It's a simple request, actually:

STOP TALKING ABOUT THE MEDIA.

The idea that the MSM (God... I hate that phrase so much) is biased against the Broncos seems a bit ludicrous. For 30 years, the Broncos have been among the most lauded, well-liked organizations in football. Ask any reporter who worked in Denver during the 80s and 90s about John Elway stories they chose not to pursue, purely for the sake of not getting strung up by his loyal fans. Jim Saccommano is one of the best PR guys in the business and the team has been very accommodating of many smaller newspapers wishing to get credentialed.

During the Shanahan years, the team was routinely regarded as one of the best, most well-run organizations in football. Year-after-year, they were included on multiple nationally-televised games regardless of the year's previous record. There are many teams who go many years without a nationally-televised game. Hell, the Texans had just their first-ever MNF game last year.

Yes, the MSM by-and-large predicted doom and gloom for the Broncos. Let's examine why:

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By now you've probably heard that Colorado reliever Casey Weathers exited Thursday night's game, holding his elbow and in obvious pain. There was no update on his condition as of about noon Arizona time Friday, but at the very least, he is not expected to return to action in the AFL.

This is from Law's blog (Keith Law's law blog? AD fans anyone). Obviously this is unfortunate news. I'm just adding words to make it long enough to qualify as a fan post.