An Excellent Start Punctuated With A Thrilling Finish Against Dallas
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The Denver Broncos are 4-0. I don’t think even the most optimistic Broncos fan would have predicted this. Of course, this is going to lead to so-called experts saying that the Broncos are a fluke.
Prior to the thrilling finish to the Dallas game, some moron on the radio predicted that Denver could easily wind up at 3-13, discounting the fact that they play the Chiefs twice and the Raiders once more in Denver. Yes, Denver’s schedule gets harder, but they passed their first test against the Dallas Cowboys.
The Cowboys can hurt you with big play after big play, especially in the running game. Denver’s defense all but destroyed that for most of the second half. With less than two minutes in the game following Brandon Marshall’s amazing touchdown catch-and-run, the Cowboys had only gained around 60 yards of total offense in the second half. The Cowboys were able to drive down to Denver’s two-yard line, but the consistently stingy Bronco defense denied them entry and clinched a 17-10 win.
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Denver’s season seems magical so far, but it is not a miracle. When you put the right guys together and get rid of the egos, a concept called “team” develops. When your owner fires one of his best friends because he wants the organization to go in a better direction, the members of that organization are going to take that new direction seriously or they are going to want to go somewhere else. When a team is composed of a variety of “men” who want to make plays to help the team win and can do so, good things will follow.
As Denver was dismantling the Raiders in week three, a commentator for CBS said that Denver seems to be overachieving. He attributed it to mistake-free football. Well, at times on Sunday against the Cowboys, it seemed like the Broncos were shooting themselves in the foot as they committed 10 penalties. That is not mistake-free football. They still won the game against a big-name team.
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So, then, to what do I attribute the Broncos success this season? Stingy defense with far more takeaways than last season and intense pressure on opposing quarterbacks is the first factor. Second, players are stepping up in huge ways at the right time, whether it is Brandon Stokley catching a tipped ball and taking it to the house, Correll Buckhalter breaking a huge touchdown run, or Brandon Marshall dodging suckers left and right to score a 51-yard touchdown against the Cowboys to put the Broncos ahead for good. Third, and most important, the culture of the Denver Broncos is changing. It is not about one gun slinging quarterback anymore; it is about defense, intensity, and commitment to team.
I am a big fan of this change.
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