Denver Broncos: What Happened?

Filed under Denver Broncos by on November 2, 2010 at 4:25 pm {no comments}

Denver BroncosAbout this time last year the Denver Broncos held a 6-2 record and nobody had a clue they would only add two more victories last year and start off 2-6 this year.

It hurts just thinking about it let alone having to write it down. What happened to the Broncos that started 6-0 a year ago?

We could bring up losing Brandon Marshall and Tony Sheffler but they were both here during the initial skid. So was Peyton Hillis although he was never really given a chance last year.

Throw losing Jay Cutler in there too, after all he did have his best year the year before Denver traded him posting 4,526 yards and 25 TD’s.

Then there’s the defense(less). The Denver Broncos defense that can play good enough to compete with the best teams in the league yet get blown out by the worst. That Defense.

Denver has lost good coaches too but every team goes through that cycle. We can go on and on with this so let’s just get to it.

What we have to do is look at the big picture and break it down. When that’s all said and done there is only one possible answer. It’s so simple, yet complex and it’s not what a lot of people want to hear.

Breaking the Broncos down into three era’s is simple, there’s BJE, JEe and PJE. Before John Elway, John Elway era and Post John Elway.

Only two of the era’s went to Superbowls. The Denver Broncos have played in six Superbowls total and John Elway started in five of them. So one Superbowl appearance BJE and five JEe. But in the PJE era the Broncos have only made it as far as the AFC championship game once and they lost hands down.

Simple, see. The Denver Broncos have not won a Superbowl without John Elway so the question is how long until they do?

Broncos Preparing For London

Filed under Denver Broncos by on October 28, 2010 at 2:09 pm {2 comments}

Denver BroncosHow do you get over a loss as painful as the one the Broncos got handed by the Raiders last Sunday? Easy. There’s only one way.

Just win baby! If you’re only as good as your last game, well, let’s not go there.

The Broncos must beat the 49′ers and there couldn’t be a better time or a better team to face.

The stage: London. The opponent: San Fransisco. This game isn’t just national, it’s International and I’ll say it again, the Broncos must win.

Sometimes in a close loss the loser will take something from it, learn from it and become better for it. The Broncos don’t have that same luxury.

But they do have this: key defensive players like Brian Dawkins and Andre Goodman should be returning from injury. The Broncos running game can build on what they were able to do with Knowshon back in the lineup.

The 49′ers will be starting Troy Smith at quarterback. That should be good news for the Broncos because Smith hasn’t played much in the NFL. He appeared in some games here and there for the Ravens but hasn’t really played much since the 07′ season.

In the past few seasons the Broncos have suffered major blow-out losses at the end of the season, to end their season.

This time, they have time to overcome the horrendous, we don’t speak about that game, loss to the you know who’s.

Broncos Still Poised To Win The West

Filed under Denver Broncos by on October 20, 2010 at 9:52 am {no comments}

Denver BroncosHave you looked at the Broncos remaining schedule? For starters there are six division games left so the AFC west is definitely wide open right now. The non-division games left? How about the 49′ers, Rams, Cardinals and Texans. Not too bad eh?

There is hope for the orange and blue. It’s not just the remaining opponents either. It’s the Broncos themselves who have the ability to compete with good teams.

Mistakes have been costly and must be minimized down the road. Injuries have kicked
down the door of Dove Valley but that can’t stop the Broncos from winning 8 of their next 10 games.

Or more.

It was the Duke of Denver that said “the game is never over til’ the clock says zero zero.” Sage advice from the guy who probably forgot more about comebacks than most people will ever know.

There’s one more element that can help the Denver Broncos. You. Stay positive. Did you hear the crowd at INVESCO Field the other night? It was reminicent of the old Mile High Stadium and some Jets players took note.

Guess what? They don’t really want to come back and play here. The Broncos might get the chance to go beat them in New York err Jersey. Either way, the Broncos are one win streak away from turning this season around.

But the Broncos are 2-4, they have trouble scoring, can they really turn this around you ask?

“Every adverse situation carries with it an equal or greater benefit” Napolean Hill. You hear NFL players say all the time “we just have to look forward to next week,” it’s true.

The Raiders are up next so even Mike Shanahan is pulling for the Broncos this week.

Broncos Must Improve To Keep Winning

Filed under Denver Broncos by on October 4, 2010 at 1:27 pm {one comment}

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Denver BroncosThe Tennessee Titans fell to the Denver Broncos by a score of 26-20. It was a hard fought game in which the Titans defense managed a season high six sacks and one interception.

Oh, and the Titans defense held the Broncos to only 16 yards rushing, 11 of those yards are credited to Denver’s starting QB Kyle Orton.

A win is a win in the NFL they will tell you. Fine. But the Broncos have lost to the Colts and Jaquars. It’s hard to believe the wins will continue to mount if the Broncos offense cannot score inside the red zone where they have struggled big time.

The Broncos have to be really happy to have come out with a victory on the road considering those statistics.

Of course a healthy Knowshon Moreno is the Broncos quickest and easiest way to improve the run game. Moreno was hampered with injuries during the pre-season and did not play against the Titans.

Laurence Maroney has not been able to punch the ball in from the goal line and are you ready for this? In his two games with the Broncos Maroney has rushed for only 29 yards averaging a paltry 1.3 yards per carry.

I don’t know for sure but would bet anything that has to be the lowest average in the NFL. Hopefully Knowshon can return soon because the Broncos really need him.

Catching The Rockies Fever

Filed under Colorado Rockies by on September 16, 2010 at 12:42 am {no comments}

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Colorado RockiesEver since Ubaldo Jiménez pitched a no-hitter on April 17th against the Atlanta Braves you knew 2010 would be a special season for the Colorado Rockies.

It was the first no-hitter in the 18-year history of the storied baseball franchise. Remember the Blake Street Bombers? Now the Rockies play U-ball (the nickname for Jiménez’s four-seam fastball).

Everybody knows about the 10 game win streak that saw the Rockies sweep the Padres, Reds and Diamondbacks. The Rockies seem to be playing with a we can’t lose attitude.

Some people say Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki willed the Rockies to victory over the Padres recently. Whatever it is the Rockies are winning and that gets people talking.

Every where I go the people have Rockies fever. They’re all talking about the Colorado Rockies.

Tale of Two Running Backs

Filed under Denver Broncos by on September 5, 2010 at 9:32 pm {one comment}

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Maurice Jones-Drew is the Jacksonville Jaguars star running back in his 5th season out of UCLA. Knowshon Moreno is the Denver Broncos second year running back out of Georgia. Both backs have been nursing injuries. Both are expected to play in the regular season opener on September 12th.

Jones-Drew is expected to come out of the gate full-throttle whereas Moreno is still a question mark. Jones-Drew was held out more as a formality – Moreno has been nursing a serious hamstring injury.

Some questions will be answered when the Broncos and Jaquars face each other for the NFL regular season opener. One of them will be the tale of the two running backs, Maurice Jones-Drew and Knowshon Moreno, and just how healthy they are.

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