Trouble in the Heartland

When a team goes two consecutive years without reaching the post season some changes are in store. Long gone are the days of Champ Bailey picking off Tom Brady in the endzone and running it back 100 yards to put the victory in Denver's grasps.

The cracks in the Broncos armor has been showing for a while now. The hints have come from insider in the organization. Lets run down a list of who said what.


The fur coat wearin' owner Pat Bowlen decided to remove the "dysfunctional" part of the front office and authorize the firing of of the General Manager Ted Sundquist.



Jay Cutler is taking more of a leader's role by calling out his teammates. Most recently mentioning Brandon Marshall for slipping on a McDonald's wrapper or was that wrestling with his brother. Long mysterious story later Marshall cut a vein, artery, nerve, tendons and muscles in his right forearm near his elbow. Shanahan backed up Cutler when he said he wasn't too pleased with Marshall's extracurricular activities. Culter also mentioned that other players have been removed who he didn't know if he could count on them, Jay-Walk.

There have been other mentions of rifts coming from the defensive side of the ball. Champ and John Lynch have expressed that the defense has not been on the same page. Does that extend solely to on the field? or to off the field as well? DT Alvin McKinley expressed his concern that there was too many cliques in the locker room. Too many indivdual groups instead of a unified team.

Hopefully the negatives can be cleared up in time for the season to start on Monday night (September 8th at 8:30 pm on ESPN. Let's all tune in to watch them) in Oakland. The last thing Broncos Country needs is the evil Raiders spoiling the beginning of their season. Let's leave the turmoil with the Black Hole.
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