[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by tooge

I hope they win just enough to barely miss the playoffs. I dunno, maybe win 8 or 9 this season. Then the front office can say they were right to grab Keenum and keep VJ and that they were an injury here or a missed play there from the playoffs. That's how mediocre teams stay mediocre. That is how the Chiefs went decades without a real franchise QB of their own. The were filling the seats, and winning more often than not, particularly in the 1990's and early 2000's. What did it get them? A mid level team that was good enough to get to the playoffs more than not, but not win there. THAT is where the donks seem to be headed.

It's also human nature to be guarded when a plan you try totally fails. In the donks case, that was their failed first round QB. Now they turn to "proven vet" guys, and that just doesn't generally workout for anything other than a mediocre level of play. I get why GM's do it though. It's hard to hit on drafted QB's for one, and the lure of a guy that has been around seems more of a safe bet. The problem is, when talking veteran QB's, is that there is a reason a team lets them leave. That team sees them every day at practice. They see the warts other teams might not see as much. So, bottom line is this. Elway either spends a bunch of picks to move way up, get lucky, and get a solid guy to move forward with, or stick with Keenum, watch this Defense age, and sit between 6-10 and 10-6 for the next 3 years. In 3 years Von Miller will be about done. He's a generational guy, they don't grow on trees. Same with Harris.

I really don't see the donks being super competitive for quite some time

No matter what happens, I'm holding out hope that Vance is gone in the offseason.