Thread: Rick Reilly rips into McDaniels

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LAST UPDATED 04.30.09

"How arrogant can Josh McDaniels be?"

The Denver Broncos' 33-year-old Boy Blunder boasted this week that his draft board had fewer than 100 names on it, which made it easy for him to make his picks. Less than a hundred names when 256 players were drafted? Most boards had 500-plus names on them! Furthermore, he said the Broncos had worked out nearly 30 players and all 10 of his choices were among those 30. In other words, "I'm not capable of making a mistake. If I didn't work the guy out, the guy wasn't good enough. Period." This is the same genius who traded one of Denver's first-round choices in 2010 to move up in the second round to take a 5'9'' defensive back—Alphonso Smith. To repeat: Boy Blunder used a first to take a second. And if the Broncos are going to be as lame as I think they're going to be—4-12 perhaps—that first-round pick will be very high. McDaniels is the worst combination of things: Terribly naïve and doubly confident. Bronco fans, you're screwed.

link?

Originally Posted by Chris90210

link?

it's on the front page under Reilly

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/reillygofish

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

it's on the front page under Reilly

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/reillygofish

thanks i'm lazy

I love Rick Reilly, but he should know better than to jump off the deep end before McD is done creating his team...

Originally Posted by Chris90210

thanks i'm lazy

as long as it wasn't Mayock..

Who TF is Rick Reilly? Has he played professionally? Has he ever even coached pee-wee let alone college or professional football?

Give me a flippin' break.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Who TF is Rick Reilly? Has he played professionally? Has he ever even coached pee-wee let alone college or professional football?

Give me a flippin' break.

I bet you were singing Reilly's praises when he was writing about Elway being better than Montana.

Originally Posted by Never Trust a Snake

I bet you were singing Reilly's praises when he was writing about Elway being better than Montana.

Honestly? I really don't pay much attention to these idiots who have no real life experience. I wait to see the product on the field, but that's just me.

Thanks for playing, though.

Originally Posted by Never Trust a Snake

I bet you were singing Reilly's praises when he was writing about Elway being better than Montana.

So, did you know Joe back then?

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Am in full agreement. Here here, Rick...

Originally Posted by topscribe

So, did you know Joe back then?

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He probably wasn't even born back then.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

from ESPN

Terrible blurb on several levels, but the simple way to put it is just to point out that another way to look at this is that McDaniels was focused and knew exactly what he wanted to accomplish in the draft.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Who TF is Rick Reilly? Has he played professionally? Has he ever even coached pee-wee let alone college or professional football?

Give me a flippin' break.

So what you are saying is... no one can have an opinion unless they played professionally or has coached at some level.

What about all the guys on NFL network and ESPN that were bashing McDaniels during the draft about his mistakes?? Does their opinion count since they met those qualifications?

Originally Posted by Ravage!!!

So what you are saying is... no one can have an opinion unless they played professionally or has coached at some level.

What about all the guys on NFL network and ESPN that were bashing McDaniels during the draft about his mistakes?? Does their opinion count since they met those qualifications?

I think Joe was just reacting the same way I did to the extreme remark by
Reilly. I haven't been a big fan of McDaniels' by any stretch, but Reilly was
over the top, IMO.

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