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That's John Boy and former SI scribe/Denver resident Rick Reilly. Good stuff.

Big ups to Deuce of Davenport via Awful Announcing

The post I didn't want to write

Seriously. I didn't want to have to write this one, because when you look at it, it's completely unimportant and pointless in the grand scheme of things, but it's something that's been bothering me for a while and our guys are taking it much too well. Someone needs to bitch and moan about this, and it might as well be me.

The NFL, in its infinite wisdom, is allowing DC's Chris Cooley, Ethan Albright and Chris Samuels to wear number 21 in the Pro Bowl this weekend as a tribute to fallen teammate Sean Taylor.

It's nice of the NFL to do it. It's the Pro Bowl, who cares if a bunch of guys are wearing the same number, right? The problem? The NFL, also in its infinite wisdom, denied Al Wilson, Champ Bailey and John Lynch's request for the EXACT SAME FUCKING THING last year. They were allowed to wear a "27" decal on their helmets, but they weren't allowed to wear the uniform itself.

Does anyone have an answer as to why? Is it because there was something less senseless about the way Darrent was murdered? Of course not. When a 24 year old kid gets gunned down, it's senseless no matter what the circumstances.

Is it because Darrent was shot on the last day of the season rather than in the middle of it? Maybe. There was still football to play after 1/1/07 though, so I'm having a hard time buying into that.

Is it because Taylor was a star and Darrent wasn't? I don't know. Darrent was a starter, after all and Kevin Everett was pretty much a league nobody until he got hurt and now everyone knows his name.

Is it because Denver is an overgrown cow-town rather than part of the giant east coast megalopolis? Maybe, but the size of the city you play in is pretty much irrelevant in the NFL, so I'm having a hard time with that too.

It's not just the Pro Bowl either. I don't remember any half-hour long segments on SportsCenter or endless chatter on talk radio and around the blogosphere. I didn't see any other teams wearing "27" decals during the playoffs. Darrent's murder was a story for a couple of days and then it faded away.

So...I'm baffled. I just don't get it. I don't see how the league can allow the 'Skins to do something to honor their teammate that they wouldn't let Denver do?

Even a blind pig finds an acorn every once in a while

I can't believe I'm about to type this, but ass-clown D-Post columnist Mark Kiszla finally got one right. Shannon Sharpe's comments are spot on too...surprisingly.

He's dead on there, that '98 team was one of the best teams ever to play in the NFL. They slaughtered nearly everyone, winning their 14 games by an average of 18 points, including crazy blowouts of the Cowboys, Eagles, Skins and blowout sweeps of the Chargers and Raiders. They won their playoff games 38-3, 23-10 and 34-19. Complete and utter domination.

Most games were over by halftime. They were up so big at the half in that Philly game (35-2 if I recall correctly), the Durango Fox affiliate actually had the balls to switch to a more competitive game. If that squad had been like this years Pats and showed no mercy, they could have easily put up 50 in half a dozen or so of those games. If TD had played in the fourth quarter of at least a couple of those blowouts he could have obliterated Dickerson's single season rushing record (he fell about 130 yds short). Christ, in the Cowboys game he had two TD rushes of over 50 yards in the first quarter. My roommate at the time was a big 'Boys fan and I couldn't even rub it in his face because I kind of felt bad for him. You just shrug your shoulders and say "sorry, man. Nobody can stop this guy. Nobody can stop this team."

Yet, when people talk about the all time great teams, the '98 Broncos aren't even in the discussion. It's the '86 Bears and the '72 Dolphins and '99 Rams and old-timey Browns and Packers. Is it because they lost two straight at the end of the season when there was nothing left to play for? You just saw how much it really matters whether or not you're undefeated in the regular season. Is it because some knuckleheads will tell you that the '98 Vikings were better than Denver that year even though they couldn't beat the idiotic Dirty Birds in the NFC chamionship? Well, that was a good team, but so were the '05 Colts. If you can't win the really important ones...I don't know what to tell you.

I'll take the '98 Donks.

Hy-larious!

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/wipes away tear.

The schadenfreude, much like the ironing, is delicious. Po widdle biwwy simmons

The best Super Bowl I've seen that didn't involve the Donks winning. It narrowly edges out watching the Raiders get their asses handed to them back in aught 2. 19-0, dipshits. He he hee heee. Eli!


Congrats to Gary Zimmerman on getting the hall call. Its a few years overdue, but at least he's in. Biggest surprise to me was Chris Carter not getting in. He'll probably make it in a year w/ fewer deserving candidates, but this doesn't bode well for Rod's chances.

7 in 10.

The cost of watching the Donks in person just went up...again....following a 7-9 season. It's the seventh time ticket prices have increased in the last ten years, and the second year in a row. It makes a little more sense to raise prices after you host an AFC Championship game rather than raise them after playing like dog-shit for most of the season, but whatever.

People are still going to pay it. I'm still going to pay it. Am I going to like it? No, but I'm going to fork it over.

Hopefully there will be some serious outrage and disgruntled season ticket holders will give up their seats in a fit of pique, but I doubt it. I don't think I'm going to magically jump 10,000 spots on the waiting list over this. 5 years and counting on that long fucker, and a few bucks per game isn't going to get me off it.

Clean slate

Two posts in one day for ya. I recently bought a laptop, so hopefully I can post a little more. We'll see if I can keep up the pace.

Here are my predictions for the Super Bowl. I want this on record so people don't call me a liar on Monday. Lets see if you can pick up on where I'm going with this. You're a smart guy, I bet you can.

Pats win the game 56-9 while putting up 36 in the first quarter. Koolaid Moroney busts loose for a cool 205 yards as the Pats gain 281 total rushing yards for the game. Randy Moss hauls in 4 TD passes. Dreamboat completes 14 in a row and 27 of 28 for the game. The Pats as a team bust loose for 603 total yards.

Meanwhile, I'm thinking that Eli Manning goes 7 for 28 for a blistering 28% completion rate and that the Giants finish with 34 total yards.

All of that sounds completely absurd doesn't it? Well, that's the Donks Super Bowl history prior to 1997. One yard or completion or TD off the insanely negative SB records that Denver holds. Completely absurd.

I think the Pats are going to win this game, probably by a ton. Lets see if we can wipe some of those ugly numbers out of the record book.

Does anyone care what this guy thinks?

Shannon Sharpe says the Broncos have to cut Javon Walker.

Does anyone really care about what Shannon Sharpe has to say anymore? Seriously, is he such a revered figure that every time he opens his giant mouth people take notice? He's not John Wooden is he? Is every word he butchers pored over so one can study its wisdom and brilliance? Of course it isn't.

Look, I loved Shannon as a player. When he was retired he was the greatest TE in the history of the league. He's a HOF lock (should be anyway). He was a great quote and everyone loved the guy to death. I even agree with his position, the Donks pretty much have to let Walker go. He's pissed and he doesn't seem to be able to handle being the #2 guy anywhere. But it's news just because Shannon said it?

As a broadcaster and opinion shaper, Sharpe is worthless. The guy's a clown. I can't imagine that there's a single person walking the planet that finds Sharpe interesting or insightful. Everyone in the blogosphere has nothing but contempt for the man. For one thing, you can only understand about a third of the garbled words that come out of his mouth. It's like he's got a face of marbles. For another, Sharpe has done nothing but rip the Donks since he retired. He's ruins CBS' pre-game show every time he opens his Mr. Ed mouth.

Please Shannon, quit talking about the Broncos. I don't want to hear it from you, any credibility you may have had was gone the second you put on a pimp suit and sat down between to Marino and Boomer.