As you know, posts from La La Land are a little different. They are not for the purpose of starting an intellegent debate, being MHR's village idiot I don't understand 'intellegent debate'........nor want to. I really hadn't planned a post 'till after the draft--but somethings bugging me (which is not allowed in the land) --so I need to write something so I'm no longer bugged. The McJaygate situation has to be resolved. Not that Josh or Jay get resolved--we as fans get resolved. For this post I pulled some 'stuff' from John Henderson's article at the Denver Post (here) so we could resolve (no matter what happens)  Jay is a good guy.........and because he is our QB...........We love him.

     Remember after reading this post if you decide to enter La La Land with comments there are certain rules you have to follow:

 

1.  Anything that is not good concerning the Broncos, shall not be discussed. 

2.  All predictions of the future must be approved by Mike Clark or Zappa. 

3.  Feelings such as; despair, sadness, anger, frustration, pessimism, or any other negative feeling is forbidden while in La La Land.

4.  The Broncos rule all.

5.  Raiders, Chargers, and Chiefs have foul odor.

These rules, amendments, guidelines or whatever you want to call them are to be followed diligently at all times while visiting or residing in La La Land.  Anyone found to be in violation of these rules shall be deported immediately to the Real World of misery and despair.  Repeat offenders will be dealt with by Chuck Norris.

La La Land national motto: 13-3 Baby!

La La Land national mascot: Orange and Blue Kool Aid Man, Oh Yeaahhhh!

La La Land national anthem: Ain't No Mountain High Enough

      Here is some of the things Jay does when he's not on the field. Doesn't sound like a spoiled cry-baby some writers have tried to paint him. Looks like a caring person that we could love. I personally love and am happy he is our QB.....you should also.

 

On the other hand, this is a quarterback who dips into his own pocket to fly a Broncos public relations employee to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl. He meets diabetes patients in Honolulu and Tampa, Fla. He shows up on his day off after victories to analyze film and urges teammates to join him. He has the toughness and down-to-earth qualities that make him "one of the guys" in the locker room.

"I've seen the word 'surly' used to describe him a few times, and I disagree with that," said Trey Holloway, his center at Vanderbilt. "The biggest misconception about Jay is that people call him an arrogant punk, and that's not true at all. At the end of the day, he's competitive."

And loyal.

     Here it sounds like Jay is very loyal to his team........something you can love.

Cutler's high school coach in Indiana, Bob Clayton, said his former star's perception of a lack of loyalty by the Broncos led to an outburst by Cutler when he learned the team entertained trading him for the New England Patriots' Matt Cassel last weekend.

"Jay's fiercely loyal to whatever organization he's with, whether it was Heritage Hills, or Vanderbilt, or the Denver Broncos," Clayton said. "The thing about these athletes, a lot of them come from a high school and college system where loyalty is reciprocated. You don't get that in the NFL."

"You have to know Jay," Clayton said. "Jay is not a blabbermouth, not a chatty guy, but if you ask him a point-blank question, if he feels strongly about it, he's going to give you an answer. He gave an honest answer and it becomes a nationwide media issue."

     If you were to ask me at this point I think Jay got pissed and is no politician  When you consider the mess politician's have made of this country you have to love that also.

     He opens his house to friends--you have to love that.

At Vanderbilt, he often invited players to his home in Santa Claus, Ind., during holiday breaks so they wouldn't spend them alone. He made a point to hang out with the offensive linemen and earned his props by running over Southeastern Conference defensive backs.

     I have been a Bronco fan since 1962 and have seen (and thought) a lot of funny things. I remember when we traded I believe Criss Hinton for John Elway and was upset. "Why would we trade for a cry-baby dictating his own terms," I thought to myself.  Funny me..........

Then again, if old-time Broncos fans remember, another quarterback went through the same thing. After three years, John Elway was 27-10 but hadn't won a playoff game and was clashing with Dan Reeves, his coach.

"People were saying, 'He's a loser. Keep Reeves. Trade Elway,' " Clough said.

      The bottom line is I hope Jay Cutler reads this.   He needs to know that we love him and stand behind him reguardless what happens.  I personally have to believe that Josh and Jay ten years from now will be best friends with five Super Bowl rings with their name.

     Remember that all comments in this land have to be positive, we will make the playoffs this year, and we are going to the Super Bowl until we don't.

13-3 Baby!!!!

      Well here we are again just a handfull-of-weeks from the draft and the official opening of the "La La Land of Pre-Season Feel Goods! "

      I apologize for my long absence but Shanny getting fired kinda threw me into a weird dizzy that causes a village idiot like myself to crawl into my 'I don't get it box' and hide. To my dismay I come back to find Cutler trade talks started by ???? by either Cutler or the Team..........who cares........I think Cutler will be on our team for a long time.  The important point in this post is the opening of La La Land to all the fine members of MHR.

      Being MHR's official 'Village Idiot' and guardian of the gate I thought it best that I remind you the laws of visiting La La Land. Many moons ago Zappa helped me set out a set of rules--kind of a constitution................

    

We have all heard about La La Land, but here is your official guide to La La Land.  A Constitution of sorts.  Or perhaps a guide to true happiness.

1.  Anything that is not good concerning the Broncos, shall not be discussed. 

2.  All predictions of the future must be approved by Mike Clark or Zappa. 

3.  Feelings such as; despair, sadness, anger, frustration, pessimism, or any other negative feeling is forbidden while in La La Land.

4.  The Broncos rule all.

5.  Raiders, Chargers, and Chiefs have foul odor.

These rules, amendments, guidelines or whatever you want to call them are to be followed diligently at all times while visiting or residing in La La Land.  Anyone found to be in violation of these rules shall be deported immediately to the Real World of misery and despair.  Repeat offenders will be dealt with by Chuck Norris.

La La Land national motto: 13-3 Baby!

La La Land national mascot: Orange and Blue Kool Aid Man, Oh Yeaahhhh!

La La Land national anthem: Ain't No Mountain High Enough

I hope you have found this guide to be helpful and informative.  May the Broncos be with you.

      Remember that from the draft to the start of season absolutely no negative thoughts are allowed.  Everything that happens, no matter what happens, will result in us going at least 13-3 and marching to the Super Bowl.

      We will love our free agent pick-ups.

     We will love and find good in every person we draft.

      We will love Josh McDaniels.

      We know that any conflict between Josh and Jay will simply help them grow.

      We WILL make the play-offfs.

       We ARE going to the Super Bowl until we don't.

      And remeber our motto  "13-3 Baby!!!"

Go Broncos!!!

     P.S.  I would like to thank Jon Tollerud for stepping in for me...it shocked me back to activity.

                                                                                                                               ENIGMA     

                               An enigma (from Greek αἴνιγμα) is a puzzle, something mysterious or inexplicable, or a riddle or difficult problem.

     If we win tonight does anyone know how that affects our position in the draft? I've been trying to research it and found this:

Rules for determining draft order

The draft order is determined by first generating the order for the first round. That order is based generally on each team's regular season record, except as noted below:

1. The winners of the Super Bowl are given the last selection, and the losers the second to last selection.[2]
2. Remaining teams are sorted by regular season record, with worse records picking first, regardless of playoff status; teams that make the playoffs can't pick before teams that do not.

     Does anyone know where our pick would be if we win tonight and if we lose tonight?

      I think we will win tonight--but if we don't--what change if any would that make in our draft order?

                                                                                                                        WARNING:   

                                                                                     Do not  assume there is any logic in this post.

  I will try not to exude too much irrational exuberance on this upcoming shoot-out.  Most of you know that I try to keep a positive outlook for both upcoming and games in progress, but I am human, and  shaken by what happened last Sunday. The way we dominated Buffalo the first half we should have started the second half 21-3 not 13-10. We should have started the second half with the Bills just wanting to go home, but we didn't--and this is old news--well covered by many of the great contributors at this site.    Old news is just that--old news. What happened Sunday must be forgotten.  Therefore I move forward and have come to this conclusion:

                                                                                                          We Will Beat San Diego!

                                                                                                                          Period!

     This is what we will see this next week. Ridicule of us getting into this situation, endless number of Jekyll and Hyde stories, and adulation of San Diego staying the course. There will be stories of all our injuries, Jay's inconsistancey, how good we will be next year, and why San Diego will whip us. The unlearned bloggers at D-Post and RMN will begin their regular chants for Shanny's head, Slowik's head, and any other head they can decapitate to vent their unlearned frustration. None of this will matter, none of these stories will be relevant after the shoot-out--the reason being:

                                                                                                          We Will Beat San Diego!

                                                                                                                          Period!

     This is going to be a shoot-out, an 'OK Coral' caliber shoot out, and when you have a shoot-out like like this anything can happen. Few teams have had trouble scoring on the Chargers. Few teams have had problems scoring on us. This is going to be a really fun game--I don't blame NFL execs for moving it to 8:15..... 

     In a shoot-out like this you have to look at the chips--not where chips fall-- chips on shoulders. San Diego has a pretty big chip, they feel that the 'fumble/incomplete pass/blown dead/sack/bad call' is the only reason we won our first meeting. Pretty big chip--and they are right--but oh well. Great catch  Eddie--by the way--on that two point conversion! 

     Before we look at others chips, let's look at  gunslingers, all good shoot-outs need gunslingers.  When it comes to gun slingers--they know they are good. Most will mouth they are good--that is why they are gunslingers. The big difference in gunslingers is that some have class...and some don't.

     Back to chips, not where chips fall, chips on shoulders.  San Diego has a big chip, bad call...but on who's shoulder? No-one and everyone at the same time....thus nobody! This is why we will win!   A young gunslinger, hired by a group called the Broncos a few years ago,  knowing he wasn't feeling well, went into a house last year, got slapped down, embarrassed and then ridiculed by the house's resident gunslinger.

    This Gunslinger has a lot of class, in know way would ever think vengence--but he still sees the chip on his shoulder.

                                                                                                           We Will Beat San Diego!

                                                                                                                            Period!

     Although I was born in Utah, now live in Washington...I am from Idaho. Can't explain why this is--it is simply true.  Years ago (well not THAT many years ago) I had twenty acres, a house, great dog (named jake), a couple horses, a family, and a great summer garden. I was up against a mountain  about 30 miles north of Coeur d'Alene and about six miles east of what was back then called Henley Aerodome.

     Shortly after moving to Spokane,  Henley was purchased  by someone who had made millions in the silicon high tech revolution, and had  dreams of building a theme park.   Silverwood was born and many years later is now a world class theme park.   What does this have to do with football? Nothing--but I continue--because I must.

     The first year it was fun to have something like Silverwood as a novelty out in the no-where of North Idaho. Somewhere around the second or third year, however, they put up this (so they advertised) "The Worlds Largest All Wood Roller Coaster." Imagine that! Out in 'no-where' North Idaho.  A couple years later they would put up a thing called, "Tremblers" (I think after the movie) because this even taller coaster went underground like three times.  We, that lived in this area, had to learn a new courage--forcing your arms in the air the entire ride.  Only, because my two daughters finally shamed me, did I learn this new-found courage. Now, I don't care what roller coaster I ride--I hold my arms and hands in the air and have fun. Is this about football? No, but I'm getting closer....in fact I'm there.

     This is not a post for the, 'Hot Headed' or the, 'Stat Freak' fan. This is a post for the young and new fan. Techknology has given young fans, and many of us old fans, access to information that we shouldn't even care about--but do.

    I've been a Bronco fan since 1962 and spent most of the early years hiding up in the coming hole with my hands and arms down. It was hidious!   In the 60's and even the early 70's to be known as a Bronco fan was not right. Funny the world, despite my love for the Broncos, the world loved KC Oakland and the jets.

      This year reminds me of something, not sure what it is--some of it good--some of it bad...and some of it dread. If we hold our arms up entering the tunnel will we lose our arms? No.   Is the season over? No, we have a really good team. 

     To you young fans, on the roller coaster the NFL has created, this is a good team.

      This is a funny year, we've lost all our starting HB's and LB's,...How often does that happen?  We win in other's house, that have not lost in their house, and lose to the faiders in ours.  We have a young, passionate defense that we know nothing about--except their passion.  Let's hope their hands and arms are in the air as they enter the tunnel.  We have an offense that can score on any team--and the stars are all baby's.  Funny us!

    All you young Bronco fans out there--love this team!  All you young Bronco fans fans out there this may be a very rough roller coaster ride.

    Remember, when you ride a roller coaster, keep your arms and hands high in the air the entire ride.

and have fun.

                                                                                                         We can thank Rig for this battle-cry.

                                OK Friends--It is Time Again! 

     I know this is getting old but I do not have it in me to imagine another loss  It is time to think how we can win, and not think how we can lose. Let's get some possitive vibes going that maybe change the universe. Well, maybe that's a bit extreme, maybe keep the good things of Thursday ooze into next week.

     This week we face Atlanta...if we do not beat Atlanta the 'Twelve-Four Maybe Baby' is dead--we must not think there is a chance of this. Three weeks into this season I don't think anyone, including all the NFL, thought any team could stuff this offense into nothing...and evereyone was and is right. The only thing that can stuff our offense is us--and we did it quite well--by the way.  Four losses followed--bad Broncos.....

     Now we are in for the fight for our lives to make the playoffs--we need to win this game--we will win this game. We need to believe this. We cannot get into the 'Wild Card Race'! We just can't!  With four AFC loses and three of our loses 'AFC Wild Card' prospects we have no chance--we must win our division. We must win this game--dwell upon this truth--we must win this game.

As much as I want Atlanta to lose (when we play) I would still like to congradulate them on there turnaround this season, overcoming all the turmoil of last year, getting a great QB with your draft pick, and the wins none of us expected.

     That being said--Atlanta will lose when we play.  I have to believe this!

     Again back to us!   We had some funny 'bright-lights' show up in the youngsters when many of our starters went down the last two weeks.

     Hillis was obvious, what a great two yard 'must' effort, Winborn, top tackler, Woodyard (second top tackler)--so full of the passion of,  "Oh yea!! Just try it!!  I gotta love Woodyard. 

Funny our defense seemed to get better after all the starters went down--is there meaning in this?

Well here we go again....we will win this game!

Considering our current half-back situation I wonder if Mike Anderson needs a job. Mike is not the fastest, nor the best, but he is a blue-collar runner that knows nothing but 'one-cut-downhill'. We could use that right now.

Funny, before pre-season games I thought we were thoroughly covered at running back--funny how things can change.

Does anyone know if Mike Anderson is available?

Also, I would like to thank Cutler for stepping up and pulling an "Elway" on Cleveland last night.

     More than the death of '13-3 baby' is knowing that '12-4 MAYBE' is just that--a big maybe!

What team (talking Broncos) will show up at Cleveland? The team that moves down the field at will--or the Jay that seems to be playing for the other team--what a funny difference from our first three games. I hate to be negative, but Jay has not been in touch with this team's ability, or reality, the last few games.  His mind seems to be in a fog--only able to focus on one thought (one target)--not good for a QB--I feel for him. I wonder if the sugar questions is not as under control as he hoped. Jay---as much as I love him--is acting like a QB that some teams would trade.

I hope we never trade Jay.

     You guys know that I dwell less in stats and more in emotion. I hate the death of '13-3 baby' I hate it a lot.  You can blame Zappa--I believed him.!  Just kidding of course--I think I said it before him--Zappa is very negative when things don't go right.............ya know.

Zappa, we have a good team. I just read a comment from you that said 9-7 will end our season--shame on you.  Cutler will step up, Brandon will continue to prove himself something special, Royal is special, Hillis (and its about time), our defense stopped most plays for no yards. There were so many good things that came out this loss that I feel better than some of our wins.

     This is how 12-4 is in our future--we beat the Browns--one game at a time in a one game league.

       I realize that the battlecry of "13-3 baby" was something fun that came out of pre-season hopes,  after three games seemed possible, and now has only one chance.

       Obviously at 4-3 we must win the next game. I hope Jay and company realize that if we are to reach 13-3 we have to beat Miami. If Jay and company doesn't want to beat Miami--then 13-3 is lost--and maybe the season. I hate to be a realist--its not like me--but if we lose to Miami.....13-3 is impossible.  Zappa, I know these are strong words, but they are true, if we lose to Miami '13-3' is dead.

        I hope someone here sends this post to every Bronco Player so that every Bronco Player knows that if we lose to Miami we cannot go 13-3. There must be someone lurking at this site that can let the Broncos know.

       After Miami we face Cleveland (who crushed the Giants). Cleveland...which reminds me of the 'Dog Pound' which in past times we did amazing things. I don't care how good or bad Cleveland is--if we are to go 13-3 we need  to win this game also. Maybe John can tell Jay how to start a 98 yard drive in the final minutes. I hope it doesn't come down to this--we need this win to march towards 13-3.

      Then we go to Atlanta, and as stange as it sounds, we have to win this game also to get to 13-3.  I wish we had dumped Plumber a couple years ago and started Jay. We had a defense that kept everyone out of the endzone--and a QB that was washed up. Atlanta now has Matt--he is a force. We need to win this game to keep 13-3 alive.

        If we get by Miami, Cleveland, and Atlanta....still on a 13-3 pace....we have our second bye-----faiders in our house---gamma ray caliber crush.

         Week whatever, I don't care at this point, we are still looking for13-3.  Brett trys to take advantage of Bailey's return from injury and gets torched with two picks.

          KC comes into Denver and gets torch with revenge and 13-3 is still possible.

          Carolina, I've alwaysed thought Panther an unique animal, I'm thankfull that Shanny knows it also. What a great game plan!  Two games left and 13-3 is still on the table!!

            Buffalo comes into Denver only a game behind the surprising Dolphins for the AFC East.  What a fight!!!    Prater has to kick a 64 yard field goal with no time left for Broncos' dreams of 13-3 to stay alive.!

            Oh My!    We need to beat the Chargers at San Diego to get to 13-3 !!!

Hmmm........nice dream!!

      Car sales is a very 'not fun' place to be right now--long hours, no traffic, really bad.  The long hours (and the fact this is Seahawk country) prevent me some seeing most games.  The San Diego game was on air--but bad luck had me in a car deal to where I couldn't make it back to the lounge.  When I got home I signed into the 'thread' ...said something like this, "I just got home--did I miss anything?"

The one response I think came from Pappi and it was something like this, "LOL, Mike...I don't have the energy to explain it."

I'm sure that their are many of you that can't see the Broncos because they are not televised or you are working when they are. That is my state.

Despite the fumbles and INT's that killed us for two games--I am feeling really good about this team. Don't know why but I'm starting to think that Dr. Z is a jerk...with a bad doggy-poopoo scent that klings to him because of his hate of the Broncos.

Anyway, I'm very excited, This will be the first game this year that I have the day off and the Broncos are put on display.  Monday night!  I am ready for some 'Foot Ball" !!