Thread: Why you should root for the Denver Broncos

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

I think anyone that watched the Broncos for longer than their Superbowl winning years understands Davis played a huge role in winning those championships. It doesn't diminish Elway's career at all because we'd still be the Browns without him.

Davis wouldn't have won a SB without Elway either.

Nice summary; if you can take dictation and type faster than me, you're definitely the leading candidate for the position.

Originally Posted by Jaded

Originally Posted by Joel

For the record, Elway himself is on record that his lone SB MVP award was thanks to Terrell Davis drawing the entire defenses focus (much as on his TD run in SB XXXII.)

That's not to diminish Elway, only give credit where due; it's no shame nor shock Elway wasn't the same at 38 as he was at 28, but even the aging Elway remained elite. And the article is of course right to note that if we say Elway in his late thirties couldn't have won two SBs without Davis, it's at least as true that Denver never gets near a SB (much less THREE in four years) without Elway in his mid-twenties.

Dude, shut tf up with your Elway hate.

There you go violating Poe again....

Originally Posted by Von Kinger

You used to read mine.

Yours are typically worth reading.

Way to ruin a nice thread, Joel. Good job as usual.

If you're not going to read Joel's posts then stop shitting on him. You guys are being real a holes.

Originally Posted by Slick

If you're not going to read Joel's posts then stop shitting on him. You guys are being real a holes.

I've read damn near every word he's ever written that I've encountered. We make fun of Mo for being short. We poke fun at me for being fat. We all laugh at Chazoe for being really, really, really stupid. We laugh at Chazoe because he smells. We mostly make fun of Chazoe. We mock Joel for being longwinded.

Originally Posted by Von Kinger

I've read damn near every word he's ever written that I've encountered. We make fun of Mo for being short. We poke fun at me for being fat. We all laugh at Chazoe for being really, really, really stupid. We laugh at Chazoe because he smells. We mostly make fun of Chazoe. We mock Joel for being longwinded.

Right, but his posts are not "hatin' on Elway" ffs.

Originally Posted by Slick

Right, but his posts are not "hatin' on Elway" ffs.

I don't think he meant to. But I didn't respect the argument he put about TD, Elway, and the like. At all. And unintentionally, I think he kind of was. But, I'm not the fan police either, so I wasn't going to make a big deal out of it.

Originally Posted by Slick

Right, but his posts are not "hatin' on Elway" ffs.

I honestly took that line as sarcasm, since the whole text it quoted boils down to "Davis couldn't do it without Elway either, but Davis was still in elementary school when Elway was the only reason anyone outside Colorado had ever heard of the Broncos." Meh; as with the other posters you compared, most responses are less about WHAT was said than preexisting personal grudges against WHO said it: Half the time what was actually said doesn't even COME UP in the responses. That's people for ya.

Originally Posted by Von Kinger

I don't think he meant to. But I didn't respect the argument he put about TD, Elway, and the like. At all. And unintentionally, I think he kind of was. But, I'm not the fan police either, so I wasn't going to make a big deal out of it.

*shrugs* It's a team sport; if you want to worship individual achievement, go watch tennis. High summer provides literally THOUSANDS of baseball games in the majord alone—and it's only a month or two until those games will begin having lasting consequences! Heck, there's a ladies golf tournament in NY right now so Very Important we're all spending $400,000/year to cover it.

Meanwhile, in fully TEAM oriented sports like football, ANY HoF individual dramatically raises the performance of ALL teammates: Including OTHER HoFers. Shocking....

I read that entire post. The tone was still not differential to JFE.

It was a nice argument though?

Joel hates John Elway, ask him, dating back to his playing days. The post in question comes off as more denigrating from Joel, it always does because it usually is.

Originally Posted by Jaded

Joel hates John Elway, ask him, dating back to his playing days. The post in question comes off as more denigrating from Joel, it always does because it usually is.

Did your grammar school not teach the difference between past and present tense? Pity.

What I said—all of ONCE, in a single sentence (because we all know my comments are both brief and rare on everything about which I feel strongly)—was that I hateD him AT THE TIME OF The Drive II, because it was one of countless one-and-dones inflicted on the only team I'd ever had (sure, there were Landrys Cowboys, but they will always properly be my fathers team.) That teams very existence ceased years ago, so I sought another.

Since Dallas was fresh off becoming the first team to win 3 SBs in 4 years (and still the only one to do it legitimately) in memory of my father, who died barely a month after their threepeat quest ended in the NFCCG (the last game he ever saw, so he didn't get to enjoy their redemption a year later,) but Jerry ruthlessly purged and inverted the Boy Scout mentality they possessed under Landry, and it's really hard to root for Jerrys taint. Meanwhile, using the current season to predict the NEXT seasons champion twice in a row had me cocky, so swinging for the fences with a pick from a Conference that hadn't won a SB in thirteen years was only logical, and the Broncos were a hard luck case on par with the K-Gun Bills, especially on the heels of their one-and-done home embarrassment by a two-year-old expansion team.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Again: My statements that you quoted were NOTHING BUT COMPLIMENTARY TO ELWAY, so the only way that could be translated into "see? He hates Elway!" is if someone read that preconception into them out of personal bias: Good job.

So you were wrong about Elway?

Originally Posted by Jaded

"Oh, Josh McDaniels was overrated"

Truer words have never been spoke, Adam, but Tebow is by far the single most overrated Broncos player ever.

He beat the steelers in a playoff game and was replaced by Manning.

We shall never hate on Tebow.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

He beat the steelers in a playoff game and was replaced by Manning.

We shall never hate on Tebow.

I Hate on Tebowmania, but he was the most overrated in the history of ever.

Originally Posted by Jaded

I Hate on Tebowmania, but he was the most overrated in the history of ever.

His fans are another thing. I'm talking about him.

He beat the steelers. Big Ben packed a sweet pinstripe suit for the postgame. LOL.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

His fans are another thing. I'm talking about him.

He beat the steelers. Big Ben packed a sweet pinstripe suit for the postgame. LOL.

His fans are the ones telling everyone that he beat the Steelers.