Historically speaking, the Broncos getting edge rusher Frank Clark from the Kansas City Chiefs feels more like signing cornerback Dale Carter instead of defensive lineman Neil Smith. Bad guys are bad guys and have a bad effect on a team.
Rob, AFC West historian
Kiz: While grabbing a talented player from the Kansas City Chiefs seems like a smart way to do damage to a division rival, it hasn’t always worked out for the Broncos. Smith seamlessly fit in with a team ready to win back-to-back Super Bowls in the 1990s. Carter, whose off-field problems were no secret when Denver acquired him in ’99, is a candidate for the worst free-agent signing in franchise history. Clark was suspended by the league for two games last season for two separate incidents involving firearms a year earlier. There’s no doubt Clark can make the life of a quarterback miserable. What impact he will have on the team’s culture is less certain.
OMG, yes, the Broncos should find a way to sign running back Dalvin Cook! Maybe take about $100 million off quarterback Russell Wilson’s contract. But wait … Russ is cooked, so why waste the money on signing Cook?
Marie, Denver
Kiz: Nicely done, Marie. We like silly puns here at Kickin’ It Headquarters. And we like 1,000-yard rushers even better. So we would rather the Broncos had spent the $5.5 million used to lure Clark on Cook instead. But maybe that’s just us.
As a Serbian, I thank you for finally saying the real truth about Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and the Nuggets. It means a lot to all of us in Serbia that stay up all night to watch the Nuggets perform a rhapsody on the basketball court. When you put Jokic side-by-side with John Elway and Joe Sakic as a Denver sports great, it gave me goosebumps, Kiz.
Zoran from Serbia
Kiz: Between Novak Djokovic, who can win his 23rd Grand Slam title on Sunday at the French Open, and Jokic, who can lead the Nuggets to their first NBA championship on Monday, Serbia is going to be the sports country too busy celebrating to sleep until sometime midweek.
Is Jokic a better basketball player than Larry Bird? I’m not a fan of subjective king-crowning, but if Joker can keep the pace for a 10-year period, he’ll go down in history as better than Bird.
Ed, oorah!
Kiz: Joker gets as excited as a kid in a candy store when he receives a text from Djokovic. So please don’t tell Jokic he’s better than Bird. It might blow his mind.
And today’s parting shot scoffed at my guarantee Denver would beat Miami in the NBA Finals.
Kiz, you haven’t been there before with the Nuggets, so you can’t act like you’ve been to the Finals before. I grew up in Los Angeles with the Lakers. How’s this for a guarantee? Denver will never catch up to the Lakers in championships, and if they ever do, you and I will be well into our dirt naps by then. I’ll be happy to send you a napkin to wipe the egg off your face if the Nuggets take the gas pipe against the Heat.
Jeff, California dreaming
