These Aren't Your Fathers' Broncos

I was itching to get this blog started so I could vent out my frustrations with the Denver Broncos organization and all the riffraff surrounding it over the past month. In reality, it has been snowballing since late December with the firing of Mike Shanahan. Then, Pat Bowlen hired Josh McDaniels to take the reins. McDaniels proceeded to hire his own staff, make personnel changes and ultimately dismantled last year's second ranked offense.

All of these decisions by the organization were somewhat baffling and unexpected to me. Pat Bowlen fired a "coach for life?" Hiring an offensive minded coach for what seems to need a complete defensive reclamation project is definitely the consensus I saw from those in the media and my own observations.

Once McDaniels' hiring set in, it made sense. I foresaw McDaniels bringing Jay Cutler into his own element much like Jim Zorn was able to bring Jason Campbell (Washington Redskins) into his element. Long story short, Cutler is gone and there is no clear replacement for Cutler.

With the departure of one disgruntled quarterback, the entire organization looks to turn the page and move forward to a bright future.

With the time to contemplate all of this change and let it sink in, maybe this is all just what the Broncos needed.

While Cutler will be missed, I recall often being more frustrated with some of his decision making on and off the field. He has great talent which seemed to cloud his vision some of the time. Just because he can throw through tight windows, doesn't necessarily mean he should have. Nevertheless, he would continue to do so which payed off sometimes but was very costly in goal line situations or just any situation.

During the first part of the 2008-2009 football season, Cutler said in a magazine interview that he believes he has a stronger arm than John Elway. Whether that is the case or not, you don't call out John Elway on anything. Cutler showed he has some balls, but as the face of a beloved franchise, I don't think you need to go down that road.

So Cutler is gone along with his questionable decision making. His departure has provided the Broncos a gift to rebuild that putrid defense. Hopefully, it will be a gift that keeps on giving while the team wanders the desert of franchise quarterbacks.



On a quick side note, the draft is coming up the day after tomorrow. I don't have time to go too in depth with the draft but here's my quick opinion on what they should do come saturday. Fear not though, I'll be blogging about their decisions sometime before people stop caring. Here are their first 3 picks as well as some later predictions. Enjoy!

1. Tyson Jackson, DE LSU
   
2. James Laurinaitis, LB Ohio State
3. Ron Brace, DT Boston College

If they're going to pick a quarterback, they should do it in the 3rd or 4th round. I could see them picking John Parker Wilson from Bama or Nate Davis from Ball State. We'll just have to see but be sure to check my thoughts about what acually happens!