SB Nation User Blog: broncodude793

CALLING ALL MHR MEMBERS TO A VOTE

broncodude793 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:21:20 -0000

The recent pandemonium around here is well documented, and well posted about. However, the average FanShot/FanPost is less than 12 hours. There are too many posts talking about the same thing because posters feel that everyone must hear their point. It is becoming a real drag to read all of this over and over. I usually just lurk and read, but I am sick of it.

With that in mind, what do you guys think of a Jay Cutler thread, like a game thread? There can be updates, like the free agency one, and everything is in one place. As news is slow now, barring this drama, I think it would orgainize things and eliminate the one paragraph posts.

I don't know. I might be the only one thinking that this is getting out of hand despite the words of Guru and Papi. I'll shut up if everything is fine, but I can't handle this constant dragging on about something that has been beaten on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on about.

What do you guys think? We need order? Or am I wrong?

Please leave a simple 'yes' or 'no'.(I don't know how to post a pole)

A deal has been struck...

broncodude793 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:45:46 -0000

between my father and I. We have agreed to ignore all of the rumors until something happens with Cutler.

For all of those who are going to get very worked up about a possible trade OR signing of Cutler, I am reminding you that we are all Broncos fans and no matter if Vinny Testaverde or Jesus is starting at quarterback, we are all going to be sitting in front of a screen yelling at the tops of our lungs when something happens.

Remember, the Denver Broncos have a plan and that they will execute it. Pat Bowlen and the FO will do what is in the best interest of the team.

For now on, can we please sit back, relax, and wait until something happens? A new fanpost is posted about every 2 hours focusing on this one subject. Lets all relax and realize that these things happen all the time.

Enough speculation. Lets calm down and be thankful we're not the Raiders or Lions!

GO BRONCOS!!!

My edit: I had not seen Guru's post about the new posting standards until a link was posted in another thread. I appologize for this if any of you are offended, but I wanted to offer a change of mood. If any of you with editorial power want to remove it, feel free to do so.

Cutler/Cook/Broncos Speculation

broncodude793 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:24:14 -0000

Hey, everyone. Please excuse the look of this post as I do not know how to edit, but I do know that there are numerous Cutler and Bus Cook threads. As a Bronco fan, it is hard to watch a team go through this, but there is some steam in the engine. Jay Cutler has proven that he now wants very little to do with this team after McDaniels is making it clear no one person is bigger than the team.

Look at who the Denver Broncos have signed so far. Goodman, Peterson, and Dawkins are obviously here to be leaders and play a role. The other guys signed are team players who are going to give it all they have and not be moody.

In reality, we have a will be 4th year quarter back with a bad attitude, an ineptitude at making his own decisions, and a tendency to lock eyes with a free safety as if he were his girlfriend. That is a major set of issues. I understand that Cutler is perceived as a possible franchise quarterback. However, what makes it a guarantee that he will be? Someone with his attitude will not make it 15 years in the NFL. Cutler, who has more career losses than wins, is digging himself a hole he will not be able to get out of.

The Denver Broncos have Jay Cutler signed to a deal that lasts 3 more years. The best quarterback on the market is Jeff Garcia and we already signed our other option in Chris Simms. McDaniels is pulling a Belicheck and sticking to his guns. All traces of Shanny are being blasted away from Dove Valley. The Goodmans are gone. Little is left except, well, Putzier.

With that said, what is the ideal way for this whole debacle to play out? None of us have really said how we think this is going to end up? Is Cutler a Bronco or a Lion or maybe a Buc? Is he disgruntled, setting himself up to leave in 3 years anyway? Either way, both the Denver Broncos and Jay Cutler lose to some extent. Keep in mind money, picks, the offense, the defense, and of course, Bus Cook. What do you think will happen?

I, personally, say don't let the door hit you on the way out, Jay. Trading him would rid the team of a headache and send a message. Detroit could offer things that would leave the Broncos missing only one piece, a quarterback.

Hold on, before you start screaming that qb is the most important position, McDaniels track record must be looked at. He transformed Cassell, who in my opinion is about as good as Kyle Orton, into a very competant qb. He has worked with Brady. Mike Nolan will be working the defense. Do not forget about him.

All in all, I think that Jay Cutler will be sacked 63 times next year. Chris Simms will win the starting job and do a fine job. The newly found studs on d and the one on offense will be a great help. The specials teams will be improved because of the added depth.

Ok, how do you guys think this will end? Trade ideas? Contract options? A giant hugfest between management and Cutler? Who knows?

SB Nation Downtime

broncodude793 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:54:30 -0000

I know that it is posted in the top right corner of the main MHR page and on other sights, but some may not look there. Around 11p.m. Pacific, 12a.m. Mountain, 1a.m. Central and 2p.m. Eastern Standard Time Zone, there is going to be some pre-planned maintenance.

If this has been made clear to everyone somewhere else, feel free to delete this.

Hope you guys all have a great Sunday watchin the Chargers meet their demise!!!

Help Needed from MHR community.

broncodude793 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:57:41 -0000

Okay, I've been rambling lately over the draft/acquasitions/players and have been mistaken in some of my theories. I know there is someone out there who is good with the current salary cap. I was wondering if anyone could give us a salary cap rundown. If I've missed this, please let me know. Any volunteers?

Secondly, with the addition of many posters posting each day, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a diary where we all tell how we became Bronco fans. It kind of jives with the family mood we have. I was thinking it'd lead to some interesting convo's.

Thoughts?

Broncos Trade

broncodude793 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:19:19 -0000

*Update [2008-4-6 1:38:28 by broncodude793]:*-I need to start paying attention in English class and work on my writing rather than reading the Horse Tracks everyday.

Ok, here, you're not going to find out a major trade the Broncos have just made. Rather, you'll find my logic. I will call for something that will most likely be hated, but I think you guys will be able to see where I'm coming from.

Okay, picture this. Brandon Marshall is out for some reason and Colbert flops like he will. Okay we have Brandon Stokely and Selvin Young as our two biggest offensive threats for the year.(Scheff is a t.e. and I'm not counting those.) Jay Cutler goes into his 3rd year as starting qb with no wr's and a good tight end in Scheff. Nice offense.

Now, I love Marshall, don't get me wrong, but he can't be counted on. He's Chris Henry without the arrests and they could be coming. He can't be counted on to be Cuter's number one.

With the draft coming up, we need to focus on Culter. Cutler. Cutler. Cutler. Cutler. And Cutler. You have to build around him first. You need wide receivers and linemen.

We have a great track record of drafting linemen so that's not a worry, and the whole defense needs to come out of remedial therapy after the disaster that was Jim Bates, so they need a year of evaluating with the new safeties, lbs, and another year under last years draftees.

Keeping this in mind, I suggest the Broncos make a play on Chad Johnson.

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Okay. Think about this. He doesn't get in trouble off the field. He just wants to win. Wow, that's too big checkmarks for our team. Then, he's that big play receiver that we need. It's a lot to chew on and I doubt we'll see it, but he does make sense for us as much as some might hate it.

Trading for Chad and getting back into the third round should be our priorities for the draft.

Thoughts?

April Madness: The Draft

broncodude793 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:20:09 -0000

With the MileHighreport.com Mock Draft in full swing, it got me to thinking about how almost every guy going off the board could be a large help. From the corners,(yes, they could. If you're not starting Foxy or Paymah, then they'ed help over Bly) to the O-Lineman, to the D-Lineman, to the Wr's. Not to mention the guys that are still out there like a Kenny Phillips.

In today's Horse Tracks, there was an article on the Broncos vs. Texans. This was a fair argument, but it raised some big questions. What are we doing?

Chris Myers was far more valuable than a sixth rounder and better than a 35 year old. What really gets me is Hamz. We've been waiting 2-3 years for this guy to develop. We Bronco fans have been chanting for Hamz, and then he gets lowballed. As a result, we've got John Lynch, McCree, and a guy whose name has slipped me. So, because the team doesn't want to pay Hamz, we had to pay three other guys who we know what they are? Was that Sundquists' or Mike's decision?

So now, we need O-Lineman and Safeties. Okay, not too hard. We have a good amount of draft picks. Yet, you still have to throw in that the defensive line is porous. Doom is a beast, but a pass rushing guy. Moss is on the sideline and Crowder hasn't been given the chance we're thinking he'll get. Really, the line could use somebody, but could this have all been avoided? Daryl Gardner's deal was bad from the beginning. Then there is the Brownie lines. Albeit they were in place for the AFC Champ season and the beginning of '06, those were the years teams were testing Champ and Jake Plummer wasn't heaving up prayers. We were very efficient. It could have been fixed then. Not so much anymore.

With all my negative so far, I'm going to transition to some "eeh" points. Ok, wr, is what bugs me as it's not a "oh crap we have to fix that" area, but it is an "that could become an area that's horrid." Kerry Colbert? Ok, Mike, Ted, whoever, Eddy Mac is retired. There is no one who can replace him. I know we're trying to build a carbon copy team of 1998, but hey, it isn't the same time period. We need a deep guy to counter act the possession guy in Marshall. That's not Colbert who did little with Steve Smith. Steve Smith is one of the most problamatic guys in the leauge and they have a good qb in Delhomme(spelling?). I can believe in late starters and he could be justifiable, but Marshall is getting in trouble and his arm looks like a butcher went to town on it. We need a big play guy. Character is a controversial area here. If you kept Walker, then a different guy is justifiable here. Yea, I want some control. A T.O. or C.J. character type guy is what I'm targeting. It's all really a humbled jumbled mess that needs to be sorted. However, there is some potential with Scheff. Graham will not be used with the O-Line, so he's a literal no factor. It could be worse.

INTERMISSION NOTE... Javon Walker leaving was a spectacular move, but an equally worse contract.

Before I get to some of the things I'm going to call for, I'd like to acknoweldge that those of you who are going to come at me with salary cap issues, I'd like to say look at the current baragaining agreement and those contracts will have to worked around. I'm optimistic to say that those were Ted's fault and that they're the last of those type that we'll see.

RB. I don't see Henry as someone who is needed. He's a luxury if at all possible. Whoever we put back there, he'll be successful. Whoever. The only thing that'd help is if you had an All-Pro back, but we have needs that are too pressing to be worrying about that.

Qb. Jay Cutler. Leader. Beast. Best qb out of Leinart-Young-Culter trio. Just can't let him rot. He needs help.

Kicker-Okay, this is a decision I'm going to say Mike did and it was a good move. Players have to produce and if you're declining, you're team has to be able to mask your decline. We can't do that. Elam really may have hurt us last year. Without he, we'd have a top 5 pick. I'd rather have that and the possibilities that it could produce. He can be replaced.

Special teams-Got to find a return guy. That simple. Coverage is as bad as the guys who're playing it. That's fundamental flaws there folks.

INTERMISSION #2 NOTE... Where is the playcalling? It's been bad.

The Draft. Oh boy. My opening has been lengthy and will be longer than this. We're sitting at 12. Everyone getting drafted cold help us. However, we're not in a position to hand out a contract to a type of guy who may falter when trading down and stockpiling smart, high motor guys could be a better option. I can name more late round guys that have produced for us than early round guys. We could stockpile those 2nd and thirdd rounders and target some guys who may have fallen or the high motor guys I've mentioned.

There is another option. we could trade. What we're going to do with this draft is to help one side of the ball more than the other, in my opinion. The problem is which side of the ball that is. Personally, I'd go Offense if we hold onto Hamza and use this season to see what Kwhatshisname and Boss Bailey can do as well to see what last year's draftees do and the safety position. You need another year of evaluating after these last few seasons of mediocrity.

That's what I'm trying to get at folks. This is a crucial draft and you need to build a foundation and I think that is Cutler so build around him. Wr's and Olineman should be a priority.

Now, in reality, no one here knows what the Broncos are going to do because as long as we draft smartly, there is no wrong answer because we have so many needs and some of the top teams are looking to move down and lower round teams up, possibly. Or we could trade for a guy out there. =-) Not naming names. There is a risk, but we have to really seperate the men from the boys with this being Cutler's first you're the man, you're the team leader season.

There are a few guys who are not needed, but they could be trading chips and they could result in an addition by subtraction type of outcome.

This will be one of the most exciting drafts for us in some time. and I know we'll be talking about it some more, but the possibilities are numerous, and our needs numerous as well.

In that respect, I don't think that we can go a wrong way. It's Mike's decision. There are no more excuses. This is the time to start again.

Go Broncos.

Defense or Offense, Which is the Way to go?

broncodude793 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:00:02 -0000

Okay, I've got to jet rather quickly here, but I think this deserves some consideration.

With the new post about salary cap up, it got me thinking, which side of the ball is going to be more valuable to lock up and secure now, then risking it then. Do we go with the stud young qb or the shutdown corner?...

Personally, I'm an offensive guy and there are some options in the draft and trade that would leave Cutler in a great position...

Same thing on the defensive side. We have or own guys who may be leaving so what do we do now? There, as well, are some guys out there in the draft and via trade...(JASON TAYLOR!!!)

With that said, which will be more important to stockpile for the Denver Broncos 3 years from now? I hope this will open up some debates that are friendly as to which side is more important to us in this day and age with what we have in place.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

(Keep in mind, guys to "mentor" are always options and Culter needs weapons to succeed, but then again, so does the D.)

Hopefully, we can figure out what we as fans think.

Sorry Guys

broncodude793 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:49:38 -0000

I had said that I was ill earlier, and I'm still recovering, so I have not been around lately, but anyways, I'll still give you some of my opinions.

The news about Walker is great. I said he wouldn't be here and said we should trade him back in week 5. It didn't seem a good idea to trade him then, but now, I think you have to to send a message. Cap could be an issue, but hey, if you would have made sure he was consistent, before the deal, there wouldn't be an issue.

Lepsis is a blow and that's been voiced around already.

Our draft needs to focus on Safety and the lines in my opinion. You just can't fix everything in one year, and Williams needs to go back outside. No excuses if he were to fail. Consistency.

Our possible schedule for next year looks doable if we improve on some certain areas of our team.

I hope everyone had a Happy New Year and I'm looking foward to the offseason.

Shanny: Has The Check Been Cashed?

broncodude793 — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:00:01 -0000

The year is 1996. The Denver Broncos are favorites to win the Super Bowl. We go into a game against Jacksonville confident that we will advance. But then, the unthinkable happens. We lose. The short future looks bleak for our elderly quarterback who has fought for 14 years to grasp onto the Lombardi trophy only to fail so many times. But then...

The Mastermind strikes.

Over the next two seasons, he performs the best coaching job that he has ever done by guiding the Denver Broncos to two consecutive Super Bowl wins. All of Denver is celebrating as the beloved John Elway has finally won not 1, but 2 rings. Everyone is happy right? Although Elway is going to retire, we still have Davis right? He'll be able to carry us? And the defensive vets who retired like Atwater were slowing anyway and could be replaced, right? Wrong. The real coach of that team was John Elway.

Now granted, Shanny is the one who made the offense, but have you ever watched the tapes of the glory years? Mike was ALWAYS asking John what he thought they should do and they did it. It was literally John's offense. He controlled it. If Shanny was the Mastermind, how could he have not modified this system to fit Griese, Brister, Beuerlein, or Plummer or any of the other guys we have had to where we could win the SB?

I would have to say that our running game going down in the form of TD hurt us, but as you have seen, we can run the ball. But, here is the problem. We have NEVER had a feature back since TD who can control a game. Mike is scared of that because he knew that Elway and TD were the soul of that team and without them, we were toast because they were the ones guiding the team.

As I look back on it, hardly being able to remember the SB's(younger side, not older) one thing remains persistent in my mind. We blatantly violated the salary cap. With that, I can not totally say we won fairly.

Yet, Shanny has done several good things:
1. We did become respectable again
2. He gave us Cutler
3. He gave us Bailey
4. We have been a contender
5. We do have a future
6. Stabilized the franchise

Now we are all aware of the last 5 years or so's happenings so I won't detail that. It's all kind of a wash. If you counter in these last 2 seasons, is he losing "it"? Historically, age 55 is the year a coach will start to decline. (Not the Walsh's or the Lombardi's of the world)

It has been 10 years since the SB's. Guru says TD's check has been cashed. If his has been, then why hasn't Shanny's? It is up to Bowlen, yes, but the real question is:

Should Shanny stay or should he go? I will not provide my insight to this, but as I have said above, there is an argument for sides whether it be with the rings, or if it was the players, or if he's failing. It deserves consideration.

What do you guys think?