MP's Broncos Update

Former NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle convinced "all the league's owners to adopt revenue sharing, arguably the most successful form of socialism in U.S. history. The reason the NFL is so dominant is because the NFL is basically Marxist. This was Rozelle's greatest coup, and everybody knows it. But you'd never guess that from watching the NFL Network. Marxism is not a talking point." -Chuck Klosterman

Regarding McDaniels/Profanity-gate: I don't think the guy should have apologized for anything. He didn't say anything unreasonable in the circumstances; in fact he didn't say anything that I haven't said at my job (which is moderately comparable). I think he apologized because he is a caring parent, which is a good thing, but I hope he doesn't change his ways. I like his fieriness.

Saturday, September 08, 2007

He Ain't From Cleveland

Simeon Rice, come on down. You're the only contestant on the let's-not-fuck-up-the-defense-so-badly-that-we-have-to-score-40-every-week-just-to-win Bates program. Personally, I like Simeon Rice. The guy was a force in Tampa Bay and probably has enough left for one more Pro-Bowl caliber year. I suspect that the Bucs cut him more for financial reasons than physical ones. The Bucs are rebuilding despite what Chucky or Jeff Garcia might have to say, and Rice seems to be a numbers casualty.

Rice's signing has the potential to be straight-up gargantuan for Denver. Assuming he's healthy, Rice more than makes up for the loss of Gerard Warren. If he can get into the line-up on a regular basis by the second or third game, the Broncos defense should get to the quarterback and thrive. I fully expect DJ Williams to pick up his game and become the dominant force necessary for Bates' schemes to work. Rice has the potential for 10 sacks even on a defense like Denver's. If the defense becomes marginally consistent, Rice might get 20 this year.

But it's hard not to imagine what might have been. Rice, Warren, Adams, and Ekuban would have made an imposing front-four. Backed by our speedy linebackers and shut-down secondary, we might have given Baltimore a run for their money. But this is football; it's a an ever-changing sport and the Broncose did what they had to in light of the injuries. And thankfully, Cleveland wasn't involved.

1 Comments:

Blogger KarmaTee said...

MPJ, did you survive Sunday's game? Are you out there?

10:32 AM  

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