Love a Raider win!!!OK everyone, I was out of town at a Charity fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis over the weekend and was out on the water Saturday and Sunday and traveling all day yesterday getting back so I need YOUR take on the game because all I saw was the highlights and McGahee and Tebow’s rushing yards…wow!!
Sounds like I missed a good one, especially against the Raiders!!!!!!!! Any wins a GOOD win against the Raiders !!! Yea Baby!!!!
GO BRONCOS!!
Coopster
Tough Sunday for BroncomaniacsThis post will probably get the same hundreds of responses that the Raider game last year warranted. Tough day…had a few of these over a seven year career.
The toughest part is while it’s happening, you’re trying to get something started. You’re in the huddle talking amoungst each other about getting the next first down. On the sideline the coaches aren’t pleased and every little mistake is magnified. You’re looking over the fronts the opponent are playing and talking about the way they are playing them. You’re fixing mistakes and getting a mini plan together for the next series and you head back out on the field and 3 and out before you know it and it’s like groundhog day all over again. No matter how pissed you get it keeps happening with a breakdown somewhere in the play. One guy/player each time.
Everyone’s trying to rally. It’s not going your way. Your fighting to do the best you can and it seems you’d have been better not getting out of bed that day. Sometimes it’s just a flat day at the park. Ask the New Orleans Saints this past weekend as they were beat by the Rams. And their fans were hoping for Luck in the first round??? Who knows.
Next days FILM….ohhh the dreaded film, back and forth, back and forth, slow motion, every mistake AMPLIFIED in slow motion, you know it coming and you almost contort your body into the right position……trying to fix the mistake you know you made, as if you can fix it before it plays up on the huge monitor. Talk about Halloween….it is!! FILM never lies.
It’s not a one man team. Patience. Yep, said it before and that’s the (Theme), really for the next 3-4 years. You have to let this staff have their fair shot at bringing in the talent and making the trades they see fit to run a organization they built not McDaniels and the prior staff. I have patience, do you??
Coopster
GO BRONCOS!!
Tim-tastic5:23 left and Tebow engineers a comeback. I get that. Prater misses two earlier field goals which is not very typical of this kicker and here we are. Tim-tastic….or Cardiac Kid?? You pick. I’ll take it either way.
Wow, what a way to start. Earlier in the game I know what many of you were thinking. He’s trying too hard, he has a lot of pressure on him, it’s his first start. Right? Had to. I was showing homes all day to clients yesterday and YES, they are Broncos fans so in between homes we have the game on and are listening in. The comments above are what my clients said and you had to agree. We even stopped for a quick bite between houses at 7:00 minutes remaining and the guy behind the counter asks us if we were listening to the game and what was the score and how was the game going and it wasn’t pretty….was it.
Third down efficiency and the sacks we gave up have to change as we move forward. I’m patient…are you?? New baby steps have to be established and with “some time” we’ll know how this team plays with our new QB.
Worrisome was McGahee’s hand after the game. Our running game will assist Tebow. I think we’ll see a bunch of folks start lining up in the box to stop the run and saying beat us with the pass.
Can’t wait to hear your take. Many of you have been calling for a change, so what do you think overall.
Coop
GO BRONCOS!!
Trade DeadlineTebow Time!!O.K. you’ve been asking for it and now you got it. I can’t wait to hear what you have to say.
Quick comments before I open the gates: A drop away on a two-point conversion and a tie. Kind of Elway-esk?? 
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And loved what I saw out of our Defense. Need to stop with the personal fouls when they can really hurt us….BUT love the intensity!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Broncos!!
Coopster
The Good, Bad and the Ugly
Saw it all today! Good defense at times, sacks by Von Miller, great catches by Decker and Lloyd and others. Another 100+ yard rushing day by McGahee and some good offensive line play.
The bad, playing the former Super Bowl Champs and their offensive firepower/flamethrowing QB without Champ and all our young defensive backs except Dawk.
Right call on 4th and 1!
I’d do it again EVERY TIME…why because as an offensive line you can get enough push to get it in the end zone. Now who to blame…no ONE. The offensive line will take the blame because they will MAN-UP and say we didn’t get it done. The Titans defense got better push than our offensive line did and they will tell you that. It happens and we can get better at it and will. It’s grind time in the trenches and we will win that one. I run every time on 4th and inches…still.
Our defense played great against the run but the veteran Hasselbeck knew where to put the ball all day. Take a look at the stats…oddly identical in most categories except the passing game. Even with Britt out you have to give credit where credit is due. Their receivers stepped up and got the job done and we had a tough time defending. With Champ and Doom out, it takes a shut down corner and our best pass rusher out of the game. That equals more time to deliver the ball. AND Hasselbeck did.
Did any of you see the Colts-Steelers game last night? Freeney and Mathis almost single handedly kept Pittsburgh in check with their pass rush. It reminded me how bad we miss Doom. A big time pass rush makes a veteran QB look helpless.
Decker Day
Was that Eric Decker or a reenactment of Ed McCaffrey….Decker baby, we love you brother, go man go!!!! Nice job and proving to be the go to guy beside Lloyd. Great compliment for the passing attack.
Lots of good stuff and still a few holding calls and off-sides calls on the O-line BUT much better run blocking and McGahee ran for 101 yards. Basically the offense you’d expect from Coach Fox.
The first drive was basically flawless and got me pretty excited. Run and pass combinations all the way down the field. So with 5 guys out we played very well…baby steps right?
Turnovers and Penalties
We all know this is going to be a tough year as we’ve talked about it all offseason. Penalties and turnovers can be the difference in a three-point game. We still have some of the same issues we’ve had with inconsistencies on both sides of the ball and little depth right now so we have to play a more disciplined game.
I saw good things and some not so good things last night. Red zone is still a problem and the running game really never got going, so we resorted to passing and we’re effective enough to stay within three points. We have two more games to get the kinks out before we head into the meat of the schedule.
RAIDER WEEK!!!Not talking about the Cards game, it’s RAIDER WEEK and with J/E in the house, I hope the rivalry can be revived. I liked what I saw last year…a lot of fingerpointing and trash talking….BRING IT.
Like Halloween in September. Loved playing them here and there. All the costumes and get-ups…way too funny and yea the best cheerleaders in the NFL at the time. You tell me after the game. Who has the best cheerleaders. BIG opening week for the game.
So I have a client that’s a Raiders fan… I know….. I do actually talk to him…he just retired for the Air Force and moved here from Tampa and we bantered each other through the whole house buying process and had a lot of fun doing it. We have lunch next week on the loser so I’m thinking a BIG lunch ticket that day. )
Still worried about depth but eveyone has to step in and step up when their time is called. So havne’t heard folks calling it the Black hole and such….I think we need to get fired up a little and get ready for Raider Week. Bust out the Orange and get everyone fired up!!!
Coop