Sunday, January 08, 2012

Miracles or Injuries?

I'm elated over the Broncos win today. I'm keeping my promise to just be entertained by Tebow and ride the gravy train as long as it runs. However, it seems like all of our miracles come against teams fighting with one hand  tied behind their back. Here is the breakdown on the wins with Tebow under center this year:

Week 7 - Dolphins: This was a bizarre pseudo home game for Tebow with the Gators being honored. Home team didn't get the 12th Man.

Week 9 - Raiders: Carson Palmer starts after recent trade and no McFadden who absolutely roasts our D.

Week 9 - Chiefs: Legit and absolutely hideous win with only 2 completed passes. Broncos become a joke around the NFL.

Week 11 - Jets: LT missing, Jet's rushing attack not what it normally would be.

Week 12 - Chargers: I don't recall any major injuries for the Chargers, they just choked against us multiple times. Lucky to get the win. Von Miller is officially a stud.

Week 13 - Vikings: No Adrian Peterson? That guy is a mythical beast.

Week 14 - Bears: No Cutler or Forte (top rusher). It still takes an astonishing beyond all measure sequence of events to win, earning Tebow a SNL spoof.

Week 18 - Steelers: Rothlisberger plays on one leg, top running back down, top tackler missing from defense not to mention half the starting D-line. Tebow has his best game ever. This combo allows for a history making OT win with an incredible play by Demerius Thomas (that draft pick doesn't seem like such a bust anymore...)

All but two wins came against teams with some serious problems. I'm thrilled our .500 team won a playoff game, but don't believe the hype that this team is for real. [unless Divine Will intercedes]

Prediction for next week: Our run defense will continue to get gashed and we still can't cover those TE's. It was great to have so much gravy when the boat seemed empty, but the last meager drops will not drown a hungry NE biscuit.

3 comments:

Jake said...

Forte not Foster. Surprised you didn't mention that he threw for 316 yards.

Fletch said...

Correction made. Yes, it was a John 3:16 moment. However if you exclude the overtime play, it was 236 yards, which isn't a memorable total, except that it all came on long bombs.

If Tebow plays as bad against the Pats as he did the Chefs, will he get sacked in the offseason?

Daniel said...

I really enjoyed the biscuits and gravy metaphors.

Maybe the Broncos are just another sideshow team that got lucky off of other team's bleeding wounds. They’re vultures that are sitting out there on the tree limb, waiting for other teams to get sick, and then they sweep in, they eat the carcass, they leave with that, and they leave the skeleton.

How sad.

I will faint if T & Co. down the Pats.