Posted on Thursday, 29th October 2009 by Victor Crain
Wow! After a disappointing 2008 campaign and one of the worst defensive performances around, the Broncos were looking pretty dreadful. On top of this, their star quarterback, Jay Cutler, demanded a trade, and their star wide receiver, Brandon Marshall, refused to play.
Ironically, it’s all happening without their long standing coach, Mike Shanahan. New head coach Josh McDaniel has overcome adversity when you consider the fact that the team lost its top quarterback and wide receiver.
The Broncos entered the season with a head coach barely old enough to play the game himself, and somehow they’ve strung together a nice first two weeks of football.
It’s true that the two teams they’ve played against so far have been pretty weak opponents. The Browns are a cupcake matchup, and the Bengals, even when an away game, would normally be considered a pretty easy opponent too. On the other hand, Cincy just stunned Packers fans with a win at Lambeau in week 2, so maybe the Bengals are better than people thought.
Maybe this team is better than people let on, and maybe the Broncos’ win in Cincinnati was more difficult than people believed it to be. The Bengals looked pretty legit to me with Carson Palmer, Ochocinco and Cedric Benson running the offense.
QB Kyle Orton is the prototypical “game manager”, while he won’t put up the tremendous statistical performances like Drew Brees or Peyton Manning, Orton won’t lose many games either.
The team’s 27-6 win against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday was highlighted by a franchise-high four sacks in one half by Elvis Dumervil.
Now that’s serious. If Denver can keep this level of play up on defense, they’re going to surprise a lot of fans. We all know that defense wins championships!
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