This isn't combat, it's an act of lunacy. Personally, I think you're a fucking idiot.

Well, they did it. The stupid bastards did it. Al's been released. I've already pointed out how fucking stupid and short-sided this is. The bottom line is you can't just discard maybe the greatest LB in team history, I don't give a shit what his cap hit is. I know it's a business and everything, but this just fuckin' sucks.

Yeah, Al has some neck problems, but I don't see the most overrated player on the team who suffered an even worse neck injury (John Lynch) getting released.

Yeah, Al's had thumb injuries for years, but that cant be any serious concern, can it? He doesn't carry the ball.

Yeah, Al has had some problems wrapping up ball carriers the last couple of years, but he was still the teams leading tackler last year.

Al's leadership on the field and in the locker room are above reproach. He's a class guy all around. His skills haven't diminished in any significant way. I just don't understand why you wouldn't hold onto a guy like this in a death-grip for as long as you could.

So anyway, thanks Al. Thanks for your hustle, your hard work, your tenacity, your intelligence, your leadership, your speed and your devastating hits. There's a GIANT hole to fill now.

I didn't know you would sell out your country and your soul... to the slime of humanity.

So Andy Richter here signed a free agent deal with the evil empire.

Let's see, a guy leaves one of the pre-eminent franchises in the league, a playoff participant and legitimate Super Bowl contender every year to sign with a bunch of hapless, helpless, moronic idiots, thugs and general losers. A franchise run by the most clueless owner in the NFL.

You really want to be in this environment? You want to leave one of the top O-line's in the league to go to the absolute worst? You want your career to go to shit for a couple extra bucks? Fine, it's nice to see now what kind of character you have.

Get fucked Cooper. Nales carried your ass anyway.

The whole damn thing's pretty conventional now. Who knows? Maybe next week will be swords.

The schedule is out. Overall it's not too bad, but it's not too good either.


THE GOOD:
No annual December visit (and loss) to KC. We go there on Nov. 11

A 3 game homestand sandwiched around a bye week.

Pathetic NFC North opponents and we get Green Bay and the Vikings here (two of the toughest places in the NFL to play). That might not be a good thing, we went 1-3 against the even more pathetic NFC West last year.

Pitt here (week 7). Payback time, bitches (sort of). Too bad Joey Porter won't be around for me to shoot in the ass.

Homegrown tub of goo LenDale White returns home (week 11). He might weigh 3 bills by the time he gets here.

The opportunity to show Kubes just how far he still has to go to get that franchise competitive (week 15)


THE BAD:
Opening on the fucking road again (at Buffalo)

3 two-game road trips

2 of the last 3 and 4 of the last 6 on the road. This is utter horseshit. Were they trying to balance out the three game homestand?

at Indy (week 4)

at SD (week 16). Enough already. Can we go to their building earlier in the year for a change? Is that too much to ask?

No NE, no guaranteed win

Once again, the bye week comes too early for my tastes (week 6). Last year it was week 3. Not good. I want a return good old days where you could pencil in a bye between weeks 8-10 every year.




So, we've got tough games at Indy, at KC, at Chicago and at SD, but anyway you slice it you're looking at 16-0.

Yep, 16-0. Why are you laughing?

Hanging around. Hanging around. The kid’s got alligator blood.

After several weeks of discussions, the Donks re-upped the greatest coach in team history until 2011. This is a no-brainer move, right? He's still a brilliant offensive minid (last year notwithstanding) and is widely considered as one of the top two or three coaches in the league.

That said, I really hope Shanny can regain his swagger. Last year he was awful and he cost us a minimum of three games with his piss-poor game planning (St. Louis, the 2nd KC game and SF). Lets hope he can turn this bitch around.

What's the matter? Steroids make you deaf?

The Patsies matched the Donks offer for the Bill Romanowski of punters, Todd Sauerdoughbrun. Good. I don't understand why they would want someone like that back. I mean, how many chances does a guy get to fuck up, especially when he's probably the least important player on a team? It's one thing to let someone repeatedly fuck up if he's a starting DB and KR like Pacman Jones or a decent skill position guy like Chris Henry or Ricky Williams, but it's a completely different thing if he's a goddamn punter.

I know Paul Ernster isn't the answer, he showed that last year. He was near the bottom of the league in nearly every meaningful stat. The thing is, we're talking about a punter, you can find them anywhere. Seriously, Ernster is from the legendary football program at Northern Arizona. An NFL punter doesn't even have to be from one of the 300+ colleges with football programs in this country, he could be a soccer player from Europe or South America, an Aussie Rules player from New Zealand, etc., etc.

Thery're punters and they're a dime a dozen. When one continually does stupid shit, the decision should be easy.

So all I did was come up with my own... kick ass algorithm to sneak in, and now we own the place.

Dre Bly spent a few hours a Dove Valley last week, apparently re-arranging the furniture, picking out new carpeting and installing tract lighting over the kitchen island.

You gotta love the balls on this guy. Calling Pat Bowlen Mr. B? Excellent. He should have turned Bowlen onto his tailor, though. Bowlen's suits, while costing thousands each I'm sure, look seriously cheap...and shiny

He brought old Coke. This is new Coke.

First off, you may have noticed that the title of this blog has changed. This bitch is going to focus solely on the Broncos. It pretty much has already, but now I'm making it official. As official as a proclamation by a mediocre writer on a blog that no one reads can be anyway.

Also, if you look out the right side of the plane, you'll notice I've added a list of links to sites/blogs that you really should check out.

So whats new in Donk land? Not much, really. Offseason OTA's started on Monday... w/out the presence of Al Wilson. They signed known 'roider and drunkard Todd Sauerdoughbrun (the Pats have a week to match the offer and likely will since it's massively incentive based). They rescinded the trade for Chubsington McFattypants since he couldn't be bothered to report. The Dre' Bly deal was officially announced, they held a press conference w/ Bly putting on the cap acting like a good guy and saying all the right things, yadda yadda. The preseason opponents were announced (SF, Dallas, Cleveland & Arizona - Cleveland is a bit of a shocker, I don't recall ever playing them in the preseason. It's surprising that Houston isn't involved like always).

There isn't a whole hell of a lot going on here.