Shazam!
10-20-2009, 01:49 AM
It's amazing how just a few short months ago he was McDumbass. McDouchebag. McIdiot... and worse. There was a whole thread dedicated to Josh McDaniels nicknames.
Pat Bowlen was out of his mind, literally.
Kyle Orton couldn't throw a football in the water if he was standing on a pier. In fact, he shouldn't even be playing in the NFL, let alone a starting QB.
Mike Nolan wasn't just the defensive coordinator, he was the Coach in waiting to replace McDaniels when he failed miserably.
...and who the **** is Ron Fields?
How fast all that has changed.
McDaniels is a coaching monster as it turns out, and the lock for Coach of the Year if the Broncos keep up a similar pace like this all season.
Motivation. Emotion. Conditioning. Sound tackling. Limiting mistakes. Win at home. Basic football fundamentals. Even a mediocre defense. All we've been asking for the last few seasons has been delivered this year in heaps.
We heard the word 'gel' in years past over and over so much it became sickening.
Orton isn't flashy but he protects the ball. Plummer was unpredictable at times but exciting to watch his first few years. We've all salivated over the rocket-armed, amazingly athletic QB. Now we've got a QB who plays smart first more than anything else, allows the plays to unfold before trying to force his hand. It turns out this is what Denver needed all along.
If we still had the-QB-who-will-go-unnamed, I believe the Broncos wouldn't be undefeated. I know that's only theoretical, but they've been in a pressure cooker for a few games and I could see this unnamed QB forcing passes and throwing turnovers at the worst times. Look at Sunday's game for the team who will go unnamed.
The defense has gone beyond everyone's wildest expectations. The last 3 games alone we could've seen the Broncos blowing it once upon a time.
The rest of the schedule that was so terrible isn't looking so bad right now. With two weeks rest and plenty of time to prepare at Baltimore, that is a winnable game and Baltimore has struggled. Pitt and the NYG are the only teams I can see Denver really struggling with and I think with any kind of defensive showing they can play with untested Indy. 2 vs. KC with 1 at home, 1 vs. Oak and SD at home, Philly and the 'Skins are all very winnable games.
The scary part is this team can get even better, playing in a new system with new staff and personnel.
This team is good. It isn't about opponents adjusting either. The Broncos wouldn't have crept on Dallas, NE, and SD. These are good, solid teams that play physical ball that in the last few years the Broncos would've got creamed up front, especially on defense.
I know the season is not over. There's a lot more football to be played. But if this isn't a playoff team in January after a 6-0 start, it will take an epic collapse, a colossal failure similar to what we saw last year that cost Shanahan his job. Even if they went .500 that's 11-5. With some of the opposition, I don't see it happening. Why you may ask?
You show me a team that can play defense I'll show you a playoff team in January.
While some have been dead wrong of what was said of McDaniels and the Broncos, some have been nearly clairvoyant-like, but I'm not saying all this to feed crow (and crow about how right some of us were). It's time for all Broncos fans alike to celebrate this tremendous start which is nothing short of amazing, and we have at least two weeks to wallow in the glory of 6-0.
There is a lot of football left... but the Denver Broncos could be the perfect cinderella story going into December and January. Nobody, nobody, team execs, fans, and especially the supposed 'experts and analysts', and all those jerkoffs on ESPN gave the Men From Mile High a chance. Josh has a chance of a lifetime here, for the Broncos to be the darlings of the NFL.
This has been quite a wild ride. When the Broncos started out fast before, especially in the Super Bowl years, it was expected. Nobody expected this. Nobody. Even the optimistic fans who knew this team could be good have to be shocked. We may not be a player or part of the Broncos organization, but as fans we are all a part of this and I am honored to be.
We've waited for this turnaround a long time. Regardless of how the season ends, SD (and that insufferable jackass Rivers) are no longer the team to beat in the AFC West.
GO BRONCOS. 6-0 :defense:
Pat Bowlen was out of his mind, literally.
Kyle Orton couldn't throw a football in the water if he was standing on a pier. In fact, he shouldn't even be playing in the NFL, let alone a starting QB.
Mike Nolan wasn't just the defensive coordinator, he was the Coach in waiting to replace McDaniels when he failed miserably.
...and who the **** is Ron Fields?
How fast all that has changed.
McDaniels is a coaching monster as it turns out, and the lock for Coach of the Year if the Broncos keep up a similar pace like this all season.
Motivation. Emotion. Conditioning. Sound tackling. Limiting mistakes. Win at home. Basic football fundamentals. Even a mediocre defense. All we've been asking for the last few seasons has been delivered this year in heaps.
We heard the word 'gel' in years past over and over so much it became sickening.
Orton isn't flashy but he protects the ball. Plummer was unpredictable at times but exciting to watch his first few years. We've all salivated over the rocket-armed, amazingly athletic QB. Now we've got a QB who plays smart first more than anything else, allows the plays to unfold before trying to force his hand. It turns out this is what Denver needed all along.
If we still had the-QB-who-will-go-unnamed, I believe the Broncos wouldn't be undefeated. I know that's only theoretical, but they've been in a pressure cooker for a few games and I could see this unnamed QB forcing passes and throwing turnovers at the worst times. Look at Sunday's game for the team who will go unnamed.
The defense has gone beyond everyone's wildest expectations. The last 3 games alone we could've seen the Broncos blowing it once upon a time.
The rest of the schedule that was so terrible isn't looking so bad right now. With two weeks rest and plenty of time to prepare at Baltimore, that is a winnable game and Baltimore has struggled. Pitt and the NYG are the only teams I can see Denver really struggling with and I think with any kind of defensive showing they can play with untested Indy. 2 vs. KC with 1 at home, 1 vs. Oak and SD at home, Philly and the 'Skins are all very winnable games.
The scary part is this team can get even better, playing in a new system with new staff and personnel.
This team is good. It isn't about opponents adjusting either. The Broncos wouldn't have crept on Dallas, NE, and SD. These are good, solid teams that play physical ball that in the last few years the Broncos would've got creamed up front, especially on defense.
I know the season is not over. There's a lot more football to be played. But if this isn't a playoff team in January after a 6-0 start, it will take an epic collapse, a colossal failure similar to what we saw last year that cost Shanahan his job. Even if they went .500 that's 11-5. With some of the opposition, I don't see it happening. Why you may ask?
You show me a team that can play defense I'll show you a playoff team in January.
While some have been dead wrong of what was said of McDaniels and the Broncos, some have been nearly clairvoyant-like, but I'm not saying all this to feed crow (and crow about how right some of us were). It's time for all Broncos fans alike to celebrate this tremendous start which is nothing short of amazing, and we have at least two weeks to wallow in the glory of 6-0.
There is a lot of football left... but the Denver Broncos could be the perfect cinderella story going into December and January. Nobody, nobody, team execs, fans, and especially the supposed 'experts and analysts', and all those jerkoffs on ESPN gave the Men From Mile High a chance. Josh has a chance of a lifetime here, for the Broncos to be the darlings of the NFL.
This has been quite a wild ride. When the Broncos started out fast before, especially in the Super Bowl years, it was expected. Nobody expected this. Nobody. Even the optimistic fans who knew this team could be good have to be shocked. We may not be a player or part of the Broncos organization, but as fans we are all a part of this and I am honored to be.
We've waited for this turnaround a long time. Regardless of how the season ends, SD (and that insufferable jackass Rivers) are no longer the team to beat in the AFC West.
GO BRONCOS. 6-0 :defense: