.
I am not interested in your exaggeration of reality. I am interested in reality itself.
I forgot one more
Exhibit C = Chris Carter.
I am not interested in your exaggeration of reality. I am interested in reality itself.
As long as we don't turn the ball over, we have a great chance.
We were dominating the first time against the Pats before we started fumbling and the wheels came off.
And we lost McGahee
We have the offense (as it currently exists) intact for 4 quarters, I like our chances.
and we are going to tackle Pats TE's better....
and not leave them so wide open…and YES, we will win! Go broncos
by Bronco stuck in Florida on Jan 14, 2012 7:27 AM MST up reply actions
We also didn't jam their receivers
and let them run their routes just as they’re drawn up. Can’t let them do that and once they do make a catch, they must be brought down with sound tackling. Nothing fancy, don’t go for the big hit, just stop them in their tracks and make them earn every inch of the field that they gain.
I am not interested in your exaggeration of reality. I am interested in reality itself.
Wish you guys could borrow CJ, Suh, and Delmas.
Good luck tomorrow
What's so funny 2011 Lions? Gordon Bombay doesn't think losing is funny.
Leshoure = 2012 Beastmode
Draft Konz!!
Louis Delmas is outstanding
thanks Lions buddy!
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With Coach Zorro on our side, we will slice opponents to ribbons. Tim Tebow gives me hope and I already have faith and charity in my heart! I see a propitious future rife with Lombardis for our Broncos!
by the new Bradfather on Jan 14, 2012 12:03 AM MST up reply actions
So PUMPED!
I want to punch NE in the mouth so bad. I’m so sick of everyone talking about the Steelers injuries and mistakes being the reasons we advanced. No respect for what this team has accomplished. Guess what?? We also had plenty of injuries, but those seem to go unnoticed. Moreno? Kuper? Dawkins? Decker? Larson? The only way to prove them all wrong is to put Brady on his ass and rack up 40 on their terrible defense. GO BRONCOS!!!! Can’t wait :)
by MTorange&blue on Jan 13, 2012 11:42 PM MST reply actions 3 recs
And that could happen
With the weather they are expecting, throwing the ball could be an adventure. We run like we did in week 15 in the first quarter for the whole game and we will own these guys. I see Brady having a performance like the 2009 playoffs, 3 picks and 3-6 sacks. His shoulder has been troubling him more than they’ve let on. It takes him a whole half sometimes to get it warmed up. In this weather that’s just not going to happen—especially if we are controlling the ball with the run game.
What a difference a week makes
Last week posting on BTSC, I was completely objective and didn’t have a feeling either way about the game—-no expectations.
This week, posted over at Pats Pulpit and from the very beginning had an edge on me! I can think of no team other than the Raiders that I hate more than the Patriots! Maybe its McD, or the way that Belichick and Brady are never analyzed outside of three super bowl victories. Whatever it is, I CAN’T STAND THEM and would love nothing more than for our team to raise their arms in victory tomorrow!
The only question I got left is…..Why couldn’t we win? Who are the Patriots that everybody feels the need to fear them? Why are they untouchable? Screw it guys, I’m ready for this game, ready for a statement, ready for our Broncos to play their asses off!
GO BRONCOS!!!
Kyle Orton: "Remember when I beat Green Bay? YEAH I was just as suprised as you were!"
Kyle Orton: "If you're John Elway it doesn't suck, you can walk down the street and people give you quarters even though you're not homeless."
Kyle Orton: "I'm a quarterback too Dad!"
by Bronco Mike on Jan 14, 2012 12:03 AM MST reply actions 1 recs
BTW Brady and his spike in our endzone really rubbed me the wrong way last time
I hope VONDOOM gives that putz several meaty turf sandwiches tomorrow!!!
Kyle Orton: "Remember when I beat Green Bay? YEAH I was just as suprised as you were!"
Kyle Orton: "If you're John Elway it doesn't suck, you can walk down the street and people give you quarters even though you're not homeless."
Kyle Orton: "I'm a quarterback too Dad!"
by Bronco Mike on Jan 14, 2012 12:06 AM MST up reply actions
AAARRRGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PUMPED UP PUMPED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kyle Orton: "Remember when I beat Green Bay? YEAH I was just as suprised as you were!"
Kyle Orton: "If you're John Elway it doesn't suck, you can walk down the street and people give you quarters even though you're not homeless."
Kyle Orton: "I'm a quarterback too Dad!"
by Bronco Mike on Jan 14, 2012 12:07 AM MST up reply actions
I feel ya...
I really dislike the Patriots. Like really really
REVELATION 6:8
And I looked, and behold a pale [Bronco]: and his name that sat on him was [Tebow], and [a Ferocious Defense] followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth [Quarter of the Game], to kill with [the 1st ranked run attack], and with [clutch plays], and with [bone crunching sacks], and with the beasts of the [Mile HIgh City].
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by Trapped in O.C. on Jan 14, 2012 12:47 AM MST via iPhone app up reply actions
they are deplorable
but if we win Saturday, everyone left in the playoffs is class, get rid of the Cheatriots, we owe it to the NFL!
Brad James
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With Coach Zorro on our side, we will slice opponents to ribbons. Tim Tebow gives me hope and I already have faith and charity in my heart! I see a propitious future rife with Lombardis for our Broncos!
by the new Bradfather on Jan 14, 2012 1:03 AM MST up reply actions
yes, that girly QB sneak did not deserve a spike like that
Maybe the worst sneak I have ever seen??? Have no idea how he even made it across!
by Bronco stuck in Florida on Jan 14, 2012 7:33 AM MST up reply actions
who knows more about being a girl QB
than Tom LADY
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With Coach Zorro on our side, we will slice opponents to ribbons. Tim Tebow gives me hope and I already have faith and charity in my heart! I see a propitious future rife with Lombardis for our Broncos!
by the new Bradfather on Jan 14, 2012 10:48 AM MST up reply actions
With Eric Decker out, we could use Jabar Gaffney in a big way today
I’m thankful that Demaryius Thomas has almost made us forget about Brandon Lloyd though.
Regardless of what happens today though, I will still be all smiles because of how far this team has gotten.
I am not interested in your exaggeration of reality. I am interested in reality itself.
The Broncos front office thought they could go forward and get to the playoffs without Gaffney, oh wait we did!
by always broncs on Jan 14, 2012 9:58 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Gaffney is
just like Orton, not a bad guy, he puts up nice stats, but has he ever played in the playoffs since leaving New England, NO, did he ever make the playoffs with Houston before coming to New England, NO…
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With Coach Zorro on our side, we will slice opponents to ribbons. Tim Tebow gives me hope and I already have faith and charity in my heart! I see a propitious future rife with Lombardis for our Broncos!
by the new Bradfather on Jan 14, 2012 10:49 AM MST up reply actions
Care to rephrase your statement having watched our receivers drop so many passes during last night's game?
I am not interested in your exaggeration of reality. I am interested in reality itself.
This has been a Cinderella season for sure and what ever happens, happens.
I’m proud of the Broncos and what they stand for and couldn’t knock them in a rebuilding year…I just hope we don’t regress like the Seattle Seahawks did when they won their division with first year head coach Pete Carroll.
Win, lose or draw, we are the Denver Broncos! 13-3 Baby!!! Until we ain't!
actually
this year the Seahawks went 7-9 again and were playing well late in the season but I know what you meant, San Francisco took a quantum leap and now that division is going to be much better in 2012, except for the Rams.
Brad James
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With Coach Zorro on our side, we will slice opponents to ribbons. Tim Tebow gives me hope and I already have faith and charity in my heart! I see a propitious future rife with Lombardis for our Broncos!
by the new Bradfather on Jan 14, 2012 10:50 AM MST up reply actions
You don't give Jeff Fisher much of a chance?
Win, lose or draw, we are the Denver Broncos! 13-3 Baby!!! Until we ain't!
Good stuff Zap
I do know this, the last time we played the Pats, I had an uneasy feeling, kind of a nervous anxiety. That feeling lasted me through until the end of the season. That feeling left me after I knew we snuck into the tournament and it hasn’t come back. It was replaced in the first half of the Steelers game with a quiet confidence. Whatever happens tonight, this team has far exceeded my expectations for this season. After that amazing 80 yarder in OT, I teared up and remembered the glory of 97 revenge tour. I felt like I was seeing history happening before my eyes; a feeling I hadn’t really felt since those games in January, 1998. I would love to see “Shock the World” pt.2 tonight. That quiet confidence has not left me yet, I hope it doesn’t anytime soon.
"You’re only great if you win something. I mean, Alexander wasn’t Alexander the Mediocre or Alexander the Average. He was Alexander the Great, and there’s a reason for it."-Shannon Sharpe
Can you believe
If we win this game we will be playing in the AFC championship, the AFC championship WOW!
by OrangeRhino on Jan 14, 2012 11:39 AM MST via mobile reply actions
take it all in stride!
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With Coach Zorro on our side, we will slice opponents to ribbons. Tim Tebow gives me hope and I already have faith and charity in my heart! I see a propitious future rife with Lombardis for our Broncos!
by the new Bradfather on Jan 14, 2012 1:11 PM MST up reply actions
!!!
Guardian of the Gate to La La Land!
Gonsoulin, Taylor, Wright, Gradishar, Atwater, and Davis.....
Why are they not in the Hall...I just don't understand.
As Tim said maybe only the 1977 season could top the unexpected we've had this year.
This has been one fun run!!!
Guardian of the Gate to La La Land!
Gonsoulin, Taylor, Wright, Gradishar, Atwater, and Davis.....
Why are they not in the Hall...I just don't understand.
by Mike Clark on Jan 14, 2012 3:55 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
I Like it!
W-L record doesn't matter to me.... I just want to see a team on the rise at the end of the year!
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