Troy Tulowitzki

Congratulations to the Colorado Rockies for signing Troy Tulowitzki through 2020! Just when Denver fans were hitting rock bottom with the Broncos having a nightmare of a season, Carmelo Anthony's impending departure from the Nuggets, all of the injuries happening on the Avalanche, the Monfort brothers pull out their pocket book and sign the Rockies' best player. Tulowitzki is the best shortstop in baseball and the Rockies will be contenders as long as he is playing for them. It's nice to see the Monforts finally look past the failures of Mike Hampton and Denny Neagle and shell out some cash for once! Not only did they take care of Troy Tulowitzki, they also gave Jorge de la Rosa a two year extension. de la Rosa actually could've gotten more money from other teams like the Pirates but utlimately decided to stay here- because he likes living in Denver and he knows the Rockies are World Series contenders. It is refreshing to see a super star athlete want to stay here and it is also refreshing to see that athlete be a pitcher!
I am still not completely sold yet on the Rockies' financial committment to winning a World Series. Financially, it makes sense why the Tulowitzki deal was done. It's simple. Troy Tulowitzki puts fans in the seats. He's a fan favorite. Ownership also wanted to show the Rockies faithful we aren't major league baseball's farm team. In order to keep fans coming back ownership made sure he will be a Colorado Rockie for his whole career. If I could say one thing to the Monforts it would be this: don't stop at Tulowitzki. Carlos Gonzalez signed a 1-year, $406,000 contract with the Colorado Rockies on Mar 5,2010. The way he played last season, he's definitely worth more than $406,000. Ubaldo Jimenez is under contract through 2014 for $10 million over the first four years, and could reach $22.75 million. Ubaldo's contract isn't as urgent but it shouldn't go unnoticed. Signing Tulowitzki was a great start. Keep going. Until then, I'm off to buy a Tulowitzki jersey!

Cheater

Josh McDaniels is a cheater. As everyone already knows, the Broncos were caught video taping the 49ers walk through in London a few weeks ago. Fined $100,000. Ironically, the last time that happened, New England was the culprit and McDaniels was involved. McDaniels' best friend "Sneaky Steve Scarneccia" (as D-Mac calls him) was the video director for the New England Patriots when they were caught spying on the Rams on their walkthrough in the Super Bowl back in 2001. When McDaniels was hired by Denver he brought "Sneaky Steve" with him and no one said anything. And what a surprise! We were caught cheating! Of course McDaniels denies he had anything to do with it. He also denied jumping the gun to trade Cutler. Give me a break. When I first heard about the cheating I was worried the NFL would strip Denver of a draft pick as punishment and then I realized McDaniels doesn't know how to draft anyway.
This is the perfect time to fire McDaniels. Not only has he made the Broncos losers and cheaters, he's turned them into the laughing stock of the NFL. Any games the Broncos win under McDaniels in the future (if there are any) will be second-guessed by everyone. McDaniels has tarnished the Broncos' reputation. Since the Broncos started 6-0 last season, the Broncos have gone 5-16. Let's not forget about a 59-14 home loss to the Raiders and losses to inexperienced quarterbacks like Troy Smith and Sam Bradford who've looked like Pro Bowlers playing against our defense. That's what happens when you waste your draft picks on the "sexy players" such as Knowshon Moreno, Tim Tebow, and Demaryius Thomas instead of defensive front 7 and better offensive linemen than Zane Beadles and JD Walton. The Broncos can't control the line of scrimmage to save their lives and it's because of the stupid decisions Josh McDaniels has made. Since McDaniels has taken over in the draft we have seen Clay Matthews, James Laurinitis, Brian Orakpo, Rey Maulaluga, Ron Brace, Terrence Cody, BJ Raji, and Mike Iupati all go elsewhere- Ballin' with other teams and they were within Denver's grasp in the draft. Not only has McDaniels failed miserably in the draft, he's managed to give away any and all of our remaining good players!
The Broncos may be able to fire McDaniels and not be on the hook to pay him because of spy-gate II.
The Broncos need to win at least 3 more games this season bringing our win total to 6-10. Since the NFL expanded to the 16 game season back in '77 only 2 teams haven't gone worse than 6-10. Denver and Pittsburgh.
On a positive note, as of last night, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen finally broke his silence amid this disaster and gave Josh McDaniels the dreaded vote of confidence! He's well on his way out now!

KC no Masterpiece

Sunday's game vs Kansas City was my 7th straight Broncos/Chiefs game attended since 2007 and was up there with one of the best. The Chiefs came in here atop the AFC West as 1-point favorites and the Broncos came out and made a statement. I wasn't too upset seeing coach Todd Haley snub McDaniels a postgame handshake afterward. I read articles that Haley was upset because he felt McDaniels ran up the score, showing poor sportsmanship. I remember looking at my brother in the 2nd quarter when the Broncos were up 35-0, and saying "we're a 2-6 football team. This is not over!" I was glad McDaniels kept the peddle to the metal. His job was on the line. Why would he have risked blowing a 35-point lead by benching his starters for the 2nd half only to show good sportsmanship? Forget sportsmanship, win the game and win convincingly. Make a statement. That's what they did. If anything, keeping the starters in the game showed respect to the Chiefs because we knew the game was not over. The Chiefs are a good football team. When the Raiders came into Denver and beat the Broncos 59-14 McDaniels still shook Cable's hand after the game. McDaniels took the loss like a man (he's lost his fair share as the Broncos' coach so he knows how to act after a loss, I guess).
Sarcasm aside, the Chiefs came in here with the NFL's best rushing attack and the Broncos managed to hold them to 51 rushing yards. On top of that, Moreno had his 1st 100-yard game of his career, with 106 yards rushing. 49-29 was a great score. What was most impressive was the Broncos' offensive line. What was once the Broncos' weakest unit at the beginning of the season is now one of their brightest spots now they are healthy. Having Zane Beadles at left guard and Ryan Clady at left tackle is just not fair to opposing defenses. Throw in Chris Kuper at right guard and Ryan Harris at right tackle also. JD Walton at center is coming along as well. Lets hope he can continue to snap the ball (see the game vs the Jets). If the offensive line can stay healthy, watch out. November and December may be months to remember for the Denver Broncos- for the first time in recent history. For now, faith in the Broncos is restored.