Peyton Manning flies young girl with cancer in for Broncos opener versus Ravens

Dear Peyton Manning, 

You took the time to read her letter. A letter that I can only imagine is one of thousands you receive in a week.

You probably choked up. Kari Barnett Bollig's story is one that makes even tough football giants cry. 

And then you did the miraculous. What Kari never expected in a million years you would do.

You didn't put that letter down, thinking to yourself "too bad for that woman." You didn't traipse out onto the field, loosen up your shoulder and start throwing.

You walked in to your people at Mile High Stadium and you told your people to call that woman. I can hear you saying it now: "Get that woman out here. I want to meet her." 

I didn't love you before, Peyton. Even when you were in Indianapolis, even when you won a Super Bowl for the Colts during the 2006 season. I didn't love you even when you made me cry with laughter in "Saturday Night Live" or those goofy ESPN commercials....

H/T -   Continue to read from Indy Star, HERE

Goodell Appears to be Taking a Turn for the Better of the NFL and Commissioner's Office Perception (of Transparency)

GOODELL UPHOLDS TOM BRADY DEFLATEGATE 4 GAME SUSPENSION - (Brady Destroyed Phone after Suspension Recently Shed Light Upon, Making Him look even worse and more guilty than before)

Brady to Kraft, "I'm Innocent and had nothing to do with the AFC Championship Deflated Balls..."

+New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft continues to lash out against the +NFL for its Deflategate punishment because he has unwavering trust in his quarterback.

Kraft, who’s already in San Francisco for the NFL Spring Meeting -- where he’ll be face-to-face with commissioner Roger Goodell and the other 31 team owners -- told the MMQB.com’s +Peter King that he believes Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had no knowledge of deflated footballs.

“Yes. Because we had the discussion: 'If you did it, let’s just deal with it and take our hit and move on,'” Kraft said. “I’ve known Tommy 16 years, almost half his life. He’s a man, and he’s always been honest with me, and I trust him. I believed what he told me. He has never lied to me, and I have found no hard or conclusive evidence to the contrary.”

Click for Rest of the story by +Doug Kyed from NESN.com

Many Many issues with this whole dynamic Mr. Kraft?! If Kraft is so peeved and apparently what we would call, "... on the defensive," why would you restrain Ted Wells' investigation by not letting him speak to the ball boys. How come Kraft suspended them after the ruling. This is what PR experts for big kahunas like Kraft and companies like +Gillette and professional franchises like the Patriots' would do in circumstances to abuse the 'due process' by civil, criminal, and even the +NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell.

How come these ball boys were not made available to the appropriate people immediately? How come Tom Brady, if he were innocent, go against all sensibility and complete and utter logic (even by +University of Michigan standards) and give up access to his phone and email to prove his innocence beyond any shadow of a doubt immediately and lay it to rest?

Photo Courtesy: Simon Brunty +Sports Illustrated

Brady might be out of touch with a normal person's perspective, given his celebrity status and sense of 'entitlement' (something that is a very common theme amongst the Patriots franchise). Practically have earned the name "PatsGate" to be linked to every accomplishment Belichick has made, Brady's, and your own name, Kraft? Even a bigtime player such as yourself is not that untouchable.

Shall the members and fans that love the game of football, NFL, and +BRONCOS CR3W just stop there? The timing and your actions tell us that you are on the defensive over something that was committed and it was not utter innocence and coincidence that it was the Patriots that have come under fire for breaking and bending the rules several times. The only other team that committed similar acts, was the +Denver Broncos, who faced punishment and came clean with their own breaking of the rules. Broncos were under the lead and acumen of Josh McDaniels, who was the former Patriots Offensive Coordinator, prior to his position in Denver. Whom is back as the current Patriots Offensive Coordinator. Glad Bowlen said that was the last straw and kicked McDaniels to the curb!! Mile High will be ever so grateful to not be tarnished like their rival in New England.

No such thing as coincidences from where we sit. Brady, whom apparently is above and worthy of bending the rules just like your Head Coach, is considered a role model by only 61% of avid NFL supporters. That is a daunting number. A number that is below even Charles Barkley when he spat on a fan playing in the +NBA for the +Phoenix Suns and said, "I am not a role model," blatantly, loud, and clear. It certainly is sufficient enough. How about Belichick? Who went on the complete offensive after the AFC Championship game versus the +Indianapolis Colts and said that he does everything to account for margin of error so that they do not fall under any fault of breaking the rulebook and the operation of NFL teams prior to, during, and after games??

There are more holes in all 3 of their stories and press conferences than the +PGA TOUR's US Open and +Augusta National Golf Club.events... Starting to acquaint this franchise and team to the likes of Lance Armstrong, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Floyd Landis. The question is do we place these guys amongst the likes of the previously mentioned athletes and competitors? Or does he go amongst perhaps a player like Nelson Cruz of the +Seattle Mariners in +MLB, Justin Gatlin, of the United States Olympic Track & Field team, that faced their punishment and came back to succeed by following the rules and not violating them? Appears the answer has already been served as you and your coach and QB will deny what appears to be utter obvious attempts at undermining the game and those that play within the lines and rules,,, 

Well Well Mr. T*m Br*dy - karma puddin?

Week 1 Final: A "W!" at home vs the Colts. Tale of two halves. Roby looks ready for the part!

LET'S GO BRONCOS! IT IS A MILE HIGH ORANGE SEASON!!

Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning Enjoying Preparation Process

There are so many to point out, but a big reason why Peyton is who he is. He simply loves this game and every aspect of competition. Cannot argue against being the #GreatestEver, that's plain and simple. 
(Link to Video Below)

Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning enjoying preparation process

Peyton Manning drops back at +Houston Texans in Week 16.
The Week he broke +Tom Brady's TD record. Original photo (unedited)
courtesy of: +Denver Broncos 

Watch the video Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning enjoying preparation process on Yahoo Sports . Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning talks about preparing for the Patriots' athletic linebackers, his relationship with Tom Brady throughout the years, and the advantage of learning from John Elway.

When it comes to knocking off Broncos, Bengals better suited than Patriots - NFL - Sporting News

"Hammer" Woodyard at San Diego, Week 10 of
2014 Broncos

+Denver Broncos just need to ensure that the +Cincinnati Bengals and #SpyGate #CryBradys +New England Patriots have set up a divisional round matchup for those two to play one another. The way the zebras are towards #SpyGate, not sure if Broncos would like to dance with the preferential Brady, Bellichick, Patsites love over Dalton on the road... Hype about the #Bengals D, which is solid, no doubt, but let's not get too carried away. At full health, compared to most clubs, the Bengals look awesome on paper, but so hot/cold. Getting them out of their element seems to happen on the road for the young club as well. All the talk will weigh heavily on how teams look most recently for big media. The last three weeks will be telling but not entirely. Payback to New England on a "Coal from somewhere into a diamond," fluke win vs the #Broncos would be ideal, but ideal in the big picture would have zero relevance to the Patriots or not in our opinion.



(H/T) +Sporting News
When it comes to knocking off Broncos, Bengals better suited than Patriots - NFL - Sporting News

Should Elway, Broncos Work a Trade? No Need to Panic

The +Denver Broncos certainly have been depleted on the offensive line with 3 starters out, 2 of them out for the season. The big boys up front on offense or defense, though, have been solid this season. Are they really in need of a trade though at 6-1 and room to improve their execution in many aspects. Some are suggesting to trade for Jared Allen of the Vikings. Does that mean Shaun Phillips, Derek Wolfe, Malik Jackson, and Robert Ayers see less playing time. The issue is not with the D-Line especially since we saw the Broncos best pass defense performance of the year on Sunday and they continue to be stout versus the run. 

Hard to believe, given the score of 39-33. Take into account the Colts scored 26 points off of short-field situations and turnovers from the Broncos (including 2 minutes the Broncos left on the clock before half for the Colts to score a TD).

Not saying that Allen is a bad player by any means, but it is not a need for this team. He is a great player and leader from what has been observed. His teammates always are positive when speaking in terms of Allen. He is also a Colorado type-guy as well (Idaho - cowboy western roots). Shaun Phillips is filling in great on the 'other' DE role aside Von Miller, and Derek Wolfe/Malik Jackson are sound playing hybrid DE/DT pass/run situation roles as well. The pass defense has been inadequate this year, no one can deny that, but the +Denver Broncos rush defense has been solid this year. The call for urgency or quick reaction is not necessary. They are 6-1 and have a lot of room to improve on. If the offense did not continue to leave the defense in such bad situations last Sunday, the defense pulled through rather well in Miller's first game action.

Should the Broncos Trade for Jared Allen (Denver Post)

Woodyard being out has definitely hurt the squad as well, him being the captain, signal caller and all. If they feel the necessity to trade for a player or position, the Broncos should pursue a LB if they are looking for assistance or more established depth. Danny Trevathan has improved markedly since coming in whilst seeing more snaps when "Hammer" Woodyard has been on the sideline with an injury.

Malik Jackson (97) applying pressure on Andrew Luck, QB of the Indianapolis Colts.
Photo Courtesy: DenverBroncos.com

The Broncos defense allowed the least amount of total yards and passing yards on their defense all season in week 7 versus the Colts. Even less than when they played the Giants in week 2, Raiders in week 3, and Jaguars in week 6. Two of those game were at home as well. The only game they forced more punts was versus the Ravens in week 1. 10 punts to the 9 they forced against the Colts. The Colts converted 5 of 17 3rd down attempts, the worst percentage that the Broncos opponents have had in a game this year as well.

It may not be enough to stop all the panicky articles and headlines being written. Broncos just need to stay the course and work on their execution and precision more than anything (and game management). The defense looked more active with one game that had Miller in there. The individual stats do not tell the story for Miller's return. Luck was hurried or forced to scramble regularly. The Broncos defense should iron those patches out. They have first year starters Ihenacho, Trevathan, Knighton, Wolfe, and last week Kayvon Webster seeing regular time and they will only improve as a unit. Woodyard returning would significantly stamp that together. A trade, if it is going to take a hit on their salary cap space in the coming off-season or sacrifice a valuable draft pick (every draft pick is valuable), even in the 7th round. A 7th round pick essentially means they are one of the top 210 players coming out of college. To be drafted says a lot in its own place. No trade is necessary unless a great find like Louis Vasquez somehow for the protection of Peyton Manning or a serviceable LB. Reasons the D-Line would be addressed do not stack up.

Dear NFL & NFLPA, Stop This Before it Begins

+Deion Sanders is one of the best analyst for +NFL out there. Spot on, unbiased and he is still #PrimeTime, what a joy he was to watch on that field. Could not agree with him more about the "bump" by Kevin Vickerson, DT of the +Denver Broncos, and calling out the flop by +Indianapolis Colts QB, #AndrewLuck when playing the Broncos on Sunday night. Is that how former +Stanford University legend #JohnElway would have done it? Simple question, Mr. Luck, is this what we want to see in American professional sports down to high school?

Highlights and a look back at Sunday's game, but Primetime Deion Sanders briefly speaks about it, and I appreciate this man's analogy every Sunday night.

http://goo.gl/k0rptO 

Personally, players should get fined for unsportsmanlike behavior under the "Spirit of the Game" charter of whatever their overpaid lawyers want to call it between the league and the +NFL Players Association. Repeat offenders should face suspension. Unless they want to see an epidemic in what is supposed to be the "Mens sport" that Americans loved to grab on to when it comes to discussions of soccer and football. 

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Time to pull out your whip Roger Goodell! Just like bountygate or spygate, it is against the integrity of the game and falls under the code of "cheating" to American sports, please keep it that way in the NFL.

+NBA has continually suffered from such an epidemic and have yet to really solve or stop it at all because they have neglected to act upon it. I think it is worse than the unsportsmanlike penalties because it takes the thought of doing so in order to flop because it isn't being forced or caused by anything than one's very own actions. Hence, the thought of doing it and then doing it. Pretty straightforward in my opinion. We will start to see receivers oversell things, defensive lineman oversell a hand or two to get a holding call instead of trying to beat the man across from them. Basketball, a defender used to be making a play on the ball with a steal or block instead of standing and waiting until it is physically impossible for the human body to stop with a half stride at jogging pace, let alone full speed.  

Minimize this before this becomes a very ugly aspect of a truly great sport. Some may see this as an over reaction, but I saw a unanimous All-American college linebacker pull of a flop of sorts to draw holding calls late in a game this year and he was rewarded +Kyle Van Noy of +BYU, It has soured many of the biggest fans and followers of a great sport of movement, fluidity, and spacing in the sport of basketball. NBA did not mind so much as the flopping increase came with an increase in International fans despite a decrease in American fans. Ultimately, to imagine it infiltrating #AmericasTruePastime in football is just sickening. 

This is not a reaction to the game's result on Sunday night whatsoever, but a reaction to the first opportunity to point it out and shut it down hopefully. It takes a person to think of doing it, to doing it whereas the suspensions and fines those players are receiving from bang-bang plays that are just reactionary and instinct from training.

Heir to Peyton's Throne Spoils the King's Return

Peyton Manning and the record setting Denver Broncos offense returned to the throne that Manning quite literally built with his right arm. What was unexpected, the result, as the Indianapolis Colts delivered the first loss of the season to the Broncos. Although the score of 39 - 33 would appear as a shootout, many boneheaded penalties on defense, and turnovers helped the Colts get the points that they did. In some manner, it was still a shootout. The Colts were up as much as 33-14 at one point late in the 3rd. Then the Broncos starting to look like the usual Broncos in the 4th quarter, but came up short. The underlying story was the lack of production the Broncos put up for almost 3 quarters. A lot of that can be attributed to the Indianapolis Colts defense that consistently got pressure on Peyton, forcing four turnovers (one on special teams). 3 fumbles and 1 interception.

The fumble safety, and the interception were caused by the pressure and one being a Robert Mathis sack and the other being a tipped Manning pass by overpowering a below average blocker, Broncos TE, Julius Thomas. There were a lot of questions as to the grabby ways of the Colts secondary. As the saying goes, it is not cheating unless you get caught (unless it is an #UNAMERICAN European flop - that is just unethical, not only cheating in our opinion)

The Broncos, having to play behind a makeshift offensive line because of injuries to their right and left tackles. Orlando Franklin, is expected to be back soon. Manning was sacked four times. The crowd fed off some momentum and unusual caliber of play by the Broncos. Trindon Holliday fumbled on a punt return, giving the Colts the ball inside the Broncos 25 and scored one play later to make it 10 - 7 in their favor. Broncos responded with a 12 yard pass to Julius Thomas and converted on some key third downs as well as the TD. Biggest momentum, and turning the point of the game, was the sack by Mathis in the 2nd quarter that led to a safety and a Colts TD from the Broncos safety kickoff. The score after that was 19 - 14, and they never trailed afterwards. The Broncos offense left their defense out on the field for a significant amount of time, and the defense suffered.

Colts pushed the score up 33-17 with 12:59 left in the game, and it seemed to be posing for a blow out. The hearts and grit of the Broncos showed otherwise though. Battled back impressively to 36 - 30. One drive, took less than a minute after the Colts went up 33-17 to make it 33-23 with an unsuccessful two point conversion as Demaryious (Beybey) Thomas dropped a sharp throw from Manning that looked to have more mustard on it than Beybey was expecting. A catch he will usually make. Vinatieri snuck a 52 yard FG in the lower corner of the goal post, putting it back to a two touchdown game for the Broncos 36-23. Broncos bounced back with a TD drive of their own with a 1 yard TD run by Moreno after some great acrobatic catches by +Wes Welker. 36-30. If Beybey made the 2 pt conversion catch, Broncos would have had a chance at making it a 3 pt. game.

With 7:07 left in the game, the Broncos defense, after having some rest because the offense starting to put points up and also get first downs, forced a Colts three and out and to punt. The ensuing drive, Julius Thomas got overpowered by Colts LB, Erik Walden, who tipped Manning's pass as he released his pass, and it floated up for a Colts LB, Pat Angerer interception. It was the first play of the drive, and it looked like Peyton had Beybey Thomas open deep down the middle. The placed it occurred was detrimental as the Broncos forced another 3 and out by the Colts, but the Colts were able to kick a 42 yard FG making it 39-30.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/denver-broncos/0ap2000000267275/Colts-defense-INT

Despite the offensive engine of the Broncos having issues of getting going, they still had chances to pull the win out. An interception and fumble in the 4th quarter proved too much for the Broncos to overcome. Ronnie Hillman fumbled inside the five yard line and appeared to have it secured to his side while on the ground before Colts safety, Andre Bethea jumped on it and pulled it away. This happened with 3:03 left in the game and really sealed the deal. Broncos had 3 timeouts at the time and were poised to even get the ball back without an onside kick they way their defense was starting to perform. The interception before that seemed to zip the game away, but the +Denver Broncos had a chance still until that fumble. A challenge was not done by Coach John Fox from the Broncos, and the Colts retained possession. Broncos forced another punt but with no timeouts remaining, the Broncos fell short. Kicking a FG with less than 30 seconds remaining and attempting an onside that was recovered by the +Indianapolis Colts.

Peyton Manning finished with an unusually low completion percentage, going 29 for 49 with 386 yards passing, 3 TDs and 1 INT (as well as a fumble lost). Eric Decker led the receivers with 8 catches for 150 yards, and 1 TD. Andrew Luck was 21 for 38 with 228 yards passing and 3 TD (plus 4 for 29 yards and 1 rushing TD, running the ball). Darius Heyward-Bey who will have a big spot to fill with Wayne's injury had 4 catches for 44 and 1 TD.

Boxscore from the game: http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2013102012/2013/REG7/broncos@colts#menu=gameinfo&tab=analyze&analyze=boxscore

Notes: Reggie Wayne tore his ACL in this game. +BRONCOS CR3W wishes the all-pro player all the best in his recovery and would never want to see anyone injured. He is an absolute pro in every manner. Our best wishes to him as he recovers. 

Want to touch upon the flop by Luck and if Vickerson deserved to be penalized such a costly call and why are things like that not reviewable. Such as the man that shoves back in a scuffle that gets a flag. Replay reveals it, it cannot be difficult to buzz the refs down and tell them the penalty goes the other way. The Broncos still had life as the Colts decided to throw a pass that was incomplete and stopped the clock under 3 min to go, but Kevin Vickerson got a questionable roughing the passer penalty that appeared to be a flop of the NBA type of men's European Soccer by Andrew Luck. Vickerson no doubt could have made more of an attempt to avoid "bumping" Luck, but Luck completely oversold it to the "nth degree" as Luck would say. Sports is sports, but American sports used to value being true to the antics of a flop, etc and if football players embrace it, as a fan I will be sickened as I am in every single basketball game I watch now compared to the NBA at its peak in the mid 80s to mid 90s.

A subject I am sure +NBA CR3W will absolutely be touching upon once basketball begins.

The Broncos defense was porous once again, but did show signs of being a more difficult group to attack with the return of their yesteryear sack leader. Champ Bailey re-injured the injury he worked so hard to return back from and may be out for quite some time. Reports on that to come out later from the Broncos camp. Coach Jon Fox declared him "week to week," which can be interpreted various ways, but you normally expect that to be several weeks when it comes to Coach Fox.