Orange Colored Glasses: Week three … surgical strikes
“Peyton Manning isn’t a quarterback. He’s a precision passing machine, calibrated for surgical offensive strikes. He’s a human bunker buster. “
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On a sunny March afternoon, while the Denver sports media was on defcon one, I sat inside of Park Burger on Pearl Street trying to imagine what it would be like if Peyton Manning was actually our quarterback. I was excited, and I knew it would be a good thing – but I could not have fathomed that it would be like this.
The Broncos offense isn’t good. It’s spectacular. Peyton Manning isn’t a quarterback. He’s a precision passing machine, calibrated for surgical offensive strikes. He’s a human bunker buster. Defenses can run, but they can’t hide. By seasons’ end he will have riddled the records books so full of smoldering holes that the NFL will never be the same.
The “Man”ning already has twelve TD passes on the season, an all-time record through three games. His next closest competition is Aaron Rodgers, who has tossed eight. He’s got an arsenal at his disposal. Against the Raiders it was Eric Decker who blew up, but in any given week it’s just as likely to be Demaryius Thomas, Wes Welker, Julius Thomas or even Bubba Caldwell. And the Broncos are so deep at running back that they have to Rochambeau to decide who’s going to score. These Broncos have more weapons than NATO. They’ve outscored three opponents 127-71 and, if not for garbage time, that disparity would be even greater.
Oakland had been considered an “up and coming” team coming onto Monday’s match-up. Now they’re just another “someday” squad. The entire division, the entire conference, has been put on notice that, until Peyton Manning holsters his guns, resistance is futile. And, just in case anybody thinks that they can simply “outscore” the Broncos, the league’s fastest linebacking corps stands ready to flush out opposing quarterbacks, forcing poorly timed throws into Denver’s attacking secondary.
You can stand up and salute in Denver. You have the Super Bowl favorites. The Denver Broncos are an unstoppable force. This team will go as far as Peyton Manning can take it and so far it looks like he’s taking it straight into NFL lore. If I couldn’t quite grasp what the Manning visit meant as I dipped my fries in catsup that March day I certainly get it now.
