Chargers 3rd Round pick Butler likely out for season

[Quesadilla Joe]

Originally Posted by Mecca

The Broncos are a worse less talented team today than they were the day McDaniels took over, that's all that needs to be said.

We lost Cutler and Marshall and got Orton/Tebow/Moreno/Ayers/Alphonso Smith/ Demaryius Thomas/ Eric Decker out of it and we still have a second round pick to burn from the Marshall trade.

I loved Shanahan but did you see the defenses he trotted out there for his last 2 1/2 years in Denver? Did you see how quickly McDaniels turned that defense around? And the reports coming out of camp is that the defense should be even better this year.

[KCrockaholic]

Originally Posted by KnowMo2724

We lost Cutler and Marshall and got Orton/Tebow/Moreno/Ayers/Alphonso Smith/ Demaryius Thomas/ Eric Decker out of it and we still have a second round pick to burn from the Marshall trade.

I loved Shanahan but did you see the defenses he trotted out there for his last 2 1/2 years in Denver? Did you see how quickly McDaniels turned that defense around? And the reports coming out of camp is that the defense should be even better this year.

lol

McDaniels turned that defense around.

Yeah maybe 360 degrees. Jamaal Charles says hi.

[Quesadilla Joe]

Originally Posted by kcrockaholic4life

lol

McDaniels turned that defense around.

Yeah maybe 360 degrees. Jamaal Charles says hi.

Denver went from 29th to 7th in one offseason. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Shanahan hadn't fielded a top 10 defense since 2004.

[KCrockaholic]

Originally Posted by KnowMo2724

Denver went from 29th to 7th in one offseason. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Shanahan hadn't fielded a top 10 defense since 2004.

Well I'm sure you enjoyed your first 6 weeks of the season when your defense was the 85 Bears. But then reality came back, and proved that your defense was nothing. And don't even credit any of the defensive success to McDaniels, when you damn well know Mike Nolan was fully responsible for giving you guys a solid base 3-4 for a few weeks. Well then he ran out of tricks, and you guys were once again the Donks that finished the season 2-8.

[Quesadilla Joe]

Originally Posted by kcrockaholic4life

Well I'm sure you enjoyed your first 6 weeks of the season when your defense was the 85 Bears. But then reality came back, and proved that your defense was nothing. And don't even credit any of the defensive success to McDaniels, when you damn well know Mike Nolan was fully responsible for giving you guys a solid base 3-4 for a few weeks. Well then he ran out of tricks, and you guys were once again the Donks that finished the season 2-8.

Nolan was let go by McDaniels. The slide came because we didn't have a lot of depth on the DL. This year that shouldn't be a problem because all of the starters from the DL last year are now backups.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by KnowMo2724

We lost Cutler and Marshall and got Orton/Tebow/Moreno/Ayers/Alphonso Smith/ Demaryius Thomas/ Eric Decker out of it and we still have a second round pick to burn from the Marshall trade.

I loved Shanahan but did you see the defenses he trotted out there for his last 2 1/2 years in Denver? Did you see how quickly McDaniels turned that defense around? And the reports coming out of camp is that the defense should be even better this year.

The defense for 10 games in 2009 was every bit as bad as they were in 2007 and 2008. Let's not get too caught up in the magic of the first 6 for that side of the ball.

And, I'm all for you being a flag waving fan, but c'mon... none of those guys above has done anything yet. You're setting yourself up for unrealistic expectations this season and you're not going to enjoy the games as much.

I'm learned over time to temper my enthusiasm a bit... no matter what things look like.