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		<title>By: Home Builder San</title>
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		<title>By: mark_cooper</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>buckinbroncofan, that&#039;s what we&#039;re all here for, to share info, no sweat.

thundersrevenge, yep, it&#039;s a team effort and the injuries haven&#039;t helped and the defense needs to get on track...hopefully we can pull it together.  It&#039;s interesting to see all the thoughts and help keep them in perspective.  I try to add a little inside the locker room &quot;thought process&quot; that folks may not think about or ever have any exposure to, in their FAN careers. :o)

jmatty520, come on folks, easy does it, we&#039;re all on the same TEAM.

1ARABIANKNIGHT, I don&#039;t get that kind of face time with the team.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>buckinbroncofan, that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re all here for, to share info, no sweat.</p>
<p>thundersrevenge, yep, it&#8217;s a team effort and the injuries haven&#8217;t helped and the defense needs to get on track&#8230;hopefully we can pull it together.  It&#8217;s interesting to see all the thoughts and help keep them in perspective.  I try to add a little inside the locker room &#8220;thought process&#8221; that folks may not think about or ever have any exposure to, in their FAN careers. <img src='http://blog.denverbroncos.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
<p>jmatty520, come on folks, easy does it, we&#8217;re all on the same TEAM.</p>
<p>1ARABIANKNIGHT, I don&#8217;t get that kind of face time with the team.</p>
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		<title>By: 1ARABIANKNIGHT</title>
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		<dc:creator>1ARABIANKNIGHT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mark,


I,  J&#039;shua the Knight,   (the Messenger of the MILE HIGH SPIRIT ~ADONAI~),          hereby    CHARGE YOU,        to write and Deliver This Speech and Message,

TO   BE     SPOKEN     in the Locker Room To the Team and Staff:


Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts,

           &quot;To My Coach&#039;s,...  aka Rod Smith.. {suffer them not},..... SELVIN, Chris, Antwon, Jason, BRANDON, D.D.,  Webster, D.J.,  Dre, John, Daniel, BRIAN, JARVIS, Hamzaah,     Javon,       Simeon,       Marcus, and Elvis....... one of you will uphold Me in BELIEF and speak of true Hope and Faith, even in the face of media  ... of Me and  MY SPIRIT in &quot;,  Says the Lord,  &quot;for you already have and possess  My BlessinG     with-in your {Hands and HEARTS},...  and the very Grounds that you play on&quot;!!!

~an ancient Native Burial Ground at Mile High Invesco Field~

~~~~Honour the Fallen,  and I will Raise YOU UP, by MY HAND!~~~~


    ....&quot;and to my soldiers on the Offensive Line, and the rest unmentioned&quot;,..      &quot;Be Silent and Hold the Line steadfast MY BELOVED  STALLIONS, as you were,  and remain &#039;THE SILENCE BY WHICH I SPEAK AMUNGST YOU TO THE MEDIA&#039;, --which is become your closest enemy!&quot; ..

 and to ALL,   be not.. neither haughty nor vein, for I, THE LORD,  WILL REPRESENT YOU IN YOUR HUMBLENESS and in VICTORY,   Just  as I always have... With-In your organization,  starting with my Chosen..JOHN.

  It was when he humbled himself to Me thru prayer, not for himself, but for HIS MEN....did I Deliver that which was worthy of such Humbleness,  .....TWICE!!!


...and as for you Jay,    Fear Not,   Young Captain, thus saith the Lord,....&quot;Be Not Afraid for I am With You.  John,  possessed the number for that which is HOLY to Me,    but   you   Jay,    possess the Number for that which I belove the Most....the Number of my Beloved Man-Kind!

 ...therefore worry not about the shadow of your predecessor, for I will make your  name great for My Namesake, as long as you stay humble with-in me !!
&quot;~Adonai,   of Mile-High~

-the above was not from me the messenger,  therefore Harken -

-from me,   J&#039;shua the messenger:   I pray Miles,   that YOU,   and ALL Those Reading to ENCOURAGE YOU, to PASS ALONG THIS MESSAGE TO OUR TEAM,     by any means   necessary!!!!

  worry not about the messenger,......TAKE HEED AND HOLD OF    &quot;THE  MESSAGE&quot;


   To my Teammates:  Listen to me,   &quot;If We dont Stand (when we play) for SOMETHING TOGETHER.....then we will FALL FOR ANY-TEAM!!!!

LET THIS BE YOUR MOMENT AND HOUR OF INSPIRATION

there will always be days that do not &quot;appear&quot;, to be in your favor....but these are the days when the inspiration of.... one of YOU, as you heard, .....will spark many!  the fans may boo in dismay....but this is NOT your end.          Commentators,..may never &#039;truly&#039; give you respect,  and heck, MADDEN may never truly give you the true team rating you are, but thats ok!
 behold...have not they been made to &quot;hate&quot; you?

&quot;Blessed are Ye when Men shall Revile you, Persecute you, and basically Hate on You,  for His Namesake,  He says.-  Matthew  5: 1-20

  &quot;But I will not forsake you&quot;, says the Lord, and the spirit of Adonai (Mille High).   ...&quot;Even though many of you don&#039;t believe, for the sake of the few, I will Bless the many&quot;....   &quot;Others, may not know you, just as you have not completely known me,   but I KNOW you,  and your time  is coming.......Believe in me as you can believe in yourself,   for that is How and why I believe in you.....He says,  &quot;AM I not THERE when you look into the MIRROR!        for it is written:         I   WILL   BE   WITH   YOU,    WITHER  SO EVER THOU GOEST&quot;!!!  ~YHVH~

Football is now more than just X&#039;s and O&#039;s, Gentlemen--  its about   &quot;HEART  AND BELIEF&quot;---

Believe in Him Denver,  with the faintest of &#039;Hope&#039;,  and HE WILL LAY YOUR ENEMIES  at Your enemies (Teams)at your feet~


for those of you truly doubting  His Presence A MILE HIGH........CONSIDER THE ROCKIES!!!!!


                                   ~ R.  I.  P.    DARREN and DAMIEN ~

Miles,  I dont know You,

If any of yourself believes in what You said above,    then take charge and  Deliver this Message to be READ IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE TEAM!!!

Do NOT Fail to Do SO!!!!

before   next  the PITT game!!!

P.S.   A  young Prince, living in the U.S. - (2 yrs old and adored by God),   likes football already  and screams  aloud very fervantly  ....GO  BRONCOS!!!!

WORRY NOT ABOUT THE FAIRWEATHER OF FANS,....DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN AND  WHAT HE STANDS FOR TO THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mark,</p>
<p>I,  J&#8217;shua the Knight,   (the Messenger of the MILE HIGH SPIRIT ~ADONAI~),          hereby    CHARGE YOU,        to write and Deliver This Speech and Message,</p>
<p>TO   BE     SPOKEN     in the Locker Room To the Team and Staff:</p>
<p>Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts,</p>
<p>           &#8220;To My Coach&#8217;s,&#8230;  aka Rod Smith.. {suffer them not},&#8230;.. SELVIN, Chris, Antwon, Jason, BRANDON, D.D.,  Webster, D.J.,  Dre, John, Daniel, BRIAN, JARVIS, Hamzaah,     Javon,       Simeon,       Marcus, and Elvis&#8230;&#8230;. one of you will uphold Me in BELIEF and speak of true Hope and Faith, even in the face of media  &#8230; of Me and  MY SPIRIT in &#8220;,  Says the Lord,  &#8220;for you already have and possess  My BlessinG     with-in your {Hands and HEARTS},&#8230;  and the very Grounds that you play on&#8221;!!!</p>
<p>~an ancient Native Burial Ground at Mile High Invesco Field~</p>
<p>~~~~Honour the Fallen,  and I will Raise YOU UP, by MY HAND!~~~~</p>
<p>    &#8230;.&#8221;and to my soldiers on the Offensive Line, and the rest unmentioned&#8221;,..      &#8220;Be Silent and Hold the Line steadfast MY BELOVED  STALLIONS, as you were,  and remain &#8216;THE SILENCE BY WHICH I SPEAK AMUNGST YOU TO THE MEDIA&#8217;, &#8211;which is become your closest enemy!&#8221; ..</p>
<p> and to ALL,   be not.. neither haughty nor vein, for I, THE LORD,  WILL REPRESENT YOU IN YOUR HUMBLENESS and in VICTORY,   Just  as I always have&#8230; With-In your organization,  starting with my Chosen..JOHN.</p>
<p>  It was when he humbled himself to Me thru prayer, not for himself, but for HIS MEN&#8230;.did I Deliver that which was worthy of such Humbleness,  &#8230;..TWICE!!!</p>
<p>&#8230;and as for you Jay,    Fear Not,   Young Captain, thus saith the Lord,&#8230;.&#8221;Be Not Afraid for I am With You.  John,  possessed the number for that which is HOLY to Me,    but   you   Jay,    possess the Number for that which I belove the Most&#8230;.the Number of my Beloved Man-Kind!</p>
<p> &#8230;therefore worry not about the shadow of your predecessor, for I will make your  name great for My Namesake, as long as you stay humble with-in me !!<br />
&#8220;~Adonai,   of Mile-High~</p>
<p>-the above was not from me the messenger,  therefore Harken -</p>
<p>-from me,   J&#8217;shua the messenger:   I pray Miles,   that YOU,   and ALL Those Reading to ENCOURAGE YOU, to PASS ALONG THIS MESSAGE TO OUR TEAM,     by any means   necessary!!!!</p>
<p>  worry not about the messenger,&#8230;&#8230;TAKE HEED AND HOLD OF    &#8220;THE  MESSAGE&#8221;</p>
<p>   To my Teammates:  Listen to me,   &#8220;If We dont Stand (when we play) for SOMETHING TOGETHER&#8230;..then we will FALL FOR ANY-TEAM!!!!</p>
<p>LET THIS BE YOUR MOMENT AND HOUR OF INSPIRATION</p>
<p>there will always be days that do not &#8220;appear&#8221;, to be in your favor&#8230;.but these are the days when the inspiration of&#8230;. one of YOU, as you heard, &#8230;..will spark many!  the fans may boo in dismay&#8230;.but this is NOT your end.          Commentators,..may never &#8216;truly&#8217; give you respect,  and heck, MADDEN may never truly give you the true team rating you are, but thats ok!<br />
 behold&#8230;have not they been made to &#8220;hate&#8221; you?</p>
<p>&#8220;Blessed are Ye when Men shall Revile you, Persecute you, and basically Hate on You,  for His Namesake,  He says.-  Matthew  5: 1-20</p>
<p>  &#8220;But I will not forsake you&#8221;, says the Lord, and the spirit of Adonai (Mille High).   &#8230;&#8221;Even though many of you don&#8217;t believe, for the sake of the few, I will Bless the many&#8221;&#8230;.   &#8220;Others, may not know you, just as you have not completely known me,   but I KNOW you,  and your time  is coming&#8230;&#8230;.Believe in me as you can believe in yourself,   for that is How and why I believe in you&#8230;..He says,  &#8220;AM I not THERE when you look into the MIRROR!        for it is written:         I   WILL   BE   WITH   YOU,    WITHER  SO EVER THOU GOEST&#8221;!!!  ~YHVH~</p>
<p>Football is now more than just X&#8217;s and O&#8217;s, Gentlemen&#8211;  its about   &#8220;HEART  AND BELIEF&#8221;&#8212;</p>
<p>Believe in Him Denver,  with the faintest of &#8216;Hope&#8217;,  and HE WILL LAY YOUR ENEMIES  at Your enemies (Teams)at your feet~</p>
<p>for those of you truly doubting  His Presence A MILE HIGH&#8230;&#8230;..CONSIDER THE ROCKIES!!!!!</p>
<p>                                   ~ R.  I.  P.    DARREN and DAMIEN ~</p>
<p>Miles,  I dont know You,</p>
<p>If any of yourself believes in what You said above,    then take charge and  Deliver this Message to be READ IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE TEAM!!!</p>
<p>Do NOT Fail to Do SO!!!!</p>
<p>before   next  the PITT game!!!</p>
<p>P.S.   A  young Prince, living in the U.S. &#8211; (2 yrs old and adored by God),   likes football already  and screams  aloud very fervantly  &#8230;.GO  BRONCOS!!!!</p>
<p>WORRY NOT ABOUT THE FAIRWEATHER OF FANS,&#8230;.DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN AND  WHAT HE STANDS FOR TO THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: jmatty520</title>
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		<dc:creator>jmatty520</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>mykejo, I love how you call me an idiot when you don&#039;t even know how to spell.  That would be &quot;you&#039;re&quot; and idiot, not &quot;your&quot; an idiot.  haha  Nice!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>mykejo, I love how you call me an idiot when you don&#8217;t even know how to spell.  That would be &#8220;you&#8217;re&#8221; and idiot, not &#8220;your&#8221; an idiot.  haha  Nice!</p>
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		<title>By: thundersrevenge</title>
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		<dc:creator>thundersrevenge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think its really interesting reading what fans have to say about the team and players. There are so many perspectives and gripes about why and how the team should change.

The thing I really like about this blog Coop, is that you take all of these perspectives and mesh them into an all incompassing commentary that can be made into a game plan. (All though I doubt Shannahan reads anything we have to say here)

The answer to this team isn&#039;t going to come out of one or two rash moves by Pat Bowlen, it has to be a team effort. As the old saying goes &quot; your only as strong as your weakest link&quot;. Champ bailey can&#039;t stop everyone from scoring, John Lynch isn&#039;t going to plug every hole in the secondary, and Cutler isn&#039;t going to be running back kick-offs to get us a better field advantage.

Regardless of if you like the defensive scheme right now (which I don&#039;t) or if you think that the Broncos can win with the offense alone, it takes all &quot;teams&quot; doing their job to get it done.

So to you bloggers out there that love to blame one person or another, ease up on our boys. They know that their all in it TOGETHER, so we should too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think its really interesting reading what fans have to say about the team and players. There are so many perspectives and gripes about why and how the team should change.</p>
<p>The thing I really like about this blog Coop, is that you take all of these perspectives and mesh them into an all incompassing commentary that can be made into a game plan. (All though I doubt Shannahan reads anything we have to say here)</p>
<p>The answer to this team isn&#8217;t going to come out of one or two rash moves by Pat Bowlen, it has to be a team effort. As the old saying goes &#8221; your only as strong as your weakest link&#8221;. Champ bailey can&#8217;t stop everyone from scoring, John Lynch isn&#8217;t going to plug every hole in the secondary, and Cutler isn&#8217;t going to be running back kick-offs to get us a better field advantage.</p>
<p>Regardless of if you like the defensive scheme right now (which I don&#8217;t) or if you think that the Broncos can win with the offense alone, it takes all &#8220;teams&#8221; doing their job to get it done.</p>
<p>So to you bloggers out there that love to blame one person or another, ease up on our boys. They know that their all in it TOGETHER, so we should too.</p>
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		<title>By: buckinbroncofan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>for some reason, I thought alexander was to be the center....I think that is what the bronco press release said.  makes much more sense to move myers there....at a skill position.
thanks for the heads up.

BBF</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>for some reason, I thought alexander was to be the center&#8230;.I think that is what the bronco press release said.  makes much more sense to move myers there&#8230;.at a skill position.<br />
thanks for the heads up.</p>
<p>BBF</p>
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		<title>By: mark_cooper</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BradJamesBroncoFan, if we start reacting instead of thinking things are going to come together, I believe that.

47rocksurworld, Great insight.  I have two boys playing sports right now too, a lot like your kids and it&#039;s a blast watching them develop at their own speeds.  Whether any of our kids go any further, the discipline they learn from team sports will carry into their real life careers and be a huge positive for them.

I was asked in a meeting one time after showing &quot;THE DRIVE&quot; film for a builder clients sales team that I work with and explaining how it parallels the real world, what was the most important thing I learned playing football........the answer was......DISCIPLINE.

P.S. Go early to the game and get down as close to the field as you can while the team warms up and I think you will be amazed at the speed and the size of the players.

jmatty520, it&#039;s a different game today.  Free agency changed everything.  Some people love it, some hate it, you know the drill, two sides to every story.  Guys move around so keep the interchangable jersey ready. :o)  There&#039;s only 1696 players in the country on active rosters.

cougarwilson, I won&#039;t get you wrong, I see things from a little different perspective and will share some insight that I have, that&#039;s all.  We&#039;re all fans, right!

TisShannon, coaches take all the blame regardless so they&#039;re easy targets, but if you look around the league you might count on one hand others coaches you might want here.  You know the drill on D-coordinators; if they do a great job they get snapped up as the next head coach somewhere else.  I can&#039;t blame them.  Would any of us turn down a head job......nah!

Oh yea, your comment on how&#039;s the leg&#039;s. HA! I&#039;d pull a hammy just trying to run on the field.  It a game for the young guys, promise.  Except for Testaverde, I CAN&#039;T BELIEVE HE&#039;S STILL PLAYING???  He&#039;s my hero at his age, 44?

We have some weapons in Sheffler, Marshall, Young, Walker, etc, and yes you DO know your sports!! :o)

buckinbroncofan, on Alexander, he&#039;s a 5th year player that knows the system and experience counts for much more than you might think especially if he has to move around and possibly play other spots on the line since Meyers in now at center.

Funny Story, I&#039;m in Tampa and were playing Houston and we dressed only 6 lineman.  Typically we dressed 7 and one got sick over night.  We&#039;re getting killed and are in the 2 minute offense in the end of the third quarter and the defensive lineman know we&#039;re throwing it so they are in their sprinter stances and coming off the ball like jets. I&#039;m at right guard and our left guard (Tom McHale) gets dinged (concussion) pretty good.  Our 6th lineman really only plays center and our center&#039;s never really played anything else (Randy Grimes).

So we&#039;re carry our left guard around after each play, talking to him and I stuck a bunch of smelling salts in my socks and after every few plays I would crack one open and stick it under his nose to keep him with us through the end of the game because our ceneter didn&#039;t want to play guard and we really didn&#039;t want the backup in.  Today, that would be frowned on......different times.

Anonymous,.....................no comment, look at the roster.

Hyracotherium, we have the talent and the bye week will help.

Whidbeybroncos, injuries are tough, that&#039;s why you need a DEEP roster not just a superstar roster.  Injuries in the NFL make a great team a run of the mill team pretty quick.  You&#039;ve all have seen it happen for years around the NFL, every year.

mykejo, you&#039;re on it, we agree we have talent and I like what we did in the off season with trades and acquisitions and retention......injuries hurt.  We&#039;ll get BETTER (filled that gap for ya, didn&#039;t I) :o)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BradJamesBroncoFan, if we start reacting instead of thinking things are going to come together, I believe that.</p>
<p>47rocksurworld, Great insight.  I have two boys playing sports right now too, a lot like your kids and it&#8217;s a blast watching them develop at their own speeds.  Whether any of our kids go any further, the discipline they learn from team sports will carry into their real life careers and be a huge positive for them.</p>
<p>I was asked in a meeting one time after showing &#8220;THE DRIVE&#8221; film for a builder clients sales team that I work with and explaining how it parallels the real world, what was the most important thing I learned playing football&#8230;&#8230;..the answer was&#8230;&#8230;DISCIPLINE.</p>
<p>P.S. Go early to the game and get down as close to the field as you can while the team warms up and I think you will be amazed at the speed and the size of the players.</p>
<p>jmatty520, it&#8217;s a different game today.  Free agency changed everything.  Some people love it, some hate it, you know the drill, two sides to every story.  Guys move around so keep the interchangable jersey ready. <img src='http://blog.denverbroncos.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )  There&#8217;s only 1696 players in the country on active rosters.</p>
<p>cougarwilson, I won&#8217;t get you wrong, I see things from a little different perspective and will share some insight that I have, that&#8217;s all.  We&#8217;re all fans, right!</p>
<p>TisShannon, coaches take all the blame regardless so they&#8217;re easy targets, but if you look around the league you might count on one hand others coaches you might want here.  You know the drill on D-coordinators; if they do a great job they get snapped up as the next head coach somewhere else.  I can&#8217;t blame them.  Would any of us turn down a head job&#8230;&#8230;nah!</p>
<p>Oh yea, your comment on how&#8217;s the leg&#8217;s. HA! I&#8217;d pull a hammy just trying to run on the field.  It a game for the young guys, promise.  Except for Testaverde, I CAN&#8217;T BELIEVE HE&#8217;S STILL PLAYING???  He&#8217;s my hero at his age, 44?</p>
<p>We have some weapons in Sheffler, Marshall, Young, Walker, etc, and yes you DO know your sports!! <img src='http://blog.denverbroncos.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
<p>buckinbroncofan, on Alexander, he&#8217;s a 5th year player that knows the system and experience counts for much more than you might think especially if he has to move around and possibly play other spots on the line since Meyers in now at center.</p>
<p>Funny Story, I&#8217;m in Tampa and were playing Houston and we dressed only 6 lineman.  Typically we dressed 7 and one got sick over night.  We&#8217;re getting killed and are in the 2 minute offense in the end of the third quarter and the defensive lineman know we&#8217;re throwing it so they are in their sprinter stances and coming off the ball like jets. I&#8217;m at right guard and our left guard (Tom McHale) gets dinged (concussion) pretty good.  Our 6th lineman really only plays center and our center&#8217;s never really played anything else (Randy Grimes).</p>
<p>So we&#8217;re carry our left guard around after each play, talking to him and I stuck a bunch of smelling salts in my socks and after every few plays I would crack one open and stick it under his nose to keep him with us through the end of the game because our ceneter didn&#8217;t want to play guard and we really didn&#8217;t want the backup in.  Today, that would be frowned on&#8230;&#8230;different times.</p>
<p>Anonymous,&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;no comment, look at the roster.</p>
<p>Hyracotherium, we have the talent and the bye week will help.</p>
<p>Whidbeybroncos, injuries are tough, that&#8217;s why you need a DEEP roster not just a superstar roster.  Injuries in the NFL make a great team a run of the mill team pretty quick.  You&#8217;ve all have seen it happen for years around the NFL, every year.</p>
<p>mykejo, you&#8217;re on it, we agree we have talent and I like what we did in the off season with trades and acquisitions and retention&#8230;&#8230;injuries hurt.  We&#8217;ll get BETTER (filled that gap for ya, didn&#8217;t I) <img src='http://blog.denverbroncos.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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		<title>By: TisShannon@aol.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>TisShannon@aol.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I meant to say, Nalen out for the season is now my biggest worry.  He is the catalyst for that line. He also calls the schemes.  He is the QB in the trenches.  THat is a huge hit to the already anemic line.... Hey Coop, how&#039;s the legs feeling?? *Laughing* at this point we need some depth at O-line!!

And, great offensive weapons??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Brandon Marshall, Javon Walker, Stokley in the slot, Selvin Young looks fantastic out of the backfield as a receiver as well as a potential replacement for a potential depature at running back.  Not to mention Tony Sheffler who is a good tight end, was set back by the foot injury and is starting to come on. Plus, believe it or not... I see good things from Martinez. He is willing to catch it in the middle and come down with the ball, taking the hit.. He is super green right now.  But, I think we&#039;ve got a great kid with great hands there as well.   So don&#039;t say the offense is missing weapons...... The Defense... I&#039;m still worried about DJ Williams.  Keeps getting caught into the wrong gap.   He is getting better. But, still a worry.

Shannon (The lady that knows her sports)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I meant to say, Nalen out for the season is now my biggest worry.  He is the catalyst for that line. He also calls the schemes.  He is the QB in the trenches.  THat is a huge hit to the already anemic line&#8230;. Hey Coop, how&#8217;s the legs feeling?? *Laughing* at this point we need some depth at O-line!!</p>
<p>And, great offensive weapons??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Brandon Marshall, Javon Walker, Stokley in the slot, Selvin Young looks fantastic out of the backfield as a receiver as well as a potential replacement for a potential depature at running back.  Not to mention Tony Sheffler who is a good tight end, was set back by the foot injury and is starting to come on. Plus, believe it or not&#8230; I see good things from Martinez. He is willing to catch it in the middle and come down with the ball, taking the hit.. He is super green right now.  But, I think we&#8217;ve got a great kid with great hands there as well.   So don&#8217;t say the offense is missing weapons&#8230;&#8230; The Defense&#8230; I&#8217;m still worried about DJ Williams.  Keeps getting caught into the wrong gap.   He is getting better. But, still a worry.</p>
<p>Shannon (The lady that knows her sports)</p>
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		<title>By: mykejo</title>
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		<dc:creator>mykejo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>jmatty520 your an idiot. We have not had great drafts but we have retained some really good players since shanahan ie: Ian gold, Ben Hamilton, Foxworth, Lepsis,DJ Williams, AND not here anymore but should be Darrent Williams and Al Wilson. And it has been proven that just about any back is going to rush for a 1,000 yards anyway. Some new draft picks such as Chris Myers and Erik Pears are going to be great lineman for our future. Shanahan is not the prob, he has done everything he could this year through free agency and the past three drafts to put a great unit both on offense and defense, these guys just havnt gelled as fast as Mike thought they would, thats all. Now is not the time for panic and chopping heads, we are one game out of the division and still play the chiefs twice, we already have beaten the raiders and we will mos def be fired up to play the bolts in S.D. We still are gonna go as far as Cutler takes us.

Coop your the man! Always looking at the game like the pro you are, The Broncos are FAR from dead and what doesnt kills us only makes us......right Coop?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>jmatty520 your an idiot. We have not had great drafts but we have retained some really good players since shanahan ie: Ian gold, Ben Hamilton, Foxworth, Lepsis,DJ Williams, AND not here anymore but should be Darrent Williams and Al Wilson. And it has been proven that just about any back is going to rush for a 1,000 yards anyway. Some new draft picks such as Chris Myers and Erik Pears are going to be great lineman for our future. Shanahan is not the prob, he has done everything he could this year through free agency and the past three drafts to put a great unit both on offense and defense, these guys just havnt gelled as fast as Mike thought they would, thats all. Now is not the time for panic and chopping heads, we are one game out of the division and still play the chiefs twice, we already have beaten the raiders and we will mos def be fired up to play the bolts in S.D. We still are gonna go as far as Cutler takes us.</p>
<p>Coop your the man! Always looking at the game like the pro you are, The Broncos are FAR from dead and what doesnt kills us only makes us&#8230;&#8230;right Coop?</p>
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		<title>By: WhidbeyBronco</title>
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		<dc:creator>WhidbeyBronco</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anonymess. Ever hear of B marshall? Just one of the bright young spots which offer a future more promising than most of the teams out there. If it can&#039;t be this year, I&#039;ll be as unhappy as any die-hard but I can still remember watching
Elway before the last two years... thinking how hard it is to be successful in this league and savoring every moment. Then we won. Now we&#039;re spoiled, right?

Shanny needs to find coordinators that are good enough to trust but not good enough to get snatched up by the next floundering team in need of a head coach...

Nobody&#039;s perfect but I&#039;ll take our coach above every coach out there! ...Gawd I hope I&#039;m right

Oh yeah, and when we don&#039;t lose our Rod Smiths, Javon Walkers , Tom Nalens &amp; especially Al Wilsons... I expect our coaches will look a LOT better.

Go Broncos!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anonymess. Ever hear of B marshall? Just one of the bright young spots which offer a future more promising than most of the teams out there. If it can&#8217;t be this year, I&#8217;ll be as unhappy as any die-hard but I can still remember watching<br />
Elway before the last two years&#8230; thinking how hard it is to be successful in this league and savoring every moment. Then we won. Now we&#8217;re spoiled, right?</p>
<p>Shanny needs to find coordinators that are good enough to trust but not good enough to get snatched up by the next floundering team in need of a head coach&#8230;</p>
<p>Nobody&#8217;s perfect but I&#8217;ll take our coach above every coach out there! &#8230;Gawd I hope I&#8217;m right</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and when we don&#8217;t lose our Rod Smiths, Javon Walkers , Tom Nalens &amp; especially Al Wilsons&#8230; I expect our coaches will look a LOT better.</p>
<p>Go Broncos!!</p>
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