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Mile High Blues

Oh to be a Broncos fan this year. The Denver Broncos, who came into the season heavy favorites to return to, and possibly even win, this years Super Bowl open the season with a devastating win. After dominating the Colts in the first half, the Denver Broncos couldn't hold on to a rediculous blow out of a playoff caliber team and were saddened by the teams first win of the season. Manning only went 22 of 36 for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns. Most of that was in the first half and we ended up relying on an old worn out concept called a running game in the second half in which we scored only one more touchdown for a weak total of four. With this performance, there are concerns Manning wont have a chance to beat his all time NFL records nemesis, Peyton Manning, who beat all of Mannings records plus some last year. Since joining the team, Manning and the Broncos have an abysmal record of 27-6.

The Denver Broncos will continue this year to struggle with a hall of fame quarterback leading a no-name receiving squad who were handed devastating news two weeks ago when they lost their only star receiver, Wes Welker to a 4 game suspension, and boy could you tell. The Broncos struggled with only 3 receiving touchdowns in a single quarter in the second quarter to a rent-a -tight-end by the name of Julius Thomas. While most likely Thomas won't be with the team come the October trade deadline, due to his inconsistent habit of dominating all things tight end. We are certainly glad he was able to help us out early on, even though in the end we fell short with a win. Thomas may be able to earn a roster spot due to the lack-luster performance by guys like Demaryius Thomas, who had his typical drops and zero touchdowns, Emanual Sanders, Andre Caldwell, Wes Welker, when he returns, and rookie Cody Latimer, who already looks to start in particular packages in his first year.

On Defense it didn't get much better. At first look, the amount of money the Broncos spent to acquire former Dallas Cowboys royalty and sack king, Demarcus Ware, appears to have been a bust. With only one and a half sacks in his first game, Demarcus looks to only average a journeyman's 24 sacks this year, and that was with a starting Von Miller, who was winded and pretty much on a pitch count due to his inability to perform to the normal standards of an Adrian Peterson type performance after tearing an ACL just 9 months earlier. Of course we all know Adrian rushed for 2,097 yards, rushing for just 499 yards his first 6 games. Clearly Von, with his team leading 5 hurries, is in the eve of his career and the Broncos must be very concerned about the future of this teams pass rush. In the secondary, it looked even worse with only two interceptions and a drive ending, game winning stop by another poor draft pick this year, starting rookie, Bradley Roby, along with only 2 goal-line stands with only 3 points allowed between them. Again, add to that only one and a half sacks and the 5 hurries by the aged pass rush, our defense appeared as if they were playing in their first game of the season together against a team that that will probably end up drafting number 27 or so next year.

With the Kansas City Chiefs coming in, the Denver Broncos can only hope to salvage this season with their first AFC West win this year, keeping their Super Bowl hopes alive. As fans, we have been here before, with the lackluster performance last year by the greatest offense to ever play the game, we supported our team. We did it then and we must do it now. After all, while we are known for our band-wagon fans, we can only hope to be like the fans of the Seahawks, who didn't just come out of thin air only after their team began winning,and didn't have to copy a long standing college teams rally cry of the 12th man, because of those years of support. That kind of die hard fandom only comes in supporting your team while they are down, as the Broncos clearly look to be again this year.

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