5-0!?!?!?

Holy crap. The Mile High advantage is back.

Down go the Patriots! We can doubt MickeyD no longer. Thank you for proving that a good young coach can do better than a "legendary" coach when the legend loses his competitive edge, Josh McD.

Super Bowl this year? We're not going to bounce off the walls with anticipation yet, but Denver is once again a top ten NFL team and possibly top five. What a difference a year and a coach who has all his marbles makes.

The schedule ahead looks tough, but the Broncos already have five wins. Four more probably gets them in the playoffs. Conveniently, Denver gets the Chiefs twice, the Redskins, and the Raiders. Start saving up for playoff ticket scalps, Broncos fans.

p.s: San Diego, hope you enjoyed that lame little run of "success." It's over.

(EDITORS NOTE, 1/3/10: Well, we were wrong. Sue us.)

4-0!!!

Drink up, Kyle! Your Broncos have opened the season undefeated! Maybe we still aren't 100% sure about Josh McDaniels, but we were obviously right that Shanahan needed to go.

Funny how people seem less excited about this fast start than last year's fast start. Sure, the Broncos haven't beaten a real contender yet. But even though the Cowboys are an overrated shell of a good team (like we correctly predicted the Titans would be even though we were too busy to do a true 2010 Season Predictions column) the shutdown defense on Tony "OVERRATED" Romo was impressive.

The rest of the schedule is a lot tougher, outside of the Chiefs and Raiders rematches. This week? Josh MickeyD gets to take a shot at his old mentor Bill Belichick, which we're FAR more excited about than last night's predictable and sickening Brett Favre circle jerk by ESPN. The Broncos (can't believe we're saying this but it's great to say) have more than just a chance against a vulnerable and rusty-looking Patriots team with a shaky running game, an inconsistent defense, and Tom Brady still only looking like 90% of his former Lord of the Pigskin self.

We think they win on a late FG, with Kyle Orton continuing his stellar ball control. Champ's going to have a much rougher time with Moss than he did with the Cowboy's paper tigers, but the defense is good enough to hold down the Pats, Jets-style, as long as no one falls asleep for that one huge game-changing play the Patriots historically pull out of their asses when they win close games.

Yes, LetPlummerPlay.com is backing the Broncos--like we said we would when things got back on track. Are they Super Bowl-bound? Hold your horses. The Ravens, Steelers, and Colts would tear them up in a playoff game right now, and we haven't seen how they'll face up to the Chargers just yet. But it's a start.

Meanwhile, while the Broncos were proving how much they didn't need Mike Shanahan on Sunday, the Cowboys went out and proved that--wait for it--Dallas needs to shitcan Wade Phillips and hire Shanahan STAT. The Cowboys, despite poor coaching, have a solid base and a talented but directionless quarterback in Tony Romo. He wouldn't make them a Super Bowl winner unless they lucked into another superstar, but Dallas has exactly the kind of pre-made roster Shanahan needs to thrive in this league. Now that he's long gone, it seems to be easier to say that we don't care if he succeeds elsewhere anymore. We know he wasn't the coach to rebuild this (or any) team and so bygones be bygones now, Mike.

On a semi-related note (speaking of QBs with no direction) as much as we hate the Raiders it's sad to see how terrible they're going to continue to be. It's much more fun to beat up on Oakland when the Broncos are actually squashing hopes of success instead of just going through the motions of crushing silver-and-black bugs. JaMarcus Russell has somehow degraded from simply the worst starting quarterback in the league to possibly the worst quarterback in the league PERIOD and maybe the worst since...who, Dan McGwire? But old Zombie Al Davis is going to stand by that big waste of space until the tires come off. Oh well, spilled milk.

Jake Plummer update: Still no comeback. Dammit.

Broncos win, Pumpkin Pie loses, Jake Plummer still retired

It's going to be a busy week in the real world, so sorry, we don't have a good update. But the headline gives you all the important news from week 1, right? Jay Cutler lost some respect points--not for throwing four picks in the Bears loss, but for being wishy-washy about whose fault it was in after the game. Jay, seriously. You had a bad game. Acknowledge it, BEFORE you say "WE need to improve."

Kyle Orton played good enough. Sure, it's the second year in a row we've had to rely on a miracle to beat a bad team, but a win's a win and San Diego once again came out of the gates shaky...maybe 8 wins can win this crappy division, and maybe the Broncos can luck their way into 8 wins.

Oh, and Jake Plummer is still retired, sadly. Still, he's doing well from what we gather and that's what matters.

P.S. to a concerned reader: We don't dislike Pat Bowlen, we're just assholes with really big mouths. Sorry about any of that stuff in the past. Cat Bowlen, on the other hand, we see as more

of a tribute than a poke at Mr. Bowlen, so he stays. If you notice, Cat always speaks truth!

Fantasy Football..with LPP is now FREE!

Ok so we have heard that some of you want to join, if it were a free league! Here is your chance, and don't worry cardsfan4life, your $25.00 is coming back to you, the second I'm done writing this post. So it's a free league now. This is way last minute, since the draft is tonight at 8pm. In any event, we ended up with 4 spots open, so here, have at it and join right now, for free! Of course this means, there will be only congratulations sent to you if you win, as opposed to any monetary sum!

Yahoo Fantasy Sports

League ID: 874954

Password: plummer16

and the pic above is an "EXCLUSIVE to LPP" picture of what Jake is currently up to:

(Please do not post or distribute this picture elsewhere, thank you)

Fantasy Football... LPP Style!

Wanna play fantasy football with the best? Ok well then go ahead and stay in the leagues you're already in! However do you want to play with some of the staff of LPP!? Well we've got a surprise treat for you! We have created a points based league for some of our closest friends, but have left 3 spots open for you, yes you, readers of LPP! There is a $25.00 entry fee and the payouts will be:

1st place: $175.00
2nd place:$50.00
3rd place: $25.00

It's a 10 team league, points based only. Live draft scheduled for 8:45pm pacific time, Wednesday Sept 8th. I know that's late, but this was a last minute decision. In order to join, I'll take the first 3 emails received to: gabesmailbox@gmail.com. Of course we'll be expecting the $25.00 entry fee to be sent via paypal prior to the draft. Hurry, because after the first 3 emails, we're closing shop on the league.

Pumpkin Pie no more?!?!?!

"Hello, ladies...who wants a big ol' slice of Sex Pie?"

Yes, dear readers, that is not a Photoshopped image you see above. Who is that suave, Baldwin-esque GQ model flashing the pearly whites and a $30,000 Rolex? It's Pumpkin Pie himself...Jay Cutler! Kissing Suzy Kolber ran an update today that linked to this website. Who knew what a difference a damn haircut (and maybe, just maybe, a little neck tuck) could make?

Hate to say it Broncos fans, but maybe getting out of Denver and into a real urban environment like Chicago actually was a good thing for the guy. Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah, Denver's cleaner, better place to live, less crime, high standard of living...fine. We can certainly appreciate life in a slightly quieter city, but let's face it, Frank Sinatra didn't sing no songs about Denver. Besides, if you need any more proof that Jay Cutler's personal life has already changed for the better, let us produce Exhibit B:

We rest our case. Thank you and goodnight.

Cat Bowlen comments on that last game