Last week, I had a vision about this Patriot-Bronco game, but I didn't want to say anything until after the Dallas game, if we won. But now, since Denver is going into this game 4-0, I am seeing some parallels to the 1977 Week 5 game that they won in Oakland.

For starters, both of these Bronco teams hired new coaches in their first year from the Patriot staff(Miller, McDaniels). Secondly, both of these teams acquired new QB's that were solid, but also maligned throughout their careers(Orton, Morton). Next, just like 1977, this Bronco team is going into a Week 5 game undefeated against a perennial power that is or may be close to a decline(70's Raiders, 00's Pats).

So, with that in mind, I feel that this game could be a changing of the guard in the AFC, just like that Bronco-Raider game was 32 years ago. In the immortal words of Tom Jackson: "It's all over, Hoodie"!

On Bleacher Report, someone wrote an article about how the Pats don't deserve to be considered the team of the decade because of Spygate. But now, he is attacking the Broncos, as well as other teams:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/210359-the-astrisk-more-teams-than-the-patriots-deserve-it

The guy who wrote the article says that he thought it was just an accounting error, but he says that he realizes it simply wasn't because of the deferred payments to Elway and Davis for 29 Million dollars. Interesting.

He also goes on to question the validity of other teams, like the 90's Cowboys, and George Halas's Bear teams.

Enjoy!!!

On Bleacher Report, I just found this interesting article on Pat Bowlen. It basically says that the deaths of Darrent Williams and Damien Nash had an influence on how he felt about Mike Shanahan:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/201216-has-pat-bowlen-gone-around-the-bend

I think that this article gives a good insight on why we are where we are with the Broncos as of this moment, why a certain Mr. Cutler is gone, and why a certain Mr. Marshall may be joining him. And, it explains why the Broncos were looking for so many high character guys in the 2008 draft.

Enjoy!!

I was reading his chat transcript from the other day, and a fan from Olympia asked him the following question:

"Matt (Olympia): Bill, What should the Blazers do to get themselves to the next level? They have something like 5 draft picks...can they package some of those to get a veteran? Who would you want to put with their core of BRoy, Aldridge and Oden(other than Durant)?"

Here was the Oden hater's response:

"Bill Simmons: I think their talent has been vastly overrated - they have 2 keepers (Roy and LA) and I'm not sold on anyone else on that roster except Rudy. Outlaw, Blake, Pryzbilla, Oden... these are all bench guys. I thought they made a serious mistake not using Raef's contract to get a blue-chipper this year. They look better on paper than they actually are... "

What does this guy have against the Blazers?

I was on Bleacher Report today, and someone posted an article about Elway and why he doesn't get the same criticism as Brett Favre:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/125778-why-does-john-elway-escape-the-same-criticism-we-give-brett-favre#comment_body_592882

What do the idiots that write on this site have against him? They keep talking about how he was as much of an INT machine that Favre was. That isn't really accurate. People, and we have talked about this over and over, don't realize how Dan Reeves' system handicapped him.

Recently, I read something very interesting. I don't know how many of you are familiar with Bleacher Report, but someone recently wrote a column entitled Ultimate Leaders: The ten greatest QB's in NFL history. Guess where he had Elway rated? 10th. He had the "almighty" Joe Montana 1 and Brady 2. Here is the link:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/92726-ultimate-leaders-the-10-greatest-quarterbacks-in-nfl-history

I argued with the guy, but he still doesn't see Elway as better than 10th. He basically blames him for their SB losses the Broncos had in the 80's.

Also, I was in the SI Vault, and I was looking at the Sept 3, 1984 issue(with Joe Theismann on the cover with a piece of tape on his mouth). I went back to the Extra Points part of the NFL section on Page 46, and it was ripping on Dan Reeves' offense. Eason Ramson, a former 49er TE who was traded to Denver that year, said to his old teammates that Dan's offense was "too confusing. Also, here is the one that really got me. Ronnie Lott said that "if Elway played in our system, he would be one of the leaders in passing". That pretty much verifies what we have been saying about Elway all along, despite the protestations of chuckleheads above.

                      Well, it happened again. Another PSU choke job against a Big 10 opponent with an undefeated season on the line. Why am I not shocked? This team is turning into the Boston Red Sox. It is pathetic. I can't believe they didn't beat that team at least 30-7. That should have been a cakewalk. That Iowa team had no weapons outside of the RB, and we were running the ball at will. I don't get it. How is this the ending? Please explain it to me. I don't like to use the word, but does this team have a curse on it? Right now, NFL Films is doing an America's Game special called The Missing Rings about great teams that didn't win the SB, like the 81 Chargers and the 98 Vikings and the 90 Bills. They should do a Missing Rings episode about Penn State. It would take several hours, because there has been a lot of them. I think another one popped up tonight.

                I was on Football's Future, and I responded to a topic about Brady and Belichick, and a Patriot fan came back at me about being a hypocrite because of some Salary Cap problems the Broncos had in the 90's. I have heard about that, but I forgot the whole story. What exactly did the Broncos do, and how much were they penalized? I just hope that there is no controversy like this tied to our future success. That would really be terrible.