Riffraff Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 If they can beat the Chargers paper mache defense next week, it'll be a 4 game lead in the division. Don't think they'd blow it like they did last year. This Chargers' fan misses Cutler already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Before the season started, I thought the defense wasn't any better than last year. I was dead wrong. Before the season, I thought the offense would be awful. I was initially right... but they have definitely gotten better over the last 5 games. Tonight against the Pats, Orton did some stuff I've never seen him do. I was really impressed in the second half and OT. The offense really seems to be improving as time goes on. It's not a liability anymore. Before the season, I thought McDaniels was a heartless tool with no respect for the local fans. He kinda won me over a little tonight when he lost his coach-cool exterior and went fist-pumping and jumping to the crowd after going out to shake Belichick's hand. He put on a little display of emotion for the crowd and I'd never seen that from him. All in all, I think I was wrong about a lot of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Irish Doggy Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I give the credit entirely to the defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 dare I say . . . .. . . McDaniels for Coach of the year???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTSuper7 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Please keep downplaying the Broncos. I love how after they beat Dallas last week, everyone was like "well Dallas sucks... if they can beat NE next weekend, that will mean something." And now that they've beaten NE, it's that they barely beat a NE team that clearly isn't the 2007 version. So please keep finding reasons that they aren't that good of a team... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayLow Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 They won't win a playoff game if they get there. Mark my words That being said, they do look pretty good so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTSuper7 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 They won't win a playoff game if they get there. Mark my words That being said, they do look pretty good so far I feel a bet coming on. Let's check back later in the year on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 If they lose in the first round, I'd consider the season a huge success. well, they were a choke away from making playoffs last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 well, today for the first time I actually kind of liked mcdaniels. and I am just loving their defense. I was fairly certain their defense was going to be even worse than last year, and here they are playing as well as any unit in the league. stunning. orton actually looked like an average NFL QB today, which is a big step forward for him, but I still get a little depressed and nauseous every time I watch him walk out on to the field (almost exactly how I felt when I saw their brown and yellow throwbacks today). and I miss the fact that we no longer have an innovative, creative offense with a good QB. the offense is plain, boring, and just barely effective enough to win games. but I love that we are winning games with kind of a no-name defense. some old guys, some kids, some retreads, some guys playing new positions. it's getting pretty fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I think he did everything reasonable to try and find him, he has no hard feelings against him. In fact, in all the excitement McDaniels could have been seen as having blown off Bellichick as he ran off the field. Your hatred of all things Patriot clouds your vision, man. Yeah, I agree - It looked like Belicheck was making a reasonable effort to find McDaniels. I recall the commentators saying something about McD going towards the fans after the handshake with BB. Maybe it happened and it just didn't get shown, maybe the announcers were mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Neutron Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 well, today for the first time I actually kind of liked mcdaniels. and I am just loving their defense. I was fairly certain their defense was going to be even worse than last year, and here they are playing as well as any unit in the league. stunning. orton actually looked like an average NFL QB today, which is a big step forward for him, but I still get a little depressed and nauseous every time I watch him walk out on to the field (almost exactly how I felt when I saw their brown and yellow throwbacks today). and I miss the fact that we no longer have an innovative, creative offense with a good QB. the offense is plain, boring, and just barely effective enough to win games. but I love that we are winning games with kind of a no-name defense. some old guys, some kids, some retreads, some guys playing new positions. it's getting pretty fun to watch. Pretty much where I'm at. Love that they're winning, but I know they're not "legit" until they beat solid teams on the road. That remains to be seen. Orton did look much better today - not as many as the wild misses we saw the first 4 games. 300+ yards passing and getting the ball to Royal and Marshall more - nice. Moreno is running with pop - great to see. What more can you say about the D? Yeah, they haven't played any rean powerhouse offenses, but they've looked great even considering the competiton. Really looking forward to the game against Pitt in a few weeks. That'll be a great test I hope they show up for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTSuper7 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Pretty much where I'm at. Love that they're winning, but I know they're not "legit" until they beat solid teams on the road. That remains to be seen. Does the win over Cincy in week 1 not count as a road win over a solid team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDFFFreak Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 (edited) Talk to me after their two tough upcoming road games. It's not like they just beat NE in their prime. +1 I think they are obviously better than expected, but if they win the next two very tough games, they are officially for real. Hell, if they can win at least one of them, I'll think they're for real. Edited October 12, 2009 by TDFFFreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTSuper7 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 No. See, they weren't good then, but now they are. Ahh, I got it. Cincy just walked into Baltimore and beat the Ravens today, but that only makes them a legit team now. Their win at Green Bay doesn't count since GB is, well, not a solid team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Neutron Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Did you watch the Cincy game? They did not look good and Denver won the game on a lucky freak play. Hardly convincing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Did you watch the Cincy game? They did not look good and Denver won the game on a lucky freak play. Hardly convincing. yeah, watching that game I had the feeling cincy was going to be pretty good even though they were a bit off. their defense played well, and the offense was just a half step out of synch the whole game. but still they (cincy) were the better team in that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriole33 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Or maybe new England IS NOT as good if they don't have the REFS helping them out? NE stole a game from Baltimore. I'm still not convinced that Denver is that good. Let's see how they do in the next few weeks against a brutal schedule. Weren't they a LOCK to make the playoffs last year?? How'd THAT work out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAUgrad Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 It should be obvious to any football fan with a pulse that NE is not the team they once were and that Denver has yet to play a genuinely good team yet this year. Their next 3 games @ SD, @ Balt and Pitt will be telling. According to your definition of beating a good team, these three teams don't qualify so even if they win, they won't have proven anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAUgrad Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 the offense is plain, boring, and just barely effective enough to win games. Gotta disagree with this completely. They look like a very creative offense. Did you not watch the first quarter of the NE game? How many times have you seen NE call a TO because they were totally confused on defense in the 1st quarter? McDaniels is extremely creative and the offense is moving the ball up and down the field. I haven't looked, but I'm guessing they are putting up roughly 375 -400 yds of offense almost every game. Now if you want to talk about not finishing drives, absolutely, there's a problem. Time to work on the fade route to Marshall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBroncos Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Did you watch the Cincy game? They did not look good and Denver won the game on a lucky freak play. Hardly convincing. The Denver D looked very good. Offense look horrible but the D shut down the run and the passing game and sacked Palmer 4 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBroncos Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Gotta disagree with this completely. They look like a very creative offense. Did you not watch the first quarter of the NE game? How many times have you seen NE call a TO because they were totally confused on defense in the 1st quarter? McDaniels is extremely creative and the offense is moving the ball up and down the field. I haven't looked, but I'm guessing they are putting up roughly 375 -400 yds of offense almost every game. Now if you want to talk about not finishing drives, absolutely, there's a problem. Time to work on the fade route to Marshall. Orton threw for 330 yards and the got 103 yards on the ground. That's pretty good numbers I would say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBroncos Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Also, for you Orton bashers... Orton is ranked 8th in the NFL with 1236 passing yards and a 63% completion and is currently carrying a 97.4 Qb rating. He's actually doing a better job than Cutler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysight Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Talk to me after their two tough upcoming road games. It's not like they just beat NE in their prime. Oh please. Get over it. They're 5-0 and looking much better than they did last year when they failed to make the playoffs after some other quarterback threw the entire season away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myhousekey Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I'll give them their due after that win yesterday. They're pretty good. I thought the Pats would expose them and I was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff321 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 For all the Belichick haters out there, I heard on my way home from work on The Fan/espn radio, that Belichick tracked McDaniels down in the Broncos locker room, finally found him in his office and shook his hand. Also, did anyone else notice how that Patriots pass D is really really bad? I'd go so far as to say it's Cowboysesque. Pretty god awful IMO. Hats off to McDaniels for making game plans and calls that really play to their individuals abilities and limitations. This is easily the least talented 5-0 team I've seen since the '03 Vikes went 6-0 but IMO McDaniels is better then Tice and will keep that team in any game. Also hats off to Marshall for being a part of a minority, WR's that bitch in the offseason and then put that aside and do their job without holding back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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