Hmm...not the ideal situation for a guy trying to latch on in the league. I think I'd almost have to turn down that offer in hopes of someone signing me that'll actually keep me through the season. Or else they're planning on using his practice squad eligibility.
Because what the Broncos really needed most was another running back. McDaniels is lost. Firing Shannahan was a ginormous mistake. Replacing him with a kid is worse.
McDaniels is collecting running backs like I am collecting Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Neil Young CDs.
I've always liked the Broncos for some reason...aside from the time they knocked the Oilers out of the playoffs. Elway is among my favorite NFL players who didn't play in Houston. But I'm so actively rooting against McDaniels now that I hope they go belly up. http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/reillygofish "How arrogant can Josh McDaniels be?" The Denver Broncos' 33-year-old Boy Blunder boasted this week that his draft board had fewer than 100 names on it, which made it easy for him to make his picks. Less than a hundred names when 256 players were drafted? Most boards had 500-plus names on them! Furthermore, he said the Broncos had worked out nearly 30 players and all 10 of his choices were among those 30. In other words, "I'm not capable of making a mistake. If I didn't work the guy out, the guy wasn't good enough. Period." This is the same genius who traded one of Denver's first-round choices in 2010 to move up in the second round to take a 5'9'' defensive back—Alphonso Smith. To repeat: Boy Blunder used a first to take a second. And if the Broncos are going to be as lame as I think they're going to be—4-12 perhaps—that first-round pick will be very high. McDaniels is the worst combination of things: Terribly naïve and doubly confident. Bronco fans, you're screwed.
[Random Chron.com blogger] OH NOES IT'S ANOTHER HOUSTON-DENVER CONNECTION!!!!! Get riddy of Gary![/random Chron.com blogger]
Yes, quite well actually. His lack of speed, blocking skills, and ability to play special teams hurt him a lot. He's a nice shifty runner with good hands out of the backfield, but he's strictly a RUNNING back and nothing else. If he had some homerun ability he'd be a #2 guy at least.
That franchise is getting run down to the ground. I'll enjoy watching McDaniels take a huge dump on that team.
I've always been a Broncos fan and I'm not sure why. I just always pulled for them, I think it was the Elway years that drew me in. Maybe it was the Orange colors, I don't know exactly why, but I always just liked the team. Now I'm hoping they fail, I do not like this new coach's attitude at all. I think the Cutler trade/issue was one of the worst decisions ever made in NFL history. Time will tell.
