Interesting Evaluation of the Broncos by Grantland

[JoeyChuckles]

Originally Posted by milkman

Cliff notes.

Denver may be good, but they also may not be good.

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by The_Wiz

Denver may be good, but they also may not be good.

Key takeaway is that Manning's ability to bring the team from behind to pull out last-minute wins dropped dramatically in 2011. I agree with this assessment -- not only did Manning have trouble working the magic of earlier seasons, but he seemed to get less accurate in those situations then the past.

He's a huge upgrade for Denver. He'll likely win a couple games for them. But the writer is also correct that if not for 3-4 games where opposing teams just did something crazy-stupid, Denver is a 4-12 team last season.

[spades]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

Key takeaway is that Manning's ability to bring the team from behind to pull out last-minute wins dropped dramatically in 2011. I agree with this assessment -- not only did Manning have trouble working the magic of earlier seasons, but he seemed to get less accurate in those situations then the past.

He's a huge upgrade for Denver. He'll likely win a couple games for them. But the writer is also correct that if not for 3-4 games where opposing teams just did something crazy-stupid, Denver is a 4-12 team last season.

That makes sense. Since Manning didn't play in 2011. I would expect a dramatic drop off