So I've been pondering the upcoming football season. I'm not quite sure how the Broncos are going to do. But I think it's either going to be a) bad or b) not quite as bad as people thought. Even though I wrote the previous tongue-in-cheek post about the schedule, I'm pretty sure this won't be a season to remember, given everything that has transpired over the past 9 months.
So here is what I think is the best case scenario for the 2009 Broncos:
1. The Broncos finish up on a bit of a win streak, but fall short of the playoffs at 9-7.
2. Kyle Orton passes for something like 3,200 yards and 22 touchdowns and is consistent enough to keep the number of Denver-based Chris Simms enthusiasts relatively low.
3. Knowshon Moreno rushes for 1,200 yards and proves himself to be worth the #12 overall pick.
4. Brandon Marshall stops acting like a BM at some point during the season.
5. The defense manages to hold the opposition to under 350 points for the season and ensures that the Broncos will make it through one offseason without firing their defensive coordinator.
6. Defensive rookies Robert Ayers and Alphonso Smith show flashes of stardom.
7. Josh McDaniels realizes at some point during the season that he doesn't work for Bill Belichick anymore.
8. The Bears go 7-9, miss the playoffs. Jay Cutler throws a lot of TD passes, but just as many interceptions.
9. Mike Shanahan takes a coaching job with another NFL team so that Pat Bowlen gets out of paying his salary.
10. Shannon Sharpe and Floyd Little are both elected to the Hall of Fame class of 2010, which will take a bit of the sting out of this whole McDaniels/Cutler saga and give Broncos fans something to be happy about.
The next post will be a worst case scenario.
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