This is why one shouldn’t panic. There is a lot of football left.
Please don’t get me wrong. One win against Kansas City does not make the Broncos a great team. It simply makes them 4-5.
But a win against the Chiefs certainly shows the Broncos can be a better team than the one that lost big to San Diego and Detroit.
The bottom line is that the Broncos regrouped, refocused and picked themselves off the carpet and went to Kansas City, made plays and won the game. Whenever one gets humiliated, it is easy to close up shop and pack it in. I give the Broncos credit for choosing to battle, choosing to overcome and executing well enough to win in a place where they hadn’t won since 2002.
I don’t care that the Chiefs don’t have a great offense. The Broncos made plays on defense.
I don’t care that Larry Johnson wasn’t playing. The Broncos gave up 67 net rushing yards.
I don’t care if Damon Huard is a journeyman quarterback and Brodie Croyle is a rookie. The Broncos allowed 11 points.
I think you get my point: The Broncos won and that’s the bottom line. We talked about this early in the season. In the NFL, the bottom line is the bottom line.
The most positive thing to come out of the win against the Chiefs is that the Broncos played much better.
The defense forced four turnovers, scored a touchdown and recorded four sacks. They made plays. They flew around. They took some chances. They forced the issue.
The offense showed a lot more life, too. The offensive line pushed some people around. Selvin Young ran with passion. Jay Cutler battled through a leg injury, moved the team and put points on the scoreboard.
No doubt the Broncos have a lot of work to do. They did a portion of that work on Sunday against the Chiefs. That was good to see.
What did you see that you liked? Feel free to leave share your thoughts.
Thanks for reading!
Best,
Mike
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Mike
You are right the way things have went for us this could have been loss. No matter what kinda of year the Chiefs are haveing Arrowhead is a tuff place to play alone win. I am proud that all areas were clicking showing us fans that there is hope that team can come and punish their oppenent. You get a rushing, defense, and passing touchdown the team is clicking. Remember it was 8-6 at half. If i see this passion the rest of the year I will take back my comment about us not making hte playoffs. All year I have not seen the passion the Broncos showed Sunday for all four quarters. There has been little sparks but not for a whole game. Broncos should be proud. For me living in the heart of Chief nation here even though I was going to wear my bright orange sweatshirt either way. It is nice to wear it after beating the Chefs. Yes I meant to spell it that way. Good job guys bring the passion every Sunday.
Side note Young was unbelievable. I say if Henry wants to screw up and off with breaking league policy let me I believe we have running back to fill the gap. He put up 100yards on a pretty good defense.
HELL YEAH FINALLY!!! I WAS WAITING FOR BRONCS TO STEP AND HIT A HOME RUN MANE FOR REAL!! THEY NEEDED THIS WIN REAL BAD, ESPECIALLY A DIVISION WIN, TO BAD THE CHARGERS WON AGAINST THE COLTS( A SHOCK TO ME) BUT WE ARE STILL IN IT AND WE CAN DO A BAD ASS COMBACK ON CHARGERS AFTER THEY WHOOPED OUR ASSES LAST TIME THEY PLAYED US. ANOTHER THING…IF YOU CAN DO ME THIS FAVOR AND ASK THE TEAM FOR EVERYONE TO PUT THERE HANDS UP TO BRING THE CROWD NOISE UP ON DEFENSE AND I BET THEY WILL CALL TIMEOUT. IVE BEEN WAITING FOR A TEAM TO DO THAT SINCE I HAVE STARTED WATCHING FOOTBALL AND STILL HAVE NOT SEEN THAT ESPECIALLY AT HOME…I BET THAT ALL THE FANS WE GET REAL EXCITED AND MAKE THE STADIUM A HUGE SUBWOOFER POUNDING INTO THE OPPONENTS EARS!! (TITANS FOR EXAMPLE) IF YOU CAN PLEASE DO THAT. I ALSO FOUND OUT MY GIRL MIGHT HAVE A MISCARRIAGE SO I HOPE AND PRAY…ANYWHO IM HAPPY FOR THE BRONCOS!!!
GOOOO BRONCOS!!
DBJL
It was nice to see a rushing TD of more than 10 yards. I think Selvin has earned the starting job, even if Henry doesn’t get suspended. I’m glad Graham was able to hold on to a catch for a change. And the Defense scoring a TD was terrific.
There was still a lot of sloppiness, or sluggishness might be a better word, so hopefully we can tighten things up this week. If Cutler can get back to 100% and Walker can come back to play this week, I think we take Tennessee by 14.
Thanks for the thoughts. Some responses…
–chevyman200…you’re right, the Broncos played hard for four quarters. It wasn’t a perfect game, but it was a much better showing than we’ve seen. I don’t know about the playoffs. All I know is that the Broncos need to continue to play well against Tennessee. If they do, they’ll have a good chance of making it two straight wins.
–DBJL6987@MSN.COM…you got it right, a division win on the road was absolutely huge. I know what you’re saying about the players encouraging the fans, but as good as the Broncos’ fans are, they should know when to get loud.
–bronco_hyde…I agree that while they played hard, the Broncos can still improve. But how nice is it to say that after a WIN, instead of after getting blown out? I’m not sure about Walker playing this week but I know this…if the Broncos play with the heart they did on Sunday and continue to make plays on both sides of the ball, they’ll have a real good shot to beat the Titans.
Mike
It was good to see some consistency opposite of Dumerville – How about both of those Texas Rookies (Crowder & Young)! I was also glad to see that we didn’t suffer any more injuries. Great win to build off of! The Titans are a team that started hot, but are realing as of late. Banged up running backs, and one (with the same last name) that takes the same road as Travis Henry – the low one. Let’s clean up the camp and build on our progress.
it was great to see a Broncos game with both defense and offense in the mix, I think we were all getting a bit worried about the poor performance over the last few games, but nothing like a win over a division rival to boost the spirits. Certainly there is a lot to be done, but if the D can perform consistently and Cutler has a good RB (great job on behalf of S. Young’s part, maybe someday we will see what Henry has to offer) and a few good receivers down field we can finish the season with a respectable showing. Next week the Titans GO BRONCOS
Well most certainly I was one of the happiest Bronco’s fans in the world along with you guys!!!!
The Game was off the hook…
But What could have kept us ahead or more by at least 20 points was stopped due to the amount of yellow laundry thrown!!!!!!!
This is a major turn for Denver and can history repeat itself..
Mike Shanahan and Denver started out with a record like this and made it to the SuperBowl!!!
Also,Selvin Young is one impressive running back..
Due To Travis Henry’s drug issues and injuries I think that they should replace Henry with Young..
Young can get a first down almost every two runs…
Great Athlete..
Defense stepped up and did good without Lynch…
Broncos showed a lot of heart and came out on top!!!!
We still got some tough challenges ahead, we have Tennessee, Chicago, San Diego and Minnesota..
Hopefully we see Selvin Young in for the rest of the year..
I think with the sideline support of Rod Smith, John Lynch that they can encourage us not to give up..
Lets get a lot of momentum going up in Tennessee!!!
P.S:
How many of you think that one of the KS Chiefs defenders should have been fined and also thrown out of the game for the blaintant shot in the groin????
If you share your agreements email me at alanloos@verizon.net!
Thanks
Cody!
“Terrell Davis into the endzone, walking, standing up. Can you say, Denver’s in the lead.”
Is that your quote or not? Just wondering, it’s my first time reading the blog, and its not too shabby. I think we got back on track definately, but we’ve got back on track with Pittsburgh too, and then came back and lost the next week. (shoulda won the game) I think the pressure from the front 4 was decent, but could be better, it seems sometimes we’re really good, other times we lack. Stopping the run against Priest and Co. is no great task at all, but its certainly a promising start. (and it makes us look not so pathetic because it really lowers the average RPG stat…) the turnovers were great and the offense played good enough. Great job Selvin Young. There certainly was no “drop off”. However, id like to see him break one of his big runs, it always seems he almost breaks it, only to get dragged down, but great job selvin. Next week will go a ways in proving what this team is about. Vince and Co. come to denver, and if we pull out a win, i can see us making a 6 game winning streak before getting a chance at SD and then Minnesota at the end of the season. 10-6 is looking pretty good in the west this year. BTW the chargers looked horrible last night…any team that forces 6 INT’s from the best QB in the game, AND has 2 KO returns for TD’s, AND gets lucky when the best clutch kicker misses 2 winning kicks, and still shoulda lost the game, is not a good team. I cannot wait to get another crack at the chargers, becuase we can’t have every bounce go their way 2 games in a row can we? Good luck broncos, nice blog RICE, btw, croyle is in his 2nd year, just keepin u sharp…haha cya
-shill-
Selvin, Hamzah, and Elvis would share the game ball. Elvis comes every week with the same level of high determination I saw in Selvin since he signed with the Broncos. Both were underated athletes that are showing how talented they are.
Gonzales had 29 yards and I don’t remember any big plays to any TE’s or RB’s. No big plays down the middle and none down the field excpet intercetions by Denver. Who started at safety and Free safety? Foxy and Abdullah! I love Lynch and Ferguson but they just don’t have the speed to cover anyone.
The D line seemed to be in the backfield on running plays a lot more. Still don’t really know what Bates scheme entails exactly, but that sure seemed different than in the games we lost. Hope they keep that up.
First half was atrocious and penalties were ridiculous. Hope they play at the same high level next week against the Titans as they did in the 2nd half and clean up some of the errors from this last win. Still a bit skeptical but always a huge fan.
Mason, you think we could get a 2nd rounder for Travis if he isn’t suspended? If he is suspended, What are the Broncos obligations to him? What are the Broncos options?
SHOW ME again next week BRONCOS!
thanks God
BRONCOS WON AT ARROWHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all i want to say is the broncos are the best of the best some people say they are 4-5 so they are bad but their horrible cowboys are in an easy divishion i think
all i want to say is the broncos are the best of the best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and that denver is the greatest town in the united states on the world and in our galaxy
Jason Elam is THE BEST clutch kicker in the NFL and has been for quite some time now.
Nobody is more stoked than me to know that denver finally snapped their arrowhead losing streak. And i know i was the same guy who told u guys not to give up on the broncos just yet last week but also can’t get way to ahead of ourselves. The last time the broncos rebounded and had a great game. they turned around and lost the next week at home on monday night. Well next we play on monday night at home and if u don’t pay attention history repeats itself. Plus the titans are pretty good. If haynesworth plays for them we have tough time running the ball. The last time we played a good defensive tackle (against the lions) he dominated us. However i expect us to come out with a win if the guys don’t get to caught up in last weeks win. Oh yeah i heard that albert haynesworth will be free agent next year denver should definitely go after him hes a beast and will help our defense alot. almost all of the titans defensive success is because of him. just look what they did last week without him.
I’m convinced that the real Broncos are the ones we saw against Pittsburgh several weeks back and the ones we saw at Kansas City. We primarily have to take advantage of our opportunities in the red zone and win the turnover battle. When we do those two things, we’re among the better teams in the NFL. It’s important to remember that so long as Jay Cutler is in the lineup as our quarterback, we’ve got a chance to win every game we play. While he isn’t John Elway, he does a marvelous job of being Jay Cutler, and we’re all grateful for that in Bronco Country. If we can take care of business against the Titans next Monday, we really will be difficult to beat down the stretch. While this Broncos team isn’t as talented as previous editions their resiliency is virtually unprecedented, so in this I rejoice. In the words of Jimmy Valvano, “don’t ever give up”!!!
I saw two things I liked:
> The defense was playing like they meant it. As you say flying around. With Champ and Dre’ back there it makes sense to let it rip more often.
> The offense seems to be getting it. Hit and stick and let the guy with the ball make a move. Plus Jay is a warrior.
We may not have a banner season but good things come to those who wait.
It was great to have another good performance; let’s hope it carries over!