Orange Colored Glasses: Oh, what a joyous feeling. The Denver Broncos really are going to the Super Bowl.
“We have said goodbye to Mike Shanahan and to Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall, Josh McDaniels and Tim Tebow. We have said hello to Peyton Manning. We’ve been party to one of the most miserable losses in franchise history and now one of the most glorious wins.”
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If you say it to yourself out loud it’s still hard to believe; “the Denver Broncos are going to the Super Bowl; the Denver Broncos are going to the Super Bowl; the Denver Broncos are going to the Super Bowl.” It’s hard to believe – but it’s true. For the first time since before Y2K the Denver Broncos really are going to the Super Bowl.
What a joyous feeling.
As fans we have lived and died with the Denver Broncos. We have delighted in their triumphs and wept with their failures and stuck with them through thick and thin. We have said goodbye to Mike Shanahan and to Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall, Josh McDaniels and Tim Tebow. We have said hello to Peyton Manning. We’ve been party to one of the most miserable losses in franchise history and now one of the most glorious wins.
The Broncos dominated the New England Patriots yesterday.
There was no overtime. There were no close calls, no late heroics on the part of Tom Brady – just a solid drubbing from beginning to end for the Broncos who disguised their flaws far better than anybody thought they would. Next men stepped up. It was time to ride and ride they did.
The Broncos won with the efforts of players like Jacob Tamme, Terrence Knighton and Paris Lenon. Champ Bailey did his part and so did Tony Carter. The Patriots did little in the passing game (256 yards) and as for the rush … fearsome Blount had five carries for six yards. Even Tom Brady rushed for more. Altogether the Pats summoned just 64 yards on the ground.
Peyton Manning did his thing. How perfect is he? 400 passing yards on the nose. Two touchdown strikes, no picks, never sacked. He made the play that told everyone that it was Denver’s day when he turned a bobbled snap into a first down strike early in the contest. That’s when it was clear that the ball was going to bounce Denver’s way.
On a beautiful spring-like Sunday in January the Broncos put together a nearly flawless effort against a Patriots team that they made look average. The coaching staff had the team not just prepared but confident and it showed. New England players, especially Tom Brady, looked flustered and frustrated all afternoon. They didn’t know what to do. The Patriots had no answers.
And now we are living the dream.
Since we first saw Peyton Manning being chased by the media from the airport to Dove Valley this is what Broncos fans have been praying for. The grand experiment is working. John Elway’s greatest gift to Broncos Country was twin Lombardi trophies. His second greatest gift was Peyton Manning. Now Manning has the chance to go out the same way Elway did. Win this one, come back and win one more and then ride off smiling into the sunset.
This really is one special Monday.
