Anyone think Denver is done for the year?

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Originally Posted by JD10367

My point, echoed by the "NFL Live" crew on ESPN this afternoon, is that some lucky bounces early on masked some decifiencies on Denver's team. And now that the bloom is off the rose, and teams have slowed down the Denver offense, it's not a question of the Broncos falling back on solid fundamentals, saying, "Okay, if we just get back to doing this and this better, we'll get back to winning." It was a bit of smoke-and-mirrors. And now the Broncos have fallen back to earth, and are almost .500, which is just about where people pegged them. Whereas the Chargers, a team everyone said had some solid talent, were able to rise past some early losses.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but scheduling is also key here if you are going to compare the Denver and SD. They have both lost to the Ravens, Steelers and each other. Denver has the additional loss to the Skins wrapped into the mix. They're still within reach of the division title and a playoff spot. It took SD 11 weeks to grab first place, much longer than everyone expected.

I never thought they were as great as everyone was saying at 6-0 and I fully expected losses, granted I didn't expect the WAS loss... and I always say that the AFCW teams are typically going to split.

I don't think this 0-4 stretch is an end of the world deal either. This isn't a team that is ready for playoff primetime, but they're still at the door and in line to get in if they can circle the wagons in a few key games - starting this week with the Giants.

The Giants aren't a top 10 team right now... they're not that much different from Denver and it took OT to overcome their own 4 game losing skid.

Defensively, there are some things they can start doing better - mainly stopping the run and getting pressure on QBs. They had a lot of great success against some really good teams during the first 6-8 weeks... they've been declining a bit, but defensively is where it all was at early on and that is the engine they need to crank back up right now.