den @ indy

1. The biggest pain we had during our slide was Orton getting injured. It was very clear that Simms is not ready to lead a team to a win in the NFL…the game looked much too fast for him which spells doom to any team.

2. Line play. Both sides during our slide looked overpowered against the Ravens and Steelers. We were pushed around and it disrupted our offense heavily.

3. Offensive disruption. Our defenses just wore down towards the end of games…they actually were playing pretty good through the first three quarters most (if not all) of the games we lost, but then fell apart in the 4th quarter.

Are you doing this from your cell phone?

well we are defelanly improved from last year that for sure and good q i wonder that myseif i think balt and pitt and sd exsoped us a littie but i think nolan and mcd have done a good job adjsting against that

I’m talking about you being torn between wanting Indy to have a perfect season and us winning. I respect all of our opponents (well…some raider fans anyway), but someone else having a perfect season would NEVER come anywhere close to me wanting Denver to win.

Do your thing man…no big deal to me, just calling it how I see it.

thanks suzzi o-line is doing better since den beached hamiton for hositcian we will run a quick passing game and run the ball a lot we will try keep away we have 2 very good rb’s rem the ne and mia games this is what we will try and do

He was posting at all the blogs on the SBNation site because he is a broncos fan first and a sports fan second. So, he got a throttling violation for being too devoted and commenting/posting too fast. It all got worked out though. It happens, but that’s the price you pay for being an ambassador of the blogosphere.

The only O Line injury is our RT Ryan Harris is out for the year. That definitely hurts because he is a stud, but his backup, Tyler Polumbus has been playing very well in his place.

Like J man said our line is much better now that Hochstein has replaced Hamilton at LG.

I expect the Broncos line to hold up very well against the Colts pass rush. Clady is the best LT in the league IMO and Polumbus is playing very solid too. Our RG Kuper is very underrated. The times we have had pressure it has come from the A gaps, but that was a problem which seems to have been fixed since Hamilton was benched.

lori glad u had fun at the game

he is close to 100 pencent allthrount lately he has been turning the ball over too much to my likeing

Now that you mention it, that may have been a reason for his redzone pick that he threw off of his back foot. His injury is on his left foot, so he puts weight on it when he follows through. That throw may have been because of the pressure or it may be because of foot pain. I’m not sure because I am not in the locker room. If it is affecting him on the field, it still isn’t too bad. He played well on turkey day and this past sunday.

I do know that If he feels good enough to play and isn’t on the injury report, he isn’t going to tell anybody in the media that he is hurting. If he can play, he will. Simms is atrocious, so there won’t be a QB controversy. Orton is the guy and that’s who you’ll see.

Honestly, I don’t think that Orton will be forced to fling it around the yard on sunday. You’ll see a similar game plan as last week against the chiefs. Run, run, run and then throw every once in a while to keep the defense off balance.

Pick from those. lol. I am very pleased with this secondary. Champ Bailey and Dawkins are two potential hall of famers and Renaldo Hill and Andre Goodman are extremely underrated. Last week against the chiefs, for example, Goodman had a pick and a fumble recovery for a TD, while Hill made a critical pass deflection on a trick play.

They are second in the league behind the Saints in passing yards allowed and tied for second in the league for passing TDs allowed (saints 7, bills 10 and broncos 10).

The broncos secondary is allowing the front seven to get great pressure on the quarterback and are partially responsible for Doom’s ridiculous 15 sack total so far this season.

The only thing that may be a problem is Dawkins. He has had neck troubles lately. Hopefully, he can be healthy enough to play throughout the game on sunday.

improed from last year champ and goodman are the starters ty law is our nickel allthrough champ does get beat about 10 pencent of the time 90 perent of the time very solid most of the time he will be on wayne goodman will be on p garcon who is delonship into a solid wr for manning but our stong point is dawk and r hill 2 smart vertan players manning will need to check down this week

1) Well, let’s start with DJ, who has been with the broncos for a while. He is fast. He can go sideline to sideline. We have had him at every LB position since he has been on the team. He puts up huge tackling numbers every year. However, sometimes he overpursues and misses his assignment. Mario Haggan was brought in to be a run stuffer. He has done a great job. He is much faster than I thought he was going to be. Andra Davis is a guy that I was very skeptical about when he was brought in from Cleveland. He was good at stopping the run, but I didn’t see him as a great player that demands to be game planned against. He isn’t a dynamic player that will make sportscenter’s top ten, but he does a great job and can definitely play some ball and take down RBs in the backfield.

Robert Ayers is a rookie and he has been a quiet presence, so far. He did return a fumble for a TD in the Steelers game, but his presence is mostly behind the scenes, taking on blockers and allowing guys to get free around him.

Which brings me to Elvis “Doom” Dumervil. What can you say about him? He is short, has long arms and gets great leverage. He is a QB nightmare. He definitely benefits from the pressure caused by the rest of the defensive line and LBs. If you don’t find Doom, he will find you.

2) To answer your question as simply as possible, Coyer was a scapegoat for a bad defense. He had no real players to work with in his scheme and was kicked to the curb along with most of his defensive starters. Bad drafts and poor free agent decisions left the broncos with players like Nate Webster, Marlon McCree, Marquan Manuel, etc. I think Coyer might have been able to make it happen if he was given a better pool of players to work with. However, we can speculate all day. The bottom line is, the broncos defense was terrible. They cleaned house and look where they ended up. I’m really glad he found a niche in Indy, though. He’s a good guy and that atrocious defense couldn’t have been all his fault.

3) Wow, there are so many reasons to hate the chargers. LT, Rivers, Merriman, Philips are all great reasons to hate them. I’m going to go off the cuff here, though. The thing that makes me hate the chargers most, personally, is the fans. They have the absolute worst fans of all time, in my opinion. There may be other broncos fans that disagree and they are welcome to post here and state their case, but for the most part, the chargers fans are the most disrespectful, least loyal, and big headed fans I have ever come into contact with.

Sure, LT crying when someone did the lights out dance is a good reason to hate them. Philips talking smack to McD before the game and then crying to the media, saying that McD claimed he “owned the chargers”, is a great reason to hate the chargers. Rivers big “grit eating” jaw and Merriman’s roid rage induced arm slapping dance are good reasons to hate the chargers.

The fans, though, are ridiculous. Not only have the chargers not won the superbowl, the fans talk enough smack to make you think that they have won the last five. However, despite that tough guy bravado, they can barely sell out their own stadium because they really don’t care about the chargers. I am sure that there are more chargers fans that spend more time talking smack than watching football.

Not to mention that Barrelman was almost pushed down the stadium steps at a charger game. If you can’t be respectful to one of the nicest men to ever grace a football stadium with his presence, then you are a terrible person.

Well, that’s my take. Sorry for going on and on, but talking chargers just makes my blood boil.

Reid has been regularly in the rotation of our defense. His name hasn’t lit up special teams, but that’s probably because we have a few guys that are stand-outs there (Bruton, Larson, etc). I loved the pick-up when we got him and I’m very happy that we have him in case a LB goes down.

if he feels like it im sure he would do a better job. he does his best and he is sincer in what he writes

You did it!

1. Most defining moment would be Elway raising his 1st Lombardi Trophy after finally winning a SB. Most defining play would be Elway’s helicopter play in that same SB when he dove for the 1st down and got hit by 2 Packers spinning him around in the air. That play showed just how much Elway wanted to win and to see him at that age give his all that game was a thing of beauty. An honorary mention has to go to Atwater’s hit on Okoye.

2. This one is easy. Elway is The Greatest Ever.

3. I would say Kyle Orton is the most underrated part of the 2009 Broncos. He gets no love from the media but he is a winner. His decision making is excellent and despite what the many haters will say, he has the physical ability and can make all of the throws. His decision making is his best attribute though. If we still had Cutler there is no way we would be close to 8-4 right now.

Thank you both for the answers.

Since you mentioned Mile High it sparked another question. I saw an NFL countdown on top 10 home field advantages and Mile High made the list. I guess some people think the new stadium doesn’t provide the same home field advantage. Is that something Broncos fans think? I know Redskins fans don’t compare the new stadium’s “home field advantage” favorably to RFK. Just wondered where you all stood.