Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
Haven’t talked to you all in a while, glad to get this blog back up and running.
As a running back the past few weeks, it’s been great. I’m happy for everyone in that room, because the way everyone is playing, everybody gets to touch the ball now. That’s keeping all the backs fresh and not wearing us out.
I’m feeling good right now. Can’t complain. I’m just happy to be out here working.
Ready for Work
I told you all I was just going to head home for the bye week, and that’s exactly what I did. Hanging with the family. That’s all I did, really.
Now I’m back and ready to get to work. Looking forward to this weekend. It’s always good to go back to Miami, but I’m looking at it as we need to go in there and take care of business team-wise. It’s not about what I’m looking forward to, it’s about what we need to go in there and do.
We’ve been hard at work preparing for the Dolphins, and tonight I’m just going to be chilling. Relaxing for my birthday. That’s about it.
I’m just ready for this Sunday.
Credit to the Blockers
This week I just want to give credit to the big guys up front.
The O-line, basically they’ve been doing a great job as far as opening up holes for me, giving me lanes to run down and make plays for our team. I’m just happy to be a part of it.
As for the bye week, I usually just go home and relax, hang with the family, get away from football for a little while so I can come back and be ready for work.
That’s the same thing I’m doing this year. I’m going to head home, hang with my mom and just chill out.
A Familiar Foe
Looking forward to this Sunday when we get a shot at another team in the division.
I think a win would be a big turning point for us, and it would be a great way for us to go into our bye week with a lot of confidence.
Having played in the AFC, I’m pretty familiar with the Chargers. I know what’s going on. That’s the good thing about me having played in the conference — I’ve gone up against them a couple times.
They’ve just got great players. Takeo Spikes, Shaun Phillips, Quentin Jammer, all those guys on defense, we’ve got to prepare to be able to stop those guys and make sure they don’t disrupt our passing and running games.
I’m looking to keep it up this week, because it’s all about having fun. So stay tuned.
Mile High Salutes and Lambeau
Saw a lot of you talking about the Mile High Salute, which I’ve done after my touchdowns so far this year. That’s something I’m going to do every time I score a touchdown. That was a spur of the moment thing, and now I’m going to be consistent.
I saw Terrell Davis do it back in the day. That’s the good thing about running backs, we watch other running backs and there’s a lot of things I can learn from what T.D. did.
This weekend, people keep asking me about us being the underdog. We really don’t look into it, and really don’t even care about it.
It’s a great chance to turn things around, to get a win in Lambeau against the Super Bowl champs.
I think it would be a real eye-opener for everyone.
Ready to Go
What’s going on? Just checking in real quick after our first win of the season. That felt real good.
Everybody’s spirits are up. We displayed to everybody what we can do when we work together as a team. But there are still a couple things we need to clean up.
As far as my game, the coaches told me what kind of load I was going to get coming in, so I was ready for it. The thing was just to go out there and have fun. Don’t take everything too seriously.
No doubt about it, I always have faith in myself that I can do anything I put my mind to. It was just me waiting for my opportunity, and I got my opportunity.
I joked I was going to be sore after taking that many carries — and believe me, I was very much sore. But it was all for the good of the team.
Getting ready this week, it’s been great seeing Knowshon back out at practice. It’s good to have everybody back where we can go out and perform and not have to worry about any drop-off anywhere.
Now we’ve got Tennessee at their place. It’s going to be very hostile, but we’re pros. Our job is to go in there and seize the moment. That’s what we’re going to do. As long as we stick together and stay a group, the sky’s the limit.
Just know we’re ready to go.
A Sour Taste
First let me just say the atmosphere at the stadium was crazy Monday night. I’ve never heard a crowd so loud in my life, and I’ve played in a lot of stadiums. It shows how much the people are behind the Broncos out here.
I enjoyed the pregame a lot. It was a great tribute to all the people who lost their lives in 9/11, and it was great that the whole NFL participated.
As far as the game, we basically hurt ourselves with all the penalties, and the offense not starting fast to help the defense out when they were playing good in the first half. We can’t do stuff like that. We’ve got to get it from the beginning and go from there.
Willis McGahee Player BlogEditor’s Note: This season, DenverBroncos.com will feature two player blogs. Willis McGahee will check in with a new post every week. Below is his first entry of the season.
What’s going on? It’s your boy Willis McGahee, 2-3. I just want to let everybody know I’m happy to be here in the Mile High City. You know I’m looking forward to having a lot of fun.
As far as Monday night, you know what, I really haven’t experienced the Raiders rivalry yet, but I’m looking forward to it.
And hey, if the Broncos don’t like em, and you guys don’t like em, then I hate em.
That’s all I’ve got for now, but I’ll be back next week.