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Vs. Tennessee Titans (W 35-10) After Saturday night's 35-10 win over the Titans, I completely agree. Make a few cuts and tweaks on the special teams roster and the Broncos v.2006 are set to go. Even the cool rainy weather on Saturday night felt more like early October than the second week of pre-season. The game was 35-3 at halftime and we really didn't need a second half full of Vince Young stumbling and Bradlee Van Pelt handing off. It's Week Two of the Mike Bell Era and while he showed marked improvement over last week's embarassment... he still embarassed himself. Bell broke free for a 45 yard run in the first and promptly hopped out of bounds. Rod Smith later chastised him for the exit, but there was a bigger problem: Bell did a little "shimmy" dance after he was out. If you're keeping score at home (or on the internet in a crappy recap site), Mike Bell did a dance in meaningless pre-season game after running out of bounds on a non-scoring play. It wasn't an isolated incident, as he did the same little shimmy after scoring a 1 yard TD. Not since Vernon Turner carried on after an 8 yard pre-season punt return in 1990 has an unknown roster invitee acted like such a jackass (recall that Maurice Clarett never carried the ball last year). If you're thinking "who" when I say "Veron Turner", I say : "exactly". If Mike Bell DOES emerge as the starting RB in Week One, just remember that Quentin Griffin had the same honor in 2004. So maybe the Broncos aren't exactly set to go. They'll get results out of any runningback, so it'll take another two weeks to figure out WHO that'll be. Damien "Don't call me Marcus" Nash appeared from nowhere and ran just as well as both Bells - Mike and Tatum. Ron Dayne was nowhere to be found and his roster spot would appear to be in jeopardy, unless he turns he puts up some Earl Campbell performances before September arrives. Nash has an absolutely bulbous head-- like something you'd find on an animated Cosby Kid-- so if he takes Dayne's spot, I suppose I'll be okay with it. Elsewhere on the roster, things were solid. Paul Ernster nailed a few touchbacks. Demetrin Veal (whose name sounds like something a Geico Caveman would order: "I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa... and Thag will have the demetrin veal") had 2 sacks in place of Gerard "My Toe Hurts" Warren. The defense looked fine, even though Champ Bailey and Al Wilson were held out for curfew violations. Curfew?! Just hope they weren't hanging out at a southeast Aurora IHOP. Those places can be bad for ya'...ask Darryl Gardener. Other Signs It's Pre-Season: the Broncos went for it on 4th-and-1 at midfield, resulting in a 35 yard TD pass from Jake Plummer to Nate Jackson. Jason Elam attempted (and missed) an 87 yard FG right before halftime. David Terrell played. A Jeff Fisher coached team was down by 32 at halftime. Just a weird video game type of contest. Allright... let's fast forward three weeks to the opener in St. Louis. Please. I'm scrambling for fresh things to say...and I've used up my allotment of Bradlee Van Pelt/Stiffler jokes. Oh wait...YOUR Bronco Cheerleader update. It was rainy and they all wore baseball caps and ponchos. Making them look like homeless hobo cheerleaders. Comment about this article. Contact The Asshole Who Wrote This!
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