That was just horrible. Nice Christmas present, Broncos. That game was mailed in like a sweepstakes entry. That game was slept through like a Latin class.
Not only did Pale Horseman get destroyed in his Fantasy Super Bowl by the San Diego defense's fumble recovery, four sacks, two picks, and general Bambi vs. Godzilla treatment of the Broncos, but he had to watch the Broncos suffer an even more humiliating defeat in real life! At least PH got the second place money for his troubles. All the Broncos got for Christmas was their two front teeth punched down their throats in an even bigger embarrassment than the 41-3 drubbing they took in Mile High. Yes, this loss was much worse than the last one. At least the first loss to the Chargers was a straight-up, mano-a-mano, ass-whupping. They were trying the first time back in October. That day, San Diego just tried a bit harder, ran a flawless game plan (how Norv managed that, we'll never know,) and ran all over the Broncos to a dominant victory.
Tonight, San Diego didn't even seem to be trying all that hard. The Broncos--John Lynch's uncharacteristic but probably very telling outburst aside--simply played like bored Pop Warner scrubs waiting to get their last paychecks and start their vacations. Is this what we agreed to as fans? Tonight the Broncos looked lazier than the New York Knicks after a turkey dinner. That's emergency time. Does anyone realize that if Shawne Merriman was still on his full roid regimen, there's a good chance that Pumpkin Pie would simply be a pile of crumbs right now?
Could the O-line have been any worse? (We shouldn't say that, there's still one game to go.) Poor Jay Cutler was running for his life half the game! We haven't seen desperate running like that since today at Target when the stock boy found an extra Nintendo Wii in the back. Do we have to say it again? That's not how you develop a quarterback--but it's a good way to wreck one.
If we see another performance like this in 2007, we hope that the performance also marks the final game of a certain coach--the man most Denver fans and media seem to consider "he who must not be blamed."
Oh, and Merry Christmas to the Plummer family!
