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As for the other three, I think the three-way tie is indicative of where these teams are right now. None of them are actually bad, and all of them have strengths where it counts, in particular at quarterback. They're just not as obviously loaded as Philadelphia or Detroit or whatever (not that it's worked for the Eagles).
Of course, the only one of them I've actually watched this season is the Chargers and so in my extremely biased opinion I'd say they're the best and will probably win the division. (That's not true. I've also watched Tebow highlights. They are truly a gift.)
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...Which can't possibly always work. (Like last season)
I mean, the Chargers are a fluke play away from being in the lead of that division (the Chiefs game) and hey, they got within a TD of Green Bay. But like Ogor, I don't watch much from the AFC West so it's hard for me to say.
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"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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All-out blitz? On 3rd Down around the 20-yard line? Against Tebow. How do you lose containment? Who do they even think they're playing? The moment I saw that blitz was coming I knew they were screwed. I didn't immediately know it was going for a TD, but I knew it was going inside the 10 at the very least.
...how do you call that play? why do you call that play?
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...Yeah, I'm not very happy right now!
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So not counting next week since it's a divisional game against a team that can't make up their minds about if they're any good or not, the Broncos have a mixed schedule.
At Minnesota, I really hope Peterson has a good game. I love him. But Denver's defense is turning out to be really good right now. They'll probably win that.
Hosting Chicago should be a blow out like the Lions game or Packers since they're simply that much better than Denver is.
Hosting New England... the Pats actually have trouble winning in Denver for whatever reason. And they play each other almost every year. Still think it should be a blow out.
At Buffalo, their early season magic is gone. This one will be close but Denver's gonna get this one.
Hosting Kansas City, I think this will be a blow out but one that Denver will provide.
9-7 record looks possible... and that will likely win their really super weak division. Unless San Diego finally gets their shit together and does something. But back on the point about New England. Denver has had to play them for at least seven years running now, and they were also scheduled to play the Colts for several years in a row too. I have no idea why since we didn't play the other teams in their divisions generally...
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I wasn't ready for this! I'm always ready for losing to the Patriots (or any AFC East team, really). But the Tebow-led Broncos?
...I was not prepared.
I'm waiting for the Broncos to collapse, I thought this game was as good as any to show how bad Tebow actually is, but... guess it'll come next week at San Diego.
Eventually some team will realize that the best defense to the Broncos passing game is Tebow, and they'll just play the run. Always and forever and especially in a one possession game as time is running down. I understand that's usually a passing situation. But remember who you're playing!
I think Bears/Pats are the first completely legitimate opponents the Broncos will face out of that line-up. Unless the Chargers activate their November/December sorcery and became the de facto "Best Team in the AFC" since no one else seems to want the thing. Don't think Buffalo is that legit (watch them beat the Jets [also not legit now] next week to spite me) and that they're headed on a downward spiral. Agreed that Broncos probably beat Vikings/Chiefs.
I'd say W/L to Chargers, W - Vikings, Bills, Chiefs. L - Bears, Pats. So 8-8 or 9-7 depending on what the Chargers decide on doing.
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God, 9-7 can win that division. I'm not even ruling out 8-8 yet.
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Nobody was... except the mighty Denver Broncos.
God, 9-7 can win that division. I'm not even ruling out 8-8 yet.
Well they were all tied midseason at 4-4 so 8-8 seems like the record to shoot for.
Especially if Tebow keeps doing this to teams.
Pahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
... But seriously, a number of NFL teams might have some trouble adjusting to a mostly run-based offense considering how dominant passing QBs have become in the league. I mean, a lot of teams just plain suck at defending the run. So who knows, maybe the Tim Tebow Dream Machine will just keep on chuggin'.
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With the injury to Cutler and Peterson, that schedule looks a whole lot better. A 10 win season could be a possibility. If they do manage to get 10 wins this year I'll tattoo Tebow on my back. Make a tramp stamp for it with his jersey number... Or better yet, Miller. Miller's made a bigger impact than Tebow has. At least in my opinion. The way they're winning isn't by having a spectacular offense, it's by having a dominating defense.
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It's like when mediocre college teams run the option because you only need like 3 talented players on offense to run it.
Denver plays solid defense and runs the option all day, players in the NFL haven't seen the option in a few years and don't really know how to play against it anymore.
I think that very soon teams are going to figure the broncos out simply by being disciplined on the outside and loading up against the run and daring Tebow to throw the football.
It's the same as when Miami started running the wildcat and everyone went on about how good it was, but as soon as teams figured them out it stopped being effective and they went back to a normal offense.
Short answer: gimmick offenses work until a team figures out how to beat them, then everyone copies that defense and the gimmick offense becomes less effective.
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And the only team to beat Tebow this season is getting a belated curse with Suh's suspension and their 1-2 record since beating them. And they get to play New Orleans tonight.
God is on Tebow's side.
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This was a while ago.
God is on Tebow's side.
Or... tremendous amounts of luck.
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"The sciences have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." ~ H.P Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
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Like the Colts could be stopped even by divine intervention at this point.
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LMAO he ain't my lover I'm not into guys -Tengu
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Broncos win late or in over time.
Green Bay wins.
Chargers win in December. But they don't matter anymore.
As far as next week... Brady will score points, Tebow will probably be able to do something against that horrible defense... it could turn out to be like the Minnesota game. Except this time against an offense that knows how to keep someone like Tebow off of the field late in the game. Or on the other side, they could get back to Broncos football with running the ball infinite times and not letting Brady on the field.
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Personally? I think, "Brady, up by 4, hands the ball off to a blitzing LB who returns it for a TD" is as good a candidate as any.
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