Good morning fellas, Happy Holidays.
I'm not around too much anymore because of work and my personal life, but I do lurk here and there and read some.
I don't understand all the outrage about this team's state. Sure, Elway and Co. HAVE TO HAD KNOWN the OLine is faulty. I mean, WE DID.
I saw this day coming and I mentally prepared myself. When Peyton Manning retired, this team was not going to just keep rolling. You don't lose a player like that, especially a QB and won't miss him. I was prepared for a terrible season this year, and if they can go 9-7, I'd consider this season a success. Minus Manning.
Even a broken Manning was better than most current qbs in the NFL that aren't the Pats the Pack or Pitt.
I consider myself fortunate that I was able to see a second generation of a Broncos team dominating the NFL and go to Super Bowls.
We are very lucky to not go the way of the 90s Chiefs, who had Joe Cool and could not win it all, or even make the SB. This was probably my greatest fear when they acquired Manning, that Denver will have nothing to show for it.
I remember the 99 Broncos that started 0-4, catastrophic injuries, and they were still predicted by experts and analysts and magazines that they were still a playoff team minus Elway.
Um. No.
We must remember the stretch this team had and it's success. It took this team 40 years to win its first Championship. It took almost twenty more to win another.
A whole new generation of Broncos Fans, those who were too young or not born yet, got to see this team in a dominant era.
Us long time fans got to see a League dominating defense, for those of us who didn't experience the Orange Crush. I will argue that the 15 D was better than 77 because they won a Championship.
It all happens in cycles in sports. Especially when you win.
The Broncos are down again after winning a title.
They'll be back.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Happy New Year.