Broncos fans: "Look what we did to Tom Brady."

[Raskle]

12 hours ago, tarheels said:

I'm just playing the same sports talk contradiction game you are but because it doesn't fit your light blue favorite team narrative you will call it trolling.

 

 

 

This alone should have told you guys he was either a bandwagon numbskull, or a Denver troll in disguise. Silly troll... you can go back to under your bridge now.

[pantherking15]

12 hours ago, tarheels said:

 

missing those players and winning shows how weak the conference was/is in the first place.

,Benwikere,- was out december 13th he doesnt apply to losing players the week of a game and having no time to adjust.

you dont understand that you are proving my point. Both teams were/are weak so beating the Cards doesnt prove much dominance. It proves they are best of the -not as good as you think.

the Panthers played 9 games against the afc and nfc south. Every team in the league would have succeeded with that schedule.

 their numbers are statistically over rated.

 

Dave Gettleman is masterful at finding hidden gems out of nowhere to build depth, so the dropoff between players like Bene Benwikere (average by PFF stats) and Cortland Finnegan is barely noticeable, especially with a plug and play zone scheme and elite players at LB, CB, D-line. Tillman was hobbled the whole 2nd half of the season and has contributed more with leadership this season, so Robert McClain is actually a physical upgrade over him, just not as experienced.

So, if the Panthers would've had a harder schedule, then they would have gone 13-3 instead of 15-1, and they would have most likely beaten the Falcons the 2nd time (beat them 38-0 the first time) because they wouldn't be playing the motivated Falcons, hungry for revenge, with a gigantic undefeated target on their backs.

The schedule arguments, although annoying, were somewhat legitimate before the playoffs because we had not gotten past the divisional round before this year. Being up 31-0 vs the 2 time NFC defending champion Seahawks (who have the #1 defense in ppg not the Broncos) and beating the 13-3 Cardinals 49-15 obliterated any skepticism about our schedule.

Using your logic, the Broncos would be the "best of the -not as good as you think" out of the AFC. They beat a depleted Steelers team only by 7 points at home. If Antonio Brown played, the Steelers would have likely won. He had 186 yards and 2 TDs with the Steelers putting up 32 points the first time they played the Broncos.

[shaqattaq]

22 hours ago, tiger7_88 said:

Denver's defense is top notch.  I don't think they'll be able to stop our offense, but I *do* think they easily have the ability to possibly hold us under our average.  (Prediction: 27 points by our offense.)

Now Denver's offense against our defense?  Unless somehow the defense, between now and Super Bowl Sunday, loses their goddam minds and lay one of the hugest eggs ever, I just don't see Denver's offense scoring that much.  (Prediction: 13 points by the Denver offense.)

I agree with your analysis, but predict 35-17 outcome (I know that we haven't gotten to that thread yet) .