Originally Posted by NextGenBronco

Hi everyone, Broncos fan here. Thought it might be fun to have some fun discussions over here. From my obviously biased perspective i cant disagree more.

The Broncos DID have an easy conference schedule, but so do the Pats. In fact, they might play in the 2 worst conferences in the league, certainly the AFC.

But...
The Broncos haven't had an easy schedule. Our 3 losses come from 3 teams that all held the 1 seed at times during the season. All three came early in the season when the entire offense was basically dysfunctional, Peyton still lacked arm strength, and our D was adjusting to their 7th new D coordinator in 7 seasons. Despite all of this the Broncos only lost because of ealy mental mistakes such as turnovers and penalties. Not to mention, the Broncos almost came back in all 3 of these games.

Since then the Broncos have beaten...

- streaking Saints (wk 8) and Bucs (wk 13)teams that at the time were called "the hottest team in football." These teams were both scoring a lot of points making cases for the playoffs.

-Cinnci and Baltimore... Both on the road. (BTW the Pats are 0-2 vs teams over .500 on the road this year.)

-And they never came CLOSE to losing to any of the bottom tier teams they played. (Unlike the Patriot's poor performances vs. the Jags and on the road vs Miami)

While I concede the point that we had an easy closing schedule and havent faced a great QB the last few weeks, the Pats cant claim that they have fared any better having closed with the Jags and Miami and not performing great in the former.

SO...
overall I think that while the Broncos havent had a difficult schedule, it wasnt easy either. And you cant discount the fact that, dispite the easy schedule, the Broncos have used these games to work on things and improve each and every week.
GO BRONCOS!

Originally Posted by The Gr8est

Yup. The Broncos used the Pats' pick to draft Thomas as the Pats traded down twice before picking Devin McCourty.

Many people were surprised that the Broncos picked Demaryous Thomas over Dez Bryant but it was the right choice.

Of course the pick that the Pats got from Denver to move up was used on Aaron Hernandez so the Pats aren't complaining.

Originally Posted by CYA_PATS_DEN>NE_2012AFCCG

EDIT 2: Actually not kidding, that really did hit the ground. Oh well, not like it woulda changed anything anyway.

Originally Posted by CYA_PATS_DEN>NE_2012AFCCG

One of the few things Broncos fans can thank McDaniels for lol.

Originally Posted by CYA_PATS_DEN>NE_2012AFCCG Hit the ground.

Originally Posted by CYA_PATS_DEN>NE_2012AFCCG

We'll see.

You can definitely not count on running all over us again, the run D has been shored up entirely since the first part of the season. The weaknesses vs. TE's I'll give you that. And now that Peyton can count on the D not putting him in 10 or 17 point holes in the first half (first 6 games of the season) he's a lot more comfortable.

Hope you're not expecting another blowout cause it's not gonna happen. I'll be back here after that game if and when it happens, no matter what the outcome.

Originally Posted by Claremonster

First of all, no one knows who will be even playing by then. I mean, the Pats could take over the number one seed when the brokebacks lose.

Originally Posted by CYA_PATS_DEN>NE_2012AFCCG

Uh, nobody "takes over" the number one seed when the real one loses. Takes over the highest seed, sure.

And real clever with the "brokebacks" label. I bet you came up with that since you were so inspired by watching Brokeback Mountain and how it resonated with your own life.

Originally Posted by CYA_PATS_DEN>NE_2012AFCCG

Uh, nobody "takes over" the number one seed when the real one loses. Takes over the highest seed, sure.

And real clever with the "brokebacks" label. I bet you came up with that since you were so inspired by watching Brokeback Mountain and how it resonated with your own life.