OT: Other Sports: Broncos, Nuggets, Rockies, etc...Part VI

[henchman21]

Was it Pronger in the 90s that got hit with the shot and had his heart stop?

 

[Pokecheque]

Was it Pronger in the 90s that got hit with the shot and had his heart stop?

Yes.

 

[chet1926]

I don't think he's ever been an elite QB. The Broncos didn't necessarily need an elite QB, they just needed much better than they had. This talk about him being paid like he's elite ignores the fact that he won't be in top 5 QB paid territory until 3 years from now and who knows there might be 5 or more QBs with a $55m cap hit that season. After that, the contract was designed to have a potential exit of about $30m and declining each year. In an ideal world, the Broncos have that time to find his successor and they can absorb that cap hit if the successor is on a rookie deal.

In the meantime please someone tell me who the Broncos had access to that would have done much better in this situation this year? And who could they have gotten next year that would have been better? No he's not elite but elite QBs are incredibly hard to get your hands on and even if you think you have drafted one they still need to be developed into one. Russ is more like Stafford. Stafford didn't go win the Rams the title by himself and has never been good enough to carry a bad team into top status. The rest of the very veteran and talented team he joined got them a title as his role was just to be better than Goff.

Either Lock or Fields would be viaible realistic solutions to this year. Both would have had more wins than Russ this year.

It should have been Lock the second Rodgers resigned in GB. If he sucks, like everyone thinks he does, you draft high and build from there.

Or you just draft Fields when he falls into your lap and we put pieces around him.

Now we are in f***ed land. No high draft picks and Russ sucks. Nothing much we can do at this point. Other than to ride it out for another year or 2 with Russ and hope it gets better after we can jettison Russ to the moon.

Saints probably called and told them what the compensation would have to be and Penner/Paton hung up on them. Broncos need that first this year in the worst way, I'd just say no. If the comp was reasonable, say a couple of mid round picks, I'd agree Payton is a great choice. But since the Gruden "trade" of multiple firsts for a coach the market seems pretty set at a ridiculous level.

Yep we can't afford Sean Payton. We don't have the assets after our f***head GM have them all to Seattle.

 

[Bonzai12]

Broncos Reportedly Preparing $20 Million Per Season Coach Offer

The Broncos' new ownership group is reportedly willing to break the bank for its next head coach. According to Colin Cowherd of FS1, the Broncos might

thespun.com

If Harbaugh then $20Mish offer.
If it’s Payton they’re willing to go mid 20s.

I think McVay makes like $18M

 

[Pokecheque]

Shannon Sharpe has about had it with Skip.



He wasn’t even there when Skip was forced to clarify his tweet yesterday.

And I’ve changed my mind about that tweet. It’s clear that f***ing idiot has to make everything about himself.

 

[willy702]

Shannon Sharpe has about had it with Skip.



He wasn’t even there when Skip was forced to clarify his tweet yesterday.

And I’ve changed my mind about that tweet. It’s clear that f***ing idiot has to make everything about himself.

If Skip just said vanilla things that most people were thinking would he have a job? These guys know love or them or hate them, millions wait to hear what they say next.

 

[Pokecheque]

If Skip just said vanilla things that most people were thinking would he have a job? These guys know love or them or hate them, millions wait to hear what they say next.

Yeah, I know, that's the saddest part about all this. Skip is an obviously unintelligent person, but because he's adept at making outlandish remarks, he draws attention. He's Jim Rome and Colin Cowherd, but much worse.

It's the same thing as to why reality television is a toxic cesspool, yet continually remains a staple of American pop culture. Because people love to watch a good trainwreck.

 

[StreetHawk]

Shannon Sharpe has about had it with Skip.



He wasn’t even there when Skip was forced to clarify his tweet yesterday.

And I’ve changed my mind about that tweet. It’s clear that f***ing idiot has to make everything about himself.

Lack of respect. Let the man finish his opening and then you can counter. But this is always about yelling and talking over someone.

But that’s how Skippy is. Thus people shouldn’t watch him but clearly enough do that he is in the air still.

 

[sethro109]

Skip is the perfect villan for most people. Easy to hate, but not enough to stop watching. I also assume it would be hard to another talking head that always in contrast with how most people think. Can't really have a show like that if both the hosts just agree with one another all the time.

 

[dahrougem2]

Skip truly is an idiot lol that said according to pretty much everyone who works with him, he's actually a very nice guy and people enjoy being around him. He essentially plays a character on tv/twitter.

 

[Pokecheque]

Skip truly is an idiot lol that said according to pretty much everyone who works with him, he's actually a very nice guy and people enjoy being around him. He essentially plays a character on tv/twitter.

That makes it even worse.

Skip is the perfect villan for most people. Easy to hate, but not enough to stop watching. I also assume it would be hard to another talking head that always in contrast with how most people think. Can't really have a show like that if both the hosts just agree with one another all the time.

I don’t think such a line exists.

 

[sethro109]

I don’t think such a line exists.

It must. You constantly hear people moan and groan about that guy, but the keeps putting up great ratings for ESPN.

 

[Pokecheque]

It must. You constantly hear people moan and groan about that guy, but the keeps putting up great ratings for ESPN.

Yeah but he could probably eat kittens live on the air and it would only increase ratings. Jeremy Clarkson got away for years being a racist asshole, it wasn’t until he attacked someone on set that he finally got fired, and even THEN immediately got a new show.

 

[sethro109]

Yeah but he could probably eat kittens live on the air and it would only increase ratings. Jeremy Clarkson got away for years being a racist asshole, it wasn’t until he attacked someone on set that he finally got fired, and even THEN immediately got a new show.

As long as the person has charisma, they will gain an audience. Both of them have their own brands of charisma, but it's definitely there. I personally don't mind it. There should be a wide range of different types of media for different people. Whether I like or agree with those people or not. You know as long as they're not out right preaching death and horrible acts against humanity.

 

[Pokecheque]

As long as the person has charisma, they will gain an audience. Both of them have their own brands of charisma, but it's definitely there. I personally don't mind it. There should be a wide range of different types of media for different people. Whether I like or agree with those people or not. You know as long as they're not out right preaching death and horrible acts against humanity.

I’d be fine with that if it didn’t have such a detrimental effect on sports coverage as a whole. ESPN re-centered their entire approach to covering sports when they saw how much bigger the ratings for First Take were over SportsCenter. Any meaningful discourse always gets dumped on its ear because some loudmouth comes barging in with an idiotic take, be it Skip, Rome, Colin Cowbell, or a Bumstoolie of some sort.

 

[sethro109]

I’d be fine with that if it didn’t have such a detrimental effect on sports coverage as a whole. ESPN re-centered their entire approach to covering sports when they saw how much bigger the ratings for First Take were over SportsCenter. Any meaningful discourse always gets dumped on its ear because some loudmouth comes barging in with an idiotic take, be it Skip, Rome, Colin Cowbell, or a Bumstoolie of some sort.

I'm kinda on the fence about that. If you don't have guys like that they don't get the ratings to exist. But I definitely wouldn't mind a show with cooler heads that isn't always about the argument.

 

[Hasbro]

I'm kinda on the fence about that. If you don't have guys like that they don't get the ratings to exist. But I definitely wouldn't mind a show with cooler heads that isn't always about the argument.

Siskel & Ebert

 

[Bonzai12]

Siskel & Ebert

 

[dahrougem2]

I'm kinda on the fence about that. If you don't have guys like that they don't get the ratings to exist. But I definitely wouldn't mind a show with cooler heads that isn't always about the argument.

Pardon the Interruption was great for actual conversation instead of a shouting match.

 

[sethro109]

Pardon the Interruption was great for actual conversation instead of a shouting match.

I do remember liking that show. Haven't watched it in forever. I don't even ok now if it's still on.

 

[willy702]

I’d be fine with that if it didn’t have such a detrimental effect on sports coverage as a whole. ESPN re-centered their entire approach to covering sports when they saw how much bigger the ratings for First Take were over SportsCenter. Any meaningful discourse always gets dumped on its ear because some loudmouth comes barging in with an idiotic take, be it Skip, Rome, Colin Cowbell, or a Bumstoolie of some sort.

This is sadly just the reality of having 24 hour sports channels and seemingly dozens of them. In the past with networks they didn't have to fill their hours with garbage. We just watched the games and if we didn't see them we got our 5 minutes of sports from the local sports guy. Come to think of it, are we really any better off now than we were back then? Same crap has happened to the "news" channels too,

 

[The Merchant]

 

[MaKarter]

 

[StreetHawk]

I'm kinda on the fence about that. If you don't have guys like that they don't get the ratings to exist. But I definitely wouldn't mind a show with cooler heads that isn't always about the argument.

Looking at it , skip to avoid controversy needed to split the tweet into 2 message. First for the health of Hamlin and that this game doesn’t matter that night on Monday.
Next message could them be, but in the business side of the nfl, a decision has to be made about finishing this game or canceling it and the ripple effects it will cause on the season and playoffs.

But that’s skip to keep it all on one tweet.

 

[Pokecheque]

Oh FFS the hoop is crooked again!!!!!!!!