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Vs. Seattle Seahawks (L 20-23) At least Jake Plummer can sleep well this week.Now the NFL's most acommplished extra-point holder, Plummer is no longer the scapegoat for turnovers, losses and errant police shootings in Northeast Denver. Jay Cutler now has the honor and actually played worse than any Broncos quarterback since Jarious Jackson's unexpected 2003 start at Green Bay. Instead of spending the week finding reasons to hate Plummer, Donkey fans can now spend their week making excuses for Jay Cutler. "Well, you're gonna' have poorly thrown balls" or "well, you're gonna' mishandle the snaps". It's good to have a new hobby. Just as Plummer wasn't to blame for earlier losses (well, excluding lasy week's KC loss), Cutler wasn't to blame for this one. The defense once again reverted to 2001-2004 form: play well in the second half, but make sure you let the opponent hang around for an easy 4th quarter comeback. The defense has now folded more times than an amatuer poker player. The Seahawks recovered several second half Donkey turnovers and won easily. Their comeback was so pedestrian that Al Michaels and John Madden couldn't find a "player of the game". So they had to pick Kris Brown, who kicked the game-winning 50 yard FG. What's enfuriating about the loss is that the Broncos had the game in control in the third quarter. Tatum Bell had 112 yards by then and it seemed like old times for the Donkeys. The Seahawks looked to be sneaking back in, until Champ Bailey made another red-zone interception. After that, the Broncos punched their time cards and checked out. They had the ball for less than 2 minutes in the entire fourth quarter, while Seattle was given good field position and slowly tallied 3 field goals and an easy Shaun Alexander touchdown. Then on back-to-back possesions, the Broncos stomped on that rake-- Brian Clark fumbled and Jay Cutler threw an interception. Thwap!! There was the rake handle, straight between the eyes. Seeing stars and trailing 20-13, Brandon Marshall turned a 6 yard Cutler pass into a spectacular 71 yard TD. It was a season highlight play, but instantly rendered hollow as Matt Hasselbeck and Seattle quickly moved into field goal range. The new Broncos era turned into the same ol' Broncos error. Now at 7-5, the Donkey need every other AFC team to contract the clamp. Otherwise, they have no real shot at making the playoffs or, more importantly, doing something in the playoffs. That was the goal for this season and with a month left, it's officially become a failure. The Broncos are now a curiousity-- a team people will look in on just to see if Jay Cutler should be added to their fantasy team. At least #6 jerseys are selling!
FINAL CUTS ...||...Sebastian Janikowksi missed some more field goals today? No way. Never expect THAT. ...||...Al Wilson was carted off the field with what was announced as a neck sprain. It looked like Louis Green and Keith Burns filled in. ...||...Fun typo from Yahoo Sports, who reported: "The Oilers had negative-4 yards passing in a 17-10 victory over the Bengals." Comment about this article. Contact The Asshole Who Wrote This!
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