I'm going to start this off by saying one calm, rational thing. This was Denver's game to lose. Considering that all they needed the past two weeks was a win to secure a playoff spot, and they failed at that, the pressure was entirely on them tonight. Now, for how I really feel.
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!???!!?!? I'm trying to be patient with Cutler. I realise that he is a high-risk, high-reward player. I know that he is going to throw more interceptions based on how he plays, but also be more successful than most. But any other fucking quarterback would have been benched weeks ago with that many interceptions. Again, he may have more success than most because of that risky behavior, but when his defense has the stopping power of a pack of crippled kittens, he needs to take care of the ball and get that son of a bitch into the end zone.
With the exception of Bailey, Bly, and Dumerville, I don't want to see any familiar faces associated with the defense next year, including coaching staff! It is absolutely rediculous that they stopped a TD on only two drives, and prevented a score on only one drive. They need to get more turnovers, they need to stop plays, and they need to prevent the big plays. Nearly every single drive that SD had tonight had at least one monster play in it. Denver needs a monumental shake up in how their defense operates because this season, and especially tonight, they were worse than worthless sacks of garbage. When they have a QB who takes risks, we need a team that is capable of stopping the other team when those risks end badly. Hit for hit games don't work well when you drop a couple hits back. I want the Orange Crush back. I want the Browncos back. I want anyone who is remotely capable of playing defense in the game.
Denver Defenses had the most success over the years when they were blitzing the QB. More blitzes would probably go a long way, especially now that they have Bailey back. Also, the reason Dumerville was scary was because he was always there flying at the QB. Stop using him as a "stick him in on big plays and hope for a sack" player. Use him as the "Get your ass out there and sack the fucker every single down!" player that he was last year!
The receivers need to learn how to hold onto balls. Denver was near the top of the NFL as far as number of dropped passes go. The only thing more frustrating than an inaccurate QB? An accurate QB who has butterfinger receivers.
Of course, if Denver had won the game last week like they should have, then they wouldn't have been in this position. What a pack of fuck-ups. And so begins thew wait for next season.
I hope Manning rapes the Chargers in that first game.
