Tough matchup for our boys this week. The Steelers have a: Similar defense to the ravens but a more prolific pass offense. Not going to give a prediction in the score because the first time I did…we lost. I will say the Broncos win this in a tough game.

GO BRONCOS!!!! South Stands Forever!!! The Orange Crush Lives!!

several teams have only lost one game and went on to win the Superbowl. it is very possible, so I agree with a previous poster, I am sad but not mad about the loss because you can learn as much from a loss just as much as you can from a win.

In relation to the Broncos I was wondering if having a bigger back in this particular game would not have been to Denver’s advantage. Putting Hillis in there to punch the Ravens defense in the mouth was a halftime adjustment that I thought McDaniel’s would make. I love the way that Buckhalter and Moreno run the ball but this was exactly the type of game that a big bruising back could have taken some pressure off the passing game. Also, what do you see in the blocking scheme for the current Broncos that you like and dislike. The power/trap system that Denver has moved to isn’t proficient in short yardage and seems to be predicated more on what mistakes the defense makes as opposed to what holes/lanes the big guys up front create. What does a coach do to improve on this type of scheme? I’ve been watching Denver’s Zone blocking scheme for so long that the legitimate intricacies of their new system escape me.

One more question then I’ll let you get back to your sun-downers. In McDaniel’s offense the long ball that we see in New England is virtually absent. What do you attribute this too. Is Orton’s arm that questionable? I know that the deep passing game has more to do with the blocking of the offensive line to let the play develop and the timing between the QB and the WR than it does with speed or arm strength so why is Denver’s offensive schematic so reticent to let the ball fly down field at least often enough to make opposing defenses respect the possibility that it is coming? Enjoy your time in the sun.

Break their will to compete!
Mike in San Diego

One game at a time and honestly…just win the division… and the rest will take care of itself again ..one game at a time… into the Playoffs.

Look for similar pressure to be put on Orton and the O-line until they buclke it down and we did move orton around a little. Personally as a O-Lineman, I loved when we moved Elway around beacuse it does three things.
1. Makes the Fat guys run around more ) yep, Fat guys love the d-lineman but love to bust them whenever I can.
2. Tires them out faster.
3. We get to slice and dice them and then they have to get their big tails up off the ground and that’s like lifting a volkswagon. )

Advantage…US.

They get to have breaks, alternate in and out like receivers and have pass rush specialist (what’s next, coffee breaks?) and the O-Line goes the whole game so any advantage….you take it. )

If you’re bored to death, Friday night at 6PM EST go to keysradio.com and click on Keyz 96.9 and click listen live to a radio show I’m co-hosting in the Keys with Capt. Bill Kelley about the Charity Tournament I’m there to fish for Cystic Fibrosis.

Then Monday night (Jocks on the Rocks) show at keysradio.com and then go to SUN 103.1 and click listen live.

Monday Night 7:30 EST will be with former Pittsburgh Steeler Gary Dunn nose-guard 12 years with the Steel Curtain. Gary and I played against each other in the League and both went to the U. He’s older and slower and not as good looking. ) HA! HA! My blog right?? Power of the pen and all that stuff.

He and I go waaaaaay back to the early 80′s together and many-many crazy stories of running around in the Keys at night in flats boats that ran 72 MPH and if I wrote a book I’d get in trouble. )

Quick glimpse: You run up to Gilberts (to start) which is the first bridge into the Keys and there’s a bar/restaurant there, you head south to Snooks, next to, at that time, the Caribe Club (old Humphrey Bogart place), then Senor Friolis, then to Snappers, then the OV (now Gary’s place) then to Holiday Isle, then to Whale Harbor (Wahoo’s) then to Lorelei, then to Papa Joe’s (no longer there), then to the dead animal Bar at Calusa Cove (named because of all the animal head mounts on the walls). Having dinner of course? no drinks.

Yep, some crazy days. His slogan at the OV is, (if the walls could talk). By the way OV stands for Oceanview. And his place is on the Bayside of the highway in the Keys….see what I mean about D-lineman. I’m working with him…..but helpless.

Anyway, I’m pumped about the Monday night game, so I’ll chime in again before the weeks up a few times from the Florida Keys and let you know how the fish are biting as we get read for the Monday Night SHOWDOWN.

GO BRONCOS!!