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      NFL Week 11 COY Power Rankings

      November 29, 2009 /

      Once again we can’t ignore the two guys who have their teams at 10-0. Beyond that, there are a few others who are still overachieving, including Josh McDaniels, who brought his team back from the dead last night with a feisty effort against the Giants. Meanwhile, is anyone starting to sense that Jeff Fisher may be on our radar here? If you start 0-6 then win four straight and start to sniff any chance at the playoffs, that is just mind-blowing. It’s safe to say that if he does bring his Titans all the way back, it may be even more impressive than 16-0 would be.

      1. Jim Caldwell, Indianapolis Colts—They just beat the Patriots and Ravens back to back, and are absolutely going to coast to a first round bye. However, they need to finish the job this time as they did three seasons ago.

      2. Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints—Finally the Saints dominated in a game they had to dominate. Now they face their biggest test of the season at home Monday night against the Patriots. Both offenses are so explosive that I’m fully expecting 80 points between the teams. And if Payton’s Saints win, he will have earned his spot here again.

      3. Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati Bengals—A heartbreaking loss in Oakland was a devastating blow, but the Steelers and Ravens also lost. Now, Lewis has a chance for his team to be 6-0 in the division by beating the Browns at home Sunday. Can he do it? Does Howdy Doody have a wooden butt?

      4. Brad Childress, Minnesota Vikings—His team is 9-1 heading into Sunday’s game against Chicago, and if he wins that one, as he should, Childress will continue to remain on this short list.

      5. Josh McDaniels, Denver Broncos—After being 6-0 and losing four straight in horrible fashion, McDaniels and his potty mouth brought his team back from the dead last night. That was impressive (the comeback, as well as the mouth). They will be a tough out for someone in the playoffs, assuming they can still get there.

      Honorable mention: Ken Whisenhunt, Cardinals; Jack Del Rio, Jaguars, Jeff Fisher, Titans; Bill Belichick, Patriots

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      McDainels’ F-bomb aired by the NFL Network

      November 27, 2009 /

      The NFL Network might want to invest in a five-minute delay for their broadcasts after Broncos’ head coach Josh McDaniels dropped a mother-f’ing on air Thursday night in Denver’s win over the Giants.

      Here’s the video (NSFW):

      The thing I don’t get is that the NFL Network wired McDainels for the game, yet still aired the unedited video on live TV. How does something like that slip through the cracks?

      Executive producer Eric Weinberger tried to explain afterwards (via ESPN.com):

      In an interview with The Associated Press and the Denver Post, Eric Weinberger, executive producer of the NFL Network, apologized to viewers and to McDaniels for the “terrible mistake.”

      He said no one in the production trucks heard the profanity.

      “No one heard it as it was said. It would never have been aired,” Weinberger said. “It was at the end of a clip, so we missed it.”

      He said he heard the profanity at the same time everyone else did.

      Whoops.

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      Broncos dominante Giants, end skid

      November 27, 2009 /

      The Denver Broncos needed a win on Thanksgiving night against the New York Giants to stop their four-game losing skid.

      What they got was their most dominating performance of the season.

      Knowshon Moreno rushed 19 times for 88 yards and a touchdown, while also adding two receptions for 19 yards to help the Broncos beat the Giants, 26-6. Moreno also had two carries for 34 yards that were called back because of Daniel Graham holding penalties and was even better than his final numbers indicated.

      Perhaps what was most comforting to the Broncos was how well their defense played. They forced three turnovers, held the Giants to only 57 rushing yards and kept New York on its side of the field for most of the game. In fact, the G-Men had only one attempt inside the red zone, which resulted in zero points. Elvis Dumervil continued his assault on quarterbacks, racking up two sacks, one tackle for loss and two QB hurries.

      The Broncos put themselves behind the 8-ball by losing to the Chargers last week at home. But their victory Thursday night proved that they’re not going down without a fight and things are about to get interesting in the AFC West.

      As for the Giants, this was one of their worst performances of the season outside of when they were shredded 48-27 by the Saints and 40-17 by the Eagles. New York was completely flat and seemed affected by the short week of rest and cross-country trip to Denver.

      At 6-5, the Giants are still in decent position to make the playoffs but the Packers won and the Eagles play a beatable Redskins team on Sunday. The G-Men failed to capitalize on their win over the Falcons last week.

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      Broncos fighting amongst themselves

      November 24, 2009 /

      Marred in a four game losing streak, the Broncos are starting to take frustrations out on themselves.

      According to a report by ESPN.com, receiver Brandon Marshall got into a shouting match with rookie running back Knowshon Moreno, who gave Marshall a two-hand shove to get away from him. Marshall was upset with Moreno after the rookie fumbled at the goal line during Denver’s loss to the Chargers last Sunday.

      Moreno, who gave Marshall a two-handed shove to get away, said he didn’t begrudge Marshall for his outburst because everybody is tired of losing.

      “We’ve got a lot of emotional players on our team. I’m an emotional person myself,” coach Josh McDaniels said following Denver’s fourth straight loss. “Sometimes that happens. I’m not saying it’s good, as long as people can work things out. Obviously we don’t want to make scenes or problems for ourselves on the sideline. But there are a lot of things that happen on the sideline that involve emotion.”

      “I think everybody needs to look at themselves first,” Marshall said. “I’m going to go back and watch film on myself and see what I’m doing wrong, what I changed from last year. How can I help move the ball down the field? Get the ball? I’m going to look at myself first, starting with film from last year, seeing if I changed anything, if my routes aren’t the same, if I’m not catching the ball as well. I’m going to start there.”

      It’s no surprise that the Broncos are frustrated considering that a month ago they were 6-0 and seemingly running away with the AFC West. Now they’re in the midst of a four game skid and looking up at San Diego in the division.

      Winning is a cure-all, so until Denver starts stockpiling victories again, McDainels is going to have to keep his team focused and together. Thus far, he and his coaching staff haven’t done a very good job of figuring out how to get this team back on the right track and now they’re in quicksand because the losses are piling up.

      McDainels and Co. don’t have much time to figure things out. They host the Giants on Thanksgiving Day and another loss could send Denver into a deeper hole than they’re already in.


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      Running game powers Chargers over Broncos

      November 22, 2009 /

      For much of the 2009 season, the San Diego Chargers’ running game has been non-existent. But in the past two weeks, it has helped the Bolts recapture first place in the AFC West.

      One week after rushing for 119 yards in a win over the Eagles, the Chargers racked up 203 rushing yards in a dominating 32-3 victory on Sunday. LaDainian Tomlinson was solid, rushing for 73 yards with a touchdown on 20 carries while Mike Tolbert finished with 58 yards and a touchdown on seven totes.

      The Chargers revived another part of their game today too: Their pass rush. They sacked the combination of Kyle Orton and Chris Simms three times and intercepted Orton once when they blitzed a defensive back on the play. If they can get a similar effort from their pass rush moving forward, than this is going to be a tough team to beat over the final month of the season.

      Denver is in a free fall right now. In their current four-game losing streak, they’ve allowed 29.3 points per game after allowing just 11 PPG in their six game winning streak. They couldn’t stop the Chargers’ running game and even when San Diego put the ball in the air, Denver got zero pressure on Philip Rivers.

      Offensively, Simms started but was brutal again. Orton came in and immediately started moving the offense, but the drive stalled when Knowshon Moreno fumbled at the goal line and killed a scoring drive. After that, Orton failed to move the ball the rest of the contest and the Broncos’ offense fell flat.

      Considering Denver is only one game behind with six remaining, I don’t want to overstate things. But San Diego has completely seized control in the AFC West and they look like they’re going to roll to another division title.


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