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Yeah, the Calgary Flames of the NFL.
Old flames sure. Current flames not so much.
Yeah, the Calgary Flames of the NFL.
I don't watch the No Fun League, but a lot of people talk about the Broncos in the hospital. Do you guys' seriously believe that this current head coach is all the problems for them? And not just Elway and the QB? Even if you lot fired Jones and hired somebody competent, the Denver Broncos are the Calgary Flames of the NFL. Good enough to be considered a playoff bubble team every year, but bad enough to either miss out or be a first round exit drafting 15th overall.
I forgot which team did it (believe it was the Jets), but they should've drafted up and grabbed a QB. My friend was saying that last year's draft was a generational draft for QBs and Broncos drafted a chubby fat guy or something.
so.. shanny and cousins was going to happen until ellis shot it down last year?
There was no way in hell the Browns weren't drafting QB with that #1, so forget dealing up.I like that Chubb is showing well right now, but damn...the Broncos need a QB, and I can't help but wonder how they would be looking right now if they could've traded up for Baker/Darnold or just stood pat and taken Rosen. Now obviously Rosen hasn't looked that good, Darnold's been rather mixed, and Baker started slow but has found some footing recently, so the goal would've been sit them for a little bit before allowing them to take over.
They're not really going to go anywhere until a franchise QB is found.
There was no way in hell the Browns weren't drafting QB with that #1, so forget dealing up.
I think Cleveland could've gone down to #5, because they still would've had their pick of Rosen or Allen. But it's all moot anyway.
When I heard Denver liked Baker, I started getting excited. I think he has the right amount of confidence (though he borders on cocky at times), and am excited to see what he does in Cleveland.
Sachi Brown got fired in no small part for trading down with picks that became Carson Wentz and DeShaun Watson. The Cuyahoga would have caught fire again if the new Gm traded down.I think Cleveland could've gone down to #5, because they still would've had their pick of Rosen or Allen. But it's all moot anyway.
When I heard Denver liked Baker, I started getting excited. I think he has the right amount of confidence (though he borders on cocky at times), and am excited to see what he does in Cleveland.
My apologies someone finally told me that story was about Mike not Kyle....that's actually shocking.
Isn't Mike pretty damn old though? Not to mention sequels never end well. Having Gruden with the Raiders and Shanny with the Broncos would have definitely been weird.
Yeah, I believe the reports that the Broncos tried like hell to trade up but it just wasn't happening. Not with the QBs that were available in that draft. They picked the right guy. Now they gotta work hard and hopefully parlay their picks and get an actual QB this time.
I just hope they don’t try and force QB picks like some many teams before them have done. Build the team up as well as possible and when you find your guy go for him. Browns finally started to do that over the last few seasons and look to actually have a solid team built up here.
I wouldn't want Shanahan back. To me his days as a good coach ended the moment he benched Jake Plummer.
And he stopped rushing on the bootleg and would force it into coverage.I don't think that was the problem. The moment the opposition figured out he was absolutely useless in the pocket and all you had to do was prevent him from rolling out, Jake was broken. He kinda knew it too.
They don't come shorter than McDaniels.FTR, while just about anyone short of McDaniels would be a better alternative to frickin' VJ,
They were in first place in the division when Plummer was benched, and historically only Manning and Elway had a better winning percentage than Jake.I don't think that was the problem. The moment the opposition figured out he was absolutely useless in the pocket and all you had to do was prevent him from rolling out, Jake was broken. He kinda knew it too.
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They were in first place in the division when Plummer was benched, and historically only Manning and Elway had a better winning percentage than Jake.
Jay Cutler was not a leader then, he never became one, and the franchise didn't recover from Plummer's benching until the Tebow year.