1. Resembling an abyss in depth; unfathomable.
2. Very profound; limitless: abysmal misery.
3. Very bad: an abysmal performance.
I really want to hear people back this shit up.
When I went to work this morning, the Broncos had four first day picks and a potential to get some players that could help them out immediately. When I got home from work today, the Broncos had traded up to draft a position of non need already filled by a pro-bowler and had traded away two of their four picks. They ended up with Jay Cutler and a tight end whose main selling point is "he's a lot like Jeb Putzier." Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't we already have Putzier on our roster? Not only that, Leonard Pope, a tight end who is by any objective measure much better was still on the board.
We sit here, and the Broncos haven't addressed their glaring holes on the defensive line and backfield.
All Shanahan managed to do today was take the slats out from underneath BOTH Jake Plummer and Ashley Lelie as well as manage not to improve the team at all.
Instead of walking away with players that can make an impact, we walked away with a tight end and some guy who's going to get paid a premium to sit on the bench for two seasons.
I get the impression Shanahan took Cutler so he can shirk the blame onto Plummer as soon as possible. But, I'm sure you people will let him do it.
4/29/2006
4/28/2006
Day before the draft
The Texans have made a very smart move and signed Mario Williams as the first pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. But, what really matters is who the Broncos plan on taking.
For the first day here's what I'd like.
Round 1, pick #15: I'd like to see the Broncos take one of the following three players here.
LenDale White RB USC
To me this pick is really a no brainer. White can put up numbers vastly superior to what Anderson put up last year. His style of running and effectiveness at getting tough yardage will make Tatum Bell just that much more dangerous. His injury shouldn't be an issue either.
Santonio Holmes WR Ohio State
Chad Jackson sucks, anybody who drafts him is asking for a bust. Holmes not only didn't have a yards per catch ranking in the 500s of NCAA wide receivers last season unlike Jackson, he can block and do the little things one looks for.
Jason Allen S Tennessee
The Broncos need a safety, and Allen may be the best in the draft. Huff will not be able to play safety at the next level and Allen has definitely recovered from his injury.
Round 2, pick #37
DeAngelo Williams RB Memphis / Laurence Maroney RB Minnesota / Joseph Addai RB LSU
In that order, if we don't take White, then grab one of these guys here.
OR
Tamba Hali DE Penn State
OR (if we don't draft Holmes)
Greg Jennings WR Western Michigan
Round 2, pick #61 John McCargo DT NC State
Want to know why Mario Williams is the top choice in the draft? Take a look at the help he got from this guy inside.
Round 3, pick #68 Joel Klopfenstein TE Colorado
Hometown kid with a ton of intangibles, will help replace Putzier.
For the first day here's what I'd like.
Round 1, pick #15: I'd like to see the Broncos take one of the following three players here.
LenDale White RB USC
To me this pick is really a no brainer. White can put up numbers vastly superior to what Anderson put up last year. His style of running and effectiveness at getting tough yardage will make Tatum Bell just that much more dangerous. His injury shouldn't be an issue either.
Santonio Holmes WR Ohio State
Chad Jackson sucks, anybody who drafts him is asking for a bust. Holmes not only didn't have a yards per catch ranking in the 500s of NCAA wide receivers last season unlike Jackson, he can block and do the little things one looks for.
Jason Allen S Tennessee
The Broncos need a safety, and Allen may be the best in the draft. Huff will not be able to play safety at the next level and Allen has definitely recovered from his injury.
Round 2, pick #37
DeAngelo Williams RB Memphis / Laurence Maroney RB Minnesota / Joseph Addai RB LSU
In that order, if we don't take White, then grab one of these guys here.
OR
Tamba Hali DE Penn State
OR (if we don't draft Holmes)
Greg Jennings WR Western Michigan
Round 2, pick #61 John McCargo DT NC State
Want to know why Mario Williams is the top choice in the draft? Take a look at the help he got from this guy inside.
Round 3, pick #68 Joel Klopfenstein TE Colorado
Hometown kid with a ton of intangibles, will help replace Putzier.
3/19/2006
Denver's free agency silence is deafening
So after cutting Trevor Pryce to clear cap space, the Broncos have failed to sign targets Jamal Lewis and Terrell Owens. They have for the moment, completely dropped off the map in the John Abraham sweepstakes as well.
The one signing that has been made, Kenard Lang, makes zero sense considering that he had lost fifty pounds and switched positions last year.
It looks like our needs at runningback, defensive end, and wide receiver need to be addressed in the draft now.
Take Maroney and Moss.
The one signing that has been made, Kenard Lang, makes zero sense considering that he had lost fifty pounds and switched positions last year.
It looks like our needs at runningback, defensive end, and wide receiver need to be addressed in the draft now.
Take Maroney and Moss.
3/14/2006
Since the Broncos are doing jack in free agency
I really have nothing to post about. I highly doubt we get TO or anybody to replace Pryce short of drafting somebody but I don't trust Shanahan to draft defensive linemen.
Does anybody actually believe that Ron Dayne is the answer at runningback? I'm actually glad we let Anderson go as I'm pretty sure he's done as a starting runningback.
And just because.
My final four picks: Syracuse, Gonzaga, UConn, Boston College.
UConn beats Syracuse for the title.
Does anybody actually believe that Ron Dayne is the answer at runningback? I'm actually glad we let Anderson go as I'm pretty sure he's done as a starting runningback.
And just because.
My final four picks: Syracuse, Gonzaga, UConn, Boston College.
UConn beats Syracuse for the title.
2/07/2006
2/05/2006
On a side note
Congratulations to Warren Moon for being inducted into the hall. He may have been the best QB to ever play the game. It sucks that idiotic notions of race kept him from being drafted into the NFL. God only knows what records he'd hold. It may be the CFL, but winning five consecutive championships is impressive anywhere.
Gary Zimmerman was snubbed once again. How a player can be on two all decade teams and not be in the hall is beyond me.
Gary Zimmerman was snubbed once again. How a player can be on two all decade teams and not be in the hall is beyond me.
1/30/2006
1/25/2006
Note
There weren't any updates because I couldn't log into the FTP for a good two weeks. Otherwise I would have updated after the New England game and sooner after the Pittsburgh game
1/23/2006
Welcome to the real season
November 25th 2005: The point is that if the Broncos play that way against Indianapolis, Cincinnati, or Pittsburgh they will get stomped on. The regular season is only half the battle.
This week we were able to get the answer to a few nagging questions. Such as What happens when you don't get the ball gift-wrapped to you on the other team's one yard line twice? OR What happens when your opponent doesn't fumble the ball and throw it to your players constantly?
I'm sure Jake Plummer will get the blame for the Pittsburgh loss by most of the good people in Broncos nation. The same people who were dying to give Shanahan credit for Champ's performance based upon Shanahan being the GM will undoubtedly give Mike a free pass on Jake. Not that any of this is Jake's fault though.
The New England game was the same thing that we've seen all season from this team. They play just well enough not to get beaten and then win a game based upon some collapse by the opposing team. New England decided to give the ball away five times and the Broncos came away with a win.
The coaching in the New England game was normal. In a 0-0 game in the first half Shanahan decides to go for it on 4th and 1 from the 3 yard line. The play call? A fade route to the corner of the endzone. A brilliant move which unsurprisingly failed to result in either a conversion or a touchdown.
So, after a week in which the Broncos cannot run the ball with any success and the opposing team passes for 341 yards you'd assume that the coaching staff would try to address those issues at practice right? Wrong
The Indianapolis Colts showed the world how not to stop Pittsburgh's offense. That is by crowding the line and putting pressure on Ben Roethlisberger. All that happens is they throw the ball deep to the sidelines on your corners in single coverage. Dan Dierdorff was sitting there circling Indianapolis players on the line of scrimmage and then showing Big Ben throwing balls to the sidelines. One would hope that an NFL franchise could find a coach that knows more than Dan Dierdorff. Apparently, the Broncos cannot. We decided to not change our defensive scheme and play right into the trap that Indy did.
The story was the same. Both Denver and Indy would crowd the line and stop the Steelers from running on first and second down. Then you'd get them in a third and long and try the same defense as before. BAM! Roethlisberger completes a pass to the outside for a first down. Five times the Broncos had the Steelers in a 3rd and 6+ and five times Ben Roethlisberger came out in the shotgun and completed a long pass for a first. We all have a female friend or have known of a girl that keeps getting back with an abusive boyfriend because they're convinced he's changed. That was the Broncos coaching staff on Sunday. "We're convinced that he won't beat us this time." Right after those words are out of their mouths Ben Roethlisberger is hitting Hines Ward for a 21 yard reception and the chains are moving.
The scoreboard is in no way indicative of just how badly the Steelers beat the Broncos on sunday. Pittsburgh gave up chances to score in order to punt, and ran the ball for the entire second half. The Broncos got blown out in their own house, plain and simple.
Mike Shanahan once again took a team of Super Bowl caliber and turned them into an underachieving squad.
Trevor Pryce said it the best in the lockerroom after the game. The regular season is just seeding for the playoffs. It doesn't matter.
This week we were able to get the answer to a few nagging questions. Such as What happens when you don't get the ball gift-wrapped to you on the other team's one yard line twice? OR What happens when your opponent doesn't fumble the ball and throw it to your players constantly?
I'm sure Jake Plummer will get the blame for the Pittsburgh loss by most of the good people in Broncos nation. The same people who were dying to give Shanahan credit for Champ's performance based upon Shanahan being the GM will undoubtedly give Mike a free pass on Jake. Not that any of this is Jake's fault though.
The New England game was the same thing that we've seen all season from this team. They play just well enough not to get beaten and then win a game based upon some collapse by the opposing team. New England decided to give the ball away five times and the Broncos came away with a win.
The coaching in the New England game was normal. In a 0-0 game in the first half Shanahan decides to go for it on 4th and 1 from the 3 yard line. The play call? A fade route to the corner of the endzone. A brilliant move which unsurprisingly failed to result in either a conversion or a touchdown.
So, after a week in which the Broncos cannot run the ball with any success and the opposing team passes for 341 yards you'd assume that the coaching staff would try to address those issues at practice right? Wrong
The Indianapolis Colts showed the world how not to stop Pittsburgh's offense. That is by crowding the line and putting pressure on Ben Roethlisberger. All that happens is they throw the ball deep to the sidelines on your corners in single coverage. Dan Dierdorff was sitting there circling Indianapolis players on the line of scrimmage and then showing Big Ben throwing balls to the sidelines. One would hope that an NFL franchise could find a coach that knows more than Dan Dierdorff. Apparently, the Broncos cannot. We decided to not change our defensive scheme and play right into the trap that Indy did.
The story was the same. Both Denver and Indy would crowd the line and stop the Steelers from running on first and second down. Then you'd get them in a third and long and try the same defense as before. BAM! Roethlisberger completes a pass to the outside for a first down. Five times the Broncos had the Steelers in a 3rd and 6+ and five times Ben Roethlisberger came out in the shotgun and completed a long pass for a first. We all have a female friend or have known of a girl that keeps getting back with an abusive boyfriend because they're convinced he's changed. That was the Broncos coaching staff on Sunday. "We're convinced that he won't beat us this time." Right after those words are out of their mouths Ben Roethlisberger is hitting Hines Ward for a 21 yard reception and the chains are moving.
The scoreboard is in no way indicative of just how badly the Steelers beat the Broncos on sunday. Pittsburgh gave up chances to score in order to punt, and ran the ball for the entire second half. The Broncos got blown out in their own house, plain and simple.
Mike Shanahan once again took a team of Super Bowl caliber and turned them into an underachieving squad.
Trevor Pryce said it the best in the lockerroom after the game. The regular season is just seeding for the playoffs. It doesn't matter.
12/15/2005
The Champ Bailey factor (and other tales of chance)
Mike Shanahan's coaching has nothing to do with the Broncos record. If any one person can be given credit for this team's success, it is Champ Bailey who is bailing (no pun intended) out his coach on a regular basis.
Week 2 vs San Diego: Champ Bailey intercepts a Drew Brees pass and takes in 25 yards the other way for a touchdown. Denver wins 20-17.
Week 12 at Dallas: Champ Bailey intercepts a Drew Bledsoe pass and goes 65 yards for a touchdown. Denver wins 24-21 in overtime.
Week 14 at Baltimore: With the ball on the Denver 15 Kyle Boller throws a pass to Champ Bailey at the Denver 6 yard line killing a drive that would have resulted in a field goal. Denver wins 12-10.
Without these three plays by one player, the Denver Broncos are 7-6 and not 10-3.
We should also take a look at the actions of Ian Gold in Week 5 against Washington. With less than two minutes in the game, Ian Gold tips a pass intended for an otherwise open Washington receiver on a two point conversion that would have tied the game. Denver wins 21-19.
Without that play, Denver is 9-4 or possibly even 6-7.
You may ask, what's the point of this? You can't play hypotheticals, these things happened, blah blah blah. Here is your point. If you remove four plays from the Denver Broncos season, they have a losing record. FOUR PLAYS. We're not talking about a multistage process here, we're talking about removing four plays. Shanahan is doing a horrible job coaching this team, but he's been bailed out on several occasions. Good teams don't rely upon luck to win. This kind of play doesn't win playoff games and most certainly doesn't win championships.
Week 2 vs San Diego: Champ Bailey intercepts a Drew Brees pass and takes in 25 yards the other way for a touchdown. Denver wins 20-17.
Week 12 at Dallas: Champ Bailey intercepts a Drew Bledsoe pass and goes 65 yards for a touchdown. Denver wins 24-21 in overtime.
Week 14 at Baltimore: With the ball on the Denver 15 Kyle Boller throws a pass to Champ Bailey at the Denver 6 yard line killing a drive that would have resulted in a field goal. Denver wins 12-10.
Without these three plays by one player, the Denver Broncos are 7-6 and not 10-3.
We should also take a look at the actions of Ian Gold in Week 5 against Washington. With less than two minutes in the game, Ian Gold tips a pass intended for an otherwise open Washington receiver on a two point conversion that would have tied the game. Denver wins 21-19.
Without that play, Denver is 9-4 or possibly even 6-7.
You may ask, what's the point of this? You can't play hypotheticals, these things happened, blah blah blah. Here is your point. If you remove four plays from the Denver Broncos season, they have a losing record. FOUR PLAYS. We're not talking about a multistage process here, we're talking about removing four plays. Shanahan is doing a horrible job coaching this team, but he's been bailed out on several occasions. Good teams don't rely upon luck to win. This kind of play doesn't win playoff games and most certainly doesn't win championships.
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