DISQUS

Guy · 3 years ago

Hey all Win the Broncos Crush the Raiders next Sunday Night and get there Offense on track by posting 35 to 40 Plus while holding the Raider to single digits or Less LOL then all the so called Experts will Shut Up!

Note: The Broncos Offense will get on track Big Time! As I said they will post 4 or 5 Touchdowns The Plummer will shine and the Raiders will be more then Lucky to reach the End zone at all! Shutout or 3 LOL!

Greg · 3 years ago

You're right that the slow-to-start office is no laughing matter. One of the keys the Broncos won 13 games last year was because they jumped out to big leads and could play from a possition of power. Forcing teams into passing mode early in games also went a long way toward Denver's stingy run defense. It's easier to be stingy against the run when the other team can't run.

To Guy: Next time you want to dish out advise to the "experts," it would carry more weight if you learned how to spell and write the English language first. Yikes! Gave me a migraine!

Greg · 3 years ago

Of course, I meant offense, not office in that first sentence.

Earl · 3 years ago

Thinking back through the four games so far, it seems like the offense sputters unless it finds some kind of spark. Against Baltimore, it felt to me like that spark was Jake doing his little scramble. All of a sudden, he was more alive. He was quicker with the release, more on target and things tended to click. Now, I know the MNF idiots, er, I mean announcers mentioned that as well, but for a change I think Theismann was right when he mentioned it. It really seemed like Jake needed something like that to wake him up.

This is well and good, but if it really takes something like that to wake Plummer up, our offense is going to be problematic for some time to come. I'm not a bring-out-Cutler now kind of guy, and I'm not even a "He's not Elway" kind of guy. I have a lot of respect for Plummer, his play, and his attitude in general. But I am genuinely concerned about his performance for the last few games. I do want to believe that he can snap himself out of it -- last year he played at a high level for most of the season -- but the NFL is a 'show me' game. Right now, he's only managed to show me for 1 quarter out of 16 so far. That, in my mind, is worrisome.

The offense, on paper, has a whole lot of big play potential. We've got Smith and Walker, and from all accounts Kircus is capable of the big play. After the Patriots game, the comparisons to McCaffrey were starting to come, but he didn't get the big play on Monday. Not, I think, that I can really blame him. When the ball went his way, there was a defender there every time, but he's in that position where every play matters. Not just for the game, but for his entire career. He's got to come down with that ball, just like Walker. Heck, possibly more than Walker -- nobody's going to fire Walker because he had rusty hands for the first couple games.

Can Kircus make that big play? I think so. But he has to do it. Can Plummer snap himself out of whatever is throwing off his rhythm? I certainly want to believe so. Can our offense put up 41 points and not rely on the defense to carry the game? It better.

Chicago is making a serious run at winning the NFC, and winning it strong. We can't just squeak by in these games. Holding these teams down to 3 won't be enough when it comes to the playoffs. We have to be a complete team.

It's time to start being a real team.

Earl · 3 years ago

All that way and I mess up my punchline.

The closing sentence was meant to read:
"It's time to start being a complete team."

Roland · 3 years ago

In the NFL, the quarterback position is critically important. Jake is ideally suited for Denver's offensive line, in that he can effectively scramble out of the pocket. In fact, he makes many of his best throws on the run. Unfortunately, he is not consistently accurate and is prone to mistakes. He just can't seem to make correct decisions fast enough. Peyton Manning's strength is his ability to read the defense quickly and get the throw off both quickly AND accurately. Jake will never be that kind of QB. Very few NFL teams advance deep into the playoffs without a superb quarterback. I know that Baltimore and Chicago won the Super Bowl with great defense and an average quarterback. Although the Ravens game was one of the best efforts I've ever seen by a Denver defense, including the Super Bowl years, I'm not quite prepared to compare the Broncos defense with those teams. I'm waiting until after the games against the Colts and Steelers. If they can stop those offenses, I have confidence that the Broncos can win it all.

Joel · 3 years ago

People really need to get off Jake's back! Although John Elway was one of the best ever, his biggest error was trying to always carry the team, Jake's error right now is the same, yet everyone rags Jake, fact is the rest of the offense needs to step up, from the O-line to the tail back, everyone carries the load, what made John so great in the end was his leadership and depending on the team concept to win. No great team ever won the Super Bowl with one or two players doing it all, even Terrell Davis had a line to get him rolling, the offense as a whole needs to step it up and perform as well as the defense. Calling the Colts a good test to me is crap, if they were so good why did the Titans hold them down? The steelers haven't been all that either, fact is the movie title says it all, "Any given Sunday". I feel Jake will step up and really get this offense rolling, the raiders will be the step off game, and Tony Kornheiser needs to go down with his prediction, he said, "Jake will be gone in 2007 and be replaced by Jay", I thing even then will be too soon, I also think that Shanahan needs to challenge Jake by opening up the play book even more and make the offense as radical as the defense. The team concept is the only concept the Broncos really work well with.

Roland · 3 years ago

You've undoubtedly noticed the tendency for teams to play up or down to the competition (Broncos are notorious for this). The Titans stink, and the Colts played down to them. That won't happen when the Colts come to Denver. I bleed predominantly orange every Sunday, but Manning is the best QB in the league. The defense will be tested by the pass, because it's impossible to defend a perfectly thrown ball. If bad Jake shows up, the Broncs will be 5-2, unless of course they play down to the Raiders and Browns. As I said before, Jake is well suited to Denver's anemic pass blocking O-line by virtue of his scrambling ability. But he has a strong history of mistakes and interceptions, regardless of whether he's trying to do too much or not. He hasn't done jack this season. Without the stellar defensive play, the Broncs would be donks with losses to KC and Baltimore. I agree and hope, as others, that Jake is gone in '07. He ain't good enough in this town.

Barry · 3 years ago

Be careful what you wish for - Jake will be gone! Plummer is not the best quartewrback in the league, but the 80's proved that having the best quarterback does not necessarily win you the superbowl - Elway, Marino and Kelly were 0-8 in the 80's in the superbowl. Jake is a good quarterback, one of the top quarterback's in the league and we have no idea what Cutler is yet.

Targon · 3 years ago

"To Guy: Next time you want to dish out advise to the “experts,� it would carry more weight if you learned how to spell and write the English language first."

Uh, perhaps you should take some of your own "advise", bud.

Todd R · 3 years ago

Ok, now I am going to fire off a few words in defense of Jake. Why is everyone calling him a loser? The guy has won 3/4 of the games he's played in Denver. Although I get worried sometimes and frustrated the guy has produced and has taken by beloved Broncos to the playoffs every year he's been here. I can't remember but did Griese do that? People need to lay off, I am sure Jake knows that his time is limited due to the Jay Cutler draft but he will be picked up by another team and will be thrown right into as a started. I feel bad for this guy. It's bad enough to play in the shadow of Elway but he now is playing in the shadow of someone who hasn't taken an regular season NFL snap. A qoute from the idiot Theisman last week on MNF. "Jake Plummer won't ever be as good as Elway, he may never be as good as Jay Cutler for that matter". What is that all about? Give this man his due, he's won a lot of games for us, he makes mistakes like every other QB in the league. I like Jake Plummer and I hope that if he gets traded he doesn't look back at his stay with Denver and think he wasted 4-5 good years with a team and city who didn't want him. Go Jake and GOOOOOO Broncos..

Dileep · 3 years ago

The Broncos have clearly not started strong and that awareness, after four weeks of play and five weeks of the season, has a tendency to snowball. I think they can and will rectify the situation. Still, overconfidence this week could hurt them. Playing hard and inflicting their will should be their goals. I'm sure Shanahan is more than on it.

To Greg: you should check your own spelling before pointing out the speck in someone else's eye. Position, I believe, is how the word is spelled.

Dzone · 3 years ago

Jake is a good athlete and has the quality of leadership, but if he starts losing games with mistakes, Jay Cutler needs to be the guy from then on out. Jay has raw talent that you dont see come along very often in the nfl. Not only that, but he is exceptionally smart and is probably further along than his draftmates Leinert and Young, both of who are starting as rookies while Jay sits and watches an anemic bronco offense. One can only wonder what Jay Cutler could be doing with Walker and Smith as targets for his rocket-laser arm. This guy is one of those rare rookies like Marino and Roethlisberger that could be a superstar as a rookie. If this offense continues to stink, then put the kid in!!!