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I can't wait a day
I don't care what you say
Oh yeah, you got to pay
When you hit rock bottom
And you're there to stay
-Kiss, "Rock Bottom", 1975
I'm trying not to blame Griese.... really, I am. I'll try to ignore the
fourth play when he acted like a total MAROON, didn't even look in
Willie McGinest's driection, and promptly coughed up the ball... again!
At this rate, dude is threatening to break Dave Krieg's dubious record of
"stupid QB who kept getting hit and fumbling the most times".
I'll try to ignore the fact that he couldn't throw the ball over 10 yards deep.
He had a fluke garbage TD pass to Travis McGriff, which only served to pad his
"fantasy numbers". When you have to chuck the thing 50 times, and you
end up with 30 some completions, for about 300 yards... that's an average of
10 yards a throw. Proof once again that stats don't mean jack shit in the
world of football. Baseball is a stat game... Football is a winning game.
By my count, Griese has now won 5 games as a starting QB, in the past two seasons.
He's approaching David Klingler type numbers!!! Rest your sholder, princess, and
please distance yourself from football. He left his stones in
San Francisco (or Oakland to be precise). I hope he suffers a career
ending injury soon, and is promptly whisked away to the land of "one hit wonder QBs".
Griese had his Oakland game, just like Hugh Millen, Billy Joe Tolliver,
Stan Gelbaugh and other 'great' QB's had their one game in the sun.
If you looked closely on Sunday, you could see glimpses of the Broncos'
Quarterback of the future. And no,it wasn't that split second
shot of Jarious Jackson swigging down some hydro.
He was the guy in the white jersey, tossing the ball to guys named Troy and Terry.
If the Broncos really are serious about getting back to the Super Bowl this decade,
they need to bring in Drew Bledsoe. Bledsoe's never been behind the wheel of a
potent offense. His biggest outlets over the years were either Curtis Martin or
Ben Coates. Stick him in the Broncos huddle, and he'll be overcome with pants-shitting
delight! Rod Smith, Ed McCaffrey, Terrell Davis (or Anderson or Olandis Gary), plus a
few weeks under the tutelage of Shanahan, Kubiak and even Alex Gibbs.
Just what Bledsoe needs to finally cross the threshold and become an
established winner. Coincedentally, Bledsoe's New England contract expires at the end
of the season. I'm not saying...I'm just tellin ya, guys!
What the hell happened to my beloved o-line?? I don't think it was the impromptu
runningback shuffle that led to the lack of a running game. Find out what's going
on with Terrell and let's move on. If he has a bum wheel, let him sit out the season,
and let's go with Mike Anderson. If he's just being a hypochondriac, give him some Chunky
Soup and throw him back out on the field. Live and die with the same runningback.
I can't believe it was
only two weeks ago that I said "it doesn't matter who's back there, they're gonna run the
thing like a mutha". They ran like a mother, allright....the way my mother would run.
Both fullbacks, Griffith and Smith, went out with injuries, but one blocking back
does not make or break your running game. The whole team appears in shock.
In the fourth quarter, the obligatory "funny metaphor that sports hacks will write about"
showed up on the field. A squirrel was shown running around the North end zone.
You could see it coming, and by Sunday night, every sports hack in town was attempting their
own shot at squirrel humor. "oh ho ho..they should sign that squirrel!". "oh ho ho.. he's
having better luck finding the end zone than the Broncos..". I woke up
Monday morning and the freaking MORNING RADIO TRAFFIC COPTER GUY was making
Bronco/squirrel jokes!! Wow, Sports hacks are so damn witty... howabout
that Ryan Leaf article in S.I, where they slipped in the line "will the real Slim
Shady please stand up"? I'm tellin ya, George Carlin better look out, cuz these are
some funny mutherfuckers, mutherfucker. I need my humor to get by in the week...that's
why I watch
Simpsons, or the bad movies on the Action Channel...but NOT my sports page.
With 8 wins in the last 21 games, the Broncos have a sparkling .380 winning percentage.
Maybe I'm being "half empty" here, but if this team finishes under .500 again, I'd
expect Shanahan to walk out. Things change quickly, and yes, the easy part of the schedule
is coming up. However, at this point, the Cleveland Browns winning in Denver does NOT
seem improbable.
FINAL CUTS
This weekend we're going to San Diego. I can't wait to bitch about
Junior Seau's overrated "swing my fist and shake the turd down my leg" dance... ||...
Radio geeks after the game were talking about "true fans" who always stand by their teams.
"True fans" who wouldn't know Simon Fletcher from Leon Redbone... || ...
This discouraged me so much, that I didn't bother to watch any other games this weekend. I spent
most of my brain power and thought into the new "PIRATES/BASEBALL" column, which you
can read up top... || ... Started a new "office pool" last weekend. At present, our
grand prize jackpot is a whopping seven dollars! See, following football has it rewards, kids!
