Broncos Stay Undefeated with Win Over Patriots

Newflash: The Denver Broncos are officially for REAL!

There have been a lot of questions on whether or not the Denver Broncos surprising 4-0 start was just a fluke because of all the chaos that went down in the offseason with Mike Shanahan getting fired, Jay Cutler getting traded to the Chicago Bears and the Brandon Marshall throwing a fit, but after the Broncos beat new head coach Josh McDaniels' former team in the New England Patriots to stay undefeated at 5-0 all the critics will almost certainly be giving the Broncos their much needed credit for their incredible start to the season.

Tom Brady seemed to be back on track after a big win over the once undefeated Baltimore Ravens last week, but a lot questions came up about questionable roughing the passer calls and whether or not the refs try to protect the superstar quarterback a little too much.

Despite all the controversy, nothing seemed to phase the Denver Broncos on Sunday as they came to play at Invesco Field as if on a mission to prove a point that they are a force to be reckoned with in the NFL this season.

The much improved Denver defense didn't put the kind of pressure on Brady as expected coming into this game as they held of on the blitz for most of the contest, but they kept the Patriots high powered offense in check the majority of the football game.

Not only has the Denver defense been very impressive this season and HUGE improved from seasons past, the Denver offense was what got my attention today as Kyle Orton and company kept the Pats on their heels all game long. One of the biggest question marks coming into this season for the Denver offense was if Orton and Brandon Marshall would hit it off the way Cutler and Marshall did last season. Well, after this game there is no question that these two has created some great chemistry as they hooked up for two big touchdowns against New England.

Along with Marshall coming to life, rookie running back Knowshon Moreno continues to improve as well as he finished the game with 124 total yards (88 rushing, 36 receiving). Moreno did have one costly fumble, but he is quickly becoming a key part of this potent offense.

It is still a little too early to consider the Denver Broncos as Super Bowl contenders, but they are definitely in the playoff picture as they are almost certainly going to run away with the AFC West title unless the San Diego Chargers start to get it going.

Unfortunately for Denver things will only get tougher for this up and coming team as their schedule is arguably the toughest in the league to finish out the season. Seven of their next eleven games are against very good football teams:

Week 6: @ San Diego Chargers
Week 7: BYE
Week 8: @ Baltimore Ravens
Week 9: Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 10: @ Washington Redskins
Week 11: San Diego Chargers
Week 12: New York Giants
Week 13: @ Kansas City Chiefs
Week 14: @ Indianapolis Colts
Week 15: Oakland Raiders
Week 16: @ Philadelphia Eagles
Week 17: Kansas City Chiefs

So as you can see the Broncos have a long and tough road ahead of them! It should be interesting to see how things turn out!

Stokely Steals the Win from the Bengals

The Denver Broncos have been a troubled franchise ever since the end of last season and their disappointing collaspse to finish it out. The Broncos were promising young team with a Pro Bowl bound quarterback in Jay Cutler, a go to wide receiver in Brandon Marshall and a powerful offense, but the defense was absolutely terrible.

As a result of the Broncos forgettable collapse last season legendary head coach Mike Shanahan was fired, Jay Cutler was traded to the Chicago Bears and Brandon Marshall has turned into TO.

How do the Broncos replace a legend head coach and a Pro Bowl quarterback?

Bring in rookie head coach Josh McDaniels and underachieving quarterback Kyle Orton.

Reciepe for disaster right?

Well, you would think so, but their week one match up against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium turned out a little different than people anticipated as the Broncos looked good on defense, Orton went without throwing an interception and Denver got out of Cincinnati with the unlikely victory!

The Broncos were supposed to lose this game, not only because everyone predicted it, but because they were down with only seconds remaining and all hope seemed to be lost as they tried to drive down the field.

No one and I mean no one saw what was coming next as it is a play that will most likely still get replayed years from now. The play seemed simple enough and the Cincinnati Bengals covered it as well as they could as they had two defenders covering Brandon Marshall like a blanket near the left sideline. The plan was to get the ball to Marshall so he could step out of bounds and stop the clock, but it didn't exactly go as planned.

Kyle Orton stepped back, took a look a the field, saw Marshall on the left sideline and despite Marshall being double covered Orton threw it anyway. As the ball reached Marshall and the two defenders the ball was tipped up in the air and the play was seemingly dead until is came down right in wide receiver Brandon Stokely's hands.

Once Stokely gained possession the whole stadium went quite as the Bengals fans were sick with disbelief. Stokely had full possession and was headed for the game winning touchdown full speed, until he got within a yard or so and he ran alongside the goalline to run down the clock to just eleven seconds.

That left Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer with time to throw and hail mary and that is just what he did, but like most hail marys it was picked off and the game was over with the Denver Broncos improving to 1-0 on the season.

So there is still some light at the end of the tunnel for the Denver Broncos as they tried to stay unbeaten against the Cleveland Browns in week two!

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Broncos Release Running Back Selvin Young

It was bound to happen with so many running backs on the roster, but I didn't think it would have been Selvin Young getting cut. Young started 12 games for the Broncos last season before he went down with a season ending injury.

The Broncos running back situation is tough to handle to say the least. Nothing is worse as a coach than having way too many players at a certain position. With all their injury problems in the backfield last season they had absolutely no choice but to keep signing running backs to keep their backfield healthy.

It is pretty much a no brainer that the Broncos draft pick Knowson Moreno will be the lead back in the Denver backfield next season, but the question remains who will be next to get the ax.

Unfortunately though, Selvin Young has been the first running back to get the boot in the Broncos backfield and I don't expect him to be the last.

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Will the Denver Broncos Draft Mark Sanchez?

In my opinion, if Mark Sanchez is available at the 12th pick in the NFL draft it would be foolish not to draft the future franchise quarterback. He has all the skills and potential to be the future of the franchise in Denver and a good replacement for the Jay Cutler.

Kyle Orton isn't a bad quarterback, neither is Chris Simms for the matter, but they are not franchise quarterbacks like Cutler and Sanchez.

Who knows? Mark Sanchez could be a bust like Matt Leinart and what Carson Palmer is turning out to be, but I would definitely feel better about grooming a promising young quarterback like Sanchez instead of handing over the quarterback position to Simms or Orton.

The big question here is whether or not the kid will be available when the Broncos 12th pick comes around. My opinion, no way he will fall that far in the draft when three teams ahead of the Broncos have shown strong interest in the former USC quarterback.

With the San Francisco 49ers, Jacksonville Jaguars and Seattle Seahawks ahead of Denver's shot at landing the quarterback I don't see him coming to the Broncos unless they make another trade. If it were my decision I would ship Orton to whichever team is willing to get Sanchez.

Will it happen? There is definitely a lot of buzz about it so I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen.

Jay Cutler Traded to Chicago Bears

It has finally happen, the Denver Broncos have traded away their unhappy franchise quarterback Jay Cutler to the Chicago Bears for quarterback Kyle Orton and two first round draft picks.

I have to say that the Broncos might have dropped the ball on this deal. Kyle Orton is a decent quarterback with possible Pro Bowl potential, but he is no Jay Cutler. The only way I see the Broncos coming out on top of this deal is if they make those draft picks count and pick up some key players in key positions.

So the Cutler era in Denver is officially over Broncos fans so get used to hearing "Orton throws another interceptions and the Broncos another one".

I hate to say it, but it will be the beginning of yet another rebuilding process in Denver. Just when everything looked like it was coming together in Denver, the roof collapsed in and it is time to rebuild.

Maybe Kyle Orton will surprise us all. Not like there is lack of offensive weapons at his disposal with Eddie Royal and Brandon Marshall leading the way, but I get the feeling next season will be a rough one for the Broncos.

Jay Cutler Saga Continues

Oh how things have changed in Denver!

First the Broncos fired Mike Shanahan which was a complete shock to the system for all Denver Broncos fans and then the new head coach Josh McDaniels decides to try and get Matt Cassel to come to Denver in exchange for franchise quarterback Jay Cutler.

In my opinion, not a terrible move getting Cassel for Cutler, but I think I speak for Broncos fans when I say that the defense should have been the number one concern for the new head coach.

Not exactly the best way to win over fans and replace a coaching legend and Denver icon in Shanahan.

Although trading Jay Cutler did not happen, at least not yet, things in Denver have gone from bad to worse after Cutler spoke with the Broncos recently.

Honestly, this whole situation could have been avoided pretty easily, but it obviously wasn't. Now the Broncos will have to deal with the backlash of having an unhappy franchise quarterback and a new head coach making all the wrong moves.

I really don't think this situation will be improved until the Broncos do what Cutler now requests and trade him away. Will the get a quarterback of his caliber in return? Nope, not anymore. They could have if the Cassel trade worked the way it should've, but now they may have to resort to mediocrity at the quarterback position once again.

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