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Vs. Oakland Raiders (W 17-13) In most levels of organized tackle football, a team commits three turnovers in the first half and they find themselves down by about 24 points at the half. By the end of the first quarter, Jake Plummer had completed just as many passes to Raider cornerbacks as he did to Bronco receivers (two). The Raiders were feeling quite accomodating to their guests and only produced 13 points. They would have had more, but Sebastian Janokowski again lived up to his billing as the biggest feast or famine athlete since Rob Deer (well, if you can call a fat kicker with thunder thighs an 'athlete'), by missing a field goal attempt. A 38 yard TD to Javon Walker stood out as the sole first-half highlight. Once again, the Donkey defense held tight and played damage control to prevent an embarassing pratfall. The third quarter was as ugly as the city of Oakland's "scenic route". With Darrent Williams not at 100%, David Kircus was given a look at punt returner. While Kircus had a long return to set up Walker's TD in the first half, he fumbled on a third quarter return. The Raiders recovered, but Denver dodged a huge bullet when it was ruled that Oakland gunner Chris Carr was out-of-bounds and made no effort to return. A questionable call, and it wasn't a bullet the Broncos had dodged, they had dodged a nuclear missile. This time, the Subway Employees helped the Broncos. Next series, the Broncos finally noticed their tight ends and began to move the ball. Stephen Alexander and Nate Jackson combined for 6 catches. Typical... it takes a visit to the Bay Area and people start noticing the tight end. The Broncos stalled on 3rd down and were left with 4th and 1 at the Raider 1. To celebrate Colorado's official conversion to a blue state, Mike Shanahan skipped the conservative field goal try and dialed up a pass to fullback Kyle Johnson. It was successful and the Broncos settled into their late lead. Raider QB Andrew Walter fumbled on back-to back series and any thoughts of a Raider comeback went up like a dry match on a hot August day. Not even NFL Films could embellish this game. It was uglier than the greasepainted female Raider fans. While the cries of "replace Jake Plummer" are loud in Denver this week, they would have been at blistering levels had the Donkeys lost. While QB may be the glamour position, a more glaring problem is the second straight week of a Shitty Running Game. Reportedly, Tatum Bell was less-than-honest about his health state, as he played with two sprained toes. Mike Bell was deactivated before the game in favor of practice squadder Damien Nash. Nash promptly fumbled (but recovered) which may send him right back to the Human Tackling Dummy Team. Additionally, Adam Meadows started at RT in favor of George Foster, a public statement that the Broncos aren't too enamored with their running game. But if fans want to waste their air over the QB position, go ahead. I'm trying to find one team, in NFL history, that had a winning record at the halfway point, benched their starting QB for "poor play" and went on to do anything of substance. After the Bubby Brister Incident in 1999, I doubt Shanahan would swing the ax on his starting QB's neck. But, but... WR Rod Smith only had TWO catches for about 20 yards... why aren't people whining about benching HIM in favor or rookie Brandon Marshall? After all, Marshall's younger, taller and supposedly quicker..... The whole game will be forgotten in two weeks, anyways. I'm sure the Raider fans/convicts won't forget. Especially one fan who was shown on camera with a Raider PUPPET. Okay, a fricking PUPPET ruins any image you have of being "tough" or even "marginally unpleasant". Why not a silver n' black version of Sheri Lewis's Lambchop? But no matter how sick the game was, the Raiders would like to thank the Broncos for another great day of proftiable business.
FINAL CUTS ...||...The Week Seven "my boy" award: DE John Engelberger. Stared for the injured Ebenezer Ekuban, played well and had one of those late fumble recoveries. Plus, I still liked him as "the fat kid from the Bad News Bears". ...||...Golly, it sure is nice that the NFL has compressed all of their programming to one day (Sunday). I used to hate having to wait an extra 24 hours for one additional game on Monday night. ...||...Along the programming lines, I've glad to see that they've added a third night game on Thanksgiving. Nobody watches the morning game, anyways. It'll still get killed in the ratings by a parade and a frickin' dog show. ...||...Grey Cup Fever -- Catch It! *fart* Comment about this article. Contact The Asshole Who Wrote This!
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