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		<title>By: mark_cooper</title>
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		<dc:creator>mark_cooper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>rayjr26, answer on the zone....no I don&#039;t consider the running game a true zone blocking scheme...I&#039;d call it more of a zone step with assignments than the traditional zone blocking scheme other teams play.

broncoterry..shhhhhhhhh, I won&#039;t tell.....see you all on the backside of the KC WIN!!!!!!!!

Coopster</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rayjr26, answer on the zone&#8230;.no I don&#8217;t consider the running game a true zone blocking scheme&#8230;I&#8217;d call it more of a zone step with assignments than the traditional zone blocking scheme other teams play.</p>
<p>broncoterry..shhhhhhhhh, I won&#8217;t tell&#8230;..see you all on the backside of the KC WIN!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Coopster</p>
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		<title>By: raidrhadr</title>
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		<dc:creator>raidrhadr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From Wheat Ridge, CO. Family has had tickets since &#039;65.

Bring on the chefs....Champ will own Chambers. DOOOOM with at least 2 sacks. They are banged up a little at linebacker so I say 150 yds on the ground for us. 225 and 2 TDs for Orton. Coach McD will be able to disect Cassel. 

GO BRONCOS!!!! South Stands Forever!!! The Orange Crush Lives!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Wheat Ridge, CO. Family has had tickets since &#8217;65.</p>
<p>Bring on the chefs&#8230;.Champ will own Chambers. DOOOOM with at least 2 sacks. They are banged up a little at linebacker so I say 150 yds on the ground for us. 225 and 2 TDs for Orton. Coach McD will be able to disect Cassel. </p>
<p>GO BRONCOS!!!! South Stands Forever!!! The Orange Crush Lives!!</p>
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		<title>By: coachemup</title>
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		<dc:creator>coachemup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Grand forks N. Dak now living in Centennial, Co for last 17 years.</description>
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		<title>By: 4broncosjeff</title>
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		<dc:creator>4broncosjeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>South of Dayton Ohio.
TOP is so important to this team, because the D plays so fast and with so much energy they do get tired. The O does not need to score every time they touch the ball, but the three and outs do hurt us. Now that Kyle is back and the O is doing things with the ball, things are going to be awsome. I think like most of you, we could win out or at worst loose one more. Hopefully Cincy does not sell out against Detroit and I get to see the game at home. 

GO BRONCOS</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>South of Dayton Ohio.<br />
TOP is so important to this team, because the D plays so fast and with so much energy they do get tired. The O does not need to score every time they touch the ball, but the three and outs do hurt us. Now that Kyle is back and the O is doing things with the ball, things are going to be awsome. I think like most of you, we could win out or at worst loose one more. Hopefully Cincy does not sell out against Detroit and I get to see the game at home. </p>
<p>GO BRONCOS</p>
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		<title>By: broncoterry</title>
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		<dc:creator>broncoterry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From Chicago the land of Cutler. They love the man. He is the only person not at fault for there losing season.

God save me!

Love those Broncos</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Chicago the land of Cutler. They love the man. He is the only person not at fault for there losing season.</p>
<p>God save me!</p>
<p>Love those Broncos</p>
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		<title>By: baylinorcrush</title>
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		<dc:creator>baylinorcrush</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Austin here, but I think everyone knows that already.</description>
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		<title>By: mark_cooper</title>
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		<dc:creator>mark_cooper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Samoanbronco, easy on the beatdown of your laptop, they&#039;re expensive (LOL).

Thanks for the kind words, I try to bring a different perpective to the blog and goofy/funny story here and there.

Speaking of which: We&#039;re in K.C. and it&#039;s cold...duh, right.  We have a player Marshan Graves....BIG lineman and the crowds absolutely ruthless about how big he is and he&#039;s jawing back (mistake) and he has a big winter coat on that looks like Omar the tent maker made it (Kinda Circus sized Cape) Big Guy....so he&#039;s jawing back towards the end of the game and turns around to close to one of the flame thrower heaters and his Cape catches fire and he&#039;s running around in a circle trying to get it off and it was so funny because he now had his own cheering section and the folks behind the bench went crazy laughing at him and busting him coming up with new jokes throughout the remainder of the game.  

The rest of us had to keep our faces turned away from the crowd because we were laughing just as hard at the new jokes that sprung up.

Back to football:
On the draw play question.  If you&#039;re in a 4-wide set, and Kyle is still hurt.  His last option is to scramble because we can&#039;t afford to get him hurt, right.  Well thinking like that only one thing happens, you throw the ball. One thing. (Advantage Defense)  

Defensive lineman pin their ears back in a sprinter stance and bring it with no thoughts other than a sack. (Advantage Defense) 

With a back in the backfield, you have a blocker on the blitz and a draw play option, a shovel pass option and a swing pass option (all dangerous) and have to keep the defensive line a hair more honest. (Advantage Offense)....kinda like going to Vegas.....play were the odds are in your favor, right.

Personally, I say, let&#039;s just run it down their throats as well as we ran the ball and hopefully continue to......in my humble opinion :o)

AND, what&#039;s up with the Orton comments.  I&#039;m amazed like a number of you are???  I like him, he suits this offense, he&#039;s a winner and I can only count about 6-7 other guys in the League out of 32 that I&#039;d rank ahead of him, and most of them have been starters for a long time.  He&#039;s my guy and I still like Simms and you can&#039;t judge the guy on a weeks work and a fumble and then being pulled.  If his reads are slower then you move the pocket a bit and make the offense work around his skill level.  I have to blame that on the coaching staff.  And you know I&#039;m a fan of them but they&#039;re not perfect either....who is?

I&#039;ll take the footnote in the dictionary for my definition of &quot;Rhythm&quot; :o)

Broncofalls, brings up a cool question....add where you&#039;re from in your blog...I&#039;d be curious to see where everyone&#039;s from too.  He&#039;s from Illinois.

We&#039;re back to &quot;ONE IN A ROW&quot;...let&#039;s go get two in a row at K.C.

Curious to see where everyone&#039;s from.

COOP</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Samoanbronco, easy on the beatdown of your laptop, they&#8217;re expensive (LOL).</p>
<p>Thanks for the kind words, I try to bring a different perpective to the blog and goofy/funny story here and there.</p>
<p>Speaking of which: We&#8217;re in K.C. and it&#8217;s cold&#8230;duh, right.  We have a player Marshan Graves&#8230;.BIG lineman and the crowds absolutely ruthless about how big he is and he&#8217;s jawing back (mistake) and he has a big winter coat on that looks like Omar the tent maker made it (Kinda Circus sized Cape) Big Guy&#8230;.so he&#8217;s jawing back towards the end of the game and turns around to close to one of the flame thrower heaters and his Cape catches fire and he&#8217;s running around in a circle trying to get it off and it was so funny because he now had his own cheering section and the folks behind the bench went crazy laughing at him and busting him coming up with new jokes throughout the remainder of the game.  </p>
<p>The rest of us had to keep our faces turned away from the crowd because we were laughing just as hard at the new jokes that sprung up.</p>
<p>Back to football:<br />
On the draw play question.  If you&#8217;re in a 4-wide set, and Kyle is still hurt.  His last option is to scramble because we can&#8217;t afford to get him hurt, right.  Well thinking like that only one thing happens, you throw the ball. One thing. (Advantage Defense)  </p>
<p>Defensive lineman pin their ears back in a sprinter stance and bring it with no thoughts other than a sack. (Advantage Defense) </p>
<p>With a back in the backfield, you have a blocker on the blitz and a draw play option, a shovel pass option and a swing pass option (all dangerous) and have to keep the defensive line a hair more honest. (Advantage Offense)&#8230;.kinda like going to Vegas&#8230;..play were the odds are in your favor, right.</p>
<p>Personally, I say, let&#8217;s just run it down their throats as well as we ran the ball and hopefully continue to&#8230;&#8230;in my humble opinion <img src='http://blog.denverbroncos.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
<p>AND, what&#8217;s up with the Orton comments.  I&#8217;m amazed like a number of you are???  I like him, he suits this offense, he&#8217;s a winner and I can only count about 6-7 other guys in the League out of 32 that I&#8217;d rank ahead of him, and most of them have been starters for a long time.  He&#8217;s my guy and I still like Simms and you can&#8217;t judge the guy on a weeks work and a fumble and then being pulled.  If his reads are slower then you move the pocket a bit and make the offense work around his skill level.  I have to blame that on the coaching staff.  And you know I&#8217;m a fan of them but they&#8217;re not perfect either&#8230;.who is?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll take the footnote in the dictionary for my definition of &#8220;Rhythm&#8221; <img src='http://blog.denverbroncos.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
<p>Broncofalls, brings up a cool question&#8230;.add where you&#8217;re from in your blog&#8230;I&#8217;d be curious to see where everyone&#8217;s from too.  He&#8217;s from Illinois.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re back to &#8220;ONE IN A ROW&#8221;&#8230;let&#8217;s go get two in a row at K.C.</p>
<p>Curious to see where everyone&#8217;s from.</p>
<p>COOP</p>
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		<title>By: 07elway</title>
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		<dc:creator>07elway</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Couldn&#039;t agree more Broncfalls!

I think our bump in the road has come to pass.  We went through 4 games of playing like crap only to bounce back in the last 6 (that includes our win over the Giants).  I think SD is gonna have a harder time keeping the top spot in the West than it will it be for us to get at least 4/5 wins, even though I&#039;m convinced we can beat Indy.  

With leaders like Dawkins, Champ, Orton &amp; Stokley, among many others on the team, I can&#039;t imagine that they&#039;d let this team go down like that again this season.  I think the energy in this team was restored last Thursday and will only get stronger as the season comes to an end.  We will screw up SD&#039;s so-called &quot;lead&quot; over us and finally take back what belongs to us.  The &quot;Wild West&quot; will be owned by the Broncos this year.  I think everyone on this team is sick and freakin tired of SD taking it every year... this time around something will be done about it.  The West is gonna get smothered with some Bronco lovin&#039;!!  muwahahahaha

Keep the faith Bronco Country...
GO BRONCOS!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Couldn&#8217;t agree more Broncfalls!</p>
<p>I think our bump in the road has come to pass.  We went through 4 games of playing like crap only to bounce back in the last 6 (that includes our win over the Giants).  I think SD is gonna have a harder time keeping the top spot in the West than it will it be for us to get at least 4/5 wins, even though I&#8217;m convinced we can beat Indy.  </p>
<p>With leaders like Dawkins, Champ, Orton &amp; Stokley, among many others on the team, I can&#8217;t imagine that they&#8217;d let this team go down like that again this season.  I think the energy in this team was restored last Thursday and will only get stronger as the season comes to an end.  We will screw up SD&#8217;s so-called &#8220;lead&#8221; over us and finally take back what belongs to us.  The &#8220;Wild West&#8221; will be owned by the Broncos this year.  I think everyone on this team is sick and freakin tired of SD taking it every year&#8230; this time around something will be done about it.  The West is gonna get smothered with some Bronco lovin&#8217;!!  muwahahahaha</p>
<p>Keep the faith Bronco Country&#8230;<br />
GO BRONCOS!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Broncfalls</title>
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		<dc:creator>Broncfalls</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>07 Elway, 

You know, one other thing just might play into playing with ENERGY and HUNGER!  Tell me what you think....

I believe the 4 game losing streak could now be an advantage playing out the rest of the 5 games.

My thought is that was a HORRIBLE taste in the mouths of the entire organization.  Through those 4 games, we saw a team scratching and clawing trying to find ways to get back to the winning way.  I&#039;m not so sure they fall into that same trap again!

I believe we will indeed see a team with a hightened sense of urgency.  A high level of play both offensively and defensively.  Here&#039;s another reason why:

Isn&#039;t it ironic that all through weeks 1 - 10 during the highs and the lows, we heard press conference after press conference about &quot;It&#039;s the next team on the schedule&quot; or &quot;We move on to the next opponent&quot; right???

Well...then after Thanksgiving we hear an over flow of comments suggesting there was a plan.  Marshall was one of the first to state the following:

&quot;Back in preseason we talked about what we wanted to do from Thanksgiving on.  We needed to be in a position to play for the playoffs starting Thanksgiving weekend and tonight we&#039;ve done that!&quot;

...uh if I could paraphrase here I bet this is what the team meeting looked like this week from JMac:

&quot;Here we are guys! 7-4 and someone to the West has our spot! From here on out we GO! We drop the hammer like the NFL has ever seen! 5 games from now we&#039;ll know where we&#039;ll be at.  But one thing is certain.  We have the opportunity to finish it off!  Our bump in the road has come and gone! It is now time to finish it off!!!&quot;

I believe this team wins out! I truely do! There is too much leadership and talent to suggest otherwise.....again the 4 game losing streak has created a positive influence in not letting it happen again...

Just my thoughts.

GO GET EM&#039; BOYS!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>07 Elway, </p>
<p>You know, one other thing just might play into playing with ENERGY and HUNGER!  Tell me what you think&#8230;.</p>
<p>I believe the 4 game losing streak could now be an advantage playing out the rest of the 5 games.</p>
<p>My thought is that was a HORRIBLE taste in the mouths of the entire organization.  Through those 4 games, we saw a team scratching and clawing trying to find ways to get back to the winning way.  I&#8217;m not so sure they fall into that same trap again!</p>
<p>I believe we will indeed see a team with a hightened sense of urgency.  A high level of play both offensively and defensively.  Here&#8217;s another reason why:</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t it ironic that all through weeks 1 &#8211; 10 during the highs and the lows, we heard press conference after press conference about &#8220;It&#8217;s the next team on the schedule&#8221; or &#8220;We move on to the next opponent&#8221; right???</p>
<p>Well&#8230;then after Thanksgiving we hear an over flow of comments suggesting there was a plan.  Marshall was one of the first to state the following:</p>
<p>&#8220;Back in preseason we talked about what we wanted to do from Thanksgiving on.  We needed to be in a position to play for the playoffs starting Thanksgiving weekend and tonight we&#8217;ve done that!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8230;uh if I could paraphrase here I bet this is what the team meeting looked like this week from JMac:</p>
<p>&#8220;Here we are guys! 7-4 and someone to the West has our spot! From here on out we GO! We drop the hammer like the NFL has ever seen! 5 games from now we&#8217;ll know where we&#8217;ll be at.  But one thing is certain.  We have the opportunity to finish it off!  Our bump in the road has come and gone! It is now time to finish it off!!!&#8221;</p>
<p>I believe this team wins out! I truely do! There is too much leadership and talent to suggest otherwise&#8230;..again the 4 game losing streak has created a positive influence in not letting it happen again&#8230;</p>
<p>Just my thoughts.</p>
<p>GO GET EM&#8217; BOYS!</p>
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		<title>By: broncoterry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am so pround of the guys. I just hope we don&#039;t have a let down after such an up-tempo game. Is Bowe back for KC?
It was great to see the guys play as a team again. 

Go Broncos</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am so pround of the guys. I just hope we don&#8217;t have a let down after such an up-tempo game. Is Bowe back for KC?<br />
It was great to see the guys play as a team again. </p>
<p>Go Broncos</p>
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