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#29971 |
Choco Favre
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Game...Set...Match...
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#29972 |
I'm with the banned.
Join Date: Sep 2006
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We like to think our air is simply slender because it avoids all that fried shit it gets in Missouri.
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#29973 |
I'm with the banned.
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Denver air is so thin it’s like it spent the war in Andersonville, mother****er.
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#29974 |
I'm with the banned.
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Karen Carpenter, official vocalist for the Denver Broncos.
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#29975 |
I'm with the banned.
Join Date: Sep 2006
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We talkin’ this air here is emaciated, Chuck.
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#29976 | |
MVP
Join Date: Oct 2012
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If Donko fans want to cherish that they really arent as good as they been led to believe...so be it. Last season was pretty entertaining...watching them crash and burn once they hit the road. |
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#29977 |
Can't Use That Disney Ass Name
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Charleston, SC
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Jesus, we are arguing air now? Air didn’t matter when we kicked Peyton’s ass in 2015. Hasn’t mattered the past couple season. Fact is it doesn’t matter when you have a QB that doesn’t shit his pants in Denver.
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#29978 |
#triggering
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Tejas
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Question...
Why Denver? Seriously... are some of you under some delusion that there's really enough money to be slid under tables over the last few decades to actually push the league to give that ONE team in the rocky mountains a clearer path to success? Really? I'll be honest - I can't reasonably explain the scheduling oddity. But, I also can't reasonably explain why the league through good and bad seasons would purposefully prop up any one single team. Why - why would the league do that, for Denver? PGM says most of those teams were garbage and Denver would have terrible records if it weren't for these early scheduling oddities. Seriously? I mean, sometimes you guys go so far off the rails of reality it's amazing. There has to be a genunine reason behind a conspiracy, yeah? What is the benefit to the league for giving this lone team such a wild advantage? I'll add that in 2015, they played 2 of their first 3 on the road and 4 of their first 6 on the road. But, then you'll counter with the Papa John's gifted SB... dangit. It always plays out well for the tinfoil crowd. He's reasonable. Last edited by Mile High Mania; 09-05-2018 at 05:39 AM.. |
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#29979 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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It not only helps them get to the playoffs, it often helps them secure home field advantage throughout. I still contend this is why they've gone to so many Super Bowls only to suffer some the most embarrassing losses in the history of championship games. They were exposed as inferior teams that rode their thin air advantage to the AFC title. Last edited by penchief; 09-05-2018 at 06:34 AM.. |
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#29980 | |
#triggering
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Tejas
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Surely on one of these sites, there is a decade over decade comparison for teams and road wins. That's what I'd like to see. If Denver is riding this super home field advantage and would otherwise suck, surely they are in the bottom 1/4 of the league YOY on the road. |
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#29981 | |
MVP
Join Date: Feb 2003
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That said, I don't believe there is an overt conspiracy to ensure the Broncos have success no matter what. But there is no question they benefit from being league darlings. I'm sure the league is fully aware of how stark this particular advantage is for the Broncos. The NFL is not averse to giving their league darlings a step up whenever they can subtly do so. Last edited by penchief; 09-05-2018 at 07:32 AM.. |
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#29982 | |
MVP
Join Date: Feb 2003
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The bottom line is that there is no question the thin air is a distinct advantage for the Broncos. The statistics don't lie. And the player anecdotes are more than just sour grapes. How much of a difference it has made in any given year is something we'll never know for certain. |
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#29983 | |
Out Gunning CP's Fandom Police
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Galveston, TX
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#29984 |
#triggering
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Tejas
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The late 90s salary cap thing was more about deferred payments and not so much cap infractions that allowed them to retain more players than legally allowed. But, we've been down that road and I'll you guys relive it if you choose.
Question... has there been a year when the team achieved something great that was not part of some conspiracy? The Tebow OT win vs PIT... that surely was manufactured by the league as well, no? Did the league clear a path for Manning to sign in Denver over other clubs? I mean, the 4 SB losses were legit ... league sanctioned and uninfluenced beatdowns of monumental order. We have no issues with those, but ... but, the 3 SB wins - were without a doubt and unmistakenly a league mandated code orange to ensure they won. Same with the scheduling oddities, for some reason - there's this desire to give Denver and just Denver that advantage in the first 2-3 weeks of every season. Got it. Everything bad -- legitness. Everything good -- league manufactured. |
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#29985 | |
MVP
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Those two championships are tainted no matter how hard Broncos fans try to downplay those violations. Last edited by penchief; 09-05-2018 at 08:15 AM.. |
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