SPORTS-(BRONCOS)
vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (W 31-28)
In danger of sliding completely off of the local sports landscape, the Donkeys managed to overcome another second half
collapse and regained their usual spot on the front cover of the Monday newspaper.
Surely upset over the cancellation of the National Lacross League's 2008 season, fans took solace by
flocking to Invesco Field for a Sunday night football against the Steelers. At certain times, it seemed like
the Steeler fans outnumbered the Donkey fans, as audible cheers were heard for Willie Parker, Hines Ward and
even Ben Roethlisberger and his bloated mutant cranium (c'mon...the guy's got a large melon).
Without Champ Bailey and with in-game injuries to Travis Henry and Dre' Bly, the Donkeys' 28-14 second half lead
was in danger of holding true to form and allowing the Steelers to walk away with the win. After Roethlisberger
had thrown his fourth TD of the night to cut it to 28-21, the Donkeys dialed into their bag of tricks on their next
offensive series: a cutesy end-around to Brandon Stokley for nothing, Selwin Young up the middle for a foot, then
an incomplete pass by Jay Cutler. That series showed how messed up the Bronco offensive play-calling is: run
horrible ground plays, then put Cutler in an obvious (and usually impossible) passing down.
For his part, Cutler performed well, but still had trouble throwing over the middle, even getting intercepted once again.
He showed shades of his old Vanderbilt option-style form; pulling down the ball and running for a
for a big gain in the first half. The tools
are there, but it still looks like Mike Shanahan is content to let him hack off a few limbs, as the tools
aren't fully developed.
The defense looked weaker as the game wore on. Depsite celebrating on third down in the first half,
like a fly with a fresh pile of shit. Nate Webster, John Lynch and others almost turned their blue pants
into white, when they realized they had stopped the Steelers on 3rd and 4 and forced a punt. Stuff like that
simply hasn't happened in recent weeks. While the best defensive highlight was Tim Crowder's fumble return for a TD,
the best defender on the night was Elvis Dumervil. He was responsible for most of the pass rush and seemed to be
in the backfield on every passing play. He was responsible for Crowder's fumble recovery, even. The
question marks about his size seem to be smaller each week and he looks to be on the way to becoming that
pass-rusher the Donkeys have desperately needed. Now if the linebackers and the defensive tackles can just wrap up (although
DJ Williams showed marked improvement in his spot).
After the Steelers had tied the game in the final two minutes, Cutler's passing and a penalty call moved
the Broncos nicely down the field. Jason Elam came on to win the game for the third time and connected. Once again,
it was kicked into the North endzone, the new location for Weird Shit and Amazing Stuff. It
was an unexpected win for fans who have been involved in World Series hype. In fact, Brandon Marshall was so
elated that he went out celebrating Sunday night; culminating in a 2am arrest for drunk driving in LoDo. Oops.
Chop Blocks
...||... I don't like to do the cutest "sports lookalikes" crap, but Steelers coach Mike Tomlin
looked alot like Al Wilson on Sunday night.
...||... ESPN, the network that brought us "Who's Now" ran another shitty teaser on Monday Night: "what's
more probable: going 0-16 or going 16-0"? How would that get me to tune in? Why would you give a shit
about something like that? Unless a 15-0 and an 0-15 tream are playing, there's
no reason to discuss that. Really...explain the appeal of such a worthless hypothetical question to me.
Or TEXT it to me on your mobile phone after you've watched a 15 second video clip on a 2 inch screen. It baffles
me that television time and bandwidth are wasted on such crap.
...||... I haven't watched many Cowboys highlights this year, so I have to ask: is Wade still wearing his
big belt buckles? You can only lose those things by pinfall or submission, y'know.
...||... I thought it was a glaring declaration of how bad the currrnt QB crop in the NFL was when Vinny
Testaverde was brought back by the Carolina Panthers. But an even bigger delcaration was made with the
play of Jacksonville QB Quinn Gray. The current QB crop really is that bad. I mean, shit, someone
actually traded for Trent Green.
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