Official Game Day Thread: Week 8 2010 Broncos vs Niners

[denverdude713]

Josh (Awful) McDaniels must be fired for decimating a franchise. Hanging is still not out of the question either.

How can one man get rid of one of the better young QB's in the game then follow it up by getting rid of a top 5 receiver and a highly viable tight end. Then, just to put the cherry on the sundae, blow the teams top draft pick on Tim (Soon To Be An H-Back) Tebow and still have a job?

This is Bill Belichick: The Sequel. Remember Bill's 1st head coaching gig in Cleveland? I do. Believe me, he was no genius then. Does Metcalf up the middle ring a bell?

I love the Broncos. I really do. But this makes me sick. They suck. They don't tackle anyone. They don't make plays when needed, and certainly don't learn from their mistakes.

Joshawful McDaniels must be fired and fired NOW !!!!!!!! Let him get his own ride back from London.

[HarlemHeat]

Champ is fine..no defensive back in the NFL can look great without a decent front 7 and some pressure from the DC..the Broncos have neither..

[kylehyden]

Lots of blame on officials against the Broncos but that hit on Orton on the last drive should not have been roughing the passer

[gmjones2001]

Am I the only one that noticed this? When 49ers went from 17 to 24 points they got 2 3rd downs to punch it in. There was no penalty or timeout before the play and on the next play I was shocked thinking they were going to go for it on 4th and 4. Instead the yard markers and announcers said it was 3rd down again. I cant believe the NFL missed this. I dont know how much this effected the game since we missed an extra point but it is insane that everyone missed this.

I saw that too! I posted in this thread about how we let 'em score on 4th and goal. Then I rewound my DVR and noticed it said 3rd...so I just deleted my post.

I knew something seemed odd ...

[getlynched47]

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[Howtobedead]

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[JohnShaft]

The ball has been declared dead. I wonder what the English make of that.

Alas poor Yorick...

No love huh? :sadface:

[pozbaird]

Link below to my photographic efforts from the weekend. I've included some general London shots that I might just have had a little fun with in Photoshop first.

Hope you like them.

http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t...t%2031%202010/

My second proper NFL game, first at Wembley. The whole weekend was fantastic, the result couldn't spoil what was a superb trip. The atmosphere in the town all weekend was brilliant. Without doubt the best sporting event I have ever been to.

As this was my first ever Broncos game, aside from watching on TV, I am perhaps not best qualified to pass too many comments, but there's one observation that I'd like to make regarding Kyle Orton. There were several times where he had excellent protection in the pocket, and the field just opened out in front of him. There was no obvious pass, but we were all screaming at him to get running, just put your foot on the gas and run Forrest, run! An easy first down was there for the taking. Acres of space just magically opened up. He seemed to take an eternity to see the chance was there to run it himself, and when he did, he never seemed to run with any conviction. It was almost half-hearted. He looked like he couldn't wait to get out of bounds, or slide to the ground. Denver-based season ticket holders who see him every home game will be far better qualified than me to say if he's like this all the time or not.

Having said that, the two touchdowns ruled out for penalties were killers. I have read a lot of hyper-critical posts about the performance and result, but I have to say, in the second half, I saw some downright exciting plays from the team, and following the Oakland result, the defence regained their pride for sure. The result swayed on a few moments, a couple of decisions.

Keep the faith people - stick by the team. This team can grow and improve, and play winning football, if we give them a bit of time and don't get on their back.

We're fans for life - a bad result, a bad season doesn't change that. I hope to be able to see the Broncos in the flesh again sometime. Some of their play had me out of my seat cheering like a madman... things WILL get better. I can feel it in my bones.