Originally posted by Pura Vida
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Elway--.643 career winning percentage. 1986 Denver Broncos 21st overall Defense (that was a Superbowl Year)...1988 Denver Broncos 20th in Yds/All., 22nd in PPG/All. (profootballreference.com) In fact, a lot of people say (I'm one of them) that if Elway hadn't played on such average teams IN CERTAIN YEARS in the 80's and early 90's, he would have won more SB's. 1987 was the great year where it all came together, I believe we were 7th in overall defense. Orange Crush really came on then. That's besides the point (I'm just daydreaming about the good ol' days).
Good enough for you?
Just to be fair, we had the 29th best. Still horrible, but your facts are a little off. The 32nd best defense went 0-16 because they had absolutely no offensive production. I didn't say the Broncos didn't have offensive production. I said when it mattered most Jay folded. IE last three games of this season. Key Losses when the O scored under 21 points. etc.
We had the 2nd best offense in between Red Zones. No doubt Jay Cutler could move the ball at will, especially with perhaps the best O line and the best O tackle in the league giving him all that time to do his thing (only 11 sacks in 616 pass attempts), as well as having one of the best WR and TE corps in the NFL.
Jay Cutler in the Red Zone? Where it matters? Where we all know it was on him to punch it in because we were on our 9th string RB?
Led the NFL in INT's in the Red Zone in 2008--(14).
Listen, I'm not saying Jay doesn't have the tools to do it, so ease out a little bit. It's just my two cents anyway. To me he hasn't proven he can carry a team squarely on his shoulders, and we know he isn't a leader yet. In fact that's my primary argument in this case. All those QB's were unquestioned leaders. He needs to mature in his game and in attitude IMO. What you think is up to you I guess.
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