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Tough going in D.C.

November 15th, 2009 - 5:48pm by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

I got all the snow blown and the rest shoveled in time for the game. Maybe we’d have been better playing here this week. A snow bowl would have been great for the ski country. I don’t know about you all but I’m in shoveling shape.

Tough going in Washington. I enjoyed the running game and was impressed that we were getting that back on track and the blah blah blah about going vertical was taken care of early…simple. It’s easy to run a go route when you set it up with the run when you have guys like Royal and Marshall around.

The defense was dominated at the line of scrimmage and injuries are mounting. We talked about it earlier in the year and may be looking it right in the face now. Simms was rusty as we should expect and he’ll get a lot of work this week in preparation for the Bolts. I still like him but he took a lot of criticism after the game on the radio.

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A Little Perspective

November 11th, 2009 - 9:26am by jim_saccomanoOther posts by jim_saccomano

Perspective is one of those things that everybody claims to have, but which frequently seems lacking as soon as something goes against form, or what we deem form to be.

The Broncos are 6-2, and we could make a laundry list of things that have not gone right the past two weeks, of things that need to be improved dramatically, or a little.

OK, fine, no disagreement there.

But let’s consider:

We knew we had a schedule, and that it consisted of 16 games. This is something we all knew, as well as knowing that we would not play all 16 games at once, but instead playing them the very traditional one at a time. Everything is one at a time. Every single thing.

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Tough Night Under the Lights

November 11th, 2009 - 8:33am by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

Pressure, sacks and interceptions/turnovers make for a long night. Sorry for the delayed post today but I was in the air all day yesterday flyng back form Florida. I even tried (wifi) in the airports and that was sacked-pressured and disconnected much like the game Monday Night. I finally got home late in the day.

I was in the Keys for a charity fishing tournament and maybe the 35-plus knot winds and cloud cover should have been a clue to what was coming Monday night. We had a tropical storm that blew up over Cancun with it’s remnants sweeping across Florida and another Hurricane shooting up the middle of the Gulf of Mexico out of Honduras SPEWING winds and cloud cover for 4-5 straight days. A few more knots of wind and it could have been a Tropical depression where we were.

Monday night before the game, I was doing a radio show at Gary Dunn’s Hotel the OV (Oceanview), bar and restaurant in the Keys in front of a rowdy crowd of about 100 or so people. The crowd was a Steelers HOMER crowd, with Gary being the weekly host of “Jocks on the Rocks”. I threw a few punches at the Steelers and we told a few stories and had some great laughs of the old Steelers Curtain days and the opponents we played against in that era as fun was had by all.

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Keeping Things In Perspective

November 6th, 2009 - 1:00am by mike_riceOther posts by mike_rice

One game does not make a season. But it can be cause for some concern. Such is the place where the Broncos find themselves, at least to some degree.

The bottom line is the Ravens dominated the Broncos last weekend. There is no getting around that.

But it’s one game. It’s not a trend; it’s not a pattern; it’s not necessarily the start of the Broncos’ demise. There is no need to call Chicken Little.

All together now…breathe in deeply…hold it for a moment…slowly exhale. The Broncos are still 6-1. Last I checked, that’s pretty good.

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No Laboring About One Loss

November 2nd, 2009 - 5:52pm by jim_saccomanoOther posts by jim_saccomano

The Denver Broncos finally dropped a game Sunday, to an always tough Baltimore Ravens team that, in this case, came into the game with three straight losses and was desperately in need of a win.

Denver remains in good shape with a 6-1 record following the loss, which was a tough defensive struggle that at halftime saw the Broncos trailing by just a 6-0 score. The ravens returned the second half kickoff for a touchdown and slowly pulled away after that.

With that loss, Denver Head Coach Josh McDaniels fell one victory short of becoming just the second or third (and we’ll explain) first year head coach to start off his coaching career with seven consecutive wins.

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Monday Morning Blues, 6-1

November 2nd, 2009 - 9:58am by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

Coach McDaniels said it best after the game. They’re a good football team and you can’t play poorly on the road against a good football team.

Both lines of scrimmage were dominated by the Ravens. I’ve always been told, “give credit, where credit is due.” They earned it. Our crew had dominated that sacred ground up until this Sunday. That’s really where the game is won when you really pay attention. No one knows or understands when you win because all ESPN, FOX and the rest of the TV shows share, are highlights.

Highlights: High flying catches, diving catches, great runs from scrimmage, dipping and dodging. Never the blocks that sprung them or the line of scrimmage being pushed back during the running plays or at the goal line and the amount of time Kyle Orton has to go to his third or fourth read.

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6-0, Say No More!

October 20th, 2009 - 10:04am by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

Eddie, Eddie, Eddie, go baby, GO!! Was that fun to watch or what? My son had just walked upstairs and I called to him to come watch the run. WOW! History in the making with a punt return (71 yds) and a kickoff return (93 yds) for touchdowns.

Then, the Chargers replied with their own version of a punt return. I wasn’t happy but that makes for fun TV and fan viewing and the halftime show was funny with Chris Berman saying all you had to do was watch 4th down and the kicking game to enjoy the first half.

They had our number early then the D… as in DOOM (two sacks) and the Boys started firing on all cylinders. Five sacks, a bunch of knockdowns, a bunch of in-your-face Philip Rivers while you try to throw the ball. You really have to give Coach Nolan a lot of credit in that he really shut down Rivers with the blitz package in the second half. From the corners and the middle walking up and back, disguising it well.

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Staying Grounded

October 13th, 2009 - 2:47pm by mike_riceOther posts by mike_rice

I’m not sure what the Broncos’ final record will be this season. But I now know for certain it will be much better than many people thought it would be.

We all know the NFL tends to be a week-to-week business. The prevailing thought is that a team seems to be only as good as how well it played the previous game.

After defeating the Patriots, the Broncos deserved to celebrate a terrific win. It is clear that they are a really good team.

And they can be even better.

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Congrats Coach McDaniels 5-0

October 11th, 2009 - 7:22pm by mark_cooperOther posts by mark_cooper

S.I. Jinx-Schminx. Stats-schmats. Win — Win is what this team does and I had to get a post off tonight because I can’t wait to read the papers tomorrow and see what writers are jumping on the bandwagon now.

A helping of Crow should be served around town for the non-believers and I’ll be the first at the plate with my prediction early on. It a good thing I’m typing because it’s not polite to talk with your mouth full of bird. :o) Mumble-mumble.

My hats off to Coach McDaniels and I had a HUGE smile on my face when he did a little fist waving at the end of the game … still have that smile writing this. Beating your mentor really means a lot and he handled it with class and a little fun for the fans … thanks coach. CONGRATS.

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Here For The Long Haul

October 6th, 2009 - 12:25am by mike_riceOther posts by mike_rice

The confidence that Broncos’ Head Coach Josh McDaniels says has always resided in the hallways at team headquarters is now overflowing.

The Broncos are good.

No, they’re not a perfect team. And I don’t pretend to think they’ll go 16-0 in the regular season.

But my guess is they’re not going away, either.

Understandably, many people weren’t that impressed when the Broncos began the season with wins over the Bengals, Browns and Raiders.

Beat the Cowboys and people start to take notice.

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