Thread: "Deep Thoughts" Thread

Originally Posted by tomjonesrocks

Upchurch admittedly precedes me - the stats seem clear he was the best. What went through my mind was - was Deltha O'Neal actually the best kick returner I've seen play for Denver?

Originally Posted by slim

Wait, are we talking about KR or PR?

KR. . . upchurch was before my era also, but i've always just accepted that he was the best because of the way older fans and football people speak about him. . .

You guys remember Dre Bly? He was fun!

Originally Posted by Von Kinger

You guys remember Dre Bly? He was fun!

one of the many stiffs who tried to hold up across from champ bailey. . . i remember dennard walker, who had maybe the worst hands i've ever seen. . .

Originally Posted by Von Kinger

Out of all the random scrubs who got 1k yards in the Shanny system, which RB did you guys like the most?

Mike Anderson.

Originally Posted by dogfish

one of the many stiffs who tried to hold up across from champ bailey. . . i remember dennard walker, who had maybe the worst hands i've ever seen. . .

He was pretty good in Detroit. IIRC, he wasn't awful in Denver until the implosion at the very end.

Rick Upchurch is one of the best kick returners in the history of the game. He held the record for returns for a touchdown in a season (6) for two decades

http://m.denverbroncos.com/multimedi...c-2cf61c959d8f

I like this thread. Dogfish - my apologies for reacting initially to derail it.

Originally Posted by tomjonesrocks

Upchurch admittedly precedes me - the stats seem clear he was the best. What went through my mind was - was Deltha O'Neal actually the best kick returner I've seen play for Denver?

Maybe O'Neal, but Trindon Holiday was pretty damned exciting when he wasn't fumbling. If that dude could've held on to the ball, he could've been another game changer like Devin Hester.

Originally Posted by Joel

So was Terrell Davis: He a "random scrub"?

Maybe you are reading too much into the semantics of "random scrub" and should instead infer that King was asking about the RBs who were not household names and who mostly didn't do much beyond a couple of wonder seasons under Shanny.

Mike Anderson was a random 6th round pick who came out of nowhere and had 2 good seasons.

The fact that he was interchangeable with any other random RB makes it apparent as to what he was...

I always liked Tony Scheffler.

Originally Posted by tomjonesrocks

I like this thread. Dogfish - my apologies for reacting initially to derail it.

no worries, meng. . . and i apologize for snapping at you earlier-- that wasn't necessary, i deleted that shit. . .

Originally Posted by HORSEPOWER 56

Maybe O'Neal, but Trindon Holiday was pretty damned exciting when he wasn't fumbling. If that dude could've held on to the ball, he could've been another game changer like Devin Hester.

this was kinda my though, as well. . . in terms of just the most purely dangerous, exciting returner i've seen ind denver, it would have to be holliday. . . of course, he was obviously almost as scary to us as he was to them, but no doubt that little dude was a talented returner. . . his performance against baltimore in 2012 is one of the most amazing games i've ever seen one of our guys put up in the postseason. . . if he doesn't go nuts, rahim moore isn't even in a position to blow the game in epic fashion at the end. . .

we've pretty much been "blah" on the return teams ever since. . . would be nice if mckenzie can bring even a little bit of that spark back. . . it's fun having that kind of guy, because they can turn a game around at any moment. . .

Originally Posted by dogfish

no worries, meng. . . and i apologize for snapping at you earlier-- that wasn't necessary, i deleted that shit. . .

I like it when you get emo dog. It makes me feel better about myself