Originally Posted by DomCasual:
For those of you here that interacted with her over the years, I am sad to share the news that longtime Orange Mane/Orange Huddle poster and moderator Blueflame unexpectedly passed away. (She also very occasionally posted here.) Her obituary is linked in this thread.
I remember her from the Mane. Sorry to hear. [Reply]
I’m shocked Jake Plummer doesn’t get brought up more in Broncos history. He took them to an AFCC and represents a “normal” path of success that teams have to take if they want to make the playoffs multiple times in a 5ish year stretch.
He wasn’t a #1 overall playing in a super weak conference. And he wasn’t a random choice by HGH future hall of fame QB. The Broncos actually had to work to bring him in and build a team around him.
Nix will never be as good as Plummer, and I’ll bet they’d kill for that kind of QB right about now [Reply]
The Broncos and their fans should thank the football Gods Peyton Manning was even available. This is the 26th season since Elway retired and aside from 4 of those years with Manning, it’s been very very bad.
Failed QB after failed QB. Cutler, Tebow, Lock, Paxton. Now it looks like Nix might be added to this list.
Without the Colts getting lucky enough to get the 1st overall pick, you would have almost 30 years of suck [Reply]
Originally Posted by DomCasual:
For those of you here that interacted with her over the years, I am sad to share the news that longtime Orange Mane/Orange Huddle poster and moderator Blueflame unexpectedly passed away. (She also very occasionally posted here.) Her obituary is linked in this thread.
Originally Posted by RunKC:
The Broncos and their fans should thank the football Gods Peyton Manning was even available. This is the 26th season since Elway retired and aside from 4 of those years with Manning, it’s been very very bad.
Failed QB after failed QB. Cutler, Tebow, Lock, Paxton. Now it looks like Nix might be added to this list.
Without the Colts getting lucky enough to get the 1st overall pick, you would have almost 30 years of suck
Right, minus the Peyton years they have one winning season in the last 14. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
The Broncos and their fans should thank the football Gods Peyton Manning was even available. This is the 26th season since Elway retired and aside from 4 of those years with Manning, it’s been very very bad.
Failed QB after failed QB. Cutler, Tebow, Lock, Paxton. Now it looks like Nix might be added to this list.
Without the Colts getting lucky enough to get the 1st overall pick, you would have almost 30 years of suck
Cutler wasn't really a failure. We just made the grave mistake of hiring fuck stick and letting him blow up a team that was starting to round into decent shape.
Not saying they would have won a superbowl with him, but they could have had a competitive team. And if they'd built the same kind of defense with him, they might have won a SB. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
You must've missed the part where Brett Veach called Mahomes the best player he's ever seen before he even played a meaningful down.
People say that kind of stuff all the time.
If he and the organization really believed that, they wouldn't have sat at 10 hoping to get him. Anyone who knew what Mahomes was would trade everything to pick him. [Reply]