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		<title>By: T-Money</title>
		<link>http://broncotalk.net/2008/11/4332/broncos-blog/fact-is/comment-page-1/#comment-12629</link>
		<dc:creator>T-Money</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whatever.  I agree.  This is pointless.  Come bring you silly antics here after sunday.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whatever.  I agree.  This is pointless.  Come bring you silly antics here after sunday.</p>
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		<title>By: AKscott</title>
		<link>http://broncotalk.net/2008/11/4332/broncos-blog/fact-is/comment-page-1/#comment-12620</link>
		<dc:creator>AKscott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andrew, we lost to Jax</description>
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		<title>By: Andrew Weiss</title>
		<link>http://broncotalk.net/2008/11/4332/broncos-blog/fact-is/comment-page-1/#comment-12618</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Weiss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I didn&#039;t make the point about comparable opponents.  Ian said it was relevant.  But, while we&#039;re on the subject, you&#039;ve played Oakland twice along with Kansas City and Cleveland.  From that, your record is 2-2 against teams with a combined record of 11-32 (counting Oakland twice).  You&#039;ve also got wins against Jacksonville and San Diego with a combined record of 8-14.  That&#039;s 4 of your six wins against teams with losing records.  Need I mention that your losss to the Raiders was 31-10 at home and ours was overtime, on a 57 yard field goal on the road across the country?   Hardly comparable. 

Aside from our weak opponents, we&#039;ve beaten New England, Tennessee, Buffalo, Miami and Arizona.  Our record against these teams is 5-1.  At least three of these will probably go to the playoffs.  These teams have a combined record of 44-24.  Where are the comparable opponents for the Broncos?  Your one win against a quality opponent was Tampa Bay, which lost its starting quarterback in the third quarter.  Your record against the clubs the Jets have played is 0-2 by a combined score of 67-24.

I didn&#039;t start this nonsense with strength of schedule, but it&#039;s not a fight you can win.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t make the point about comparable opponents.  Ian said it was relevant.  But, while we&#8217;re on the subject, you&#8217;ve played Oakland twice along with Kansas City and Cleveland.  From that, your record is 2-2 against teams with a combined record of 11-32 (counting Oakland twice).  You&#8217;ve also got wins against Jacksonville and San Diego with a combined record of 8-14.  That&#8217;s 4 of your six wins against teams with losing records.  Need I mention that your losss to the Raiders was 31-10 at home and ours was overtime, on a 57 yard field goal on the road across the country?   Hardly comparable. </p>
<p>Aside from our weak opponents, we&#8217;ve beaten New England, Tennessee, Buffalo, Miami and Arizona.  Our record against these teams is 5-1.  At least three of these will probably go to the playoffs.  These teams have a combined record of 44-24.  Where are the comparable opponents for the Broncos?  Your one win against a quality opponent was Tampa Bay, which lost its starting quarterback in the third quarter.  Your record against the clubs the Jets have played is 0-2 by a combined score of 67-24.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t start this nonsense with strength of schedule, but it&#8217;s not a fight you can win.</p>
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		<title>By: T-Money</title>
		<link>http://broncotalk.net/2008/11/4332/broncos-blog/fact-is/comment-page-1/#comment-12609</link>
		<dc:creator>T-Money</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We are only 7.5 point dogs Andrew.  And you are making worthless, meaningless stats so here are some more for you.  Look at who you have played CIN, KC, OAK, and STL.  Not to mention that you LOST to OAKLAND TOO.  All those teams have a combined record of 6-36-1. 

That&#039;s impressive.  You can beat bad teams and lose to oakland.  and yes we all know that you can beat good teams too, but you record would be ALOT different if it was actually challenging.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are only 7.5 point dogs Andrew.  And you are making worthless, meaningless stats so here are some more for you.  Look at who you have played CIN, KC, OAK, and STL.  Not to mention that you LOST to OAKLAND TOO.  All those teams have a combined record of 6-36-1. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s impressive.  You can beat bad teams and lose to oakland.  and yes we all know that you can beat good teams too, but you record would be ALOT different if it was actually challenging.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew Weiss</title>
		<link>http://broncotalk.net/2008/11/4332/broncos-blog/fact-is/comment-page-1/#comment-12607</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Weiss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh and by the way.  The last two times you faced a good defense, you scored 23 points, total in the two games.  That&#039;s Tampa Bay and New England.

I know what it&#039;s like to try and spin a season.  But, from the outside, the Broncos look clueless.  The Jets would be favored over the Colts or the Jaguars, even on the road.  The Steeler game would be a pick &#039;em depending on where it was played.  How big a dog would the Broncos be to either team?  If it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh and by the way.  The last two times you faced a good defense, you scored 23 points, total in the two games.  That&#8217;s Tampa Bay and New England.</p>
<p>I know what it&#8217;s like to try and spin a season.  But, from the outside, the Broncos look clueless.  The Jets would be favored over the Colts or the Jaguars, even on the road.  The Steeler game would be a pick &#8216;em depending on where it was played.  How big a dog would the Broncos be to either team?  If it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew Weiss</title>
		<link>http://broncotalk.net/2008/11/4332/broncos-blog/fact-is/comment-page-1/#comment-12606</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Weiss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As for almosts, it works both ways and in your case, a lot in your favor.  Do you want to give back the San Diego, New Orleans or Atlanta games?  You are what your record indicates.

As for outscoring the Jets, look at the points scored.  We&#039;ve scored 323 this year and 115 in the LAST three games.  You&#039;ve scored 258 points and 114 in the FIRST three games.  Your last 8 games you&#039;ve averaged 18 points per game.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As for almosts, it works both ways and in your case, a lot in your favor.  Do you want to give back the San Diego, New Orleans or Atlanta games?  You are what your record indicates.</p>
<p>As for outscoring the Jets, look at the points scored.  We&#8217;ve scored 323 this year and 115 in the LAST three games.  You&#8217;ve scored 258 points and 114 in the FIRST three games.  Your last 8 games you&#8217;ve averaged 18 points per game.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian Henson</title>
		<link>http://broncotalk.net/2008/11/4332/broncos-blog/fact-is/comment-page-1/#comment-12605</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian Henson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andrew, 

The mutual teams are relevant- we&#039;ve got nine rookies starting, we were together and have come apart... If coming apart means beating Cleveland, Atlanta and losing to Oakland. The returning starters is also a bad point to make against Denver, Marshall, Cutler, Graham and Hamilton were the only returning starters from last season on offense.

The KC game, you could have just as easily have lost and don&#039;t get started on our Miami game around here. There was a pass interference call on Marshall that didn&#039;t exist that would have changed the outcome of the game... That&#039;s the past though. I respect the Jets, but I&#039;m more scared of a team like the Jaguars, Colts or Steelers- for the Broncos. 

We haven&#039;t won a game this season on our ability to make sacks. We&#039;ve won games on our ability to put up more points than other teams. I really think that Shanahan mailed it in on playing defense this season and said screw it, let&#039;s just score more points than them. 

Your running game is better than ours, but barely, my next article will point that out. You guys are four, we&#039;re five basically, the Titans per rush average isn&#039;t in either of our arena and it doesn&#039;t really matter who we put back there. 

I&#039;m very excited, I checked out your site by the way, it&#039;s cool- trying to find a place where I can fit in a comment or two. 

As for the drink, I&#039;m in New York, careful on that offer =) Check out my article tomorrow, I break down a lot of what I&#039;m trying not to say here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andrew, </p>
<p>The mutual teams are relevant- we&#8217;ve got nine rookies starting, we were together and have come apart&#8230; If coming apart means beating Cleveland, Atlanta and losing to Oakland. The returning starters is also a bad point to make against Denver, Marshall, Cutler, Graham and Hamilton were the only returning starters from last season on offense.</p>
<p>The KC game, you could have just as easily have lost and don&#8217;t get started on our Miami game around here. There was a pass interference call on Marshall that didn&#8217;t exist that would have changed the outcome of the game&#8230; That&#8217;s the past though. I respect the Jets, but I&#8217;m more scared of a team like the Jaguars, Colts or Steelers- for the Broncos. </p>
<p>We haven&#8217;t won a game this season on our ability to make sacks. We&#8217;ve won games on our ability to put up more points than other teams. I really think that Shanahan mailed it in on playing defense this season and said screw it, let&#8217;s just score more points than them. </p>
<p>Your running game is better than ours, but barely, my next article will point that out. You guys are four, we&#8217;re five basically, the Titans per rush average isn&#8217;t in either of our arena and it doesn&#8217;t really matter who we put back there. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m very excited, I checked out your site by the way, it&#8217;s cool- trying to find a place where I can fit in a comment or two. </p>
<p>As for the drink, I&#8217;m in New York, careful on that offer =) Check out my article tomorrow, I break down a lot of what I&#8217;m trying not to say here.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew Weiss</title>
		<link>http://broncotalk.net/2008/11/4332/broncos-blog/fact-is/comment-page-1/#comment-12604</link>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Weiss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I doubt the Oakland, San Diego comparisons are relevant.  That was before the Jets team came together.  I know you&#039;ve got a lot of new players but the Jets had to integrate 9 new starters from day one.  If you remember, you guys were playing lights out the first few weeks.  But, later, we&#039;ve improved and you&#039;ve had injuries and all manner of other troubles.  You&#039;ve got losses to KC, Miami and the Patriots.  We&#039;ve beaten all those teams and your recent loss to the Raiders at home was nothing short of embarassing.

Obviously, they play the games to see who&#039;ll win.  I&#039;m not guaranteeing anything.  Still, the way the Jets are playing in all three facets now is pretty convincing.  I don&#039;t see how you guys can match up unless we shoot ourselves in the foot often and repeatedly.

Sure, Shanahan is a smart guy and your O-line doesn&#039;t give up sacks.  But, Fisher&#039;s a smart guy, too, and his O-line doesn&#039;t give up many either.  The Titans couldn&#039;t run on our D-line, despite a running game that is far better than yours and we rang them up rushing for almost 200 yards while their D-line is light years ahead of yours.  Your only chance is to forget the run, go no-huddle on every play and hope that Cutler doesn&#039;t make a mistake.

Let&#039;s offer one another a drink, if we&#039;re ever in the other&#039;s town.  Good luck to both squads.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I doubt the Oakland, San Diego comparisons are relevant.  That was before the Jets team came together.  I know you&#8217;ve got a lot of new players but the Jets had to integrate 9 new starters from day one.  If you remember, you guys were playing lights out the first few weeks.  But, later, we&#8217;ve improved and you&#8217;ve had injuries and all manner of other troubles.  You&#8217;ve got losses to KC, Miami and the Patriots.  We&#8217;ve beaten all those teams and your recent loss to the Raiders at home was nothing short of embarassing.</p>
<p>Obviously, they play the games to see who&#8217;ll win.  I&#8217;m not guaranteeing anything.  Still, the way the Jets are playing in all three facets now is pretty convincing.  I don&#8217;t see how you guys can match up unless we shoot ourselves in the foot often and repeatedly.</p>
<p>Sure, Shanahan is a smart guy and your O-line doesn&#8217;t give up sacks.  But, Fisher&#8217;s a smart guy, too, and his O-line doesn&#8217;t give up many either.  The Titans couldn&#8217;t run on our D-line, despite a running game that is far better than yours and we rang them up rushing for almost 200 yards while their D-line is light years ahead of yours.  Your only chance is to forget the run, go no-huddle on every play and hope that Cutler doesn&#8217;t make a mistake.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s offer one another a drink, if we&#8217;re ever in the other&#8217;s town.  Good luck to both squads.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian Henson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ian Henson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andrew, 

You may be right, it&#039;s of my opinion that the Jets can put up 30+, they may very well just steam-roll the Broncos defense. However, amongst common opponents the Jets have lost to Oakland and San Diego- Denver has beat both of those teams. 

Speaking of good defenses, Tampa has a great one (better than Tennessee). I&#039;m going to write another column, so I don&#039;t want to give up everything in the comments. I am going to head over to check out your blog though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andrew, </p>
<p>You may be right, it&#8217;s of my opinion that the Jets can put up 30+, they may very well just steam-roll the Broncos defense. However, amongst common opponents the Jets have lost to Oakland and San Diego- Denver has beat both of those teams. </p>
<p>Speaking of good defenses, Tampa has a great one (better than Tennessee). I&#8217;m going to write another column, so I don&#8217;t want to give up everything in the comments. I am going to head over to check out your blog though.</p>
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		<title>By: T-Money</title>
		<link>http://broncotalk.net/2008/11/4332/broncos-blog/fact-is/comment-page-1/#comment-12598</link>
		<dc:creator>T-Money</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andrew... Have you ever heard the saying.... ANY GIVEN SUNDAY???

Don&#039;t offer you team to the gods until they are worthy.  and last week makes a good point in the jet&#039;s case.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andrew&#8230; Have you ever heard the saying&#8230;. ANY GIVEN SUNDAY???</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t offer you team to the gods until they are worthy.  and last week makes a good point in the jet&#8217;s case.</p>
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